Release Notes

• DAV Data Analysis and Visualization (beta) system implemented
• Completed re-design of front entrance page
• Added a new navigation interface menu
• Modified imagemaps to a new design focused on functionality and usability
• Incorporated graphical sitemap
• Online Seminar capabilities incorporated
• Streamlined DecVar member functions into easy to navigate dropdown menu
• Incorporated "Refreshment Quotes" throughout the pages of DecVar.org

• Incorporated the Bulletin Board with the DecVar membership database to eliminate the need for a separate login and account creation process
• Secure group file access
  
  • ability to sponsor secure collaborative groups
  • ability to add/remove members from sponsored groups
  • file uploading in a secure repository
  • share files with group members

Please see the DecVar public announcement in Subtle Signals volume 2 for more details.

• Toolbar menu for convenient access to frequently used features
• Ability to easily modify your membership data through a web interface
• Text alternative navigation for Sec. 508 compliance
• Search features
• Discussion Room applet for live discussions with other DecVar members
  • private messaging functionality
  • file sending
• Bulletin Board forums
  
  • threaded conversations within topics of interest to members
  • message dropbox
  • access to alternate contacts for members (AIM, Yahoo, MSN, etc)
• Announcements of upcoming workshops and conferences of interest to DecVar members
• Online abstract submission and editing for workshops announced through the DecVar site
• Links to Relevant Organizations
• Stimulating quotes in the Refreshment area
• Directory of members with access to email and contact information
• Bibliography of published papers on various aspects of Decadal Climate Variability
• Access to articles and abstracts of documents published by the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society
• Links to several long-term data sets useful in decadal climate variability research and applications
• Writing room work area for individual or collaborative document writing
• Press releases section for new and exciting results on all aspects of decadal climate variability
• Context-sensitive help available from all pages within DecVar
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list

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