Elgg 3.1.0
29 July 2019
Elgg version 3.1.0 is now available (major release).
What's New in Elgg 3.1.0
Features
- admin: added requirements information about database server (d9c92dab)
- admin: add email change option to unvalidated users (f09ba7ee)
- admin: add server requirements page (4e5cd057)
- admin: moved Elgg release to page header (f55d0f1d)
- admin: add security recommendations page (e129b307)
- admin: add performance overview page (f1321a2f)
- admin: admin user lists now have the ability to search by email (c34789f4)
- admin: add admins directly from the administrators page (78027dda)
- admin: basic and advanced settings are merged into one form (aedaa0e1)
- ckeditor: updated to ckeditor v4.12.x (33b44604)
- ckeditor: updated ckeditor version to 4.11.x (d6061b3f)
- core: error resources now have access to the exception (fac3141e)
- core: added function to convert large numbers into short form (de9d2ef8)
- core: admin notices now have their own class (a627d4ef)
- core: manifest.json is now a cacheable simplecache resource (ef98f420)
- db: allow configuration of the database port number (058db755)
- developers: wrap input and output views (cafdb455)
- developers: display view location in view wrapping (e6ba1ecf)
- developers: added acl information to entity explorer (9c465a1a)
- entities: added helper function elgg_count_entities (7e00cbc7)
- gatekeeper: flag to validate user edit access (8becf0ea)
- groups: support content based on type/subtype in tool module (fa897bcb)
- icons: add icon cropper (deb5d212)
- input: add support for more input types (048704e2)
- menus: added menu param to set a selected menu item (74d50561)
- notifications: Elgg\Email knows about sender and recipient (539437b0)
- page_owner: moved page owner logic to a service (bc35cf5a)
- pages: page navigation now uses default page menu behaviour (89976121)
- pages: replaced treeview js and css with default menu behaviour (18be2699)
- phinx: updated phinx version to 0.10.x (52ebe588)
- plugins: hooks and events can be declared in elgg-plugin.php (c1cc12c4)
- profile: new input types for custom profile fields (59c1a4ba)
- router: add SignedRequestGatekeeper middleware (54e050a3)
- routes: added required plugins param to route config (8f4c1957)
- routes: added route config to mark route as deprecated (53d8f433)
- security: request confirmation on email change (53017104)
- security: notify the user about a password change (8692ac32)
- security: site_notifications: topbar menu item now has a unread count badge (a1d1fddc)
- upgrades: completed upgrades are sorted by completion time (beebaecd)
- users: unify set/get/delete profile data functions (906c25b7)
- users: added a site setting to allow users to change the username (3e2a476e)
- views: add additional page menu and owner block controls (5cf80c8c)
- views: password inputs now set correct autocomplete behaviour (929f7bc5)
- views: show_add_form view var is now supported in responses (7bd0f0da)
Performance
- db: added some extra indexes to the entities table (0395d99b)
Documentation
- core: added a spam guide (2ac20105)
- core: added documentation about the usage of elgg_call (8beef28f)
- core: added upgrade notices page for 3.0 to 3.x (456e4fba)
Bug Fixes
- admin: different user counters in admin stats (73c86726)
- core: updated PHP version checks to check correct version (dbb02710)
- elgg_call will now also restore when an error is thrown (54964f59)
- css: spacing between profile-field and widgets (a281ac45)
- css: prevent jquery-ui bug related to sortables (fa840b53)
- css: discussions: no longer call unavailable sidebar views (afe83c96)
- forms: added missing entity info in widget access input (8f1770d1)
- pages: no longer register page_nav menu if there is just one item (a7f7359d)
- pages: removed the pages navigation sidebar from some resources (08f3df26)
- pages: no longer show history sidebar on revision page (3c91022d)
- system_log: correctly fetch non default object classes (3f0a10d4)
Deprecations
- access: elgg_set_ignore_access is deprecated (6d0d99ec)
- access_show_hidden_entities is deprecated (33b3e5ac)
- actions: replaced several delete actions with entity/delete (192d01ac)
- core: legacy hook/event callback arguments are deprecated (563f4492)
- core: various unused lib functions have been deprecated (792bd362)
- core: elgg_instanceof is now deprecated (2602c801)
- core: replaced delete_directory with elgg_delete_directory (f61471dc)
- css: use elgg_require_css instead of elgg_register_css (b0c014f3)
- js: use elgg_require_js instead of elgg_register_js (e3d4a13c)
- page_owner: don't set page_owner via elgg_get_page_owner_guid (b1089824)
- plugins: usage of the views.php file in plugins is deprecated (95592b04)
- plugins: no longer use the (de)activate.php plugin files (d89c2474)
- plugins: plugin screenshots are no longer supported (0f7fe379)
- tests: the simpletest cli command is deprecated (f17a8cd9)
- thewire: the route previous:object:thewire is now deprecated (677d9129)