Mahara 1.9.0
15 April 2014
Mahara version 1.9.0 is now available (major release).
Upgrading to Mahara 1.9.0
Mahara 1.9.0 can be upgraded to (or installed) using any of Installatron's products. Use Installatron's optional Automatic Update feature to automatically apply Mahara updates as new versions are released, or use Installatron's Clone feature to duplicate an existing Mahara install to test the 1.9.0 upgrade prior to applying it live. Get started managing your Mahara installations with Installatron
What's New in Mahara 1.9.0
New Features:
- Accessibility! W3C WCAG 2.0 level AA (except for some admin pages)
- Profile completion progress bar
- Institutions can customise static pages (Dashboard, Terms & Conditions, etc)
- Institutions can customise their default language
- Support for reCAPTCHA on self-registration page
- "New user probation" system to discourage spam
- "Cookie Consent" system for compliance with the EU cookie law
- "Post now" option for forum posts, to bypass post delay
- Support for Creative Commons 4.0 licenses
- New "Feedback" block, allows placing feedback as a block intead of at the bottom of the page
- Can now show image descriptions in "Image Gallery" block
- Can specify the sort order of files in a "Folder" block
- "Folder" block can now have "Download all as zip" link
- Improvements to watchlist notifications
- Notification sent to admins when an institution reaches its allowed member limit
- "New group page" notification
- Elasticsearch shows forum post dates in search results
- Elasticsearch plugin now works with MySQL
- API: Blocks can provide a custom stylesheet
- API: Themes can disable Page Skins