dotCMS Roadmap 2010
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- Version 2.0 of the software will focus on API and database improvements, improved user interfaces and experiences, enhanced enterprise deployment support, and multi-tenant capabilities. - Specific improvements include content structure limits removal, search and editing enhancements, improved marketing tools, and new modules. - Version 1.9 is expected to ship in June/July with thousands of improvements over version 1.7.
dotCMS Roadmap 2010
- 1. Road to dot2.0 & Beyond
- 2. Wait, what about 1.9? • So 1.9 is cool and has 1000’s of improvements to the 1.7 branch. • We expect to ship in June/July. • some of you have seen 1.9 and played with it • one more big piece that is going into 1.9 :
- 3. Ok, back to 2.0 • Boring API/DB Stuff • UI/UX Sugar • Enterprise Deployment Support 2.0 • MulTtenant Features • MarkeTng Tooling Upgrades • RevisiTng Workflow • Modules!
- 4. API/DB Stuff (boring!) • NormalizaTon of IdenTfier and Tree Tables • End of Limits on Content Structures • SQL to Lucene Translator • ConTnue API Refactoring – Folders – HTMLPages – FileAssets • Upgrade to Hibernate 3.x, OSGi
- 5. More Sugar, Please – UI/UX • Front End Inline Content EdiTng • Simple Content Search / CreaTon (think gmail for content) • Beeer Image Tooling, Cropping, RotaTng • ConTnue to make it suck less (many small improvements = big gains in UX) • Beeer Error Handling and Error ReporTng for Velocity Developers
- 6. Enterprise Deployment • (was push publishing) • SynchronizaTon Engine • Support this: • MulTple Live • Environments (globally disTnct) • kept in Sync – Not so much this: • Pushing staTc content to an apache IIS server.
- 7. Enterprise MulTtenant (Mega!) • Become your own onDemand CMS Provider (while maintaining control) • DelegaTng User Management • Puhng Users on Hosts • Cloud Based Mega Deployments
- 8. MarkeTng Tools Upgrade • Retool eNewsleeer process, uTlize 3rd party SMTP services • Users : – SeparaTng Customers from CMS Users – Users as Extendable Content Objects • Tools for Browser CompaTbility Checks/404 ReporTng • HostWatch dashboard aggregates internal (web stats) and external metrics (social and google data) regarding your sites presence across the wider internets.
- 9. Revisit Workflow? • 1 click default acTons + status changes (publish and approve workflow) • Batch AcTons • MulTple Approval Steps • Email Workflow creaTon (cc: for workflow) / Email Approvals • Preview Token -‐ allow non-‐authenTcated users to view staged content via a url • Maintain light weight and work on usability
- 10. Enterprise Modules • KonaKart eCommerce Module (konakart.dotcms.org) • Real Wiki Module • User Forum Module • Intranet Module • Document Management Module • Data Import/Export Module • Server Management / Profiling Tool