[EventCalendar] Plans the future

[Alex Tingle]

Hi Chris,

> You are probably putting the project at risk if you want to break it 
> up with more onus on the user to customize it.

No no no! I want to keep the core plug-in fully functional and easy to 
use.

Right now I'm reluctant to accept most "new feature" patches because 
they address minority requirements and add to the UI complexity for 
everyone. I want to try to accommodate the ceaseless requests for more 
features by enabling interested people to add their own customisations 
on top of the core.


> WordPress is nice because it has a lot of "black box" functionality. 
> Just look around at all the sites that are only slight mods of the 
> Kubrick theme. People don't want to open the hood of their car if they 
> can help it. I'm an unusual case, because I want to make a radical 
> change in the presentation. I tore the guts out and rebuilt from the 
> ground up.

People with your level of interest and ability may be in the minority, 
but there are still many, many "power" WP users. *They* are the ones 
who write the plug-ins. Most plug-ins are poorly tested and 
ill-designed - but that's OK because the good ones make up for the 
rest.

Wordpress comes workable and complete. You also get a couple of 
(useful?) example plug-ins in the basic download. I'd like EC to be 
much the same.

Many EC users don't actually want a calendar - the event list is the 
most popular feature. Even fewer want full-page calendars. Fewer still 
want even more esoteric features... it's ideal plug-in territory.

-Alex