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Hello,

We are proud to announce that iVex Framework 3.2.2 has been released.

Change List:
-- Fixed Theming bugs --CRITICAL--
-- Added Static Security Features
-- Increased redundancy of sqlSafe varsets
-- Ability to statically add vars
-- Modified topnav functionality for flags.

This is a critical update. And has no backward compatability issues.

This update also introduces a new folder structure to lighten the footprint. This release also contains updated documentation.

Hello,

We are proud to announce that iVex Framework 3.2.0 has been released. There is just a ton that comes with this new version.

The feature list includes:
- Bug fixes to the admin auth plugin for session handling.
- Bug fixes on the pagination plugin.
- New browseModule plugin. For easy database browsing. Complete with a documented api.
- New sendmail plugin. Requires PEAR Mail but enables SMTP mail submission.
- New SQL Theme plugin. Enables theming from sql based templates.
- New Top nav Plugin. Generates a scalable top navigation bar for cms driven websites.... read more

Hello,

I have released iVex Framework 3.1.11 to address a small bug with the iVexSecurity class that caused it to cast blank vars to integers that would result in unwanted zeros.

This is a mandatory update and has no backwards compatibility issues. Upgrading is STRONGLY recommended.

First, we are packaging in Mootools 1.2 and as 1.2 is a complete rewrite of 1.11 we have decided fork 1.11 and 1.2 and package them both in the framework. This will create a minor initialization change as the config variables are now ['mootools11'] and ['mootools12'] for 1.11 and 1.2 respectively. Very simple init change if this breaks functionality.

Second, there has been a functionality change with the iVexSecurity class. Previously there was no way to stop the framework from unregistering autoglobals when initialized. This is not desired as it would ruin the integration purposes of iVex Framework. So in 3.1.9 a configuration option has been added to "preserve_autoglobals" for use even after the framework loads and maintain the benefits of the framework based global filters. The sampleInit.php in the contrib folder has been updated to reflect how to set this configuration option.... read more

Hello,

I wanted to give everyone an update. Today was supposed to be the release of 3.1.9. But, we have been delayed we are waiting to package in the full Mootools 1.2 and rather than make a double release we will wait.

So whats going to be new?

First, we are packaging in Mootools 1.2 and as 1.2 is a complete rewrite of 1.11 we have decided fork 1.11 and 1.2 and package them both in the framework.

Second, there has been a functionality change with the iVexSecurity class. Previously there was no way to stop the framework from unregistering autoglobals when initialized. This is not desired as it would ruin the integration purposes of iVex Framework. So in 3.1.9 a configuration option has been added to "preserve_autoglobals" for use even after the framework loads and maintain the benefits of the framework based global filters. The sampleInit.php in the contrib folder has been updated to reflect how to set this configuration option.... read more

Good Morning, and good news. Today I have released iVex Framework version 3.1.8 with a couple enchancements and one minor bug fix.

First of all, I want to address the bug fix. There was one minor bug with the way empty template sections were handled. If your error reporting level was at E_ALL the theme system would generate an E_NOTICE if a template section was not found. This was not the desired functionality thus this E_NOTICE generation has been deprectated. Currently not found templates/sections are not reported and are silent. There are plans to implement a template debugging system in later versions.... read more

Hello,

I just wanted to let everyone know that iVex Framework 3.1.8 is due out this week. There are a couple reasons for the new release. In testing I have found that the E_NOTICE generated when a template section is not found is very lets say unappealing.

Second, two plugins have been added to the package to help with development. These plugins are fully documented and will be included with the new documentation. Note, this will be the first documentation rebuild since 3.1.5.... read more

I have addressed a small bug in the templating system. Thus, a small release for the framework.

Before 3.1.7 sending blank tags to the theme system would result in the tag not being parsed. This has been corrected. Please note, the system still skips blank tags so putting {} in your templates will do no good.

This upgrade is highly recommended and completely transparent. It will not have any compatability issues with 3.1.6 unless for some reason your script relied on the system to not parse blank tags. This should be handled on the script end and not within the framework.

I have released a new version of iVex Framework to address the following critical issue.

Before 3.1.6 the framework would not respond correctly with sessions as the security module of the framework would unregister the the $_SESSION var as it does many of the superglobals to enforce best practices. 3.1.6 no longer supports this procedure. Instead of unregistering the session variable to stay in key with safe practices the $_SESSION superglobal is now set by reference to $iVex->session.... read more

Quite a lot of rain here today. But, that didnt stop me from getting iVex Framework 3.1.5 ready! With 3.1.5 come a slew of changes. I have finished sniffing out and fixing all script init bugs that would throw E_NOTICE level errors and correct them. Thus, the framework can be initialized very lightly for simple template based web pages.

Also, the framework documentation has been released you can visit by Clicking Here. The documentation was generated by PhpDocumentor which is a great tool. A Copy of the the documentation is included in the 3.1.5 release.... read more

Hello and Welcome, We have offically opened the wesbite. Over the next week or so we will populate the site and release the first offical public release of the framework. We hope that the framework is easy to use and we will be adding other subsystems like forums and bug tracking soon. Thanks!

You can visit the site @ http://framework.ivexwcs.com or click our website link at the top.