Announcing CMS Made Simple 1.6.6 - Bonde
Oct 3, 2009 by Robert Campbell
This is primarily a bugfix release again... trimming off of the issues that our users have encountered, particularly those related to those using pretty urls which append a / to all the urls (I still don't know why people do this.... why not use .php or .html for extensions, I dunno).
Additionally, we think we've solved once and for all an issue that caused the imagemanager to redirect back to the admin login form... and why some people had problems getting the wysiwyg editor to work. it was related to their hosts not having session.use_cookies enabled. This is not a recommended setting, and although we've added in some code to let this work in the short term, we will not be supporting it in future versions of CMSMS. So please everybody, make sure your hosts turn this on.
Below is the full list of changes. Enjoy
Version 1.6.6 - Bonde
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- #3777 Documentation Error: redirect_url plugin
- #3923 Adminlog download, tab separator single quoted
- #3926 Little typo in stylesheet.
- #3935 Validation error in stylesheet 'Accessibility and cross-browser tools'
- #4002 menu parameter start_level='2' don't show results.
- #4068 Admin Log, update "HTML Blob" to "Global Content Block"
- #4118 die() with blank page
- Fix problem with showinmenu for separators.
- Fix error pages being able to be set inactive in listcontent.
- Fix error in permissions checking for copying content.
- Fixes issues with the PDF output only working of the pdf flag was turned OFF
- Submit is not taken on forms, when .htaccess is used and page_extension = ''.
*** FIXES RELATED TO session.use_cookies == off ****
NOTE: This is not a recommended setting, and future versions of CMSMS will not in any way
support this setting. Please contact your hosts to ensure that this setting is enabled
properly.
- This issue has probably been the cause of many tinyMCE issues in the past.
- The install and upgrade routines will fail if this setting is off
- The install and upgrade routines now explicitly check for this setting.
- TinyMCE 2.2.5 now supports session.use_cookies == off (for now)
- ImageManager no longer displays the login screen with session.use_cookies == off
Additionally, we think we've solved once and for all an issue that caused the imagemanager to redirect back to the admin login form... and why some people had problems getting the wysiwyg editor to work. it was related to their hosts not having session.use_cookies enabled. This is not a recommended setting, and although we've added in some code to let this work in the short term, we will not be supporting it in future versions of CMSMS. So please everybody, make sure your hosts turn this on.
Below is the full list of changes. Enjoy
Version 1.6.6 - Bonde
-----------------------------
- #3777 Documentation Error: redirect_url plugin
- #3923 Adminlog download, tab separator single quoted
- #3926 Little typo in stylesheet.
- #3935 Validation error in stylesheet 'Accessibility and cross-browser tools'
- #4002 menu parameter start_level='2' don't show results.
- #4068 Admin Log, update "HTML Blob" to "Global Content Block"
- #4118 die() with blank page
- Fix problem with showinmenu for separators.
- Fix error pages being able to be set inactive in listcontent.
- Fix error in permissions checking for copying content.
- Fixes issues with the PDF output only working of the pdf flag was turned OFF
- Submit is not taken on forms, when .htaccess is used and page_extension = ''.
*** FIXES RELATED TO session.use_cookies == off ****
NOTE: This is not a recommended setting, and future versions of CMSMS will not in any way
support this setting. Please contact your hosts to ensure that this setting is enabled
properly.
- This issue has probably been the cause of many tinyMCE issues in the past.
- The install and upgrade routines will fail if this setting is off
- The install and upgrade routines now explicitly check for this setting.
- TinyMCE 2.2.5 now supports session.use_cookies == off (for now)
- ImageManager no longer displays the login screen with session.use_cookies == off
24 Responses to "Announcing CMS Made Simple 1.6.6 - Bonde"
On: Oct 3, 2009, CMS Made Simple 1.6.6 : nouvelle version | Miary RABEHASY said:
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On: Oct 5, 2009, De Kus said:
I wanted to explain why I personally use '/' as extension:
Imagine you have pruducts and products category. If I used '.html' as my pages would look like 'category.html' and 'category/product.html'. As you might see, now category is a subpath and it's index should be 'category/index.html' which has been abbreviated to 'catagory/'. So in theory the logical correct extension would be '/' for all parent pages and '.html' (or whatever) for all pages without children imho.. To maintain a correct hierachy in the URL I therefore use '/' instead of anything else.
On: Oct 6, 2009, Peter said:
Re: (I still don’t know why people do this…. why not use .php or .html for extensions, I dunno)
Because it is much better for offline marketing i.e. www.mysite.com/jobs is better than people having to remember the extension as well.
On: Oct 8, 2009, Simon Radford said:
Someone seems to have the same fascination with New Caledonia as I do.
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&q=%2Bbonde%20island&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
Now if you would only hold the 2010 Geek Moot there... ;)
On: Oct 8, 2009, Simon Radford said:
Sorry link above is a dud.
This is the real link to Bondé:
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&q=Bond%C3%A9%2C%20Ouegoa%2C%20New%20Caledonia&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
Not sure what happened there.
On: Oct 14, 2009, Patrick said:
Hi guys,
2009: already 10 releases from January till mid October! I stopped upgrading long time ago, it would be a full time job. I told you guys a long time ago: no more then 2 releases a year (and that's already too much).
Your home page does not speak why you're not in the Open Source CMS Award Finalists this year.
You should communicate on this, I think.
I also think that you're making an incredible counter-marketing for yourselves by using Worpress for your blog !
On: Oct 14, 2009, mark said:
@Alex
What broken logic in the menu template are you talking about?
@DeKus
/ is not a page extension it is most times considered a path to a folder that has a page in it, like you say categories/product.html, altho in most sites it is an actual folder CMS Made Simple works a bit differently as there are no folders with flat file html pages in them you can still set it up to look like one.
@Peter
How many people do you think really remember a site URL?
Not many that I know of, if they like it and will come back often they will bookmark it.
@Patrick
Only 10 releases so far, not too bad, how many do you think M$ has done in the same time span, and you would think with all that money they could get it right the first few times.
Most of the releases are an enhancements, some are fixes for something not working as it should, sorry but they can't just let this stuff slide till 6 months from now, unless you want to handle all the complaints from the other users that don't think it should wait, it only takes about 15 minutes to upgrade a site even at 100 that's only 1500 min. = 25 hours.
The Packt awards I think were skewered this year as even the top 2 from last year didn't make it into the finals so they made a new one for them, did you vote for CMS Made Simple?
At the time of making the blog part of cmsmadesimple.org there was no blog module, now that there is one I'm sure they are thinking of moving it to that module so it will be run on a cmsms module.
On: Oct 14, 2009, Michael said:
Hi,
excuse my ignorance - i have laoded the new files - do i then need to do anything? ducumentation says to use upgrade.php - but none in the release?
i can't see any other notes so not sure what else to do from her.
thanks
Michael
BTW - Thank you SO MUCH to all who work on CMSMS - it is such an easy to use, and great CMS.
On: Oct 18, 2009, Martijn said:
Hey guys,
I love your CMS, but please... keep the releases to a minimum next year. 2 or 3 releases should be more than enough in 2010..
On: Oct 20, 2009, Chad said:
The extensionless URLs ( / ) is for search engine optimization, you idiot. That's why people hate .php and .html extensions.
Now do you understand ???
On: Oct 21, 2009, Alan said:
Hi
I am using a horizontal menu.
All of the parent menu options show, but none of the children menu options show when I hover over the parent.
I have recently installed 1.6.6
On: Oct 24, 2009, Stephan said:
Regarding “I still don’t know why people do this…. why not use .php or .html for extensions, I dunno”: It’s just a matter of personal preference. Some just find it looks nicer without file extension. And I can also understand the marketing argument. Likewise you could ask why people still type “www.” in front of the domains as it’s totally unnecessary.
But anyway, CMS Made Simple is a great CMS. Keep up the great work! :-)
On: Nov 6, 2009, Bobonov said:
It is the first time I see people complain about software update.
Most of the release of cmsms are FIXING release. Personally unless the release address a security fix or a fix for a functionality that I often use/cause me problems I do not upgrade.
For instance this release do not bring any "problem solving" to me according to the release note. Therefore I am not going to upgrade.
But I recognize that some fixes can be very important for some other people.
Before complaining about often release try to see how is annoying having a bug that prevent you to do something and you know you must wait 4 or 6 month because some people think that 2 release per year are sufficient. Believe me in this way cmsms project would close in less that 2 years.
I am happy to see that developer are active and reactive towards users problems, and I think everyone should be happy about that.
Good work keep going on.
On: Dec 3, 2009, Alvin said:
I think the more releases that fix bugs the better. I have several sites running CMSMS and rarely come across a problem. I also have several WordPress sites and it seems each day i get an upgrade message - all expain security issues and vulnerabilities.
CMS Made Simple is brilliant - every person i have madea site for loves it and feels comfortable with it in minutes - compared to other CMS's it is fantastic.
On: Dec 3, 2009, Tim said:
Regarding the comparison to WordPress updates, maybe we could get an in-place/in-admin update feature like WordPress? Basically, it FTPs the files from the WP site to your blog site, and runs an upgrade script. Seems conceptually simple enough, though I'm sure there would be pitfalls with actually implementing it.
On: Jan 17, 2010, Tom said:
FYI I think one of the best reasons not to use extensions like .html or .php is that then you can separate the location of the page from its underlying implementation. From the user's perspective they don't care how the page is produced, they just want to be able to find it with a minimum of fuss. From the developer's perspective best you don't tie yourself to a page technology in the locator syntax - think of all the broken links when you move from html to php to py etc. Hide it, and enjoy freedom of implementation technologies, which definitely change over time.
On: Jan 18, 2010, Mark said:
I recently picked my way through the update, 98% of it was unneeded for me as I am only operating one language.
This might be a good idea to offer just basics and a separate language pack update, and save your server bandwidth in the process.
On: Jan 28, 2010, Jeremy Becker said:
Hi there, I was wondering if there wsa any place to find help on setting up Pretty URL's? i've tried, i went through the Wiki and it still doesn't seem to work... Personally i like the '/' it to me looks more clean and un-cluttered.
Thanks,
Jeremy Becker
P.S. Keep up with the GREAT work, love the CMSMS
On: Jan 29, 2010, Alex said:
You left me in disaster, after upgrading to 1.6.6 pretty urls not working, I tried every thing mentioned in wiki.
.htaccess code supplied here no use http://wiki.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php/FAQ/Installation/Pretty_URLs#Pretty_URL.27s
