Caravel Content Management System

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: caravel-3.1

Notes:
This release focuses on optimization and progress towards meeting web standards.  An improved installer now sets up the LDAP database used by Caravel.  A number of bugfixes have also been incorporated.

See the UPGRADING file in the tarball for instructions on upgrading from previous releases of Caravel.

Changes:
Caravel v3.1 - 5/15/2006

New/Changed features:
 - Optimization: Totally changed where many files get included to
   drastically decrease the memory footprint of Caravel. This should
   significantly help speeds on busy boxes as well.
 - Validation: Made progress towards making Caravel validate as HTML 4.1
   Transitional. This is mostly done, just a few apps and a couple other
   places that still do not validate.
 - Installer: LDAP setup is now handled by the web-based installer.  Several
   checks have been added to the web-based installer to ensure proper system
   configuration.
 - Formbuilder: Added a few options so that it could log who fills it out
   and not let them do it again. Also made it so that there is an option to
   allow immediate re-submits, and not always display only the thank you
   text when submitted.
 - Shopping Cart: Inline CSS has been replaced with classes so it should now
   be possible to change its look and feel from the Page/Template CSS files.
 - Site Settings: Now lets you set a per-site custom 404 Not Found error page.
 - Layout: Added a Column Widths setting dialog, accesible from the row toolbar.
 - Editor: Updated to tinyMCE 2.0.6.1

Bugs fixed:
 - FormBuilder: Removed the label from the html option and made it able to
   fill the entire tr. Made it so the hidden option really is hidden.
 - Images: Fixed an IE only bug that caused an extra pixel below all block
   images
 - Editor: Fixed image insertion.
 - Block Settings: default block template now shows correctly as 'default', not 'none'
 - Sessions: Fixed bug where loading images from secure server resulted in a cookie
 - File Downloads: avoid unnecessary loading of data
 - Slideshow: made default background transparent
 - template blocks no longer get a border / hand cursor on toolbars
 - Events: quantity textbox now lines up with the name in IE.
 - Navigator: totally reworked the CSS for the css navigator, it now looks
   very similar in IE and Firefox. Also there is no longer any padding used
   so this does not occasionally break onto the next line. Hover colors for
   background and text work now as well.
 - ECItem: Picture insertion now works again.
 - TinyMCE: Fixed incorrect toolbar buttons for very narrow columns.
 - CSS Editor: Convinced browsers not to cache after changes are saved.
 - File Manager: Fixed endless recursion when copying folder into itself
 - Bug report form: Added some measures to prevent spam