Ushahidi v3.0.0-beta.21 is here!!!!

Progress continues on the v3 development front. Today, we’re rolling out an epic release of v3. Ushahidi v3.0.0-beta.21 is out! Take it out for a spin on our demo site. It’s not quite ready for production, but is close enough for you to play around with and share feedback with us on. Log in credentials for the test site are as follows:- username: demo, password: testing

What’s New?

You can now view Collections and Saved Searches,

Add posts to collections, and

Turn "unstructured" posts (ie. incoming SMS) into fully fledged posts

You can also use "related post" field to add links between different posts. ie. linking an incident post to a hospital post

We’ve added Twitter support (prototype). You can now configure a twitter data source and pull in message based on a hashtag or other search terms, and

Added filters for posts status and stage. You can use these to find posts in the various stages of their workflow.

What’s changed?

The platform now show posts’ "Current step" in listings

We’ve updated the user profile editor

We’ve cleaned up and fixed the timeline view

Authentication is also handled better. Users are only redirected to login when necessary

A number of bugs when receiving SMS messages have been fixed

We’ve added filters for current step, and post status

Users can optionally collect name and email address on posts from non-logged in users

Coming up next?

You’ll be able to create your own saved searches and collections of posts. Finally, you won't be stuck with just the defaults ;)!

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.

We are grateful for you, the Ushahidi community 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!