Dolphin 7 (Hookie) BETA 7 with online demo

VictorT posted 9th of October 2009 in . 86 comments.

Beta 7 is out today. Another step forward the stable version today. We appreciate your time you spend on testing it out


Check out the list of bugs fixed in Beta 7

Download Dolphin 7 Beta 7

Download RMS Beta

Online Demo (we had to do the fresh install again)

Test, test, test!!!

Report bugs, post suggestions in Forums

Check out Trac for the progress of the next milestone.

P.S. Please, do not start discussions in the comments to this post, use forums for that.

 
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Stadsk
WOW.. thanks guys.. trying it now
handsconnect
Thanks, let's hope the next will be RC1.
ZopfWare
Uh oh... I looked at the Trac and no RC's are listed...buit there is a Dolphin 7 Beta 8!

and a 7.1

Guess we will have to wait a bit unless Beta 8 gets released as RC1.
totallyfreak
Custom Query (9 matches) for beta8???????

are you serious??? how many beta will you create? 45??

boonex told us that after this beta it will be RC version... and now its show beta8....

im totally disapointed... it cost me over 100$ per month fo my dedicated server... and i still wait for the rc version to launch my website... i fed up to pay my server for nothing... the final version was supposed to be ready many month ago...
boogerd
Social Engine is coming out with v4 this winter - I haven't had any problems with them, nor deciphering the code.
CALTRADE
How about giving us an upgrade script from this beta to the first release candidate. Wouldn't that be a nice present to give your long suffering members.
totallyfreak
AT LEAST!! i think this is the minimum that boonex can give... upgrade patch for the beta so we will be able to start building our website...
setubal
A simple question please.

If I decide to work on this Beta7 version today, Could I later during the next release RC FINAL version update easily?

OR will I have to install a new fresh RC FINAL version ?

Because I have a lot of files to modify and translate...
totallyfreak
for now... you will have to make a fresh new install for the rc version... but i(we) think that boonex SHOULD offer upgrade patch for beta also...
setubal
I believe that my request is the same that CALTRADE ^^^loool
web
patience portugal tchat ;) en fait la bonne soeur il rale parce qu'il attend un peu comme moi et toi peut etre depuis cet été, mais bon ça en vaut le coup visiblement...@+
setubal
Web man, je sais pas comment tu as catché mon url.. je croyais qu'elle était nulle part bon bref lol

Dis moi, tu me vend ton fichier lang sèrieux. Je galère de trop avec... J'ai trop pas le temps.. Je te l'achète par paypal genre.. heuu 15 euros ? ça te dit ? Merci man :)

Si t ok, envoies moi un mail, tiens, je fais un copié/collé de ce message et je te l'envoie par messagerie privée ici. A plus tard.
UFO360
I agree. i'm totally disapointed two this is all the same crap making beta and beta this realy need to stop is to much for us
Andrew Boon
Update scripts will be provided starting from RC1.
greymatters
Thank you very much Boonex. Hope this is the LAST Beta.
UFO360
Waooo thanks is going to be much beter and easy with our downloading new beta and start a fresh instalation
CALTRADE
I've been meaning to ask this for a while. What does "Waooo" mean?
mickscool
Thanks a lot Victor.

Guys, please release RC1 next week ( plz don't make us wait for 3 weeks again like this release ) as Andrew said in his last post :) and let's support database upgrades from there on ...

I am pretty sure once RC1 is out,a lot more people will deploy this into their local environments and find lot of more issues that would help the product become more stable and rock solid.
mastermindsro
Nice but not too nice.. Every day I lose enthusiasm to make a project with Dolphin.. I hope I will not finish all of it before RC1 is out..
Is it possible to *completely* disable the "dating" content and elements within the platform? This is particularly important to sites that do not feature such type of content.
ydrargyros
Thank god 8 out of 10 bugs only concers CSS defects, that can be fixed overnight! Hope Boonex does it's best to relase an RC in a week!
hdavy2002
hi guys, great job. i know there is a lot of pressure on you guys to take this out as soon as possible. we are also under pressure as we are paying hosting fees and just waiting. hope you get the picture. i feel i might make couple of sites and retire from working for someone ha ha. this is a great product. all the best guy, keep it up..
hdavy2002
hi guys, great job. i know there is a lot of pressure on you guys to take this out as soon as possible. we are also under pressure as we are paying hosting fees and just waiting. hope you get the picture. i feel i might make couple of sites and retire from working for someone ha ha. this is a great product. all the best guy, keep it up..
machovaquero
is a Beta, be patient... thnks boonex
tyke
What confuses me is this, we have a beta 8 on its way now, and already there are 12 bugs to be fixed. Why aren't these bugs spotted before the release of the Beta. seems to be that the beta releases aren't getting tested enough before they are released, if they were then there wouldn't be a need for all these beta's in the first place.
Just seems an odd way to go about things really.
CALTRADE
Wait - there is something I don't get. I see in the modules now you have a data migration tool for D6 - that's fantastic - I can't wait to try it! Since there will be no upgrade script to the RC though - or for that matter the next beta (Trac has references to still another beta) then what good is it? So we can import our D6 sites and then just destroy them up later? I think it is time for Boonex to start lending some support to the upgrades from beta to beta. We need to move forward after see more each beta, not retreat and be forced to blow up our bridges each time.
tech66
Quite possibly, we were given a migration module to check its work. When will the first RC, we can use it.
But now we can not hold a good test of all the other modules. There are no user checks the beta one or two people.
jdhiman
HI.........as per the demo of the Net Beta i think its a better one than the previous version. Best of Luck ........ but plz do release the final version asap.
jdhiman
One thing more that is required in the site is open inviter. It is must for the network coz all social networking site are providing this. but in dolphin it is not available.
jctwebsites
Keep up the great work Boonex!
croquette
The dolphin is suffisament stable to make a RC version I does not understand(include) those for whom we still wait. It has been since September, 2008 since we keep us waiting, and openly(frankly) I find now that it is the moment. You can malgrès improve everything the RC version regularly
Bonnex do not make us any more attendres months please
buckmcgoo
Not understanding your post is anyone.
Nighto2007
thank you boonex

I will text it .. and I wish release rc version soon

regards
kab
Если в 7-ой бете исправлено столько ошибок, то это показывает только одно - 7 версия финал будет с огромным кол-вом недочетов, багов. Словно разработчики выпускают свой продукт не для пользователей, а для собственного экперимента! Такая ситуация уже более 3-х лет продолжается! see more Засим невозможно просто на Дельфине построить уж сколько нибудь серьезный сайт, обратите внимание :(((
mistertunechat
I was just curious to what this says?
tyke
If the 7th bete corrected many errors, it only shows one - 7 final version will be a huge number of CMV defects, bugs. As if the developers release their product is not for users, but for his own try and see! This situation is already more than 3 years old going on! Whereupon it is impossible just a dolphin how to build a much less serious site

Translated from above
tech66
А это изначально похоже на эксперимент. Тикетов много, от версии к версии, но это не главное. Важно то, что мы не можем тестировать сайт с реальными пользователями. Поиграли сами, забыли, пока не выйдет очередная бета.
Не только мое мнение, нужно было сразу делать скрипт миграции, see more обновления, без потери пользователей и контента. Тогда можно создавать рабочий сайт, пусть и с ошибками в коде.
==================
And it is initially similar to experiment. It is a lot of tickets, from the version to the version, but it not the main thing. Important that we cannot test a site with real users. Have played, have forgotten, does not leave yet next bete.
Not only my opinion, it was necessary to do at once a script of migration, updating, without loss of users and a content. Then it is possible to create a working site, let and with errors in a code.
vbnyce
video still not playing. I see the video in the database but when i look at the file in flash/modules/video , there is no flv files located there.

Please advise
sgt_pfk
So...based on the 2008 news that 7 would be available soon, I stopped most work on my site, and anticipated having it live for opening day in March 2009. (I run a baseball chat site).

Well, here we are in the playoffs, and still no 7. Like the software, but hate the process.
CALTRADE
Victor,

In your last few posts about these betas you have said "test, test, test" - but why? What is in it for us? With that new "data conversion" module (which I applaud by the way) members who just kick back and do nothing will be in the exact same position as those of us who are working our asses off trying to work with the beta. As I understand it, when the RC is ready they will just have to press a button and most of their D6 will be converted. The rest of us have see more wasted a ton of time, and maybe even have been a little foolish.

It is a HUGE amount of work just to set this up. There are profile fields to build (four different sets), pages to format, settings, membership levels, payment options, several sets of categories to define, email templates, forums and groups to set up, language keys to define and much, much more- all that just for a basic set-up. It is FAR too time consuming and demoralizing to do all this work just to have to destroy it again after each of these betas. I've said this before, but the quality of your testing is falling off rapidly - people aren't getting far enough before it is time to trash everything they have done and start over again. This is not to your advantage at all - you are essentially destroying your test sets every few weeks.

In most of your posts you tell us to discuss this on the forums, not here - but Boonex almost never participates in the forums, as you do here. In fact, the only thing that seems to get a response from Boonex these days is the most inflammatory blog posts - especially ones that attack Boonex. Requests that are made politely are usually ignored. As a result, Trac has become totally dysfunctional - critical issues identified in the forums never make it there. With a few exceptions, most of the members who have access to Trac are using it just to post new features they want - the rest of us have to beg, and the product is suffering as a result. One member on the forum even says the only way to get something into trac is to keep bumping the post repeatedly because he thinks Boonex will only add things to Trac that they see on the top of the forum repeatedly.

This obviously isn't working - for any of us. If you are going to use your member base as your testing staff like this, then you should give them some advantage for doing this work - right now there is none at all. I have already found two major bugs in the join form - which I consider to be the most critical part of the system. I was tempted to make one of those inflammatory posts that seem to work so well, but I think that has to stop. Since that function absolutely has to work I can't see how it makes any sense to go on building and testing a system I know I will just have to destroy. Please go read the posts in the beta forum - you will find a seriously bummed out user community.

We need to get back to a place of mutual respect and we really need your help on this upgrade issue. If it is impossible to develop an upgrade script from this version please tell us why - and if possible, help develop an upgrade "procedure" instead. If that is also impossible for some reason, then please tell us the exact date of the RC. We don't have the most basic kinds of information we need for business decisions - and sometimes we get misinformation. If the RC is released in a week- as many here are requesting, or even two, why should anyone bother testing at all?

Please consider helping us in some way with the upgrade from this beta to the next beta or RC. I think almost everyone is on the same page here. These delays have been extremely damaging and we desperately need to start making some forward progress.

Rob
mistertunechat
Couldn't have said it better myself. I agree 100%.
guvencoglu
3 ay önce dolphin 6.... aldım ve 7 nin çıkmasını bekliyorum ve hala bekliyorum sıkıldım ama
tyke
Looks like ive found a new hobby translating things into english, this is what the above post says.

"3 months ago dolphin 6 ... I have received and I would expect the 7 and I'm tired but still waiting"

my reply (in turkish)
Gibi uzun henüz biraz bekliyor olacak Şey gibi görünüyor.

Saygılar

it herif

which says (apparently) Well it looks like you will be waiting a bit longer yet.

Regards

tyke

Gowd im so bored.... LOL
guvencoglu
6.1.6 yı kurduğumuzda 7 versiyona asıl geçeceğiz? olası veri kayıpları olurmu?
menno21
why the HELL is youtube embed not working! jeeeeez christ is it THAT hard to make 1 good version then 45 crap shit man crazyshit
tech66
Do not worry, and read it here -
http://www.boonex.com/unity/forums/#topic/YOUTUBE-EMBED-NOT-WORKING.htm
freakpower
hey guys Im sick of that complains about all betas. Im personally very happy that boonex seems to change approach - previous versions has been always released full of bugs now boonex guys seems to really care to release most stable version ever and you all complains ? what is this about ? Just be patient and you will get best dolphin version ever released. Its normal that robust system like dolphin is need a lot of time to tuneup. There will be always small bugs as in other software - is windows see more withpout bugs ? nope... but less main bugs we will have in final version = better for us all. If somebody of you bought dedicated hosting when first beta was released and now you are pissed off that u are paying hosting for nothing - its your problem. I expected at least 6 months of tuning so I gonna buy hosting when final version will be released. Give boonex guys a break and let them finish without stress so they can concentrate on work and not your stupid complains..
tech66
You carefully read what is written above? Beth - this is good, we can see progress. We complain that there is still no mechanism for migration. This is a big difference, read above.
mastermindsro
You are a member for about 180 days.. Instead many of us are waiting the 7th version for nearly 365 days.. We stayed like bats for the last 12 months, hanging around this website, passing time here with no release date set..

We pay for our servers but there is no sense to upload any of the current files.. Boonex said to us that the release is very near (that was one year ago)..

We enrolled like pundits and moderators in the hope to give Boonex more time to spend with the software developing see more itself, instead of watching over the community.. we also helped reporting bugs, testing each release on it's own, we answered forum posts and many different questions of their clients - that can be called "support"..

Everything we did was as volunteers, we enjoyed this but I think it's time for Boonex to give something back also.. and on time..
Chusco
Greetings,

I am a user of your product Dolphin 6, and am having some challenges due to how not user friendly the application is.
I have toured this new product Dolphin 7 beta 7, with a few simple modification this one will serve as a better community website.

Modifications;
1. Some unnecessary compulsory field should be removed from Join Now for easy sign up (people are not that patient enough).
2. People should be able to make friends easily (Suggest friend pop-ups)
3.Content upload - see more Unnecessary compulsory field should be scraped off for easy upload

I want to buy a more user friendly application like Dolphin 7 beta 7, Buddypress etc as soon as possible.
Can I know when the finished Dolphin 7 will be available for use considering the fact that I have very limited time to complete my project.

Regards
Chuchu Igwe
Admin
www.enterthehealingschool.org/community
fixter
i cant get video chat working on beta7..! can anyone help?
menno21
everything is working now my server is complaining about VIRUSES AND CRONJOB PROBLEMS~!!!! be aware
dadryan26
The video upload is working in D7B7 ? In the previous version it's not working !
houseperu
think about copy good things
STREAMING
could be great for Dolphin 7
take a look to this
http://www.ustream.tv/
fidelg3
I am installing the Beta 7 and have found out that the new version now requires enabling the "shell_exec" function before installation. If you have your site at a third party hosting, this function usually can be enabled by the hosting tech support.
Csar
i dont think since i remember, boonex has ever had a stable release.... I mean why would they? if they had a stable release then why even come to this forum after. they need people to keep on coming back over and over again.. But i guess theres always hope.. We cant ever fully launch a site because we been waiting for a full stable product.. and we cant keep investing money on experts if the script is always changing and mods are bieng outdated constantly.. so please boonex give us a stable realese, see more at least to the people that been waiting since the boonex 5 release. And then go back to the betas
Kemosabe
Well I crash my version 6.1.6 today. I guess I'll go ahead and try out Ver 7 b7. What could it hurt? My pride is already down the drain (lol)
boogerd
I've got a topic in the forums with no answer.

How do you add additional profile fields and get them to show up?
web
you can add fields yourself in admin section
kfingerle
I have a question about D7.
I want to run a site with only the classified ads section.
Can I strip away all of the other modules of D7 such as dating, blogs, people, etc. ?
mario8
http://demozzz.com/dolphin7b/ads/my_page/add/

<img src="undefined" title="Add" alt="Add" class="multiply_add_button"/>

src="undefined" <-problem, no image
zammzamm1999
quick questions

1. is there anyway to run D7 on a shared hosting and RMS on a vps or do they have to be on the same server?

2. Will there be a source for the ray video,chat,music, etc . . . . modules to customize not only the skins but full customization for example makeing the webcam window larget in messenger or writing a javascript to open chat private messages in a new pop up. --- stuff like that
mario8
onclick to home page to <a href="http://site/community/m/news/category/Home">Home(1) </a>



Fatal error: Call to undefined function uri2title() in /var/www/web34/html/community/modules/boonex/news/category.php on line 41
peteralan72
Why must all of you people complain because the final release is not ready? I am a developer myself and i have learned from experience that one can hope and anticipate a final release date but it doesn't always go as planned. Some of you people are acting like the Boonex team owes you something and they don't.

I am a business man and have been in business for myself since i was 19 years old and now age 37. One of the things i have learned is making good business decisions and not blaming others see more because things don't work as planned. One guy in this forum has posted how he is spending 100 bucks a month on a dedicated server because Boonex said that they were going to release the final D7 months ago. I should tell you that if you would have developed a solid plan for your D7 project you wouldn't have ordered the dedicated server pre maturely. Make a plan and make sure the product you are using is ready before you invest money. The Boonex team has been working hard to give us what we wanted and it is coming soon. I think a big thank you should be in order to the Boonex team for all their hard work and efforts to give us the final release of D7.

Now speaking of testing i read that someone posted that they should test the beta before releasing to us. UMMMM HELLO!!!! BETA means test and sometimes it takes more than one beta release before the final result is in action. We are the testers and the beta versions are there for us to test and assist the developers in providing us with the final product.

Stop complaining people and be thankful that there are developers creating such a wonderful script as D7. I think you will find that D7 is way more user friendly and if you want your site now use the previous version of Dolphin until D7 is ready. Stop acting like the Boonex team owes you something and lend a hand in the final beta testing stages.

I would like to extend a warm thank you to the Boonex developer team for all of your hard work and let you all know i appreciate all you have done so far. Way to go. This is progress in the making. You deserve credit for the hard work you are doing. As for all the people acting as if you owe them something, well it's too bad for them that they let the process of the beta testing aggravate them. I am greatful that the Boonex team allows us to participate in the beta testing process.

For those of you that take offense to my post, well i guess it's your problem because i am just stating the facts and hoping those who complain will maybe find some gratitude for the hard work the Boonex team is doing to provide us with something they do not have to do in the first place.
Well, look at it from this aspect. This was suposed to be done.. complete... ready for market... on the shelf... 100% finished... In November, of 2008... it is almost one year over due from the first promise release date.

Thankful yes... but still highly highly highly frustrated at the situations that we have been put in by taking a company at its word and being let down time and time again. I do not for a second think anything they have done is intentional in the aspect of 'letting us down', see more but it doesn't change the fact that it is what it is.
mario8
EURO must remake EUR

to PAYPAL.COM I get

This recipient either does not accept payments denominated in EUR or has specified an invalid currency code on his web site. Please contact the seller and ask him either to update his payment receiving preferences to accept this currency or to correct his web site to specify a valid currency code.

Resolve probleme
Mysql table -> sys_options

Name - >pmt_default_currency_code
mario8
if you add product and quantity 2 and go to pay for it by returning to the site you see this message

Query:
INSERT `sys_acl_levels_members` (IDMember, IDLevel, DateStarts, DateExpires, TransactionID) VALUES (2, 4, FROM_UNIXTIME(1256392438), FROM_UNIXTIME(1257256438), 'KGTB0717HFH47Y99')
Mysql error:
Duplicate entry '2-4-2009-10-24 15:53:58' for key 1
mario8
need to alter EURO EUR PAYPAL.COM an error
mario8
This recipient either does not accept payments denominated in EUR or has specified an invalid currency code on his web site. Please contact the seller and ask him either to update his payment receiving preferences to accept this currency or to correct his web site to specify a valid currency code.
 
 
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