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Added 28 May, 2007, 08:57 PM
Author: ocProducts
Version 3.2.0 has now been released. This version is a patch release that introduces a number of bug fixes since the last release, as well as a number of new features.
Upgrading to 3.2.0 is not necessary due to there only being minor bug fixes. There are however a number of new features also, which many may wish to make use of. If you do decide to make use of the new features (including much better WYSIWYG support), please make sure you take a file backup first, in case any of the new functionality changes causes problems.
To upgrade from any previous 3.2.x release you may copy the URL of the attached tar file, and feed it into the http://mybaseurl/force_upgrade.php script on your website to allow it to automatically extract the files. » alternatively, manually upload the files inside the attached tar file over existing files (7-zip is just one of many tools for tar files). Please make sure you take a backup before uploading your new files!
After the files are up, open http://mybaseurl/force_upgrade.php in a web browser, login, and choose to clear caches. As this is more than just a patch release it is crucial that you also choose to run a file integrity scan and a database upgrade. For more details, see our upgrading tutorial.
Comcode page export/delete buttons that should not be there
Gallery zipping fails
Handling of attachments when content is edited
Member promotion
Network-links editing screen
Problems with Comcode editor on Internet Explorer
Quiz points are awarded incorrectly
The feedback block will fail is commenting is disabled
The quiz points points-log message is ugly
Various importer problems
side_calendar block problem
These are the main new features:
The language editor interface is improved
The language editor now takes backups
The lost-password functionality is now a lot more user-friendly
A brand new HTML filter, and new hidden option, that allows members to copy&paste complex HTML into the WYSIWYG editor without it being interfered with (note that we cannot guarantee the security of this, but the HTML filter is a lot safer than the one in previous versions of ocPortal)
Major improvements to the WYSIWYG editor, to smooth over some problems when making complex documents
The new optional replacement for the hard-coded zone menu
A more user-friendly awards add/edit screen
Support for short-URLs on Windows web servers
Support for highly advanced URL architectures, with ocPortal being able to be split across different domain names and paths
Support for combining the download system with virtual filesystems
Better WYSIWYG editor support for Firefox
The OCF topicview now will show topic descriptions
Support for storing comment topics in different forums for different content types
The main_gallery_embed block will now also show videos if they are in the gallery that is being embedded. (Embedding an empty gallery will still say no entries are there)
The main_top_galleries block will now pick galleries arbitrarily if no galleries have ever been rated.
A number of little usability/stability improvements
yep should be. I am going to do what I always do which is easier for me. Just going to reinstall ocPortal and import the data, I have been doing the upgrades that why for a while.
As long as you put your TOP.tpl and global.css back . . .
1. The global.css introduced a new property .global_side in 3.2 that 'broke' my page background-color. That's been fixed now.
2. I'd completely forgotten that TOP.tpl got hacked to display the 'zone_menu', even though a comparison check showed a change in the overall content. The customised template has been restored and everything is as it was before. That's a
I think I messed up because I interpreted the 'explanation' about the 'zone_menu' for 3.2 as being something that was accessible from the Admin Zone, and I assumed that since I had already made the change that the 'new' script would automatically pick that up. Must make a more detailed note that TOP.tpl needs to be customised each time there is an upgrade or patch!
Haven't put the enhanced WYSIWYG editor through its paces, and I probably won't. I prefer to use a mixture of 'semihtml', 'HTML' and 'Comcode' when I post, but I'm sure my users will leave feedback if things are 'easier'. I'll try and remember to leave my own feedback here if it appears that users are finding it 'different' or 'easier'.
I my self am finding it much easier I mean the WYSIWYG. Specially on this site where firefox did not work all that well so I am really happy thats been fixed. I still can not wait until 4 though
cool, reminds me of ipb's antivirus feature and when they first made it, it was so messed up it found files that were part of IPB that it was telling people to delete. LOL, and some people did delete them and wondered why the forum was no longer working.
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