A few updates...

We've been silent for a while, so it looks like it's time for an update. Or a few. We have done a lot since the latest Dolphin upgrade and despite of the recent problems with DDoS attack we have a lot of things in the pipeline.

1. Trac update.

We have seen petitions to add a new Wiki for documentation, we have received some emails with requests for it, but afters some research we concluded that Trac is still a very capable solution for Wiki and it just needed an upgrade to the latest version.

So, Trac is now upgraded and is better integrated with BoonEx.com. We renewed the Documentation structure and welcome everyone to participate in developing a comprehensive Documentation for Dolphin. We need your help. There is also a "How To" section where you could add your own "guides" or links to them (reposting content from Forums or Blogs is OK too, with a reference).

New Wiki has pictures attachments and now all Advanced and Premium members can edit Wiki.

Additionally, i have to report that tickets submission didn't work for a few weeks and is now fixed, so premium members can submit tickets again.

REMINDER: Trac login is Case-sEnsitiIVE (your Unity username/pass is used).

2. Dolphin 7.0.3

We have evaluated the most pressing issues that need to be addressed and now work on Dolphin 7.0.3 around the clock to deliver it in beginning of August. It takes a little more time than we expected partly due to DDoS attacks but mostly due to significant update of Forums.

So, in 7.0.3 you're going to see a seriously improved Forum. We removed unnessesary AJAX effects, streamlined the UI, added moderation features and some basic forum features.

Second most important part of 7.0.3 update is speed improvement, this affests JS files, images, compression, some DB optimisation, etc. We plan a lot of speed improvements for future updates and will gradually bring them, starting with 7.0.3.

3. BoonEx.com

Unfortunately, many of you have witnessed periods of downtime and slow performance of BoonEx.com earlier this month. We were a target of a massive and fairly sophisticated DDoS attack. At this stage I can only say that it has been beneficial to us, because we had to learn a lot from this and this new knowledge is very valuable for our work. We have aquatinted ourselves with different web-server software options, optimised our code, found some problems in Dolphin and moved to new, better servers. The move is now complete and we are back to speed.

4. Unity update.

We are now testing a major update of Unity. It's scheduled to go live about the same time as 7.0.3. Expect new browsing pages that would better display content updated across entire system, all-new Websites section, updates Blogs, Market and Jobs and new moderation tools.

Along with Unity we plan to update BoonEx.com with a goal of making it faster. Much faster.

5. Trident

We have some news in Trident department too, and plan to post them for Premium members in about a week.

6. DosDawg vs ModMySite "unrest"

There was an issue and an argument between the two members of Unity recently and we have received some unhappy comments about it. I'd like to make it clear that we see both DosDawg and ModMySite as valuable and respectable members of BoonEx community and plan to collaborate with both now and in the future.

We made a decision to remove Moderator status from DosDawg. This decision is based solely on a potential of conflict of interests, since DosDawg provides hosting services and is in competition with some other members. At the same time we work on the ways to collaborate more closely with DosDawg in regards to hosting services and Dolphin improvement.

Although ModMySite decided to pull their free RMS offer, we have achieved an agreement to co-operate in areas of Dolphin improvement and we hope that their offers would be reinstated soon.

There're sometimes very fine (and blurred) lines between "advertising" and "help/support" and "comment", so arguments like this happen and it's only natural.