Version History (Publicly Released)

The latest variant appears at the top of the page:

Unless specifically stated otherwise, the changes apply to all platform variants:

Updates specific to the Intel Only Update
- Release date 25 November 2009
- Introduced Intel Only Server software update.

Updates specific to the 422 Build
- Release date 25 November 2009
- Removed error on (new) site creation.
Updates specific to the 420 Build
- Release date 01 April 2009
- Introduced form validation capability.
- Added capability to add specialist code to page head sections.
- Added automatic validation javascript inclusion.
Updates specific to the 412 Build
- Release date 31 March 2009
- Introduced automated robots.txt process, managed through the search engine control page.
Updates specific to the 400 Build
- Release date 22 March 2009
- Introduced sitemap capability to upload mechanism.
  Sitemaps created and uploaded on a site by site basis, even if same site uploaded to multiple locations.
Updates specific to the 396 Build
- Release date 22 March 2009
- Corrected minor style setting error which broke W3C compliance on index page.
  All created pages and stylesheets are now fully W3C compliant (HTML 4.01 Transitional and CSS 2.1) once again.
Updates specific to the 394 Build
- Release date 16 March 2009
- Amended database revision routine, plus corrected footer sessions issue causing footer abberations.
Updates specific to the 393 Build
- Release date 15 March 2009
- Added capability to have a standard page footer (via html code, or banner image style) added to all pages.
- Added left, center and right align option for footer images and 'footer code'.
- Added option to have footer code (and images) encapsulated in a footer table that matches the base menu colour of that category.
Updates specific to the 389 Build
- Release date 09 March 2009
- Added left, right and centre aligned banner image options.
Updates specific to the 388 Build
- Release date 04 March 2009
- Added Webonauts-only password import export mechanism.
- Fixed ftp server bug when importing sites.
Updates specific to the 386 Build
- Release date 26 February 2009
- First release wholly under the control of Webonauts LLP.
- Removed donation code option(s).
- Added facility to add embedded media to pages via editor system.
- Added 'Compact' or 'Expanded' menu option for the page making process.
  Not currently exportable between machines, but very simple to implement from a user perspective.
  Useful for complex menu structures.
Updates specific to the 386 Build
- Release date 26 February 2009
- First release wholly under the control of Webonauts LLP.
- Removed donation code option(s).
- Added facility to add embedded media to pages via editor system.
- Added 'Compact' or 'Expanded' menu option for the page making process.
  Not currently exportable between machines, but very simple to implement from a user perspective.
  Useful for complex menu structures.
Updates specific to the 380 Build
- Release date 08 February 2009
- Fixed a series of anomalies affecting W3 standards compliance.
- Software now creates W3 standards compliant HTML 4.01 Transitional and CSS 2.1 code.
- Licensing change:
  The DutyCrew software is licensed for non commercial use on uniquely individual machines.
  It is not licensed for Networked use (i.e. users who are working on other machines).
  For editing 4 or more sites, a donation towards the development of this software is required, which will result in a donation code being provided to the user.
  Access to the donation mechanism is via the software login page.
  To use this software commercially, (i.e. not for own business, but to receive payment for making sites for other parties) it is required that the user undergo training and to become a Webonauts Franchisee.
Updates specific to the 357 Build
- Release date 19 January 2009
- Fixed minor style import bug.
Updates specific to the 354 Build
- Release date 13 August 2008
- Fixed bug which could be triggered by user using controller to log in, triggering an error message, whilst already logged in, in a different browser window.
Updates specific to the 353 Build
- Release date 02 August 2008
- Fixed site import bug with newly exported sites, did not affect older exported archives.
Updates specific to the 352 Build
- Release date 31 july 2008
- Fixed site export bug where system looked for a non-existent table resulting in a failed export.
  Code amended and is now fail-safe.
Updates specific to the 350 Build
- Release date 14 July 2008
- Improved editing experience.
  Name of page being edited now appears in browser window title bar, making it easier to navigate between windows when there are many windows open).
- Improved page locking mechanism.
  Removed conflicting code, which sometimes caused file-locking difficulties, to avoid timeout problems whilst in the page editing phase.
- Fixed included file bug in site test section.
- Fixed minor style import bug (introduced whilst preparing style system for future upgrades).
Updates specific to the 345 Build
- Release date 11 July 2008
- Further improved upload mechanism for Safari users.
Updates specific to the 344 Build
- Release Date 09 July 2008
- Improved, more stable upload process introduced, copes better with slow connections and busy ftp servers.
- Introduced 3 site limit for 'non-donating' users.
Updates specific to the 312 Build
- Release Date 04 July 2008
- Improved site export and import options - sites now retain full details of alternate site uploads if needed, with the exception of passwords (this is intentional for security reasons).
- Enhanced datestamp option by adding a 'Page last edited" option which will allow the last edited date of a page to be displayed at the bottom of it.
- This can easily be turned on and off, with a number of date formats being available.
Updates specific to the 310 Build
- Release Date 03 July 2008
- Revised complete import/export mechanism using UTF-8 due to cross-platform compatibility issues. Included legacy support for importing older archives.
Updates specific to the 309 build
- Release Date 02 July 2008
- Fixed minor errors as recorded in the error logs, discovered during testing of previous builds, plus minor Safari timeout related workarounds.
- Cancelled implementation of access logs (reduces footprint of the software).
- Fixed css error on donation link page.
- Fixed paragraph creation issue on Safari.
- Updated editor to TinyMCE version 3.1.0.1 which further fixed Safari incompatibilities.
- New controller to launch default browser, now that Safari is compatible.
- Removed registration requirement.
- Added donation buttons on login page.
- Added 'Donations thanks' on login page for all users who donate.
- Added database enhancements to aid future development.
- Portable Camino no longer required (our thanks are extended to Carlo Gandolfi and Paolo Portaluri and their portable Camino project
- - [http://www.freesmug.org/]
- - [http://plus2.it/~paolo/]
- Smaller download due to no requirement to include Portable Camino.

Updates specific to the 284 Build
- Released 13 December 2007
- Fixed Style Generation bug.
  The note, notebold and attention styles were not being correctly encoded in stylesheets when site was 'made/printed'.
Updates specific to the 283 Build
- Released 10 December 2007
- Improved 'page locked' mechanism for OS X.
- Improved Page Editor 'save' process.
Updates specific to the 280 Build
- Released 07 December 2007
- Page Editor style generation updates.
  Users should run "Site Maker" once on all sites after update and prior to page editing.
Updates specific to the 278 Build
- Released 30 November 2007
- Page Edit Chooser now has 'top of page' link.
Updates specific to the 277 Build
- Released 29 November 2007
- Style system revised to generate default font sizes for table headers.
- Page Edit Chooser now has 'bookmark' facility to prevent unwanted scrolling whilst editing sequential pages.
- Page Edit Chooser also has 'Quick Find' alphanumeric menu at top of page.
Updates specific to the 276 Build
- Released 28 November 2007
- Style generation system modified to allow Page Editor to more accurately implement styles.
- Default Font sizes now applied to Paragraphs, Lists and Tables.
Updates specific to the 272 Build
- Released 26 November 2007
- Page Editor now shows names (long and short) of page(s) being edited.
- Improved, more efficient upload mechanism.
- Improved server path handling for uploading to servers where site root folders need creating.
- Faster ftp web page deletion mechanism.
Updates specific to the 270 Build
- Released 21 November 2007
- Improved stability for lower specification systems (extended times for certain operations).
- Improved upload mechanism.
- Improved image generation.
Updates specific to the 267 Build
- Released 19 November 2007
- Site import mechanism improved.
- Site upload mechanism improved
- Fixed Site Import failure when first action after install is to import a site (fails to make initial directory)
Update specific to the 266 Upgrade
- Released 13 November 2007
- Windows: Enhanced automated configuration, which fixes a whole group of user and administrator permissions issues with Vista.
- Windows: Improved configuration tool for upgrades and installations (Windows users with abnormal DutyCrew behaviours and errors should upgrade to this version or higher without delay.).
- All platforms: Eliminates accidental demo 'watermarking' of fully licensed software where page has been left unchanged for extended periods (page now auto refreshes)
Update specific to the 264 Upgrade
- Released 07 November 2007
- Enhanced upload robustness to deal with extremely slow ftp hosts.
- Provides less intrusive demo 'watermarking' (smaller fonts used and top/bottom watermarking removed)
Update specific to 262 Upgrade:
- Released 07 November 2007
- More reliable uploads for hosts with slow ftp servers.
- Improved site publishing mechanism.
- NEW FEATURE:
  - Alternate ftp uploads
    Permits uploading of same code to alternate ftp locations.
Updates specific to 261 Upgrade
- Released 06 November 2007
- Provides minor interface improvements.
Updates specific to 259 Upgrade
- Released 05 November 2007
- Provides 'auto-import' function when uploading style archives to system.
- Improves Vista 'experience'.
- Fixes intermittent style import errors.
Updates specific to 257 Upgrade
- Released 01 November 2007
- Fixes Vista issue with 'making' sites.
Updates specific to 255 Upgrade
- Released 29 October 2007
- Provides separate online sources of upgrade information for Linux, Mac and Windows.
- Fixes intermittent menu repeating error for imported sites.
- Fixes style chooser and preview system when using sites with multiple styles
  (i.e. with different styles applied per category).
(Windows only) 251 Upgrade
- Released 27 October 2007
- Now Vista Compatible
- Fixes configuration error (Windows only).
- Fixes urlOpen error in Editor.
Updates specific to 250 Upgrade
- Released 26 October 2007
- Mac OS X Leopard enabled.
- Revised Mac Installation process (Full installer replaces 'Drag n Drop' installer).
- Revised License loading process.
- Improved cross-platform compatibilty.
- Better 'non-admin' functions, for unprivileged users.
Mac ONLY:
- Released 18 October 2007
- Update to Portable Camino 1.5 Multilanguage
- Fixes apparent failure (timing out) to load browser from Controller for non-admin users on OSX.
- Recommended for all Mac Safari/Omniweb and WebKit users.
- WebKit has some issues with our page editor, so we have had to provide an alternate preconfigured browser.
- See updates page for download links.
Updates specific to the 246 Upgrade
- Released 18 October 2007
- Fixes license loading error for subscription and purchased licenses.
- Now actually loads the new license instead of timing out.
Updates specific to the 234 Upgrade
- Released 16 October 2007
- Registration is now optional for demo software.
- Simply install and run the software.
- Demos are now of unlimited duration.
- Demo software watermarks any sites made with the DutyCrew software.
- Fully licensed software removes the watermarking.
- Enhanced Log In page.
- Enhanced Machine registration routine.
- Enhanced User registration.
- Page deletion facility (with link stripper)
- Page renaming facility (with link fixer)
- Category renaming facility (with link fixer)
Updates specific to the 227 Upgrade
- Released 03 October 2007
- (Windows Only) Security and Verification:
  - DutyCrew Installer executables are all now digitally signed for added security and verification.
  - DutyCrew Updater executables are all now digitally signed for added security and verification.
  - This also includes:
    - DutyCrew Controller
    - Page Preview Tool
    - DutyCrew Server Configuration tool.
  - Updated (Windows only) 08 October with Digital signatures.
- Added Features (all platforms):
  - New Feature - automated email address encryption to reduce impact of spam-bots.
  - Page Editor now enabled for Text Areas.
  - Enhanced Page Placement features (Native and web names displayed alongside preview image)
  - Enhanced Page Removal features (Native page name displayed alongside preview image)
  - Page Edit chooser now displays Page previews in alphabetical order instead of creation order.
  - Menu adjustment now clearer.
- Fixes:
  - Fixed metatag inclusion error (incompatible with encryption system)
  - Fixed page save error on Mac OS X (Tiger)
  - Amended code for Gecko based browsers which broke the forms element of the Page Editor when inserting paragraphs.
    - A more efficient fix will be introduced as soon as possible.
Updates specific to the 222 Upgrade
- Released 27 September 2007
- Added Features:
  - Metatag edior and enabler.
  - Page editor is now Forms enabled.
- CSS generator revised.
- CSS color chooser updated.
- Upload feedback now includes time feedback for each stage.
- Fixed CSS menu border color issue (defaulted to white instead of chosen border color) for sub menus.
Updates specific to the 218 Upgrade
- Released 17 September 2007
- Fixed minor error with Editor where iframes would be stripped from source code.
- Fixed image preview system (reverted to older variant) as pages were left blank in preview window.
- Fixed Import errors with zip archives for style system.
Updates specific to the 216 Update:
- Released 11 September 2007
- Fixed minor page naming error that truncated page names with a "0" in them.
Updates specific to the 214 build:
- Released 29 August 2007
- More compact log in page.
- Revised image and media upload routines when uploading to live websites/ftp servers.
- Duplicate items being imported into the system are now appended with a datestamp in the form of:
- YYYYMMDDhhmmss (e.g. 20070831093022 [which would be 2007 August 31st 09.30.22])
- This prevents existing files being accidently overwritten with new data.
First DutyCrew2 Cross Platform Release (build 200):
- Released 25 July 2007
- Introduced new version naming system with release of DutyCrew2.
Installer & Updater filenames:

The Filenames for the installers and/or updates have the following structure:
- e.g. 2.0.10.202 (or 2_0_10_202 on the Mac) where:
  - The first (primary) digit (2) will be the DutyCrew Major Version
  - The second (secondary) group of digits are the DutyCrew Minor Version
  - The third (tertiary) group of digits give the controller version
    (currently 10, but the controller is always given the full Major.Minor.Controller identification [and is thus currently 2.0.10])
  - The last (specific) set of digits give the code version number (and is the most likely to change on a regular basis)

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