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Last week was spring break here in Oregon and after taking a few days off to start, I spent the remainder of the time working hard on polishing up Planbook and PlanbookConnect. Late in the week, Planbook 2.5 went final for Mac. This update includes the long awaited PlanbookConnect syncing and the introduction of assignments as a way to track work given out during class.

You can grab the 2.5 update using your built in auto-updater or directly here.

There’s a whole laundry list of new features and bug fixes which you can check out in the release notes.

As always, your feedback is much appreciated and vital to Planbook’s continued improvement.

Just a brief note to say that I’ve released a new 2.5 beta (250001) that fixes an issue with the month view displaying incorrect dates for lessons.  I’ve also continued to improve the look of the month view.

You can grab the update here or using the auto-updater built in to previous versions of 2.5

As always, feel free to drop me an e-mail with any suggestions.

 

I’ve made a number of updates to the last beta version of Planbook.  You can download this version here, or use the autoupdater built in to the previous builds of the Planbook beta.  Most notably, the changes in this RC include:

• You can now show and hide the left sidebar to get more screen space for editing using a menu item or key command.
• A number of keyboard shortcuts have been restored for navigation.
• The month view look and feel has been improved.
• Attachments to either lessons or assignments can be removed by right clicking on them (or holding ctrl and clicking with a one button mouse).
• Lesson templating has returned.  You can now use what you enter for a particular lesson as a template for others in that course.
• Other bug fixes.

I hope to release the final 2.5 soon.  Please, as always, let me know about any bugs that you discover.  Thanks!

Another week, another beta.

You can grab the latest update to the Beta using the built in updater found in previous versions of 2.5, or you can grab it right here. As with all beta software, please be sure that you’re creating effective backups of your data files as using beta software carries inherent risks.

The fixes in the release are as follows:

• Fixed issue when using the calendar to select a day that does not include lessons


• Fixed issue surrounding not removing attachments when overwriting a lesson during a copy operation


• Improved sync reliability with Standards


• Made Library lessons uneditable to prevent issues

As always, please don’t hesitate to drop me a line with any questions or concerns.

I’ve posted another Beta version of Planbook for Mac. You can grab the update using the autoupdater built into previous Beta releases or by downloading directly from Hellmansoft.This update addresses issues that could cause a crash during the initial sync of a Planbook file, leaving an incomplete school year on the PlanbookConnect servers.

If this bug affected you and you are left with an incomplete set of data on the servers, please do the following to remedy the problem.

1. Log into your account at PlanbookConnect

2. Use the “Personal Info” link at the top of the screen to navigate to your settings.

3. Click “Purge File”. This will remove all traces of your file from the PlanbookConnect servers.

4. Using the new Planbook beta, please sync your file again.

5. After the sync process completes, verify that all your lessons are present online.

As you participate in the Planbook Beta, it would be most helpful if you could copy any crash reports that you see into an email and send it my way. Thanks!

The beta process and bug smashing continues for the 2.5 release of Planbook. You can grab the latest update to the Beta using the built in updater found in previous versions of 2.5, or you can grab it right here. As with all beta software, please be sure that you’re creating effective backups of your data files as using beta software carries inherent risks.

The fixes in this release are as follows:

• Attachments and Assignments now copy correctly when dragging and dropping lessons


• The library in the inspector now sorts lessons and attachments alphabetically


• The daily report now opens to the current day when chosen from the reports menu.

Thanks and, as always, please don’t hesitate to provide feedback (especially using the new help-menu tool) about Planbook!

The next beta is here, as promised. You can grab it right here or, if you’re already using a previous 2.5 beta, from the built in auto-updater. As with all beta software, please be sure that you’re creating effective backups of your data files as using beta software carries inherent risks.

The fixes in this release are as follows:

• Planbook now includes a mechanism to provide feedback within the application. Use the “Help” menu, “Send Feedback” menu item to send feedback direct to me with bugs, suggestions or support requests.


• Fixed an issue with deleting assignments


• Fixed an issue regarding drag and drop standards application in the full screen editing mode


• Fixed an issue where, when adding web links to an assignment, you could not cancel the action

Thanks and, as always, please don’t hesitate to provide feedback (especially using the new help-menu tool) about Planbook!