Overlord II is Feature Complete!

After a long, long, long time(too long), Overlord II is finally feature complete. It's not being released just yet, though.

Since it is such a huge change (most of the code has been completely rewritten) I want to do a good bit of testing first. So, to anyone who has purchased a license, if you would like to help me test this new version, please send an email to jacob [at] randomdeveloper.com and I will get back to you in day or 2 with the new code and instructions on what I need tested. The more people I have testing, the sooner I can release it.

As for what's new, here's the (mostly) complete changelog:
Version 2.0

NEW FEATURES:
* RSS Feeds for the entire site, individual Projects, and My Assignments

* Tagging! All items can be tagged with keywords, which are searchable through the search box on every page, and every item that has tags will show them as clickable links so you can easily find related items. When on the search page, there is now a 'tag cloud' below the search box that shows the most commonly used tags, with the most common tags in the largest font-size

* Email notices. Users can be notified when they recieve new assignments. This feature will be added to in future versions.

* Plugins! Anyone can now write their own plugin and it will automatically be used if installed correctly. I am still working on documentation for this, but the system is in place.

* Users can now create their own personal sidebar. This will show on every page below the search box and context sidebar(if present)

* Customizable global sidebar. Every page will now show the global sidebar below the user's personal sidebar. Overlords can edit the new global sidebar as well as other settings on the new Configuration tab

* A user's # of tasks, checklists, bugs, and messages created is now displayed on their profile, more activity logging will be added in future versions

* Localization. A system is now in place to allow for using different languages. While English will be the only officially supported language, user-made translations will be made available for download the Overlord website. These language packs will not be supported by the Overlord team and will be available on a use-at-your-own-risk basis


CHANGES:
* Rewritten code for speed and flexibility. Overlord now uses an object-oriented code structure with simple methods for manipulating data.

* URLs are now more consistent, and searches are shown as part of the url for easy linking or bookmarking

* Better logging capabilities, logged events are now an object and can be manipulated in the same way as tasks, bugs, etc.

* Installation instructions rewritten for clarity

* Various changes to HTML and CSS to fix bugs/improve usability, font-sizes should be consistent across all browsers/OSes and the layout should stretch or shrink to accomodate different browser text settings

* Enhanced Task List with column sorting

* Enhanced Milestone List with column sorting

* Checklists can have unlimited items, each item will remember when it was completed and by who

* Tasks, bugs, and checklists can be assigned to any number of people

* All items with deadlines track who completed them and when, indepent of the events log, so that the log can be cleared from time to time without breaking anything

* All items(other than messages) can be linked to a milestone now, including milestones, which allows for dependecy to be shown

* Many things can be collapsed/expanded with a click, some things are collapsed automatically such as assignment lists and checklists that have no completed items yet

* Minion names are now always shown as links to their profile and include a tooltip on mouse over showing various information about them

* The functionality of Style-tags has been expanded upon, showing mini-icons for each type of item, a minion's access level, or denoting an offsite link

* Users can now upload an avatar image, as well as using a remotely hosted image

BUGS SQUASHED:
* Using special characters or html tags in item names could result in an error or be incorrectly stored in the database

* The project overview calendar would sometimes show milestones that were not due in the 2 week period displayed by the calendar

* A few spelling/grammar errors were fixed


If you want to know more about Overlord, please visit www.phpoverlord.com and checkout the online demo. The demo will be updated to use version 2.0 soon.

P.S. I just want to say thanks to everyone who has purchased Overlord so far. I hope you like the new version!