| Hope your all very well. I'm delighted to announce InstantKB.NET 2.0 beta 4 is now available for download to existing customers. You can download beta 4 from within your My.InstantASP area at the link below... http://my.instantasp.co.uk/MyLicenses.aspx Update Fri 7th A online demo of beta 4 is now available at the link below... http://demos.instantasp.co.uk/InstantKB20/ For Admin & Staff CP Access login with... Email: admin@admin.com
Password: admin I'm sorry for the delay with this update. We wanted to ensure this final beta was as complete as possible and ready for public use. We also wanted to ensure you will have to option to upgrade your data going forward from this beta to release candidate to final. If you really need to get started with InstantKB.NET 2.0 as of this beta 4 we will be providing database upgrade scripts to ensure you can update to future updates and the final release. We will have a migration script for 1.3 customers with the next update. We received lots of feedback from you all (sry if i've not personally responded) and it's been a challenge to try and accommodate in the right timeframe we set ourselves. With many features nearing completion it's getting a little easier to plan and estimate the time it will take you can expect the RC1 & Final release dates to be more accurate. Whats New in Beta 4 - Search is now working for both users & staff members. You can search tags, comments, articles. You can also search by user name & tab. Staff members can additionally search by workflow step, status, assigned to, priority etc. - Glossary of terms is now in place. Staff members can add, edit and delete glossary terms. - Staff members can now edit, approve & remove user submitted comments. - All member management pages are complete. Member Levels are now working. Member Recognition Points are now working. You can now also activate members & update there email, username or password. - A members Member Level will now increase as they add comments, rate content etc. - All Custom Field types are now working (HTML Multiple Select, RadioButtonList). - Article Attachments are now complete. With view count and ability to delete attachments. You can restrict the type of attachments that can be uploaded within each tab within the Admin CP. - Article Related Links are now working. With ability to add, edit & delete links. - All tab roles, category roles & article roles will now apply to content. This allows you to control what content is displayed to your members. It also allows you to departmentalize your staff members and allow them to only add content to certain tabs or categories within those tabs. - social bookmarks within articles have now been moved to a Share drop down with option to send article via email. - Comment submission improved with ability to see comment immediately after it's added. - Rating content is now complete with checks to ensure you can't submit multiple ratings. - Rating comments is now complete with check to ensure you can't submit multiple ratings - Hot user submitted comments are now highlighted within articles. - Option to propagate member groups to child categories now works as expected. - Performance tweaks to both Staff CP and Admin CP homepages. - Performance tweak to how caching is performed & how localized strings are obtained from the resource file. - Column indexes are now provided within the .tsql script. - Fixed issue with redirects & use content titles in URL option. - Fixed issue when creating a new member group related to tab permissions for that member group. - Fixed lots of small issues around viewstate & search. Reorganized some application and permission set options. - As i posted previously we've also removed all reference to the ticketing system from this beta. The ticketing system really requires more time for the features we want and will be available in 2.1 early 2008. - To complete before next update - We still need ability to hotlink glossary terms automatically within articles. - Workflows still needs work. - RSS Engine (for search, latest articles, comments etc) - We need to ensure custom fields can be displayed to users. - Troubleshooter & Downloads Tab - Allow members to update there profile. - Provide option to relate articles. With optional feature to automatically related based on tags. - Ensure email's are working correctly. - Additional Reports - Latest & Most Popular views - Article & Category View Count - Ensure all links on Staff CP & Admin CP homepage work correctly. - Email queuing pages. - Staff Preferences Page - Print Article, Bookmark Article, Export As PDF links Next Update I don't have an exact date currently for the next release which will be RC1. We are keen to complete InstantKB.NET 2.0 and move onto the other ideas we have for InstantKB.NET 2.1 and provide an update for InstantForum.NET. I'll post further information on when you can expect the next update which we are expecting will be RC 1 within the next couple of days. BETA 4 Delay I apologize for the small delay with beta 4. I did have James post an update early this week for you all. I'm sorry i've not posted anything myself but i've been 100% focused on beta 4. I've spoke with a few of you recently and whilst i appreciate there is pressure for 2.0 a number of you have also indicated you would prefer we ensure the final beta is as complete & stable as possible. We took the decision to spend a couple of extra days to ensure you could use this final beta on a public web site and upgrade to future releases. As always thank you to all who have supported us through the beta I've said this previously. I'm very passionate about our software and customers and sometimes get over eager to please with ambitious deadlines. I realize the dates we provide are very important for some of customers planning around our products. We've been working on software projects for several years now but only recently within the last several months has any type of selay become an issue. I just wanted to assure you we've been listening and have learnt many lesions from your feedback. We'veidentified areas we can improve upon to ensure a reliable schedule for future updates. I can promise you all the recent delays with InstantKB.NET 2.0 won't be an issue with future releases. Feedback, Questions? As always if you have any questions please don't hesitate to post within our InstantKB.NET 2.0 forums or send an email to ryan@instantasp.co.uk or support@instantasp.co.uk We'll have an online demo here of beta 4 online very soon. Happy Holidays  I suspect i'll be posting an update again before Christmas however if some of you leave early for your holidays please have a very happy and safe time. We look forward to bring you some nice updates in 2008. I hope you all enjoy beta 4. Any questions please don't hesitate to contact us,
Kindest Regards,
Ryan Healey
Director / Developer
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