Another round of updates
We’re very pleased to announce an update to http://crantastic.org/, the community site for R packages. Notable new features include:
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More package relationships. We now have enhances, imports, and reverse relationships.
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Easier rating: just log-in, and click the number of stars you think the package deserves. You don’t even need to leave the page.
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A latest versions feed, which lists all package updates. The feed displays package descriptions, readme’s, news, and changelogs. The feed is available via auto-discovery (in most browsers this means that it is listed in the feed-list in the right part of the address bar), or directly from http://crantastic.org/versions/feed.
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A new packages feed, which only includes new packages. This is ideal if you want to follow a low-traffic feed but still keep up-to-date with package releases. This is also available via auto-discovery, or directly from from http://crantastic.org/packages/feed.
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Integrated CRAN package priorities. These packages are now automatically tagged with a special priority-tag (either “Recommended” or “Base”). Have a look at the boot package for an example.
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You can now set up a homepage and a short profile for your user page.
Other minor improvements include:
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Made the package index page more “browser-friendly” - one can now use the browser’s “back”-button to return to the previous state and link directly and/or bookmark searches.
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Package ratings are now displayed in search results.
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Instructions for how package ratings integrate with reviews are now displayed when writing a new review. Its possible to rate the package while filling out the review form.
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Login/signup is now displayed in a single Ajax dialogue (for clients that has JavaScript enabled).
Please visit the site, rate & review your favourite packages, and give us some feedback! If you run into any bugs or errors, please report them at GitHub Issues or ship us an e-mail.
Development notes
We’ve upgraded to the latest version of the compass stylesheet framework. This includes version 0.9 of Blueprint. No problems were encountered.
We’ve added a sitemap which should help keep search engines up to date with changes to R packages.
Written by Bjørn Arild Mæland & Hadley Wickham, 04 Jul 2009- Previous: 23 Jun 2009 » Announcing new features
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