Dolphin 6.1.5
We planned to release 7.0 first, but since it still needs about 2 months of work, and since we have a handful of critical bug-reports for the current version, we decided to release 6.1.5 as soon as next week.
It's a very quick update, so only critical issues will be addressed. Please report bugs found in 6.1.4 here and we'll update the list in the Trac. The 6.1.5 milestone is now added to Trac. We still plan to release a bigger 6.1.x update after 7.0, but this one is needed urgently, so we couldn't wait. With 6.1.5 we plan to change our license pricing and will do license transfers. A new licensing policy will be used for Dolphin too. Waiting for your reports.
bugs:
pagination in groups does not work.
pagination on friends list does not work.
Ray IM, if you make it full screen and then shrink it, the text input box and enter key cover the video control buttons and profile image in lower right of IM
more to follow
my account does not work! TRAC/DOLPHIN
login and password.. !!
sorry for the inconvenience, but I can not use your interface to give you the error reports. or gave me an email for the reports of Beug.
infact all media limits need to be removed, as old members have filled their quota on my site and its set to the maximum.
there seems to be a limit to the size of emails that can be sent, and they are sent with 1/2 the content missing. and no warning that they are to long.
ray chat should have cookies to save peoples font settings in chat and IM
Warning: getimagesize() [function.getimagesize]: Filename cannot be empty in /home/betterne/public_html/inc/classes/BxDolEvents.php on line 249
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/betterne/public_html/inc/classes/BxDolEvents.php:249) in /home/betterne/public_html/inc/design.inc.php on line 502
This error shows when you try and edit an event.
Groups:
Private groups still show forum and members. Instead of the group being private.
Error messages occur in admin advanced settings when I click on save:
Warning: getimagesize() [function.getimagesize]: Filename cannot be empty in /home/betterne/public_html/admin/global_settings.php on line 800
Watermark settings saved.
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If the Google toolbar is in use in Firefox then half the Ray modules do not work correctly.
And the spell checker in the Google toolbar wreaks havoc on tiny_mce text area box which is used everywhere throughout Dolphin. Perhaps the FCKeditor would be a more compatible choice.
Given the huge popularity of the Google toolbar, esp here in the US given I do not know how popular it is everywhere else, it seem inconceivable to ask someone to remove the Google toolbar just to use the site.
This issue to me is something that must be addressed.
Having said that i'm very happy with the efforts you have put to get the products where they are. Keep it up.
yes it is needed, i pushed hard for Boonex to make a 6.1.5 for people that have invested a lot of money on mods that want to keep their 6.1.X sites. its good to hear there will be a 6.1.6 too.
I started using this product just over a month back, but I simply love it. However, a lot more effort is required is to stabilize it. How can we contribute and help the steering team? I vote along with Sammie and Kinuthia
Thank you. Good news.
mbstring have a lot of settings that affect orca and groups and also other things, it is the cause of some of the missing text after someone uses a letter with a hyphen over it, the rest of the post is missing on the standard install and settings for mbstrings, this is why we all need to sing from the same hymbook.
type of server. Dolphin installer will not accept an install on SuPHP servers unless you change all the file and folder permissions, as SuPHP servers dont need to be set to 777 or 666 to write, there should be a skip button on the permissions page of the installer.
the auto installer installs just fine on SuPHP servers but sets sets permission to 666 and 777, this is clearly not needed on SuPHP servers.
unread messages in ray im and others, can be read via the database, they should be encrypted as they are private and personal, so no need for a webmaster to have access to the messages in the clear, its the same as passwords in the clear,
Ray chat, admin should have the choice to enter the chat in either visible or invisible mode to see trouble makers
If it doesn't do it the first time just refresh and you'll see it eventually.
* Firefox 3 and Safari are not fully compatible with Ray: Noticable issues - chat / IM do not always work, Presence does not always load, Ray widgets tend to lose license information in the admin panel.
* Admin Panel / Moderation: In Dolphin 5 we used to have breakdown of unconfirmed, rejected, suspended, etc.. In 6 we only have inactive or active categories making it difficult to know who is in what state. I got around this by borrowing some of the older code from Dolphin 5.
* Orca: Spacing between paragraphs is a problem.
* Orca: Number of topics and number of posts are always the same number in the stats - one should be larger right?
* Member search: If you use the search feature, the results do not truncate the user description, I don't know if this is by design or not but if a user has a massive description, the entire text will display in the results pane.
There are additional issues I have come across but these have been because of my own customization. The above are the main things I would love to see fixed in the next release, oh and it would be wonderful if there were a way to disable stats of features you don't use from the statistics panel.
Keep up the good work Boonex! ... and let us in on the new licensing pricing soon please :)
quote of the day needs to be fixed.
rayz suite and RMS configuration needs to be attended to and not write to a flat file, and be able to communicate with a mysql database.
double posting in the av chat room.
forceable IM sessions without invite or notice.
remove Desktop from the for sale list, and remove it from the application, it does not work, Rayz has said it doesnt work and no plans on fixing it, remove it.
all of those file permissions that shouldnt have to be changed on the install that you have set to 755, that get changed to 777, same with 644 that are changed to 666, there are 80+ files that have to have the file permissions changed, and then they are not changed back, why not be able to upload the script with minimal chmod requirements.
implement an install for mods and addons, keeping the core files intact except in extreme cases. i know this is pliable, as joomla, php-nuke, postnuke, mambo, e107 and many more CMS's are able to hold their core files while allowing for mods to be implemented across the script.
page compose does not work and has not worked, can we get this fixed, instead of having to do a sql injection to make that work.
events and calendar have been a huge success on many sites, and to have a more advanced feature with calendar and events would be a good thing.
multiple admins created from admin panel, that are able to admin (not moderators) but admins, that can admin RAY would be a good thing, at the present time, you can create many admins, and the admins can login to the site and perform several tasks, but if they login to admin of Ray AV Chat, the primary admin that was created on install will be the admin name that goes into AV Chat admin.
task tracking of additional admins, task tracking of moderators.
implement google checkout. this is becoming a very widely acceptable means of payment.
newsletter creation from admin panel needs to be a little more advanced, and be able to utilize PDF files.
ok i guess thats enough for now, i will think on this and may come back.
Regards,
DosDawg
This is confusing because the reader of such IM message is thinking that the sender is online...
Hudge number of Cupid mails are generated (the same hudge number of MySQL errors too) and none is sent.
Logins - If you login using the ajax popup, you are redirected back to the index page. If you login through the form you are directed to the member.php. Surely both should redirect to the same place, preferably member.php?
(Or maybe will these bugs fixes be easy to find in Trac - Dolphin - Timeline ?)
I think greetings should default to requiring a member be logged in to send it.
...sip...
To make dolphin a real success, please focus on 8 with multidomain, make the interim stage on 7 and bring 6xxx versions after V7 release if anybody wants them then.... To update it is really not easy for masses and so for the most site owners, 6.15 will be useless short before 7 in my opinion. And if 7 is out, developers can and will/have to update their mods for 7 to satisfy people who have spent heavily in 6.1x mods
but:
8 - The New Beginning
So, 8 years behind. Versions “8” coming soon. We have high hopes and huge plans. The next year is the BoonEx year!
This was mentioned by unoboonex 232 days ago. And now only 4 months before the next year is finished we start reporting 6xxx bugs. Maybe unoboonex means with the next year the calender year, but anyway, it is 8 months ago.
I have sure nothing against unoboonex or the team. I really like them. Because this and my own hopes I want them to be successful and not out of the most important focus. Otherwise the whole thing comes really to a never ending story - and when I see all that suggestions and wishes here for the outdated version - it look strong like it comes to, because it will take lots of power away from the work for the release of 7, not to talk about V8 or even 7.1 .....
Dolphin 8 is just a new core now. We have framework, engine, core modules. But there's no front-end yet. Even when released it will need at least a year to catch up with Dolphin 7 functionality set.
Dolphin 7, as you see, is close/coming soon, but it is a major upgrade. It needs testing, debugging, tuning, etc. Meanwhile we have thousands of DOlphin sites running on 6.x.
6.1.5 is a "patch" if you will, but a very important and much requested "patch". Some active sites will need a few months to move to Dolphin 7 (mods rewrite, design re-integration, DB transfer, etc). but now they have a pack of severe "issues" that need to be addressed ASAP.
Hence, I believe everything is totally fine with our "focus". What you see now is a mix of forward-thinking and customer care.
yes this is great news, i pressed for this, but understood your work with D7 so didnt push for it untill after D7, having said that i am sure a lot of people are greatful that you have brought it forward and this Does show that Boonex listen and take onboard what we say, and it is a huge step in the right directoin for customer care and relations.
the script calls for Bottle.mp3 but the file is named bottle.mp3 (lowercase B) this means it dont work in chat and caused 1000's of 404 errors in cpanel logs.
http://www.boonex.com/unity/forums/topic/Important-There-s-no-privacy-.htm
Will there be a upgrade from 6.1.4 to Dolphin 7 or not? With upgrade I mean some web procedure or instruction "how-to".?
The Guestbooks need major security upgrades (Preferably restricted to Logged In Users only)
Orca has some major problems with Ads from Google, and sometimes OpenX. (Orca will generate a blank page with Out-of-Memory errors)
If you "Enable New Gallery" in the admin area, then you can no longer select a photo from the list and have it display. (The caption appears, but the photos continue to rotate)
On another note, it would be a good thing (for slower connections) if the RAY video player had a configuration option that would allow an admin to set the amount of buffering the payer must have in memory prior to video playback.
Also, would it be possible to get a confirmation that BOONEX is still planning to open-source the RAY modules and RMS?
Poll questions on the front page are always displayed even if a user has already voted.
I can reproduce the Ray Presence problem 9 out of 10 times on 4 different machines I have tested it on. That one is obviously a problem. Just log in and click on My Presence. It should fail to load most of the time.
I will have to get more detailed list of specifics for the others. Most of the modules work, but have glitches mostly with editing and administration. I will produce a list when I have the time.
It's frustrating that this ticket was closed, the Ray Presence problem have been mentioned in the forums on more than one occasion.
Example: You have english as predifined and you also have the spanish language avaliable. If you press spanish the language will apear in spanish, but if you go to a different page, it goes back to english. Also, when you receive a kiss from someone and you click the email to send one back, it would be nice if you could login right in that page...
By the way, dolphin is great... hehehe
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