[Using Sakai] [Building Sakai] Profile2 v1.2 released

[Ray Davis]

Congratulations and thanks, Steve. Between Profile2 for social 
networking and OpenSyllabus for a course-centric way to cut across tool 
and site boundary, we (including instructors and students in that "we" 
along with Java developers and UX designers) can start gaining 
familiarity with Sakai-3-targeted functionality in a Sakai 2 
environment. With extra compromises and pain, sure, but still it's 
reassuring to have more conceptual bridges between the projects.

Best,
Ray

On 7/17/09 7:54 AM, Steve Swinsburg wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I am very pleased to announce the 1.2 release of Profile2 for Sakai. 
> 
> Profile2 is a complete re-development of the existing Profile tool in 
> Sakai and brings social networking to Sakai2. A Facebook-like interface 
> for editing your profile, comprehensive privacy controls, post status 
> updates including Twitter integration, searching for people with common 
> interests and adding them as a connection, are what Profile2 is all about.
> 
> Over 41 fixes and new features are incorporated into this release 
> including: 
> 
> * full EntityBroker support for all Profile, Privacy, Preference and 
> Status entities (including a business card style entity)
> * extensive control over the configuration
> * full internationalisation support
> * improved conversion from the original Profile, including image urls
> * the ability to lock down profiles and privacy settings
> * improved AJAX processing
> * improved performance
> * a full set of API Services for other tool or system integrations
> * and continued support for 2.4.x, 2.5.x and the 2.6.x releases of Sakai.
> 
> More information, including screenshots and installation instructions 
> for all three Sakai flavours are available on Confluence here:
> http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/confluence/display/PROFILE/Profile2
> 
> For the full list of entities supported, see this page on Confluence:
> http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/PROFILE/EntityBroker+support+for+Profile2
> 
> For the full list of features and fixes for the release, please see the 
> issue Navigator for Profile2 in the Sakai Jira:
> http://jira.sakaiproject.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&pid=10500&fixfor=11411 
> <http://jira.sakaiproject.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&pid=10500&fixfor=11411>
> 
> 
> cheers,
> Steve Swinsburg