Wildfire Platform v2.27 Released
August 25th, 2009 by Sean Sawyer
The 2.27 release of the Wildfire Platform went live early yesterday morning. The focus of this release was almost exclusively on social media integration, from both the supporter mobilization side and a more general sharing approach. There’s a lot of great stuff in this release; here are some high points:
- Post on Facebook and Post on Twitter Actions – Mobilize users to get your message out by asking them to update their Facebook or Twitter status to a suggested message.
- Attend an Event Action – Core event functionality has been converted to use the Action infrastructure, allowing you to mobilize users to RSVP for, attend and pass-along Events.
- View Website Action – Drive users to sites that are important to your cause and ask them to pass-along to friends.
- Invite and Pass-Along via Facebook – Invite your friends to join and pass-along Actions using Facebook.
- Share via Facebook, Digg, Twitter and more – Share Events, Media and Bulletins on you favorite social media sites using the AddThis widget.
- Facebook Connect Improvements – Facebook profile information is now automatically pulled over on connect, and users can now update their profile picture from Facebook. Also, the login and signup flows have been tweaked to better handle connecting Facebook to existing Wildfire accounts.
- Mobilize by Activating a URL – Actions can now be mobilized and tracked by using special URLs generated by Wildfire that can be posted anywhere on the web.
- Signup API Method – Users can now be created via Wildfire’s REST API, allowing you to seamlessly integrate Wildfire signup into forms on any site.
- UserVoice Integration – Wildfire HQ and the support wiki now include a UserVoice feedback widget to help you make your suggestions heard. You can also visit our UserVoice site directly at http://wildfireplatform.uservoice.com/.
In addition to these new features, we started adding the back-end infrastructure for our upcoming Fundraising Action during the past sprint. The Wildfire Support wiki has grown by leaps and bounds over the past month, as well. You should also check out the new demo video on the Wildfire Platform main page!
