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Exponent 2.0.9 Released!

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Version 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