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Social => Team Blogs => Topic started by: [SiNaN] on July 27, 2009, 12:13:37 PM

Title: [2.3] Development Update I
Post by: [SiNaN] on July 27, 2009, 12:13:37 PM: I'm sure some of you may have been wondering what's happening with the development team in pink and in deep silence. (* [SiNaN] is trying to hide his post count.)

Anyway, the team has been working hard behind the closed doors and started counting back for the 2.3 release. So what's coming along?

The biggest change in this version will be more in the technical base of SimplePortal. We have tried to implement a partial MVC (Model-View-Controller) structure as much as possible. We had all our functions in four major files (SPortal, SPortalAdmin) with their templates separately, along with a subs file. Now we have a controller for admin and user end (PortalMain and PortalAdminMain) with separate files for each component (PortalArticles, PortalBlocks, PortalPages, PortalShoutbox and admin files for each). This made SimplePortal a lot more easy to expand with modules/components. So you can expect some exciting new features in the future.

Of course this release isn't all about architecture. As you may have noticed; half of the shouts we have in our shoutbox is about how to get the shoutbox code. So yeah, we are finally including this by default in SimplePortal. It will have a lot more features than the one you see currently here (like AJAX auto refresh/delete, BBC to allow, etc.), but still easy to use. The most exciting feature of the shoutbox for me is ability to create unlimited number of shoutbox(es?).

The other major feature we added, as you may already guess, is pages feature. It will allow you to add BBC, HTML and PHP pages and turn your forum into a web site. It pretty much works like blocks in design and has some cool features too, of course.

Apart from these, there are also many improvements to here and there, mostly with blocks and performance issues. I won't be listing them all, but you should be able to test them soon.

Lastly the biggest question; when we are releasing it? Well, just as of yesterday I have implemented the last major feature in the package and hopefully we will have the 2.3 Beta 1 released to our Beta Testers in a few days. As a developer, even I don't have an idea about the exact date. However, be assured that we are trying to get it out as soon as possible. Not because to stop the endless requests and to get rid of the great stress/pressure on us; but because we want you to meet with these awesome features.

And I know, you want some screenshots. Unfortunately, I don't have any at the moment. I'll let you see them live here when we update this site in a few days.
Title: Re: [2.3] Development Update I
Post by: [SiNaN] on July 29, 2009, 12:30:35 PM: As I promised, I've updated SP on this forum to 2.3 (pre)Beta 1.

Edit:

Also here is a test page for you to see pages feature:

http://simpleportal.net/index.php?page=test_page
Title: Re: [2.3] Development Update I
Post by: candidosa2 on July 29, 2009, 12:41:45 PM: Good News
iam here still wait for 2.3
Thank you
Title: Re: [2.3] Development Update I
Post by: Costa on July 29, 2009, 12:49:58 PM: Great Sinan Dude Man!
Very cool, the shout it's a must!

As always, SP rocks!
Title: Re: [2.3] Development Update I
Post by: kai920 on July 29, 2009, 02:05:25 PM: Cool, looking forward to 2.3!
Title: Re: [2.3] Development Update I
Post by: ccbtimewiz on July 29, 2009, 02:26:51 PM: Woot! Can't wait!
Title: Re: [2.3] Development Update I
Post by: willerby on July 29, 2009, 03:23:24 PM: I've not had a chance to even look at 2.3 - will pages have permissions eg. some not available to guests or certain membergroups?
Title: Re: [2.3] Development Update I
Post by: Eliana Tamerin on July 29, 2009, 03:51:35 PM: Pages will be handled with the same permission system as blocks.
Title: Re: [2.3] Development Update I
Post by: Daydreamer on July 29, 2009, 04:09:46 PM: Pages feature is really rock! Shoutbox too.. Actually pages should be have child page, like wordpress pages system. And user should can be make comment to pages. And page display counts etc..
So.. Simple portal go greater than as always..
Title: Re: [2.3] Development Update I
Post by: Eliana Tamerin on July 29, 2009, 04:44:08 PM: Quote from: Özgür on July 29, 2009, 04:09:46 PM
Pages feature is really rock! Shoutbox too.. Actually pages should be have child page, like wordpress pages system. And user should can be make comment to pages. And page display counts etc..
So.. Simple portal go greater than as always..

http://simpleportal.net/index.php?board=9.0 (http://simpleportal.net/index.php?board=9.0)?
Title: Re: [2.3] Development Update I
Post by: Daydreamer on July 29, 2009, 04:50:58 PM: No! i don't make a feature request. I just only explain my opinion (:
Title: Re: [2.3] Development Update I
Post by: willerby on July 29, 2009, 05:26:42 PM: Quote from: Eliana Tamerin on July 29, 2009, 03:51:35 PM
Pages will be handled with the same permission system as blocks.

Excellent. I can finally dump Deprecated's BakersDozen Pages and Robbo_s Custom Pages - nothing wrong with them but upgrades are getting laborious so two less mods to worry about.

Just need those independent, permissions based articles sorted (with an import feature from SMF Articles!) and SimplePortal takes over my forum...
Title: Re: [2.3] Development Update I
Post by: [SiNaN] on July 30, 2009, 02:18:24 PM: Quote from: Willerby on July 29, 2009, 03:23:24 PM
I've not had a chance to even look at 2.3 ...

:0 You shouldn't say that as a Beta Tester.
Title: Re: [2.3] Development Update I
Post by: willerby on July 30, 2009, 04:26:42 PM: I know... but I had to stop playing on SMF and do real work as needs must.