Elgg.org merged with Community, upgraded to Elgg 2.0.0-dev
Disclaimer: Please don't try to use Elgg 2.0 on a production site yet. It is still alpha software. Elgg.org is special because it is run by the same team that maintains the Elgg codebase. We are using elgg.org as a testing ground to really iron out remaining bugs before giving our stamp of approval on 2.0.
We aim to ship high-quality software, and one of the ways we do that is by "dogfooding" -- using the product that we'll give to others -- in order to align incentives to catch bugs and improve user experience. However, for the longest time, the main face of Elgg on the web -- elgg.org -- was not running Elgg at all! That ends today.
Elgg.org now runs fully on Elgg 2.0.
The consolidation of elgg.org and community.elgg.org has been a long time coming. Historically we've invested a lot of work into integrating between separate sites: elgg.org, blog.elgg.org, community.elgg.org. At some point we just figured, "Why not run all of them off a single installation of Elgg?" This helps us trim down overhead so we can focus on shipping features rather than maintaining glue between websites.
I'm pumped that it's finally a reality. Having only a single site to manage based on Elgg 2.0 will allow us to better focus our efforts on Elgg development and provide a better support experience for users. And of course, running elgg.org on Elgg 2.0 means users get all the benefits of a 2.0-based site, like ridiculously faster load times over flaky connections.
We expect there will be bugs. Please do report any you find to the Feedback and Planning group, or the elgg.org repo on Github. Thanks for using Elgg!
Evan Winslow
Latest comments
- Evan Winslow on Elgg 2.0.0-alpha.1 Released ():
@Rinaldo -- don't do that. 2.0 is not ready for production... 
Rinaldo on Elgg 2.0.0-alpha.1 Released ():
Hello, i have Elgg 1.12, how can I install the Alpha Release on top of...- saurabh on Elgg.org merged with Community, upgraded to Elgg 2.0.0-dev ():
Sure. I will wait for Final Release. Thanks - Evan Winslow on Elgg.org merged with Community, upgraded to Elgg 2.0.0-dev ():
No. Please don't, as the past clearly states in bold.
Glad to hear it's really making a difference for you!
i'm on about 6Mbps here and the pages are noticeably faster at loading now. :)
Thanks for taking that on, Evan. This is a noticeable and dramatic speed increase!
Fast indeed! Thanks.
I am using my cellphone and for sure the website now loads with a astonishing speed.
Thanks Evan and the rest of the developers.
Annotation posted via cellphone :)
Faster than I ever thought! Lightweight and it is friendly with my data plan!
when compare to old version its much faster guys , thanks for your contribution ..
@Evan, First of all Congrats on upgrade, it's really SuperFast.. :)
But, it can't be just plain Elgg and DB what are the Caching Techniques you are using, Can you also share your Server stack if possible.
It pretty much is just plain Elgg and DB. The only real notable difference is the server is running nginx instead of apache.
Search is powered by SOLR, so there's a major speed increase in searches over default Elgg mysql searches.
i thought that the JS has been moved to the footer in elgg 2.0?
It pretty much has, though some plugins are probably still doing it the old way
so most likely that is part of the speed increase, right?
That is the main reason, yes.
@Matt and @Evan, Thanks for sharing.
Hi Evan,
Can I use "Elgg 2.0.0-alpha.2 Released" on production. as i am just using elgg blog and follow blog option . and using blog webservice on Mobile Device (Android) almost all other default plugin i disabled on production. I want supper fast response for the webservice. what you suggest.
No. Please don't, as the past clearly states in bold.
Sure. I will wait for Final Release. Thanks