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		<title>DOCF News Feed</title>
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		<description>This is the feed for all things DOCF, this is a less techincal feed to inform you of all of the latest developments and features, as well as sharing tips and ideas.</description>
		<lastBuildDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 00:48:04 +0100</lastBuildDate>
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					<title>Property - EPC by Kieran Black</title>
					<link>http://www.docf.co.uk/news/2012/01/property-epc/</link>						<enclosure url="http://www.docf.co.uk//manage/user_data/media/14.png" length="53999" type="image/png"/>					<description><![CDATA[The property module has been updated to now allow you to enter EPC information and have the system automatically create the EPC graph to be integrated into either your property detail PDF or website.

EPCs carry ratings that compare the current energy efficiency and carbon dioxide emissions with potential figures that your home could achieve. Potential figures are calculated by estimating what the energy efficiency and carbon dioxide emissions would be if energy saving measures were put in place.

This feature is available in version 1.1.0 and is enabled in the property settings.]]></description>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Users - New password hash by Kieran Black</title>
					<link>http://www.docf.co.uk/news/2012/01/users-new-password-hash/</link>						<enclosure url="http://www.docf.co.uk//manage/user_data/media/12.png" length="8155" type="image/png"/>					<description><![CDATA[The users module has been updated to use an improved method of hashing user passwords and we recommend that you update to version 2.0.0 as soon as possible.

The passwords used within DOCF have always been hashed to protect its users from people finding out their passwords, hashing stops passwords from being stored in cleartext meaning you cannot simply look in the database to compromise a users account.

We have taken the decision to move away from our current method of hashing passwords to the more secure blowfish algorithm, on top of this we provide a per user salt which changes each password change.

The reason for the change is simple, with todays computational power and the huge freely available lookup tables we deemed our current model was not as secure as we would wish it to be and set about to improve upon it.

The system is fully backwards compatible with the current password solution being offered, simply download the latest version (2.0.0) and replace the existing, the system will then detect the new changes and produce a warning instructing you to register the new module.

Register the module by clicking on the register module icon in the modules list and the internals for the database will be amended to support the extra fields needed. Once this is done then your system now supports the new authentication method as well as the old.

User accounts that are using the old authentication method will now be highlighted in red in the user listings screen within the management system, any users using the new authentication method will remain the existing colour.

When a user logs into the system the system knows which authentication method is being used and will authenticate with the appropriate system, the system will then automatically update the authenticated user to the new algorithm.

Any new users or amendments to users passwords will also use the new authentication scheme.

So to move a user account to the new authentication scheme, either login with that user or change the password for that user in the management system.

We have also introduced an account locking mechanism, which if you should get your password wrong 3 times will lock your account for 15 minutes, increasing by 5 minutes with each further unsuccessful attempt, so the 4th attempt would be 20 minutes and so forth.

After the account lock has expired, the lock will clear automatically and you can login again, alternatively another user can clear the lock on your behalf by saving your user account in the management system.

While we realise this may seem inconvenient to some users, it prevents unauthorised persons by simply trying random passwords until they gain access, this would quickly flag up any such activity and deny the user access.

With all these changes you can feel more comfortable that your password is safer, but remember it is only as safe as you make it and these measures do not do away for the need of a strong password that is kept secret from other people.]]></description>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Property - Facebook integration by Kieran Black</title>
					<link>http://www.docf.co.uk/news/2011/12/property-facebook-integration/</link>						<enclosure url="http://www.docf.co.uk//manage/user_data/media/4.png" length="8632" type="image/png"/>					<description><![CDATA[The property module is now integrated with facebook and can automatically post new property on insertion.

You will need at least version 1.0.16 of the property module and 1.0.5 of the socialnetwork module.

You can turn on this feature by going into Settings and choosing Property, in this area the options you need are in the facebook section. Turning 'Auto Post' on will enable the service and allow you to link the account you wish to populate.]]></description>
					<guid>http://www.docf.co.uk/news/article/49/</guid>
					<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Social Network - Facebook by Kieran Black</title>
					<link>http://www.docf.co.uk/news/2011/12/social-network-facebook/</link>						<enclosure url="http://www.docf.co.uk//manage/user_data/media/13.png" length="10530" type="image/png"/>					<description><![CDATA[The socialnetwork can now interact with facebook and post to your wall through DOCF, over the upcoming months you will see more modules utilising this service.

The system has been provisioned so that you can have seperate facebook accounts linked, this means that you could for example have all of your latest news posted to one account and your new products to another. 

This update is available from version 1.0.5]]></description>
					<guid>http://www.docf.co.uk/news/article/48/</guid>
					<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Social Network - URL Shortening by Kieran Black</title>
					<link>http://www.docf.co.uk/news/2011/12/url-shortening/</link>						<enclosure url="http://www.docf.co.uk//manage/user_data/media/13.png" length="10530" type="image/png"/>					<description><![CDATA[We have added another URL shortening service to the social network toolset, this one is provided by URLGo.eu, and will provide even shorter URLs than that of tinyurl.com.

There a couple of reasons that we would advise using this engine;
 - shorter short URLs
 - the ability to track how many times your link has been hit
 - a fresh pool of short URLs, meaning when URLGo.eu start to allow bespoke URLs it is more likely that the URL you choose has not been taken already.
 - URLGo.eu is a partner of ours so work closely with ourselves, in the future this may mean even more options are available to you.

Update to version 1.0.4 of the socialnetwork module to be able to use this new service, once you have updated remember to re-register the module by clicking on the spanner in the modules module.

To switch shortening services use the dropdown that is in the settings module under Social Network. If you have just registered the system will default to the new URLGo.eu service. You can change back to TinyUrl.com if you wish by selecting this option.]]></description>
					<guid>http://www.docf.co.uk/news/article/47/</guid>
					<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Property - Updated by Kieran Black</title>
					<link>http://www.docf.co.uk/news/2011/11/property-updated/</link>						<enclosure url="http://www.docf.co.uk//manage/user_data/media/4.png" length="8632" type="image/png"/>					<description><![CDATA[The property module has been updated to version 1.0.15.

Listings screen now has ability to filter by property status, defaults to showing Available property.

A new setting has been added "Automatic Visibility" to allow the automatic setting of the property visibility. If set to off the user will have full control over the property visibility, if set to on the property will be marked 'Not Visible' when the property is 'Let' or 'Sold'.

The default setting is off and will not change the functionality of the system.

This is an optional update.]]></description>
					<guid>http://www.docf.co.uk/news/article/46/</guid>
					<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Jobs - Auto Tweet by Kieran Black</title>
					<link>http://www.docf.co.uk/news/2011/11/jobs-auto-tweet-v1/</link>						<enclosure url="http://www.docf.co.uk//manage/user_data/media/11.png" length="6228" type="image/png"/>					<description><![CDATA[When inputting a new job, DOCF can now auto post a summary and link of this job onto Twitter.

Enable this functionality in the modules settings.]]></description>
					<guid>http://www.docf.co.uk/news/article/44/</guid>
					<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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