Hello All,

I am sure this topic has been already beaten to death several times but I'm getting a mental blank. Nothing.

So, my Component allows a Logged In / Registered User to Add records to a database (Quotations).
Example: Joomla (int)$user->id = 44, type = Registered.

When they login, they can Add new Quotes, and the FrontEnd Layout Grid should ONLY show their records.

Obviously, my Menu Item (Quotes) is only visible to 'Registered' users (logged in).

When the user Adds a Quotation record I need to be able to associate the Currently Logged In Joomla! User with this record in the database, otherwise I cannot determine which records that user should be able to see, right?

Am I missing something? Have I overlooked the obvious? (again).

Please help me someone before I pull ALL of my hair out (Not much left).

Kind Regards,

Edward.

Authoring is now my first preoccupation.
I will inform when ready.

Hello Jocelyn,

Thank you! This is very exciting news indeed. From myself and many other excited and patiently waiting users.

Kind Regards,

Edward.

P.S. I hope that Joomla! Day was a success and generated much interest in J-Cook Pro.

Joomla day was fantastic with a lot of interest for Cook !!

About authoring,
I encour some issues dealing with the ACLs and the native 1.6 wich is not supported in 1.5.

I should make some collateral global changes, and hope that users will not be confused

That's also a big deal to keep compatibility with 1.5...

Well why keep the j15 compat for everything ? 1.5 is over, let's talk about future...
Or make it available for 1.6 with a big warning to 1.5 users...

I agree with your suggestion, this just depends on how embedded the J1.5 functionality is in the whole J-Cook framework.

It might be interesting to know how many users specifically use J1.5 and how many use J1.7/2.5?
Just a thought.

Regards,

Edward.

Hello Jocelyn,

May I ask if the Authoring might be expected in days, weeks, or months? Just so that I can plan some projects accordingly.

Thank you kindly,

Edward.

I agree with VeCrea.

I think weeks.

Regarding 1.5, It is not officially closed.
I must continue in that way, even if it is very very boring !!!.

Dev means often spending a lot of time only for the details.

I have very few users using 1.5, but there are. And often are beginners, so Cook cannot forgot them.

I am currently migrating in a REAL 2.5 MVC !!!
If you check your MVC, you can see it is old school way of doing.

A new cleaned MVC version is coming ! .... with authoring !!

Cook is NOT a framework. (Only JDom)
Please don't reduce the generator to a simple concept of 'framwork'.

All my work is about avoiding ANY KIND of framework.
Joomla is powerfull enough, no ?

Well, it is just a detail, but for the users it means a lot !!!!... and for me too ...

Dear admin, you know how much i respect your work.
I definitly agree on the not-a-framework argument. Cook is not and this is the reason why it is a marvellous tool.
Regarding j1.5, support for this version of Joomla stops on April 24th... so, in my opinion, j1.5 is awaiting its peaceful goodbye party.
BUT as you said, moving to a complete 2.5MVC is the way to go, as 2.5 will be supported for a (very) long time.
In the mean time, we'll stick to the different solutions that were presented here in this forum to help us get to an authoring solution that is not embedded in cook directly.
I would like to finish by saying once again how much i appreciate Jocelyn's work and his vision about it.

Thank you very much.

Stay in touch for the authoring.

In my localhost, it is in very good way.
April, promise. !!

My apologies, more a case of English semantics I believe. Google says.. ..

frame·work
noun /ˈfrāmˌwərk/ 
frameworks, plural

An essential supporting structure of a building, vehicle, or object
- a conservatory in a delicate framework of iron

A basic structure underlying a system, concept, or text
- the theoretical framework of political sociology

Web definitions

model: a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems"

the underlying structure; "providing a factual framework for future research"; "it is part of the fabric of society"

a structure supporting or containing something
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Ah the English language can be so complex..
Kind Regards,

Edward

No passa nada.
No problem, It was a kind of joke because you are a good user.

If you was not a regular user, It could be offending.
I hope you understand it was nothing about you. Only a precision for visitors.

Regards.
Jocelyn.

Of course I understand , all good.

Edward.