Dotclear 2.7
15 December 2014
Dotclear version 2.7 is now available (major release).
Upgrading to Dotclear 2.7
Dotclear 2.7 can be upgraded to (or installed) using any of Installatron's products. Use Installatron's optional Automatic Update feature to automatically apply Dotclear updates as new versions are released, or use Installatron's Clone feature to duplicate an existing Dotclear install to test the 2.7 upgrade prior to applying it live. Get started managing your Dotclear installations with Installatron
What's New in Dotclear 2.7
It's now been thirteen months since 2.6 came out. It's now about time (at last!) to move on. Dotclear 2.7, being released today, is less spectacular than the previous version, with its updated administration graphics chart, but it brings forth significative changes for users (on the admin side) and its rendering (on the public side).
Changelog
- Security : protection against clickjacking may be activated (see blog parameters)
- Switch to HTML5 : backend, templatesets and themes
- ARIA roles in da place (a11y)
- Multiple templatesets : mustek (legacy) and currywurst
- Themes may use extension/heritage template mechanisms
- New theme (Berlin) based on currywurst templateset
- New WYSIWYG editor (CKEditor)
- Dotclear Wiki now produces HTML5 compatible markup
- Video and audio HTML5 tags are now used (with fallback to flash if possible)
- Copying default theme to user-defined theme folder is not more necessary
- Preview of comment may be optional (see blog parameters)
- Widgets may be put offline without deleting them
- jQuery version may be choosen between 1.4.2 (default) and 1.11.1 (see blog parameters)
- Number of posts listed on home page may be different than other pages (see blog parameters)
- Hidden folders are now hidden in media manager (set DC_SHOW_HIDDEN_DIRS to true in config.php to display them)
- User-defined template files may be reset (deleted) in theme editor
- Drag'n'drop now enabled on touch screens
- Alternative syntax may be set for comments by third-party plugins
- A lot of bug fixes
- Much more cosmetic adjustements and enhancements