Roadmap 1.0

[norv]

The following are the main targets for 1.0 beta.
These targets are in three main categories:

• user-visible features and enhancements. These are tracked here, with the PR(s) that complete them.
• default theme and mobile theme. These are tracked here only as the big picture, there are many improvements and details that will not be referenced.
• code design (refactorings, rewrites, etc). These usually cannot be considered 'done', many PRs do them and I won't reference them here. We'll review the code, and when we're pleased with it, we will consider it release-ready for a particular milestone (1.0 beta, 1.0 stable, 2.0 alpha, and forward.)
• Code refactoring and general cleanup:
  • directory structure (for the next two major versions);
    • target: https://github.com/norv/elkarte/tree/dirs_test6
    • done: Directories update (another part) #81 and following.
  • queries: refactor widely used queries in utility/API functions in Subs-xxx.php files (many)
  • redundant code: consolidate blocks of repeated (redundantly) code all through the codebase in utility functions (many)
  • dispatch/controllers/oop: rework controllers for user/admin/mod actions to handle single actions (subactions), follow naming patterns, and get rid of redundant code
  • rework a number of core functionality
  • parse_bbc rewrite
  • validation utility class. (Data Validation #174)
  • general targets: easier extensibility (for add-ons), better code design, better built-in security, performance.
• Features and enhancements:
  • disregard topics (Disregard #12)
  • ajaxify a number of user/admin actions
  • anti-spam functionality, integration of bad behavior (done: Bad behavior #58)
  • registration/login refactoring and features (OpenID..., external authentication, i.e. Google)
  • karma rewrite (proposed: https://github.com/Joker-SMF/SMF-Likes)
  • utf8 only (done: This should cause some problems UTF8 only #80)
  • serving avatars; performance, security
  • Gravatar integration (http://www.elkarte.net/index.php?topic=173.0) - feature: Gravatars #164
  • default avatar (http://www.elkarte.net/index.php?topic=173.0) - Default avatar feature :) #152
  • posting enhancements: quote to new thread, split and move to another board, select another board for post
    (http://www.elkarte.net/index.php?topic=160.0)
• Obsolete features removals
  • old messenger fields (Instant Message Updates #34)
• Default theme
  • improvements
  • responsive
  • new look and feel
• Mobile theme
  • In progress: https://github.com/IchBin/Elkarte/tree/mobile (wip Mobile theme #36)

[Spuds]

Things to add and/or contemplate.

1. Our directory structure
2. update parse_bbc (maybe to much for 1.0?)
3. remove openID? / add in other credential services e.g. google ?
4. utf8 only
5. karma refresh

[emanuele45]

/me feels the one above is a github bug! :D

[norv]

Yup it must be a github bug, it messed up when your PR was merged in. Next time I'll try to do this differently than PR to your branch.

[norv]

2. update parse_bbc (maybe to much for 1.0?)

I don't know... if it's too much. Many stuffs to do, and some folks are so lazy. (points as self). It's awesome if we manage to though, imho.

[emanuele45]

But in theory should be the correct way...isn't it?

/me looks for a github bug tracker... O:)

[norv]

I thought I knew it was one (or was I dreaming)... I am only finding a mention that sayz:

If you find a bug, submit it to support@github.com. Every email is read by a real person.

Yes... methinks we did nothing wrong, it just got dizzy cuz it's the same issue number for a forked repo and for the main repo. (apparently no other reference is stored)

[Spuds]

Spammers .. git yer own issue 👅

• fix the way avatars are served from the system

[emanuele45]

A forum is not enough for us! :P

[norv]

Updated the issue. 😆

[Spuds]

We talked about adding in a form validation class as well, move all those various form checks to a single location / class

[norv]

Added validation.

Proposed functionality: email to post and viceversa. Interoperability with email.

[norv]

I documented the targets (the general look) of the architecture/code design refactoring at https://github.com/elkarte/Elkarte/wiki/Architecture

[Spuds]

Proposed functionality: email to post and viceversa. Interoperability with email.

Been working on this one ... should have a branch for all to contemplate in a few days.

[norv]

Speaking of validation, SpudsMan, we will also add your awesome validation class?
I think it would be much better to have it in for beta, to start using it and improving it. I'm sure it will make a difference at several levels - in the wide range from security to code readability.

[Spuds]

We certainly can ... as you noted the big effort with that is incorporating it and figuring out what checks make the most sense to include, etc. I had started with some of the standard/obvious ones and then added in some of the regex ones (that appear multiple times in the code) ... But we can't do any of that unless we include it of course. I'll make a PR on it as the class itself so we can begin to integrate it and figure out how best improve it.

[norv]

Added to the list:

• Gravatar integration and default avatar (http://www.elkarte.net/index.php?topic=173.0)
• posting enhancements: quote to new thread, split and move to another board, select another board for post (http://www.elkarte.net/index.php?topic=160.0)

On a side note. It would be awesome and needed, IMHO, to make a wiki page documenting these features, enhancements, and the general improvements we make to the code. Some of those in the first post are already in, and the post clarifies which is already done. (I hope)

[norv]

Re: default theme.

Can we pick and replace the default theme?

[eurich]

Re: default theme
Is Ant (or anyone else) currently working on this one?

[norv]

No, the White Minimalistic theme is the candidate. (IMO).
Curve II and Classic don't seem appropriate, nor color variations of them (IMO again). @Spuds was also working on something, afaik a color variation: https://github.com/Spuds/Elkarte/commits/terra

[emanuele45]

ehm....minimalistic is a color variation of Curve II. 👼

[norv]

🌴

[eurich]

I agree with Norv, white minimalistic should be default (instead of Curve II). we should drop Curve Classic and offer one or two color variants based on minimalistic by default.

[Spuds]

Pick one, but lets be sure and change paths again in a few months so we never really make any progress ... keeps everyone sharp I say.

[norv]

Want to do the honors, SpudsMan? Curve II and Classic are mostly yours, me not even knows what's in that shiny themey stuff and why.

[Spuds]

My ability to choose the "wrong" theme and then spend countless hours for naught is legendary at this point 👅 so for this theme round I will stand on the sideline and watch. Curve reborn and classic should be shifted over to the theme graveyard and removed from master in favor of whatever is chosen.

[eurich]

I think the primarily issue with Curve reborn is the color set (SMF's light blue an orange, Elk really shouldn't use the same colors as SMF 2.1). Ema's minimalistic (AFAICS) IS Curve reborn, but without colors.. That's the perfect base for themers, but IMO it is too dull to be the one and only default layout..So we'd need Curve reborn (with a new color set tba) and minimalistic as a second color set?

[emanuele45]

Variants?

[eurich]

yep, that's what I meant 👍

[Spuds]

I agree ... but I'm terrible with colors and e-man does not like color at all, so I hope eurich has some ideas 🙇

[emanuele45]

/me is mostly color-blind (even though I'm not... 👼 )

[eurich]

LOL
I'm not a designer but yes, I have at least some ideas how it could be done.. minimalistic would need some smaller changes, a light grey and a somewhat darker grey instead of the light blue and orange links and buttons? @emanuele45: is that ok for you?

white and grey fits IMO in almost any other color (maybe three variants: a blue, a red and a green one) ?

green: #9cc060
blue: #3e5a78 <-- that's the current footer color
red: #dd0b38
In order to get some contrasts we could use some complementary colors, would need to test it ..

Do you prefer warm or cold color types?

[norv]

... Cold? :) /me proves evilness all 'round.

[eurich]

methinks Norv would be happy with a "welcome in hell" variant (black and red with fire & flames, with Hades for the logo) ;)

[Spuds]

I'd consider looking at something like http://www.visibone.com/color/card_800.gif ... (sorry so so pic). Its a color chart that provides the "safe" colors to use if we want to take in to consideration the 8+% of the population that is color blind in one form or another. Using the colors on this chart (for the major things) will result in things looking the same for everyone.

And I am color blind, fail all the tests, which is why my clothes from the 70's are still fab baby 👅

[eurich]

yep, will check .. thank you :) Would be good, if someone (@emanuele45?) could push the minimalistic as default. Could grab it from the themes repo too, but maybe there's a newer version?

[emanuele45]

mmm...now I have a bit of a mess because I just finished to set up my dev environment in a sort of logical way, so I'm not sure what's more advanced... lol
I think this one is fine:
https://github.com/emanuele45/Dialogo/tree/minimalist

But I'm not yet sure if you want also all the fancy jQuery hide/show effects. If not, it's probably easier to just grab the css and commit it again...

[norv]

now I have a bit of a mess / because I just finished to set up my dev environment in a sort of logical way

/me tries to parse the phrase and gets an error... 👼

[emanuele45]

1.0 Beta milestone closed.

1.0 Final is the current reference.

[emanuele45]

At that point I feel this one can be closed pending release.