Feb 1 2013
Exponent v2.1.1 Released
release, exponentExponent 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