Today we reveal

... not everything but at least the name of our new baby

Feb

Being our only child componentwise we thought the Teamlog might feel a little lonely, and since we got a lot of positive feedback on it we thought it would be a good idea to create another Joomla component ;-)

In our next post we will show you some of its features. We know we teased you a bit for the last month, but you might already guess what it is from the name and the little hints we put on the new teaser site.

By Steffan | 02 February, 2009 | Posted in ZOO

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jazzz

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Oh, can't wait! Sounds great, the Teamlog is beautiful by it self, but lonely ;)
Please show it to us! ;)

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shanerich

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Finally! Joomla gets a Content Construction Kit! Can't wait until this is ready.

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Dragonstar

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Hm, there is nothing on the teaser site, just the same text as the last weeks. What is the name of the new component?

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- sascha
  
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  Clear cache and hit refresh...
  
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  - Dragonstar
    
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    Thx this works!
    
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- Martin
  
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  The component is called Zoo...
  
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patrick.mouyade

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I love animals, that could only be a great component. No idea...

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Jakob

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Culd be a "Zoo-Mer" - addon with when-mouse-over-zooming effect. Maybe someting in Yoocarusell style and MacOS feeling.

Are there news if there will be also a free beta like the teamlog it has?

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Jan

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I hope for a shop or a booking component!

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Bokel

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Content Construction Kit (CCK):
It will be a new way for presenting content of various kinds.
It will be able to organize conten in rows/tables/vertcally/horizontically what ever you want
Autothum creation/Open-close-ajax features
It will smoothly connect with your wysiwyg-editor
It will handle php ans j-scripts

So it is written - so it shall be done ;-)

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antonius.de.kok

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I think it is a component that overrides all module and content settings PER module/content item. And perhaps it even would enable us to position the modules more freely. This would mean that no longer there is a restriction on a fixed layout for a template.

The name Zoo does imply something like this, as a zoo has many different types of animals in different cages/environments, all fit together in a nice place called: the Zoo!

Well, if I am wrong, at least it was a nice creative moment! :-)

Best,
Tom

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Jack

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This is a component - probably a social network, something like Community Builder.

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Jakob

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When you press the F5 button you will see, that the slogans change. Baybe this is the component? A Module, that change the Topics of your posts.....

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Fox

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I thought we already knew it was called "zoo." A simple check of the source code of the old page included the word "zoo" in their meta keywords. Ehh. Give me more!

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enrico.ardito

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Guys, the answer is on the soon page...CCK for Joomla!! It's one of the most awaited features for Joomla.

CCK component for Joomla will be a killer-component. The only component which is near to CCK I'm aware of is Joomsuite Content.

Sascha, any info on type of license you'll release Zoo under? Free? Paid?

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- Eric
  
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  From what I've heard, JoomSuite's component outputs a lot of table spaghetti. If this really is CCK for Joomla, I expect (based on YooTheme's templates) that the markup will be much nicer.
  
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antonius.de.kok

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There are TWO types of CCK:

Content Construction Kit
Community Construction Kit

Lets see which one this will be... I think it will be Content, as Drupal already has one and Joomla not.

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- Captain Bob
  
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  Well, they call it
  
  "the Swiss army knife for your website" and
  "the Super missing Component"
  
  so for me it's clear it would be a Content Construction Kit and that's awesome!
  
  I can't wait anymore, I want to install it now!!!
  Thanks YOOtheme! making our life happier...
  
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Flodo

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There is something wrong with the commenting. If I want to ad a comment in Safari on the Mac, everything disappears, like the overflowed content of a div that is hidden.

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- Damus7
  
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  who cares!
  
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  - antonius.de.kok
    
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    haha!
    
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    - revive
      
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      @Tom, @Damus7 - Play nice... ! :)
      
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      - antonius.de.kok
        
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        You're right, I didn't laugh at him of course. I just found the interaction interesting. :-)
        
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      - Damus7
        
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        I thought it was nice play, people should not complain at the gas station about how his poor car drinks too much gasoline....well you slapp my hand and i apologize to Flodo.
        Sorry Flodo.
        
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jack

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WOW - Can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!

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JoomlaWorks

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Competition is good :)
http://brian.teeman.net/across-the-globe/its-all-greek-to-me.html" target="_blank"> http://brian.teeman.net/across-the-globe/its-all-...
Let's hope Joomla development is pushed even further. ;)

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mediaworks.information.technology.srl

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Zoo is a community, thus it is a Community Construction Kit

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- Ikeob
  
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  Yep! Teamlog (teams) is lonely so it needs a community!
  
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- shanerich
  
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  Typically CCK stands for Content not Community, but I do see your correlation with the name Zoo. If it were powerful enough to build Community (Social) features as Content, well..well, that'd just be the beezkneez. However, YOOployee's, if you're listening. The next component you should be working on if this isn't it would be a Social Networking component. The market is wide open right now and in much demand. No one can seem to get it together, Jomsocial and Joomunity, just aren't hitting the mark. I know the attention to details from you guys would deliver a solid product in that market. Thanks much. Can't wait to see the full workings of Zoo!
  
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david.t.baron

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Since my hopes of a video extension are not likely and looking at the clues i think it may also be a community extension. Jom social is ok but not quite there yet. We will have to see. Remember they said they were making templates and not for their current template release. Somebody was sure it was going to be phbb3 or commerce but now we see it isnt. So i am thinking what are the templates going to be for????? I am thinking community templates to integrate with all of yoo themes current and previous templates. I would be pleased if so.

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Confuzed

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So its a community builder? can someone elaborate more? Allows commenting? etc?

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Jack

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I think YooTheme should have a sister site "YooComponents" or something like that - that would be good, release a new component each month.

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- Fox
  
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  Components (good ones, anyway) don't just get developed in a month. Nice thought though.
  
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- Captain Bob
  
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  I don't want a lot of useless components just to reach the (marketing) mark of "one component each month". I'd prefer a few good-quality, well-tested components with killer features. I don't care if I have to wait 3 or 4 month to got it. YooTheme team said they had been working for 1 year developing ZOO, and I think this new component would be awesome and YooTheme has been in the right direction.
  
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Qasim Virjee

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Man, I wish someone would release a decent discussion forum extension for J1.5! I tell you, fireboard's okay but a pain to template/theme and well, all the bridge solutions ultimately aren't even as flex re:templating (not to mention the user/login-sync's never working 100%).. Not to diss cck for Joomla (its much needed: few other people working on the same thing asides Teeman: http://whyjoomla.com/blog/scalability/70-custom-content-types-thanks-google-summer-of-code

q./

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Qasim

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Hint hint...

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Mike

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one thing yoo knows how to do is how to make us think about it day/night :D:D good job guys wanna seeeeeeee THIS NOWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahaha :P

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- antonius.de.kok
  
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  Agree! It's Chrismas time all over again, guessing which presents you'll get!!
  
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antonius.de.kok

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By now I did some reseach and come to the conclusion that this must be Content CK. If you see what is being developed so that there is free positioning and module and content defining... Amazing! A whole new era is about to start for Joomla.

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- shanerich
  
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  Right. This is certainly a Content CK and will open up the development possibilities of Joomla to near infinite possibilities. So being structured as a component for Content, there probably won't be too many whiteboard social or community modules but rather it will give the power to more easily create custom blogs, forums, profile pages, private messaging, friendships, etc. as content modules. It should give the power to tailor custom social/community features to a site rather than dealing with the frustratingly current option of altering the code to rid/add the features we need from a component such as "jomsocial" or "joomsuite people touch".
  
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Alles

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CCK in drupal http://drupal.org/project/cck

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mediaworks.information.technology.srl

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Well, than let's just wait and see

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cicalone

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I can't wait!

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Cud

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When are you going to release it? Can we have a date?!!!!
The suspense is too great!!!
Can't Wait!!

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Sito

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umh, it has been a week from the last announcement...show that to us!

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andersena

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This better be good!

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djseamus

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definitely a Content Construction Kit

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jazzz

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This is mental! WHEN DO YOU RELEASE IT?
Soon is really relative word... to me it's already much later than soon ;(
Please let us know. I believe it's not only me it's not only me who is quite annoyed by this...
regards

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- mike
  
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  Totally agree - at least you could tell us when you are going to release it!
  
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  - dick
    
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    Totally agree!
    
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      Yes, is quite annoying to say "we are giving you something" whitout specify what and when...
      
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john

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release the animals :-)

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mediaworks.information.technology.srl

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I'm not more able to login at this blog with my OpenID account. There must be a bridge problem.

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shanerich

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Okay. Time for the next post! Let's see some features. Been teased long enough. At least give a time frame for release. 1 month? 3 months? 6 months? From a developer standpoint, kinda need to know so I can relay accurate information as to the content possibilities of current and future client projects. Things are on hold and in limbo in hopes this will be a working CCK we've all been waiting for. I know the whole teasing and anticipation bit is good for marketing, but time to get down to business with some hard facts and expectations of release on this one. Thanks for the hard work and dedication nonetheless.

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  I also agree i have been hesitant to dive into a project i am working on. I try to be the best at what i do and be efficient. Really do not want to put a lot of effort into a project only to re do it. I understand you want to keep the info limited as possible so your competitors do not try to copy you guys. But a realistic time frame is definitely needed. I am not like others trying to rush a release but as you know planning is key to any important project. I think others would agree if it takes longer to release so be it that means its only going to be that much better. But an estimated time frame is definitely needed. Even if you do not want to give a date at least show us what percentage is complete so we know we are getting close. just my thoughts.
  on another note i think you guys do great work. Thank you
  davidtbaron35@mac.com
  
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Mike C

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I can't wait for this component. Yoo Rocks!!

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Pippo

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Teasing can be ok, but 2 months waiting is just boring...
Avoid it with your next extension, otherwise the expectations would be so high that you can easily disappoint them.

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Chris

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Nice PR and marketing, guys. You obviously learned from Apple! I am excited.

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gunnar.norum

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Definitely holding some projects to see if this is as useful as I hope.
TeamLog is used here by all developers. Can't wait..
A date would definitely be nice.... That would allow me to know if I can postpone some more work until it's here :-)

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sascha

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Hi all, regarding the deleted post...

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