Unofficial OpenX Development Roadmap
Unfortunately, OpenX does not appear to publish a roadmap of features under development in the OpenX ad server — at least, not beyond a version or two into the future1. To try to help fill that void, here is The Guru’s unofficial OpenX roadmap!
If you have information from OpenX about any new features that are under development, please email theguru@openxtips.com, so that the roadmap can be updated!
Planned Features
| Feature | Planned Release Version & Date | Description | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campaign Start/End Date & Time | OpenX v2.8.2, Unknown | The ability to specify a time as well as a date for desired campaign start/end. | Planned release version taken from this OpenX bug tracker ticket. |
| Market Statistics in Local Timezone | OpenX Market Plugin v1.0.3, Unknown | The ability to view OpenX Market statistics in the same timezone as configured in OpenX, rather than in the UTC timezone only. | Planned release version taken from the OpenX bug tracker ticket. Work started on the improvement on 2009-07-03. |
| PHP 5.3 Compatibility | OpenX v2.8.2, Unknown | Support for running OpenX 2.8 under PHP 5.3. | Announced in this forum post. |
| Self-Service Banner Sales | Unknown, Late 2009 | The ability for advertisers to automatically sign up for an account and purchase inventory, so that they can display banners on an OpenX enabled site with only minimal input on behalf of the publisher. | Planned release date announced in this forum post. OpenX are looking for ideas on the required functionality, feedback can be left in this forum post. |
| Unsold Inventory Support in the Market | Unknown, Mid-November 2009 | The ability to pass any unsold inventory to the OpenX Market, and have the Market fill this inventory. | Planned release date taken from the announcement of the feature in this forum post. |
Previously Tracked Features — Original Release Details
| Feature | Planned Release Version & Date | Actual Release Version & Date | Description | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video Support | OpenX Video Plugin v1.0, Unknown | Flowplayer Open Ad Streamer v0.2.5, 2009-10-08 | The ability to display and track video based banners in OpenX according to the IAB VAST standard. | Planned release version was an assumption based on the versions in use in tickets in the OpenX bug tracker for the OpenX Video Plugin.
Please see the Flowplayer Open Ad Streamer plugin homepage for current release details. |
- Details of bug fixes/features for the next version or two can be found in OpenX bug tracker roadmap. [↩]