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1.9.4.2

Released: Dec 1, 2011

Fixes

  • FIxed some Browser issues with the Category Manager and some issues with Categories and special characters during Import/Export
  • Fixed an issue with Required Categories on Calendar Events

Changelog


1.9.4.1

Released: Nov 16, 2011

Fixes

  • Fixed am issue that would cause relationships to not order properly on save or adding of related content
  • Fixed some issues with special characters and 1.9.4 Tag Upgrade

Changelog


1.9.4.0

Released: Nov 8, 2011

Improvements

  • Category Manager UI completely redone
  • Category Field UI on Edit Content screen is redone
  • Tag Manager
  • Tags can now be Global OR Host Specific
  • Dutch Translation Improved
  • Added ability for Cache to invalidate without using the DB in a cluster. This is huge for clusters which get backend load.

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue which could remove the language files when cleaning old assets
  • Fixed a few Hardcoded Strings which prevented translation/li>
  • Some IE8 Issues
  • Improved the query translator which translated queires using the 1.7 syntax
  • Some Permission Fixes when obects where inheriting from a Folder or Host
  • Log4j Improvements. There was a possible Syncronization issue which could slow sites down under load
  • A few WebLogic fixes
  • Removed some syncronized code which could cause slow down under load`

Things to know

  • All legacy eCommerce functionality built into dotCMS has been deprecated and will be removed in an upcoming version.

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1.9.3.2

Released: Sep 13, 2011

Improvements

  • Content can now be created via email (see documentation).
  • Fields can now have variables associated with them - will be used for future development.
  • Backend now translated into Dutch thanks to Koen Peters and Isaac.nl!

Fixes

  • Fixed issue with related content which shared a field name
  • Improved relationship importing
  • XSS fixes
  • Fixed Tab Divider on events
  • Fixed issue where dotCMS gave an error when only one language
  • Continued improvements to permissions
  • Performance tweaks to $dotcontent.pull
  • Fixed issues with JBOSS AS deploy
  • Copy Event now works properly
  • A number of stability and performance tweaks

Things to know

  • All legacy eCommerce functionality built into dotCMS has been deprecated and will be removed in an upcoming version.

Changelog


1.9.3.1

Released: Jul 8, 2011

Improvements

  • Improve UI/XP of content relationships
  • Removed old school popups from content searches. 
  • IE 9 and FireFox 5 are fully supported in the backend.
  • IE 6 and 7 are now supported through the use of the ChromeFrame Plugin.
  • An Admin can now tail dotcms logs from the CMS Maintenance scree.
  • The content importer now supports importing relationships (via a lucene query) and files
  • The spell checker is now fully integrated into the WYSIWYG Editor
  • Performance improvements for permissions
  • LDAP will now auto create roles that do not exist
  • For Enterprise clients, the TagCloud Macro now caches for 24 hours by default (can be overridden).

Things to know

  • YOU MUST DELETE THE dotCMS/dotsecure/h2db DIRECTORY ON UPGRADE.
  • YOU MUST DELETE THE dotCMS/html/js/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/*.gz ON UPGRADE.
  • You will need to DELETE YOUR BROWSER'S CACHE.  Dojo has been upgraded to version 1.6. This is the main JavaScript library used by dotCMS and is also used on the front end form builder. Users might see inconsistencies and will need to flush all browsers caches.
  • The default username/password on a clean install is now admin@dotcms.com/admin.
  • This will be the last version of dotCMS that supports Java 5.
  • Unused/Legacy portlets will be REMOVED in next version. This includes all eCommerce Tools, older Event management, "banners" and "jobs" mangagers.
  • The Entity object, which drive the deprecated "Categories Field" type, will be REMOVED in the next version and should be replaced with the newer "Category" type moving forward.

Changelog


1.9.3

Released: Apr 28, 2011
  • You can now cancel an Import. This can also clear out the audit table if you have an import stuck
  • Forms now require a host field for front-end form submission. New form structures get this required field as a system field. Forms created prior to 1.9.3 will need to have the host field added manually in order to work properly on the front end
  • The WAR deploy is similier in 1.9.3
  • The Category Key size limitation has been removed
  • The dotcontent tool now parses Velocity

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