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> -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 10:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Roller 2.0 Public Release > > > My group at Sun will be putting the Roller 2.0 code base into > production in late September, so we're gearing up for testing now. I > hope we can make a release from the Apache Incubator (or Java.Net) > shortly after that. > > - Dave > > > On Aug 16, 2005, at 1:05 PM, paksegu wrote: > > > I know this may be too much to ask for but when will Roller 2.0 be > > officially released? > > - Ransford > > > > paksegu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nice Job Dave. > > > > Dave Johnson wrote:I've been working like crazy to finish up the > > Roller 2.0 UI and it's > > ready for some review. I've posted some screenshots to my > blog and I'm > > preparing a standalone demo. > > > > entry=roller_2_0_screenshots> > > > > Here is a summary of the major changes I made. > > > > * Broke UI up into three portions. Why? To simplify the > user experience > > and to make it more clear when a user is working in a > specific weblog. > > 1) the main page, where a user lands if he has multiple blogs, no > > tabbed menu here > > 2) the weblog editor/admin UI, tabbed menu defined by > admin-menu.xml > > 3) the server admin UI, tabbed menu defined by editor-menu.xml > > > > * Simplified the menu tab organization. Why? We had too > many top level > > tabs and that was confusing to new users. > > > > * Eliminated the "website" concept from the UI. Why? Some of us > > understood that a website is a collection of pages, one of > which being > > a weblog -- but that distinction was lost on most users. So now, we > > just use the word weblog. The website concept lives on in the data > > model and code tho. > > > > * Created different classes of pages (using Struts Tiles). > Why? Many > > pages need a different layout from the simple > header/footer setup we > > had before. > > > > * Added a helpful subtitle and a help paragraph to each page. Added > > field help to the Register User, Create Weblog and other > pages. Why? Do > > you really have to ask? > > > > * Added some AJAX magic to the User Admin and Invite > Member pages to > > make it easier to find users on large sites. > > > > This work incorporates a lot of feedback from folks inside > Sun and I > > did a lot of it on my own (nobody has seen the new look > and feel until > > today). So it definitely needs wider review. Comments, suggestions, > > offers to help with testing/fixing are all welcome. > > > > - Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > >
