New version of Rainbow on the way.
Well I’m excited to announce that a new version of Rainbow is on the way. Since the first release I’ve had a lot of great feedback and suggestions on how to improve Rainbow from real world experience. I’ve tried to address most of the suggestions and added a couple more features that I think are really cool. Here’s a quick list:
- Easy install wizard
- Automated remote install (install straight onto your server without having to download a thing!)
- Custom user notes (on a per node basis)
- Apply template option (update a node to comply with a selected template)
- XML Preview button
- Rich text locking (the Rich Text mode has caused a bit of confusion)
- Relative/absolute path output
There’s also been a few usablility improvements and little fix ups here and there and importantly some optimisation of the code to allow Rainbow to cope with slightly larger data sheets.
These updrages all make Rainbow even better and I’m really excited to be releasing them. As for a release date - “soon” is as good as I can give right now, but I’m thinking weeks as opposed to months (or days). If you would like to give the new version a trial send me an email and I’ll be happy to organise a beta.
More info soon!
EDIT: Download the Beta now - http://www.codeandvisual.com/downloads/Rainbow_1.5_beta.zip
#1 by Marieke Eijkenaar at April 9th, 2010
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Since I want to buy Rainbow for 3 websites I would like to know if •Rich text locking . means that rainbow leaves the fonttype and fontsize in tact. I pointed out font and size in my swf’s and dont want it changed when my clients make changes in the text.
Hope to year from you.
thnx, Marieke
#2 by admin at April 9th, 2010
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Yes that’s right.
Rich Text Mode works by creating Flash-safe HTML markup for you to apply to the htmlText property of your text fields. If you lock your node with Rich Text Mode turned off then you will control exactly what is exported in your XML file without any fear of extra HTML code (that might set the font style and size etc.) changing the formatting of your text field.
Also by setting the text property as opposed to the htmlText property of your text field, it would not be possible to change the size or font of the text field in any case.
#3 by Serg at May 9th, 2010
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Hello,
This product is great. However I am still wondering how easy it is to use for a site that loads multiple XML files. Do you plan to add a feature where one would manage several xml files in the near future?
Thanks
#4 by admin at May 9th, 2010
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Rainbow 1.5 only supports a single XML file per project. However you can add multiple Rainbow instances to your server in order to maintain more than one file.