Changes
Here is the list of things we've changed/inserted into presently available FX 2.3 version
- Chat
- Event calendar
- Forum patch
- FullXML Editor replaced by HtmlArea (Eisa mod with some changes)
- Internal messaging
- Knowledgebase
- Login not case sensitive
- Newsletter manager (supports HTML-Mail and attachments)
- Photo gallery with category and folder function
- Security patch
- Single login in intranet
- upload to subfolders (with ability to create and drop directories)
- Version manager
- List manager
- Categories bug fix (Solving problem with based "default" skins and empty position field)
- Print article (only article will be printed)
- Search feature now includes Event Calendar
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List Manager is one option that will alow you to manage lists inside select boxes without the need of code edition. Presently only Users Signup/update and Member Manager uses this options. Intention is to replace and uniformize all select with this.
You change values within a list in Admin Console, yet i'm not to sure if this should be placed at engine level, like language files. This way data inside would be protected from errors that can take place when, unkowning hands, delete a list or entry, specially if we aply this to whole portal.
On Internal Messages, option "messages per user" only affects regular users and editors. Admins will always have the possibility of send/recieve messages even if uses max number of messges have been reached.
Although we have replace FX Editor by HtmlArea, files for old editor are still available. Still to define if both will remain and Admins will have option to choose. Admin can define which options are available for every usergroup. Look at readme.html in admin/FXHtmlarea (Question: How can I change what controls are displayed on the toolbar? )
Since uppercased login will turn every log uppercase, it will only affect future registrations and generate errors with all existing members that use log with lowercase characters. This should be implemented when you begin installing your site. If you turn Authentification to HTTP_AUTH, you have to define every username to upper case, too.
You can use thumbnails in folder managed Photogallery category, if you create a file named like the original but with prefix thumb_. F.e.: file = test.jpg, thumbnail = thumb_test.jpg.
Search feature was extended to Event Calendars. Should it be to Knowbase also?
Also when inserting a link in new editor you'll got one new option that alows you to search pages inside portal. Icons on User box will be moved into skin/media folders in order to allow easily skin costumization.
Still to decide if User box design code should be placed in Skin/skin.xsl or if it stays in Common/lib_signuplogin.xsl You can give us some feedback here or to mails
mailto:mig100@fxmods.com
mailto:jes@fxmods.com
A new Knowbase explaining how things works and foruns to discuss changes will be biuld in there. |
