Anton L

The first Beta for UNA10 is available now. Please, note that this is the very first public release and it is not considered stable, though we will make sure to release follow up updates promptly to address all reported issues.

All Betas are upgradable, so if you do choose to upgrade now, you will be able to progressively upgrade all the way to a stable release. 

For detailed descriptions and links to all included tickets please refer to UNA 10b1 release notes. 

New modules

• Nexus - #2005
• Plyr - #2127

System enhancements

• Minimal required PHP version was changed to 5.6 - #2029
• Reactions - #2139 #1691
• Relationships - #1907
• Optimizations - #2114 #2100
• Labels remake - #2102 #1960
• Encoding to webm format was removed, instead 720p mp4 additional video format was added - #1852
• Delayed publishing for posts with videos - #1465
• Design changes - #2113 #2105 #2095 #2094 #2016 #1994 #1868 #1859
• Ability to specify membership level as privacy for Admins - #1132
• Homepage submenu - #2120
• Automatic 'More' menu item for some menus - #2123 #1993
• Option to hide item on mobile app in Pages and Menu builders - #2039
• Ability to choose embed provider (Embedly, Iframely) or turn it off - #1982
• Automatically renew browser's cache when system or module is updated when UNA cache is off - #2112
• Don't send system email notification about Friend Request if Notifications module is enabled - #2087
• Immediate subscription cancellation, instead of cancellation request - #2047
• Enhancements in 'Live Updates' notification popups - #2059
• Warn about wrong account during app purchasing in Studio Apps Market - #1876
• Add support for Block End form element in Studio Forms builder - #1919
• More descriptive error message for Studio multilingual field - #2077
• 'Clear custom cache' action was added in Studio dashboard cache block
• Retina images are more optimized for mobiles now - #2004
• Add minimum word length setting which allows to search in global search - #1983
• InnoDB support (some manual actions required) - #2130
• Separate membership action for view voters list - #2129
• Group based modules: improvements - #1908 #1782
• Profile based modules: separate privacy field for post to - #1816
• Profile based modules: display the same cover on all profile sub-tabs - #1816
• Profile based modules: unit meta info enhancements - #2115
• Profiles based modules: display number of friends and followers on profile view page - #2018
• Persons based modules: simple browsing unit with just an image and title - #1961
• Display users' avatars in manage grids - #2036
• Autogenerated passwords are alphanumeric without special chars now - #2013
• Count impressions in Views object - #1658
• Service method support for list of checkboxes in search form - #2116
• Service method which returns number of online users - #1959
• readfile function was added to disable_functions checking in audit page
• When form initialisation is complete bx-form-processed CSS class for form element is added - #1988
• Some enhancements in informer - #2099
• Language changes - #2060 #2050

Modules enhancements

• Posts: allow to post different type of content (similar to post to Timeline) - #1630
• Timeline: allow to repost from context - #2097
• Timeline: get rid of duplicate posts - #2086
• Timeline: design changes - #2085 #1930 #1898
• Timeline: drag&drop uploader - #1713
• Timeline: caching - #2040
• Timeline: updates in get events list alert - #1900
• Protean: Light and Dark mixes - #2096
• Protean: design changes - #1869
• Notifications: improved behaviour when switching from/to grouped mode - #2145
• Notifications: scores support - #2138
• Notifications: some enhancements - #2041
• Notifications: better titles - #2002
• Discussions: design changes - #1891
• Conversations: new filter for unread messages - #2091
• Events: some enhancements - #2125 #2090 #1992
• Albums: some enhancements - #2089 #1991 #1918
• Antispam: profanity words filter - #2028
• Invitations: allow to set several emails in "Email to send invitation requests to" - #2068
• Developer: allow to set/edit 'Hide On' for menu items in Menu builder - #2057
• Persons/Orgs: add ability to search by email in persons administration grid - #2027
• Persons/Orgs: online status on profile view page - #2019
• Accounts: ability to show all unconfirmed accounts - #1972
• Market: some enhancements - #1901 #1832
• Analytics: mobile view change - #1874
• Froala: update to v.3.0.0 - #2124
• FontAwesome: update to v.5.9.0 - #2031

125+ bugfixes

Download 

Download UNA 10.0.1.b1 - for new installation

NOTES:

• if you are using Amazon S3 storage then you need to rename bx_posts_files folder to bx_posts_covers in your S3 bucket

Update from 9.0.1 via Studio

Please, note that this is a Beta release, so it doesn't show in Studio automatically if you already updated to 9.0.1. 

If you choose to apply this update please make the following changes after your site is updated to 9.0.1:

Edit file inc/classes/BxDolUpgrader.php

Change: 

protected $_sUrlVersionCheck = 'https://v.una.io/';

To:

protected $_sUrlVersionCheck = 'https://v.una.io/beta/'; 

This will allow for beta release updates to be applied.

More detailed instructions from Chris - https://una.io/page/view-discussion?id=3216

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More info about this release will follow during this week (we had a long day). Thank you so much for your patience and for helping us test the new update!

Yesterday Alex T⚜️briefly announced the final release of the UNA 9. Indeed, after more than 3 years since of active development and testing; over 3 MILLION code additions in over 4000 commits; 1300 closed issues and 17 😮 pre-release versions, we finally have the stable UNA 9. 

Compared to UNA 8, this version brings hundreds of enhancements, including new modules, system improvements, new integrations, new templates, new objects, new features, etc. etc. Since we decided to make all RCs upgradable the UNA 9 has been tested quite actively by the UNA.IO community and used in production mode for all our clients working with UNA & Boonex team under X-level service plans. It is now considered a stable release, recommended for all sites powered by UNA. 

UNA Community

The v8 was released on 24th of November 2015. At the time, we haven't even launched UNA.IO site and were offering selected Boonex clients to try UNA. Later we launched UNA.IO provide community support and also use UNA ourselves, first hand, making sure that we eat our own cooking. Here's how the community grown during that period:

More importantly, we now have a core group of really dedicated community members, who committed to the platform and help us daily - asking and answering questions; trying new releases and sharing feedback; creating and uploading new apps to UNA Market; giving us hard time and praising us - all of that keeps the team rolling. 

Now, look at the numbers of discussions posted over the same time:

As you may see, we're actually entering the stage of active growth, which should further accelerate after this release. It's a very exciting, but also very challenging time. Increased popularity comes with added support overhead and information inputs. We will have to find ways to automate processes, improve documentation, streamline on-boarding and above all - make UNA even better.  

Start Guide & Demo Video

Over the last few months we committed to improvement of the UNA Documentation and development of the UNA Start Guide and the demo video, describing general aspects of UNA framework:

We highly recommend watching the video and reviewing the Start Guide even if you are familiar with the system. So many times we hear the phrase - "I didn't know I could do that" 😏.

What's Next

Why, UNA 10 of course! Yes, now that we have the 9 released, we are out of the feature-development lockout and can get back to making new awesome toys. Note, that the plan for v10 is to make it a (much) smaller update, adding some features and focusing primarily on streamlining UX (User-eXperience) of all pages. While UNA 9 gives a massive array of features, we should now make everything look and work sleek and clear. We estimate from 3 to 6 months for the 10. 

Along with the new features and modules planned for v10, we plan to finally introduce first working version of JOT as well as native mobile apps (iOS and Android) based on ReactNative for UNA. 

Naturally, service updates like 9.1, 9.2 may be released as required in the meantime, addressing any urgent fixes or security issues. 

Another consideration for us is the commitment to the old Dolphin 7.x updates for Boonex. An update is long overdue and the Boonex community has been suffering without an update for quite a while now. Even though Dolphin will eventually be fully transitioned to UNA-based solution, we still plan to maintain and update the 7.x until we can provide a seamless migration path. So, this will take some time, but we have ideas on how to make both platforms benefit from each other's development. 

Let's give them names!

Look, UNA 8 was pretty much just a "first look" version, while UNA 9 is what you could refer to as the "base". Now, UNA 10 will be about making everything "neat". Then, UNA 11 will be "fast". Then, perhaps "safe", "cool", you name it...

Actually, I mean it - you name it. What do you think would be a good set of names for UNA updates to distinguish between releases? Names of animals from same genus, some fictional characters from books or movies, or perhaps mythical heroes? What do you think would fit?