I've used most of the Joomla CCKs including K2, zoo, sobi, jreviews and others. With the custom profiles EasySocial has a rudimentary CCK. EasySocial already has much of the same functionality of a CCK such as K2 but it is only specific to user profiles / types. Extending this functionality to work as "Items" in the way that K2 functions would open up a world of possibilities for extending EasySocial.
Any number of applications could be extended by having this functionality. For example, lets say that I wanted to create a feature where users could associate a recipe book with their profile e.g. a "My Recipes." With CCK item functionality, a recipe book would be fairly simple to achieve for the site admin. "My Link Directory" same thing. "My Favorite Movies" movie database... etc.
For site admins / developers such as myself who want to implement as few extensions (and corresponding plugins and modules) as possible, this would be another great reason to concentrate on Stackideas products for site administration and extending development.
I have a need to have a few hundred individual static profiles not associated with a Joomla user. As far as I can tell, this is not currently possible. So to do this, I have to create dummy joomla users. However I have been exploring how to accomplish this and some other ideas integrating with other components such as K2. If this type of CCK functionality existed, I would not have to integrate with (and manage and support) K2 or another extension.
Another potential benefit would also open up API possibilities for 3pd to develop apps for EasySocial and other stackideas products. So a "My Recipes" app from a 3pd could be a much more feature rich app than what the average admin who is comfortable with a CCK, might take on but would be willing to pay a 3pd for their version.
Any number of applications could be extended by having this functionality. For example, lets say that I wanted to create a feature where users could associate a recipe book with their profile e.g. a "My Recipes." With CCK item functionality, a recipe book would be fairly simple to achieve for the site admin. "My Link Directory" same thing. "My Favorite Movies" movie database... etc.
For site admins / developers such as myself who want to implement as few extensions (and corresponding plugins and modules) as possible, this would be another great reason to concentrate on Stackideas products for site administration and extending development.
I have a need to have a few hundred individual static profiles not associated with a Joomla user. As far as I can tell, this is not currently possible. So to do this, I have to create dummy joomla users. However I have been exploring how to accomplish this and some other ideas integrating with other components such as K2. If this type of CCK functionality existed, I would not have to integrate with (and manage and support) K2 or another extension.
Another potential benefit would also open up API possibilities for 3pd to develop apps for EasySocial and other stackideas products. So a "My Recipes" app from a 3pd could be a much more feature rich app than what the average admin who is comfortable with a CCK, might take on but would be willing to pay a 3pd for their version.