Plugin Feature

[pixelita]

Please, no bloated code and frenetic upgrade pace! That's one big turn-off to WordPress, for theme and plugin developers, web designers and WP end users. You have to upgrade to fix a security patch every couple of months and then when you have major upgrades (which seem to happen once a year at least), you sometimes have to rip up your themes and plugins and start over.

GS lacks certain features of [insert your favorite CMS here], but that's it's appeal to me. If you find yourself wanting this or that feature, then perhaps GS isn't for you/your client. That's not to say that it can't grow and add new features of its own, but any time I see someone comparing one CMS to another, I say, well then go use THAT CMS.

Even the fact that there's no fancy file upload feature like WP or any of the other big dogs have, that's fine. I am currently working on two commercial GS sites; one I just launched yesterday (within HOURS of the domain purchase) and one I'm getting ready to start this weekend. Both end users (clients) are at least sophisticated enough to be able to upload a file via the Files tab, and then copy and paste that link URL into a page where they want it. (The beauty of Tiny MCE!)

GS's components feature is pretty powerful in a simple CMS. And it has a lot of potential. And it is the key in creating some pretty cool things with GS. I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade or discourage development. I just wouldn't want GS to try to be something it's not. it's currently targeting a small, overlooked niche market. That's something that is long overdue, IMHO.