Hello everyone, I am proud to announce zQuest 1.1.0 beta 1. This version finally supports Zope 2.4.x+ and runs on the PsycoPG DA for better scalability. Since PsycoPG was not stable until now, I held this release back. But with the latest 0.99.8 version (and the upcoming 1.0.0 release later this week) this PostGreSQL adapter seems to be stable and now ZQuest will also run reliably. But other than that, this release contains a variety of new features, code cleanup and new documentation: - Made a Class Problem Set Print Preview, so you can print out a test for people that can only take it offline. This feature is not yet completely usable, but it is a start. - Have a CSV File download for the Student Grades Overview; this way Spreadsheet Applications can read it! - Create a detailed Grade View for each student, so that the instructor can determine whether a problem set was completed late, in case he wants to give partial credit. - Better Error Handling on all levels. Setup a framework of condition statements in standard_error_message. - Batching Support for Lists. If a list has more than 10 entries the table will be split and you have buttons to move back and forth. - Increase Speed of List generation by optimizing code. There was some horrible inefficient code in the lists that would get all objects with objectValues() (requiring them to be loaded in RAM) and then it would get the attributes for each object separately (that means, the respective SQL Query was executed N times). Now no objects are loaded to RAM and all attributes are retrieved with one SQL Query. - Translated/localized the entire system using ZBabel. zQuest speaks already English, German and Spanish (thanks to José L Gómez Dans). - Support for Zope 2.4.x. - Add message boards for classes. You can now have discussions for each class, for example to announce homeworks, answer students' questions or simply clarify some class materials. - Send E-Mails to the entire class. - Support for skins in the installer. You can now select a skin when creating an instance. Four skins I created for CBU are already included: CBU Physics, CBU Chemistry, CBU Mathematics and CBU Computer Science. Each features another color scheme. - Wrote a "flatten" script that moves all objects from their Transparent Folders into the next real Folder. This should cause a boost in performance, since Transparent Folders really slow things down. There is also an option added to the installer. - Moved to PsycoPG as Database Adaptor, since it is more scalable. It also got rid of this PostgreSQL startup script hack!!! - Provided Installation Instructions. These instructions start with the installation of the operating system and end with creating an instance for zQuest. They are fairly specific and I hope to enhance them as people report issues. You can find the files and the documentation at the usual place at http://demo.iuveno-net.de/iuveno/Products/ZQuest/. The zQuest Installation Guide is in the Documentation section. Regards, Stephan -- Stephan Richter CBU - Physics and Chemistry Student Web2k - Web Design/Development & Technical Project Management