OpenEdit Company Blog

OpenEdit Weekly Update

2008-11-14T16:39:20Z

This week the OpenEdit team has added yet another way to help classify your digital assets. We now have Related Products, whereby you can mark two assets as being related to eachother.

We have increased security for downloading original assets through OpenEdit.

There is also a new feature which allows you to override certain aspects of a property for a particular view. Previously, all settings for a product property were defined in configuration/productproperties.xml. If you included that property in more than one view (such as the advanced search and the product details page), the label and all other setttings for the property would be identical in each of those views.

With this override capability, you can change the label of a field, whether or not it is editable or required, and several other settings for each of the different views. This will allow a property to be editable in one place, but not editable somewhere else. Currently this must be accomplished by editing the view's XML by hand, but we intend to add these features to the data editor very soon. To do this, just specify the settings in the view xml file, like this:

<property id="name" editable="true" required="true" html="false">Enter the Asset's Name</property>

This would override the default label for the 'name' property (the one defined in productproperties.xml) with "Enter the Asset's Name". The properties which are now overridable are: 'text' (the label), 'editable', 'required', 'listid', 'listchild', and 'html'.

OpenEdit Updates

2008-11-10T16:31:08Z

The OpenEdit team continues to work hard to improve the OpenEdit experience. We have added a new feature that allows users to create their own RSS feeds using customized searches. This is available from the "Tools" menu in the OpenEdit archive.

We have also added versioning for assets. You can now keep track of different versions of the same asset within the OpenEdit archive. We have also revamped the product details page to allow easier access to this new feature, as well as meta-data editing, more download format options, and commenting on individual assets.

OpenEdit Development 8-14-08

2008-08-14T20:50:19Z

Features

Further integration of product folders into the archive search functionality. You can now search for folders, view their contents, and download them as a zip file.

OE now works with Resin 3.2 virtual hosts.

Improvements

The OE Zip utility class now uses the file repository, which means mounted folders can now be zipped, as well as any other implementation of the repository interface. Also, we don't unzip OS X meta data in zip files.

New Archive interface.

Bug Fixes

Fixed group permission editor.

8 Deployments a Day..

2008-08-13T15:27:14Z

During the launch of the RMC network this past week, and since the launch of VoisinHQ three weeks ago, we have built and deployed Voisin countless times. During the first few days of an new application, we deploy a new version of the software up to 8 times per day.

This has everything to do with OEF's fallback directory structure, build server set-up, and tools for plug-in upgrades.

The process of getting bug fixes committed into the base code and upgrading live installations is incredibly smooth with OEF. In fact, it's so straight forward that we make changes, test, commit and upgrade live installations daily.

The result of our rapid deployment cycles from an end user perspective is very significant. Our users often get receive an outline of the implemented solution to the bug they encountered the same day they post their complaint. This turns frustrated users into big fans of the software.

Could you imagine Microsoft implementing a fix to your software complaints within 24 hours?

Being able to provide an immediate and permanent resolution to most small issues preventing an enjoyable user experience is making a huge difference to the success of Voisin.

Our initial success is very much a result of OEF. Thank you.

A List Apart Survey, 2008

2008-08-11T19:10:26Z

This is a bit off topic from OpenEdit but I think many of our users might find this interesting:

Take a look at A List Apart and participate in their survey. They are looking for all "designers, developers, information architects, project managers, writers, editors, marketers, and everyone else who makes websites. It is time once again to pool our information so as to begin sketching a true picture of the way our profession is practiced worldwide."

A List Apart is a webzine for web designers. It covers various topics of interest and advocates the use of web standards in the design process.

By the way, you can see the results of last years survey here.