Monday, July 28, 2014

Action Grid Has Just Got Even Better: Welcome Action Grid 1.1!

Another week, another new release! This spring was busy, June even busier and now in July the team is just sweating, boiling and heating over the new Action Grid.

Weeks of research, mixed up with your feedback and flavored with innovation and creativity — that's exactly what we've put into the new Action Grid to make it ideally match your data viewing needs.

Can You Smell Something Great?

You've heard hints from @dnnsharp on Twitter of Action Grid 1.1 about to be released...

I know you’ve all been waiting on the edge of your seats and this makes for a happy Wednesday.

We’re pleased as punch to announce a brand spanking new release... Slick and polished, fresh and streamlined, the shining new Action Grid is out!

Action Grid 1.1 Comes With a Stack of Awesome Features

Hot on the heels of the release of Action Form 3.5, Action Grid 1.1 introduces a lot of new features, as well as a ton of improvements and bug fixes, making it a stable and feature-rich version! Let’s dig in!

Here are a few features that should make you want to upgrade as soon as possible.

Listing Template
Once with 1.1 version, Action Grid is shipped with a new engine to support different layouts besides the grid view.

Computed Fields
This feature allows you to create your content that references existing Data Source fields using token syntax, e.g. [FieldName].

Grid Buttons
From now on you can easily add custom grid buttons to be used to implement bulk actions or perform related tasks.

Item Buttons
These buttons are shown for each item in the list view or grid view. You can define a list of actions to be executed when the button is clicked.

.CSV Export
This feature allows you to convert grid data in downloadable .CSV files that can be easily exported.

Action Grid Listing View

These features are just a tiny part of this update. A lot of our time was spent on fixing bugs that have been reported since the release of Action Grid 1.0. For a complete list of changes, please refer to the changelog below:

Implemented new engine to support different layouts besides the grid view
Added the ability to specify an HTML template to format one entry with the ability to specify how many entries are displayed in a row on various devices
Implemented Listing View to achieve multi column item listings
Implemented grid buttons
Implemented new architecture for actions
Changed default page size to 12 (so it's compatible with the 12 column grid system)
Implemented smooth add/edit in popup with Action Form data sources to edit entries without leaving the grid page and refresh data once it's updated
Implemented custom (computed) fields that can use other fields (using token syntax)
Implemented responsive capabilities for grid columns
Changed admin UI so after selecting a data source, fields are selected individually, rather than including all of them
Added action to export to CSV
Implemented confirmation for all buttons
Added new flags: requires selection, show count
Added new actions to trigger data source actions: add, delete, edit, view, refresh
Added view URL for all data sources
Removed old Delete actions, Edit button, Add button
Added errors from API to the Admin Event Viewer
Upgraded AngularJS and Bootstrap to latest
Implement SQL Data Source also on top of Lucene index
Integrated DnnSharp.Common
Removed tinymce, using textAngular.js now
Integration with other of our modules so it loads same jQuery/Bootstrap versions only once
Added prefiltering for Action Form data source
Added localization for front end
Added localization for nl-NL
Added options to disable add and delete for Action Form data source
Added jQuery and Bootstrap checkboxes in Admin general settings
Added option to disabled search and filters
Fixed activation for DNN 7.3
Fixed localization for prev and next buttons
Fixed logging of errors
Fixed incompatibility with IE8
Fixed populating columns for Database Table data source
Fixed bug connection string null, when click on save without data source or leaving data source empty
Catch exceptions with invalid connection string separately from other SQL exceptions
Fixed bug when Id field was not included in grid, the item buttons did not work
Fixed issue with SQL data source connection
Fixed replacing tokens in SQL for filters in SqlQueryDataSource
Fixed data source missing import export
Fixed delete option for Action Form data source
And many more...

You know something? A video is worth a thousand words. Why not watching a video on what's new in Action Grid 1.1?

But you simply have to check it out now, because today Action Grid got more feature-rich and easy to use than ever before!

Is It Worth Upgrading to Action Grid 1.1? Short Answer: Yes

So get your hands on the freshest Action Grid version and let innovation and cutting-edge technology into your everyday DNN activities!

If you've been thinking of investing into Action Grid, there's now need for delay. Just choose the license that suits you best, and buy it here!

Closing...

Amongst the hullabaloo surrounding the release of Action Form 3.5, Action Grid 1.1 is shipped with a bunch of cool, new features.

We welcome all feedback about these changes. We're staffed and ready to help you work through this transition — simply post on our support forum. And if you just want to drop us a love letter, rave on Twitter or share this news on Facebook, we'll take that, too!

And by the way, are there any other Action Grid features and improvements you're craving for? Join the comments below — we'll gladly hear from you and will build Action Grid roadmap on what you really want and need!

Author: Ionut Grecu

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