Oxwall Drops IE7 Support

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Zima

It looks like the time has come to finally push that button. Starting with Oxwall 1.2.7 we’ll completely cut support for Internet Explorer 7. It just had to happen somewhere down the road for a number of reasons. Microsoft’s browser is outdated, unresponsive, incredibly slow, and has a major disadvantage of having far superior and popular competition worth supporting out there. Check this out, it’s browser popularity last month –

Now, if you think that’s not representative enough, look at last year’s graph –

Also, we have more pictures –

See, that’s Microsoft hunting down its own IE6 – trying to eliminate the last few remaining copies of that cursed software. Well, we are not Microsoft, so we boldly went even further and just decided that IE7 doesn’t cut it. Want to know who cuts it? We have a list of all browsers supported by Oxwall right here.

Anyway, IE7 is out of the picture for good, and only good can come of this, obviously. Just thought that’d be good news to start the year. Good.

Oxwall Store Improved

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Zima

We’ve got a couple more news we can push out before the holidays.

First of all, don’t forget to check out the updated Development Roadmap to see what to expect from our upcoming release. But while the team is busy with that, we decided to further tweak the Oxwall Store, seeing its growing significance and demand.

The changes are both, cosmetic and functional, streamlining and simplifying the Store’s presentation. We intend to introduce a more significant overhaul to the Oxwall Store in the future, but for now the changes include the following:

Store Search added;
Themes and Plugins separated into different categories;
Items and Listing Items display changed;
Item Lists simplified;

Oxwall on Installatron

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Zima

More good news about Oxwall Software!

We’ve just been added to Installatron – a leading multi-platform application installer, which greatly simplifies the process of software installation through web hosting control panels (cPanel/WHM including).

Previously Oxwall was also added to Softaculous and Simple Scripts. Take your pick!

Oxwall Hangout Call in Meetup Aftermath

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Zima

OK, so the first Oxwall Meetup NYC is now the thing of the past. It was loads of fun, I’m sure, with beer, pizza, guitar music, etc… All enjoyed exclusively by Oxwall Founder Emil sitting alone in a Manhattan pub.

Yeah, I guess the short notice and geographical location did not do Oxwall fans any favors, and sadly no one showed up. But hey, we learned a mighty lesson here, and more thought will go into organizing meetups in the future. That’s right, we are unfazed and are moving on.

To prove our commitment to hearing directly from the community, and also taking cues from the pre-meetup feedback, we are going to setup Google+ Hangouts for admins running Oxwall-powered websites, hosted by Emil and other fine Oxwall people. This way we’ll keep the informal feel we were going after, and eliminate the minor problem of not being physically present in the US.

Watch this space, Oxwall’s Facebook or Twitter for a special announcement regarding the first Hangout. We’ll see you there!

Oxwall Meetup NYC (VENUE UPDATE)

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Zima

I’ve got something exiting to share with you guys.

In just a couple of weeks we’ll be holding the first official Oxwall Meetup ever!

Oxwall team wants to see the real people behind communities built with our software. We plan to hold regular informal meetups all around the world, talk with Oxwal enthusiasts, show them what we are working on, and allow admins to mingle and get to know each other better.

The first official Oxwall meetup will be held in O’Lunney’s Times Square Pub NYC. 145 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036, on December 9th, at 7PM. Oxwall founder Emil will be on hand to serve free pizza, share exclusive Oxwall news, answer any questions, and generally hang out (he plays guitar, just ask him).

So, if you want to be a part of our history, go ahead and confirm your attendance. We realize that not everyone will be able to make it to New York this time around, but the meetup will take place anyway, even if just a few of you will show up. C’mon, join on the fun.

Oxwall 1.2.6 & Oxwall Store Update

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Zima

Your eyes don’t deceive you. The second Oxwall release in less than a week is indeed here. We thought that it’s worth pushing it out ahead of schedule. Here’s why.

With this release we open the doors of the Oxwall Store to all paid plugin developers out there. As you might know only free plugins were available for download until recently. Now any developer with a worthy product can set a price on their plugins and sell them at our store. Of course, said plugins (or any other goods in Oxwall Store for that matter) must comply with OSCL – Oxwall Store Commercial Licence.

Note that plugins not developed by Oxwall are sold as is – we are not responsible for any trouble they might cause to your sites, so check all the accompanying documentation very carefully.

To make sure everything is working as it should, please back up your site and then upgrade the software to 1.2.6. Alternatively, just wait for the Auto-update Button, which should appear in the Admin area of your network within 24 hours after the launch of the update.

Oxwall 1.2.5: Feature and Quality Improvements

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Zima

As promised last week, we have completed Quality Group testing and are ready to bring you Oxwall 1.2.5. A slew of bug fixes and feature improvements are in store.

Now, remember to follow these simple steps to avoid any potential troubles, if you are really impatient and want to update your software manually:

Back up your site
Install the update

Or you can just wait a couple more hours for the Auto Update button (advisable) to appear in the Admin area (it will show up in the span of 24 hours after the launch of the update).

Here is a list of changes:

Newsfeed and Events Improvements

Status Update is now integrated into the Newsfeed;
Changing Event icon in Newsfeed is now functioning properly;
Birthdays can now be configured to show up as Newsfeed items;
Changes to Group descriptions and icons are now reflected in the Newsfeed;
Notification system for Event commenting added;

User Features Improvements

Users without permission to create Groups will no longer see a link allowing them to do so;
A bug appearing when reaching photo upload limit is fixed;
Search field in Forum now recognizes “/”;
‘Featured’ tab (with user photos and videos) is no longer visible unless there is actual featured content present;
Attachment Button functions properly in Internet Explorer now;
Right-to-Left text input is now available for WYSIWYG;
Option to open a link in a new window is added for WYSIWYG;
Option to disable favicon is added;
Userlist recognition of ‘&’ symbol is fixed;
Language issues fixed in Mailbox and Events;
Guest visitors are now asked to Sign-in before viewing Friends Lists;
Blog and Links widgets will not be visible on the frontpage until an appropriate item is added;
‘More’ button is functioning properly now on the Blog and Links pages;

Admin Features Improvements

Software installation is now possible with an empty password field, if applicable;
‘Page’ GET parameter is fixed in the Forum;
Flagged pictures are now reachable even without included description;
Mass Mails can now be sent only to active users with confirmed emails;
Maximum photo file size in Mailbox can now include decimals;

Enjoy!

Oxwall Policy Changes and Oxwall Club

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Zima

Oxwall Policy Changes and Oxwall Club Dear community members, we would like to draw your attention to several changes and additions to our policies. For your convenience all of them can now be found in the ‘Oxwall Policies and Licenses‘ section of the main Oxwall website.

Oxwall Domain Policy

This new policy is introduced due to trademark issues and to avoid possible confusion among regional and vertical Oxwall websites dedicated to the software itself (translation, distribution, etc.). In short, we ask webmasters not to use ‘Oxwall’ in top-level domain names. Click here for more details.

Oxwall Attribution Policy

The attribution topic frequently comes up in the comments, when webmasters of Oxwall-powered networks ask us whether they can remove the ‘Powered by Oxwall’ logo at the bottom of the page. The thing is – Oxwall is Open Source, and in return we only ask the community to keep the attribution. Click here for more details.

Other important documents in the ‘Oxwall Policies and Licenses‘ section include Oxwall License, Oxwall Store Terms of Use, Oxwall Store Commercial License, and Oxwall Software Terms of Use.

Oxwall Club

Now we are getting to the fun part. Oxwall Foundation is proud to launch an exclusive Oxwall Club. It will unite officially recognized international communities devoted to local promotion of our software, as well as helping Oxwall-powered networks in their native languages. So now you know that anyone with a CLUB badge in the forum is actually a representative of a regional or vertical community. Click here to learn about the benefits of Oxwall Club membership and other details.

Upcoming Oxwall Release

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Zima

Dear Oxwall users,

As some of you have noted in the comments section, it is indeed time for another software update. The entire next week is scheduled for the quality testing of feature improvements and bug fixes we have found since the last release.

As usual, have some patience and keep an eye on our blog, for a special notice about the launch of the update. Everything should be ready in about a week and a half.

This time the new release will not bring any major changes, but rather will feature a load of requested and necessary fixes for Newsfeed, Events, Groups, Forums, Mailing Lists, etc. We want to polish up the software in its current form before taking another major step by introducing new features and functions. The full list of Oxwall 1.2.5 improvements will be released along with the update.

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