New Features in Bedework 3.9

Bedework 3.9 contains many enhancements.  Among them:

• Image uploads (public events):
  public event admininstrators can upload an image to accompany an event, with an auto-generated thumbnail used in the "Upcoming" event listings.

• Event registration system (public events):
  a simple public events registration system is now included with Bedework, allowing end-users to register to attend public events. 
  
  
• Multi-tenancy (public events):
  allows super-users to configure calendar suites "on the fly" without having to rebuild Bedework.
  
  
• Calendar suite resources (public events):
  allows calendar suite owners to manage images, CSS, or XML snippets from within the administrative user interface.
  
  
• Notifications:
  notification system for use with calendar sharing and public subscriptions
  
  
• Improved calendar sharing (personal calendaring):
  calendars can be shared by referencing a user account, and a notification will be sent to the specified user to accept (or reject) the calendar sharing invitation.
  
  
• Improved public subscriptions (public events/personal calendaring):
  users can subscribe to a public calendar (or event) that makes use of the new notification system
  
  
• Apache Solr (public events):
  Apache Solr  available for both the search engine and for retrieving the event listings. It provides improved performance and allows for paging of upcoming events (to be implemented soon) and for faceted search.
  
  
• Miscellaneous bug fixes and enhancements