Mission: Diligent Support
While Dolphin Pro 7.2 work is being finalised, we decided to focus on our support system. We are a small team working with lots of clients, but we believe that there are things that can be improved anyway. Sometimes we miss important requests or fail to reply in time. Documentation is getting outdated and somewhat disorganised. A lot of clients
Dolphin Pro 7.2 Beta 2
July was a bug-squashing month. Thanks to community report we have been able to identify and fix a whole lot of issues in the recently announced Dolphin 7.2 Beta. It seemed overwhelming at first, though only natural for the amount of new features and improvements that we came up with. Today, we have the second beta for you.
Dolphin Pro 7.2 Beta Released!
It is impossible to overstate significance of this release. Dolphin Pro 7.2 is the first major feature update in over 2 years! Yes, it is still a "BETA" package, but it doesn't normally take long to progress from feature-final beta to a full stable release. Also, if you're brave and if you don't need to upgrade from 7.1, it is
New Photo Uploader in Dolphin 7.2
Upcoming Dolphin Pro version update has just received yet another cool improvement - a whole new Photo Uploader! The new uploader doesn't rely on Flash; supports multiple photos; shows previews BEFORE the photo is uploaded and does resizing on user-end (again BEFORE upload even occurs). It also has a much nicer, cleaner interface...
Dolphin Pro 7.2 Admin Facelift
Administration panel of the upcoming 7.2 release has received a refreshed design. We are now going through little bits and pieces, but you can already see the general idea. Mostly it's a switch to non-bitmap design elements (retina support), but while we're testing it out we're also adding small fixes and improvements, like "quick links" in dashboard, new library for
Top "Row" Added to Pages Builder (and the new Profile Cover is using it)
The "add new row" feature for Pages Builder has been requested more than once, but we hesitated mostly because directly adding rows always seemed like a sure way of breaking layouts. Still, there are situations when something like a row is needed. For Dolphin Pro 7.2 we have examined a number of potential situations when extra row may be useful and
Updated Shoutbox - Emojis and More
Shoutbox module in Dolphin Pro 7.2 will be a whole lot better! It is now possible to add it to any page, and developers can use it in their modules. In default implementation it will appear on homepage, group page and event page. Design and layout updated. Responsiveness added. And finally - bringing us all out of the caves of
MoxieManager for Dolphin 7.2 and Dolphin 7.1.6. License is on us!
We have acquired an Enterprise license for MoxieManager media-manager and integrated it into Dolphin Pro 7.2. Instructions 7.1.6 also available. All Dolphin users can get MoxieManager for free, under the terms of our license, for use within Dolphin platform.
Dolphin Pro 7.1.6 Released. Important Service Update!
This is a highly recommended version that includes fixes for social sharing and YouTube video embeds. Additionally, 7.1.6 closes a reported security vulnerability, making it an urgent “must have” update.
Join & Login Forms in Dolphin Pro 7.2
Competition in social networking space is tough. Users have all the options in the world and are ready to move on to somebody else's site if they face a tiniest obstacle on yours. It's getting harder to sign them up. And #1 make-it-or-break-it, sign-up-driving, first-impression-creatin g component of a social network platform is, of course, the sign up form. And not
Now is the best time to launch your own niche social network!
Facebook is 11, Twitter is 9, BoonEx is 14. In human years that means that online social networking is already mature, sophisticated and proven. It is here to stay. People get it and like it (no pun intended).
Introducing Social Software Wiki
Today we are launching Social Software Wiki - community-edited repository of documentation, tips, answers, reviews and comparisons of various social software products. It's not just for DolphinPro - it's for any popular social software product. www.socialsoftware .wiki
Member Menus in DolphinPro 7.2
In DolphinPro 7.2 development we are particularly focused on improving overall usability of the platform. Quite simply, we want end-users to be able to enjoy networking and sharing instead of trying to figure out how the site works. And the most crucial "driver" of good user experience is, of course, navigation. We spend a whole lot of time figuring out
Trident Beta 2 Released
Trident Beta 2 is released. This update will automatically push to all active Trident-based sites that have auto-updated enabled. This is the cool thing about Trident - when updates comes you don't have to do anything.
Dolphin 7.2 Development Progress Update
Next major version of our flagship product - Dolphin Pro 7.2 - is under active development again. We can already see that the process is vastly different from the way we did it before. Improvements and fixes are not just progressing from 7.1, they also stem from Trident (our resident lab rat). There is no Beta or Alpha version available yet
Trident Beta Released at ONLINE.ME
The first feature-final release of Trident has arrived. Meet Trident 8.0 BETA! It only took what... 5 years?
Let's see how to turn Dolphin into SPAM-repellent! Ideas. Tips. Tools.
Your fresh-out-of-the-oven social network is up and running. Hosting server optimised, friends invited, initial marketing campaign launched, coffee is still hot and... TA-DA! The first member joined! Name is "Prudence", wants to "meet nice people", and... WOW! Another one! Girl again... posting in blog already... something about designer bags..? WTF!?! Before the day is out your server is bogged down
How would you make COMMENTS look and work on mobiles?
Comments can make or brake engagement on a content-focused social network. Mobile traffic overtakes desktop traffic on social networking sites. Getting comments to look and work perfectly on mobile devices is crucial for social software platform like Dolphin. Let's talk about what would constitute the most elegant, user-friendly, efficient, secure and engaging commenting system.
Reassessing Bootstrap For Dolphin Pro
We had a brief talk about Bootstrap today, again. Every now and then the lure of pre-cooked CSS elements takes our attention, and yet we keep resisting. I've mentioned Bootstrap before and that it doesn't work for us because of UI inconsistencies, but I thought maybe we could use the lego-pieces without necessarily doing an "all-bootstrap" cookie-cutter site. And so we
Mobile-Friendly The Right Way
This is both sharing and an ever-open question. While building Trident and recently updating BoonEx we have gained a good deal of experience and insight into how web-software can be built to make websites "mobile-friendly". Conventions are all still far from definitive. Mobile web is that new frontier that has already gained strong mainstream end-user acceptance, while developers and technologies
Trident a11 - The Last Alpha
This is the last "alpha" release of the Trident platform. Next one will be a beta, which means we won't be adding any more new features until final release. So, between now and Beta it is the last chance to squeeze in some new functionality or even changes in existing features. Feel free to share your ideas in comments.
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