Hi everyone,
Today I'm really excited to offer this new release of Aggregator. There is lots of added functionality in this release based on member feedback over the past year. The list of all enhancements is below, but if I were asked I'd say the biggest of these would be jQuery support, IPortable support (yes finally), per skin customization settings and a much nicer tabbed settings screen. A full version history is located on the wiki.
Active members can now download the new release of Aggregator in the members only download section. If you are not currently a member or your membership has expired, please consider becoming a member by visiting the store and subscribing. You can get all of the DNNStuff modules for as little as $39 for a 3 month membership. Existing customers who purchased single products can upgrade to a 1 year membership at a 25% discount using coupon code MAR2010 at checkout.
I'm going to be spending this entire week writing additional documentation, articles, how to's and videos showing how to use all of these new features so be sure to check back or better yet, subscribe to out announcement forum, rss feed or the DNNStuff twitter feed.
One more note I'd like to make is that none of the DNNStuff modules require activation or will ever require activation. I've recently had a few occurences with modules that require activation so I know what a real pain it can be when you move your site to a new host or want to test a module on another site before getting a full license. I put full trust in my customers to purchase the required licenses just as you've put your trust in me to supply ongoing support and upgrade paths for all my modules.
Why do I need this?
- Reduces clutter by combining modules together into an attractive tabbed interface
- Makes your pages seem quicker and more responsive with client side operation
- Matches the look and feel of your website with a powerful skinning engine
Content
Layout
- Wrap modules
- Powerful skinning and flexible template system allow you to present tabs with semantic markup resulting in a smaller html payload
- Present nested tabs by including one aggregator within another
- Wide selection of skins included out of the box
jQuery
Localization
Actions
- Active Hover option results in tab selection without a tab click
- Paging allows for easier navigation through tabs
- Target an aggregator from an existing one to control other page elements via tab clicks
- The current tab is optionally remembered when a user returns to the page within a single session
- Any tab can be set as the default tab
- Tab contents are rendered on the initial page view and all tab operations are client side. This means there are no post backs to the server on a tab change.
- Token replacement within tab titles and html/text content
Management
- Edit skins/templates directly through the module interface
- Copy Aggregator and all it's contained modules to another page
- Manage jQuery script support to reduce jQuery collisions with the core and other modules
Security
- Modules and tabs adhere to the security rights of the individual modules contained in the tabs. If a tab includes a module that a user doesn't have view access to, the tab will also not be shown.
DNN Framework Support
- IPortable compatible so you can Import/Export content or including in page templates
- Native html text is indexed via the DNN search infrastructure
- Supports modules that use AJAX Partial Rendering
Compatibility
- DNN 4 - DNN 4.5.2 and higher
- DNN 5 - DNN 5.0.0 and higher
- For DNN versions below DNN 4.5.2, earlier versions are still available for download