Stepping forward

With things moving along here at CSV Improved, it is time to look forward and give everybody an insight into what is planned for the middle term future. Currently there are 2 components, CSV Improved and CSVI SOBI for importing/exporting data into your website. Two more components will be added in the course of this year and are expected in the fall of 2009. These components are CSVI Joomfish and CSVI redVMPRODUCTFINDER.

CSV Improved has made a successful transfer from Joomla 1.0 to Joomla 1.5. Currently CSVI SOBI is being revised and in testing to make it work in the same manner as CSV Improved. Both CSVI Joomfish and CSVI redVMPRODUCTFINDER will be build on the basis of CSV Improved. This will give a familiar feeling when using these products and no new system needs to be learned.

Along with these new components will come a name change for CSV Improved. To distinguish what kind of CSV Improved version is being used, CSV Improved will be renamed to CSVI VM.

All components will be licensed and distributed in the same manner, this means:

• Users with a subscription will get new releases first
• Users with a subscription will get priority support
• A release becomes publicly available after 4 weeks of its initial release date
• All releases are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 Netherlands License

The first draft of the CSVI VM Handbook has been released, this will see further updates, additions, corrections. With new features constantly being implemented the available fields page also needs updating. This will also take place in due time. Please report any pages that are missing or give a page not found warning. This will increase correctnes and completenes of all available fields.

The summer holiday is also drawing near. The month of July support will be limited as I am on holidays. Following this, as per August 1st, all support for Joomla 1.0 and associated versions will come to an end. All support and development will be focused on the Joomla 1.5 native version.

Translations are currently being added to CSV Improved and for this I wish to thank the translators. If CSV Improved is not yet available in your language and you wish to help out, please contact me. Help us to let CSV Improved speak your language.