Future

Elefant 2.0

Elefant 2.0 is now feature-complete and nearing final release. We encourage you to try the latest beta and help us test it out.

Here is a list of improvements that are included:

  • Wysiwyg editor: Make dynamic objects editable (#21 - Done)
  • Translation editing app (#9 - Done)
  • Install themes & apps via zip file upload (#60 - Done)
  • Multiple file upload in file manager (#64 - Done)
  • Quick file upload through wysiwyg editor dialogs (#65 - Done)
  • Rate-limit login attempts with $memcache (#67 - Done)
  • More flexible email sending based on Zend_Mail (Done)
  • More complex query building in Model (Done)
  • Disqus support for blog comments (#61 - Done)
  • Show dates and times in current user's timezone (Done)
  • Control of redirects for SEO (Done)
  • Fast batch insertions/updates in Model (Done)
  • Renamed Database class to simply DB (Done)
  • Added APC as cache backend (Done)
  • More customizable access control (Done)
  • More photo gallery display options (Done)
  • Command line DB schema importer (Done)
  • Command line CRUD Generator (Done)
  • View class for better view logic encapsulation (Done)
  • __('Translate me') alias of I18n::get() (Done)
  • Added ""show only empty fields"" option to translation editor (#95 - Done)
  • Web-based settings form for user and blog apps (#66 - Done)
  • Provide means of adding synching to S3 (#31 - Done)
  • Edit text files in the file manager (Done)
  • Edit images in the file manager via Aviary.com (Done)
  • Create custom fields for blog posts, users, and more (#107 - Done)
  • ./conf/elefant update site upgrade utility (#36 - Done)
  • Role-based access control (Done)
  • More language translations (Note: We can always use help with corrections, updates, and new translations)
    • English
    • Chinese
    • Czech
    • Dutch
    • French
    • German
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Russian
    • Slovenian
    • Ukrainian

We're always looking for help, so if you see something you'd like to work on, please jump in!

Custom Apps

Click here for a list of existing Elefant apps.

Here are some ideas for utilities and apps that could be built on Elefant:

  • Blog/site importers:
    • Movable Type
    • TextPattern
    • Posthaven
    • Tumblr
    • Drupal
    • Joomla
    • Blogger/blogspot (done)
    • Wordpress (done)
  • News
    • Basic
    • With Reddit/HN-style ranking
  • A/B and multivariate testing
  • Shopping cart
  • Banners/ads
  • Forum
  • Polls
  • Mailing lists
  • Reusable UI elements:
    • Microformats
    • Ratings
  • Custom access control/permissions
  • Support for more cloud services
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