Elgg 1.7.2 was released this week and it is primarily a bugfix release. I usually don't post stories about web application releases that add no new features but felt inclined to do so this morning. Elgg is one of those social media applications that I've always wanted to use for a project but never got around to using. If I can't find the right project to need Elgg then at least I can talk about it and keep it in my thoughts.
Some of the more significant bug fixes in this release include:
- Saving drafts and previewing blogs works as expected.
- Page titles can now be edited in the Pages plugin.
- Group names no long show up in Friends Collections.
- Added a group member listing page.
- Group forum topics can be edited.
- User data for usernames with UTF8 characters are correctly migrated to the new data scheme.
See Brett Profitt's post for additional details about Elgg 1.7.2.
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Bryan, I'm glad you are at least keeping Elgg in your thoughts.
I'm not a developer for, or any type of official supporter for Elgg, but I have used it for the platform for our social networking site and have been impressed with the support for the core as well as continuing development of useful plug-ins. While probably not as easy to get up and running as some CMS applications, it does offer a fairly robust platform for a wide variety of set-up configurations for a social network or private network application.