Elxis 4.2 requests

[michalis1984]

It would be great if it was possible to make bulk changes to many articles - e.g. transfer a selection of article from one category to another.

You can move articles from one category to another.

Just go to the articles list, select all articles you want to move and press the "move" button at the top of the articles list. Select the destination category and you are done.

[datahell]

Bulk actions are already supported since version 4.0.

On articles listing page you can click and highlight several rows. Then from the buttons on the top you can click on a button to execute a bulk action (delete, copy, move, etc). The action will be executed on all highlighted rows.

Note that not all listings and/or buttons support bulk actions. For example you can not edit more than 1 article per time.

Ooops I just saw michalis reply. You are fast! 

[datahell]

Elxis 4.2 is officially under development.
If you have any request please post it in this post.

[@ndreas]

i dont know if schema.org attributes could be added in articles

[oisy]

Hi,
Something I want to see in the new version is function to remove any articles from the font page - now everything I want goes there, but in the time some "news" expired, and I have to remove them. For example there can be a kind of mod archive, and by clicking on a button to send the expired articles there. There was something similar in old Elxis version.

Thanks.

[juanon]

Hi,

I would like these features:

- built-in cookie policy module for european websites.
- take care of everything for PCI complient payments in any component.
- attach any template to any menu item.
- programmed dates for articles to be active/inactive
- customizable/selectable icons in control panel

Thanks a lot!!

[maple]

Well, just a little comment in reference on my Reply #3 from this topic, the actual version is 4.4.0.

Also I suggest to integrate Maplace http://maplacejs.com/ (or another brand, or encoded by Elxis Team) in Elxis as a module (or plugin, not sure). Implementing at least: polylines, markers, menus and styled maps. Perhaps also the option of change the polylines colour and markers icon.

thanks a lot

pd:See also Cartogram for wordpress: http://codecanyon.net/item/cartogram/4117959

thanks

[intefix]

Συγγνώμη που θα γράψω στα Ελληνικά αλλά φοβάμαι ότι θα γράψω καμμια μακακια και θα γελάμε...
Βλέπουμε ότι έχουμε να κάνουμε με ένα δυνατό και ευέλικτο εργαλείο.
Ας πω και γω 2-3 πράματα.

• Η Δυνατότητα να έχουμε μερικά templates πλήρως μεταβλητά , CSS κλπ θα το έκανε πολύ δυνατό.
• Κύριο βάρος να ρίξουμε στη mobile υποστήριξη. Όλοι οι δρόμοι οδηγούν εκεί
• Επίσης υποστήριξη χαρτών. Όπως είδα παραπάνω.
• Δυνατότητα χρονικών εργαλείων. Ημερολόγια, εκδηλώσεις κλπ.
• Εμπορικό κομμάτι. Καλύτερα με μικρά βήματα και αξιόπιστα.

Καλή επιτυχία...

[datahell]

Most of you request things that are mostly third party extensions and not things required to be supported by Elxis core. For instance a "cookie policy" for EU is not something that has nothing to do with the CMS. You can do this with a tiny third party module that will popup a window on first visit. A "converter" also can not be a part of the CMS, only as a third party extension. And many more. Some others mentioned here are already supported, for instance "custom icons". Elxis has icon packages support already.

Here we mostly need your ideas on things that are for built-in extensions, or improve functionality and productivity, or add support in Elxis for more things useful to many users (not just for 1 or 2). For example the issue with the modules list reported here is something that is important and can be solved only by Elxis core. And we know that it is quite confusing working with the modules when you have so many of them installed. Hiding unpublished modules I believe is not the best method because you will surely forget them and try to find them next time. We will think of this more. Also we will think about automatic publish/unpublish articles although past experience says that not many users use it.

For your information Elxis 4.2 will mostly focus on these:

• System - Update and improve Elxis and third party libraries and scripts.
• Administration - Improve productivity and functionality of the administration section
• Front-end - New default template with responsive design. Improved support for mobiles, more options for built-in extensions

Most of the Elxis 4.2 changes will be invisible from the public. We will update Elxis libraries and make administrator's life easier. On frontend the new template will provide a fresh look.

Keep posting your ideas, we read them all.

[speck]

i don't know how to post the image on forum so i send you by email
The possibility to manage the layout of date articles in template in order not to change the language files of elxis, or create css classes for date and it single parts. example: <div class="data"><span class="day"> ...<span class="month">... <span class="year"></div>
In email i sent you an example to not post a link to a site developed in elxis.

In administrative area a modules list, as was on old elxis, because with many modules used in a site, it seems to me very tedious for a user make always a search typing the name or a short string to search a module.

Add a css class for link "readmore" in the module or other parts of elxis. It seems to me now not exist.
Other suggestions??? at this moment i have not idea.

[juanon]

Hi,

What I need regarding icons in frontpage is a way to decide which of them should appear and which not. Besides I would like to have a way to make other quick links to specific zones (urls) of the administration, I mean customizable links and icons to any administration component, module, etc.

Nobody has made a cookie policy module till now, I understand it shoudn´t be in the core but I beg you to develop something like that. In my country serveral companies have already had to pay for this, and fines are very high.

Thanks again.

[datahell]

OK, Juanon, I will develop this module for you.
Although this post is irrelevant describe me how you want it to work. I write my proposal and post your comments on it.

On visitor's first visit a window popups (some layer, not real popup) saying that the site uses cookies. The guest can accept cookies policy or not (redirect to somewhere else like google.com).

Questions
1. This popup should be displayed to all users? Should it have some kind of detection in order to be displayed only to people from EU countries? (country detection might not be always correct).
2. Can you show me 2-3 sites using this system?
3. What other information is required to be displayed in the popup window?
4. Any other requirement/idea?

[juanon]

Hi, thanks a lot.

There are serveral ways of complexity in these modules. The easiest one is just tell the user (anyone, registered and guests) that the site is using cookies and it is user responsability to continue in the website or leave it. There must be also a link to a page in the site to explain cookis polity in detail.

The user should accept this, so the message will continue poping till the user press the button in every page of the site.

EXAMPLES
http://laboticadelosperfumes.com/
http://www.eldiario.es/
http://www.20minutos.es/
http://www.hoy.es/

Hope it helps

Thanks again!!

[michalis1984]

Hello. I would like to see improvement on the functionality of the search.

It does not work well if using more than one keywords.

Most of the times it will return "no results" if perform a search with more than 1 words.

Eg. Lets say i search "elxis best" it will return "0 articles" even if there is an article with title "Elxis is the best CMS.".

I think it handle "elxis" and "best" as "elxis best" and returns only articles that have exactly this string.

But most users when they search, they intend to find articles related to this two keywords and not so stricktly as a unique phrase.

Even more if i try to search using 3 keywords is almost impossible to get any results.

Maybe is too heavy for a normal server to perform an excessive search or is it something that is builded in this way for a reason?

[StefanSultanov]

I really miss the ability of users to create articles or posts from the frontend.

We had that in the previous Elxis versions, but nobody was using it because there were things missing.
Now Nautilus has all those missing pieces, but the feature is not there.

I understand that this could compromise security but if a User could create the content by filling a form (Attaching a file is what I need the most), that would be great.

Attaching .jpg or .png files in comments?