Things are starting to pick up with jCore, we already passed 30,000 downloads and I'm happy to say that I will have even more time in the future to work on jCore. A lot has been already done and the plans for the next next one (0.8) are also coming together. Here is the list of the things already finished for the next release (0.7) which I hope will be out next month for Christmas :).

Things already done for 0.7 release include

  • Added favorite links dropdown button to admin so the navigation gets even faster (you can customize these links of course)
  • Contact form will be automatically completed if logged in
  • Hide modules when attaching to menu items if they don't have display() function (could be good for admin only modules)
  • Added IfModule to .htaccess files so they work even if module can't be found
  • Added reordering possibility to languages
  • Added reordering possibility to menus
  • Made shopping item number optional and have it autofilled from title
  • Renamed shopping order form NameOnCard field to FullName
  • Removed search notification message when Similar items are shown in shopping cart
  • Show ip of posters in comments if logged in as admin
  • Show menu title if there is no post in a menu (this should be usefull when creating menu items only for modules, for e.g. Contant as this way you don't have to add a post just to have a Contact page title)
  • Added option to define custom success text message for dynamic forms
  • Added option to send to a different email address the result of a dynamic form
  • Added option to encrypt emails using PGP (to create PGP public key(s) use the popular linux GPG program. To generate a key run "gpg --gen-key" and copy the "pubring.gpg" file to a public location to which apache has write access too)
  • Changed ini_set(include_path) to set_include_path which should cover a wider hosting services as some disable the ini_set functions
  • Rewrited dynamic form fields so values can be added directly from there using textarea (one value per line) also you can set default value with asterisk (*) like *One. This should make setting up dynamic forms a lot easier.
  • Added dynamic form field option to be shown only for admins, guests, members or everyone
  • Added option to check field is searchable for dynamic form fields (if checked field will be also added to the index list on the database side)
  • Added dynamic form recepition select field (this should come handy for forms like: send to Tech Department = tech@domain.com and so on)
  • Added option for multi step dynamic forms (using Page Breaks type fields)
  • Added dynamic form option to set a field as data preview when browsing form's data
  • Added option to disable Admin Favorite Links from Global Settings
  • Added option to mass activate/suspend/delete users
  • Added option to edit protected dynamic forms and/or fields
  • Made new user accounts to be automatically activated if payment process completed and confirmed trough IPN
  • Cleaned up CSS again for both template/modules
  • Added option to disable username changings
  • Fixed continue shopping if item added using Similar Items when showing shopping cart
  • Fixed generating teasers with hr tag in the description
  • Added option to define first weekday and edit date/time format
  • Added option to modify all emails sent out by the system (Notification Emails)
  • Added posibility to search for exact phrases using quotes (for e.g. "exact phrase")
  • Added posts calendar that can be used to limit posts for a defined date. (you can invoce it with the {posts}calendar{posts} content code)
  • Changed posts to use dynamic forms (this will allow you to add any amount of custom fields to a post even limit them to show only for members or guests and more)
  • Added shopping item custom options so you can define any amount of option like color, size or even engraving text. Also options can have fixed or percentage prices (it works just like in Magentocommerce).
  • Added option to Hide subgroup items for shopping categories
  • Added option to show Related products when shopping item selected
  • Added shopping item special price with start/end date

There is still a lot to do but more than half of the work is done as you can see and hope to finish the other half soon. Some of the pending subjects have been moved to the next next (0.8) release but more then 90% of the planed features (+not planed ones) will be ready when 0.7 is released.

This week was also one of the bests as I saw a lot of downloads and the most Facebook Likes which is the simplest way to show your appreciation so please keep pushing the Like button if you like jCore.

That's it for now from the jCore commando center :) and will let you know when we are closed to the new release.