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    Welcome to the Elgg news blog

    This is the best place to keep up to date with developments around the Elgg project.


    Mar
    04th
    by
    Dave Tosh

    Moving towards v1.8

    Now that v1.7 has left the building, it could be time for a break but not here at Elgg central, instead, it is straight on with work which will eventually become v1.8 - the interface release!

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    Mar
    03rd
    by
    Brett Profitt

    Changes to Elgg SVN and Trac

    The transition from separate repositories to a single repository went well.

    The core and extensions Tracs have been consolidated into a single Trac installation, now located at http://trac.elgg.org/. Previous Trac tickets for extensions have been merged in and special rewrite rules will make sure that links to the old extensions trac tickets and changesets will keep pointing to the correct places.

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    Mar
    02nd
    by
    Brett Profitt

    Elgg 1.7 released!

    I am pleased to announce Elgg 1.7 has been released--download it from the Elgg downloads page!

    For 1.7, the core team focused development on improving the core API, correcting long-standing bugs, and enhancing security. During the development of 1.7, we have had an unprecedented amount of community involvement in trac. In fact, over 250 issues were resolved in trac for this release!

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    Mar
    01st
    by
    Dave Tosh

    Edinburgh Napier Education Exchange

    After watching this video about an new initiative at Edinburgh Napier University, I got in touch with one of the team there to find out how things were developing. Colin Gray was kind enough to answer a couple of questions.

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    Feb
    24th
    by
    Cash Costello

    New and Improved Web Services API in Elgg 1.7

    Elgg 1.7 comes with an updated framework for building REST-like APIs. This was a rarely used feature in previous versions. Developers often did not know of its existence and if they did, they were frustrated by its bugs. I took on the task of making this part of Elgg usable by fixing its bugs and made some improvements along the way. Now I'd like to address the second problem which is the lack of information on what you can do with this framework.

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    Feb
    24th
    by
    Brett Profitt

    Elgg 1.7 Release Candidate 1 Released!

    I'm pleased to announce that following an extremely successful beta, Elgg 1.7 RC1 has been released! Visit the downloads page to find it.

    Remember that though we have fixed many bugs since the beta, Elgg 1.7 RC1 is not appropriate for use on production sites.

    The amount of bug reports and interaction on Trac has been amazing for the beta and I want to thank everyone who has participated! Please keep it up for this release candidate!

    Feb
    19th
    by
    Dave Tosh

    Graphic designers

    Posted in general | 1 comments

    Over the coming months we are looking to build up a bank of high quality graphic/interface designers who are interested in contract work. Experience with Elgg is a bonus but not a requirement. If this sounds like you, could you send us an email with some samples of your work, rates and availability info@elgg.com. Thanks.

    Feb
    18th
    by
    Richard Owen

    Elgg services for business, education and government

    After joining the Elgg team three weeks ago, I’ve spent some time introducing myself to existing and prospective Elgg customers, finding out what they like about our ‘Enterprise’ proposition and identifying those areas where we may be able to enhance what we’re offering (or in some cases just express what we’re offering differently!)

    As a result of this feedback, we’ve refined the services available on elgg.com so they better meet the requirements of customers.

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    Feb
    12th
    by
    Richard Owen

    An introduction

    Just a quick blog post to introduce myself.

    I recently joined Elgg in a business development capacity. Having followed the project for a while, I'm excited by its potential and am looking forward to further developing the open source business opportunities that are available.

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    Feb
    09th
    by
    Brett Profitt

    Advertising on the community site

    The amount of distasteful and spam-like advertising on the community site has increased lately, especially in the profile and plugins sections. I wish my fellow developers well in their livelihoods, but everyone must remember that the community site is not an advertising space.

    I wrote a similar post describing how to tastefully advertise your services:

    The current plan is to allow those who wish to offer consulting services for Elgg to do so tastefully through their profile and the Professional Services group.

    This post has been generally ignored, resulting in the need to revise the community site's policies and terms.

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