[Eclass-users] EClass.Builder 2.5.4 FINAL

[Kevin O. <ke...@tu...>]

Hi all,

I am pleased to announce that we are ready to release EClass.Builder 
2.5.4 FINAL (aka 2.5.4.17). Thanks particularly to BJ who really gave 
the tool a workout. As a result, I think this this release looks quite 
solid to me. It can be downloaded from here:

http://www.eclass.net/Downloads/eclass-builder-2.5.4.17.exe

So now it's time to start looking at EClass.Builder 2.5.5, which may be 
the last release in the 2.5 series. I am hoping to be able to have 
everything done for August 6th, so that hopefully this release can make 
it to TFA this year. Here is what I have planned for this release:

- OpenOffice.org file conversion capability restored
- Mac and Linux versions updated (updating will be automated so in the 
future I can quickly produce a Mac or Linux binary with just a couple 
commands)
- Audio/Video/Flash embedding for the HTML editor
- Various HTML editor tweaks
- SWISH-E will support Publish to Web if the web site has a CGI-BIN 
directory and runs a Windows or Red Hat Linux server. (Can't do this 
automatically with Greenstone...)
- More metadata support, including Categories and Organization (I will 
use the IMS standard names, however.)
- Documancer (http://documancer.sf.net) support, which provides a more 
sophisticated interface for EClasses, including bookmarks and 
highlighted search results

If I get ahead of the game, I also plan on the following:

- Batch import of files and batch setting of metadata properties (i.e. 
setting category for a group of documents)
- Media manager (browse and preview files in your EClass - this will 
also be used when inserting files into a page)
- "Theme Options" let you point and click define properties of the 
theme, including things like allowing you to create your own navigation 
bar or choose your own page banner, color scheme, etc.
- Complete "Table" support in the HTML editor

Please let me know your thoughts, especially any features you may want 
to see included for the next release!

Thanks,

Kevin