[TYPO3-ttnews] Thoughts about news2

[Thomas Kowtsch]

On 06.01.2011 22:15, Thomas Kowtsch wrote:
> OK, here we go:

One note ahead: I haven't tested news2 in detail so far, I want to write 
down my ideas and wishes only from tt_news perspective before being 
inspired by news2 so far.
@Georg: In case that some things are already available take it as a 
confirmation that it was worth the effort at least for me :-)

> So, let's start this new thread to collect anything that comes in mind :-)

- One very clumsy thing in tt_news is the integration of lightbox 
extensions. I never made it to something working to both have lightboxes 
for "normal" news *and* to make "external link"-news (linking to PDF 
downloads) working as expected. Suggestion: Include a distinct 
"click-enlarge" feature as for standard "text w/ image"-content elements 
to switch image ressource behavior.
- In general, lightbox inclusion snippets should be collected by key 
users and either be added to the extension docu or provided to lightbox 
extension authors.
- A very helpful thing for me is to provide news on a general page 
whenever they are available and to display only currently applicable 
one's by date on other pages (eg., announcing new publications on a 
overview page and showing the current one using LATEST view on the front 
page)
- default cropping should be aware of HTML-tags (eg., use cropHTML)
- A "fool-save" migration of existing records is needed
- Some kind of native "Link to file"-support would be helpful for me: If 
you just want to notify about a new file that provides alsoan image 
(such as a PDF), you have to use the type "external link" today and you 
need to assign the same file as image. An easy way to simply select a 
target file that's used both as link target and image/media file could 
help a lot.
- Valid RSS/ATOM/... (including optional small images) feeds are a must have

> And, not to forget: Ideas how to help Georg are welcome as well!

- Testing, testing, testing
- Provide clear bug reports/feature requests in the bugtracker (error 
messages, expected behaviour vs. what's happening today)
- Provide feedback for the docu
- "spread the word"
- Help with bugfixes

Now it's up to you :^p

Thomas