Comments on: Rediscovering PHP

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:15:22 +0000

@Nelson: I’m using PEAR for the mailer, and I’m basically echoing what settings it needs. I remember working before with SMTP servers that don’t require authentication for sending, hence I do allow that in the settings page. Whether people check or not is up to their server’s settings :)

I’ve never had problems with affiliate images paths personally, and I do use absolute paths, actually. If you’re having problems with images, you might want to ask at CodeGrrl.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:24:25 +0000

Looking forward to this one. I’ve been having errors with 3.1.3. lately.

In SMTP authentication settings, the checkbox with label “Yes, SMTP server requires authentication” should always be checked when SMTP is chosen as the mailer option. It may be left unchecked sometimes you know. Sometimes, when I approve a new member I don’t see any message in the error log. The next time I see it, it’s already loaded with two or three.
Paths to images doesn’t seem friendly to me (I don’t know with the others) at all. For instance, affiliate images are visible in the administration panel but are not when called by the function that lists them down. I think this can be resolved by allowing absolute paths.
Quite related to the previous query, there seems to be small bugs lurking behind uploading.

By: Bernie

Bernie — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:11:52 +0000

I’m glad to hear that you’re developing Enthusiast 4! Everything’s running well at 3 so I couldn’t think of that much to suggest.

Maybe a mini userpic/gravatar on the fan pages for each fan? =)

By: Vickie

Vickie — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:47:57 +0000

Oh, it.. it is? I might not have done a proper upgrade then. I’ll download a fresh copy and see. :)

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:21:34 +0000

Hello Vickie, #3 and #5 is already in the latest Enth version. :)

By: Vickie

Vickie — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:36:25 +0000

Angela, thank you so much for your hard work. I love Enthusiast! :D I’m so glad to read that you haven’t abandoned the project. Hmm, I don’t have time to read through what everybody else said so they might already be mentioned, but here’s a few things I would personally love to see in Enth 4 without us having to go into the files and edit them every time we upgrade.

mass delete function
option to edit timezone from server time
option to completely take out target in links
additional fields in update form to follow addform.inc
show sort option and country, fave, etc. on all pages of fan list

That’s all I can remember for now. Thanks so much again! :D

By: Zee

Zee — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:29:23 +0000

I can’t thank you enough for putting so much hard work into Enthusiast! It really makes life easier. :) That said, I’d like to echo the request for increased spam protection and/or a mass-delete function. As I type this I’m in the middle of deleting over 400 spam submissions to my fanlistings…one at a time. I keep avoiding updating my fanlistings because I don’t want to have to deal with it. I realize you’re on a deadline to get out the initial release, but I’m crossing my fingers that you have time to throw in an image verification! Or better yet, a virtual laser gun that will shoot spammers in the head through their computer screen when they press the submit button. Too much? ;)

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:10:19 +0000

The markup Enth will be using in the next version will definitely be more semantic. That’s actually one point that I’m still deciding on, if I will be staying with XHTML or HTML… still no decisions there yet. :)

By: Jordan

Jordan — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:14:56 +0000

I’ve something to add, also. :)

I would like to see labels added to the input fields, please, such as on my custom join pages (http://www.tyomnaya-noch.net/knopfler/join.php). Every time I upgrade Enth I go through and recode the join form which can be quite time consuming, but it would make the forms very accessible and even easier to use. Just a thought :)

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:35:49 +0000

Hi Kya, thanks! I won’t promise these will be in the new Enth, but I appreciate the feedback. :) Right now the biggest priority for me is to get it out the door with the new code rewritten to make it easier to add on to, and to make sure it’s out before PHP4 EOL hits. This might even mean some current features won’t be included in the initial release — it all depends. :)