Sep 28 2012
Exponent 2.0.9 Released!
release, exponentVersion 2.0.9 has been released! This update includes many, many changes and fixes! While this release focused on greater HTML5 & PHP v5.4 compliance, & module upgrades, we didn't stop there.
- upgrades old school simple poll and navigation modules into 2.0 style controllers
-- page type indicators now displayed in Manage Pages view
-- new universal navigation view to emulate most old navigation views through user settings
-- initial implementation of optional menu item icons
- adds help links to most admin displays
- adds next/prev item in blog and news single item view
- adds optional 'date badge' to news, blog, & filedownload views
- calendar is more forgiving of timezone changes (events won't disappear)
-- adds selectable weekly view to calendar
-- updates ical feeds and send reminders cron task to use sef urls
- adds new 2-column style display option in forms module
- updates rss feeds to use sef urls, adds individual feed 'advertise' option
- more efficient searches...several anomalies fixed and search activity reports available
- importing EQL database backup files now more descriptive if errors are encountered (detailed solution provided)
- adds some new upgrade scripts to attempt to clean up the system from previous updates
-- deletes moved files where old file in old location may still linger
-- attempts to fix some database issues such as mixed case naming or controller name quirks
- new system fallback theme so pages will display even if the entire themes folder is missing
- adds instructions to get e-commerce up and running
-- closer to an 'out of the box' solution
-- can now activate e-commerce w/o activating an ecom module
-- PayPal Express checkout updated to use new api to give more into on the PayPal screen
-- FedEx & UPS shipping calculators working
-- e-commerce use a little more intuitive/more features now functional
- adds a working 'upload' control to forms which will email submitted file as an attachment
- (finally) upgrades the YUI framework to v3.7.2 (after being stuck at v3.4.0 due to issue)
- plus many, many other tweaks, fixes, and features