ocPortal, which we have mentioned here, one of the upcoming web content management systems has released its new version 4.3 RC 3. This version introduces some new features and a number of bug fixes have been made since the last release. If you haven’t tried ocPortal yet, you might want to check a personal demo here.

Following are the new features and fixes that have been made in this new releae.

Fixes:

• Fixed problems with CSS image paths on SSL
• Fixed that CEDI pages were missing in the Permission Tree Editor
• Fixed errors in the CEDI new-post notification emails
• Fixed some major problems that had developed with Facebook HPHP support
• Fixed problem with main_quotes block on Facebook HPHP
• Fixed Comcode-render permissions on various notification emails*
• Fixed various problems on our inbuilt database for developers
• Fixed stack trace when stock maintenance warnings are sent
• Fixed problems on multi-site installs with regard to template overriding in the default theme
• Fixed stack trace when uploading archives to the attachment system
• Fixed problem with cache-safety of the Comcode ‘list’ tag
• Fixed rare missing parameter error in side_forum_news block, if certain parameters used
• Fixed error when adding a zero-byte file to a TAR file
• Fixed bugs in shopping cart system, with regard to disabling stock control and hiding protected fields.
• Fixed some problems with Javascript-based Comcode tags that theoretically could fail on certain browsers if the site loads in a weird order
• Fixed problem whereby on galleries in flow mode it would say ‘edit image’ for a video (now just says ‘edit’)
• Fixed error when hovering over the Zones icon
• Fixed proxy server support via the cURL library
• Fixed problem with results-browser template producing (unseen) errors
• Fixed the instant messengers intelligent chat message box growth on Google Chrome
• Fixed the mouse monitoring API on IE
• Fixed the Comcode ’section_controller’ tag so that the controller may go before the content, if desired
• Fixed problem submitting uploaded files on IE if URLs are supported also
• Fixed rare stack trace in XHTML validation code
• Fixed problem with SpellChecker since 4.3.1
• Fixed the ’switch zone’ warning, which was producing a Javascript error

New Features:

• Upgraded side_weather block for Yahoo’s new location IDs
• Added extra parameters to main_rss and side_rss blocks
• Added date sorting to side_rss block
• Improved catalogue AED usability, less abstract UI
• Made chat bots have decent usernames instead of being just a Guest
• Allowed chat bots to respond to general messages (rather than just private messages sent to them)
• Allowed chat bots to decide whether to make a response or not
• Stopped errors inside previews giving links to show a stack trace
• Speculative fix to an error message showing a problem inside the points API for an AJAX script
• Added Google Chrome detection support
• Changes to primary-key-length restrictions, to ensure compatibility with file-system based database such as our inbuilt development database
• Allowed MySQL ‘DESCRIBE’ queries to work correctly
• Allowed canceling of eCommerce orders that were not taken up, and making them sink to the bottom
• Made the point count on the OCF member bar a link to the logged-in member’s points profile
• Removed ‘network down’ Javascript AJAX error, due to problems of reporting on some browsers in some circumstances
• Added missing description for the products catalogue
• Added warning to stop people accidentally locking themselves out of the Admin Zone by making their usergroup not a super-administrator
• Reference the ‘development tools’ in the footer, in the Style section of the Admin Zone
• Added dismissible warning if the Setup Wizard is never run

Read more about this new release of OcPortal 4.3.2 here.

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WordPress for BlackBerry application allows you to write posts, upload photos and videos, edit pages, and manage comments. Both WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress (2.7 or higher) web sites are supported by this application. You can download the application and start blogging on the go!

This application works with most recent BlackBerry devices starting with the 8700, Curve, Pearl, Bold, Storm, Storm2  and Tour. Recently WordPress for BlackBerry version 1.1 has been released with some interesting new features like geotagging for posts, comment notifications, improved UI interaction for Touch devices. This latest version sports a new file browser with thumbnails support and has overall enhancements for speed and stability of the application.

Some of the new features in WordPress for BlackBerry version 1.1 are:

• Comment Notifications
• Geotagging of Posts
• Improved UI interaction on Touch devices
• Introduction of Touch Gestures: Sliding a finger to the left or right quickly on the Comment screen displays the next or
  previous comment.
• Photo Resizing improvements with user defined dimensions
• New File Browser with thumbnails support
• Overall enhancements to the speed and stability of the application

The application now supports the English, Italian, Finnish, French, Indonesian, German and Portuguese languages.

You might want to read more about this release at WordPress for BlackBerry blog.

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Elgg, a popular free and open source web software for social networking, which we have mentioned here, has released its new version 1.7 beta. Access control is one of the most powerful features of Elgg. Everything created in Elgg, be it a blog post, an uploaded file, an element of your profile, etc., can be restricted to as many or few people you want. It’s a prolific open source web software for social networking.

Some of the key changes in Elgg 1.7 include:

• Full UTF-8 support in the database
• Full text search, as a joint effort between Curverider and the MITRE corporation
• More manageable user data directories
• A new entity-fetching API
• Working and re-written REST API
• Many bugfixes have also been made in this release

Elgg 1.7 enhances security by requiring security tokens on all actions. Plugins that have not been updated to use security tokens will produce a “Form is missing __token or __ts fields” error.

Download Elgg 1.7 beta

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WordPress for BlackBerry app version 1.0 has been released. It allows you to write posts, upload photos and videos, edit pages, and manage comments. Both WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress (2.7 or higher) web sites are supported by this application. You can download the application and start blogging on the go! This application works with most recent BlackBerry devices starting with the 8700, Curve, Pearl, Bold, Storm, Storm2  and Tour.

New features in this version:

• Ability to record and upload videos from your phone. We now support both 3gp and 3g2 formats on older generation BlackBerry devices.
• Introducing support for the HD video service VideoPress.
• Streamlined UI and functionality relating to comment moderation.
• Overall enhancements to the speed and stability of the application.

You might want to check out a quick video overview of the app with all the latest features. This version of WordPress is also available for download on the BlackBerry App World.

Download WordPress for BlackBerry

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ocPortal, one of the upcoming web content management systems has released its new version 4.3 RC 3. This version introduces some new features and a number of bug fixes have been made since the last release. If you haven’t tried ocPortal yet, you might want to check a personal demo here.

New features

• WordPress, Joomla and HTML web site importer
• iCal exporter and quiz responses CSV exporter
• New ‘importer redirects’, which lets you easily redirect to the appropriate place in ocPortal, for cases when import is done natively through modules
• Added submit-URLs to the side_news block, main_forum_news block and side_forum_news block
• Reply counts have been added to the side_forum_news block
• New Comcode ‘pulse’ tag which is configurable with parameters
• New parameter to main_leader_board block has been added to filter out staff from the points leaderboard
• CAPTCHA support has been added to the main_contact_simple block and main_contact_us block
• Auto search capability for expanded day selection
• Allowed the download A-Z index to support ocFilter notation

New features for developers:

• Generalised shared-installs support so it is more flexible for people
• Improved shared-install functionality, so that theme files and Comcode pages may be shared between sites also, if desired
• Added memory debugging functions for developers
• ocPortal can now run without a database as the inbuilt database is now a bundled feature
• New developer feature has been added for the quick addition of language strings, written (temporarily) in-line into the code
• Added support for running a server behind a proxy server

Read more at ocPortal News

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We are currently running two giveaways, Don’t forget to take part in these giveaways. Try and make the most of these giveaways to get hands on a prolific Joomla based book from PACKT and high-quality premium WordPress themes from Panda Themes.

Book Giveaway: Joomla! with Flash

Premium WordPress Themes Giveaway from Panda WordPress Themes

Very soon we are giving away more intriguing stuff, so do subscribe to our email updates and get notified via email.

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Recently we reviewed the book, Joomla with Flash, build stunning, content-rich, and interactive websites with Joomla! 1.5 and Flash CS4.

As indicated in the review, the book, Joomla! with Flash, is aimed at explaining how to use Flash objects with Joomla! content with minimal efforts and maximum output.

We are pleased to inform you that we are giving away an exclusive copy of this book to a lucky winner.

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The contest is open for anyone in the United States and one lucky winner will be rewarded with an exclusive copy of Joomla! with Flash book sponsored by PACKT Publishing Ltd.

Entries will be accepted till February 1st, 2010.

Book Details

Language English
Paperback 260 pages [191mm x 235mm]
Release date October 2009
ISBN 1847198244
ISBN 13 978-1-847198-24-2
Author(s) Suhreed Sarkar
Topics and Technologies Content Management, PHP/MySQL, Open Source, Joomla!

Highlights

This book enables you to build interactive and content-rich web sites with Joomla! 1.5 and Flash CS4.

• You can build stunning web site(s) and integrate Flash objects into Joomla!
• Joomla! with Flash gives you step-by-step guidelines on how to create stunning photo galleries with Flash transition and animation effects
• The books also includes explanation on, how to use interactive Flash-based maps, animations, videos, charts, MP3 players, logos, headers, and banners in Joomla!-based web sites
• Contains easy to follow guides with enriched screenshots for better understanding.
• After going through the book, you can renovate your Joomla! based web site into an interactive, feature-rich multimedia site

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Movable Type, an open source blog software, which we have reviewed here, has recently released its new version 5.01. Following are some of the highlights in this release.

Some long-awaited features like the following are made available in this release:

• User Dashboard for quick access to the most used blogs and websites
• Themes are provided with full support for custom fields, templates, static files, categories, folders, etc for blogs and websites
• Revision History for entries, pages, and templates
• Websites for grouping blogs together
• Custom Fields are made available for all objects

Movable Type 5.01 is available in English, Japanese, German, Spanish, Dutch and French.

Download

• Movable Type 5.01 – commercial license
• Movable Type Open Source 5.01 – open source license

Source: Movable Type blog

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Recently we reviewed some of the cool WordPress themes at WPZOOM and we also announced a giveaway of three premium themes from WPZOOM to three lucky winners.

And here are the three lucky winners chosen out of the all the entries.

• Adone
• Enrico
• Manohar

Congratulations! to the lucky winners. We will contact you soon by email and provide you with further details.

We, MyTestBox team, would like to thank WPZOOM for giving us this opportunity to review and giveaway the premium themes.

We are planning for more giveaways soon! So, keep track of the latest updates on MyTestBox.

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WordPress, one of the popular open source blog software has announced the release of its new version 2.9 (’Carmen’). You can quickly upgrade to this new version right from your Dashboard by going to Tools > Upgrade.

Following are some of the interesting stuff released from a user’s end in this new version of WordPress,

• Global undo/”trash” feature: This feature would be useful when you accidentally delete a post or comment and would like to restore it. It also eliminates the annoying ‘are you sure’ pop-up messages when deleting post(s).

• Built-in image editor: This new version of WordPress sports an image editor which allows you to crop, edit, rotate, flip, and scale your images.

• Batch plugin update and compatibility checking: This feature enables you to update multiple plugins at once. This gives you the comfort of hassle free plugin updation.

• Easier video embeds: With the new video embed feature, you can just paste a URL on its own line and turn it into the proper embed code, with Oembed support for YouTube, Daily Motion, Blip.tv, Flickr, Hulu, Viddler, Qik, Revision3, Scribd, Google Video, Photobucket, PollDaddy, and WordPress.tv.

You might want to read more about the other updates in this release here.

Source: WordPress blog

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