Ushahidi v3.0.0-beta.4 is out!
Take it out for a spin on our demo site, but keep in mind that this is not ready for production, but we continue to get closer.
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Take it out for a spin on our demo site, but keep in mind that this is not ready for production, but we continue to get closer.
What’s changed?
- When no messages are present, we now show a more friendly page
- Message counts on tabs has been fixed
- We’ve also updated the OAuth resource server with more accurate error responses
- New architecture for all tags endpoints is now complete
- Started work on architecture for media and post endpoints
- The bin/update script now:-
- Verifies the php version before installing
- Installs npm and bundler dependencies
What’s New?
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- We’ve created an initial prototype of the installer. You can use ?install=1 to check that installation requirements are met
- Users can now reply to SMSes via the Message page
- (experimental) We’ve added support for export of posts in CSV format
- (experimental) We’ve also started work on allowing database migrations to run from web, as well as command line
Documentation
We’ve continued our series of blog posts about platform architecture. Here’s part 2 of what the Ushahidi platform looks like under the hood.How Can I help?
- Download and Install the platform
- Set up a development build
- Follow our developer processes to send in bug reports and submit changes.
- If you’re not already set up on Phabricator, please head over to the Ushahidi Phabricator page and sign up. Once your account is approved, here’s a guide to get you started.
- Join our discussions on IRC and the mailing list
Attention v2.x deployers! We need you!
We’re currently working on data visualisation options for v3. Are you interested in volunteering to see data visualisation tests on your data? We very much want to hear from everyone, but deployments with lots of categories and custom form data will help us identify problem areas. Get in touch with Angela Oduor and/or Sara Jayne Terp. The more complex your data is, the better!v3 features and toolkits discussion
We’ve talked a lot about the technical aspects of v3 in the last two meetups we had. Last week’s code walkthrough makes it a lot easier for developers to understand how things work internally. However, we have noted that some questions still linger:- What features are being built into v3?
- What’s progress is being made on some of these features?
- What features aren’t going in?
- What’s the reasoning behind decisions being made on feature development?
- What are we doing about toolkits?