Beta 1

New features

• PHP 5.4 is now the minimum version required
• switched to using Composer and Bower to manage dependencies
• search posts by date range and multiple tags
• tags icons and color can now be changed
• message viewer prototype added
• ability to toggle partially completed features in site settings:
  • media_uploads: drag and drop media uploads for posts
  • sets_ui: organize posts into user-defined groups
  • api_explorer: inspect calls and responses to the backend API
  • data_provider_config: enable and configure data provider settings
  • map_settings: set default map options
  • form_wizard: edit custom post forms

Improvements

• increased test coverage of server code
• user authentication workflow improved and made more robust
• switched to using Gravatar for user icons
• sorting search results made more consistent
• various editing functionality for tags, users, etc improved
• many other small visual and workflow improvements

Documentation

• added instructions for native installation with Mac OSX and Homebrew
• installation and initial setup documentation updated
• data provider and SMS setup documentation reviewed

Downloads

Downloadable packages of this release, and their accompanying signatures, are available on the official download page. The packages available from Github are only suitable for developers, as they do not contain all of the required dependencies of the platform.