mrchad9 wrote:Via what nonexistent mechanism?
Nope. Matt is planning/considering a server migration soon as well as some optimization. This would most likely increase the speed of SummitPost. I do not know how much it would help, but it would definitely be beneficial.
Also there are talks of adding more features to SP. There is a little bit of behind the scenes discussions going on. We do not know exactly what is going to be implemented. So for now I'll keep that part a surprise.
There seems to be a decent amount of interest in doing a bit of modernization of the current SP template. Matt seemed to like the idea I had of working with what we have and making it better. So looks like I can play a big role in the new design.
Keep in mind that it's a beta template. That means that there are things that need to be added to it as well as fixed.
Diego Sahagún wrote:Why if I could ask it before
Timing is everything in this world. Whether it be when to work on my SummitPost pages, catching a bus, or watching a sunset. You can ask it any time you please. But keep in mind that there are better times to ask such questions. A few benefits of waiting are:
1) It will not slow down Matt or who ever is involved in making important upgrades.
2) Your chances of getting a feature implemented are higher when you ask at the right time.
I talk from experience on this. I've convinced many developers into adding great features into extensions and components. Timing on it was very important. If you make requests when lots of changes are taking place you will see a slow down in the number of requests being fulfilled. But at the same time there are phases when a web developer is willing to make lots changes. During that time you should say "please include this as well if possible". Priorities are also a big key in this. So if SP goes indeed go though some feature upgrades, it is better to add things like "chat" later. Doing it in this order will make it less work to ensure compatibility (upgrading twice is more work). Anytime you make a major upgrade to a site, you always have to make sure your third party extensions work well with it (phpbb3, arrow chat, ect).
Phpbb3 is the main forum SummitPost is integrated with.