About New Templates.

Because page templates are just regular, modifiable forum pages, they're added to the forum when it is first created. When we add new templates to the software (such as the new slideshow template in 4.4), they won't automatically appear in existing forums when you update the software, though they will appear in new groups/courses you create. But, because they're just regular pages, you can always easily add them yourself to an existing forum. Simply create the template page, and copy/paste its contents from a new group that does contain the template. Then add the page to the list of available templates via the Group/Course Admin screens.  ¶ 9:40 AM

Version 4.4 Released.

Version 4.4 of both ProjectForum and CourseForum has been released. Highlights of this version:

Tables

We have added support for creating simple tables to the formatting markup. Tables use a "|" as a cell divider, and you also need it as the first and last character of each row, e.g.

| one | two | three |
| four | five | six |

Normal markup (bold, links, etc.) works within table cells as you'd expect.

Simple cell alignment is also supported. For centered cells, put two or more spaces on each side of the content within the cell dividers, e.g. "|_space_space_cell contents_space_space_|". For flush right, use two or more spaces on the left of the content, but zero or one spaces on the right.

Slideshows

Very simple slideshows can be created from forum pages. This is based on the open source 'S5' HTML presentation package by Eric Meyer. This does require an additional download. See the Slideshow HOWTO for additional information on this feature.

Other Changes

On Mac OS X, and most other Unix versions, the Site Administrator can select a base time zone different from that of the underlying system.

Archived forums now display key pages, so that the navigational structure (links to projects etc.) is more readily available.

  ¶ 6:46 AM

4.4 Beta 1.

We've posted a beta of version 4.4. Two major new features in this one: support for table formatting, and a way to create simple slideshow presentations (based on the S5 package). Have a look and tell us what you think!  ¶ 11:09 AM