June Webiva Updates

We've got a number of things in the works for Webiva soon and in the coming months.

The big news: Webiva.com - our SaaS platform for hosted Webiva websites is in the works and should be launching for Beta users at the start of August. We'll be collecting email addresses at Webiva.com soon for people interested in helping us test the hosted version of Webiva (and get a bunch of free hosting thrown in for their help)

On the development front:

The Webiva "People" page is getting a much needed overhaul with a new ridiculously-powerful User list filtering system. The new system lets you build User Lists off of pretty much any criteria you can imagine - and those user lists can be used in other parts of the system (such as in the Mailing Module to send emails to very customized lists)

You can filter people by using a custom query language:

But don't let the words "custom query language"  scare you away, as the system has a uber-powerful query builder that guides you through the process of putting the queries together by progressively revealing available options in a context sensitive manner:

The new people system is designed for sites with large numbers of users and won't choke on complicated queries (such as, show me how many of my 500,000 users have purchased this product but not logged in the past month) as it will run the query in the background if necessary and cache the results.

Easier Multi-server deployments. As part of the work we're doing for Webiva.com, we're going to make it much easier to do load-balanced multi-server deployments of Webiva. In fact, once you've run the quick_install.rb script on all machines, your work will be done. Uploaded Files will automatically sync among servers, and since all other assets (like themes) are stored in the database - a load balanced Webiva install will be completely transparent to users and website integrators.

Docs, Tutorials and Screencasts. Look for lots more documentation and gaggle of new screencasts taking you through some common tasks in Webiva.

Webiva.net Overhaul:  Webiva.net hasn't yet gotten a much need facelift. Look for a new site in the coming weeks with a lot more social functionality built-in, letting you showcase your Webiva projects and offer your services to people looking for Webiva websites and custom development.