Ok, we had today as the planned day for the feature-final beta version release, but unfortunately it's not ready yet. We have been dragged down a bit by Unity administration issues and functionality upgrades, and on top of that a recently reassessed "Groups" functionality which added a good chunk of work.
We also still need some time to properly arrange Albums in the media sharing modules. The avatars/photos/profile photos trio is also being worked on.
So, we have set July 8th as the definitive date for FF Beta and will push everything possible to meet this deadline.
Note, that with delays like this we normally have a few people working on remaining features, while others bug-track the tail, so we don't need as much testing/fixing after the BETA.
All in all - Hookie is really, really, really close. Really....
One question that I keep forgetting to ask:
How much trouble would it be to add the version number to the beginning comment section in every php file in the distribution package? All of the commercial scripts that I use do this.
Please don't underestimate the needed time for testing/fixing after the BETA... As for me, I'm not a real fan of patches (7.0001... 0002... etc) ;-)
www.mydomain.com/modules/ads/index.php
& not as
www.mydomain.com/modules/boonex/ads/index.php
?
I have 1 question: what about flash modules in D7? they don't works for me ((, and what about free license for D7? Thanks for your answers.
p.s. sorry for my english - i'm Russian )))
Due to the state of the code (not whats missing), are you 100% sure this is correct as you would need to double the work force for reaching such a beta in the short time frame. The programmers set the last date correct as this new one?
have some question, what about the language by migrating(upgrade) to D7 from D6.1.6, will it work normal or we should again translating from zero?
Regards,
Hernán
Great job
kitevox
You guys are doing great. As time goes on the problems and obsticals will work themselves out. What can not be worked out will open a new door for oppertunity.
I would like to share this Quote with you:
" There are two things to aim at in life; first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second. "
Logan Pearsall Smith
1). Will there be new functionality for the groups or will it remain the same as 6?
2). Will 7 allow for an easy upgrade from 6?
Thanks and great work!
btw, menu is not xxxx. http://www.tomakali.net/
why dont we have in-page edit on the Blocks? like
Edit, rearrangement,color,theme for page/blocks?
user would love to customize the pages/blocks according to their likings...
Tabbed Blocks would look cool...
CyberXing
I'm waiting .. and I will be ready on 8July
regards
We will look forward for 8th June.
Appreciate the work behind all this and thanks to the whole boonex team :)
We will look forward for 8th July.
Appreciate the work behind all this and thanks to the whole boonex team :)
I for one realize how much of a delay the cleansing of Unity caused. There was also the attempt at updating D6 during that same time frame.
I think that a 07-08-09 release would be a remarkable accomplishment considering what Unity has gone through recently.
Although I am very excited to work with the FFD7b I also realize that it will be just that; BETA and not something that I expect I will take live with membership within minutes (or maybe even weeks or months) of downloading.
I really appreciate the opportunity to work with the betas because I enjoy it and it's an opportunity to learn, but I understand what FF beta means and temper my expectations accordingly.
I think a lot of the unwarranted negativity comes from unrealistic expectations.
Take the Alpha release as an example:
Victor stated very plainly that it was Alpha meant only to give us a view of the admin panel and not subject to upgrade and certainly not ready for prime time as a live site with members.
Yet I still saw many posts from people complaining this or that didn't work.
Anything worth having is worth waiting for.
Thanks again Andrew for the update.
Roadmap is only oriented plan, but more important is good job you do.
Take your time and inform us if we cal help in anyway.
Thank you.
I for one am glad that the team is taking its time in developing the software, just don't take too long and forget about us. But then again...who can with us bugging 'ya all? :)
The show is only over when the final stable release is out on the market. In the meantime, let's set the July 8th counter and start fiddling our thumbs. =)
Anyway, it looks good on demozzz, I'm convinced of the great work you did the past few months and I'm looking forward to the beta.
Is there a modification made to the articles and site news ? I mean metakeywords and metadescription ability to insert for each article. As far as i have seen, Dolphin doesn't do too much regarding SEO. Why should we be interested only in layout and not in functionality, and by this i understand SEO. If you a beautiful site, it doesn't do any good if you don't have good SEO on it. Dolphin has the same keywords and metadescription on all pages. Why don't you pull keywords and metadescription out from the articles automatically ? Freeglobes is a CMS that does that and i must say, SEO is ok because it automatically generates keywords out of the description inserted, being a web directory cms. In Dolphin case, that would be the contents of an article. You also can't upload photos with tiny mce delivered with Dolphin, and, you can't insert them into the admin articles and site news. That's a flaw.
Dolphin is great, but it can be the best !
Metakeywords and metadescription are the same on every page.
SEO talking, Dolphin, at least the last complete version, is vvvvvvvvvvvvverrrrrrrry weak ... Profile Photos are indexed all the same, why don't they modify the title according the title you give to each photo ? and so on, so on, so on....
I hope with patience
on July 8 will be able to download the beta version?