homebox 6.x-2.x-dev

In regards to #794728: Re-engineering & Improving Home Box (Exportables, Performance, Features, etc):
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Completed:

• Removed incrementing page IDs
• Introduced page machine identifier names
• Removed use and dependance of block IDs
• Removed homebox_defaults table
• Remove use of separate table entries for each block on a given page
• Entire default page data stored in a single data object
• Entire user page data stored in a single data object
• Removed dependance of path module
• Made menu entries optional
• Fixed CSS region formatting
• Fixed Views exposed filter duplication bug
• No longer save on every page action
• "Save setting" button introduced
• "Restore to defaults" button introduced
• Improved code inefficiencies, bad practicies, validations, etc
• Import/export home box pages
• Option to make blocks unclosable
• Optional block title overrides
• Added JSON2
• Option to enable/disable home box pages
• Maximizing widget feature
• Move permissions from hook_perm into pageconfig
• Increase drag speed
• Double-clicking a widget header collapses/expands the block
• Added CSS support for up to 9 regions
• Fixed cache issue with changing region amount
• Option to disable theme block regions so home box can go full-width
• Allow home boxes to live in code via hook_homebox() - included sample module displaying this
• Features integration
• Organic Groups integration
• Offer Home Box as a profile tab
• Added tooltips to widget header icons
• Region width overrides. Easily create panels-like region layouts with minimal effort.
• Improved user page config UI
• Allow custom content boxes
• Indication of unsaved changes on the page
• Admin option to flush user settings per page
• Removed dynamic CSS declaration - results in validated HTML
• Updated documentation
• Tweaked JS and CSS to work cleanly with IE 6,7,8

TO-DO:

• Improved caching
• Clean up code

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