Latest 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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Crantastic now tweets package releases and updates to the site’s twitter account.
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Package pages now include a list of related packages, based on package tags.
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We’re now using Feedburner for our main feeds – this means that we now can provide updates through email.
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Popularity contest for packages: you can now select which packages you use on the site. This will be used to provide stats on package popularity. We’re looking into ways for integrating this with Jeffrey Horner’s PopCon.
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Reviews can now be written in Markdown, and supports highlighting of embedded R code. For an example, take a look at this review.
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Users can now identify as package authors.
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Its now possible to comment on reviews. If a package author responds to one of “his” packages, the comment will be marked accordingly. Note that this feature will receive some polish in the coming days.
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Greatly improved cross-browser appearance – the site should now look much better in Internet Explorer and Opera (we mainly use Firefox and Safari ourselves, so these browser receives most attention).
Other minor improvements include:
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Added possibility to reset passwords, for the forgetful.
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“Live” validations of the signup form, providing instant feedback on e.g. username availability.
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All packages now have links to the R Graphical Manual.
New features just around the corner:
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A new R package for interacting with the site through the R console (tagging packages, ++).
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Weekly digests including all activity on the site.
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..and more!
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 done a lot of refactoring since the previous update, the biggest change being the transition to the excellent authlogic authentication system.
Written by Bjørn Arild Mæland, 03 Aug 2009- Previous: 04 Jul 2009 » Another round of updates
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