Posts for the month of September 2013
Indico 1.1 released
It is with great pleasure that we announce that Indico 1.1 has been released.
81 tickets have been closed for this release. The full list is available here:
Here are some of the most relevant ones:
Interface
- New event browsing interface (cleaner and more modern)
- New "User Dashboard" and "favorite categories" features
- Separate Redis setup required
- Re-designed Room Booking module, user-friendly interface
- New user-friendly Event Log
API
- Now accessible using cookie authentication (from within Indico, with CSRF token);
- Compatibility with Indico Mobile
Misc
- Speakers can now have submission rights in lectures
- Paper reviewing managers, referees and reviewers have now permission to upload papers on behalf of the author
- ZIP files now use ZIP64 extension (larger sizes)
- Room Booking - Room can now be changed after reservation is cloned
Fixes
- Author ordering in Book of Abstracts
- Timezone was not correctly applied in conference timetables
- ... and many others!
Indico Mobile
Another important fact is that any 1.1+ Indico setup can pair up with Indico mobile. There is no stable release date foreseen for Indico Mobile, but the GitHub version is now in production at CERN and being actively developed.
We hope you like it!