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Ian Fenn

[Login] Change #9 by fennshui.com at 2007-03-06 19:44:54.

Intelligent rebuilds - Athena should only rebuild pages that require rebuilding
Rebuild improvements - category rebuilds in particular
A visible queue for RebuildQueue - inform the user the templates have been queued for rebuilding then allow them to see the queue and monitor rebuild progress if need be
More feedback on rebuilds - Allow developers to see the template tags, etc., that are taking time to rebuild so they can optimise templates accordingly
Permit paged template, i.e. allow category listings to span several pages - similar to MTPaginate?
Better trackback and spam handling - MT seems to accept trackbacks and comments into the database even if trackbacks and comments are switched off for the entry concerned
Tag enhancements - drop resource-hungry mt-search.cgi for the display of tag-related entries. Extend the functionality - multiblog tag clouds, limit to number of tags in cloud, etc.
Introduction of typelists to movable type
Pages - allow blog authors to create pages in a similar way to entries rather than via index files
Absorb the following plugins and their functionality - Rightfields, Compare,
Comment registration - provide a typekey-equivalent module that permits sites to offer their own registration system complete with profiles and password reset. Profiles should include links to the blog entries the user has commented on?
Close comments - allow blog authors to close comments and trackbacks after a period of time of their choosing.
More developer control - make it easy for blog developers to hide certain functionality from blog authors, e.g. publish paths, file extensions, etc. Or better divide up permissions
Author archives - allow free text entry plus entry listing of their blog posts
Improved category tags, e.g. using to work with the primary category is a back in the backside
Simpler xhtml templates. (My concern here is that people see the default complex ones and come to the conclusion that MT is difficult to use/modify)
Version control for entries. Or at least the ability to log in a separate field what the changes were and why. Could be an optional modules.
More plugins/modules from Six Apart. Given the relatively small number of plugin developers around now, this is needed. Apart from offering much-needed functionality, such modules could act as best practice examples and encourage others to develop.
Move DeleteFilesAtRebuild and Safe Mode out of mt-config.cgi and into per-blog settings. (Hat tip: Su)

[Login] Change #9 by fennshui.com at 2007-03-06 19:44:54.