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alpeb

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[Blog Article] 1.1 beta is out
« on: April 14, 2009, 08:58:35 PM »
1.1 beta is out
14 April 2009, 8:13 pm

I'm pleased to announce the 1.1 beta release of pulpTunes.

Grab your copy while it's hot (not available in SourceForge, only directly through these links):


Please report any problems in the Quick Help section of the forum.

Let's try this baby under any circumstance possible; some things I couldn't test myself are for example running it under non-English iTunes and OSes.

Here's the changelog for this version:

New features:

  • Big performance boost for large music libraries.
  • Added Groups and Users management, and access permissions. Includes ability to disallow access to anonymous users.
  • Added search capability
  • Added ability to rate songs (clicking on the stars, or using the context menu).
  • Added ability to hide initial connection instructions, and be able to consult them later.
  • Added Advanced Settings section (see below). Settings can also be changed manually in the config.ini file located in the .pulpTunes directory under your home directory. And they can also be overridden via command-line options.
  • Following suit to the iTunes 8.1 update, renamed "Party Shuffle" to "iTunes DJ".
  • The "Ask a question" link now points to the new pulpTunes community web site.
  • Errors shown in the log now appear in red.

Settings added:

  • Automatic playing: to start playing (or not) automatically when the page is first accessed.
  • Server port
  • iTunes Library Location (XML file)
  • Log file location, log level, and whether to log into the console
  • Development mode (see Wiki) and customized footer: to change these settings you need to edit the config.ini file
  • To override a setting through the command line, just pass the setting name as shown in the config.ini file. For example: -footer myfooter.html -port 16000

Still pending to implement during the beta testing is to show a processing icon while any asynchronous process is occuring, like when rating a song, which isn't immediate so we gotta let know the user something's cooking. Also I need to create a command-line scripts to set the superadmin credentials in non graphical environments.

ENJOY!
« Last Edit: April 15, 2009, 08:51:30 AM by alpeb »
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Re: [Blog Article] 1.1 beta is out
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2009, 08:16:33 AM »
Excellent!  Tons of great features in this release...  I think there are going to be lots of happy users.
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Re: [Blog Article] 1.1 beta is out
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2009, 06:31:33 PM »
Awesome dude! I'll check it out as soon as I can, but the feature list looks awesome! :)

Are you ready for lifehacker yet, do you think?
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Re: [Blog Article] 1.1 beta is out
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2009, 06:35:50 PM »
Quote from: squiddz on April 16, 2009, 06:31:33 PM
Are you ready for lifehacker yet, do you think?

Yea, let's do that when the final version comes out :)
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Re: [Blog Article] 1.1 beta is out
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2009, 08:28:03 AM »
Quote from: squiddz on April 16, 2009, 06:31:33 PM
Are you ready for lifehacker yet, do you think?

Ok, your comment in LH is generating some nice traffic! 90 downloads and counting so far this weekend... but just for the stable version and they're staying away from the forum...

Anyway speaking of something else, I was thinking yesterday the user management section is pretty useless right now... So I'll see if I can squeeze in for beta2 playlist-based permissions. I'll post some mock ups next week for you guys to comment on.

Cheers
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Re: [Blog Article] 1.1 beta is out
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2009, 08:50:16 AM »
Haha, sorry - i couldn't let that opportunity to comment slide! Sorry i hadn't checked back here for your response first..

When there's an inferior product, people need to be told about yours! And comments at the bottom of the LH page never get read, so I thought i'd act fast!

Glad it's making a difference.. why haven't you updated the sourceforge version to 1.1 though? I think it's stable enough, isn't it? :)

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Re: [Blog Article] 1.1 beta is out
« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2009, 11:36:48 AM »
Hey thanks a lot, I appreciate it. What I meant is that I don't want to fire off the marketing guns 100% just yet before stable is out. But I can handle a few hundred downloads in the meantime ;)

I haven't made 1.1 the default download yet because I'm experiencing some minor glitches I have to address. Plus I might need to change the format in which the groups and users data is stored, so I'd better stress this version is experimental.

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