[Hirtius-discuss] [ANNOUNCEMENT] Public release of Project Hirtius v1.06

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Release email for Hirtius v1.06
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(pan, v0, 21/08/2024)


Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Public release of Project Hirtius v1.06

To whom this may concern.

I'm pleased to announce the immediate availability of the latest release 
of Project Hirtius (v1.06).

Hirtius is a web-based historical research assistant created by Les
Ateliers du Heron. Its goal is to replace the historian's notebook and
box of cards, while providing a collaborative work environment for a
whole team of researchers, that can be thought of as a purpose-built CMS
cross-bred with a digital pictures management system, a genealogy
application and a Wiki.

Eventually, based on the information you stored in the application, and
the links you created between the various data elements, Hirtius will
also help you prepare the draft version of your scholarly papers.


The main improvements in v1.06 are:
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- Added new checkbox on the "Latest Updates" search query page to control 
  whether the maximum number of hits should be computed globally or per 
  category. Updated HelpSet and test procedure accordingly.
- Added new Calendar View feature (based on jPerCal project). Added new 'era' 
  column to Events and Titles objects. DB schema bumped to 50. Made JDN values 
  more visible (and selectable as Advanced Search Result columns where 
  applicable). Added new Calendar Tools page to offer direct access to the 
  underlying functions that support Calendar View. Added new "Bibliography" and 
  "Supported Eras" help pages with all references used to build the calendaring 
  functions. Updated HelpSet, INSTALL, UPGRADE and test procedure accordingly. 
- Took advantage of the new functions and data fields introduced by the Calendar 
  View feature to implement a more thorough validation on the "historical" 
  date format (i.e. the one used for Events and Titles).
- Granted Reader-level user accounts full management rights over their own
  library cards and related renewal records. Updated test procedure 
  accordingly.
- Added action links to the Tray view page to allow inserting a new Slide 
  straight into a specific (empty) slot. Updated HelpSet and test procedure 
  accordingly.
- Disabling or enabling a user account is now traced explicitly in the 
  EventLog.
- Improved 'URLify()' function to render SmartLinks pointing to non-existent
  objects with a different visual style, and to use a different target URL
  in this case (object creation page or object list, where possible).
  Added "candidate Slide ID" to the interface of ./slide_edit.php (to be used
  by 'URLify()' when pointing to non-existent slides). Created new function 
  'GetBibSrcRefIDbyName()' to allow similar check for Bibrefs and Srcrefs. 
  Updated HelpSet and test procedure accordingly.

+ many, many other bug fixes and enhancements...


For a complete list of changes in this version, please refer to the
'Changelog' file, provided both as part of the distribution archive and
on the project web site (see below).

If you already installed an earlier release of the software, please 
refer to the 'UPGRADE' document (available in the same locations as the
'Changelog').

For more information about the program, please visit the application
home page:

<https://hirtius.sourceforge.io/>

To download the installation archive, please visit the SourceForge
project page:

<https://sourceforge.net/projects/hirtius/>

and click on the "Files" tab.

Any question or comment is always welcome.

Ph. A.