Stefan Kamphuis

Finally: Chat Module Offically Released!

stefan.kamphuis@dotnetnuke.com — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:22:00 GMT

Finaly, way too long after we started developing, the Chat Module has been officially released for the first time. This means DotNetNuke now has an official Chat Module. Isn't that great?

I like to thank Steve Orr for donating his Webchat module. The basic ideas behind his module are still there, although we did rewrite pretty much every line of code. Also I'd like to thank Erik van Ballegoij, being our Core Team Sponsor, for his advice and help. Most of all I need to thank Martijn Hogenbirk though, since he developped a large part of the module as a Team Member.

Features of the module are still pretty basic for a chat module and are best described here.

I hope you all check the module out, give it a try and let us know what you think is good, bad or missing in the project forums.

CHat Module Release Update

stefan.kamphuis@dotnetnuke.com — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:55:00 GMT

I thought I'd write a quick update on the Chat module. It's failed in the release tracker yesterday, because of a showstopping issue in the settings page, found after installing on the staging/dogfooding environment.

After the fix a new package has been submitted and will hopefully be installed on staging within a week or so. There must be a release at some point, right?

Chat Module Available For Download

stefan.kamphuis@dotnetnuke.com — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:49:56 GMT

Sorry for causing confusion this morning. Because I have been receiving some emails about where to download the chat module, I tried to give a bit better information by editting this old blog post by adding this comment:

edit: as posted here, the module has been taken offline. we're expecting v01.00.00 to be available any day now.

Original post:

All,

Because something fishy occurred in the release process, Erik and I decided to make the beta for the chat module publicly available on the project downloads page. So, just go there and give it a try BUT:
- be aware this is a beta, it has not undergone all usual testing
- although you are welcome to discuss the module in our project forum, it should beconsidered as "not supported".

We're eagerly awaiting your comments.

Chat module nearing release

stefan.kamphuis@dotnetnuke.com — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:26:46 GMT

Finally, and - to be honoust - months later than expected, the Chat module version 1.0 is nearing it's release. Features are still about the same as in this post about the beta version.

We hope to create a roadmap for the module soon (in Gemini of course), but please do feel free to pass your wishes to us in the Chat Forum.

Edit: Nearing release means it's almost worked it's way through the Release Tracker. We're already done coding...

Beta Module Offline

stefan.kamphuis@dotnetnuke.com — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:07:28 GMT

Since the beta version of the Chat Module has failed the release testing process, I had to take it offline. We expect to be submitting a fixed version soon though, keep your eye on the DotNetNuke Chat Module!

Starting the Chat module

stefan.kamphuis@dotnetnuke.com — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:23:00 GMT

So, I'd say it's about kick off time for the chat module. I consider the project team complete at the moment, since I got Martijn Hogenbirk to join the team. He's an experienced developer at Capgemini in the Netherlands and will prove his value to the project.

We've been going through the code donated generously by Steve Orr and found it to be very useful. Also we've been getting some ideas of users via the project forums which will certainly be taken into consideration.

Next steps are to define a list of features and prioritize them to decide what has to be in the version 1.0 of the module. Our target is to release this version 1.0 pretty soon, but as you're probably used to in the world of DotNetNuke "It will be released when it's ready."