Softaculous: educatieve webapplicaties

Softaculous heeft een indrukwekkende lijst educatieve toepassingen – leerplatformen zoals Moodle, ATutor, Docebo) en méér (TCExam examenplatform).

Maar als innoverend leerkracht wil je zeer zeker ook een blik werpen op de rubriek Social networking waar leuke en belangrijke dingen zitten die je zeker eens kan in overweging nemen (Elgg, Dolphin en andere community software).

Softaculous

V. Mijn hosting bedrijf (SiteGround) heeft een nieuwe installer, Softaculous. Wat zijn de verschillen met de vorige, Fantastico?

A. Fantastico is een heel degelijke webapplicatie-installer. Per rubriek krijg je een aantal webapplicaties waaruit je kan kiezen, en na enkele kliks is die geïnstalleerd op je server en heb je een login. Verder je krijg je een overzicht van de webapplicaties die moeten geüpdatet worden.

Softaculous is ook een heel eenvoudige en heel krachtige installer. Het verschil zit hem er in dat de rubrieken beter gestoffeerd zijn met veel meer webapplicaties per rubriek (rode zone op de illustratie), en dat je meer informatie krijgt over elk van die webapplicaties (de groene zone op de illustratie).

 

MS sites deze week: user tips, developping for IE9/IE10

Interessant op de Microsoft sites de afgelopen week:

USERS

Hotmail, already powering over 15 million phones and growing, comes to Kindle Fire http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/archive/2012/01/24/hotmail-already-powering-over-15-million-phones-and-growing-comes-to-kindle-fire.aspx

6 ways to work more effectively on a virtual team http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/collaboration/virtual.aspx?WT.rss_f=At%20Work%20RSS&WT.rss_a=6%20ways%20to%20work%20more%20effectively%20on%20a%20virtual%20team&WT.rss_ev=a

Basic right-click tips http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/skills/rightclick.aspx?WT.rss_f=At%20Home%20RSS&WT.rss_a=Basic%20right-click%20tips&WT.rss_ev=a

Sync multiple Google calendars, search more Gmail If you plan your days using Google Calendar, you’ll be happy to know that the company’s Sync team has now made it possible to show appointments from multiple calendars on your Windows Phone 7.5 (thanks, fellas!). http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/archive/2012/01/26/sync-multiple-google-calendars-search-more-gmail.aspx

Turn over a new leaf and switch from Gmail to Hotmail in 3 easy steps http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/archive/2012/01/26/turn-over-a-new-leaf-and-switch-from-gmail-to-hotmail-in-3-easy-steps.aspx

WINDOWS PHONE

Can a Windows Phone help fight malaria? These guys think so. http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/archive/2012/01/27/can-a-windows-phone-help-fight-malaria-these-guys-think-so.aspx

INTERNET EXPLORER 9 / 10

Leading Privacy Advocates Release New Tracking Protection Lists for IE9 http://windowsteamblog.com/ie/b/ie/archive/2012/01/23/leading-privacy-advocates-release-new-tracking-protection-lists-for-ie9.aspx

This Week in Privacy http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/01/23/this-week-in-privacy.aspx

Debugging IndexedDB Applications http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/01/25/debugging-indexeddb-applications.aspx

Creating Files through BlobBuilder http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/01/27/creating-files-through-blobbuilder.aspx

CMS updates

Joomla 2.5 is uitgebracht! Maar er is meer nieuws uit de openbron Content Management System wereld:

Joomla 1.7.4 Released Tuesday, 24 January 2012 00:00 4 security issues fixed http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5405-joomla-174-released.html

Joomla 2.5.0 Released Tuesday, 24 January 2012 06:00 In addition to the new Joomla Platform, the following new features have been added. -Add ablility to turn off the email to user when an Admin creates a user (Andrea Tarr) -Improvements for batch processing (Michael Babker) -Menu item parameter “Note” (Marcell van Geest) -No “new user notification” email sent to admin (Kenny Wickstrom) -Implementing default text per language in syndicate module (Jean-Marie Simonet) -Implementing image option for the offline.php default page (Jean-Marie Simonet) -Joomla! update notification button in the quickicons module (Nicholas Dionysopoulos) -Debug Plugin Reloaded (Nikolai Plath) -*Option to set Joomla to Site Offline (YES) during installation (fade2grey) -Patch to enable change of newsfeed display direction (Mathieu Cattin) -Add a true autoloader to the CMS (Rouven Weßling) -Database Version Check (Mark Dexter) -”Select a Menu Item Type” in modal box in menu item edit page (Dennis Hermatski) -Improving SEO: New system plugin: languagecode (Jean-Marie Simonet) -Manager for Language Overrides (Patrick Alt) -Easier workflow by linking Menu Manager: Add Menu to Module Manager: Module Menu (Andrew Eddie, Jacques Rentzke) -Add an option to filter the mod_whosonline by groups of the connected user (Christophe Demko) -Add a check for native ZIP support to the Installation (Rouven Weßling) -Add ability to support other databases starting with Microsoft SQL Server / Windows Azure (Hooduku Team) -mod_status optimization (Kyle Ledbetter) -Category filtering on content doesn’t including sub-categories (Ofer Cohen) -User Notes (Andrew Eddie) -Use the images and urls fields to create simple standardized layouts (Elin Waring) -Custom Black List in Text Filters – Ready to test – Makes it possible to overwrite default blacklist – Joomla 1.7 (Tore B. Krudtaa, Denise McLaurin) -Captcha in the core (Jonnathan S. Lima, Rouven Weßling, Nicola Galgano) -Finder Integration (Rob Schley, Michael Babker, Elin Waring, Chris Davenport, Omar Ramos, Viet Hoang Vu, Jean Marie Simonet, Rouven Weßling, Louis Landry, Gabriele Pongelli) http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5403-joomla-250-released.html

BitNami Joomla! Stack 2.5.0-0 27 Jan 2012 21:05 Release Notes: This release updates Joomla! to 2.5.0, PHP to 5.3.9, and phpMyAdmin to 3.4.9. http://freecode.com/projects/bitnamijoomla/releases/340975

Umbraco CMS 5.0 RC 3 Released: Jan 25 2012

Elefant CMS 1.1.2-Beta 25 Jan 2012 22:21 Beta Release Notes: Improved caching logic, mobile/tablet detection, I18n support, PostgreSQL in site backups, WordPress and CSV blog post importers, and several APIs including Users and Forms, which now features an ultra-concise closure-based handling technique. This release improves the Designer app to maximize screen space for editing layouts and stylesheets, improves and adds several new unit tests, and fixes numerous other bugs http://freecode.com/projects/elefant-cms/releases/340914

Exponent CMS 2.0.4 27 Jan 2012 23:26 Release Notes: This release implements a revised installation/upgrade process; administrators are now informed when upgrades are needed or version updates are available. The WYSIWYG editor now more faithfully displays content styles and offers additional customizations. Tag viewing, usage, and management were improved. Improved display of Module aggregation selection. Missing and orphan files can now be removed/added to File Manger. There are many other updates and fixes http://freecode.com/projects/exponent-cms/releases/340999

Dokuwiki 2012-01-25 26 Jan 2012 22:02 Release Notes: This release features version handling of media files, just like pages. Old versions are saved, and the change history is available in the “recent changes” list as well as in RSS. A new media manager with drag and drop support. The plugin and template developer can now also enjoy using the power of jQuery http://freecode.com/projects/dokuwiki/releases/340955

 

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Educatieve toepassingen

De laatste updates van openbron educatieve toepassingen:

TCExam 11.2.017 15 Nov 2011 22:18 Release Notes: This version includes fixes for Chinese language support and the new TCPDF library. http://freecode.com/projects/tcexam/releases/33849 11.2.018 14 Dec 2011 02:49 Release Notes: This version fixes a minor bug related to date selection. http://freecode.com/projects/tcexam/releases/339487 11.2.020 15 Dec 2011 00:32 Release Notes: This version includes a bugfixed TCPDF library and a fixed Chinese translation. http://freecode.com/projects/tcexam/releases/339528 11.2.021 23 Dec 2011 23:25 Release Notes: The source code documentation was updated. http://freecode.com/projects/tcexam/releases/339874 1.2.022 23 Jan 2012 23:33 Release Notes: This version includes a bugfix related to offline PDF test generation. http://freecode.com/projects/tcexam/releases/340847

XWord is a crossword puzzle program designed to be highly configurable. It supports a variety of formats: puz, xpf, jpz, and ipuz. Includes support for rebus puzzles, “trick” puzzles, diagramless puzzles, scrambled/locked puzzles, and a timer. http://sourceforge.net/projects/wx-xword/

BitNami Moodle Stack 2.1.3-0 http://bitnami.org/stack/moodle 2.1.3-0 30 Nov 2011 22:21 Release Notes: This release updates Moodle to 2.1.3, Apache to 2.2.21, MySQL to 5.5.16, phpMyAdmin to 3.4.7.1, and AWS SDK for PHP to 1.4.7. http://freecode.com/projects/bitnamimoodle/releases/339008 2.2-0 12 Dec 2011 22:34 Release Notes: Updates Moodle to 2.2 and phpMyAdmin to 3.4.8. http://freecode.com/projects/bitnamimoodle/releases/339425

 

Samenwerkingsplatformen

De laatste updates aan openbron samenwerkingsplatformen:

Simple Groupware 0.740 08 Jan 2012 20:02 Release Notes: An archive function was added to the IMAP module. The Alternative PHP Cache was added for faster caching and sessions. A notification was implemented for unsaved forms…. The admin overview page was extended with information about cache and disk usage http://freecode.com/projects/simplegroupware/releases/340320 0.741 15 Jan 2012 22:11 Release Notes: A calendar view was added to the departments module containing absence information. Browser detection for Firefox 10 and some smaller bugfixes were added. http://freecode.com/projects/simplegroupware/releases/340547 0.742 24 Jan 2012 00:41 Release Notes: Some smaller fixes have been applied. http://freecode.com/projects/simplegroupware/releases/340861

Horde Groupware Webmail Edition 4.0.6 17 Jan 2012 15:54 Release Notes: This release fixes XSS vulnerabilities, displays the event time in the dynamic calendar view if requested, improves vCard compatibility, updates the Japanese translation, and adds small bugfixes and improvements. http://freecode.com/projects/horde-webmail/releases/340628

Horde Groupware 4.0.6 17 Jan 2012 15:46 Release Notes: This release displays the event time in the dynamic calendar view if requested, improves vCard compatibility, updates the Japanese translation, and adds small bugfixes and improvements. http://freecode.com/projects/horde-groupware/releases/340627

XWiki 3.4 Release Candidate 1 21 Jan 2012 02:00 3.4 Release Notes: This release candidate brings a few bugfixes and improvements over the previous version. The most notable addition is the ability to easily import an extension from any repository into XWiki Repository http://freecode.com/projects/xwiki/releases/340724 3.4 24 Jan 2012 22:06 Release Notes: This is a stabilization release as the end of the 3.x cycle approaches, so its main goal was to improve the Extension Manager and App Within Minutes features. However, this release also comes with a new look and a new default wiki page syntax. Other things to check are the new delete space menu, the space templates, the minimized action menu, the new display macro, and the fact that non-ASCII characters are preserved in attachment file names http://freecode.com/projects/xwiki/releases/340886

Task Coach 1.3.5 22 Jan 2012 19:14 Release Notes: This is a mixed feature and bugfix release. http://freecode.com/projects/taskcoach/releases/340792 1.3.6 24 Jan 2012 22:19 Release Notes: This is a bugfix release. http://freecode.com/projects/taskcoach/releases/340896

 

 

CMS updates

De laatste updates van openbron Content Management Systemen:

Fork CMS 3.2.1 17 Jan 2012 15:55 Release Notes: This release upgrades jquery to 1.8.17. http://freecode.com/projects/fork-cms/releases/340630

WebGUI 7.10.24 17 Jan 2012 11:47 Release Notes: This stable release contains fixes for 13 different bugs in the Asset Manager, Calendar, Asset Report, Login Macros, Passive Analytics, Shop, and the Survey. WebGUI now depends on Business::OnlinePayment::AuthorizeNet. This version should install automatically via the testEnvironment.pl script, or the Perl-standard CPAN module http://freecode.com/projects/webgui/releases/340612

DotNetWikiBot 2.98 18 Jan 2012 15:00 Release Notes: A LoginViaApi() method was added. Updates for MediaWiki 1.18 were applied. A specific update for Wikia was applied. A workaround was added for a .NET bug which removed trailing dots from URIs. Several minor other changes were made. http://freecode.com/projects/dotnetwikibot/releases/340647

AceWiki 0.5.3 19 Jan 2012 21:40 Release Notes: This release fixes a serious bug that has been introduced with version 0.5.2: the user interface crashed when a user wanted to edit a sentence. http://freecode.com/projects/acewiki/releases/340710

Jease 2.6 24 Jan 2012 08:06 Release Notes: Page to PDF conversion, improved security, better support for multi-language sites, and automatic removal of temporary files. http://freecode.com/projects/jease/releases/340870

z-admin 1.0 15 Jan 2012 http://www.z-admin.com/Custom.aspx?id=2

Composite C1 3.1 Released: Jan 18 2012

 

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E-commerce

De laatste updates van openbron e-commerce oplossingen:

Open Transactions 0.75 14 Dec 2011 22:53 Release Notes: Smart contracts: users can now design and activate their own financial instruments, using scripted clauses, callbacks, and hooks. OT can now be configured (or not) to require USAGE CREDITS, making it possible for server operators to earn transaction fees. (Privileged API functions were added for viewing and setting these usage credits.) Client side scripting (see the Open-Transactions/scripts folder): the entire OT API is now available for use inside the client- side scripts. Just put this at the top of any new OTscript files: #!/usr/local/bin/ot –scrip http://freecode.com/projects/open-transactions/releases/339512 v0.75e 23 Dec 2011 22:49 Release Notes: This release adds a config option for blocking sockets and post-send delays. It adds a processNymbox API call. It removes auto-firing of new server requests in OTClient::ProcessServerReply(). It adds a config option for minimum market scale. Forced market scale to be 1, or a power of 10. Var_Long has been changed to Var_Int (smartcontracts). Nyms can no longer sign out more than X trans numbers. Total assets are no longer being multiplied by scale in the client API. A disappearing nym bug has been fixed. Nym will never accept a lower trans # than one it has received before. “tentative trans#” has been added (prevents sync issues) http://freecode.com/projects/open-transactions/releases/339844

NolaPro 5.0.8049 15 Dec 2011 06:38 Release Notes: Electronic W2 filing is now available through Nelco. Side menu “Setup to Do’s” are now categorized and include many more tips. A new Add-On supporting 1099 capability was included. A rogue comma was removed from check PDFs. GL accounts are now grouped (payment, expense, etc.) for “one-up” checks. W2 now supports social security tips from social security wages. A “Prox” pay term was added for the Payables due date. A problem with state, local, and city employee settings not saving was fixed. New add-ons were provided for importing Bill-of-Material definitions and Build Orders, and for A4 Half-Size Invoices with user inputs http://freecode.com/projects/nolapro/releases/339517 5.0.8221 24 Jan 2012 22:12 Release Notes: Google IDs can now be used to log in. A new calendar tab if logging in by Google. Initial implementation of item commission handling. Improved integration with 3dCart for deposits. A new Upgrade option on the sidebar. Minor adjustments in 1099 for easier use. Calendar popups works better with IE 9. Custom check stub add GL total info on stub. Custom check stub supports larger amount displays. The sidebar menu has been improved for non-English languages. There is a hotfix to show customer sales category when entering an invoice. Income Statement & Balance Sheet allow a choice of companies to include http://freecode.com/projects/nolapro/releases/340890

Magelia WebStore 0.4.244.6 Released: Dec 27 2011 http://mageliawebstore.codeplex.com/releases/view/79470

TimeTrex Time and Attendance 5.0.0 19 Jan 2012 23:25 Release Notes: This release adds a completely-redesigned interface which supports drag-and-drop as well as bulk add/edit/delete operations. It also adds a new reporting engine, security enhancements, and a Web services API (SOAP/JSON/AMF) with 100% functionality coverage and a plugin engine. http://freecode.com/projects/timetrex/releases/340712

Codeplex

Interessante openbron .NET projecten op de Codeplex site de afgelopen week:

RELEASES

PROJECTS

  • Community Bridge 2 (Answers): Community project for accessing the MS Answers-Forums (http://answers.microsoft.com/) with any NNTP client. It provides an NNTP server (bridge) for the forums.
  • JMono: A Java implemented Mono runtime.
  • COM Registry Browser: This browser helps to get a quick overview of COM related registry entries and constraints, find orphans or mismatches and to ease cleanup of old stuff. Perfect for developers creating/using COM components to find out what is currently registered and if everything is consistent.
  • Silverlight El Salvador: Project to create an ERP using Microsoft Silverlight, C #, Ria Services, Entity Frameworks, XAML and *Windows Phone* modules

Freshmeat

Interessante openbron .NET projecten op Freshmeat:

Tree Layout Helper Tree Layout Helper is a .NET/Mono library that provides some utilities for handling tree structures. Most importantly, it supports the display of tree structures as two-dimensional graphics. By using ready-made interfaces, you can specify the size of your nodes, and the Tree Layout Helper library will take care of placing those nodes appropriately. http://freecode.com/projects/tree-layout-helper?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freshmeat%2Ffeeds%2Ffm-releases-global+%28Freshmeat%3A+All+Software%29&utm_content=Google+Reader#release_340367 1.0.0 Initial Release 10 Jan 2012 01:13 Release Notes: This is the first stable release. http://freecode.com/projects/tree-layout-helper/releases/340367

Mono Project 2.10.8 09 Jan 2012 00:17 Release Notes: This release updates the Task Parallel Library. SQLiteConnection can now set the threading mode. There is an improved debugger protocol. Basic support has been added for… MSBuild 4.0. NuGet now runs on Mono. Phalanger 3.0 now runs with Mono. Support for some Azure libraries. Support for bundling profilers in a static binary. The profiler can now log its data to any file descriptor. SGen now has native support for object systems that implement ToggleRefs. Mobile Profile now contains System.IO.MemoryMappedFiles. PerformanceCounters for JIT statistics. Android CPU count. HashSet<T> can now be serialized http://freecode.com/projects/monoproject/releases/340324