What is Fusion News?
Fusion News is a news publishing system which will allow you to easily and effortlessly publish news onto your website. Unlike the majority of other similar software which require you to build your website around the software, Fusion News is designed to be used with an existing website. This is achieved by requiring you to only copy and paste small block of code into your website, which is automatically generated by Fusion News. This code will then display the news on your website!
Downtime
Posted by Dannonb on 16 August 2007.
There might be some downtime for the next few days. We are making some background changes :)
Fusion News Progress
Posted by Blackshadow on 4 August 2007.
It's been a while since the last update, so I'd thought I'd make one now. I've decided that with the vast number of changes and additions, the next version will be 3.9. Unfortunately, I haven't done as much as I would have liked to because of other commitments and projects.
Also, we're looking for anyone who would be willing to help out with Fusion News 3, and possibly 4. Covenant doesn't know the 3.x code well enough to help me, so it's just me at the moment working on it. If anyone would like to help out, please send me a PM using the forum. There will be a few tasks before letting you become a developer, so I know how well you understand the Fusion News 3.x code, and the way you've implemented whatever task that is asked of you. Before sending though, there are a few requirements:
- Must be able to use PHP4 (PHP5 if you wish to help out with Fusion News 4)
- Must know the Fusion News 3.x code fairly well
- Self-motivated; at least to the point that you don't rely on others to force you to do work :)
~ Blackshadow
Fusion News 4 Development Update
Posted by Covenant on 16 June 2007.
Just wanted to let you guys know that now we're done with exams development on Fusion News 4 is now back underway, and we're making good progress. Currently we're working on the User system (we assure you that login loops are a thing of the past) and from there our next big task is the actual news posting. Once that's done we might consider releasing a preview (alpha) version so you can see what the new bits of interface look like. For now, here's a sneak preview of the new control panel skin (the logo of which you can see at the top of the main site already).
Follow Up
Posted by Blackshadow on 19 April 2007.
As Dannob has already said, Covenant and I are currently extremely busy with school work, and revising for our upcoming exams (in 4 weeks), so we have very little time to answer questions even if we do get around to reading the topics you make. I myself am trying to reply to some topics at least twice a week, so I'm sorry if there is a slight delay between your initial asking date and my reply.
Also as a result of these busy times, we've not had as much time as before on working on 4.0. I've been trying to work on the fixes for 3.8 as much as I can, but for those who want to upgrade to 3.8, I'd advise that you stay with 3.7.6 for now, until I am able to completely fix everything, and get it back to the standards that Fusion News is known for.
We would be very grateful if anyone would be willing to help with the support forums.
Thanks
Alex
Support issue
Posted by Dannonb on 18 April 2007.
I've noticed that some people who make a new support thread get upset when we don't respond within a few hours. I just wanted to let you guys know that we do read each and every thread. If we don't respond right away it might be because we are not sure of the solution to your problem or because it has been reported before and properly addressed on the forums.
Also, we are busy with school most of the time, and Fusion news is being developed mostly as a hobby. That's not to say that we don't care about the project, we just don't have all the time that we need to support it properly. When we do have time, we answer every support thread, and address every issue and ideas that you guys come up with. And when the developers have extra time, they are hard at work coding Fusion news 4.0, which is a very important version for us, and one that is going to revolutionize Fusion news :D, it's going to have a ton of new features, just wait and see ;) . You can keep track of Fusion news 4.0 by visiting http://cia.vc/stats/project/fnews :idea:
Anyway, I just wanted to address that issue. And rest assure that we are trying to fix the bug reports that are being reported. 8)
