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ocPortal, Content Management System, Version 4.3.2 Released

Mar 21, 2010 by Srikanth ADcloseAuthor: Srikanth AD Name: Srikanth AD
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ocPortal, which we have mentioned here, one of the upcoming web content management systems has released its new version 4.3 RC 3. This version introduces some new features and a number of bug fixes have been made since the last release. If you haven’t tried ocPortal yet, you might want to check a personal demo here.

Following are the new features and fixes that have been made in this new releae.

Fixes:

• Fixed problems with CSS image paths on SSL
• Fixed that CEDI pages were missing in the Permission Tree Editor
• Fixed errors in the CEDI new-post notification emails
• Fixed some major problems that had developed with Facebook HPHP support
• Fixed problem with main_quotes block on Facebook HPHP
• Fixed Comcode-render permissions on various notification emails*
• Fixed various problems on our inbuilt database for developers
• Fixed stack trace when stock maintenance warnings are sent
• Fixed problems on multi-site installs with regard to template overriding in the default theme
• Fixed stack trace when uploading archives to the attachment system
• Fixed problem with cache-safety of the Comcode ‘list’ tag
• Fixed rare missing parameter error in side_forum_news block, if certain parameters used
• Fixed error when adding a zero-byte file to a TAR file
• Fixed bugs in shopping cart system, with regard to disabling stock control and hiding protected fields.
• Fixed some problems with Javascript-based Comcode tags that theoretically could fail on certain browsers if the site loads in a weird order
• Fixed problem whereby on galleries in flow mode it would say ‘edit image’ for a video (now just says ‘edit’)
• Fixed error when hovering over the Zones icon
• Fixed proxy server support via the cURL library
• Fixed problem with results-browser template producing (unseen) errors
• Fixed the instant messengers intelligent chat message box growth on Google Chrome
• Fixed the mouse monitoring API on IE
• Fixed the Comcode ‘section_controller’ tag so that the controller may go before the content, if desired
• Fixed problem submitting uploaded files on IE if URLs are supported also
• Fixed rare stack trace in XHTML validation code
• Fixed problem with SpellChecker since 4.3.1
• Fixed the ‘switch zone’ warning, which was producing a Javascript error

New Features:

• Upgraded side_weather block for Yahoo’s new location IDs
• Added extra parameters to main_rss and side_rss blocks
• Added date sorting to side_rss block
• Improved catalogue AED usability, less abstract UI
• Made chat bots have decent usernames instead of being just a Guest
• Allowed chat bots to respond to general messages (rather than just private messages sent to them)
• Allowed chat bots to decide whether to make a response or not
• Stopped errors inside previews giving links to show a stack trace
• Speculative fix to an error message showing a problem inside the points API for an AJAX script
• Added Google Chrome detection support
• Changes to primary-key-length restrictions, to ensure compatibility with file-system based database such as our inbuilt development database
• Allowed MySQL ‘DESCRIBE’ queries to work correctly
• Allowed canceling of eCommerce orders that were not taken up, and making them sink to the bottom
• Made the point count on the OCF member bar a link to the logged-in member’s points profile
• Removed ‘network down’ Javascript AJAX error, due to problems of reporting on some browsers in some circumstances
• Added missing description for the products catalogue
• Added warning to stop people accidentally locking themselves out of the Admin Zone by making their usergroup not a super-administrator
• Reference the ‘development tools’ in the footer, in the Style section of the Admin Zone
• Added dismissible warning if the Setup Wizard is never run

Read more about this new release of OcPortal 4.3.2 here.

Tags: cms, content management system, ocportal, open-source

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