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Exponent v2.1.1 Released

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Exponent v2.1.1 includes many new features!  These includes new views for several modules and time-saving features to increase administrative user productivity.  You'll also notice the user interface has been updated for a more consistent and modern style, yet retains the familiar look.  One of the more important updates includes the new Forms 2.0 module and 'in-place' text module editing and module navigation.

Highlighted updates in this new version are:
  - adds many new event calendar features
    -- adds event copying feature (create new event from existing event)
    -- adds optional attached images to events and event registrations
    -- adds optional event popup in a lightbox dialog (like google calendar)
    -- adds 'cancelled event' feature to display events as cancelled
  - updates old school form module to a 2.0 controller
    -- now allows greater flexibility in which users may enter or view data
    -- forms are now site-wide objects, can view/enter form data from different modules/pages
    -- adds view flexibility offered by a 2.0 module for future features
    -- updates some form control display features and format
  - adds ajax-based navigation in calendar, news items & blog posts to prevent reloading entire page
  - adds 'grouping by date' for uncategorized portfolio & file download items (in addition to 'grouping by alpha' for rolodex feature)
  - adds new views to several modules
    -- new 'headline' view to filedownloads module
    -- new 'toggle' and 'accordion' views to the text module
    -- new 'toggle' view to the portfolio module
    -- new 'flyout sidebar' view to navigation module for hard-coding in themes
    -- new 'vertical' login view
  - now allows multiple files within a file download item; defaults to 1st attachment, but displays all attachments in show item view
  - adds new 'multi-add' feature to create multiple photo album items in one easy step
  - adds new 'inline' view to edit text module items directly on page via CKEditor v4
  - adds custom module phrase translation libraries feature
  - merges module 'Configure Actions & Views' and 'Configure Settings' into a single view for easy module configuration
  - adds new 'private module' setting to optionally restrict viewing of a specific module by permission
  - adds a mass mailer for super admins to email all users or selected site users
  - adds new site configuration setting to reverse the default logic of when module titles are displayed
  - updates file manager with 'virtual folder' grouping and date features to assist locating files
    -- also adds file manager bulk selection (add multiple files to an item all at once) and bulk delete
    -- adds new QuickUpload feature to bypass file manager/file uploader for file selection
  - updates file uploader to allow html5 drag/drop support and some other user-friendly features
    -- images may be optionally resized to a max width, and files assigned to a virtual folder during upload