ZXTM 5.2 Rule enhancement exclusive

Posted: June 30th, 2009 under Zeus ZXTM.

image Several weeks ago I submitted a number of feature/enhancement requests to Zeus in relation to ZXTM usability. One of which relates to the management of rules assigned to a virtual server. The good people at Zeus contacted me regarding my submission and they have allowed me a “world exclusive” ! :)

This post gives you a sneak preview of one of the enhancements that is due for release in ZXTM version 5.2

Rules prior to and including  ZXTM r5.1 

In the current release of ZXTM rules are managed with the order that the rules are processed been defined by moving them up or down in relation to their neighbour. The top rule is processed first working down the list from top to bottom.

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This is fine for a few rules but once you have more than eight or nine rules on a virtual server the interface is a pain to manage.

ZXTM 5.2 Rules Sneak Preview

In the forthcoming release the rules section has been given an overhaul and now features the ability to drag and drop the rule into the position you want it. This will be very useful and speed up deployment of new rules.

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Each rule has a little tab next to

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Click on the tab

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and the cursor changes to a cross

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These screenshots show rule B moving from the bottom of the list to the top.

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Video

You can view a video that demonstrates the new rules system in action here

Valued

It is fantastic to be able to feedback to Zeus and see the results so quickly.

I can assure you that your feedback, observations and enhancement requests are greatly appreciated. The development team will evaluate the request for feasibility. You could have your request implemented in a subsequent release.

1 Comment »

  • Comment by Ulrich — July 22, 2009 @ 9:29 am

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    This will really be a big improvement over the click orgy that was necessary if you want to add a new rule on top of the others. Currenty, it is like
    insert, turn off, click-click-click-click-click….., turn on. Actually it would be better if a new rule would, per default, not be active when inserted, so it could be positioned first and then activated.

    Very often, it seems like it’s not worth to spend the time submitting feature requests but you’re right that the zeus team is really responsive. So let’s keep them busy ;-)
    Regards,
    Ulrich

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