R help - Jun 2009 - Announcing new features for the crantastic.org community portal

We?re very pleased to announce an update to http://crantastic.org/,
the community site for R packages. Notable new features include:

* Easier login - you can use your existing account from Google,
Twitter, OpenID, Yahoo!, Flickr, or MyOpenID.
* Timelines with recent changes
* Task View integration
* Package ratings (overall/documentation)
* Package search
* Many smaller fixes/changes, including gravatars (profile pictures)
for users and package authors.

Read the full announcement at
http://blog.crantastic.org/2009/06/23/announcing-new-features.html

Please visit the site, rate & review your favourite package, and give
us some feedback! Ideas can be submitted at
http://crantastic.uservoice.com/

Best regards,
Bj?rn Arild M?land
GSoC 2009 Student

We?re very pleased to announce another update to
http://crantastic.org/, the community site for R packages. Notable new
features include:

    * More package relationships. We now have enhances, imports, and
reverse relationships.
    * Easier rating: just log-in, and click the number of stars you
think the package deserves. You don?t even need to leave the page.
    * A latest versions feed, which lists all package updates.
    * A new packages feed, which only includes new packages.
    * Integrated CRAN package priorities.
    * You can now set up a homepage and a short profile for your user page.
    * Various smaller fixes and improvements.

Read the full announcement at
http://blog.crantastic.org/2009/07/04/another-round-of-updates.html

Please visit the site, rate & review your favourite package, and give
us some feedback! Ideas can be submitted at
http://crantastic.uservoice.com/

Best regards,
Bj?rn Arild M?land
GSoC 2009 Student