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  Rastin Mehr 9:33 pm on July 18, 2012 Permalink
  Tags: anahita ( 36 ), bootstrap ( 4 ), connect ( 4 ), framework ( 6 ), groups ( 9 ), Nooku Framework ( 12 ), Pages ( 2 ), photos ( 13 ), social app ( 11 ), todos, topics   

  So what is new in Anahita 2.0 

  

   

  Just over a day ago we started distributing the Anahita 2.0 Birth release package as well as 2 additional free social apps: Anahita Groups and Topics. We also have the Anahita 2.0 API documentation available for the hackers and developers out there who would like to learn what goes on inside the Anahita framework. It was 4:30 AM that we announced the availability of the 2.0 Birth release and I promised to do another blog post describing all the new aspects of the Anahita 2.0, so here we go:

   

  Completely Rewritten Framework

  We have taken all the knowledge and experience that we had gained from the Anahita 1.5 release and rewritten a lot of the framework code to be more reusable and efficient. Anahita now provides one of the most comprehensive APIs specialized for developing custom social apps and services. You can take a look at the Anahita API documentation for yourself.

   

  It is faster

  Anahita 2.0 is about 30% faster now due to the improvements that we have done all the way from the low level system calls and database queries up to the user interfaces where pages are loaded and rendered. For those of you who are more technical:

  1. we are using the latest release of Nooku Framework which renders the layouts faster with APC on.
  2. Using technologies such as Twitter Bootstrap and LessCSS, Anahita now has a single compact CSS file which downloads very quickly and pages render quite fast.
  3. Stream paginations on the dashboard and profiles have been optimized to load and pre-load faster which results into a instantaneous and seamless user experience.

  Lighter and leaner social apps

  All the Anahita social apps have been rewritten using the new framework code and now contain on average 48% less code and that is while they perform faster and smoother than before.

  That means the custom social apps that you wil be developing require less code than before.

  

  How much smaller are the Anahita 2.0 apps in comparison with the 1.5 ones?

  • Anahita Pages: 39%
  • Anahita Todos: 39%
  • Anahita Photos: 37%
  • Anahita Groups: 84%
  • Anahita Topics: 66%
  • Anahita Connect: 22%

  Improved Story Feeds

  The logic in the story feed has been greatly improved in comparison with the 1.5 release also a lot of the data grouping and preparation that used to happen at the application level are now happening at the database query level.

   

  Improved Composers

  Until now, the composers on the dashboards and profiles could only be used for posting stories. In the Anahita 2.0, the composers can be used for posting all types of media such as photos, topics, pages, etc. The Anahita framework also provides a very easy to use API for you to create your own custom composer for the social apps that you are developing.

  

   

  Improved Actor Profiles

  The actor profile layout has been redesigned to be less cluttered and it provides more room for additional applications and modules.

  
  The Edit Profile user interface has also been completely redesigned so all the profile administration task can be done in one place. Anahita framework provides the necessary APIs for your custom app to include additional tabs into the edit profile area.

  

  

   

  Notifications System

  Anahita now has a notification system to alert the viewer about all the new comments, likes, and other events that they should be notified about.

  

   

  Twitter Bootstrap & LessCSS

  We have used and extended the Twitter Bootstrap 2.0 library with the Anahita set of styling libraries in order to construct and style the user interfaces. Anahita 2.0 also comes with a built-in LessCSS compiler so let’s say if you wanted to customize the Anahita Shiraz template, just switch on the debug mode, modify the Less files or include new ones, then refresh the browser and Anahita will compile a single compact css file that contains all the Boostrap library as well as Anahita libraries.

  Important Note: We are still using the grid system provided by the Gantry Framework rather than using the fluid grid system provided by the Bootstrap. We will soon be discarding the Gantry framework and use the native Anahita template engine which will be using the Bootstrap responsive grid. As soon as we are done, the update will be available for free.

  What’s next?

  The 2.0 Birth release has opened a new chapter for the Anahita project and we have a whole new journey ahead of us. Our main focus for the upcoming 2.* releases will be: Search, content curation, and mobile accessibility.

  Andre, Claude Gelinas, kostas and 2 others are discussing. Toggle Comments

   
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    James 1:19 pm on July 19, 2012 Permalink

    Super super work guys, looking forward to seeing what is beyond version 2.0

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    Rastin Mehr 5:56 pm on July 19, 2012 Permalink

    Thank you @James the work has already begun. I am drafting a list of what the vision going to be for the 2.* releases.

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    kostas 4:06 pm on July 21, 2012 Permalink

    well done guys

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    Claude Gelinas 10:11 am on July 22, 2012 Permalink

    Looks like a nice start, 2.0-wise!

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    Andre 12:43 pm on July 26, 2012 Permalink

    Well done guys. Love it
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  Rastin Mehr 9:15 pm on September 4, 2011 Permalink
  Tags: anahita ( 36 ), discussions ( 8 ), groups ( 9 ), minor birth release ( 4 ), photos ( 13 ), todos, update ( 6 )   

  Anahita 1.5.11 Birth Release Update Available for Download 

  You can receive this updates either from the Anahita Bazaar in the administration back-end of your Anahita installation, or by downloading and installing the Anahita update and application packages one by one.

  DO MAKE SURE to make both file and database backups before applying the updates to your Anahita installation.

  This minor update provides a number of bug fixes in the core libraries as well as a number of user interface and usability improvements. To name a few:

  We have added a Visual and HTML editor API which is reusable in Anahita Apps. This editor is custom developed for the social networking posts and only provides the type of tags that are most commonly used in comments, topics, pages, and etc. within the body of the user generated content.

  

  Anahita Visual Editor

  

  Anahita HTML Editor

  Currently Anahita ™ Discussions and Pages apps are using the editor which makes it a lot easier for all types of users to add bold, italic, block quote, and other types of stylings in their posts.

  

  More minimalist and user friendly comments

  We have also changed the way comments are displayed so they take up less height. Before users had to go to the action list on top of the comment list and click on the “Comment” action before they could comment. Now they can go to the bottom of the comment list and click on the highlighted “Add a comment” area for the commenting box to appear.

  

  New Photos and Album Stories

  When you upload new photos or create a new album, this is how the new stories are displayed. Of course the story items can be commented on.

  What else should be updated?

  We recommend that after you update the Anahita Social Networking Engine, you also update Anahita Shiraz template and the apps: Groups, Discussions, Photos, and Todos.

  If you are using a template other than shiraz or a custom social app that you have developed yourself, you’ll probably have to update them too.

  Change Logs

  The following are the change logs.

  Legend:

  * -> Security Fix
  # -> Bug Fix
  $ -> Language fix or change
  + -> Addition
  ^ -> Change
  - -> Removed
  ! -> Note

  Anahita Social Networking Engine

  ===Version 1.5.11===
+ Added a ptag filter for text-based HTML editor
^ the @content( method used to prepare node description fields is now wrapping text blocks in p tags
+ ul and ol tags inside the story body now have left padding
# large images within comments now have max-width styling
+ Added html/quick tag editor
+ Added overtext to add comment
# Fix playing flash video in IE
# An actor list view always show regardless of the profile privacy. This allows for the socialgraph actions to render even if an actor profile is not visable
# Privacy Form display an activity indicator when submting in ajax post
+ Added comment prompt for when a user can't comment either because they're guest/not following or the comment is closed
- checking for the banners folder was removed from the systeminfo in the back-end
+ profile actor info fields now recognize endline in the sentences
+ profile actor info fields textarea now have a height of 100px
^ Person date of birth no longer has endlines before and after it
^ instances of "My" are changed to "Viewer's" in the menu item entry points to the com_socialengine
^ search now happens in the nobe body as well as the name or title
^ css class .an-se-medium-description in socialengine.css now has word-wrap: break-word

  Anahita Groups

  ===Version 1.3.2===
# pagination link was constructed wrong. It is fixed now

  Anahita Discussions

  ===Version 1.2.3===
^ all description fields are now using @content
- white-space: pre-wrap; has been removed from the discussions.css for styling the description fields
^ topic form is now 380px height
- RSS link from the board view has been removed
^ if no boards are created, no boards selector shows on the topic form
^ comment story item now includes the name of the owner as well

  Anahita Photos

  ===Version 1.4.2===
^ all description fields are using @content( to render
^ on photo read view the names of author and editor are now shown in the additional info area
^ images within the story feed are now larger
^ new album story is now showing the medium size cover and up to 5 image square thumbnails in the album
+ in upload.js timeLimit has been increased to 60 and the fileListMax is limited to 10
^ profile gadget translation has changed. Instead of "Photo Stream" it says "Photos"
+ Added a photo uploader HTML fallback
# Fixed the photo count after a photo delete

  Anahita Todos

  ===Version 1.2===
^ all description fields are now using @content(
- an-se-text-body class tag has been removed for all the description fields
^ milestones are sorted by endDate DESC
+ added blank component module to the todo-item default view
# closing and openning todo-items without parents was causing an error.

   
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  Rastin Mehr 6:09 pm on July 17, 2011 Permalink
  Tags: announcement ( 27 ), birth release ( 8 ), todos   

  Anahita™ Todos 1.0 Birth release is now available 

  

  That’s right we have another birth release to announce. In fact now all the social apps that we have listed on the Anahitapolis.com under the download menu have reached the birth release state. Anahita™ Todos is the most essential social app if you are doing project management on your Anahita powered social network.

  Problem with the traditional project management systems

  Many of us have been using online collaboration and project management tools for a while now. They have been a great improvement over archaic tools that people were forced into using in the corporate world. In the mean time these tools still inherit some of the bureaucracy and the hierarchal approach of the traditional work places where a centralized leadership assigns work to all the team members and makes sure that work is delivered on time according to the plan. These applications and services provide a good list of features for hiding, controlling, and literally managing everything where the goals and vision of the project are all predetermined and carefully scripted.

  If you are following a completely agile and fluid workflow, all those tools of hide and control really get on your way. There is also another problem with the traditional project management systems: they may allow collaboration amongst a limited number of people let’s say 5 or 10, however they are definitely not social! In fact they fails to perform if you are populating and consuming your to-do lists as you are moving towards the general vision of the project and they certainly won’t allow you to incorporate the wisdom of the crowds into the process of planning, building, and distributing your products and services.

  How projects are managed on Anahitapolis

  Let me give you an insight of how projects are managed on Anahitapolis. We are currently managing about 12 projects using the default Anahita™ Groups profiles and Anahita™ Photos, Discussions, Todos, and Pages installed on them.

  

  Our premium tribe members can choose to follow the projects that they are interested in, receive story updates on their dashboards, comment on the to-do items and milestones, participate in the discussions, provide feedback, report bugs, etc. In this fashion people can observe how every milestone is reached from idea to implementation. Our project management groups are also the places that more technical and programming related questions are answered or any technical related discussions about the future releases happen.

  

  We don’t really  post project roadmaps. We keep a long term vision in mind while plan only for the next 2-3 weeks. Todo-lists are populated as we start developing and implementing code and as they get accomplished we close them.

  

  Every time that to-do items are closed they are announced on the group’s story feed and all the followers get to see them on their dashboards.

  Can none premium members see an example too?

  Of course! The Anahita™ Todos app is available as an installable option on all the Anahitapolis people profiles. If you sign up for a basic account on Anahitapolis.com you get experiment with Anahita Todos on your profile. However this will never compare to what our premium members see on how this application is being used on our project groups in combination with the other apps such as discussions, photos, and pages. This an examples of how the total combination apps becomes greater than the sum of individual apps.

  How can we download Anahita™ Todos

  You can either go to the Anahita ™ Todos download page or if you are using the latest release of the Anahita™ Social Networking Engine, simply go to the administration back-end of your Anahita installation under Extend > Bazaar and simply install the Anahita ™ Todos by clicking on the install link.

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  Rastin Mehr 1:28 am on June 11, 2011 Permalink
  Tags: announcement ( 27 ), embryo ( 3 ), groups ( 9 ), social app ( 11 ), todos   

  Anahita ™ Todos has replaced Anahita ™ Projects 

  

  How do we find time to enjoy our cappuccinos? we use Anahita ™ Todos!

  We have successfully started using the Anahita ™ Todos social app on Anahitapolis website for managing todos and milestones in all of our projects. There is also an Embryo release package available for download. We are going to use this social app for a while on the Anahitapolis.com and pretty soon there will be Birth release available to you once we find it stable enough to be used on your live social networks.

  Anahita ™ Todos is replacing the Anahita ™ Projects which was initially developed as the project management social app for Anahita and we have been using it since Nov. 2010 to manage about 10 projects on Anahitapolis.com

  Anahita ™ Projects was basically a custom groups with features to handle to-do items, to-do lists, and milestones. Back then we thought this app would evolve and specialize as a project management tool. After several months of using it, we realized that we were maintaining two social apps, Anahita Groups and Projects, which were mostly identical in terms of providing groups functionality. There was no point in maintaining two codebase with mostly similar aspects! So a better approach was to instead improve the Anahita ™ Groups app and then develop the Anahita ™ Todos which is now installable on both groups and people profiles.

  There is always such a grace in simplicity!

  I really would like to write more about how projects are managed in Anahitapolis community. A lot of people still wonder how 2 people get to manage and develop 10 projects and still find free time to enjoy their cappuccinos! That’s because solutions built on a social networking engine such as Anahita™ put your productivity and communication on steroids or shall I say on good wholesome caffeine!

  If we can do it, so can you. So sign up as  Premium Tribe Member and start building the foundations of your business on the next generation of productivity and communication tools that Anahita™ provides.