Version History

Kurogo continues to be improved. The following are significant improvements in each version. For more detailed release notes, see the included CHANGELOG file

Version 1.5

• NEW MODULE : Social. Show feeds from Facebook and Twitter
• Created ShellModule to create modules that run on the command line (UNIX only at this time)
• Kurogo shell modules have been created that can fetch public feed data in the background. See dev guide for setting up automatic fetching
• It is possible to change which module is the home module
• New XML Parser (SimpleXMLDataParser) makes it easier to parse simple XML documents
• Improved the Calendar Detail page
• Improved Map Module flexibility
• Enabled pagination of people results
• Add Shibboleth authentication authority
• Tablet Panes are now loaded Asynchronously
• Improved tablet interface for Photos
• Added ability to retrieve data using the cURL library
• A custom user class can be specified in Authentication configurations eliminating the need to create a custom authority
• Support for Co-Ed sports in Athletics module
• Updated handling of stats date. See Migration from Old Versions of Kurogo for important details on migrating existing stats data
• Many other bug fixes and minor improvements

Version 1.4 (March 5, 2012)

• NEW Module: Athletics
• NEW Module: Photos
• Updated Map module
• Overhauled the Data Retrieval classes to better support SOAP and Database retrieval methods and complex data models
• Better client side caching headers
• Added support for in-memory caching of Kurogo data structures using Memcache or APC
• Added developer support for encrypting data on disk (requires mcrypt)
• Added option to locally save user credentials so they can be passed on to external services
• Added support for Google Analytics domain names
• Added support to show emergency notifications on the home screen
• Federated search queries will now happen asynchronously on compliant devices.
• Added support to create copied modules from the admin console.
• Added support to remove modules from the admin console

Version 1.3 (October 13, 2011)

• Support for localization
• MultiSite
• New logging facility
• Updated Statistics module
• Updated Map module
• Improved support for recurring events in the calendar module
• Added support for grouping content pages
• If your news feed does not have full content, you can add a “read more” link
• Improved method of creating copied modules
• Support for YouTube playlists in the video module
• Support for Percent Mobile Analytics

Version 1.2 (July 19, 2011)

• Added support for grouping contacts and links
• Added support for IIS
• Streamlined theme development
• Created protocol for data sharing between modules
• Support for alternate methods and custom request headers in DataController
• Admin console can be used on tablets

Version 1.1 (June 1, 2011)

• Added reordering of feeds in the admin console
• Added support for Vimeo in the Video Module
• Added bookmarks to the people module
• Added HTTP proxy support to DataController

Version 1.0 (April 8, 2011)

Initial Release