WebCore 2.7.0 Released!!!

A good eight months since the last service pack, 2.6.1, comes a new release of the earthli WebCore, 2.7.0.

The minor version bump is, in the end, an understatement. Though WebCore applications include much of the same funtionality, there are significant under-the-hood and cosmetic changes:

For the user:

• Drastically improved search UI, including searching for users, comments, and all types of objects in an application. Search results include smart summaries showing hits in context.
• Fixed several bugs in publishing and added ability to subscribe to a user; improved UI to clearly indicate what is subscribed and why.
• Improved usability of menus and drop downs for all browsers
• Added/improved “copy/move” for multiple objects and folders
• RSS Support! (thanks Packi)
• General UI improvements for forms and layout

For the developer:

• Completely rewritten resource-location system for much more flexible and manageable deployment possibilities
• The plugin system is completely standardized; the answer to “how do I change ???” can now always be answered with “write and register a plugin”
• Startup system cleaned up and also based on plugins
• Added versioning to applications and configuration pages for migrating a database
• Much improved indexing and use of primary keys for all tables
• No more tables for layout on compliant browsers! (so far, only Opera…)
• Uploading now works more reliably with a staging area to allow easy cleanup of abandoned uploads

See the release notes for all the gory details.