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Dollars5:
As I stated when I wrote this entry it was just a quick review after a couple hours. Perhaps you took my first impressions as overly critical. I didn't intend this entry to be criticism, but the points you made are not all valid. I'll address them after I spend some more time with the code. But about the bug concerning certain characters in the story title. It is a show stopper with URL method 2, it was reported closed 2-18 which was the same date as the beta 9.1 release. If it had been "obviously" fixed in SVN it probably deserved a mention somewhere more prominent on the forums or wiki? maybe? probably! Oh and the save/cancel button is not just a usability issue for me its a usability issue period.

First thanks for the short review on Pligg. I need to point some things regard to Pligg and your blog entry.

1] Search engine friendly URL – It is already in place – you need to enable URL 2 Method from admin panel and enable the htaccess file – there are plenty of pligg sites that uses such URL schemes you can find many at the Pligg Forum->my Pligg site

2] an "!" causes a 404 error – This is obviously fixed as reported in the SVN – the test case is simple enough for anyone to just try make a post with special characters – And this has been tested by the lead devs, and the person who reported it before the issue closed. To get i working you would need the latest SVN code.

3] save or cancel button – the reason it is that way is that many people wanted it that way – if you feel it uncomfortable you are welcome to change it according to your need. Just an usability question to you here – Isn't that any system should have a mechanism to revert their changes? A simple word document confirms you with a dialog allowing you to overwrite or discard while "Save As" that is an usability issue that many pligg users wanted.

4] voting scheme to revert votes – Most pligg sites are run by small userbase and reverting votes would make immediate effects on front page, which they cannot afford to have. Not every Pligg based site have atleast 1/10th the userbase of Digg.com, and many prefer it the way it is currently, but again you are free to change it the way you want it.

5] voting scheme to vote down/bury – Bury is added to the latest SVN (just after 9.1 was released), many sites use it. Some sites has gone to the extent of modding it to behave like a vote down – check http://memeorlame.com for how it is done. Pligg gives you the flexibility to do what ever you want – all that is needed is that you have to do it. Apart from this, there is also a 5 star voting available.

I would just call this a quick blog without any research – Pligg forums is a good resource for all updates regarding pligg. And Pligg project offers the system usable for every one(in better terms – usable by most people) – if some people need it in a different manner – it is their responsibility to get it program as per their need. And many devs are kind enough to release their customizations in the form of mods too.

You are also invited for contributing to Pligg project with your mods if you have done so.