uPortal 3.1.0 GA announcement - special thanks to Fluid

[Gary Thompson]

Jasig just announced the general audience release of uPortal 3.1.0.
http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/UPC/3.1.0

Which includes:

*  The Fluid Reorderer has been implemented as the engine for 
drag-and-drop layout customization.  Thanks are due to numerous Jasig 
and Fluid developers who have made this happen, bringing UI 
accessibility to uPortal's drag and drop capabilities.

* uPortal 3.1 now features the Fluid Skinning System, a completely 
modular, open source CSS framework, for the default uPortal skin.

* The portal has switched to a completely div-based XHTML theme from a 
mix of tables and divs (thanks to FSS!).

And (though this wasn't explicitly highlighted)

* uPortal 3.1 download bundle is largely WCAG 2 Level 1 compliant.

* A Fluid Demo portlet highlighting Fluid Infusion components (thanks 
Jen Bourey!).


Kudos and thanks to everyone, Fluid has made a great contribution to 
improving the user experience of uPortal.  Plans of further integrating 
and using Fluid components are already drawn out, including early 
adoption of UI Options.  You all should be proud of your great work.

-Gary