Dolphin 7.1 (Sundance) Development Outline

Andrew Boon posted 20th of March 2011 in Dolphin.pro News. 42 comments.

Game on! Isn't March the best month in a year to start something important, moving and beautiful?! Oh yes, we are officially opening the season of a new major Dolphin version update development. Not just bug-smudging or speed-bumping, not just holes-patching or even spam-gating. Some real-deal core upgrades, modules rewrites, feature adds and UI redesigns are on the way! Woo-hoo!

We have been collecting requests, wishes and reports for months. Last week we went through them all again and identified a list of what should become a final set of planned Dolphin 7.1 improvements. And so, we share it with you. It's a massive list, a really challenging slew of tickets, so please don't feel obliged to add to it (unless you have a mightily compelling reason to do so).

Dolphin 7.1 Development Outline

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- All-new universal default design template with advanced customization options (prescreened).

- Advanced AntiSPAM Tools (bad-words filter, blocking, moderation, etc.).

- New unified system for Media uploads (photo, video, files, music), handling, insertion into modules, etc.

- Membership types in Fields Builder.

- Blocks visibility settings for membership types in Page Builder.

- Unified system for "reports" (report link in any content with a common admin interface).

- Improved Alerts engine.

- Installation and update of design templates via admin panel.

- Remake of TinyMCE initialization.

- Relative time-stamps everywhere (solution to Timezones).

- Full-name/Real name support for usernames.

- New Couple profiles.

- Forms improvement.

- Separate URLs setting for static content.

- Privacy settings enhancements.

- Complete overhaul of navigation menu structure and code.

- Predefined membership types for admins and moderators.

- All-new "Share" functionality.

- Latest version of jQuery.

- Installation and update of modules from Admins panel.

- 3rd-party extensions support for Mobile Apps (iPhone and Android).

- Pagination enhancement in all modules.

- OpenID

- Contacts Importer as part of sign-up routine and as a separate tool

- Events module update

- News/Articles module update

- Profile wall update

- Sign-up by invitation only

- Chat, IM and Shoutbox improvements (anti-flood, moderation, etc). Some flash-based components may be discontinued/replaced.

- Improved watermarks

- Forum improvements

- Avatars moderation

- All-new Blogs module

- Contacts management

Those are just quick-picks. Full list is as follows:

Ticket Summary

#596 Antispam tools enhancements, bad word filter and others somebody enhancement critical 2 years 3 days

#1030 Images object AlexT enhancement critical 19 months 3 days

#1031 Videos objects AlexT enhancement critical 19 months 3 days

#1032 Sounds objects AlexT enhancement critical 19 months 3 days

#1033 Files objects AlexT enhancement critical 19 months 3 days

#1070 Add choose of membership type in fields builder somebody enhancement critical 19 months 3 days

#1105 Extend any block visibility in page builder to existing membership types somebody enhancement critical 19 months 3 days

#1106 Unified report system somebody enhancement critical 19 months 3 days

#1133 Improvements for Alerts engine. AntonL enhancement critical 19 months 3 days

#1148 Templates install/update from admin panel AntonL enhancement critical 19 months 3 days

#1372 Remake TinyMCE initialization somebody enhancement critical 17 months 3 days

#1624 Timezone somebody enhancement critical 15 months 3 days

#2112 Alert for displaying username (fullname/realname support) somebody enhancement critical 7 months 3 days

#2121 Couple Profiles enhancement critical 7 months 3 days

#2179 Forms enhancements AlexT defect critical 6 months 3 days

#2188 Separate url setting for all static resources defect critical 6 months 3 days

#2444 Privacy enhancements defect critical 4 days 3 days

#2446 Menu remake defect critical 4 days 3 days

#2447 New design and layout defect critical 4 days 3 days

#2448 Moderators/admins predefined membership types defect critical 4 days 3 days

#2453 remake "share" feature to be more modern enhancement critical 3 days 3 days

#2455 Update jQuery to the lastest version + forms and bulders update defect critical 3 days 3 days

#2456 Modules install/update from admin panel defect critical 3 days 3 days

#2457 3rd-party modules support in iPhone/Android app AlexT enhancement critical 3 days 3 days

#2458 Paginate enhancements defect critical 3 days 3 days

#535 Open ID SashaE task major 2 years 4 days

#975 Contact Importer on Signup and in Profile somebody enhancement major 19 months 19 months

#1130 Promo Slideshow is loading pictures randomly sashae defect major 19 months 19 months

#1183 Events improvements somebody enhancement major 18 months 18 months

#1260 News / Articles enhance somebody enhancement major 18 months 18 months

#1263 Wall improvement somebody enhancement major 18 months 3 days

#1266 Join by invitation somebody defect major 18 months 18 months

#1272 Script creates $oAdmTemplate when not needed somebody defect major 18 months 18 months

#1282 Submenu tabs - content indication somebody enhancement major 18 months 17 months

#1285 Wrong blocks title (Sites, Albums, etc...) somebody defect major 18 months 17 months

#1312 Chat bubble with online friends in floating menu SashaE defect major 17 months 17 months

#1374 Subscribe action - add to Membership level somebody enhancement major 17 months 17 months

#1375 Files settings improvement LeonidS enhancement major 17 months 16 months

#1401 Embed Video on Wall somebody enhancement major 17 months 17 months

#1410 Presence Status Update somebody enhancement major 17 months 17 months

#1469 can't dissalow the forum permalinks somebody enhancement major 16 months 16 months

#1506 Chat Flood, Shout, Bad Word, Filters. Max Message length. Chat logs. AlexL enhancement major 16 months 4 days

#1527 Members age display somebody enhancement major 16 months 16 months

#1560 Action Menu Change Needed AlexL, SashaE enhancement major 16 months 4 days

#1568 Add admin control for image reloader on index page somebody enhancement major 16 months 15 months

#1572 Auto-Play of Audio and Video in Wall somebody defect major 16 months 16 months

#1574 add sound notification in simple IM / NEW Letter etc somebody defect major 16 months 16 months

#1578 Add PHP Block to page builder Somebody enhancement major 16 months 16 months

#1640 Wall "reply" AntonL enhancement major 15 months 15 months

#1651 cannot delete a created Predefined List somebody defect major 15 months 15 months

#1662 Improve watermarks LeonidS enhancement major 15 months 4 days

#1702 Remake votes tracking to consider voter's id, not just ip address AlexT defect major 14 months 14 months

#1910 Properly label membership actions somebody enhancement major 13 months 3 days

#2025 Add privacy setting to groups/events, to restrict view access for group/event media. AlexT enhancement major 10 months 3 days

#2032 Categories (Tags) enhancement. somebody enhancement major 10 months 4 days

#2064 Admin dashboard add extra values for users block somebody defect major 9 months 9 months

#2100 Forum: post pagination in the topic and my posts AlexT enhancement major 8 months 7 months

#2103 Forum: allow to post new topic from anywhere AlexT enhancement major 7 months 7 months

#2106 Forum: ability to make a topic "not sticky" AlexT defect major 7 months 4 days

#2118 Avatars moderation enhancements somebody defect major 7 months 3 days

#2289 Profile Photo Block Bug after Nickname Changed. defect major 4 months 3 days

#2307 Ads Homepage Not In Page Builder defect major 4 months 4 days

#2326 Make character count if a form field is limited by the number of characters. enhancement major 3 months 3 months

#2347 Add email notifications to admin enhancement major 3 months 3 days

#2379 Payment result improvement enhancement major 8 weeks 4 days

#2381 remember previous page number for media pagination LeonidS defect major 8 weeks 4 days

#2382 Search by tags/categories is not working sometimes AlexT defect major 8 weeks 4 days

#2383 Profile blocking enhancement major 8 weeks 8 weeks

#2392 Add membership level for view news and articles items enhancement major 7 weeks 7 weeks

#2396 Implement reCAPTCHA defect major 7 weeks 7 weeks

#2400 Upload photo not worked in multiply join form LeonidS defect major 6 weeks 4 days

#2408 Flash apps skinning problems AlexT defect major 5 weeks 4 days

#2409 Flash apps template swithing problem AlexL defect major 5 weeks 3 days

#2414 Forum: error caused by javascript AlexT defect major 4 weeks 3 days

#2420 Desktop application problem AlexL defect major 4 weeks 4 days

#2423 Articles migration problem SashaE defect major 3 weeks 4 days

#2424 Don't allow to install modules with dependencies AntonL defect major 3 weeks 3 days

#2425 Change Fffmpeg bitrate parameters from 'kb' to 'k' AlexL defect major 3 weeks 4 days

#2436 Page builder still don't save blocks positions in Safari/Chrome defect major 7 days 4 days

#2437 Add support for new HTML5 type="date" input field enhancement major 7 days 4 days

#2439 Desktop app's online status doesn't update itself AlexL defect major 6 days 3 days

#2441 Admin menu builder doesn't save icon paths defect major 5 days 4 days

#2445 Delete opensocial module task major 4 days 3 days

#2451 Remake blogs based on Articles/News AntonL defect major 3 days 3 days

#2459 Make html promo by default enhancement major 3 days 3 days

#994 Ads -> custom value meaning enhancement minor 19 months 4 days

#1012 My Contacts management AlexE enhancement minor 19 months 4 days

#1212 Add history to chat AlexL defect minor 18 months 4 days

#1256 tags like facebook whit WP-Phototagger somebody enhancement minor 18 months 18 months

#1423 Polls: unable to add answers during editing SashaE enhancement minor 17 months 3 days

#1521 No member proposed categories somebody enhancement minor 16 months 4 days

#1529 Greeting notification - problem when answering using the link in the notification somebody enhancement minor 16 months 4 days

#1573 Allow gif file extension for avatars AlexT enhancement minor 16 months 3 days

#1645 Admin getting cupid matches somebody enhancement minor 15 months 4 days

#1908 Optmize predefined values adminstration defect minor 13 months 3 days

#1964 Missing Captions for some blocks in FieldsBuilder + Default values in select boxes somebody enhancement minor 11 months 3 days

#2220 Chat rooms AlexL defect minor 5 months 3 days

#2257 Admin Chat Shows Male Regardless of Gender AlexL defect minor 5 months 4 days

#2282 "Access denied" message when profile is not accessable defect minor 4 months 3 days

#2287 Delete Confirmation defect minor 4 months 3 days

#2342 Don't allow to remove mandatory fields (like nickname and email) defect minor 3 months 4 days

#2350 Add email notification when profile rejected friends request enhancement minor 3 months 3 days

#2407 Facebook Connect to existing profiles SashaE enhancement minor 5 weeks 3 days

#2410 Promo block's images are not aligned properly on initial loading of page defect minor 5 weeks 5 weeks

#2415 Polls: voting SashaE defect minor 4 weeks 3 days

#2429 No messages if account is deleted SashaE defect minor 2 weeks 3 days

#2449 Pre-listen doesn't work in Sound recorder AlexL defect minor 3 days 3 days

#2452 One URL scheme for core module permalinks enhancement minor 3 days 3 days

#2454 Can not view news, feedback if uri is numerical AntonL defect minor 3 days 3 days

#570 Upload cover/image to the audio files the user uploads to Dolphin LeonidS task trivial 2 years 4 days

#834 Provide Admin option to specify whether site is online or offline Somebody task trivial 20 months 3 days

#965 Mail box - Missing "Reply" button AlexE enhancement trivial 19 months 3 days

#1281 Hot or Not: Next or Skip button LeonidS enhancement trivial 18 months 4 days

#1361 toggle hide after success submitting somebody enhancement trivial 17 months 3 days

#1428 Add captcha for sending greetings somebody defect trivial 17 months 4 days

#1520 Profile - Ads - wrong behavior somebody defect trivial 16 months 3 days

#1555 Sound Alerts somebody enhancement trivial 16 months 3 days

#1636 Restrict user names somebody enhancement trivial 15 months 4 days

#1857 IE7 CSS issues on front page somebody defect trivial 13 months 3 days

#2125 Create link to Unity (or Unity Account) in Dolphin admin section defect trivial 7 months 3 days

#2197 FLash apps themes/design change via admin, XML or other means enhancement trivial 6 months 6 months

#2401 add URL's parsing in simple messenger enhancement trivial 6 weeks 3 days

#2405 Profiles customizer themes are not aligned right. defect trivial 6 weeks 3 days

#2431 Can't view slideshow of your own photo albums LeonidS defect trivial 13 days 3 days

#2435 IP block list: edit is not possible if there is apostrophe in desc AlexT defect trivial 7 days 3 days

#2440 Memberships aren't displayed in any particular order AntonL defect trivial 6 days 3 days

#2442 Add email template for contact form LeonidS defect trivial 5 days 3 days

#2443 Messages are displayed in iPhone app even if they are deleted AlexT defect trivial 5 days 3 days

#2450 Remove any categories with BoonEx/Dolphin words defect trivial 3 days 3 days

#2460 Non-confirmed members should not be able to log in enhancement trivial 2 days 56 minutes

Ticket	Summary
#596	Antispam tools enhancements, bad word filter and others	somebody	enhancement	critical	2 years	3 days
#1030	Images object	AlexT	enhancement	critical	19 months	3 days
#1031	Videos objects	AlexT	enhancement	critical	19 months	3 days
#1032	Sounds objects	AlexT	enhancement	critical	19 months	3 days
#1033	Files objects	AlexT	enhancement	critical	19 months	3 days
#1070	Add choose of membership type in fields builder	somebody	enhancement	critical	19 months	3 days
#1105	Extend any block visibility in page builder to existing membership types	somebody	enhancement	critical	19 months	3 days
#1106	Unified report system	somebody	enhancement	critical	19 months	3 days
#1133	Improvements for Alerts engine.	AntonL	enhancement	critical	19 months	3 days
#1148	Templates install/update from admin panel	AntonL	enhancement	critical	19 months	3 days
#1372	Remake TinyMCE initialization	somebody	enhancement	critical	17 months	3 days
#1624	Timezone	somebody	enhancement	critical	15 months	3 days
#2112	Alert for displaying username (fullname/realname support)	somebody	enhancement	critical	7 months	3 days
#2121	Couple Profiles		enhancement	critical	7 months	3 days
#2179	Forms enhancements	AlexT	defect	critical	6 months	3 days
#2188	Separate url setting for all static resources		defect	critical	6 months	3 days
#2444	Privacy enhancements		defect	critical	4 days	3 days
#2446	Menu remake		defect	critical	4 days	3 days
#2447	New design and layout		defect	critical	4 days	3 days
#2448	Moderators/admins predefined membership types		defect	critical	4 days	3 days
#2453	remake "share" feature to be more modern		enhancement	critical	3 days	3 days
#2455	Update jQuery to the lastest version + forms and bulders update		defect	critical	3 days	3 days
#2456	Modules install/update from admin panel		defect	critical	3 days	3 days
#2457	3rd-party modules support in iPhone/Android app	AlexT	enhancement	critical	3 days	3 days
#2458	Paginate enhancements		defect	critical	3 days	3 days

#535	Open ID	SashaE	task	major	2 years	4 days
#975	Contact Importer on Signup and in Profile	somebody	enhancement	major	19 months	19 months
#1130	Promo Slideshow is loading pictures randomly	sashae	defect	major	19 months	19 months
#1183	Events improvements	somebody	enhancement	major	18 months	18 months
#1260	News / Articles enhance	somebody	enhancement	major	18 months	18 months
#1263	Wall improvement	somebody	enhancement	major	18 months	3 days
#1266	Join by invitation	somebody	defect	major	18 months	18 months
#1272	Script creates $oAdmTemplate when not needed	somebody	defect	major	18 months	18 months
#1282	Submenu tabs - content indication	somebody	enhancement	major	18 months	17 months
#1285	Wrong blocks title (Sites, Albums, etc...)	somebody	defect	major	18 months	17 months
#1312	Chat bubble with online friends in floating menu	SashaE	defect	major	17 months	17 months
#1374	Subscribe action - add to Membership level	somebody	enhancement	major	17 months	17 months
#1375	Files settings improvement	LeonidS	enhancement	major	17 months	16 months
#1401	Embed Video on Wall	somebody	enhancement	major	17 months	17 months
#1410	Presence Status Update	somebody	enhancement	major	17 months	17 months
#1469	can't dissalow the forum permalinks	somebody	enhancement	major	16 months	16 months
#1506	Chat Flood, Shout, Bad Word, Filters. Max Message length. Chat logs.	AlexL	enhancement	major	16 months	4 days
#1527	Members age display	somebody	enhancement	major	16 months	16 months
#1560	Action Menu Change Needed	AlexL, SashaE	enhancement	major	16 months	4 days
#1568	Add admin control for image reloader on index page	somebody	enhancement	major	16 months	15 months
#1572	Auto-Play of Audio and Video in Wall	somebody	defect	major	16 months	16 months
#1574	add sound notification in simple IM / NEW Letter etc	somebody	defect	major	16 months	16 months
#1578	Add PHP Block to page builder	Somebody	enhancement	major	16 months	16 months
#1640	Wall "reply"	AntonL	enhancement	major	15 months	15 months
#1651	cannot delete a created Predefined List	somebody	defect	major	15 months	15 months
#1662	Improve watermarks	LeonidS	enhancement	major	15 months	4 days
#1702	Remake votes tracking to consider voter's id, not just ip address	AlexT	defect	major	14 months	14 months
#1910	Properly label membership actions	somebody	enhancement	major	13 months	3 days
#2025	Add privacy setting to groups/events, to restrict view access for group/event media.	AlexT	enhancement	major	10 months	3 days
#2032	Categories (Tags) enhancement.	somebody	enhancement	major	10 months	4 days
#2064	Admin dashboard add extra values for users block	somebody	defect	major	9 months	9 months
#2100	Forum: post pagination in the topic and my posts	AlexT	enhancement	major	8 months	7 months
#2103	Forum: allow to post new topic from anywhere	AlexT	enhancement	major	7 months	7 months
#2106	Forum: ability to make a topic "not sticky"	AlexT	defect	major	7 months	4 days
#2118	Avatars moderation enhancements	somebody	defect	major	7 months	3 days
#2289	Profile Photo Block Bug after Nickname Changed.		defect	major	4 months	3 days
#2307	Ads Homepage Not In Page Builder		defect	major	4 months	4 days
#2326	Make character count if a form field is limited by the number of characters.		enhancement	major	3 months	3 months
#2347	Add email notifications to admin		enhancement	major	3 months	3 days
#2379	Payment result improvement		enhancement	major	8 weeks	4 days
#2381	remember previous page number for media pagination	LeonidS	defect	major	8 weeks	4 days
#2382	Search by tags/categories is not working sometimes	AlexT	defect	major	8 weeks	4 days
#2383	Profile blocking		enhancement	major	8 weeks	8 weeks
#2392	Add membership level for view news and articles items		enhancement	major	7 weeks	7 weeks
#2396	Implement reCAPTCHA		defect	major	7 weeks	7 weeks
#2400	Upload photo not worked in multiply join form	LeonidS	defect	major	6 weeks	4 days
#2408	Flash apps skinning problems	AlexT	defect	major	5 weeks	4 days
#2409	Flash apps template swithing problem	AlexL	defect	major	5 weeks	3 days
#2414	Forum: error caused by javascript	AlexT	defect	major	4 weeks	3 days
#2420	Desktop application problem	AlexL	defect	major	4 weeks	4 days
#2423	Articles migration problem	SashaE	defect	major	3 weeks	4 days
#2424	Don't allow to install modules with dependencies	AntonL	defect	major	3 weeks	3 days
#2425	Change Fffmpeg bitrate parameters from 'kb' to 'k'	AlexL	defect	major	3 weeks	4 days
#2436	Page builder still don't save blocks positions in Safari/Chrome		defect	major	7 days	4 days
#2437	Add support for new HTML5 type="date" input field		enhancement	major	7 days	4 days
#2439	Desktop app's online status doesn't update itself	AlexL	defect	major	6 days	3 days
#2441	Admin menu builder doesn't save icon paths		defect	major	5 days	4 days
#2445	Delete opensocial module		task	major	4 days	3 days
#2451	Remake blogs based on Articles/News	AntonL	defect	major	3 days	3 days
#2459	Make html promo by default		enhancement	major	3 days	3 days

#994	Ads -> custom value meaning		enhancement	minor	19 months	4 days
#1012	My Contacts management	AlexE	enhancement	minor	19 months	4 days
#1212	Add history to chat	AlexL	defect	minor	18 months	4 days
#1256	tags like facebook whit WP-Phototagger	somebody	enhancement	minor	18 months	18 months
#1423	Polls: unable to add answers during editing	SashaE	enhancement	minor	17 months	3 days
#1521	No member proposed categories	somebody	enhancement	minor	16 months	4 days
#1529	Greeting notification - problem when answering using the link in the notification	somebody	enhancement	minor	16 months	4 days
#1573	Allow gif file extension for avatars	AlexT	enhancement	minor	16 months	3 days
#1645	Admin getting cupid matches	somebody	enhancement	minor	15 months	4 days
#1908	Optmize predefined values adminstration		defect	minor	13 months	3 days
#1964	Missing Captions for some blocks in FieldsBuilder + Default values in select boxes	somebody	enhancement	minor	11 months	3 days
#2220	Chat rooms	AlexL	defect	minor	5 months	3 days
#2257	Admin Chat Shows Male Regardless of Gender	AlexL	defect	minor	5 months	4 days
#2282	"Access denied" message when profile is not accessable		defect	minor	4 months	3 days
#2287	Delete Confirmation		defect	minor	4 months	3 days
#2342	Don't allow to remove mandatory fields (like nickname and email)		defect	minor	3 months	4 days
#2350	Add email notification when profile rejected friends request		enhancement	minor	3 months	3 days
#2407	Facebook Connect to existing profiles	SashaE	enhancement	minor	5 weeks	3 days
#2410	Promo block's images are not aligned properly on initial loading of page		defect	minor	5 weeks	5 weeks
#2415	Polls: voting	SashaE	defect	minor	4 weeks	3 days
#2429	No messages if account is deleted	SashaE	defect	minor	2 weeks	3 days
#2449	Pre-listen doesn't work in Sound recorder	AlexL	defect	minor	3 days	3 days
#2452	One URL scheme for core module permalinks		enhancement	minor	3 days	3 days
#2454	Can not view news, feedback if uri is numerical	AntonL	defect	minor	3 days	3 days

#570	Upload cover/image to the audio files the user uploads to Dolphin	LeonidS	task	trivial	2 years	4 days
#834	Provide Admin option to specify whether site is online or offline	Somebody	task	trivial	20 months	3 days
#965	Mail box - Missing "Reply" button	AlexE	enhancement	trivial	19 months	3 days
#1281	Hot or Not: Next or Skip button	LeonidS	enhancement	trivial	18 months	4 days
#1361	toggle hide after success submitting	somebody	enhancement	trivial	17 months	3 days
#1428	Add captcha for sending greetings	somebody	defect	trivial	17 months	4 days
#1520	Profile - Ads - wrong behavior	somebody	defect	trivial	16 months	3 days
#1555	Sound Alerts	somebody	enhancement	trivial	16 months	3 days
#1636	Restrict user names	somebody	enhancement	trivial	15 months	4 days
#1857	IE7 CSS issues on front page	somebody	defect	trivial	13 months	3 days
#2125	Create link to Unity (or Unity Account) in Dolphin admin section		defect	trivial	7 months	3 days
#2197	FLash apps themes/design change via admin, XML or other means		enhancement	trivial	6 months	6 months
#2401	add URL's parsing in simple messenger		enhancement	trivial	6 weeks	3 days
#2405	Profiles customizer themes are not aligned right.		defect	trivial	6 weeks	3 days
#2431	Can't view slideshow of your own photo albums	LeonidS	defect	trivial	13 days	3 days
#2435	IP block list: edit is not possible if there is apostrophe in desc	AlexT	defect	trivial	7 days	3 days
#2440	Memberships aren't displayed in any particular order	AntonL	defect	trivial	6 days	3 days
#2442	Add email template for contact form	LeonidS	defect	trivial	5 days	3 days
#2443	Messages are displayed in iPhone app even if they are deleted	AlexT	defect	trivial	5 days	3 days
#2450	Remove any categories with BoonEx/Dolphin words		defect	trivial	3 days	3 days
#2460	Non-confirmed members should not be able to log in		enhancement	trivial	2 days	56 minutes

Not too shabby, huh!

When?

By now many of you know that this quintessential question is not relevant in software development world. Any answer would inevitably misguide you. So, let us just say that we're wholeheartedly committed to bring it to you as soon as possible and in a very good condition.

ALPHAs, BETAs, RCs and Final.

For all of us to have more fun we decided to tweak our pre-release updates policy:

- Alphas will start appearing quite soon and quite often, with community encouraged to participate in development.

- BETAs will have upgrade packs, for those brave-hearts that would venture to use them on live sites (no warranty though, naturally).

- RCs and ultimately Final Release will be sent to and tested on servers of certified hosting providers before going public.

Mark your calendars, mates! The ride is on and you're invited!

UPDATE:

The code-name for 7.1 is Sundance. Same as the real dolphin that we're adopting today to join the crew.

"Hi, I'm Sundance. I was first spotted in 1990 when I was a tiny calf. Now I'm grown up and WDCS recognises me by a nick in my fin. I love to socialise with my friends and there are lots of photos of me splashing and leaping with the other dolphins."