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Elgg v2.2.0-rc.1 Release Notes

Release Date: 2016-06-16 // almost 8 years ago

  • Contributors

    • Ismayil Khayredinov (43)
    • Steve Clay (37)
    • Jeroen Dalsem (22)
    • jdalsem (6)
    • Wouter van Os (2)
    • Brett Profitt (1)
    • Jerôme Bakker (1)
    • V. Lehkonen (1)
    • lehkonev (1)

    🔋 Features

    • ajax:
      • better elgg/Ajax handling of form data and URLs (8795b9f4, closes #9534, #9564)
      • Ajax service now loads required AMD modules (292dc391)
    • avatar: user avatars are now served by serve-file handler (a55d746a)
    • cache:
      • allow admin to attempt an automatic symlink to cache (b06a1cb3, closes #8639, #8638)
      • allows specifying cache directory in settings.php (4b2ed514)
    • ckeditor:
      • improved elgg/ckeditor AMD module (a0ff70ec)
      • added editor autogrow plugin (771abac8)
      • allowed resizing of editor window (f43a6565)
    • core:
      • added a CONFIG flag to control auto-disabling plugins (17363a50)
      • added a new function to check if system_cache is enabled (f3bbff32)
    • cron: improved cron logging (5305b60d, closes #9474)
    • db:
      • access sql parts are named in the clauses array (50ffcf24)
      • allows using parameterized queries in core DB functions (a9e51682)
    • developers: add view_vars hook to views inspector (41e9e1ef)
    • discussions:
      • added a site menu item for discussion/all (79809b78)
      • allow plugins to use custom discussion reply object class (ac55f8f4)
    • embed:
    • entities: adds user capabilities service (81f05058)
    • file:
      • adds ElggFile::transfer() for reliable renaming of files (bf50c5d0)
      • more consistency in mime and simple type values (3e09fa15, closes #9614)
    • files: update file plugin to new file serving API (a9d409ee)
    • filestore:
      • bootstrap default filestore early in the boot sequence (c85fa0ee, closes #9873)
      • adds API to reliably set file modification time (476b6d29)
    • forms:
      • Add new user now has an option to autogenerate the password (ee4758d3)
      • input/checkbox is now usable with elgg_view_input() (82bbf49b, closes #9808)
    • gatekeeper: entity gatekeeper result can now be filtered (75af2fd5)
    • groups:
      • group icons are now handled by the new icon service (e809f5fd)
      • introduced a hook to influence group tool options (b6617e5e)
      • allow the group river to be filtered by content type (0d8f9364)
      • group avatars now use serve-file handler (ac57e990)
    • html:
      • allows cleaner elgg_format_element usage (425f57d7, closes #9766)
      • moves favicon registration to a hook (a4a35362)
    • http: allow use of X-Sendfile/X-Accel web server feature (a88db207, closes #4898)
    • icons:
      • udpate file plugin to use new icon service (2c9f5c0a)
      • user avatars are now handled by the icon service (36c8b465)
      • adds a service for handling entity icons (72b8a2c7)
    • js:
      • Adds hooks to pass site and page-level data client-side (cec6b42b, closes #8997)
      • elgg/Ajax users get more access to underlying resources (39a3fbce, closes #9767)
      • elgg/spinner now supports optional text to be displayed (da5c5b06)
      • adds elgg/lightbox AMD module, loaded on all pages (9135ad26, closes #7895, #8309, #6991)
      • user hover menu now uses elgg/popup module (d0dffca6)
      • adds elgg/popup AMD module (fd75da60)
      • requiresConfirmation now returns false if not confirmed (cac5c0fd)
    • menus:
      • elgg_register_title_button() can now check entity type and subtype (a0c118ad)
      • required AMD modules can now be defined at item registration (46c3ead8)
      • adds menu service for more orderly menu construction (38ecfc6b, closes #9508)
    • reportedcontent: only load javascript when needed (29c39cd7)
    • river: convert river JS to AMD modules (790a1a00)
    • thewire: allow multiple add forms to exist on the same page (9f72e287)
    • 💻 ui: Allows modifying system messages/errors (eee183c5)
    • views:
      • view_vars handlers can preset view output (68fde7b6)
      • elgg_get_excerpt output now comes from a view (4d6ec3f2)
      • allows changing relative URLs in CSS files (70d3aab7)
      • allow multiple paths in views.php files (7672d754)
    • 🌐 web_services: allows API function to be given an associative array (cd80863a, closes #9411)
    • widgets:
      • widget types can now be extended with a hook (3c76194c)
      • widget title and description can be autodetected (3c61e2f0)
      • added a helper class and factory for defining widgets (bc56fafd)
      • widget layout owner can now be set explicitly (b3bd2a84, closes #7023)
      • added isset on \ElggWidget objects to check settings (7b095208)
      • added unset on \ElggWidget objects to remove settings (f99e4f5d)

    🐎 Performance

    • db: improved session write db query for InnoDB (3b55226d)
    • reportedcontent: only load JS if menu item is rendered (ececa98d)

    📚 Documentation

    • core: fixes docs for ElggFilestore::seek return value (fe310c31)
    • faqs: fixed typo in IDE section (a1ed1305)
    • tutorials: updated Hello world (dc5a4ade, closes #9875)
    • widgets: updated the widget registration documentation (3410e1ec)

    🐛 Bug Fixes

    • avatars: avatars are no longer served with public URLs in a walled garden mode (4c8a7ced)
    • core:
      • get class from subclass instead of base (8b3e17fa)
      • allows ElggFile to append files not yet existing (ac0ba3f2)
    • file: ElggFile::delete() now removes target files if filename is a symlink (facc13fe)
    • files: use actual file modification time as an etag value (17c5dcaf)
    • js: ui bindings now wait for system init event to fire (5794e027)
    • mime: fall back to detection based on extension for octet-stream (0b1f4539)
    • reportedcontent: forward to address if not submitted in lightbox (ee63b1d8)
    • views: elgg_view_form now accepts class to be an array in form_vars (4133b516)

    🗄 Deprecations

    • db: deprecates many methods on the Application::getDb object (2ba9a876)
    • entities:
      • adds entityCache service and deprecates old global (9fa45b62)
      • deprecate can_write_to_container (ee473b37)
    • file: new file service deprecates file download and thumbnail handlers (90925fab)
    • groups:
      • groups/js view deprecated by groups/navigation AMD module (975014bb)
      • new file service deprecated avatar/view resource (5c535271)
      • new file service deprecated groupicon page handler (0721023b)