http://www.yetanothercommunitysystem.com/article-4658-yacs-8-2-forms-calendars-shaped-mails The interactive support of forms has been a long-lasting request, and starting with version 8.2 it is becoming a native feature of YACS. As usual, we have started with rock-solid building blocks, and you will find in this version an easy-to-use form editor that leverages the AJAX technology. This will be expanded over time with next monthly releases, thank you to test YACS forms and to provide feed-back to the development team. Support of on-line calendars has been streamlined as well, and the addition of the overlay 'day' to a section is the only configuration step required to build monthly views of next events. Previous users of this overlay may have to add some parameters to switch back to the previous behaviour. Another important feature coming with this release is the shaping of mail bursts. Initially this is imposed by limits set by Internet service providers. YACS is now smart enough to delay the transmission of mail messages to stay below the threshold of 50 mail messages per hour or so. 326 files have been modified or added since the previous release. Here is a list of new or updated features coming with this release:  Forms are described in a new table of the database, abstracted in forms/forms.php  Forms can be created, changed (forms/edit.php) or deleted (forms/delete.php), but only by associates.  The form editor makes full usage of AJAX, thanks to the library forms/forms.js, to drag-and-drop forms elements, and to change field properties as well.  The test script for Ajax, tools/ajax.php shows how to open a populated window, how to manage item properties, and how to create a sortable list.  All available forms are listed in a single index page, at forms/index.php , using layout forms/layout_forms.php  When ... fr 2002-2008, Paxer Conseil bernard.paques@bigfoot.com bernard.paques@bigfoot.com 40.32 -111.68 Sat, 17 May 2008 16:36:42 GMT Yet Another Community System http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 59