Thoughts to improve Boonex public relations
I am sure Boonex cringe everytime they see a blog post from me with "Boonex" in the title, but this is not a bash Boonex post, far from it, this is just a post to bring to light some of the errors i see, and how Boonex can address them and improve their public relations a little more.
My main concern is not about Dolphin 7 or the lack of information about it, nor the delays, as it is infact being brought forward, so it is not late at all, it is being released early. and the lack of information is to protect it from other script providers getting a jump on its features. that i understand as Dolphin is the best of the rest.
What does worry me is this.
Boonex has a perfectly good script in Dolphin 6.1.4 Together we have worked on security fixes and bug fixes and it is almost perfect, there are a few remaining bugs that need to be addressed and it would be a final stable product (one which Boonex has never had yet)
People have installed 6.1.4 and invested a lot of money in it on mods and are happy to keep it for some time, as they believe that Dolphin 6.1.4 with their paid mods, is what they want and wish to keep for a while to come.
So why are Boonex abandoning these loyal members? its public relation suicide. Believe me Boonex it really is!!
list of bugs in 6.1.4:
Ray Desktop, does not work in firefox 3 the Desktop IM does not work.
Ray IM does not work in Firefox 3
Ray base, flash 10 wipes out licenses if you enter ray base with flash 10 and you cant re-enter them unless you go back to flash 9 and thats not easy.
groups orca, pagination does not work
friends list pagination does not work
admin builders, do not work in IE6/7
there are a few other minor bugs with 6.1.4 the above list is the major bugs. as no-one but Boonex has access to Ray source code, only Boonex can fix them.
I propose that Boonex do one Final release of Dolphin 6.1.5 that addresses the known bugs, so people who have invested in their sites can have a stable version they can keep for as long as they want.
i suggest this is made after Dolphin 7's second round of core bug patches and before Boonex work on more Modules for Dolphin 7.
if Boonex really cares, all you have to do is make a statement, and say yes sammie we see the error of our ways, and we promise there will be a 6.1.5 as we do care about our members.
so why dont we also use this thread to post all our fixes that we have had to make and see if we can not make life easier for others and boonex to issues a final release for 6.1
The new Dolphin solution is powered by UNA Community Management System.
As for my site, Admin builders are working just fine with IE7 (Windows Vista)...
Friends pagination does seem glitchy.
Running windows 7
I totaly agree with the whole statement made...great points pointed out.
Not sure if this is your problem but I have had problems with pagination too... I solved this issue by replacing some & with & in some lines of the script.
not a great fan of winblows lol
Please forget about line numbers... I have edited so many thing in the script and added so many mods...
In the file viewFriends.php, function getFriendList( $id )
after:
$id = (int)$id;
I added:
/***** pagination ****/
$sCountSQL = "SELECT count(*) FROM `FriendList`
LEFT JOIN `Profiles` ON (`Profiles`.`ID` = `FriendList`.`Profile` AND `FriendList`.`ID` = '$id' OR `Profiles`.`ID` = `FriendList`.`ID` AND `FriendList`.`Profile` = '$id')
WHERE see more
so why dont we also use this thread to post all our fixes that we have had to make and see if we can not make life easier for others and boonex to issues a final release for 6.1
it is not always so easy to say if it is dolphin or a browser or addon like flash 10 that causes the problem, and therefor boonex get blamed for a lot of shit that is not thier fault.
what matters is these are/where known isses and they are addressed for a stable and final release of 6.1
so members who have invested in it, can keep it and have a stable website
I cross crecked the chmod permissions many times. Still the same message presists. How can I get aroung this pls?
Yes, we will release 6.1.5 some time after 7.0 and will keep both available for download. There's a huge number of modified 6.1.4 sites and proper patch is surely needed. We'll update the Trac along with 7.0 release with proper roadmaps and bugs-lists to take this into order.
Thank you.
i thought long and hard about posting this thread, and how to word it. and i believe i got the message over to all, and i have now seen the reply that everyone wanted that has invested in mods, and are happy with D6.1
i have seen D7 and tested it, and i can assure you i'll be upgrading my site on the 1st stable core release of D7
i am sure that statement is a hug burden lifted of many 6.1.4 users shoulders.
i really thank you and highly commend you for that statement and reassurance to everyone.
as i stated, i do not want this to affect Dol7, but if we can use this thread to post bug fixes as some are coming out in the forum just now, then maybe that will help to exspidate your final 6.1.5 release.
as i said, a timely release sometime after dol7 2nd or 3rd core bug patches but before modules see more
One of the things that I cannot ever get an answer on is the templates. How do we change the templates to reflect the atmoshere we are trying to present. No one ever answers me on this. I would suggest Boonex that you keep us informed. see more
Thanks for post builders do not work in ie7. I am encouraged to see Boonex moving in right direction. 7 looks promising after bugs are fixed. I have invested a great deal of money in 6.1.4. so I am waiting to see how they bridge products.