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Monday, June 30, 2008

PBX-in-a-Flash Dynamic UI v3.0



PBX-in-a-Flash v1.2 (PBIAF) has arrived hearkening back to the more community focused & friendlier days of Asterisk@Home, and before the Fonality corporate takeover & questionable practices that have overshadowed the TrixBox community.

In celebration of getting back to the basics (and what a step-forward PBIAF has done in terms of easy updates!) we thought it high time we bring out a new version of DynamicUI to match! We think you'll like the improvements, our friends and clients did!

As before, no configuration or editing necessary, just drop into place and it does the rest. Additionally, it has been written to accommodate new additions and web services as PBIAF & 3rd-Party projects continue to evolve.

What's New:
  • Updated specifically for PBIAF v1.x!
  • Logo changes for PBIAF installations (due to Fonality trademark overkill no Trixbox or Asterisk@Home logos, all installs show the PBIAF logo only)
  • Updated user-interface ("metal" style)
  • Optional RSS support
  • Web 2.0 enabled & initial effects applied
  • Cross-browser (Win: IE6/7, FF2/3 -- OSX: Safari 2/3, FF2/3)
  • XHTML Strict compliant (other than a couple non-W3C CSS hacks for IE6/7!)
  • Skinnable interface (additional skins below!)
  • Customizable/dynamic buttons (easy to add your own if need be, edit "welcome/.htindex.cfg")
  • Optional UI Wrapper for calling apps (easier nav back)
  • Optional Reseller/End-user branding by editing "_branding.htm"
  • End-user & Admin menus can have different branding
  • Internationalization by editing the button definition file "/welcome/.htindex.cfg"
  • Better secured data files & password at the server
  • Default install has an end-user menu enabled (you can disable of course!)
  • Supports components up to PBIAF v1.x release (AAH v2.8 & TrixBox v1.0 should still work but are technically untested)
    • Installation:

    Instructions from the linux command prompt on your Asterisk box:

    1) (login of course)
    2) cd /var/www/html
    3) mv index.php index-old.php (keep a backup in case you want to revert!)
    4) wget http://www.kennonsoft.org/projects/pbiaf/admin-ui-3.tgz
    5) tar -xzf admin-ui-3.tgz
    6) rm admin-ui-3.tgz
    7) chmod 777 welcome/.htindex.dat
    8) chmod 777 welcome/.htindex.cfg

    Optionally Enable Sample Branding ...
    9) cp _branding_sample.htm _branding.htm

    Optionally Disable Branding ...
    10) cp _branding_empty.htm _branding.htm
    That's All Folks!

    Otherwise, please see the Asterisk@Home Dynamic UI v2.0 article (click left side or scroll below) for all other usage and feature details!

    Have fun, gang ...




    Screenshots:




    Administrative core function in special area at bottom. Also, custom end-user/reseller branding region at the bottom


    RSS feed & wrapper feature easily customized


    Wrapper feature makes for easier navigation back to the main menu





    Additional Skins:



    A "minimalistic" skin created by a PBIAF community user cjkeeme - click to download.

    posted by Kennon Software at 4:05 PM | 0 comments



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