• 8/8/2010 – qSetup transition complete for all mainline Connection tools.  Starting to post updates for tools that include Connection 8.5 support (notably COBRAS) – these will not affect their functionality on mainline release versions of Connection 7 and 8.
  • 5/19/2010 - Starting the process of replacing all Install Shield setups with QSetup frameworks.  Superior flexibility, better support and smaller/faster setups will be the result (not to mention a rather significant cost savings for our little group).  All new releases of tools will include updated setups.  Keep an eye out for any issues with installs into various configurations - be sure to report anything unusual to me directly or via the forums. 
  • 3/9/2010 - Unity 8 and Connection 8 are available now.  All tools supported for those releases should have version support updated on the site now.  TOIs for both releases are available on the downloads page.
  • 2/3/2010 - Unity 8 and Connection 8 product releases are coming up.  Numerous tools updates and version support updates are taking place on the site this week along with some training material that should be out by the weekend.
  • 10/6/2009 - All tools that support automatic version update checks have now been upgraded to pull version info from the new site.
  • 10/3/2009 - Connection developer support web page is up!  For Connection 7.1(3) there is support for a REST based API for administration tasks.  Get support and documentation here: http://developer.cisco.com/web/cupi
  • 10/2/2009 - Connection 7.1(3) available for download on CCO.  Links to documentation, release notes and download page can be found here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6509/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
  • 9/30/2009 - Starting updates of most tools to provide version update checks via the XML file published on the new site.  Roughly 30 tools will be updated over the next week or so.
  • 9/18/2009 - New site goes live.
  • 9/13/2009 - All tools pages are now homed on the new site - ready for cut over on 9/18.
  • 9/9/2009 - Early notice of new site sent to CiscoUnityTools mailer list.
  • 95/2009 - Upgraded DHTMLX library used for the grid to 2.5.  Updated boolean grid columns to graphical "yes/no" fields.  Attempted to implement custom hooks for column filtering but the performance was too slow with the manual field checks so I left the old "0/1" auto filters in place and added an extra note to the top of the page.  Hopefully folks will catch on to how the filters work if they need to use them.  Updated the search page to have Unity and Connection content specific searches on a single tab control.
  • 9/3/2009 - First public beta of the new Cisco Unified Communications tools web site.  Internal mailer and the Unified Communications forum were sent links - feedback coming in from both.
  • 9/1/2009 - Automatic update of site from database driven application functioning end to end. 
  • 8/31/2009 - Fully functional "all downloads" page with XML driven grid support with filters available for internal testing
  • 8/27/2009 - Several layouts presented to internal users with various navigation thems.  A simple single frame with top navigation bar by far and away the most popular selection.  Simple and clean are the watchwords of the day.  301 reroutes tested on several pages from the existing site to the new one.  150 test entries in the .htaccess file proved to perform perfectly, TAC and tech pubs can keep their existing shortcut libraries for the time being.
  • 8/22/2009 - Staging site "LindborgLabsBeta.com" registered and active - ready for prototypes of new site design.