Last Edited: 3.16PM 16 Jan 2010 (Australia WST)

I thought I would start a wish list thread that maybe the mods want to sticky and use as a feedback tool for future enhancements of ZSB. I am not sure how often the ZSB code is looked at and/or if the developers of ZSB frequent these forums but I still think it could be helpful.

Please keep your wish items realistic.

OK here is the list of wish list items from all posts below (I will update this as new posts are made). This list is simply in order of wish list items have been provided, plus mine ;

Please if any of these are actually already available and I have not yet had a chance to check please let me know so I can strike it out as done

1. Random Sort option
2. Multiple keyword options (AND or OR options)
3. Store include list (so only the stores listed are included in feeds)
4. Store exclude list (so the stores listed are not shown in feeds)
5. Search title only option
6. Ability to use Zazzle's image zoom like they do on category and product pages. (possible solution - http://blog.insidiousdesign.org/2010/11/zsb-where-did-zoom-go.html)
7. More options such as sort by "Most Popular Last 30 days, Week, All Time"
8. After viewing an item over at Zazzle a return link back to the ZSB site
9. Ability to pull special offers and coupon info to include on the ZSB site
10. Ensure all users are notified of new ZSB versions, users may opt to continue to use the older version with no 'formal' support.
11. More interactive support/assistance/comments from Zazzle team on the forums.
12. Filter options and rating settings (family friendly etc Use PG-13 and R etc should be available for those who want it. )
13. Performance - PHP coding - replace all instances of split with preg_split
14. Store Builder - sort by price options
15. Better SEO friendly URLs. (improved in ZSB 1.5) so is this resolved or do you feel more needs to be done to improve it further?
16. Option to limit the number of pages generated for product selects, e.g. most popular.

So what do you wish ZSB to have?

Cheers

GW

FNolan, while I agree with you the fact is that man requests (from what I have read) could have been asked in a better way. However at the same time I do agree more needs to be done by the Zazzle team on these forums.

My hope, especially now that this thread has been stickied, is that everyone will post what they would 'wish' for in an updated ZSB. Then hopefully (please Zazzle team make a comment) the ZSB developers will use this list in a positive way and further develop the ZSB system.

I like your wish items, they can be good, I will add them to the first post so we can see a full list.

I do have one added wish.

6. Maintain older versions of ZSB. While updates to ZSB will be great please when doing updates consider that there might be many still using older versions of ZSB, please keep that in mind and continue to make sure that older versions of ZSB continue to work and/or ensure every means is made for anyone using ZSB to be notified of any updates.

Cheers

Fair enough, but there arguements for both sides. E.g. I might not want the new features if the new version results were loaded slower due to more hoops the system may need to go through.

I guess the best way will be for them to notify everyone of the 'new version' and then leave it up to the people to decide what to use, but make a note that older versions are no longer supported. But that brings back the support issue, where support is provided by users and not the zazzle team - so there is a wish list item - more interactive online support from zazzle via the forums.

Cheers

Does number 12 in the list of the first post in this thread cover that?

I am updating that first post each time a new wish item is added.

Cheers

Hi guys..

Great thread.. I would like the zoom feature, but not at an expensive bandwidth or time cost..

In my implementation of the zsb, I have noticed that the function: split is deprecated in p_hp 5.3. To avoid pesky deprecation notices in your local dev environments and to improve compatibility with future versions of p_hp, I recommend the changes listed below..

Replace all instances of split with preg_split, which per the p_hp docs is often faster. That said, zsb's use of split is trivial and I expect any time gains would be unnoticeable.. Here's what to change:

line 215, change
$gridPages = split( ',' , $_GET['gridPage'] );
to
$gridPages = preg_split( '(,)' , $_GET['gridPage'] );

line 221, change
$gridNumberParts = split( '_', $gridPage );
to
$gridNumberParts = preg_split( '(_)', $gridPage );

line 243, change
$gridSort = split(',', $_GET['gridSort'] );
to
$gridSort = preg_split('(,)', $_GET['gridSort'] );

line 248, change
$gridSortValueParts = split('_', $gridSortVal );
to
$gridSortValueParts = preg_split('(_)', $gridSortVal );

line 302, change
$gridNumberParts = split( '_', $pg );
to
$gridNumberParts = preg_split( '(_)', $pg );

line 311, change
$gridSortNumberParts = split( '_', $sort );
to
$gridSortNumberParts = preg_split( '(_)', $sort );

line 347, change
$gridSortNumberParts = split( '_', $sort );
to
$gridSortNumberParts = preg_split( '(_)', $sort );



Happy Zazzling )

I'd like the ZSB to include shortcodes for WordPress and other CMSes, instead of having to go to a third-party plugin to use it in a blog.