Educdesign

2011-03-25

OLEFA Wiki is currently being reshaped


Interface improvements
  • Unified view for guests and authors
  • Quick access to common element functions
  • The old way of handling conflicting changes was replaced with a locking mechanism. It is now impossible for two people to work on the same element simultaneously
  • Elements auto-update their status, e.g. locked, public and content when changed by someone else
  • The server now keeps track of your unsaved changes so it can recover them when the connection is interrupted
  • Fonts are now available for titles
  • A new color picker allows to chose more specific colors
  • Elements can be edited in fullscreen mode
  • Most elements offer a new file browser
  • A live upload handler was included in order to easily upload new files
  • A live preview was added to most elements
Gallery element
  • It is now possible to directly manipulate the size of the gallery thumbnail pictures
  • Additional display types have been included:
    • gallery: the classic display type on a grid
    • stack: displays the pictures randomly on a pile
    • slideshow: display only one picture at a time and cycle through them
  • The technical limit of 25 pictures per element has been removed
  • It is not required anymore to have all pictures in the same folder
Audio element
  • OLEFA-Soundrecorder can be loaded on the fly and used to create new audio files
Video element
  • Video size has been limited to popular choices, i.e. 320px, 480px, 720px
Document element
  • It is now possible to select multiple documents per element
  • You can sort the documents by drag & drop
  • All filetype limitations have been removed. You can now upload and use any file you want
  • An icon depicting the filetype has been included per file
Linklist element
  • It is now possible to add text to a linklist
  • A new and powerful project-finder was included. You can search your project and select them via a simple click
  • Links can be sorted by drag&drop
Wiki-Layout interface was completely changed
  • Default templates have been removed. This also removed the need for placeholder-elements
  • Elements can now be placed via drag & drop
  • The interface now figuratively represents the page, background-colors included
  • You can preview the element by clicking on it or even edit it by clicking on its pencil
  • The project-layout was completely redesigned. It now has a preview of the currently active layout-options