v0.4.0 🚀

django-admin-collaborator v0.4.0 🚀

✨ New Features

• Enhanced Chat System 💬: A comprehensive real-time chat system has been added to improve collaboration:

  • Individual chat windows for each user
  • Online status indicators with customizable text
  • User list panel showing active users
  • Configurable chat interface text elements
  • Real-time message delivery and presence updates

• Chat Customization Options 🎨: Added extensive customization options for the chat interface:

  • Enable/disable chat feature (enable_chat)
  • Customize user list title (chat_user_list_title)
  • Set empty state messages (chat_empty_state_text)
  • Configure conversation starter text (chat_start_conversation_text)
  • Customize input placeholder (chat_input_placeholder)
  • Set online status text (chat_online_status_text)

🔍 Why This Matters

This update significantly enhances the collaborative experience by:

• Enabling real-time communication between users viewing the same page
• Providing a familiar chat interface for better collaboration
• Allowing teams to customize the chat experience to match their needs
• Improving team coordination with presence indicators and status updates
• Making the interface more accessible through customizable text elements

🛠️ Installation & Upgrade

pip install django-admin-collaborator==0.4.0

⚙️ Configuration

You can now customize the chat system in your settings.py:

ADMIN_COLLABORATOR_OPTIONS = {
    # Chat settings
    'enable_chat': True,  # Enable/disable the chat feature
    'chat_user_list_title': 'Online Users',  # Title for the user list panel
    'chat_empty_state_text': 'No other users online',  # Text when no users are online
    'chat_start_conversation_text': 'No messages yet. Start the conversation!',  # Text for empty chat
    'chat_input_placeholder': 'Type a message...',  # Placeholder text for chat input field
    'chat_online_status_text': 'Online',  # Text for online status indicator
}

📝 Documentation

For complete documentation on the new chat features and configuration options, please visit our documentation.

🙏 Feedback & Contributions

We welcome your feedback and contributions! If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvements, please open an issue on GitHub.

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Full Changelog: v0.3.0...v0.4.0