Dotclear 2.23.1
15 August 2022
Dotclear version 2.23.1 is now available (major release).
Upgrading to Dotclear 2.23.1
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What's New in Dotclear 2.23.1
- PHP 7.4+ is required, PHP 8.0/8.1 compliance
- Remove Iconset management
- Admin UI: Harmonize font size on different support (laptop, tablet, mobile)
- Admin UX: Group more logically buttons on CKEditor toolbar
- Core: New constant DC_DEFAULT_THEME, set to 'berlin'
- Core: Use predefined constants for post statuses (dcBlog::POST_*)
- Core: Use predefined constants for comment statuses (dcBlog::COMMENT_*)
- Core: Deprecated global $core (or $GLOBALS'core'), use dcCore::app() instead
- Core: Deprecated global $_ctx, use dcCore::app()->ctx instead
- Core: Deprecated global $_lang, use dcCore::app()->lang instead
- Core: Deprecated global $mod_files, use dcCore::app()->cache'mod_files' instead
- Core: Deprecated global $mod_ts, use dcCore::app()->cache'mod_ts' instead
- Core: Deprecated global $_menu, use dcCore::app()->menu instead
- Core: Deprecated global $__resources, use dcCore::app()->resources instead
- Core: REST server now accepts JSON format (experimental)
- Fix: Use relative URL for attachments as far as possible
- Fix: Remove select hiding mechanism when help is displayed
- Fix: Loading of modules (plugins/themes) in safe mode
- Fix: Message position on Quick entry submit (dashboard)
- Fix: Select appearance on Safari (webkit engine)
- Lib: Update CKEditor to 4.19.1
- Lib: Update Codemirror to 5.65.7
- Various bugs, a11y concerns and typos fixed
- Some locales and cosmetic adjustments
- Warning: Internet Explorer is not more officially supported (may still work weirdly)
- 2.23.1: And in the meantime, a maintenance version to correct a bug with the addition of comments.