Omeka 2.3.1
2 September 2015
Omeka version 2.3.1 is now available.
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What's New in Omeka 2.3.1
Enhancements
- It is now possible to view tags assigned to zero records in the admin interface for tags
- The item shortcodes now allow filtering by item type (#668).
- Invalid strings are now handled more gracefully when using PHP 5.4 or newer
- The full set of available filters for Items are now available for use in the API
- The ExternalImageMagick and Imagick file derivative strategies now have a autoOrient option to automatically fix the orientation of images that have an embedded orientation flag.
Bugs Fixed
- An error occurred when adding tags differing only in trailing spaces
- Sessions containing invalid UTF-8 text data could be dropped or truncated
- Invalid element text records could cause nonsensical API output
- Element texts could be duplicated if a record was saved more than once in a single request
- The linkToMetadata option for file_markup could cause a PHP notice
- The Imagick derivative strategy handled images with layers and transparency improperly
- The Mixin_ElementText::getAllElementTextsByElement function introduced in 2.3 did not work correctly (#662, fix contributed by Daniel Berthereau)
- There was a typo in the admin interface (#664, fix contributed by Zach Ploskey)
Changes
- PHP's error reporting level is now set the same regardless of the "environment" setting
Localization
- New translation for Latvian (lv_LV)
- Updates for Czech (cs), Estonian (et), Italian (it), Dutch (nl_NL), Polish (pl), Swedish (sv_SE), and Turkish (tr_TR).
Bundled Add-ons: Themes
- Thanks, Roy 2.3.1 (fixed a problem with site logos not showing correctly on item pages)
Bundled Add-ons: Plugins
- Exhibit Builder 3.2.1 (fixed a problem that sometimes prevented exhibits from being deleted, updated translations)
- Simple Pages 3.0.6 (updated translations)