Patch Release 5.2.2.

We've just issued another patch release, which addresses problems with using preview within projects, and also adds images and document icons to the preview facility.  ¶ 2:23 PM

Logo problem in Broadcast-derived custom themes.

If you're using a custom theme that is based on Broadcast, and have found after upgrading to 5.2 that the ProjectForum logo is now overlapping the breadcrumbs in the top left corner, rather than being in the top right corner as before, here is what is happening. All themes now load a common 'base.css' before the theme-specific styles.css, allowing many common things to be factored out of the theme, and then 'styles.css' can override the defaults only if needed. Because we're overriding, sometimes you need to specify things a bit differently. In this case, you'll want to change the '#footerlogo' section of your styles.css to read:

#footerlogo {
    left: auto;
    right: 10px;
}

  ¶ 11:06 AM

Patch release 5.2.1.

For those of you using Internet Explorer who may have been having trouble with getting the new 'preview' feature working on some pages, there is a new patch release (5.2.1) available that appears to correct this problem. Note that because of aggressive browser caching, you may need to empty your browser's cache (or force reload several times) once you've switched to the new version to make sure that you're actually using the latest changes.  ¶ 12:53 PM

Version 5.2 Released.

Version 5.2 of both CourseForum and ProjectForum is now available for download from our website. This is the release featuring major changes to the editing page: edit preview, a format toolbar, resizable edit window, and a comprehensive help system. Thanks to everyone who provided feedback during the beta, whether identifying bugs, offering suggestions or simply sharing your enthusiasm for the changes. Here is the official press release.  ¶ 11:04 AM

Google acquires JotSpot.

For those of you following the wiki world (and apparently for a whole lot of others), yesterday's announcement that Google has purchased wiki vendor JotSpot was quite a big deal. Our sincere congratulations to Joe and his team, who have built a great product that took wikis in an interesting direction. It's also of course further proof of how far wikis have come in the last few years, from obscure techno-geek tools to mainstream.

JotSpot is primarily a hosted service, though they had recently introduced a version that could be installed in-house; that has now been killed off. This unfortunately reduces even further the choices available for those who want to run a wiki in-house, and especially not have to fight with a lot of infrastructure, complicated open source software, or be forced into buying special hardware to do so.

With our ProjectForum software, we've commited from day one to delivering a commercial quality wiki experience to those who would prefer to keep their important data in-house, behind the firewall. That means amazingly quick and easy, dependency-free installation and setup has been there from the start; not so easy if we'd tried to port from a hosted version after the fact.

Running hosted is a good choice for a lot of people, but it's not for everyone. For those who want to run a wiki in house, ProjectForum is a great choice. With a range of licensing options, including a free version, and versions available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, you can get started today. Of course, we also have a hosted version too, useful if you'd like to keep your options open to migrate in house down the road.

For more info on ProjectForum, see www.projectforum.com, and also see why our customers have chosen ProjectForum.

  ¶ 7:51 AM