I have just updated the site to version 4.9.0 of the DNN framework. Downtime was about 2 minutes. This update is mostly a bug fix release,and also patches a number security issues.
Having created a report that generates a What's New type display as detailed in my previous post, I wanted to create an RSS feed with pretty much the same content, because currently I use about 6 different feeds off the site, and it is a pain monitoring them all. I couldn't find a module that would generate an RSS feed based on a specific query, and whilst it is on the reports module roadmap, it's...
I spotted a bug in metaPost (I use Windows Live Writer for creating this blog, and it posts via metaPost into Ventrian NewsArcticles, which is what you see here), where when I did an update to a post, it created a new page in the post, rather than update the existing one. Don Worthley at IT Crossing has once again come up with the fix while I slept, ready to be tested. So here we go.... Yep, it wo...
I decided it was about time I created some sort of consolidated What's New for the members. I haven't done this for all users, because I'm using the reports module, and the query is getting long enough as it is. Besides most of the new information is in the members area anyway, but it could be used for all users depending on yoru security requirements. To the left is what it looks like in the end....
One of the negatives of the recent update of the the website theme, was the removal of the easy access buttons along the top of the page. So after many complaints (well one actually), I've put them back. A neat thing about these buttons is that they are set up to be different when logged in or not, so that members of the club get easy access to the most frequently used areas of the site that are s...
Ventrian NewsArticles on the site has now gone up to version 0.6.11. This is basically a bug fix upgrade.
Also metaPost has moved to 1.2.1 to support some changes in the latest versions of NewsArticles, in particular the change of the Summary being mandatory to the Detail being mandatory. This also involved the update of the various pages using NewsArticles to ensure posts with no Summary still g...
Minor updates today. One to update the framework to DNN 4.8.4, which has some security fixes. The second is an update to the store, to Catalook 5.5.6.
Both changes should be pretty invisible to users.
Well inspired a little by the new theme, and some support from Ernst Peter, (the Events module team lead), I thought now was a good time for a fresh look to the club web site.
This is how it used to look...
and after the update...
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