OneEyeDeer v0.5 Released!

OneEyeDeer is up and running for more beta-testing and boy have we made a bunch of changes!

We’ve included a list of all the changes below but, at a high level, the changes have focussed on making the site more engaging for you - the OneEyeDeer community member.

If you haven't already signed up as a beta-tester, jump on the site at www.oneeeydeer.com and register and we'll send you out details on how to participate straight away.

Exciting Times!

OneEyeDeer v0.5 - Release Notes
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LAYOUT AND BROWSER SUPPORT

• Support for 1024x768 added
• Support for ie6 and ie8 added
• Support for Opera 9.x added
• Support for iPhone browser added
  
• Support for zoomed text added

COMMENTS

• Cascading comments added
• Commenting and replies layout improved
• Anonymous commenting disabled

SIDEBAR FUNCTIONALITY

• Top Contributors table added
• Similar Issues functionality added
• Recommended "to-do's" added
• Tag cloud added

MYPAD

• Ability to view other members' MyPad added
  
• Add expertise slidebars as part of profile in MyPad
• Points and Awards system implemented
• Avatar scaling and pixelation issues fixed

SOLUTIONS

• Stage of solution slidebar added to solutions
• Potential of solution slidebar added to solution
• Stage and Potential of solution represented on Issues list
• Explanations for Stage (RIPPA) and Awards added (lightboxes)

INVITE FUNCTIONALITY

• Invite friends to OED functionality added to MyPad
  
• Invite friends to Community functionality added to every community

COMMUNITIES

• Community functionality completely revised - now act as self-contained, mini-sites with content feeding back into main site
• Community-specific navigation (including toolbar) added to communities
• Community logos/avatars added
• Community internal layout changed

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• "To-Do's" added to bring simple Project Management functionality to solutions
• Call for help red button removed
• Take it the next level red button removed
• Call for help process automated through recommended to-do functionality

VOTING AND RANKING ALGORITHM

• Voting buttons redesigned changed. Now more prominent and AJAX-ified
• "Bury" removed. Functionality retained in new down-voting
• Issue Ranking algorithm overhauled including addition of time decay

OTHER

• Vanity URLs added across site
• Discussions removed - functionality retained in comments
• General overhaul of site - tightening up of design and functionality
• Addition of Company name with link to company site in Company Representative user name
• Added password confirmation to Registration
• Issues per page increased from 10 to 15
• Recent Activity pagination added with 100 items per page
• Company page content cleaned up