Dolphin U is further improving and Alpha 7 is good for grabs. This time changes are a bit more subtle, while we're cleaning up before adding bigger features. So, in this alpha you're getting...
We have already done some work planned for Dolphin PRO 7.2 and outlined some of the key improvements, which will be actively worked on as soon as Dolphin U Beta is released. Today, we'd like to share our ideas with you. BoonEx community can be very insightful when it comes to discussion of Dolphin features, so we decided to bring
“What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” ― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
Dolphin U development is further progressing, with almost all planned features finally emerging and small refinements coming in droves . There're still some known issues, a few nifty things to add and a fair bit of polishing to do, but Dolphin U is definitely shaping up as a fantastic community platform! Main Improvements in Alpha 6 - In this update we've improved
The new approach for handling date/time in Dolphin U have the following nice advantages. Real-time updates for relative time The following is happening without page reload:
The long-awaited super-update of Dolphin, now known as Dolphin U, is available for public preview! This is a very exciting moment for our team - a major milestone on the way to the "dream release" we've been working on for so long.
Dolphin U has been under active development for over 3 years and during the last few months we've been running limited preview rounds among developers, so that they could start preparing their products for Dolphin U. Today, we're offering you - Premium Members - to have a look at what all the buzz is about. This is still an Alpha version,
Dolphin U consists of two main components - website front-end and Studio. There is no “admin panel” as such. Content manageme nt is done through the website by appointed admins and moderators. Studio is for the website management . Everything that has to do setting up, modifying, re-designing, localisin g and extending website functionality is done via Studio by the main webmaster.
A lot has been done in Dolphin U for improving security and code quality. But not only Dolphin code was changed - we build great development environment to make development faster with better code quality. The best available tools allow us to make development more productive and collaborative. Here is an overview of the enhancements in the code and development environment
User profiles in Dolphin U are very different from Dolphin Classic. One member account can have many profiles of different types.
Developer Preview of Dolphin U starts today. Some of the main developers at BoonEx Market will be receiving private invitations and links to private discussion forums. We want to keep this round limited to small number of people, so that most of the web-masters could start testing a more polished version a little later. Thank you for your patience and
This is sample test module for Dolphin U (a.k.a Dolphin 8) with some instructions on how to add Pages and Menus to it using Developer module. It is simple starting point to get into Dolphin U module structure or it can be used as a base for own modules.
Dolphin 8 directories structure
Over 3 years ago we started talking about Dolphin 8 specifications and design architecture. Let’s just say that the ideas we had in mind turned out to be a lot more challenging than we thought, plus we decided to up the ante. We did not want to cut corners or put out a product just for the sake of a sales-bump.
The new v1.8.5 features iOS7 look and a handful of improvements, including those required by Apple to get your apps approved a-pronto.
I must admit that the last few months have been tough. Times when we have to work on "service" updates are always quite... testing. So many plans and exciting features and improvements planned, but we do have to focus on getting what we already have right. A couple of handy features get squeezed in every time anyway, and this update
With more and more devices appearing in Android range we had a few pending improvements in plans for a while. Today, we are announcing the release of v1.8 of both iOS and Android apps.
This small update fixes some bugs and adds some new interesting features. Please test it carefully to not be disappointed with the release version. IMPORTANT: this version is not suitable for production sites and there will be no upgrade packs for it.
This is preview of Beta version of Dolphin Mobile App for Android. This version has several bugs fixed and we have added some interesting new features: Videos upload New design with ActionBar New Google Maps API v.2 for Android + current location detection improvements New Android devices support (with software keys) Friends and media files delete confirmation Ability to send friend request to private profiles
One more service update with important security patches, some bug fixes and most notably a bunch of handy functionality improvements. This is arguably the most worthwhile update after 7.1, even if just for the anti-spam features. Interestingly, spammers and spambots tried to infest our demo site, giving us a unique opportunity to monitor their behaviour and test the new anti-spam tools.
This service update fixes some important bugs and features small improvements, most important there are new antispam tools. We recommend to test it carefully, so unnoticed bugs can be fixed before the release. IMPORTANT: this version is not suitable for production sites and there will be no upgrade packs for it.
Dolphin 7.1 is proving to be a success story and we are committed to strengthening it by a succession of service updates, like the one we are presenting today - Dolphin 7.1.2. As you may see in the list of improvements and fixes, this version has a list of very useful improvements and security fixes
This service update fixes some important bugs and features some small improvements. We recommend to test it carefully, so unnoticed bugs can be fixed before the release. IMPORTANT: this version is not suitable for production sites and there will be no upgrade packs for it.
Dolphin is getting more attention from the perspective of multi-device compatibility. We have been looking for the best way to make Dolphin more "adaptable" for quite a while, but it seems that there is still no definite consensus on what has to be done. Moreover, the new solutions designed to tackle the problem seem to only bring more confusion.