Mahara 1.10.0
21 October 2014
Mahara version 1.10.0 is now available (major release).
Upgrading to Mahara 1.10.0
Mahara 1.10.0 can be upgraded to (or installed) using any of Installatron's products. Use Installatron's optional Automatic Update feature to automatically apply Mahara updates as new versions are released, or use Installatron's Clone feature to duplicate an existing Mahara install to test the 1.10.0 upgrade prior to applying it live. Get started managing your Mahara installations with Installatron
What's New in Mahara 1.10.0
New Features:
- Streamlined easier-to-use "Text" block
- The new "Note" block retains all the removed features of the Text block
- Streamlined rich text editor, with a toggle button to access advanced features
- "Messaging" profile tab replaced with "Social media" tab with newer options
- User messages can be sent to multiple recipients
- Added a "sent" box alongside the inbox for user messages
- Groups: "Objectionable content" button for forum posts
- Groups: Forum moderators can relocate forum posts between forums
- Groups: Option to auto-create a LEAP2a archive of submitted pages
- Groups: More control over which group members receive feedback & shared page notifications
- Admins can customize the templates used for group homepages and new user dashboards and profile pages
- Site option to send users a notification when they're near their file storage quota
- Site option to allow users to hide author name on Pages
- Site admins can disable new user self-registration for all institutions
API changes:
- Support for generic "module" plugins
- Plugins can include a pre-install "sanity check" method
- New /local/lib.php method for adding sideblocks
- Plugins can add top-level menu items to the main nav menu and the top-right nav menu
Theme API changes:
- Plugin theme files can be located under /theme
- Themes can have their own lang files
- Support for /local override of theme files
- See https://wiki.mahara.org/index.php/Customising/Themes/1.10 for more info