Campus Activism / Activism Network 3.0 - Progress Report

I'm testing the latest version (3.0) of campusactivism.org/activismnetwork.org. I hope to do a beta release within the next three weeks.

Likely process: release beta (minor release, get it working on activismnetwork.org and let people know about it - notably other developers), test it and add more features. Then do a major release which would be stable and good enough for other websites. I'm thinking of releasing the beta before I have all the customization features implemented (that allows you to have the own version of the client - ex doing a client for your country, city, issue, language, etc -- add your own organizational logo).

Testing is going well. So far the bugs have been easier to find and fix than previously, likely reflecting the fact that the software is better organized and my increased level of experience in both programming and with this specific program.

I want to do some testing for speed. Might try out a virtual private server at my current host and/or shared hosting plans at other servers to see that affects speed. Sometimes I get slow MySQL query times. Of course if I try out a new host they might stick me on a new and mostly empty server, which would provide good query times when I test, but would slow down as they filled it up. I want most of my page load times in the 1-3 seconds area. Might try additional caching too.