http://openedweb.com/blog Education and Technology Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:47:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/22/elgg-15-includes-a-few-more-admin-features/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/22/elgg-15-includes-a-few-more-admin-features/#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:40:58 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1263 One feature I didn’t see when testing beta Elgg 1.5 is the admin’s ability to set default widgets in both user profiles and dashboards. These tools, included in the Elgg 1.5 “full” package. Elgg adopters have asked for this feature since the initial release and there have been plugins that provided such functionality, but had [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/22/elgg-15-includes-a-few-more-admin-features/feed/ 8 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/13/elgg-15-released/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/13/elgg-15-released/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:54:44 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1247 Elgg 1.5 has been released by Curverider. Over the past few days, Elgg’s revisions to their Subversion repository had slowed as they put the finishing touches on the new release.  Elgg 1.5 is available as a package or from the subversion repository. This development means that I will return to my comparisons of Elgg and [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/13/elgg-15-released/feed/ 2 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/09/curverider-releases-elgg-15-rc2/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/09/curverider-releases-elgg-15-rc2/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:28:44 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1225 Curverider released a second release candidate for Elgg 1.5 today. It can be downloaded as a tarball from their site, or you can get it from the subversion library. Release Candidate 2 brings about 40 new revisions to Elgg code since the release of the first Release Candidate last week.]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/09/curverider-releases-elgg-15-rc2/feed/ 2 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/05/elgg-15-rc-released/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/05/elgg-15-rc-released/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:57:33 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1222 A release candidate for Elgg 1.5 was unvealed by the Curverider team today. Release candidates have been tested and are generally very stable. Nonetheless, Curverider does not recommend its use for production sites. The core Elgg team has been working feverishly to squash remaining bugs and enhance Elgg’s performance. They have committed over 100 commits [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/05/elgg-15-rc-released/feed/ 6 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/28/elgg-15-revision-3000/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/28/elgg-15-revision-3000/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:21:35 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1215 February is winding down in a few hours and many are awaiting Elgg 1.5. Whether or not they make the projected February isn’t important if you consider what the Curverider team has achieved in there progress to a much inproved social networking platform. Elgg 1.2 was released in Decenber with Revision 2515. As of today, [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/28/elgg-15-revision-3000/feed/ 6 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/22/more-elgg-15-tweaks/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/22/more-elgg-15-tweaks/#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:34:49 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1184 Elgg 1.5 will bring a number of enhancements large and small that will improve usability for both users and admins. Here are a few more things to look forward to with its impending release. As Elgg  changed versions, many of the plugins have become incompatible. Developers have had to update them in order to make [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/22/more-elgg-15-tweaks/feed/ 10 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/13/foss-social-networking-update-forfeb-14/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/13/foss-social-networking-update-forfeb-14/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:33:00 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1116 This February is a busy month in the world of open source Social Networking software. As mentioned before, BuddyPress is scheduled for release and Curverider is slated to release Elgg Version 1.5. BuddyPress released BuddyPress RC1 yestereday. Andy Peating decided to go with a release candidate rather than the full planned release because of a [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/13/foss-social-networking-update-forfeb-14/feed/ 1