If you look at the 1.7 beta, which was released recently, you may want to know where to look for new features. In 1.7 most of the changes, even though technically features, are really enhancements of existing functions, making them work better for site users, site administrators and developers. I posted recently about some of them, but here are some more, some of which may not be immediately obvious.
Jacob Thrane Lund improved the mass mail function by allowing it to optionally exclude disabled users from mass mailing. This is really useful, and I can easily think of two reasons why it matters. First, none of us want to be accused of spamming people who have left our sites. Second, if you have suspended a user for some reason, you may not want to communicate some kinds of information with them. On the other hand, maybe you do. Either way it is helpful to have the option.
Jonathan Cameron contributed a nice code change that lets the core editor buttons (editor-xtd plugins) have meaningful tooltips. It’s so great to have many eyeballs noticing things like this and having people who discover them follow through with code improvements.
Posted on Mon, 04 Jul 2011 04:35:35 +0000 at http://community.joomla.org/blogs/community/1466-even-more-17-features.html
Author: [email protected] (Elin Waring )
Jacob Thrane Lund improved the mass mail function by allowing it to optionally exclude disabled users from mass mailing. This is really useful, and I can easily think of two reasons why it matters. First, none of us want to be accused of spamming people who have left our sites. Second, if you have suspended a user for some reason, you may not want to communicate some kinds of information with them. On the other hand, maybe you do. Either way it is helpful to have the option.
Jonathan Cameron contributed a nice code change that lets the core editor buttons (editor-xtd plugins) have meaningful tooltips. It’s so great to have many eyeballs noticing things like this and having people who discover them follow through with code improvements.
Posted on Mon, 04 Jul 2011 04:35:35 +0000 at http://community.joomla.org/blogs/community/1466-even-more-17-features.html
Author: [email protected] (Elin Waring )
