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[amusis01]

I'm evaluating Vivvo.

I don't want the articles to be truncated, with a link to 'Full Story". I want the full story to be displayed on the front page, but I can't find any options to achieve this. Is this possible?

[utvara]

Yes that is possible with minor alternation in templates. You can see this live here:
http://showroom.myvivvo.com/blog/author/boccio/

we did it for author page, but same can be done for the homepage. For more information please refer to:

http://www.vivvo.net/doc/v4/developer_manual/

[amusis01]

I shouldn't have to code modifications to templates just to enjoy this simple option. I'm not a developer.

Vivvo should not automatically truncate articles. The option should be left for the user, based on front-end options. In other CMSs, if you leave the summary text box blank, and write only in the main body of the editor, then there's no truncation. This is how the previous version of Vivvo was (I tried it many months ago), and frankly it was better.

I've tested this new version, and to be honest, it's a step backwards. Where is the contact form? Why is it not possible to insert media into articles without going through a tedious 2-step process? Why is it not possible to create and manage folders for media, etc? Why was the online demo disabled? Where is the polls and newsletter modules?

This is the first time I'm seeing a new version of a CMS have fewer features than the old one.