uPortal 3.1.0 GA announcement - special thanks to Fluid

[Eric Dalquist]

I'll second Gary on this. A big thanks to him directly and everyone 
involved with Fluid. It has been wonderful having this great input into 
the UI, skin and theme direction of uPortal.

-Eric

Gary Thompson wrote:
> 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
>
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