New 2.4.0 Build (20120109)

Bug Fixes (continued):

• Fixed a bug (#16823) where some image names in the theme CSS weren’t in the same case as the file name.
• Fixed a bug (#16781) where some forms in My Account would not give confirmation of update after submission.
• Fixed a bug (#16707) where uninstalling a fieldtype would not delete all its fields from publish layouts if the layout had more than one of it.
• Fixed a bug (#16674) where using Recount Statistics would provide incorrect numbers for private messages and total forum posts.
• Fixed a bug (#16841) where editing the Super Admin group would unlock it.
• Fixed a bug (#16594) where the incorrect label was being shown under “Template Editing Privileges” for editable template groups.
• Fixed a bug (#16669) where template group name form validation would return contradictory rules for naming template groups.
• Fixed a bug (#16386) where sorting by channel or screen name on edit listing would not work.
• Fixed a bug (#16385) where selected entry categories would be unselected if they were edited from the publish screen.
• Fixed a bug (#16936) where SQL Manager would return inconsistent results when using “SELECT” vs. “select”.
• Fixed a bug (#16960) where Member module’s ignore_list would output an SQL error.
• Fixed a bug (#16947) where contact form with user_recipients set to “yes” and nothing specified in recipients would return an error.
• Fixed a bug (#16919) where image manipulation names could be named “thumbs” or contain forward slashes.
• Fixed a bug (#16971) where a SafeCracker File field would show a PHP error if it was set to show existing files and there were none.
• Fixed a bug (#16976) where file upload success window wasn’t using language keys for labels.
• Fixed a bug (#16260) where tag pairs inside of related_entries would throw a PHP warning.
• Fixed a bug (#15533) where Tell-A-Friend form wouldn’t work on pages accessed through Pages module.
• Fixed a bug (#16201) where the default highlight color for new statuses was white, making it difficult to see.
• Fixed a bug (#17040) where IP to Nation module would throw PHP errors if an invalid file path was provided on import form.
• Fixed a bug (#17020) where padding and offset settings for watermarks were not respected.
• Fixed a bug (#16984) where cp_themes directory did not contain index.html files to block directory access.
• Fixed a bug (#17047) where error message fonts may look inconsistent in different scenarios.
• Fixed a bug (#17128) where sorting by certain fields in reverse_related_entries may produce incorrect results.
• Fixed a bug (#17226) where error about a module not being installed did not include module name.
• Fixed a bug (#17205) where “Most Recent Entry” link in control panel did not respect member groups’ assigned channels.
• Fixed a bug (#17127) where a member group with no assigned channels may experience PHP errors in the control panel.
• Fixed a bug (#17007) where template groups created by non-Super Admin member groups could not be accessed by its creator.
• Fixed a bug (#16983) where uncategorized_entries parameter in Channel Entries tag had no effect.
• Fixed a bug with autosave where the save() method would be called for third party add-ons on autosave.
• Fixed a documentation error (#16932) where a Plugin code sample was incorrect.
• Fixed a documentation error (#16335) where an API usage example was incorrect.
• Fixed a documentation error (#16965) where the old Batch Upload Location preference was still referenced.
• Fixed a documentation error (#17151) where several items in General Configuration were not documented.
• Fixed a documentation error (#17153) where a preference was incorrectly named in Output and Debugging Preferences.
• Fixed a documentation error (#17180) where there was some outdated information for the Publish page.
• Fixed a documentation error (#16547) where there was some outdated information for the Comment Module page.
• Fixed a documentation error (#16547) where there was some outdated information for the File Manager page.

General Changes:

• Removed the ability to enable SQL Query Caching via the Control Panel. It is now only accessible via the ‘enable_db_caching’ hidden configuration variable. Note that this form of caching is not recommended in most environments.
• Added the ability to apply image watermarks without having to also resize the image.
• Changed the member module to display a proper 404 page when an action could not be found.
• Altered the handling of the control panel cookie domain for MSM sites.
• Optimized the encode_ee_tags() method in the Functions library.
• Disabled the ability to type over the field shortname on the ‘Admin- Channel Fields’ main page when selecting a field short name.
• Abstracted file browser and file field into the File_field library.
• Changed the category image field to use the new File_field library and image browser.
• Abstracted channel pagination into the EE Pagination library.
• Implemented new EE Pagination library with comment pagination.
• Implemented new EE Pagination library with search pagination.
• Added file metadata to the file upload modal.
• Removed accordions from image edit in the file upload modal.
• Added check to make sure that version constant matches version in config file.
• File upload paths can now be overridden via configuration variables.
• Added active conditional variable to category listings for determining the active category.
• Added link to publish another entry after publishing an entry.
• Added “credit” and “location” metadata fields to files.
• Added url_title parameter to Channel module’s next_entry and prev_entry.
• Channel Categories and Category Archive tags now support multiple channels in the channel parameter.
• Files in file browser modal can now be sorted and filtered by keywords.
• Added the list of Channels to dropdown under Edit
• Added third_party_path config item
• Changed default text formatting from XHTML to none

Developers:

• Added URL_THIRD_THEMES and PATH_THIRD_THEMES constants for add-on developers.
• Added Developer Log to log notices that need Super Admin attention.
• Deprecated member_model->get_authors_simple(), use member_model->get_authors() instead.
• Added template_types Extension Hook to add custom template types.
• Added member_delete Extension Hook to execute code before member deletion and to modify member IDs to delete.
• Added core_template_hook that lets you change the template to be loaded based on the uri_string.
• Added template_post_parse hook that lets you modify templates after parsing.
• Added template_fetch_template hook that lets you see what template is being loaded.
• Added option to suppress errors thrown by loading language files.
• Added all plugins to default text formatting list when creating a new field.
• Abstracted field edit/create logic to the Channel Fields API.

Hi Wes,

Looks like the hook you mention, “core_template_hook”, is actually called “core_template_route”.

Man, now THAT looks like a hook that could usher in some fun…

Cheers, John

I am getting errors on upgrade from EE 2.3.1:

A Database Error Occurred
Error Number: 1054

Unknown column 'caption' in 'exp_files'

ALTER TABLE `exp_files` CHANGE `caption` `description` text

Filename: updates/ud_240.php

Line Number: 145

« Back

Going back and manually undoing the rest of the updates and adding a ‘caption’ field of type text to the files table allowed the update to complete.

I am also getting errors .. first got a 500 Internal Server error and then when refreshing:

A Database Error Occurred
Error Number: 1054

Unknown column 'wm_x_offset' in 'exp_file_watermarks'

ALTER TABLE `exp_file_watermarks` CHANGE `wm_x_offset` `wm_hor_offset` int

Filename: C:\dev\xampp\htdocs\addonbakery-ee\wwwdocs\system\codeigniter\system\database\DB_driver.php

Line Number: 330

Bjorn and Greg, both of those problems sound like the updater problems that have been plaguing us forever. Do you have backups before the update? Did they have the columns that the updater is complaining about?

Hi Wes,

Just a tiny one,

in your changelog it says:

URL_THEMES_THIRD PATH_THEMES_THIRD

but in the documentation under constants it says:

PATH_THIRD_THEMES URL_THIRD_THEMES

Also, on the “Updating from a Previous Version of ExpressionEngine” documentation page, under “Additional Steps” one of the steps is: “If you’re updating from a previous version, you may have a _thumb”

Just wanted to also say love the upload prefs change and the default text formatting to none change!

Thanks

Alright, the changelog is definitely wrong and the docs are right. I’ll fix it above and in the changelogs.

Bjorn and Greg, both of those problems sound like the updater problems that have been plaguing us forever. Do you have backups before the update? Did they have the columns that the updater is complaining about?

Sorry i didnt get back to you wes, I didn’t get a notify email for the response here for some reason. Ill email you the DB export i used from before the upgrade

Hey Wes - If we’re running the first 2.4.0 developer preview without problem, can we update to the 2nd developer preview without hassle? Or is that a Very Bad Idea?

Cheers, John

John, it looks like nothing was added to the update file, so you should be able to just replace the files and be fine.

Yep, confirmed all worked just fine. Thanks!

Did “URL to your Control Panel index page” from General Configuration get removed or moved?