The last two weeks we spent adding (smaller) functionalities to the system and fixing some bugs that were reported by our beta testers. We also changed the encoding in our database which caused us so much trouble in the last weeks. Thanks a lot to David Haase who spent a great amount of effort and care to fix our database problem and save our data. We also integrated the new Ajax functionalities which were implemented by our intern Martin Uhlir.

The new Ajax functionalities are:

• Automatically refreshing number of unread messages on the welcome page.
• Sand glasses on the contribute pages which appear after the contribute button has been clicked.
• Check nickname availability on the registration page.

Furthermore, the following functionalities have been added:

• Stay logged in via cookie.
• Resources can now also be inserted into sets in the contribute step.
• In the lists “Highest Rated” and “Most Viewed” the according values (average rating value and number of views) are displayed.
• Different ranking options for “My resources” and “My favorites”.
• User-definded metadata sets may be deleted by their contributors.
• Users can choose among three different privacy levels for profile details (public, contacts, private).
• New display of member lists.

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