novella 3.5 is released!!!
So I just wanted to let everyone know that I have just released the newest version of novella. The version number does not signify some massive upgrade or anything like that. This release is just an upgrade from .NET 2.0 to 3.5.
Why upgrade? Well first off, the architecture has now been greatly simplified using LINQ (and you all know that I love LINQ). Furthermore, the app no longer uses the ASP.NET Membership and Role providers so this greatly simplified the database as well.
So all in all, if you are just a user of novella, you won’t really notice much of a difference. However, if you are extending or customizing it in any way, you will quickly find out that just about every thing on the server has been rewritten.
If you want to get the latest, just head on over to codeplex and pickup a copy! And while I did test all the functionality, it is always possible that there are bugs, so if you find some, please email me at david at visionaryonline dot com.
As a final note, I am really pleased to announce that over 500 people have downloaded novella! Its not a ton, but I think it is pretty darn cool.
Ryan said,
Wrote on April 8, 2008 @ 11:09 am
I’m really liking Novella and appreciate your hard work putting it together. The one blocker is that our end users really need browse functionality when it comes to inserting uploaded images. TinyMCE doesn’t have this unless you pay for the add-on. FreeTextBox does have file browsing capabilities, so I’m looking into swapping editors. Any gotchas I should look out for?
David Baxter said,
Wrote on April 8, 2008 @ 11:37 am
Hey Ryan, I am glad you are liking it.
So basically your users want to be able to see a list of all the images they have uploaded? If I am understanding correctly, then I would think the easiest way would be to create a new page that read the contents of the upload directory.
Changing the editor might be tricky since it is so intregal to the app, however it is definitely doable. The key is understanding how to get the content from the editor (i.e. the HTML) using ajax. TinyMCE makes that process relatively painless (TinyMCE does it like this: var HTML = tinyMCE.getInstanceById(”elementName”).getBody().innerHTML;).
So make sure that whatever editor you choose has that functionality (or something like it).
If you run into any trouble, feel free to email me. When you get your project completed, I would love to see it.
David
Ryan said,
Wrote on April 8, 2008 @ 12:03 pm
Yes, I don’t want users to have to type in the path to an image, just pick it from a list, thumbnail gallery, etc. If I run into any issues I won’t hesitate to ask. Thanks for the reply.
Bebandit said,
Wrote on April 17, 2008 @ 4:45 pm
Hey Ryan,
I, too, would like to see your project when it is done! My clients want the same thing.
Bebandit