Backdrop CMS v1.17.0 Release Notes
Release Date: 2020-09-16 // over 3 years ago-
๐ The Backdrop community is proud to release version 1.17.0 of Backdrop CMS, following our 4-month release cycle.
โก๏ธ Notes for updating:
- It will be necessary to run the update script (located at
/update.php
) for this release. - ๐ No changes have been made to the
.htaccess
,robots.txt
or defaultsettings.php
files in this release. Updating custom versions of those files is not necessary.
Major new features in Backdrop 1.17.0 include:
- โ Add a lazy-loading option for image fields backdrop/backdrop-issues#3659
- ๐ Provide image style tokens (imagecache_token module added to core) backdrop/backdrop-issues#3594
- Layouts: Provide an admin label and description for all blocks backdrop/backdrop-issues#4558
- ๐ Layouts: Allow support for custom contexts backdrop/backdrop-issues#3750
- ๐ Security enhancement: Enforce basic password constraints (no username or email as password) backdrop/backdrop-issues#4265
- ๐ Security enhancement: Use
.htaccess
files to secure configuration directories backdrop/backdrop-issues#706
Usability improvements
- โก๏ธ Sort the "Available Updates" page by priority backdrop/backdrop-issues#3132
- โ Add the 'Administer content' permission to the editor role backdrop/backdrop-issues#4541
- โ Add the "new" marker to the content overview listing. backdrop/backdrop-issues#2350
- Enable the password toggle on all password fields backdrop/backdrop-issues#3048
- ๐ Make autocomplete suggestions easier to read backdrop/backdrop-issues#4481
Cleanup tasks
- โ Add a CSS class containing node ID to "existing content" blocks backdrop/backdrop-issues#3730
- โ Add Views "Page by date" pager plugin backdrop/backdrop-issues#2766
- โ Remove uppercase transform on fieldset labels in Seven theme backdrop/backdrop-issues#4125
- Clean up formatting and line-length on .txt files in core backdrop/backdrop-issues#4417
- It will be necessary to run the update script (located at