Hi, @KK and Couchers,
Couch is already a powerful generator of html pages. We can slice & dice data for these pages, regulate access, build relations ets. Most ContentManagement software should do this. However, Couch not only manages pages - it actually, converts presentation views from View1 to View2 on the fly.
The suggestion is to reflect about this core philosophy. Maybe present a roadmap on what to expect more from Couch about convertions. Would be healthy for CouchCMS 2.0.
Example of such a job is necessary.
See, you can instruct CouchCMS to take some carefully selected pieces of data from editables of managed templates and present them in a UL list. A list of User Names, and their subjects from school. Basically, we say - take this from that and show me in this way in html. The problem arises, when you want to get out of small clothes and step out of the boundaries. Such boundaries usually come in form of html templates. Such a great and powerful CMS is bounded by some underground html/css coder! Nah...
What if you'd like to explore Generating opportunities and say: take this from that and change something on the fly and then show me in the way i need now for this project. Like, take this Huge Table from richtext plugin and do not output by table, instead convert all tr-th-td to DIV!
So, maybe even apply a bit more complex template 
. And then, I'm able to manipulate the result arranging it any way, any layout, designer-way. And client is also happy, as he still can operate his mega tables in backoffice.
Yes, in some years, as CSS advances, you would change your Presentational Template, and Regenerate absolutely new looking pages with new looking data. Can Couch still be a powerful data manipulator? Yes. Could Couch be effective in Views manipulations? Definitely. Would it be so? Who knows
Happy Couching!
Couch is already a powerful generator of html pages. We can slice & dice data for these pages, regulate access, build relations ets. Most ContentManagement software should do this. However, Couch not only manages pages - it actually, converts presentation views from View1 to View2 on the fly.
The suggestion is to reflect about this core philosophy. Maybe present a roadmap on what to expect more from Couch about convertions. Would be healthy for CouchCMS 2.0.
Example of such a job is necessary.
See, you can instruct CouchCMS to take some carefully selected pieces of data from editables of managed templates and present them in a UL list. A list of User Names, and their subjects from school. Basically, we say - take this from that and show me in this way in html. The problem arises, when you want to get out of small clothes and step out of the boundaries. Such boundaries usually come in form of html templates. Such a great and powerful CMS is bounded by some underground html/css coder! Nah...
What if you'd like to explore Generating opportunities and say: take this from that and change something on the fly and then show me in the way i need now for this project. Like, take this Huge Table from richtext plugin and do not output by table, instead convert all tr-th-td to DIV!
So, maybe even apply a bit more complex template . And then, I'm able to manipulate the result arranging it any way, any layout, designer-way. And client is also happy, as he still can operate his mega tables in backoffice.Yes, in some years, as CSS advances, you would change your Presentational Template, and Regenerate absolutely new looking pages with new looking data. Can Couch still be a powerful data manipulator? Yes. Could Couch be effective in Views manipulations? Definitely. Would it be so? Who knows
Happy Couching!
