Dec
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Posted by:
Erik van Ballegoij
12/20/2006 3:55 PM
Yesterday i finished work on the new version of the Announcements module. After some internal testing, I will submit the module to the module release tracker this Friday, and i hope it will be ready for release early January.
This module will be the last DNN 3.3.x / ASP.NET 1.1. version (the module will not run in DNN 3.0.x, 3.1.x, 3.2.x or 4.0.x). Besides a couple of new features, this module also finaly completes the reintroduction of the expire date field (i think that was the single most requested thing). Let me walk you through the major changes:
- rename sprocs in order to group all announcements sprocs together. This was done to make it easier to see what stored procedures actually belong the announcement module
- finish reintroduction of the expire date, and enhance display features for the expire date (ie. give module editors a way to see expired and future)
- fixes to ISearchable. Allow for admin to decide how many characters should be used in search "description", this is done through a setting in module settings
- fixes to Iportable. All fields are now correctly exported and imported.
- Add separate image field. A new field was added to allow for the display of an image with an announcement.
- convert item text to nText, to allow for unlimited text in the module.
- option to display future (not published) items only for module editors. This is done through a dropdown list that allows you to select current, past, future or all announcement, only when you have edit permissions to the module
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Re: Version 03.04.00 of Announcements
Great to see the return of the expire date. It will help a lot. I am curious to see all the new features.
By cshark on
12/20/2006 10:52 AM
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Re: Version 03.04.00 of Announcements
I'm having trouble with the syndication feature in this module. While it does work, it doesn't update content automatically or manually for that matter. The only data I can see is what was originally in the module at the time of intial syndication. Will this release fix that? Any help would be appreciated.
By joycesaunders on
12/21/2006 10:00 PM
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Re: Version 03.04.00 of Announcements
Great list of enhancements; thank you! I too am looking for Announcements to be *smart* about which items should show in RSS feed, and which are either Deleted (Expired!) or new Announcements not yet scheduled to display. I might image some change in the method used in ISeachable could improve this? ps: would welcome beta testing, if needed
By Tikkune on
12/28/2006 5:00 PM
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Re: Version 03.04.00 of Announcements
Indeed, the fixes to ISearchable now include proper filtering in both expire date and publish date.
By ErikVB on
12/28/2006 5:06 PM
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