Oxwall 1.6.0
8 January 2014
Oxwall version 1.6.0 is now available (major release).
Upgrading to Oxwall 1.6.0
Oxwall 1.6.0 can be upgraded to (or installed) using any of Installatron's products. Use Installatron's optional Automatic Update feature to automatically apply Oxwall updates as new versions are released, or use Installatron's Clone feature to duplicate an existing Oxwall install to test the 1.6.0 upgrade prior to applying it live. Get started managing your Oxwall installations with Installatron
What's New in Oxwall 1.6.0
Added mobile version platform supporting the following features:
- navigation
- system pages (splash screen, site maintenance, user not reviewed, passworded site access, etc.)
- user profile (sign-in, view, list)
- photos (upload, view)
- newsfeed (base, photos)
- real time activity notifications (base, comments, friends, groups, events)
- moderation options (profile deletion, suspension)
- mobile theme customization
- facebook connect
- reset password
- RTL support
- auto-login for returning visitors
Platform:
- updated jquery library to version 2.0.3
- added PHP 5 support
- added theme autoupdate support
- fixed issue with sent letters not being deleted from the database during cron execution
- added site user status recognition (not approved, suspended, etc.) when they are displayed in site listings
- removed duplicated indexes in core database
- fixed issue with non-recognition of changes made to the profile questions on the join form
- removed duplicate meta tags, and added new meta tags to plugin and core pages
- added proper support of remote user IP when the software operates via Nginx and/or Cloudflare
- removed option "Column count" for profile questions, which lack multiple choice values
- fixed regexp validation for form fields like email
- fixed issue with profile registration when the site features several account types and is closed for password access
- made join form to check username for uniqueness when site access is closed for not logged-in users
- fixed issue with inability to add new menu items in the main section when it is empty
- fixed issue with failure to display video thumbnails for YouTube videos uploaded through media panel
- added check for removal of install folder after successful software installation (for security reasons)
- fixed issue with failure to add lang key, when default language is not active
- added check for module name when adding new plugin through admin area
- introduced ajax for button actions on profile view: suspend, make featured/remove from featured, block/unblock
- removed option to deactivate default language if no other languages are present on site
- fixed paging on page with user list
- fixed issue with failure to send users mail notifying them of profile approval, when approval is done from view profile page
Themes:
Social Sharing:
- added new plugin to allow users share site content on popular social networks
Newsfeed:
- defined output formats
- fixed issue allowing one user to delete another user’s comment after liking it in newsfeed
- fixed issue allowing blocked user to leave comments on the profile which initiated the block
- fixed issue with displaying thumbnails for YouTube videos
- added support for non-standard ports
- fixed issue with inability to delete added video in status update
Forum:
- added option to search topic by username
- made forum index display forum topic list if forum contains only one section with a single sub-forum
- added separate page for forum section
Blogs:
- fixed posts sorting in archive and during tag search
- fixed fatal error on page displaying all posts of a specific user
- fixed issue allowing any user to edit any post by accessing it through direct URL
- fixed issue with displaying big photos in posts
Events:
- added lang keys for accept and ignore buttons
- fixed issue with failure to delete newsfeed entries for events removed from site
- fixed typos in code
- fixed issue with javascript processing non-latin symbols
Groups:
- fixed issue allowing any user to join private groups through direct URL
- fixed issue with javascript processing non-latin symbols
- fixed issue with failure to unsubscribe users from group newsfeed updates after leaving the group
Photos:
- added special hash to photo file names for improved security. (Fix is applied only to new photos).
Videos:
- added video thumbnail caching for improved site performance