Asp Forum - [ANN] Family Connection 1.1.2

Duane Johnson

1/8/2006 5:05:00 AM

== What is Family Connection? ==
Family Connection is an easy-to-setup online hub for your family that
includes a Family News section with Photos, and an Address Book.

For more information, visit http://familyconnect.ruby...

== Downloads ==
Latest:
svn checkout svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/familyconnect/trunk
Version 1.1.2:
svn checkout svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/familyconnect/tags/1.1.2
Tar/gzipped:
http://rubyforge.org/frs/?gro...

== Main Changes / New Features in 1.1.2 ==
- Added lightbox support for viewing images. Clicking on a thumbnail
now brings up the full-sized image inside a nicely framed area within
the browser window.
- Added an experimental pre-dispatcher that helps diagnose database
connectivity issues if not set up correctly. (See http://
inquirylabs.com/blog2005/?p=38)
- Added birthdays. No calendar / reminders yet, however.
- Added a "last visited" date to each person in the address book so
members can see when others last visited the site.
- Admin user now has much greater power. He/she can modify other
users entries, remove user accounts, modify other user accounts etc.
- Blank photos are shown in place of real photos when user hasn't yet
uploaded their photo.

== Changelog ==
2006-01-07 - Version 1.1.2
- Fixed that the visited timestamp was scrambling the user's password
each save
- Added a rakefile for packaging family connection as a tgz for release

2006-01-07 - Version 1.1.1
- Fixed the dispatcher so it will permit absolute paths as well as
relative.

2006-01-07 - Version 1.1
- Added blank family photo with link to upload if administrator did
not set up a family photo on the first setup page. [Duane]
- Removed unused partial user_info [Duane]
- Added instruction for users to click on their name if they want to
edit it [Duane]
- User profile now shows a blank photo area if viewing own profile
[Duane]
- Added 'upload_photo' action and view so users can focus on just
their photo [Duane]
- Added ability to edit other users' posts as admin [Duane]
- Added ability to remove user accounts as admin [Duane]
- Replaced require_resource_helper with bundled_resource plugin [Duane]
- Added lightbox support for viewing images [Duane]
- Added birthday and visited_at columns to users table [Duane]
- Removed unnecessary database connectivity check in application.rb
[Duane]
- Added 'last visited' info to each user in address book [Duane]
- Improved English in user_news_link partial [Duane]
- Added birthday to signup form, edit form and address book [Duane]

2006-01-06 - Version 1.1
- Removed empty helper files [Duane]
- Added RequireResourceHelper module for javascripts and stylesheets
[Duane]

2006-01-05 - Version 1.1
- Ignore log files and config files in subversion [Duane]
- Added a user-friendly database exception message [Duane]

2006-01-04 - Version 1.1
- Added 'site' directory to keep the public site under version
control [Duane]
- Fixed inconsistent names such as family_connection in installation
instructions. [Duane]
- Added this CHANGELOG file [Duane]

Duane Johnson
(canadaduane)
http://blog.inquir...

1 Answer

Ezra Zygmuntowicz

1/8/2006 9:16:00 PM

On Jan 7, 2006, at 9:05 PM, Duane Johnson wrote:

> == What is Family Connection? ==
> Family Connection is an easy-to-setup online hub for your family
> that includes a Family News section with Photos, and an Address Book.
>
> Duane Johnson
> (canadaduane)
> http://blog.inquir...

Duane-

Thanks again for this, its very cool. I have it running for my
family and they absolutely love it!

Thanks again-
-Ezra

comp.lang.ruby

[ANN] Family Connection 1.1.2

Duane Johnson

Ezra Zygmuntowicz

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