Ushahidi v3.0.0.0-beta.20 release! It's live!

Ushahidi
Jul 2, 2015

We’ve just rolled out Ushahidi v3.0.0.0-beta.20, with more new features and improvements following our last release. 3.03-2 Take it out for a spin on our demo site, but keep in mind that this is not ready for production, but we continue to get closer. Log in credentials can be found below: username: demo password: testing

What’s changed?

We now have a cleaner configuration for developer environments using a .env file

Fast client development builds

We’ve made some minor fixes to data providers and posts APIs

What’s New?

Posts are now shown split into steps when creating and editing a post. These steps define the workflow of a post. You can move back and forward between steps, and mark each step as complete.

Data sources such as SMS can now be configured through Settings.

Coming up next?

Create, edit and view saved searches and collections of posts

How Can I help?

Translators!

We recently updated our repository for v3 on Transifex, removing old strings and updating new ones based on the recent changes. We could use your help getting translations up to 80% (See our Translators Power Ushahidi Campaign). Here’s a quick guide on how to get started

Developers

Download and Install the platform

Set up a development build

Follow our developer processes to send in bug reports and submit changes.

If you’re not already set up on Phabricator, please head over to the Ushahidi Phabricator page and sign up. Once your account is approved, here’s a guide to get you started.

Users/Deployers

Have a look at our roadmap,to track progress on tasks, and add your voice into anything you feel is a high priority for you.

Everyone!

Join our discussions on IRC/Hipchat/Gitter (Posting on any one of these channels displays on all of them) and the mailing list.

Join us for our Milan Meetup We’re reconnecting with our italian deployers before FOSS4G EU, on 13th July, 2015 at Politecnico de Milano. We’ll be training old and new users, and sharing updates on v3 development. Join us by signing up on our meetup event page. We are grateful for you and for all your input and feedback! Do feel free to reach out to any of us with questions, comments and concerns. In the meantime, stay tuned on our blog, meetup page, twitter, facebook page and wiki for more announcements. Happy v3 release day!