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Hmmm, I'll take the freedom to criticise a bit here Unimpressed

Gorospe wrote:
I know that many things are somewhat available with Andy, which is fine and great (thanks andy), but bigger "plugins" or concepts are not available.

I'd say "bigger" depends on the particular site needs. In todays web there is no one size fits it all. That's why people and companies hire developers to tailor their website for the specific tasks and idea.

Gorospe wrote:
A better member area and management.
I could agree here to some degree as the user management should be in the very core of GLinks.

Gorospe wrote:
A better user upload feature, as in multiple images or documents.
Not sure how one common feature will fit all needs. In my experience it doesn't.

Gorospe wrote:
Better image integration and management. (resize & compress).
This is really tricky as it depends on what your web host supports. Some support GD, some support ImageMagick, some don't offer any at all! There are some tools which require dozen of libraries installed and they vary between the OS the web host uses, most hosts will not bother to install them or will point you to more flexible and expensive plan. There are some API's as well ... however most of them are paid, how many will use them? Yes there are free ones as well but they are at the same time in pursuit for customers and the flood gates will be closed once the critical user base is reached. It might take months or years who knows.

Gorospe wrote:
Better link ownership and management for the user.
Define better, details are _very_ important. Just saying better could mean anything to anyone.

Gorospe wrote:
Dynamic website.
I'd say GLinks is already pretty dynamic.

Gorospe wrote:
html boxes for comments and content.
This is actually very easy. Just choose your flavour of WYSIWYG editor configure it and insert like 2 lines of code in most cases and voila :)

Gorospe wrote:
Responsive default theme.
Make it pretty. Glinks is ugly looking.
Use CSS framework. Hire a designer? Whatever new design GT comes up you'll see it instantly on thousands of websites, which will essentially render it ugly in no time. With risk of repeating myself: hire a designer is the solution.

Gorospe wrote:
Most of these things are available, within the script or with plugins, but they are or ugly or more like patches than anything else. A 2014 website needs all these things and many more things by default the day you purchase the script.
Glinks is a script made by programmers and it needs a UI upgrade and a 2014 check.

Very true and the reason for that is very few people take the effort to actually work on their websites and that's why in 2014 customisation is the key. One click installs simply don't cut it anymore, you need to have unique functionality, unique design and unique content. Otherwise I'm afraid it'll be money and time wasted. Even Google is design aware nowadays and I will not even mention about content.

And finally as I said in my previous post. Just requesting "Better GLinks" won't work. Think of GLinks as an engine, just requesting a better one won't get you anywhere, developers/engineers need details and specific feedback/suggestions so they can work on most requested ones which would work in most cases.

Cheers,
Boris

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Thread Vision of Links el noe 23538 May 27, 2014, 5:14 AM
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