sf-active v0.9: changes since last release
by gekked Friday, Nov. 28, 2003 at 8:11 AM
gekked@indymedia.org

Although this list is incomplete, it gives a good understanding of the many changes in sf-active since the last major public release.

• The lengthy process of converting sf-active to a PEAR-style, object-oriented architecture is now 98% completed and 100% tested on live sites. A full explanation of this architecture is forthcoming. Almost all system logic is now shared and extensible.
  
  
• Documentation is more and more up to date, with translations of the docs now for Nederlands, Italian, French, English.
  
  
• The administration system has been completely redesigned with a lot of additional functionality added.
  
  
• Complete internationalization is now finished with sf-active dictionaries for English, Spanish, Netherlands, French, Italian, Turkish, Serbian, Catalan (85%), Portuguese (50%), Slovak (50%).
  
  
• Internationalization is now shared for easy server-wide updating of many sf-active sites in many different languages. A local directory can override any dictionary file for site-specific customization.
  
  
• There is now a preview for publishing that allows you to correct text or html errors before committing an article.
  
  
• Supported article types include text, html, PDF document, SMIL file, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, RealAudio, RealVideo, MP3 playlist, MP3 stream, Windows Media audio, MPEG video, Quicktime, Windows Media video and AVI video.
  
  
• Almost all SF-specific content has been removed from cvs.
  
  
• The SF-specific 'redstone' directory has been replaced by the 'sitename' directory.
  
  
• User passwords are now encrypted (notice SQL changes and patches to upgrade existing installations).
  
  
• Added calendar administration code to manage event types, topics and locations.
  
  
• Hidden articles now have a noindex header to prevent them from being crawled by google. (bug #155)
  
  
• Syndication is now implemented for the calendar.
  
  
• Various script directories have been consolidated into one.
  
  
• Website /features/ are now run out of the database rather than manuallycreated. (bug #50)
  
  
• Mailing list pages now use templates and are fully internationalized. (bug #185)
  
  
• Fixed blank title publishes with cache_class error. (bug #164)
  
  
• Fixed category default template was not being selected. (bug #166)
  
  
• Fixed article edit quoting problem. (bug #165)
  
  
• Template files and other miscellaneous system files can now be updated through the admin system. (bug #41)
  
  
• Calendar now uses the current year as a starting point for drop-down menus. (bug #153)
  
  
• Fixed bug with setting theme color in certain contexts producing an error screen. (bug #183)
  
  
• Fixed single feature archiving. (bug #144)
  
  
• Fixed problems with copying a feature to another category. (bug #178)
  
  
• Deleted article_html_handler and article_text_handler files and subsumed them in shared classes. (bug #122)
  
  

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