[Archon-L] Archon 2.0 Beta

[Amy C. Schindler]

I am just starting to look at 2.0, so excuse me if this is obvious. Did
either the bulk renumbering for growing collections or web disable for
restricted series/subseries/boxes/folders make it into this release?


Amy C. Schindler
University Archivist
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
The College of William and Mary
757-221-3094

-----Original Message-----
From: archon-bounces at archon.org [mailto:archon-bounces at archon.org] On Behalf
Of Chris Prom
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:32 AM
To: archon at archon.org
Subject: [Archon-L] Archon 2.0 Beta

We are pleased to announce that Archon v. 2.0 is available for 
testing in the sandbox on the Archon website:

http://sandbox.archon.org/uiuc_20/

Please look at the site, use it, and send any bug reports to 
bugs at archon.org.

Currently, we plan to release a beta version of 2.0 to select 
institutions in advance of the public release, which is scheduled 
for on or about August 15.  We will have the beta files available 
for installation as soon as next week.  If you are interested in 
trying to install and test version 2.0 in advance of the public 
release, please send me an email, EVEN if we have discussed it in 
the past, so I can make sure my list is up to date.

2.0 will add the following features:

  	--multilingual support in the admin/staff interface
  	--'cart' and user registration functions (allows users to
  		put collections, series, folders, etc in a basket
 		to view later, email to archivist, etc.
  	--modularization--all code has been rewritten
  		and segregated into a core and packages.
 		Allows for easier addition of new features
  	--new default theme and template set (what used to be
 		called a style is now called a theme)
  	--bug fixes

2.0 will be a major upgrade; probably The most significant set of 
changes the software will see.  Therefore, we are hoping to get a 
lot of feedback before we develop the documentation and release 
the software publicly.  We are also looking to spend some time 
optimizing the code before release.

Institutions that plan to upgrade to the new version of the 
software should plan to make changes to their styles and template 
files, since some of the variable names have changed and since 
some new features have been added.  In most cases, it would make 
the most sense to adopt the new default template set and to 
customize from that point forward, by applying a new CSS 
stylesheet and making other changes.

Thanks,

Chris

--

Christopher J. Prom
Assistant University Archivist
University of Illinois Archives
19 Library
1408 W. Gregory Dr.
Urbana, IL 61801

phone:	217.333.0798
fax:	217.333.2868
e-mail:	prom at uiuc.edu
web:	http://web.library.uiuc.edu/ahx

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