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Version 1.8.0 (Jackie)
-(??? from http://code.elgg.org/branches/1.8/)
+(September 5th, 2011 from git://github.com/Elgg/Elgg.git)
+
+ Notes:
+ Elgg 1.8 contains the most changes in Elgg since the transition from Elgg
+ 0.9 to Elgg 1.0. The core team tried to make the transition as smooth as
+ possible, but in the interest of following standards and simplifying the
+ development process for core and third party developers, we have made
+ changes that will require updating plugins. We believe these changes
+ will help Elgg development be easier for everyone.
+
+ It is unreasonable and unhelpful to list the full details of all changes in
+ this file. Instead, we will list the high level, overarching changes to
+ systems. If you are interested in the specifics, Elgg 1.8's source code is
+ highly documented and serves as a good guide and the git commit log can
+ provide excruciating details of what has changed between 1.7 and 1.8.
+
+ Please post your feedback, questions, and comments to the community site
+ at http://community.elgg.org. As always, thank you for using Elgg!
+
+ --The Elgg Core Development Team
+
+ A tip about updating plugins:
+ It's not difficult to update 1.7 plugins for 1.8. There is a detailed
+ document outlining this process on the wiki:
+ http://docs.elgg.org/wiki/Updating_plugins_for_Elgg_1.8
+
+ The basic process is:
+ 1. Clean up the plugin to make sure it conforms to coding standards,
+ official structure, and best practices.
+ 2. Update any uses of deprecated functions. Functions deprecated in 1.7 will
+ produce visible notices in 1.8!
+ 3. Use the new manifest format.
+ 4. Use the new menu functions.
+ 5. Use the new JS features.
+ 6. Update the views to use core CSS helper functions and classes instead of
+ writing your own.
+
+ The documentation directory and the wiki has more information.
User-visible changes:
* New default theme.
- * Separated admin interface.
+ * New installation.
+ * Separate and updated admin interface.
+ * Updated plugin themes.
Generic API changes:
- * Added elgg_instanceof().
- * Added remove_subtype() and update_subtype().
- * Added elgg_format_url().
- * ElggDiskFilestore supports non-user owners.
-
- Deprecated APIs:
- * ElggAccess::get_ignore_access() by ElggAccess::getIgnoreAccess().
- * ElggAccess::set_ignore_access() by ElggAccess::setIgnoreAccess().
- * ElggCache::set_variable() by ElggCache::setVariable().
- * ElggCache::get_variable() by ElggCache::getVariable().
- * ElggDiskFilestore::make_directory_root() by ElggDiskFilestore::makeDirectoryRoot().
- * ElggDiskFilestore::make_file_matrix() and ElggDiskFilestore::user_file_matrix() by
- ElggDiskFilestore::makeFileMatrix().
- * ElggDiskFilestore::mb_string_split() removed.
- * ElggEntity::initialise_attriutes() by ElggEntity::initializeAttributes(). Same for
- all sub classes of ElggEntity.
- * ElggFileCache::create_file() by ::createFile().
- * ElggFileCache::sanitise_filename() by ::sanitizeFilename().
- * ElggMemcache::make_memcache_key() by ::_makeMemcacheKey().
- * ElggGroup::initialise_attributes() by ::initializeAttributes().
- * ElggPlugin::initialise_attributes() by ::initializeAttributes().
- * XMLRPCCall::parse() by XMLRPCCALL::_parse().
- * __get_annotations_calculate_x() by get_annotations_calculate_x().
- * __get_entities_from_annotations_calculate_x() by get_entities_from_annotations_calculate_x().
- * __php_api_error_handler() by _php_api_error_handler().
- * __php_api_exception_handler() by _php_api_exception_handler().
- * __elgg_php_error_handler() by _elgg_php_error_handler().
- * __elgg_php_exception_handler() by _elgg_php_exception_handler().
- * __process_element() by _process_element().
- * All __elgg_session_*() by _elgg_session_*().
-
- UI/UX API changes:
- * Added elgg_push_breadcrumb(), elgg_pop_breadcrumb(), and elgg_get_breadcrumbs().
- * Added navigation/breadcrumbs.
- * Added sticky form support with elgg_make_sticky_form(),
- elgg_clear_sticky_form(), elgg_is_sticky_form(), and elgg_get_sticky_value().
+ * Improved the markup and CSS.
+ * Restructured and simplified the views layouts.
+ * Added a new menu system.
+ * Added new CSS and JS file registration functions.
+ * Added a JS engine.
+ * Added a breadcrumb system.
+ * Added a sticky forms system.
+
+ New plugins:
+ * Dashboard - The activity stream is now the default index page. A 1.7-style
+ dashboard is provided through the dashboard plugin.
+ * Developers Plugins - Developer tools.
+ * Likes - Allows users to "like" other users' content.
+ * oAuth API - A generic, reusable oAuth library.
+ * Tag Cloud - A widget-based tag cloud generator.
+ * Twitter API - A generic Twitter library that allows signin with Twitter
+ and pushing content to tweets. Replaces twitter_service.
+
+ Deprecated plugins:
+ * captcha - Captchas have long since stopped being useful as a deterrent
+ against spam.
+ * crontrigger - Real cron should be used.
+ * default_widgets - This functionality is now part of core.
+ * friends - This functionality is now part of core.
+ * riverdashboard - Displaying the river (activity stream) is default in
+ core. The original dashboard can be restored by the new Dashboard plugin.
+ * twitter_service - Replaced by Twitter API.
+
+ Elgg 1.8.0.1 was released immediately after 1.8.0 to correct a problem in
+ installation.
+
+
+Previous and Merged Changes:
+
+Version 1.7.11
+(August 15, 2011 from http://github.com/Elgg/elgg)
+
+ Security Enhancements:
+ * Fixed possible XSS vector in the embed plugin. Thanks to Aung Khant from YEHG for the report.
+ * Fixed possible SQL exposure exploit in the search plugin. Thanks again to Aung Khant.
+ * Fixed possible SQL injection vector in the search plugin. Thanks to Lostmon Lords for the report.
+
+ Bugfixes:
+ * Filtering by content works in the dashboard again.
+ * Dragging widgets works in IE9.
+
+ API Changes:
+ * Deleting a container will delete all contained objects regardless of access_id.
+ * setLocation() and setLatLong() no longer double escapes strings.
+ * Calling elgg_list_entities() with count set no longer breaks the display.
+
+
+Version 1.7.10
+(June 14, 2011 from http://code.elgg.org/branches/1.7)
+
+ Security Enhancements:
+ * Changes to prevent numerous reflected cross site scripting vectors. Thanks to Aung Khant for
+ the reports!
+
+ Enhancements:
+ * Banned users are more apparent in user lists and profiles.
+
+ Bugfixes:
+ * TinyMCE: Using Elgg's default font to prevent small font sizes.
+ * Files: Optimizations to allow uploading and downloading larger files.
+ * Fixed bugs preventing users from adding and removing friends in Friends Collections.
+ * $CONFIG->lastcache is correctly set for pages that regenerate the cache.
+
+ API Changes:
+ * Added unit tests for access collections.
+ * Added can_edit_access_collection().
+ * Access collection functions no longer check permissions. Do this in actions instead.
Version 1.7.9
@@ -264,13 +339,13 @@ Version 1.7.1
* Tag search works in groups and members.
* Tag clouds correctly link to tag search.
* RSS views added to search.
- * Wrapper function for get_entities() correctly rewrites container_guid to
+ * Wrapper function for get_entities() correctly rewrites container_guid to
owner_guid.
* output/url correctly appends http:// again.
* full_url() urlencode()'s ' and " to avoid a security problem in IE.
-
+
API changes:
- * Moved admin flag to users_entity table and added ElggUser->isAdmin(),
+ * Moved admin flag to users_entity table and added ElggUser->isAdmin(),
->makeAdmin(), and ->removeAdmin() to replace the metadata.
* Plugin hook for reported content includes the report object.
* UTF8 upgrade checks server defaults before running to avoid
@@ -339,4 +414,4 @@ Version 1.7.0
* New plugin hook rest:init so plugins can configure authentication modules
* Moved auth.gettoken to POST for increased security
* Fixed REST POST bug #1114
- * Fixed #881, #1214, #1215, #1216, #1217, #1218, #1219, #1220, #1298, #1364
+ * Fixed #881, #1214, #1215, #1216, #1217, #1218, #1219, #1220, #1298, #1364