ExpressionEngine Change Log

Version 1.6.6

Release Date: November 14, 2008

Version 1.6.6 is a security and maintenance release and is recommended for all users.

Build 20081212 (additional changes and fixes)

Build 20081114 (initial release)

Version 1.6.5

Release Date: October 24, 2008

Version 1.6.5 is both a maintenance release, and adds some new features and improvements.

Build 20081031 (additional changes and fixes)

Build 20081028 (additional changes and fixes)

Build 20081024 (initial release)

Version 1.6.4

Release Date: June 26, 2008

Version 1.6.4 is a security and maintenance release and is recommended for all users.

Build 20080829 (additional changes and fixes)

Build 20080808 (additional changes and fixes)

Build 20080710 (additional changes and fixes)

Build 20080626 (initial release)

Bug Fixes for Version 1.6.4 (includes bugs fixed since v1.6.3 release)

Version 1.6.3

Release Date: March 20, 2008

Version 1.6.3 is a maintenance release containing bug fixes and security enhancements, no new features have been added.

Bug Fixes for Version 1.6.3

Version 1.6.2

Release Date: January 23rd, 2008

Bug Fixes for Version 1.6.2 (includes bugs fixed since v1.6.1 release)

Version 1.6.1

Release Date: November 13th, 2007

Bug Fixes for Version 1.6.1 (includes bugs fixed since v1.6.0 release)

Version 1.6.0

Release Date: June 20th, 2007

Bug Fixes for Version 1.6 (includes bugs fixed since v1.5.2 release)

Version 1.5.2

Release Date: November 29th, 2006

Version 1.5.1

Release Date: October 12, 2006

Version 1.5.1 is primarily a maintenance release, containing all the bugs that have been fixed in 1.5.

Version 1.5.0

Release Date: August 31, 2006

  1. Added a Simple Commerce Module.
  2. Added a new, powerful Template Preference Manager where you can update preferences and member access permissions for multiple template simultaneously.
  3. Added HTTP Authentication option to Template Access page. Enabling this feature has some security considerations. Please consult the documentation before using this feature.
  4. Added a Bulletin Board to the Private Messaging system and a CP Homepage option to display recent bulletins
  5. Added a Member Import Utility that imports members from a special XML format, as well as assists in creating an XML file from a delimited text file.
  6. Added Reverse Relationship ability to Weblog Entries tag
  7. Added Multiple Category Group support for Weblogs
  8. Added Namespaces support to the Wiki module and the ability to embed articles within other articles.
  9. Added a Login as Member option under the Member Administration menu for a member. Usable by Super Admins only.
  10. Added ability for members to delete their own accounts (and all associated content).
  11. Added ability to export a template as an editable file from its Edit Template screen.
  12. Added new email notification and templates for when a Private Message InBox is full
  13. Added the ability to Private Message a user from their public profile. Requires the updating of themes. Please review the Version 1.5 notes for details.
  14. Added File Properties, File Pre Formatting, and File Post Formatting to the Upload Directory preferences
  15. Added a new Template Type: XML. Outputs the page with XML HTTP headers.
  16. Added the ability to use {related_entries} and {reverse_related_entries} tag pairs to the Search Module's search results tag. Usage is identical to the Weblog module.
  17. Added a Text Direction option for Text and Textarea Custom Fields to make EE more compatible with Right to Left languages
  18. Added ability to resend Activation Emails, if used on your site, to Pending members when viewing that group in the View Members area of the CP
  19. Added ability for extensions to have their own built in settings form function, settings_form(), as well as their own built in settings saving function, save_settings().
  20. Added a Default Entry Title and a URL Title Prefix preference to the Publish Page Customization screen for Weblog Management.
  21. Added Instructions option for Custom Weblog Fields so that Admins can describe how to fill out a custom field to their author's on entry submission pages
  22. Added ability to empty the cached Relationship Entries (Utilities -> Clear Cached Data) and then have the Weblog Module recreate the cached entries when requested
  23. Added a Template Parser Debugging log that one can turn on in Admin -> Output and Debugging Preferences. Also, spiffed up the display of the SQL Queries when outputted.
  24. Added button to Alphabetize Group Order when modifying the template group order
  25. Added new template variables for some standard date formatting strings. Please see the User Guide for details on using these new variables.
  26. Added ability for nested category folder creation in the Image Gallery when creating a new category, allowing more organization of images on the server.
  27. Added an 'Exact Match' checkbox to the CP Homepage's Member Search
  28. Added the ability to specify a custom field group, status group, and category group when creating a new weblog
  29. Added a direct link to view the members of a particular group from the Member Groups area of the CP.
  30. Added a Group Description to Member Groups
  31. Added category_group="" parameter to Weblog Entries tag
  32. Added category_group="" parameter to Weblog Categories tag
  33. Added show_group="" parameter to the Weblog Entries tag's {category} variable pair.
  34. Added Inclusive Category support to the category="" tag.
  35. Added ability to specify multiple orders in the orderby="" parameter and corresponding supports in the sort="" parameter for the Weblog Entries tag
  36. Added require_entry="yes" parameter to {exp:weblog:entries} tag.
  37. Added {author} variable to Comment Entries tag
  38. Added {entry_id_path=""} variable to Category Archive tag
  39. Added new extension hooks: form_declaration_modify_data, form_declaration_return, cp_display_page_navigation, weblog_entries_tagdata_end
  40. Added two new variables for Gallery Entries and Gallery Comments: {count} and {total_results}
  41. Added a flag to the Spellcheck feature to ensure that the necessary abilities are available. If not, no Spellcheck link will be shown to user.
  42. Added a new core class, EE_XMLParser, to aid in handling and creating XML data
  43. Added a new configuration option, $conf['include_seconds'], that when set to "y" seconds are included on human-readable dates in the Control Panel forms
  44. Added Member Searching to the Member List part of the member area
  45. Added DST setting to Moblog module and Metaweblog API entries based on the site's current daylight savings setting
  46. Added security option in Control Panel Session and Security Preferences: XSS filter images
  47. Added various audio MIME types to the default allowed file types for File Uploading
  48. Added an indicator to the Template manager to indicate the Template Group for the default index page of the site
  49. Added an alert message to the Spellcheck when it is not functioning
  50. Added more detailed Breadcrumb navigation to the Admin section of the Control Panel
  51. Added error checking for reserved words in weblog custom fields and member custom profile fields.
  52. Added an alternate syntax for global variables (prefix standard member globals with "logged_in") that is suitable to use in conditionals inside the Weblog Entries tag or other tags that process member information.
  53. Updated the Weblog Module's Categories and Category Archive tags so that if the show_empty="no" parameter is set, then entries that are closed or expired are now excluded (for you Kurt).
  54. Updated the Weblog Module to allow conditionals for all categories in all tags
  55. Updated the Stats Module to allow conditionals for its standard variables
  56. Updated the Typography class to have popup links using window.open instead of target="_blank". Popup links are now disabled by default.
  57. Updated the automatic url_title creation function for externally create entries (Moblog, APIs, Import Utilities) so that accented characters will be converted to their non-accented counter parts.
  58. Updated the word wrap function in the email library so that the newline character specified in the class is used.
  59. Updated the Image Gallery's view entries page to allow the selecting of more than one entry at once with new options like opening and closing along with deleting of entries.
  60. Updated the Moblog Module so that Admin notification emails are now sent when a new weblog entry is posted
  61. Modified the weblog category="" parameter so when excluding categories, entries without categories assigned will not be shown. Added new parameter uncategorized_entries="" to disable this.
  62. Modified the View Entry page in the Edit section of the Control Panel to order custom field by field order, consistent with other areas of the control panel.
  63. Modified Private Message Send and Storage limits to be Member Group preferences instead of global settings.
  64. Modified the Search Module so that searches with no results are stored so that the {exp:search:keywords} can be used on the template specified in the no_result_page="" parameter
  65. Modified the Multi-Entry Edit ability so that if you have done a search, then after editing your entries you are returned to that search.
  66. Modified Private Message and Discussion Forum file attachments to use a hashed URL so file attachments have URLs that are difficult (nigh impossible) to guess.
  67. Modified the Image Gallery and Image Resizing Preferences to allow a hyphen/dash as a separator character along with the underscore.
  68. Modified the install file so that it puts in a full server path for the captcha directory
  69. Modified various database fields to accept more data, specifically those related to email caching and template storage.
  70. Modified the Localization of dates so that templates with the type RSS Page use English only, which is the standard.
  71. Modified path.php global variable sanitization for increased security.
  72. Modified the incoming Trackback code to have better character encoding handling
  73. Modified the Template loop prevention code to be more intelligent and allow multiple embeds of the same template in a page
  74. Modified the {wiki:files} function to accept orderby="" and sort="" parameters, and modified the wiki themes to show the 10 most recent file uploads properly on Edit Article pages.
  75. Modified Install Wizard so that by default error reporting is only visible to logged in SuperAdmins for new sites.
  76. Modified the {embed=""} tag to allow the use of other variables as embed variables: {embed="site/embed" foo="{path='any/thing'}"}
  77. Modified the {stylesheet=} variable to allow use of quotes, making it more consistent with {path=''} variable parsing.

Bug Fixes for Version 1.5

Version 1.4.2

Release Date: May 19, 2006

Version 1.4.2 is primarily a maintenance release, containing all the bugs that have been fixed in 1.4.1. This version also supports the Wiki module and has several enhancments.