A happy Event: Events version 05.02.00 is released!
The Events team is proud to announce that Events 05.02.00 has
been released. The DNN Release team finaly finished the steps in the DNN release tracker.
We thank all the people who participated in the process of the release
tracker, with a positive result: 05.02.00 is on the shelves (of CodePlex that is)
for you to download and enjoy.
This is a serious new release, with major enhancements in the area of
UI (templateable list view), Search Engine Optimization
(integration with the site sitemap and options to set page title, description
and keywords) and integration with other calendar systems, e.g.
Facebook.
Of course, as you might expect from us, all known bugs of the previous
version are covered as well. All in all, 52 issues are covered by this release.
Release notes DNN Events 05.02.00
Events 05.02.00 will work for any DNN version 5.5.0 and up.
Full details on the changes can be found in great detail at
http://dnnevents.codeplex.com/workite....
BUG FIXES
- Removed syntax errors .js scripts
- Special characters are escaped/encoded properly in Text fields in iCalendar
- No reminder record with a blank email address created for anonymous users
- When category select is disabled and module is set to filter by a specific
category, new events are default populated with this category
- Last Updated Date/Time is used as the Publication Date in the RSS feed was
incorrectly adjusted to UTC
- Corrected reminder email with internal link to provide full url in the email
NEW FEATURES
- Enabled the list view to be complete templateable, as alternative to the
existing Grid view with column choices
- A new tokenset [CUSTOMDETAILPAGE][/CUSTOMDETAILPAGE] which can be used to
wrap any text you want hidden when the event does have a custom detail page.
- Added new email setting in top level section to enable other FROM e-mail
addresses (initially populated with portalsettings.email)
- Added support for exporting whole module calendar to enable internet calendar
subscription
- Added Event sitemap support to the sitemap.aspx output for search engines
- Added enhanced SEO support for dynamic setting of Page Title and Description
by using html templates
- Added SEO keyword settings using category and location
ENHANCEMENTS
- Greatly enhanced the option for a Event admin to enroll users (multi select),
especially when working with a large number of roles or users
- Added category parameter to iCalendar url to select a specific category
in the iCal output
- Added print capability to detail view
- Enabled adding DaysBefore and DayAfter for a range to be set on a per feed
basis for the iCal feeds
- Added data format in the 'Events Tooltip Title - Month View - No Events
Title' template
- Added URL property to VEVENT object in iCalendar
- Added url to event image in ATTACH property of VEVENT object in iCalendar
- Added an option for users to have the Event send to e-mail, in addition
to export the event as an .ics file
CHANGES
- When 'Disable Month View Cell Events' is checked, when a user clicks on
a day with on ly one event, the view changes to Event detail i.s.o Event Day
View
- Hide past events in list view based on TIME in addition to date
- Replace "Enroll Now" link with "No Enrollments possible" text when event
has started
- Add CSS to Detail view to enable styling via theme, moved css from .ascx
to the theme
- Update control on Edit event details returns to Event Details screen, not
Calendar View
- Changed iCalendar to support
RFC5545 which replaces
RFC2445
- Changed the tooltip code to DNNToolTipManager (which uses RadToolTipManager)
for enhancement en compatibility
- Add css classes for enrollee grid on Edit page
- Removed/mark obsolete redundant recurrence fields in Events table
- Removed dependency on DNN core Edit permissions, any existing permissions
are upgraded through IUpgradeable
Where can you download Events 05.02.00?
The DNN Events module can be obtained via the
Events
project's download page on CodePlex.
We appreciate if you want to give this release a (five star?) rating while your
are on CodePlex... Feel free to review it.
What is next?
We are working on an implementation of DNN Wrapped Telerik controls for a intensively
enhanced User Experience and User Interface. We are planning to put a Events 06.00.00
in the DNN release tracker somewhere in Q3/4 of 2011. Please note that this change
is a major task, which also might incorporate some breaking changes with regard to
the visual design, but we are very confident that you will like the end result!