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Back on track, MVC Forum version 0.8 released!

Last night I uploaded and released MVC Forum version 0.8 (Alpha 4). So after 2 months of a bit of inactivity, I'm back on track, with a renew focus of reaching version 1.0 as soon as possible. The 0.8 highlights are as follows: Even better tested and easier to integrated with existing MVC applications.

So what's in store for the next release? I actually haven't decided yet, and with the lack of feedback I'm getting on the project, nothing has been decided yet. With the basic forum features almost in place, I'll probably focus on making the user control panel better. Other things I'm considering, are a lot of small features, like: latest user, posts in the last 24 hours, etc.

On a more low level, I'm considering moving a lot of the code from the action methods in the controllers to service classes. This should make an better/easier API for people integrating their own application with MVC Forum.

Visually I've been taking a look at the Twitter Boostrap project, and might end up creating a theme for MVC Forum based on the work done by the Twitter guys. Hopefully this will make a theme with a more 2012 look and feel. I'm currently trying the bootstrap project out with another project I'm doing, and if that works out fine, I'm also considering moving the administration section to the bootstrap code, to get a more uniform look. The administration section as it is now, is a mix of two different designs (the overall design and the form design).

Any feedback and ideas are welcome!

Categories: MVC Forum - Alpha 4 - Twitter Boostrap - Alpha 5