Caravel Content Management System

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: caravel-2.5

Notes:
Caravel version 2.5 is a developer-focused release that goes a long way toward making apps more pluggable.  However, it also includes a number of bugfixes that would make the upgrade worthwhile, as well as a couple minor feature improvements.

Download and run install.sh to set up or upgrade a previous installation.  See UPGRADING in the tarball for details.

Changes:
Caravel v2.5

New/Changed features:
 * HTML Editor:
    - Upgraded to tinyMCE v1.45
    - Title and Author attributes are now more accessible
 * Uploader:
    - Improved look
    - Title and Author attributes can now be set here
 * Color Picker:
    - Added non-html-safe color capabilities as well as transparency
 * Keyword Generation:
    - Added auto keywords harvesting
 * Clock:
    - Added option for custom messsage when countdown timer reaches zero.
 * Improved, all-purpose Options app (replaces Site Settings)
    - Includes personal settings, such as whether to default to Edit or
      Preview mode when you log in
 * App selector:
    - Improved look
 * API:
    - Apps now registered using app.reg files, making them much more pluggable
    - AJAX request support (beta)

Bugs fixed:
 - Cosmetic: Popping up editor for a narrow column now shows full toolbar
 - Cosmetic: Too-wide columns no longer cause a blank area in IE
 - Project Manager: Rewrote permission/group handling to work with the
    Caravel security system...other minor fixes
 - Clock: Clock will now display correctly when first loaded.
 - Clock: Clock no longer stops if multiple custom or simple clocks
    appear on the same page, or if an apostorphe is part of the customstring
 - Site Admin: Initializing a new site no longer messes up links on the default site
 - Site Admin: Corrected default setting for 'Use custom site by default'
 - Layout: Showing a page will now auto-publish it
 - Filesystem: Temporary files now get removed from the filesystem as well as LDAP
 - Site Admin: If you have a single-host setup, accessing your host name will
    redirect to the default site rather than giving an error.
 - Site Admin: Groups are now created as soon as a site is created instead
    of on initial login. This allow users to be set up before anyone has
    logged into the new site.
 - Site Admin: There was privilege problem for admins logging into their site
    for the first time. This issue has been resolved.