webCOMAND 3 Roadmap

The following key features will be added in webCOMAND 3.x releases.

Features are checked below as they are completed for internal testing. Once released, they are moved to webCOMAND Releases.

Improve File Support (3.10)

Improve how webCOMAND and the repository support and integrate with traditional files.

Improve Storage Efficiency - Automatically detect and "de-dupe" identical files stored within a repository, across content, revisions and variants.
External File Support - Add option to store file data outside of a repository, at a supported URL, including the local file system (file:///), the web (https://), FTP (ftp:// and sftp://), object storage (s3://), and remote repositories (comand://).
Large File Support - Support files larger than 256MB in repositories and the Files App, through External File Support (previous bullet).
File Records - Track files produced by Publications and Packages (File Settings) to:
- Automatically delete files no longer produced by a Publication or Publication Procedure.
- Provide options to delete files associated with a Publication or Publication Procedure.
- List Publication and Publication Procedure that produced a file in the Files App.
- List files produced by a Publication Procedure and content item in Form View.
File+ Fields - Add UI for simple drag-and-drop, re-order and removal of one or more File objects for fields with a field type of a content type that extends File.
File+ View - Add cPath View to display and manage File objects more easily, with a large file preview for common file types that can be displayed and in some cases edited in web browsers (plain text, mark-up, source code, rich text, images, audio, video and PDFs) while maintaining easy upload/download and modification of filename and metadata. Update the Files App to mirror this new view for files in the file system.
Text Field Improvements - Add maximize, auto-format and find/replace options to Plain Text and Source Code data type fields.
Import / Export Improvements - Improve UI export defaults and options to simplify exports generally, but also for single objects, packages and variants.
File Integrations - New feature to map File Types to Content Types so that when files in the file system under the webCOMAND Files folder are added, updated or removed, a corresponding cObject will be added, updated or removed from the repository under a corresponding Folder+.
Git Integration - Make it easier to push/pull files directly from Github and other git servers.

Calendar View / Tasks App (3.11)

Add a new view to display objects that have dates and timestamps on a calendar, and add a new app to help manage Scheduled Tasks and review System Tasks, which will heavily utilize the new view.

Calendar View - View any collection of objects that contain a date or timestamp on a day, week or month calendar view. When multiple date/duration fields exist, it will be possible to select the start and end/duration fields to influence how the objects appear on the calendar.
Tasks App - View and manage Scheduled Tasks and review System Tasks on a Calendar View.