Well, I took off work this week. (Everyone’s at the golf course anyway.) That let me get caught up on MySite development after OSCMS. I haven’t committed any of the code yet, but here’s the general roadmap.

• MySite will (eventually) merge with Panels, using a common UI for content management.
• The user’s content management screens are now distinct _per type_. This avoids overly-long forms for the user to deal with.
• The user’s configuration pages are now a logical multi-stage form. Must better UI.
• Administrators can now establish default content for anon and new users.
• New user MySite account creation brings over the default content set by the admin.
• The number of items shown during add content is now 25 and paginated.
• Code is ready for theming to display content in a grid, not just a table.
• Thanks to merlinofchaos, users can now view content full screen, eliminating blocks on the user’s MySite page and making the page totally customizable.

I also made a number of small fixes and changes to the text strings.

Now I haven’t put these changes in CVS, and when I do, it will violate the “no huge changes in a single commit” rule. Oh well. I will commit to HEAD and spin out a 5.2 branch.

Still on the To-Do list:

1. Add position data for multi-column layouts.
2. Allow users to set position via form (drag-and-drop will have to wait).
3. Create a grid view of content.
4. Create a function to handle teasers properly.
5. Create a function to handle arbitrary block-style content
6. Create an admin interface for adding new content widgets (like Google gadgets).
7. Clean up the sample text for Format options.

If anyone can think of a cool name for the Widgets / Gadgets / Blocks that users can add to MySite, post it below. The only idea I had was ‘Drops’ — but think only Drupal geeks will get that name.

As you can tell, I’m pretty excited about the new features. Hope to get them into testing and committed this week.