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FrontEndUsers Gets a Nip and Tuck


For the first time in a long while, FrontEndUsers is getting some cosmetic changes, and a couple of new features.
Category: Modules

FrontEndUsers has been a rock-solid module for a good long while.... There was a time when it was the new thing on the block, and it looked exciting and new compared to other modules available for CMS at the time.  but like everything, it had started to show it's age.  Other modules caught up to it, and exceeded it in look and feel.   It needed a minor bit of surgery.

While working on the CGUserDirectory module, I wanted to have the ability to enable wysiwyg editors for some text area properties in FEU, so that authorized frontend users could use a wysiwyg editor to edit their biography or something.   So I set about implementing this feature.  It was more complicated than I wanted.

So I ended up re-writing the entire way properties are defined, and managed to actually shrink the code, implement the wysiwyg stuff, and make it look better.   I made the property creation process into a one step process, using a tiny bit of javascript.   Initially when we created CMS we wanted it to work in the admin without javascript, but in the last couple of years, that idea has gone out the window.  We can now assume that users will have javascript enabled on their browser when logged into the admin section.... that makes things a bit easier.

Then I got carried away and went after group creation and editing.... the field order stuff in there was kinda old and stale, and there wasn't enough checking going on, so I tackled this too... Now we have the familiar up/down arrows for re-arranging fields.

Next came the preferences tab.  I wanted to add a preference to define the default expiry interval when creating new users, and I noticed the preferences tab was looking kinda old... so I opened up the template file in my editor, and started moving things around, and added some fieldsets.... now it looks much better, and there are a couple more preferences.

The users tab had the same 'looking old problem'.... so it only took a few minutes and that tab looked much better.

So to summarize, although I haven't really put any new funky, flashy features into FEU, it did get a couple of incremental improvements, and a 'nip here', and a 'tuck there' so that it looks a little better, looks new and refreshed, and is ready to go for a couple of more years.

I should be releasing it this week.... keep posted.

 

Category: Modules
Posted by: admin
I've almost finished a module that will replace the UserDirectory module. to allow people to display profile information for certain FEU user groups on their website. It should kick butt, and fill alot of features that have been requested in the past.
Thanks: Many thanks to Tyler Boespflug and particularly to the Dakota Community Bank
Category: Modules
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There have been problems with CGFeedmaker generated feeds validating on international installs.
Category: Modules
Posted by: admin
I've gone on a bug fixing spree!!!!
Category: Modules
Posted by: admin
A new ability to create portal areas is on its way to CMS Made Simple.
Thanks: Many thanks to our sponsors at:  The Dakota Community Bank
Category: Modules
Posted by: admin
I quickly whipped up a new shipping module for the E-commerce suite the other day. PriceBasedShipping is now available
Thanks: Pat Strader at MatterHorn Marketing
Category: Modules
Posted by: admin
Some serious new improvements to the E-commerce suite are underway.
Thanks: Many thanks to my sponsor, Pat Strader at MatterHorn Marketing
Category: Modules
Posted by: admin
Template Externalizer now supports module templates. Use your favorite editor to edit all the templates for the various modules you are using!!
Thanks: 

Many Thanks to Tyler Boespflug for Testing

Category: Modules
Posted by: admin
The calendar module is getting a much needed overhaul. To be released soon.
Category: Modules
Posted by: admin
New versions of the Products, Cart, and Orders module have been released with many new features, and providing a quality, stable, e-commerce solution for CMS Made Simple.
Thanks: Tyler boespflug and the family at Boespflug Trailers
Category: Modules
Posted by: admin
Blogs module now has rss handling, and better date facilities. It's almost ready for release.
Category: This Website
Posted by: admin
I've started building the Quick Tips Page.
Category: Modules
Posted by: admin
Thanks to InyerFace Designs of Quebec Canada, and my contact Mitch, The CompanyDirectory module received a small, but valuable enhancement.
Category: Modules
Posted by: admin
Due to the generosity of a sponsor, the CGGoogleMaps and FEU modules have been updated to allow generating dynamic maps from FEU. Neat eh.
Category: Modules
Posted by: admin
I've been a busy beaver with this little website.... I even found a need to tweak the Blogs module.
Category: General
Posted by: admin
Thanks to Ted, calguy1000.com is now hosted on the same webserver as CMS Made Simple
Category: Modules
Posted by: admin
The other day I released the Ballots module for CMS Made Simple. Ballots is kinda like a polls module on steroids. It should quite easily replace the existing polls module.
Category: General
Posted by: admin
Welcome to calguy1000.com.... my new consulting website. It's just new today, and I haven't really styled the content or anything, but you'll soon start to see this website take shape.