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Dave
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Nov 9, 2006, 1:41 PM
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Article Manager v2.1 - New features on the way...
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You can expect a steady stream of updates as we continue to build on the rock solid foundation that we created for Article Manager 2. Here's what's coming in the next version.
Multiple Article Categories - The ability to add and publish an article to more than one category. This has been a long time requested feature and it will be here very soon.
Publish Rule Record Filtering - A powerful feature that didn't make the cut for 2.0. Publish Rule record filtering let's you specify criteria for published files. So you can create published files that only match certain criteria (front page features, products under $100, articles mentioning the government, etc).
Improved Publishing Speed - We're going to revisit the publish system and make it even faster. If you have a less common setup (hundreds of categories, etc) and you've talked to us about publishing speed issues we might be asking you for your help to fine tune the publish process.
We may even sneak a few more things in there if we have time. We plan to release a new version by the end of the month and continue with the rapid development and even more features in the months to follow. Stay tuned for more updates.
Dave Edis - Senior Developer
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klausre
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Nov 9, 2006, 1:49 PM
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Re: [Dave] Article Manager v2.1 - New features on the way...
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NICE!
But an other very important thing for us beginners, is to have allot of Tutorials for how we can use the features 
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MEKAEEL
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Nov 10, 2006, 5:32 PM
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you guys are the best, THE BEST!
I was so happy just to have AM2, but when I saw the fast updates I was even happier!
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mackeymedia
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Nov 11, 2006, 6:13 AM
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I look forward to these changes especially articles in multiple categories! Ihope implementation will be smooth for us novices as well. Thanks!
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pistolpl
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Nov 13, 2006, 7:51 AM
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YES!!!
Multiple Article Categories!!!
Have I told you guys lately how much I love you?
(in a strictly non-sexual, platonic way, of course... How 'bout those BC Lions, eh?)
Pete
(This post was edited by pistolpl on Nov 13, 2006, 7:54 AM)
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thatscountry
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Nov 15, 2006, 9:23 AM
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YEEHAW!!! Improved publishing speed...... That's my only problem with AM2 so if that's improved......
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Marti Clayton
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Damon
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Nov 17, 2006, 8:31 AM
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Re: [Ruggerman77] Article Manager v2.1 - New features on the way...
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Hi Doug,
The goal is to release the next version Article Manager (that includes the publish an article to multiple categories feature) by the end of the month.
Things that could delay this release would be unforseen programming challenges with adding the new features and any bugs discovered prior to release by our testing team that would have to been fixed.
Hopefully that helps answer your question. If you have any other questions, let us know. :)
Cheers
Damon Edis
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HDBC
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Dec 3, 2006, 10:21 PM
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Any word on the status of 2.1 ??
Eric
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DefenceTalk.com
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Dec 4, 2006, 8:28 AM
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Good stuff!
The multi category feature... is it going to create duplicate files? One article should be linked from two different categories so to avoid duplicate content issues with SEO.
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Dec 4, 2006, 10:39 AM
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Status Update: We've finished the multi-category article feature. It took longer than expected but works well now. We're now moving on to the publishing system to make some improvements. Stay tuned for more updates.
DefenceTalk: The multi-category feature won't create duplicate article files. It will link to a single article from multiple article lists. The first category listed will be the "primary" category, so when an article needs to use a category name (such as when you publish articles into directories named after the categories (sports/annualGame.html) it will use the first category.
Dave Edis - Senior Developer
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OrganicMatt
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Dec 6, 2006, 8:59 PM
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Dave - any word on a timeline?
(Should I finish configuring 2.02, or will 2.1 be ready before I have time to test and make 2.02 live?)
How much do you expect the publish rules panel will change?
Also, while you're at changing the publishing code, I'm noting that the templateif command lacks a "contains" type operator. Such an operator would be helpful for working with the placeholders generated by pulldown lists with multiple options.
For example, I want to make a Global Template that publishes only the articles pertaining to a specific state. So I added a multiple-select pulldown to the article dataset that contained the names of all the states.
Then I wrote the following in a GLobal article list template:
<!-- templatecell : articleRow -->
<!-- templateIf : $article.States$ eq "MN" -->
$article.title$
<!-- /templateIf -->
<!-- /templatecell : articleRow -->
However, this will only display articles that have ONLY Minnesota selected in the state pulldown. If other states are selected as well, then $article.States$ becomes a list, and there is no way to see if "MN" is in that list.
Thats why a "contains" type operator would be very handy.
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Dec 7, 2006, 11:00 AM
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Stick with 2.02 for now, 2.1 might take a little while.
Great idea for the contains operator. There's a number of things I'd like to add to templateIfs next time they're updated. I'll put that on the list.
Dave Edis - Senior Developer
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Dave
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Dec 7, 2006, 4:09 PM
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hehe, ok. I'll post here as soon as it's ready! :)
Dave Edis - Senior Developer
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pistolpl
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Dec 8, 2006, 7:48 AM
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Dave,
Not to tell you guys how to do your release schedules or anything, but if you've got the multi-category support section done, why not release that as version 2.1, and then when the other enhancements still being worked on are finished, it could be released as version 2.11?
Just a thought...
Pete
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Dave
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Dec 8, 2006, 10:28 AM
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It's a good idea, if the extra stuff ends up taking too long we might just do that.
Dave Edis - Senior Developer
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pistolpl
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Dec 8, 2006, 5:05 PM
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well, for those of us who have waited for years for this feature, we'd be eternally grateful... if you know what I mean (I don't think I can legally give you guys my first born daughter... she might not appreciate it, but I'd certainly be grateful)
Pete
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Dec 12, 2006, 4:06 PM
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Yeah, I second that.
My boss has been bugging me for a Multiple Category Posting feature for 6 months, and I've had to tell him to wait. Plus my co-workers who have to double-post certain types of articles will thank me for saving them time.
THANKS DAVE!
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pistolpl
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Dec 15, 2006, 8:29 AM
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just trying to give Dave a subtle little nudge regarding this...
after all, Christmas is only a week and a half away -- you want Santa to know that you've been especially nice this year, don't you?
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