ocPortal 5.0.1 released

Version 5.0.1 has now been released. This version is a patch release that introduces a number of bug fixes since the last release. Upgrading is strongly advised.

To upgrade follow the steps in your website's http://mybaseurl/upgrader.php script. You will need to copy the URL of the attached TAR file during step 3.



Fixes have been made to the following issues:

• Fixed nasty install stack trace problem (happened on some systems)
• Fixed 'none' forum driver
• Fixed orphaned language string cleanup
• Unofficial feature: choose which newsletters welcome emails go to
• Unofficial feature: improved email queue manager (multi delete/send, menu item)
• Allowed one-click unsubscription URLs to work with welcome emails
• Fixed catalogue search
• Fixed errors uninstalling addons, and usability issues with dependency detection
• Fixed issue of attachments being put inside 'page' or 'url' Comcode tags
• Fixed 'hyperlink' attachment type
• Put welcome emails on the menu even if OCF is not being used (as it can work with newsletters)
• Small bug fix in forum_stub.php
• Small layout fix for forums (relating to word-wrapping)
• Small fix to shared installs running on non-default ports
• Made upgrading shared-installs easier
• Fixed preview on template edit screen, if got there via 'Edit this'
• Fixed HipHop PHP display of video attachments
• Made backup use much less memory
• Fixed usability issues with backup compression, better progress feedback
• Fixed empty brackets on ticket system comment form
• Fixed search bug
• Improved code editor performance
• Better drag&drop file upload support (works on Firefox again, and should work soon on Google Chrome - waiting for them to update their support)
• Fixed incorrect insertion of '$' on template editor parameter inserter
• Fixed inaccessible admin menu links for non-privileged users
• Fixed bad quoting of where blocks are used in the add block tool
• Fixed problem showing some RSS feeds
• Fixed white-screen after making comments
• Fixed bad 'add page' link on some 'missing page' screens
• Fixed some files being shown as 'alien' that we know the purpose of
• Fixed template editor stack trace if you have templates edited in multiple themes and try and do a revert
• Fixed nasty problems with catalogue long-Comcode input fields
• Fixed incorrect event lengths for recurring events
• Tidied up the view-event screen slightly
• Fixed stack trace adding a blog post to a new blog, if done via the cms_blogs module and default settings used
• Fixed Comcode parse stack trace if empty usernames are linked to
• Added #body_inner stub to CSS to make things more obvious for people
• Fixed IE6 HTTPS download bug on HipHop PHP
• Fixed scrollbars on quick reply expansion animation
• Fixed stack trace on home screen if one of your friends is deleted
• Fixed AJAX rating (was saving 1/2 of what you rated)