Oxwall 1.7.0
8 July 2014
Oxwall version 1.7.0 is now available (major release).
Upgrading to Oxwall 1.7.0
Oxwall 1.7.0 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 1.7.0 upgrade prior to applying it live. Get started managing your Oxwall installations with Installatron
What's New in Oxwall 1.7.0
Important changes:
- New option to assign specific user roles for each account type;
- New option to assign separate list of profile questions for each account type;
- Modified user permission check (developers, you need to adapt your plugins!);
- Attachments for all media (messages, forums, comments, etc) are redesigned (designers, you may need to adapt your themes!);
- Comment box redesigned (designers, you may need to adapt your themes!);
Highlight: Complete photo redesign
- New advanced bulk photo upload;
- New photo list view;
- New photo album view;
- Optimized photo preview (info and comments in sidebar);
- Search by keywords, users, hashtags;
- Full-screen slideshow;
- Photos posted to newsfeed are now collected in a photo album.
Highlight: Complete messages redesign and mobile version support
- Chat only mode, mail only mode, or both;
- Additional on-page interface for chat with saved history;
- Now possible to send a message from mailbox to any recipient;
- Revamped attachments for both chat and mail;
- Inline images and video in chat;
- Chat and mail is now also in Oxwall mobile browser version.
Platform:
- reduced base.css file size by moving admin panel css to separate file /admin/css/admin.css
- redesigned installation process
- updated Amazon S3 libraries
- updated PHPMailer library
- added optional error log file
- redesigned files/photos/videos attachments used by comments, messages, forum, etc.
- fixed attachments in mobile version on Amazon S3 to make them storable
- updated user input filtering settings to prevent XSS and invalid html content
- fixed join form to prevent it from resetting without a user joining
- fixed the issue with failure to send notifications if a user hasn't changed notifications preferences
- updated system 500 error page with error details for admin (!)
- added option to update plugins by uploading them from admin panel via "add new" plugin form
- fixed error appearing when a new plugin is added with duplicate folder name
- dropped IE9 support
- added IE11 support
- extended the list of errors with FTP operations
- improved account types support
- added option to assign specific user roles for each account type
- added option to assign separate list of profile questions for each account type
- fixed the desktop version link in the mobile version for cases when content is not available in the mobile version
- redesigned comment box
- added proper user login redirect, sending users to the first page in the main menu, accessible only to logged-in users
- fixed displaying columns for "single choice" profile questions on search form
- fixed unsubscribe from site notifications option
- added option to remove site theme from admin panel
- made automatic removal of outgoing mails from ow_base_mail table if a user was deleted from the site
- added option to disable site mobile version from the admin panel
- made values removal automatically if a related question was deleted
- fixed WYSIWYG editor in IE11
- replaced WURFL library with Mobileesp
- fixed invalid routing when site is installed into subfolder with "www" as part of domain name
- fixed user redirect from mobile to desktop version for non-logged-in users with "guests can view the site" option disabled
Virtual gifts:
- fixed category display on the page "Add new gift"
Facebook connect:
- added additional step with required profile questions after the first sign-up
Events:
- made invitations removal for passed events automatically
- applied user permission "view event" to event lists
- fixed displaying updated event title in newsfeed
Mailbox->Messages:
- complete redesign and merger with Instant Chat, becoming a new single plugin called Messages
- added mobile version support
- added indication for sender if a recipient profile is suspended
Newsfeed:
- redesigned photos displaying format
- added option to remove comments from other users on profile page for profile owner
- fixed items sorting on my profile's newsfeed
Videos:
- updated embed code filtering to prevent non valid html
- made all embed videos posted through newsfeed status update automatically saved to the profile's videos
Photos:
- redesigned plugin: new upload process, 2 modes of photo view (vertical, horizontal), 2 modes of photo list (classic, pinterest), search photos by username, hashtags, and tons of other improvements
- added option to download photos for site users
- fixed photos' links in notification in mobile version
- made all photos posted through newsfeed status update automatically saved to the user's album
- optimized photo processing to reduce disk space usage
Friends:
- removed moderation option from admin panel
- fixed user follow logic: user A starts following user B's content if user B accepts a friend request
- fixed warning message when friends plugin is deactivated
Groups:
- fixed displaying updated group title on the new group forum creation page, if the title has been changed previously
- added an ability to customize group's page for site moderator
Forum:
- fixed search option in IE10/IE11
Blogs:
- fixed center align option on add new image page
Birthdays:
- fixed "view all" link on index widget