Netjuke 1.0b18-pre2 Released!

Hello Netjukers -

I'm pleased to announce the immediate availability of Netjuke 1.0b18-pre2. 
This release cleans up all bugs that have been identified since pre1 and 
should provide a much richer user experience.

As always, enjoy this pre-release and don't hesitate to report any bugs you 
find!

Thanks!
Blake Watters
Netjuke Maintainer & Lead Developer

Downloads :
ZIP Format : http://www.ibiblio.org/sbw/netjuke-1.0b18-pre2.zip (MD5 : 
2d76ccf1ab67cf88bd723d1ad9566c9f)
Tarball Format : http://www.ibiblio.org/sbw/netjuke-1.0b18-pre2.tar.gz (MD5 
: fc8fad1d9ff0b55e4f272de90496c4e6)

CHANGES SINCE -pre1 :

Organize utility now has more thorough error checking
Bugs in batch downloading have been squashed
Bugs in theme system have been cleared up
Adding users no longer results in a theme error
Annoying bug while batch editing has been fixed
More thorough AAC/shn importing
Missing language pack definitions have been added
Interface to duplicate track finder has been cleaned up
Various other small tweaks/fixes

RELEASE NOTES

Netjuke 1.0b18-pre2 Release Notes

Welcome to the Netjuke 1.0b18 pre-release! The last two months have seen 
intensive development efforts to stabilize and enrich
the Netjuke streaming media server. The emphasis for this release has been 
on creating a richer, more extensible environment
and tieing up loose ends to make Netjuke more feature complete. We 
anticipate that two more pre-releases will follow, as any
bugs are identified and the language packs are translated. This release is 
already vert stable and we anticipate an overwhelmingly
positive user experience for the new release. Read on to find out what's new!

Thanks for choosing Netjuke!
Blake Watters
Netjuke Maintainer and Lead Developer

NEW FEATURES :
- New 'Explore' view that allows the music collection to be navigated 
hierarchically added.
- Support for 'sub-genres'
- Metadata for genres/artists/albums is now maintained and may be edited
- Main page/explore views now have quick play/random-play icons
- Exclude from random by artist/album/genre/track
- Playlist editing has been implemented completely. Playlists can be 
reordered numerically or via up/down arrows.
- A new theme system has been implemented and 10 themes are provided. 
Netjuke's interface is more customizable than ever!
- Icon themes have been added. All buttons that use icons are completely 
themeable!
- The database maintain tool uses file modification times instead of file 
size to detect changes
- Rapid switch navigation toolbar in admin prefs
- Search by year and date have been added
- Not equal to (!=) operator added to search options
- Year is now displayed in track info
- Edit is the default action for editors/admins instead of view info
- License data is now maintained in the database
- Percentage complete is now shown in importer/maintain tools
- View date added/time modified in track info
- Netjuke will now remove random playlists older than one month (Rename 
them to save)
- Random tool can now jump straight to playing instead of going through 
playlist edit view
- Show File Location now uses theme (much better looking)
- You can now quick search by license, year, comments, and lyrics in browse 
view
- Sub-genre generation tool added to db-maintain tools
- Delete, refresh, and organize now work for groups (albums/genres/artists)
- New XML (RSS) integration added
- New module system that allows for seamless extension of Netjuke
- Prefs file now autosaves, this should eliminate 90% of the install problems.

BUGS FIXED :
- ID3 Writeback works flawlessly on Windows/Unix
- Added legacy functions for older PHP builds
- Editors can now edit text fields for tracks
- All known issues with IIS/Windows have been cleared up
- Netjuke now prefers ID3v2 to v1

OTHER CHANGES :
- Florian Maul has joined the development team
- Icons are no longer in language packs, eliminates redundancy.
- Upgraded to latest getid3 and adodb libraries
- Major code cleanups. Better organization across the board

KNOWN ISSUES :
- XML support is not yet fully complete.
- Remote control plugins are not fully complete
- This pre-release is English only
- This package was made on Windows, please verify your file permissions



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