Beta 0.9 - 17 Mar 2011
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Twitter plugin:
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*   Reduced Twitter API 502 errors
    When you run beta 9, you'll see a greatly reduced number of red
    Twitter API 502 errors in your crawler log. Turns out that if you
    request 200 tweets per Twitter API call, it often times out and issues
    a 502. Beta 9 only requests 100 tweets per call--which requires more
    calls, but results in fewer errors. The number of tweets your ThinkUp
    installation retrieves per API call is now configurable in the Twitter
    plugin's Advanced Settings area (though it's not something you should
    have to change unless you're troubleshooting or developing). More
    info:
    https://groups.google.com/forum/?pli=1#!topic/twitter-development-talk/_0mDiNCbZ0o

*   Fixed Follower Count charts where there is missing data
    If there's a gap in the follower count data (meaning, your crawler
    hasn't run every day the chart represents), those gaps are now
    reflected properly on the X-axis of the follower count graphs on the
    Main Dashboard as well as on the Follower Count page. Screenshot:
    https://skitch.com/ginatrapani/rigsh/ginatrapani-on-twitter-thinkup

*   Added Follower Count milestones
    Wondering how long it will take to reach 1,000 followers? 5,000
    followers? 100,0000 followers? Beta 9 adds a Follower count "next
    milestone" message that calculates how long it will take to reach the
    next level. Here's a screenshot of that in action:
    https://skitch.com/ginatrapani/rigar/mathowies-dashboard-thinkup

*   Corrected Retweet count ceiling at 100 RTs
    Thanks to Amy, retweet counts are no longer capped at 100; if there
    are more than 100 retweets for a post, that's reflected in the UI.

*   Resolved Twitter favorites crawler problem
    If you have no favorites or Twitter is reporting an inaccurate number,
    the crawler handles that more gracefully.

*   Fixed follower deactivation bug
    If a follower account has been deactivated, ThinkUp's crawler doesn't
    count that as an error; rather it deactivates the relationship and
    moves on.


Facebook plugin:
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*   Fixed broken Facebook avatar images
*   Facebook plugin now pages back to capture all comments on a status
    update, doesn't just get 25


Expand URLs plugin:
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*   Folded the Flickr Thumbnails plugin into the Expand URLs plugin
    You now set your Flickr API key in the Expand URLs settings; the
    database migration for beta 9 takes care of that for you.
    https://skitch.com/ginatrapani/rig2n/configure-your-account-thinkup


ThinkUp application:
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*   Simplified the plugins listing
    Before:
    https://skitch.com/ginatrapani/rig2a/configure-your-account-thinkup
    After:
    https://skitch.com/ginatrapani/rig2c/configure-your-account-thinkup

*   Improved indexes on tu_follows table to speed up queries
    Related mailing list thread:
    http://groups.google.com/group/thinkupapp/browse_thread/thread/78bbafc3e0efb754/738e61a3ad9f6833?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=tu_follows#738e61a3ad9f6833%20%20

*   Fixed several broken/out-of-date links and bad markup throughout the app
*   Fixed base URL calculation logic which generated undefined index errors
*   Fixed Export to CSV file errors
*   Improved email and URL validation
*   Improved installation checks for the PHP and MySQL versions ThinkUp requires
*   Password reset bugfix
*   Corrected CSS file source order
*   SlickGrid reply search is now embedded in-page on a post page
*   Top 20 words now displays yes/no/maybe for polls. Screenshot:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ginatrapani/5413706109/


Developer goodies:
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*   The FixtureBuilder library now supports MySQL functions
*   Tests are now completely PHP 5.2 compatible
*   Fully deprecated and removed the Database class from tests,
    everything is PDO/FixtureBuilder-based
*   Added test environment check which prevents devs from accidentally
    wiping their TU data
*   Added nightly test runs to thinkupapp.com server with results
    emailed to the dev list