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Version history starts with PackFlash Publish V1
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Version 3.00

  • Integration into Constellation 3.0
  • Added Multi-lingual content support and features
  • Significantly expanded options for providing search for the website visitor
  • Implemented the concept for "Content Type"
  • Expanded administrative search including a status key to communicate better what is happening with each item
  • Modified "Editor" role to provide less access. Editors now can only edit items that they have been assigned or originally created. Editors now can only see administrative screens that apply to their roles.
  • Added global settings for content type page/template and search results page/template
  • Modified "sharethis" code to allow for customization with newest code from sharethis.com
  • Created the ability to set the text and image icon for the "featured" flag
  • Add appropriate tokens for new entities
  • Added global option for "Not Found Message" - for setting rules for what happens when a module does not have data available
  • Modified licensing - red trial warning messages will not display any longer. When license has issues, the module will prevent administrators from obtaining access. They will be directed to the licensing page to resolve before proceeding. This change will prevent the website visitor from being impacted by a license issue.
  • Data criteria for List Module now takes dynamic variables into consideration allowing for displaying details based on a query key AND data criteria settings. This is useful for making lists on landing pages more specific to the variables selected in navigation or in the URLs as well as lists more specific on the details pages.
  • Data criteria for List Module now takes dynamic variables into consideration allowing for displaying details based on a query key AND data criteria settings. This is useful for using details on landing pages that apply to the variables selected in navigation or in the URLs.
  • Ability to ignore dynamic variables to force exact data criteria to always run
  • Added "start position" to the data criteria system allowing for a list or item to start at any ordinal position in a data set. This allows administrators to create multiple lists or items on a page with the same data criteria, but assure that the same data is not duplicated across the modules
  • Added additional option for related content to List module to provide more control over the type and look and feel of the list of related items
  • Expanded capabilities around navigation including the ability to name section headers and filter content available to the website visitor. This allows the navigation to be as specific or as broad as needed for the application.
  • Modified List Module to be able to deliver lists of categories and issue/groups in addition to content items that was already included.
  • Pagination for the List Module now allows for editing using CSS rules.  Pagination also has AJAX option. 

Version 2.10

  • Now DNN 6.0 Ready! Tested and Updated for DNN 6.0.
  • Removed sample data and demo install to coordinate changes in DNN 6.0
  • Fixed bug - DNN 05.06.03 introduced problem with "Email a Friend" token. Issue resolved.

Version 2.09

  • Friendly URLs are now created for articles, categories, authors, and contributors. Friendly URLs are based on article title or names (category name, author/contributor name). These can be adjusted by the administrator as needed.
  • Added "Featured" article as an option when assigning an article and generating lists
  • Added capability to have landing pages for categories, authors, and contributors that have bio information and the articles that they are have been attached to them. Expanded use of meta data to include on landing page - Name, description, keywords, image. Templates can control the look and feel of the landing pages.
  • Look and Feel and location can be centralized for ease of use and administration or the system is set up to use extensive capabilities to manage the location and look and feel of each individual article, category, author/contributor. Lists and Articles can be located in different areas of the site and have the designs that are appropriate - articles in the "sports" section can be located with all of the other sports content of the website and have their own look and feel.
  • Installation of module makes setting up easier by including the following features:
    • Administration page automatically created and Dashboard installed on the page. This is located in the "Admin" menu area.
    • Sample pages for landing page, article details page, search results page, and rss page are created.
    • Appropriate sample modules are added to the sample pages that were created.
    • Sample data is also included with the installation so that the users can see how the system works and can test it out without having to enter data. This provides a mini-demo on the site that the module is installed upon.
    • A "delete data" button is included (on import/export screen) to remove the data when the administrator is ready to starting adding real content.
  • Navigation option is included with the system to generate categories, authors, and archive dates along with the number of articles found within each group
  • A group of premium templates are included that were created from the template editor to show samples of how the creation process could work.

Version 2.08

  • A brand new group of professionally designed details templates and list templates inspired by some of the largest websites on the internet. A directory of the ever-growing templates can be found on the packflash.com site.
  • Modifications to improve DNN Search and integration to iSearchable interface.
  • Modifications to PackFlash Publishing search to include more options around showing search results.
  • Modified the "Share This" integration functionality to incorporate the new script capabilities.

Version 2.07

  • ALL NEW! FACEBOOK and TWITTER INTEGRATION.
    • System will push a Facebook update and Twitter Feed when article is published.
    • System can be set to publish article and send Facebook and Twitter Feeds at a future date and time (scheduled)
    • Administrator can choose to have the system post feeds by a page (branded) or a user
    • System will pre-fill Article Title and Summary of article and reserve characters for Bit.ly url shortener for the purpose of linking back to the article from the feed. Administrator has the ability to modify this as much as they like to suit their needs.
    • User can provide their own Bit.ly url account or use the default account for ease of use
    • System provides a character counter for Twitter Feed (22 characters reserved for url shortened link back to the article).
  • Enhanced default article functionality to allow for same flexibility as article lists
  • Increased the number of article list tabs to 10 due to popular request.

Version 2.06

  • Administrators can now create and edit their own templates using a tokens and the WYSIWYG editor (FCKEditor or RADEditor). This uses a template editor system for creating both Details templates and List templates.
  • All previous "PackFlash" created templates are still available and still work.
  • Added additional data elements through the tokens that are available to the Details Templates and List Templates including statistics for comments, ratings, recommends...breaking up the components for the dates for management and flexible formatting...related information such as related content, categories, tags, and authors...and called out additional social networking capabilities such as Facebook "Like", Tweet/Re-tweet, and Digg.

Version 2.05

  • Ability to set each individual article to always go to a particular "home" or default page unless over-ridden by a particular list. This means that you can have articles always find their appropriate category landing page if so desired.
  • Import/Export now includes all database options including categories, issues, authors, article IDs, inserts, and allows for assignment of a legacy ID for each article for integration purposes.
  • Enhanced "Printable Version" now prints entire article when article paging is used.
  • Added ability for administrators to include a "Read Full Article" option on every list

Version 2.04

  • New AJAX Tab lists - add up to 4 AJAX tabs with any group of article list. Over 40 themes and styles to choose from.
  • Ability to add pages to articles from right inside the editor. No complicated or confusing page break functionality. Simply insert a [Page Break] code at the chosen place for a page break and the system will do the work for you.
  • Added ability to import and export data including the choice of what data to export (using same logic as any other list in the system).
  • Added ability for users to "recommend" or vote for an article.
  • Administrators can now build lists of the "Most Recommended" articles and the "Highest Rated" (please download the most recent version of the Comments module for this feature).
  • Improvement in the search feature to work more effectively when hitting "enter" rather than the "go" button

Version 2.03

  • SQL 2000 support
  • SQL 2008 support
  • Web farm/load balancing support
  • Localized dates based on DNN language setting
  • Tag cloud management enhancements
  • Tag cloud view added to related content (configured in settings)
  • Enhanced category filtering and language updates in the search module (option to filter based on inclusion OR exclusion of categories)
  • Tag search functionality in the search module (when linked to form a tag cloud).

Version 2.02

  • Improved "save" function with better communication of completion of save
  • Minor Bug fix - resizing of a square image overloading the thumbnail generator
  • Addition of a new "list" template that provides a vertical scroller
  • Addition of a new "list" template that provides a horizontal scroller
  • Addition of a new "article detail" template that provides no image rotator
  • Ability to search articles in the backend using a wildcard "*" to show all the articles
  • Abilty to search articles in the backend by categories (show all articles in a category using a wildcard "*" as well)
  • ISearchable interface implemented

Version 2.01

  • Implementation of "Trial" version functionality
  • Enhanced Licensing capabilities
  • Added Expiration Date to article options
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