Wednesday, 27 May 2009

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

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