I've Been Gone For Over A Year? Upgrade / Feature Questions!

[reviewum]

Hey All,

I've been away from this great CMS for a while, as I mentioned here: http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/index.ph ... 27597   

I noticed my current version was version 0.8.2 Taunoa from 1/17/05!    I went through all the upgrade steps and didn't' receive a single error / problem....  it actually seemed too perfect.  How could a year and a half of development go by and the upgrade be so seamless?

Also I didn't notice any major look / feature changes so I'm wondering if I really received the benefits of the upgrade.  Is there a way within CMSMS to view the current version running?

I just realized (while typing) that I should verify my version number before I dive into some of my questions about what I see / don't see after being gone a year.

So, I'll start off on how to verify my version number and then dive into some questions.

Thanks in advance for any help!!!

[cyberman]

Hi reviewum,

welcome back ...

Is there a way within CMSMS to view the current version running?

Please look in the footer of admin panel  - since v0.12 you should found there this information.

[calguy1000]

The current cms version number should be at the bottom of every page in the admin section.

if not, check version*php in the install directory.

[reviewum]

hahaha... I knew it was too easy!

I must have messed up my ssh commands with extracting and overwriting the old files.  I did it all over again and POW... what a difference. 

Now I'm off to wait for the dust to settle and see what works and what doesn't and will come back to report on what I notice after being gone for a year.

BTW, per the bottom of every page now "CMS Made Simple 0.13".  Goodbye to "So simple it's like taking a vacation"! 

[Dr.CSS]

you can add it back if you want... or put it in the header... you know just for old times sake 

BTW: Welcome back

[reviewum]

Well, things have definitely improved since a year ago.  The separation between user files (content) is pretty good.  The one thing that is still a hang up for me is that each user seems to have access to other user's images.  Any way around this?

[reviewum]

Well, I've been playing with different CMS's here: www.opensourcecms.com  and so far I still like CMSmadesimple the best.  The one thing I stil need it to do is to separate image files for each user.    I can't believe there aren't any CMS's that do this (at least none that I've found).

Are there any plans to offer this functionality in the future for CMSMS?  Are there any modules / hacks to do this?  Heck, I'm almost to the point of paying someone to create a way to do this. 

[calguy1000]

well, it could be done with the uploads module, events (upcoming), and smarty stuff rather easily, you'd be able to do a {cms_module module=Uploads category=$username mode=summary template="blah.tpl"} or some such thing, and it would automatically pick up the username from smarty, as long as the category was created.

And, in 1.0, the category could be created automatically by handling the appropriate feusers event, and telling the uploads module to create a category named the same as the new username.

Neat eh

[reviewum]

No matter how hard I try I keep coming back to this CMS!  I love the UI and the features.  My main issue / reason for not using it for a TON of projects is the fact that when a user uploads an image, this image can be browsed in the "File Manager" and "Image Manager" by other users.

Maybe I should be more specifict:

My wife's family needs a family reunion website. They are NOT tech savy. I'm looking for a CMS that will allow them to login, create a page, upload images into that page, and edit that page.

Their content and images can't be edited by other members. All the main sections (in this case each family) would be listed in the menu and the content pages are listed below each main section. For example:

HOME

-Family 1
• Our 1st page
• Another page

-Family 2
• Here is our stuff

-Family 3
• Content 1
• Content 2
• Content 3

So, "Family 1" could add new pages/image and edit pages/images to their "Family 1" section but can NOT modify the other "Family's" pages/images.

I've been searching hi and low for a CMS that does this well.  cmsMadeSimple is SO CLOSE, but user's ability to browse and delete other user's images just won't work.

Am I seriously the only person that is looking for a CMS with this functionality?

Thanks!