File Release Notes and Changelog
Notes:
Introduction to Article Manager
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The ArticleManager module lets you create dynamic web articles that display your site's content the way -you- want it to be displayed!
FEATURES
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Custom articles - each section can look completely different
Define your own article and section templates
Admins can allow/deny ability to display external pages in an embedded frame
Users can add comments to your article
Users can view a list of the articles that they have created
Articles keep track of how many times they've been viewed
Articles can be set to start showing at a future date
Articles can expire on specified dates
Articles can be viewed in summary format with a link to the full article
Multi-page stories with automatic navigation controls!
Images can be clickable links with alternate text and photo captions
Expired articles can be accessed from a list and re-activated
Module settings are easily changeable
User-submitted articles can require approval before activation
"Also on this site.." Block
"Previous n Articles" Block
"Most Popular Articles" Block
Articles can be set to not show up in the homepage summary listings
"Edit Locking" - Only 1 user can edit a page at a time
A "News" page that displays all articles according to search or display settings that you control
"Email A Friend"
Advanced revision tracking & management.
Support for auomatic posting via JustBlogIt! (http://blog.warmbrain.com/justblogit/)
Support for offline blog editing tools via XML-RPC and the MetaWebLog and Movable Type APIs.
Categorized homepage listings
Revamped editing screen
Basic & Advanced article search dialogs
XML Article Export & Import
...and many more!
Changes:
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Changes in version 4.2.0 (The trf000 Edition)
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+ RFE [2091396] - Approval Permissions can now be given on a per-Admin basis
+ ([ 2130662 ] Article Manager restricted content)
+ Fixed Bug Report [ 2130663 ] - Restricted Users cannot edit their own articles
+ Fixed Bug Report [ 2089717 ] - Articles awaiting approval all have the date Dec. 31, 1969.
+ RFE [ 2138556 ] - "Viewable By" and "Editable By" filters are added to the search menu
+ RFE ["trf000"] - Approval Permissions can now be set/changed en masse via a "Editing Article Access Permissions" dialog
+ Fixed caching of homepage summary display for visitors
+ If set in the AM settings, all changes to articles are now summarized in /logs/event.log
+ Moved handling of configuration settings to the PHPWS_Settings class
+ Moved installation auto-import of demonstration article and manual to install.php
+ RFE ["trf000"] - Image fields now handle multimedia filecabinet content (more than just pictures!)
+ mod-rewite URIs now look like the 1.6 spec to insure backwards compatibility
+ Made bulk operation selection text more understandable.
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Changes in version 4.1.0
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+ CREATED_DATE & UPDATED_DATE tags use the CREATED_DATE_SHORT & UPDATED_DATE_SHORT date formats
+ Removed references to the obsolete Category::getTag()
+ The allow_anonymous setting is already stored in the Comment thread, so it's been taken out of the Article record
+ AM now allows you to set the new Comments default_approval setting
+ Article->save() now exposes its Key (_key) and Comment_Thread (_thread) to reduce extra queries
+ Fixed Bug [2030665] Help not working properly
+ Fixed Bug [2030668] Email Article
+ Fixed Bug [2030733] Print doesn't compile pages
+ Fixed Bug [2030671] Email Article Pt II
+ Fixed Bug [2008378] Comments are not converted correctly
+ Fixed Bug [2008368] Images are not converted correctly
+ 0.10.x Convertor now ignores comments if you`ve disabled them for the entire module
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Changes in version 4.0.9
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+ Created generic tags (CREATED_DATE, UPDATED_DATE) with time-format-specific template tags:
CREATED_DATE_LONG
UPDATED_DATE_LONG
CREATED_DATE_SHORT
UPDATED_DATE_SHORT
CREATED_DATE_REL
UPDATED_DATE_REL
+ Added summary image tags (IMAGE and CAPTION) to the default page and summary templates
+ Fixed notice where $_POST['meta_keywords'] wasn't being created.
+ Added image-related fields to PHPWS_AM_Data::bulk_load_db() so that images can show up on summary lists
+ trf000 reported that the import/export xml feature isn't working with branches. Fixed by replacing the PHPWS_SOURCE_DIRs with PHPWS_HOME_DIRs
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Changes in version 4.0.8
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+ Submitted FileCabinet patches haven't been committed yet. /class/Image.php now checks if FC_File_Manager->setPlaceholderMaxHeight() exists before calling it.
+ Fixed phpwebsite-comm bug #1891422 "E-mail Article"
+ Added compatibility with phpWS 1.5 mod-rewrite changes
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Changes in version 4.0.7
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+ Users' Displaynames are now stored&shown instead of their system usernames
+ Search Menu now matches on Users' Displaynames, not their Usernames
+ Updated code to work with the new revison of the File Cabinet module
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Changes in version 4.0.6
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+ Fixed an XML article import bug that was importing all articles to 0
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Changes in version 4.0.5
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+ Image selection dialog now disappears when not authorized
+ Changed processing of ARTICLE_vars to avoid faulty "each()" command
+ Featured articles will now not show up in the summary lists as well
+ Configuration files are now deleted on uninstallation
+ Renamed maligned table columns to correct previous PHPWS_db prefixing bug
+ Updated list templates
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Changes in version 4.0.4
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+ Fixed various error notices
+ Fixed various permissioning errors
+ Renamed module tables to conform to 1.x naming
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Changes in version 4.0.3
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+ Added lots more error reporting to /logs/error.log
+ Fixed a bug "Class 'PHPWS_AM_Actions' not found"
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Changes in version 4.0.2
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+ Fixed a bug "Edit permission column does not exist"
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Changes in version 4.0.1
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- I think core::loadobject may have changed, causing a bug in loading the right article
- FilingCabinet's image selection dialog changed so that it's REAL BIG now. I made a small change to the editing form so that it won't look so cluttered.
- Fixed a problem with MiniAdmin not showing up on some views.
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Changes in version 4.0
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- This version is for phpWebsite 1.x
- Categorized homepage listings
- Revamped editing screen
- Basic & Advanced article search dialogs
- XML Article Export & Import
- Works with php 5
- Much more...
