[TYPO3-dev] Common Category Framework - a look back in history...

[Philipp Metzler Infos]

Hi,

Very good idea.

There is also a very good extension called "List Categorized Pages" by  
Till Korten:

http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/extension-manuals/category_pages/0.3.3/view/

Philipp


Am 05.11.2009 um 20:58 schrieb Stig Nørgaard Færch:

> We have for some years now been waiting for a generic category  
> solution for TYPO3. Many many hours has already been spent(in vein?)  
> on different category extensions, and many hours has been spent on  
> creating a category feature from ground up for specific extensions  
> (tt_news, dam to name a few).
> In spite of many discussions and all the coding efforts, we still  
> haven't got a generic solution for TYPO3.
>
> A look back:
>
> I think this was the first real effort by Elmar Hinz, don't know why  
> this wasn't accepted?:
> A 3 year old project description:
> http://t3flyers.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/tep-common-category-framework-ccf/
> Better Trees (Elmar Hinz)
> http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/view/trees/current/
>
> Also Mads Brunn tried his way:
> Categories (Mads Brunn (madsbrunn) )
> http://forge.typo3.org/projects/show/extension-categories
>
> Don't know much about this one, but also seems interesting:
> Categorize everything (Ringer Georg (just2b), Uschi Renziehausen  
> (uffi))
> http://forge.typo3.org/projects/show/extension-categorize
>
> This initiative currently to be widely supported, but lacks  
> subcategories (tags):
> Tag Pack (Jo Hasenau (cybercr at ft), Peter Kuehn (pekue), Benjamin  
> Mack (benni) and more)
> http://forge.typo3.org/projects/show/extension-tagpack
>
> The latest initiative for generic solution:
> Categorization (Rik Willems (actiview))
> http://forge.typo3.org/projects/show/extension-categorization
>
> Other initiatives:
> Category-system (Juergen Kussmann)
> http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/view/toi_category/current/
> Content category (Michael Kuzmin)
> http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/view/contentcategory/current/
>
>
> Some say "the more the merrier", well I don't. Which one of these  
> initiatives should I base my extension on? Which one these will be  
> supported in the future? Well, Better Trees by Elmar Hinz and  
> Categories by Mads Brunn are not actively supported anymore, but  
> both seemed very promising. So was their efforts a waste of time?
> It would be nice if there were some collaboration going on here. If  
> that had happened 3 years ago, we would have had a really nice  
> system for a couple of years now.
> Also if the association could back up a specific initiative somehow?
>
> Just my look back and thoughts on a common problem in the TYPO3  
> community.
>
> /Stig
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