Announcing Ushahidi v3.0.0-beta.10 release!

Ushahidi v3.0.0-beta.10 is out! 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. This is milestone 1 of 3 towards the first non-beta release! The next milestone release will be December 13th. NOTE: Items marked with (f) are frontend changes. Items marked with (b) are backend changes.

What’s New?

(f) A new web client is heavily under development

The home page has been rebuilt, with new search controls

We’ve also completed:-

Authentication with the API

Basic post creation with the API

Post detail design

Site settings design is currently in progress

(f) Unit testing and end-to-end testing has been set up

(f) Continuous integration can be seen at https://travis-ci.org/ushahidi/platform-client

What’s changed?

(b) Several endpoints transitioned to new architecture:

config

forms

form groups

messages

(b) The config endpoint now uses id instead of @group for consistency

(b) Initial support for importing data with custom date formats has been added in

(b) We’ve added in the following console tools:

bin/ushahidi dataprovider for sending and receiving messages

bin/tests for running the entire API test suite

How Can I help?

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, and add any features you feel are of high priority for you onto the Community Features/ Wishlist section

Everyone!

Join our discussions on IRC and the mailing list

Attention v2.x deployers!

Community Paths: We are still trying to better understand how to meet your goals and expectations on v3 based on your experience with Ushahidi v2. Share your experiences with us. Instructions here

Disaster response

Human Rights Mapping

Anti-Corruption Mapping

Election Monitoring

Environmental Mapping

Translators Power Ushahidi: We’re still reaching out to you to help us get translations of Ushahidi products over 80% on each language. The v3 translation repository for v3 on Transifex continues to show progress. DIG IN! Here’s a quick guide on how to get started ;)

In the meantime, stay tuned on our blog, meetup page, twitter, facebook page and wiki for more announcements, Happy v3 beta release day!!