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Dolphin 6.2, Ray 3.6, Orca 2.1 Now In Works

We've been doing some development on the "new versions" side and now it's time to start discussions about what's going to be added to the next set.

A few notes though...

1. We're still going to release one or two patches to the current set to ensure that bugs or security issues are timely fixed.

2. The new set will most definitely have a clear update instructions, so all your investments into "extensions" and deployment of current set will not go in vain.

3. NBT will not affect and will not be affected by the upcoming release.

Focus

As you may know 6.0 was all about new features, and 6.1 was all about making them work. Ok, 6.2 is going to be about making them work very well. So, it's all about stability.

Stability, in this case, means...

1. Broad bug-fixing and re-factoring (where needed)

2. "Improvement" features. Little (or not so little) tweaks to make systems work better (moderation, IP blocking/security, affiliate system, filters/kickers in Ray, a few visual things in Ray, etc).

3. Performance. Ok, you know what that means. Some Dolphin sites (particularly those under SmarPro license) are taking off and get very large users DBs, so performance tweaks are still needed.

4. Layout. The oh-so-flexible nature of Dolphin layout couldn't come at no price, so there's still need to fix spacings, fonts, styles here and there.

So...

now we need some feedback and help from you again. Our techs will work on the 6.2/3.6/2.1 milestones lists in Trac and we really need assistance from Unity Pundits and Moderators to help us add bug reports to that lists. Feature suggestions can also be added, but PLEASE keep the "focus" in mind and be careful.

In your comments...

please submit a short list of 5 (!) things that you think are most important for the next version upgrade. This will help us plan ahead better.

When

We'll have to see the final "plan" to give the date, but we hope to get it ready before the BoonEx Birthday ;) .

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shaneed
shaneed(positive) 41 days agocomment permalink
  
First and most important will be the Quick Search Block from the Home Page.Let users add their own fields. There are many who needs it. For example add Country and City Search to be an option for people. There is one mod for that i already seen in most dating website, but Dolphin doesn't have it.
When user is filling the Join Form, after he selected his Country, another
City field will drop down under it, which will let him select his city or region. I know that for this you need a quite large geo database with cities around the world and you don't find it for free. But later you can add it as a mod for someone who wants it and to buy it. Or just integrate it into Quick Search, so that the user can add his own cities related to a country. This can be very useful and more appropriate mod for a community script like Dolphin.

2nd and also annoying, is that the user CAN add Articles. So everyone can spam it without any problem.

3rd would be the chat admin. The admin cannot moderate any chat room and has no controle over it, so all you have left is to hope he will leave.
 
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shaneed
shaneed(positive) 41 days agocomment permalink
  
On previous post, i wanted to say "let admins add their own fields in the Quick Search" (...) "so that the admin can add his own cities related to a country" not the users, sorry :)
 
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Stuart038
Stuart038(positive) 41 days agocomment permalink
  
In Builders/New Page I would like to be able to add horizontal rows as well as vertical columns.

In forums (via Admin) I would like to be able to transfer selected forum entries to chosen Groups.

In Chat I would really appreciate a Moderator facility

Shoutbox: via Admin, edit/delete comments (this is available as an free addon but should be a part of Dolphin.

For me the ability to add new pages and have a multi column ability was the missing 'ingredient' all in all Dolphin 'rocks' Congrats guy's
 
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Evandromar
Evandromar(positive) 41 days agocomment permalink
  
My suggestion is power through the admin dolphin, enable and disable items, sitelinks stat.
It would also be good if in the user's profile showed the number of friends and numbers of scraps, I know that this detail is not the focus now, but users like to display the numbers and that would be good if it were not native of dolphin mods ... what to boonex would not be so difficult to enter this data to future versions.
 
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sammie
sammie 41 days agocomment permalink
  
1/ ray chat flood filter (kick user that flood posts at 4 lines in 3 seconds)
2/ ip look up, ban (list all accounts with same ip log last 2 ip's used by same member)
3/ admin sets access for moderator permissions ( so we can have different staff to do different functions, i.e. media moderators, profile/ forum and global moderators

4/ admin login i understand. but moderator login on different page is senseless to me. can we have moderator permissions linked to their user accounts?
 
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DosDawg
DosDawg(positive) 41 days agocomment permalink
  
*page builder
*optional package install /orca /ray some dont need to install the full package.
*more functionality from the menu instead of just the horizontal, would like to see vertical options.

* allow comments by members only
* allow for the default memberships to be deleted the standard and promotional

well thats all i have
 
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gkcgautam
gkcgautam 41 days agocomment permalink
  
I don't have many demands :-)
So just Scrapbook functionality.
 
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DanT
DanT(positive) 41 days agocomment permalink
  
Top 3:
1. Categories for Pictures (both personal and public albums), and Videos so they can be more organized. Many people have requested this.

2. Privacy. Users should be able decide who is allowed to view their profile, comment on their profile, and see their birthdate. See Facebook/Myspace for examples of good implementation of privacy.

3. Ratings should be traced by user, not ip so we know who rated what and they can't vote multiple times.
 
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Stuart038
Stuart038 41 days agocomment permalink
  
Is it possible to add a mod that allows you to put in local time? I am based in Thailand and my server shows US time.
 
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jaminunit
jaminunit(positive) 41 days agocomment permalink
  
1)The profile photo should be a block. and should be able to make the block smaller. It takes up to much space on profiles.

2:)ip look up, ban (list all accounts with same ip log last 2 ip's used by same member)

3 :) Video
*Nicer interface for video player (not so blocky, more elegance)
*categories for videos
*ability to put youtube vid instead of uploading your own and then youtube vid gets embedded instead of dolphin player, with same comment functionality and the rest..

4:) Better spam protection, IE let members report spam and if more than X amount of members report a spammer then they get put into quarantine Automagicly.

Love you work guys and gals!
 
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Bramin
Bramin(positive) 41 days agocomment permalink
  
SPEED? AND I'M NOT TALKIN ABOUT THE DRUG!
 
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MichelSwiss
MichelSwiss 41 days agocomment permalink
  
1) Publish bug fix or improvement as soon as known with a short description of the problem, a short description of the solution and the code of the fix/improvement
rather than collect that staff and publish hudge upgrade patches that could content 80% of code that is related to features not used by some of your "clients".

2) same like 1)

3) same like 2)

4) same like 3)

5) Create a searchable repository for these fixes/improvement

:-)
 
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rocker
rocker 41 days agocomment permalink
  
fix couples profiles to show only primary photo like singles, not two photos for a couple.
 
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Splinter
Splinter 41 days agocomment permalink
  
Desperately needed: file upload in Orca and groups!
 
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jerry79
jerry79(positive) 41 days agocomment permalink
  
1. Captcha for guestbook and comments side wide!!
2. Page builder
3. Possiblity to add "actions" to membership levels. This means, specifying which features
memberships are allowed, at the moment its only the standard rules
4. Fix the polls as my post "All polls - SOLVED" said but with pagination
5. Pagination on contacts side and everywhere where you could need it!

Just my ideas ;)

Greets,
Jerry
 
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clubk1d
clubk1d(positive) 41 days agocomment permalink
  
1. Only members are allowed to give some comments on videos/music and profile.
2. Merge the profile and photo album.
3. Allow multiple uploads of pictures so that it is not annoying for some beginners. .

Thats all my suggestion :) . . not a demand,. hehehe *cheers*
 
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chanianaus
chanianaus(positive) 41 days agocomment permalink
  
"New comments notify" in member.php,I ithink it is simple and must have, Option to be notified by email when new comment is notified will be a gem.

Comments by everyone or friends only

Option that admin can decide wheather to show age or DOB on profile age,Showing DOB is security issue.

Uploading multiple photos in one go

Making profile visible to everyone or friends only

Email notification when added as a friend
 
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sammie
sammie 41 days agocomment permalink
  
multi friend invite/import address book from msn yahoo hotmail gmail facebook myspace
 
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unlimeet
unlimeet 41 days agocomment permalink
  
Make us able to change the upload video and music process to open more the mod range :-)
More stability, after for new fonction, as I already tell : we have mod, if people want this or this fonction, they have to buy it, you can't do every fonction for everybody
 
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maiberg
maiberg 41 days agocomment permalink
  
Here is my cents. Before doing it all. You guys should make critical patches out right now, cos they really are critical.

Current hackable remote bugs for 6.1.2

Look at:

http://www.astalavista.com/index.php?section=exploits&cmd=details&id=6128

http://www.astalavista.com/index.php?section=exploits&cmd=details&id=6132
 
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speedyit
speedyit(positive) 41 days agocomment permalink
  
Hi all
I believe private photos shoeld be a standard future in dolphin.

Thanks
 
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universalclients
universalclients 41 days agocomment permalink
  
Please fix the IM issue in Ray Desktop - it's the only thing that doesnt work as it says 'LOADING' and nothing else.

Also if more financial features could be added. Also making the site more faster loading if possible.
 
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okweb
okweb(positive) 41 days agocomment permalink
  
Multi friend invite/import address book from msn yahoo hotmail gmail facebook myspace, someone who joins with that invitation as automatically added to friend list of person who sent invitation, email notification when added as a friend.

Categories for Pictures, Videos and Photos (both personal and public albums) so they can be more organized.

Site Stats Builder, active items/all items, plus be able to add new item and change the order easy. (Like Navigation Menu Builder)

Allow member to set private photos(should be a standard future in dolphin).

Publish bug fix or improvement as soon as known with a short description of the problem in member area.
 
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Tango
Tango 41 days agocomment permalink
  
1) Improve/simplify photo uploading functionality. Users should be able to browse/select multiple photo and upload once.

2) Users ability to create photo categories/album (private and public). Same with video and music.

3) Automatic email notification when user's friend receives comments, added new photos, blogs, forum or any updates, etc.

4) Improve "invite a friend" link/module.

5) User's activity/reward points system.
 
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jamesdeavin
jamesdeavin(positive) 41 days agocomment permalink
  
1. multiple photo upload
2. photos put into groups / albums
3. captcha on comments / posts
4. moderators connected to profiles ( no seperate login )
5. multiple friend invitation from other social networking sites
6. Private or public profiles (privacy must)
7. better administration of orca
8. Report, abuse options ( already there but you dont get any input why from the person)
9. enable / disable site stats
10. Disable anyone adding articles

Thankyou for an already great script.
 
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Foubu
Foubu 41 days agocomment permalink
  
1. Multi-Server Load Balancing Plugin Store / Convert video /music / images / database on an Unlimited Number of Servers

video /music / images / database queries Conversion is a CPU / Memory resource-intensive process. Video Streaming is a Bandwidth / Hard-Disk drive resource-intensive process. Therefore, Scalability is crucial for a successful social community website.

I suggested a Plugin that allows you to:use unlimited servers for video /music / images / database conversion / storage.

Also documentation is needed. I read a service that you provided true HostToweb, but thats not the best solution!

2. Database cleaning, I came across a lot of unneeded queries that slow down your website when you have 10.000 + users using it.

3. Design Improvement. Redesign the home page, video and user profile are needed. I imagined Dolphin always as a slicked and web 2.0 designed script. Facebook has a nice design, the combination of those will make it the best of both worlds!
 
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irox
irox 41 days agocomment permalink
  
hello to everyone, even from me some things: (simple improvements to Ray):
1) Ability to customize forms/modules of chat, (I believe that even just a file fla. Giving more customization options)
2) How can improve quality audio / video?
3) Im more fictional, now not much ... (If you're not chatting the messanger not work)
4) Automatic user exit from the chat rooms (now you can be present in several rooms simultaneously)
5) Option creating new rooms only for users with membership option, and not free for all as it is now...
6) when a user is chatting, research members online, appears as offline ...
 
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shaneed
shaneed 41 days agocomment permalink
  
An unsubscribe option for newsletters.
 
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Sopecha
Sopecha(positive) 41 days agocomment permalink
  
In Builders/New Page I would like to be able to add horizontal rows as well as vertical columns.

Categories for Pictures (both personal and public albums), and Videos so they can be more organized.

When registering a couple would be great if users could associate their normal profile to their couples profile
 
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Foubu
Foubu 41 days agocomment permalink
  
1. Query Caching: http://www.petefreitag.com/item/390.cfm
2. Template caching options are useful for speeding up response times when assembling elements of a template on a page that is based on the template or dynamically assembling a Portal Template for items.
3. Database Caching: Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_caching
 
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Rusty
Rusty(positive) 41 days agocomment permalink
  
Well there are so many things one can ad to develop a multi purpose framework.

1. Moderators and admin able to upload photos etc to profiles
2. Abuse options - enable or request input from the accused person
3. Option to select which site stats to be displayed
4. Most important - A multilevel membership application option before completing the application form - Some members need access to site but don't want to risk being exposed. Must also have a different set of application form fields and must also have the option to enable or disable being found by the search option.

Anyway.... Keep up the good work
Rusty
 
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shaneed
shaneed 41 days agocomment permalink
  
"Registration by invitation only" feature more improved. Because the user can type in his browser directly ANY ID, even if does'nt exists he can join the site, and this makes it useless. whatever ID you type in your browser you can still join. Test and try something like http://www.mysite.com/?idFriend=99999 . That means the user with id 99999 invited you. You can type even 999999999, and you can still join, even if user with id 999999 doesn't exist.