very slow development In Concrete5
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Hi. well from ages there is no development in concrete themes and addons like other CMS . which have thousands of themes and addons, so please all developers lets make this CMS the best. and we have to develop professional themes, and blocks, and also have to introduce some opensource plugins and themes to attract more users. and some more integration options. some latest video tutorials of developing themes, so users can build themes for the C5. specially building themes from PSD's
We are all working very hard, but we do have lives out side of C5 ;) also most other CMS's have backing from Companies
I think c5 has come a long way in the past year. Just remember, Joomla and Drupal and other CMS's have a long lead time on us.
I think c5 will catch on with many more developers and we'll start to see a lot of progress this year. Something to think about -- most addons get developed for a specific need. I think as more and more developers work in c5, we'll see those addons.
my 2cents worth.
I think c5 will catch on with many more developers and we'll start to see a lot of progress this year. Something to think about -- most addons get developed for a specific need. I think as more and more developers work in c5, we'll see those addons.
my 2cents worth.
"video tutorials of developing themes"
well, it doesn't get into the PSD side of things but here's a video tutorial on converting a theme over to concrete:
http://www.concrete5.org/help/building_with_concrete5/developers/th...
and here's a written tutorial on the same subject:
http://www.codeblog.ch/en/2009/01/concrete5-theme-erstellen/...
with the number of plugins concrete has, i think it's largely an issue of quality vs quantity. some of those other platforms may have tons available, but many of them are buggy, incomplete, unreviewed, and/or unsupported. would be nice to see even more themes & packages in the marketplace though
well, it doesn't get into the PSD side of things but here's a video tutorial on converting a theme over to concrete:
http://www.concrete5.org/help/building_with_concrete5/developers/th...
and here's a written tutorial on the same subject:
http://www.codeblog.ch/en/2009/01/concrete5-theme-erstellen/...
with the number of plugins concrete has, i think it's largely an issue of quality vs quantity. some of those other platforms may have tons available, but many of them are buggy, incomplete, unreviewed, and/or unsupported. would be nice to see even more themes & packages in the marketplace though
So - what additional plugins were you thinking of?
1.) What plugins do the competition offer that we don't have in Concrete5. I'm sure a list of plugins that would have demand would give an entrepreneurial developer more of a reason to create it!
2.) What themes would you like to see. From what I've seen, you can pretty much take any HTML theme and convert it to concrete5 relatively easily. Maybe some more screen-casts on that aspect... like custom theming a block etc.
Think MonsterTemplate.com for HTML themes... there are a lot of HTML themes out there, and it doesn't take a whole lot of time to turn that into Concrete5.
3.) Screen-casts - what else would you like to see? For me - I think I'm going to be creating a screen-cast series that is client facing - so I can send them to the videos for training purposes. What kind of tutorials were you wanting to see?
1.) What plugins do the competition offer that we don't have in Concrete5. I'm sure a list of plugins that would have demand would give an entrepreneurial developer more of a reason to create it!
2.) What themes would you like to see. From what I've seen, you can pretty much take any HTML theme and convert it to concrete5 relatively easily. Maybe some more screen-casts on that aspect... like custom theming a block etc.
Think MonsterTemplate.com for HTML themes... there are a lot of HTML themes out there, and it doesn't take a whole lot of time to turn that into Concrete5.
3.) Screen-casts - what else would you like to see? For me - I think I'm going to be creating a screen-cast series that is client facing - so I can send them to the videos for training purposes. What kind of tutorials were you wanting to see?
Ditto the comments above...
I see very little reason for premade concrete5 'themes' - we are converting dozens of templates or custom graphic designs into concrete5 each month.
Find me a design (custom or template), pay me some $$ and I'll implement into concrete5 for you.
Simple :)
I see very little reason for premade concrete5 'themes' - we are converting dozens of templates or custom graphic designs into concrete5 each month.
Find me a design (custom or template), pay me some $$ and I'll implement into concrete5 for you.
Simple :)
I agree that theming for c5 is relatively simple. I would have to disagree on the themes having no reason or purpose however. A ton of users just want to click and install like they do Wordpress themes and not deal with the middle man unless they have an issue. If my sales from themes is any indication there is a market for them and I plan on making as many as they will approve. =D
Yeah, I'm sure there's some language barrier issues going on with the original post, but just to be clear:
1) The core development is going great guns. Anyone who thinks concrete5 hasn't come along way in the last 2 years needs to show me a software project that moves faster. Go look at the version feature lists, it's crazy to think how many solid features are now part of core.
2) Don't discount the development of concrete5.org. There's a lot of stuff going on under the hood here that will be very handy when awareness does start to take off. We're basically having to both build cms software and a community site to manage the relationship between clients and developers - as well as all the standard tools any open source software site has.
3) The marketplace actually has grown in a healthy manner. I don't see a lot of needs that aren't being filled. I look at drupal's marketplace and see over 300 add-ons that all rethink "permissions" in some way. That doesn't impress me. I'd rather see one core with a solid approach on permissions and half a dozen competing image galleries in a marketplace.
4) I actually do agree with shider over fullflavour on themes. I recognize that a lot of folks who are using concrete5 today are small agencies that have no need for a pre-existing template, but I also know we're reaching a large audience of end site owners who would LOVE to see more themes in the marketplace, be they free or commercial, they WILL sell.
5) My biggest gripe with growth is we don't see more local communities springing up. I'd like to hear about more concrete5 meetups. I'd like to see people volunteering to take the time to goto their existing PHP user's group and talk about concrete5. I know we need to put more resources up to help make this happen, and we're working on that - but THAT'S what is going to make concrete5 successful, grass roots growth.
1) The core development is going great guns. Anyone who thinks concrete5 hasn't come along way in the last 2 years needs to show me a software project that moves faster. Go look at the version feature lists, it's crazy to think how many solid features are now part of core.
2) Don't discount the development of concrete5.org. There's a lot of stuff going on under the hood here that will be very handy when awareness does start to take off. We're basically having to both build cms software and a community site to manage the relationship between clients and developers - as well as all the standard tools any open source software site has.
3) The marketplace actually has grown in a healthy manner. I don't see a lot of needs that aren't being filled. I look at drupal's marketplace and see over 300 add-ons that all rethink "permissions" in some way. That doesn't impress me. I'd rather see one core with a solid approach on permissions and half a dozen competing image galleries in a marketplace.
4) I actually do agree with shider over fullflavour on themes. I recognize that a lot of folks who are using concrete5 today are small agencies that have no need for a pre-existing template, but I also know we're reaching a large audience of end site owners who would LOVE to see more themes in the marketplace, be they free or commercial, they WILL sell.
5) My biggest gripe with growth is we don't see more local communities springing up. I'd like to hear about more concrete5 meetups. I'd like to see people volunteering to take the time to goto their existing PHP user's group and talk about concrete5. I know we need to put more resources up to help make this happen, and we're working on that - but THAT'S what is going to make concrete5 successful, grass roots growth.
