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Content Manager Features
I guess I miss SmartContent....
I'd like to see the following in the core content manager of ICMS
1. Ability to have 'link' pages
Since the content manager has a nice ability to generate a menu block from
its pages, having the ability to create a 'link' page - that is a page with
no real content, but just a URL would be nice.
2. Admin Area Page display options
If one uses the content manager to build many pages with some parent/child
relationships, having to click a parent page 'subs' link to get the
children is not always convenient or intuitive. I'd like to see an admin
option to show all pages with either some hierarchy built in to the display
on the admin page or the ability to sort/fitler by parent page.
3. Related Pages
The built in related pages functions are very nice. However the related
page block is not very usable IMHO. I've only tested the block a little,
but it seems that once you click a related page user side, the parent page
or other sibling pages are no longer listed. So that related page block is
not very useful as a section navigation block.
4. Printer Friendly Pages
Having printer friendly pages (and email a friend) would be nice. Don't
need generate PDF.
5. Separating the Content Manager from System in terms of block visibility
Since the content manager is part of the 'System' it is not easy to set
block visibility independently for all content manager pages and system
pages. And I think system pages show everywhere. One would have to set
things by parent page. Very limiting from a design/admin perspective.
6. SEO features
Having dedicated keyword and description fields for content pages is still
useful I think for SEO.
7. PageWrap
Ok, this is a 'wish' not a need. Ability to pagewrap an HTML page.
I'd like to see the following in the core content manager of ICMS
1. Ability to have 'link' pages
Since the content manager has a nice ability to generate a menu block from
its pages, having the ability to create a 'link' page - that is a page with
no real content, but just a URL would be nice.
2. Admin Area Page display options
If one uses the content manager to build many pages with some parent/child
relationships, having to click a parent page 'subs' link to get the
children is not always convenient or intuitive. I'd like to see an admin
option to show all pages with either some hierarchy built in to the display
on the admin page or the ability to sort/fitler by parent page.
3. Related Pages
The built in related pages functions are very nice. However the related
page block is not very usable IMHO. I've only tested the block a little,
but it seems that once you click a related page user side, the parent page
or other sibling pages are no longer listed. So that related page block is
not very useful as a section navigation block.
4. Printer Friendly Pages
Having printer friendly pages (and email a friend) would be nice. Don't
need generate PDF.
5. Separating the Content Manager from System in terms of block visibility
Since the content manager is part of the 'System' it is not easy to set
block visibility independently for all content manager pages and system
pages. And I think system pages show everywhere. One would have to set
things by parent page. Very limiting from a design/admin perspective.
6. SEO features
Having dedicated keyword and description fields for content pages is still
useful I think for SEO.
7. PageWrap
Ok, this is a 'wish' not a need. Ability to pagewrap an HTML page.
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on 2013-09-05 18:04 *
By davidimpress
Are any of these features covered by any other module?
@davidimpress, yes all features are available. What of them are requested for the core content? It's nice for simulate "static" pages. Most other things can be done using another module like cms, news-ipf, news, article, impression....
on 2013-09-18 15:44 *
By davidimpress
I think out of the above, perhaps these could be looked into - if not covered elsewhere?
1. Ability to have 'link' pages:
this feature can be handled intsead perhaps with Menu module
2. Admin Area Page display options
Is there any way this could be improved
3. Related Pages
This again perhaps could be improved
4. Printer Friendly Pages
This again perhaps could be improved
5. Separating the Content Manager from System in terms of block visibility
I think this applies more to the original version of the module, which was originally integrated as a core-component before 1.2
6. SEO features
Is this something that should be handled core-side ... perhaps as part of a url management function?
7. PageWrap
At present, I only believe Smartcontent and TindyD has this option... or "dummy" modules which directly wrap the function.
However, for security, it's probably advisable to recommend directly pasting the code via a good editor instead.
1. Ability to have 'link' pages:
this feature can be handled intsead perhaps with Menu module
2. Admin Area Page display options
Is there any way this could be improved
3. Related Pages
This again perhaps could be improved
4. Printer Friendly Pages
This again perhaps could be improved
5. Separating the Content Manager from System in terms of block visibility
I think this applies more to the original version of the module, which was originally integrated as a core-component before 1.2
6. SEO features
Is this something that should be handled core-side ... perhaps as part of a url management function?
7. PageWrap
At present, I only believe Smartcontent and TindyD has this option... or "dummy" modules which directly wrap the function.
However, for security, it's probably advisable to recommend directly pasting the code via a good editor instead.
multiple topics at once -> this should be split into more tickets