Elxis 2007 preview?

[BlackStar]

Datahell,

This box is the toolbox in the current elxis distro?
The classic menu will still exist right?
If yes then i have some ideas:

1) Ability to assign specific shortcuts per administrative group from the upper (parent) admin of any group or by the super admin (by this way you may have content admins with specific buttons, newsletter admins with specific buttons etc). So the toolbox must be role based (also the menus must transform this way)

2) Small or Big icons (size)

3) Text under the icons (as a legend) or as a tooltip or as it is right now (description) box

4) Ability for the user to add any function of the ordinary menus in the toolbox (usually they will add the ones they use most)

5) Ability to set the maximum number of icons in the toolbox (per admin group or globally)

That's all I can gather for the momment.... 

[rentasite]

What i don't like, is the scroll bar on the right. It reminds me frames in a page. 

[BlackStar]

What i don't like, is the scroll bar on the right. It reminds me frames in a page. 

I aggree, it's like a list which is not a good idea.....

[datahell]

It was just a design attempt. I want to change this area with something more practical. For now I have left this area intact. With BlackStar we have the same idea, ability to add shortcuts. I dont know if we finally impement it because there is an issue of what kind of shortcuts the system will be able to create. For core items only? For third party components also? We don't want to create a huge mechanism for this and we also should try to avoid the option of adding one more db table. We have an expirience in this by an ajax powered module named "Favorites" that I have created for Elxis frontend and soon will be released, so it may look like that. Till now visual changes are above this area.

[BlackStar]

It was just a design attempt. I want to change this area with something more practical. For now I have left this area intact. With BlackStar we have the same idea, ability to add shortcuts. I dont know if we finally impement it because there is an issue of what kind of shortcuts the system will be able to create. For core items only? For third party components also? We don't want to create a huge mechanism for this and we also should try to avoid the option of adding one more db table. We have an expirience in this by an ajax powered module named "Favorites" that I have created for Elxis frontend and soon will be released, so it may look like that. Till now visual changes are above this area.

Datahell,

The mechanism should not be huge (for speeds sake), you may implement a user friendly (point and click) routine for the core components and an advanced one in which the daring users may add the shortcut of their favourite components etc by adding its path (the physical path as we all are aware of /hthost/sitename/http/elxis/administrator/components/... for example.
Also an icon should be retrieved from the path /administrator/images/anything.png or the corresponding icon from the .php file entered previously (as far as i remember the menu icon file is stated in there right?)

So to summarize:

1) Point and click icon shortcuts (with the abilities I mentioned in my previous post/list) for the core components and maybe the components that will be made as add-ons from the Elxis Team/GoUp

2) Ability to add any components shortcut as an icon through manual entering of the component's .php file and setting of it's icon (if it is dificult to be retrieved from relative files) (this feature is the Feature "4" in the previous list but more detailed in terms of description.

The recommendation i made are not only proposed for user friendlyness but also for contributing to the main Elxis's motto "Professional". If the admins have the ability to tailor the shortcuts for different groups they gain the following:

1) Productivity of the users (because icon shortcuts are attracting their attention and become their daily dashboard)

2) Less frustration of the Users which means more happy users! By utilizing only the things they need the don't get messed with the menus which are quite "advanced" not to say cryptic some times.

3) Adding a custom description for the shortcuts does not leave inquiring minds like "errrr what was this icon for he/she said? What the heck does the X icon's name means anyway??? I'm confused, I'll call the web admin...."

There is also another usefull idea but i'm not sure if it is secure..... You could implement such a dashboard for site contributors (article editors and not site admins/maintain personnel) at the frontend level, it could also be ajax based which would be cool!

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