Elgg

Contributors

• Jeroen Dalsem (58)
• Jerôme Bakker (34)
• Josh Santos (1)

Features

• access: added generic container logic check for group tool option (eb129203)
• admin:
  • plugin list is default filtered by active state (e3adc687)
  • added site setting to control allowed languages (663fb447)
• annotations: added generic annotation delete action (1ebeafb4)
• cache: added more cache interactions (8dbc51ce)
• cli:
  • added upgrade:list command to list all upgrades in the system (364d0016)
  • added command to execute a single upgrade (ed14adf0)
  • added option to set language for cli command (d11d0581)
  • all core cli commands use translation keys (5355f270)
  • question defaults are automatically added to question (b2cdf54a)
• core:
  • you can now configure the default sort order of comments (573d416d)
  • added mimetype detection service (54e2574b)
  • container last_action is updated when entities are created (9f0a706b)
• css: walledgarden background image can be set as a css variable (939bf26e)
• developers: added entity explorer link to every entity (0c580432)
• discussions:
  • add page to view discussions in my groups (81c1cab0)
  • added setting to allow site wide discussions (5f4dc826)
• github: added codeclimate coverage action (e695efe5)
• i18n: added user agent language detection (e5778f5d)
• input:
  • forms now have the ability to prevent double submit (f4e21fd2)
  • added confirm option to input/submit (60a67b55)
• list: we provide a way back if you reach a page without content (b3ee54c5)
• mail: add smtp support (ada8bb7d, closes #12938)
• notifications: unregister specific notification action (19f3571b)
• plugins:
  • you can change/add theme variables in elgg-plugin.php (f698d00a)
  • added the ability to (un)extend views in elgg-plugin.php (d16fb845)
  • add ability to remove all plugin settings (28cb247d)
  • cli commands can now be registered in elgg-plugin.php (d0858cc8)
• tests: added MySQL 8 test job (63235d90)
• views:
  • added site setting to control if comment box collapses (043d6789)
  • info type added to elgg_view_message (006151fa)
  • seperate annotation view into subparts (b080fd25)
  • input/button now supports icon_alt (18425695)
  • added ability to elgg_view_page to pass layout vars (002ba980)

Performance

• js: refresh_token now uses a partial boot of the engine (23846134)

Documentation

• views: rewrite of the page structure guide (a5272a66)

Bug Fixes

• blog: no longer validate container permissions on existing blogs (e3b1c6c6)
• cli: improved error handling during command execution (c548e95b)
• core: no longer default to client file mime type (73f44c03)
• http: prevent content type sniffing by browsers (62743b8f)
• js: prevent clicks until related js is loaded (9e638c9e)
• views: moved user element to correct subviews (2a96a19a)

Deprecations

• core:
  • function generate_action_token is deprecated (11020308)
  • functions to get ordered event/hook handlers (3a47f381)
  • various functions have been deprecated (0f47534e)
• plugins:
  • using a start.php in you plugin is deprecated (b744960f)
  • function elgg_unset_all_plugin_settings() (36aa2e41)
• views:
  • the function elgg_view_entity_annotations (5f2b1bf3)
  • deprecated the usage of some old layout names (79a373dd)

Contributors

• Jeroen Dalsem (5)
• Jerôme Bakker (2)

Bug Fixes

• cron: allow configuration for custom cron intervals (8e969a67)
• developers: set correct default value for menu hooks (d3bc28d6)
• installer: escape some special chars in db password (9923e173)
• search: do not try a search with invalid query (28cd2ead)
• user: user hover menu uses local data array of request params (6a0f28f2)

Contributors

• Jerôme Bakker (7)
• Jeroen Dalsem (3)

Features

• groups: add limited group creation middleware (9ea474e1)

Documentation

• actions: updated action documentation (3e90769f)

Bug Fixes

• icons: always use default viewtype when using fallback icons (b2c666b7)
• search: search result extras are formatted correctly (3fd1355d)
• views: use correct summary classes in relationship elements (30ef1c87)

Contributors

• Jeroen Dalsem (8)
• Jerôme Bakker (1)

Documentation

• database: document the need and usage of manual Phinx migrations (3d8d5ac4)

Bug Fixes

• core: plugin reports version of elgg_release (f86e898a)
• css: vertical align horizontal aligned fields in fieldset (78bb72f3)
• groups: added missing gatekeepers to content pages (ecb9fb8f)
• input: htmlawed will no longer check for duplicate ids (cbad1c25)
• tests: moved integration test to correct suite (8b4e0d40)
• theme_sandbox: changed aside modules to info modules (ba6bccf4)

Contributors

• Jerôme Bakker (13)
• Jeroen Dalsem (6)
• Dennis Ploeger (1)

Features

• tests: allow testing of tool protected group pages (5b465453)

Documentation

• cli: added link to symfony (dbb3d32c)

Bug Fixes

• admin: use correct function for unvalidated users notifications (bbce4ca0)
• file:
  • use correct submit label on upload/update of file (07ef13d1)
  • use correct view in old group module (56a46f94)
  • added group tool gatekeeper to owner resource (4667d9fe)
• friends: supply correct link for friend request notification (21e231a0)
• groups:
  • set menu item classes the correct way (dc161621)
  • show a no result text on the group membership request page (db601b71)
• input: select now supports passing int values to options_values (4563eed4)
• installer: allow empty database table prefix during installation (622b47c0)
• seeder: use available users during seeding (716e02fb)
• system_log: check archive engine availability before changing (99e3c928)

Contributors

• Jerôme Bakker (40)
• Jeroen Dalsem (18)

Features

• admin: added a site setting to require admin approval of accounts (2882da61)
• core:
  • added elgg_list_relationships (9b54398c)
  • added elgg_get_relationships function (21d3c697)
• database: clauses support invokable classes (75653f24)
• files: download urls can be configured to not expire (f61c5578)
• friends: add plugin setting to enable the need for friend approval (25b87858)
• groups:
  • added option to hide group owner tranfer (4a072e88)
  • allow groups to set default content access (9f701b77)
  • membership requests and invitations use relationship views (afff8d9f)
  • add invited users page for group owners (82310d78)
  • added membership requests tab to group members listing (019745f0)
  • add invite button on group members page (9e164221)
  • show user already a member/invited for the group (57d38cca)
  • member listing now uses elgg_list_relationship (783f22a6)
• install: allow user to change language during installation (5f23eff1)
• livesearch: added ability to set custom item_view (8c1df6e8)
• middleware: added page owner can edit middleware (b81fc729)
• redis: added the ability to set redis database and password (e0c9d953)
• request: allow access to the http request (7e86f576)
• security: allow password requirement to be configured (ccca6897)
• system_log: allow logbrowser to filter on object id (de0e6171)
• upgrades: track upgrade start time (f37d03bc)
• webservices:
  • added api token management (b146d097)
  • added webservices listing (5d2026de)

Documentation

• routing: added some extra middleware documentation (b1c123ca)

Bug Fixes

• access: allow plugin to register write access array subtypes (6db1d505)
• ckeditor: do no convert html entities in the editor (e977bf99)
• core:
  • ElggRelationship int attributes are casted to ints (d3604557)
  • make accesscollection save and rename work like documented (c3acbb1a)
• css: buttons in some menus keep correct styling (3eb49098)
• embed: no longer require a plugin with file_uploading provided (3925c647)
• js: deep merge the elgg.data (197bfb49)

Deprecations

• river: no longer use the enabled property of river items (59ebfb3d)

Contributors

• Jeroen Dalsem (5)
• Jerôme Bakker (1)

Documentation

• database: document innodb recommended settings (7cfaf39a)

Bug Fixes

• access: do not add default access level if missing in input/access (58efbbc1)
• js:
  • only trigger open event when new content is loaded (83f67a81)
  • if no tabs are selected click the first tab (66c9e9ba)
• views: only add a link in summary title if entity can provide one (b9b70f7a)

Contributors

• Jeroen Dalsem (7)
• Jerôme Bakker (2)

Documentation

• plugins: added some info about class structures in plugins (03536970)
• webservices: document the result structure of webservice calls (9a6221a7)

Bug Fixes

• core: allow passing only name or value into name/value pairs (e2e26677)
• js: stop refreshing tokens if session changed (bb4a7894)
• pages: correctly validate write permissions (a3fbc109)

Contributors

• Jerôme Bakker (5)
• Jeroen Dalsem (2)

Bug Fixes

• messageboard: use the correct annotation_name for listings (95429878)
• tests: correctly validate response headers (2ccd1833)

Contributors

• Jeroen Dalsem (4)
• Jerôme Bakker (4)

Features

• ajax: added option to suppress messages from ajax calls (2b728fe5)

Bug Fixes

• admin: do not show ajax success message when removing admin notice (75bf8cbd)
• database: updated Phinx to prevent Symfony conflicts (58d778a6)
• uservalidationbyemail: correct forwarding during email confirmation (e3ccb067)

Contributors

• Jerôme Bakker (7)
• Esha Upadhyay (1)

Bug Fixes

• admin: prevent fatal error on non Apache servers (3da30342)
• cache: invalidating simplecache could break symlinked cache (c8a41062)
• comments: block comments on group content for non members (6482879a)
• developers: link to site settings section (330676bb)
• discussions: no more filter menu on discussion detail page (e8d60f6c)
• installer: link to site settings section (f0e3dbe5)

Contributors

• Jeroen Dalsem (2)

Contributors

• Jerôme Bakker (2)
• Jeroen Dalsem (1)

Bug Fixes

• js: improved elgg.normalize_url to handle more site cases (57af9e2b)
• routes: use absolute url as base for route url generation (244854af)

Contributors

• Jeroen Dalsem (81)
• Jerôme Bakker (23)
• Rohit Gupta (9)
• Ismayil Khayredinov (1)
• Joe Bordes (1)

Features

• admin:
  • added requirements information about database server (d9c92dab)
  • add email change option to unvalidated users (f09ba7ee)
  • add server requirements page (4e5cd057)
  • moved Elgg release to page header (f55d0f1d)
  • add security recommendations page (e129b307)
  • add performance overview page (f1321a2f)
  • admin user lists now have the ability to search by email (c34789f4)
  • add admins directly from the administrators page (78027dda)
  • basic and advanced settings are merged into one form (aedaa0e1)
• ckeditor:
  • updated to ckeditor v4.12.x (33b44604)
  • updated ckeditor version to 4.11.x (d6061b3f)
• core:
  • error resources now have access to the exception (fac3141e)
  • added function to convert large numbers into short form (de9d2ef8)
  • admin notices now have their own class (a627d4ef)
  • manifest.json is now a cacheable simplecache resource (ef98f420)
• db: allow configuration of the database port number (058db755)
• developers:
  • wrap input and output views (cafdb455)
  • display view location in view wrapping (e6ba1ecf)
  • added acl information to entity explorer (9c465a1a)
• entities: added helper function elgg_count_entities (7e00cbc7)
• gatekeeper: flag to validate user edit access (8becf0ea)
• groups: support content based on type/subtype in tool module (fa897bcb)
• icons: add icon cropper (deb5d212)
• input: add support for more input types (048704e2)
• menus: added menu param to set a selected menu item (74d50561)
• notifications: Elgg\Email knows about sender and recipient (539437b0)
• page_owner: moved page owner logic to a service (bc35cf5a)
• pages:
  • page navigation now uses default page menu behaviour (89976121)
  • replaced treeview js and css with default menu behaviour (18be2699)
• phinx: updated phinx version to 0.10.x (52ebe588)
• plugins: hooks and events can be declared in elgg-plugin.php (c1cc12c4)
• profile: new input types for custom profile fields (59c1a4ba)
• router: add SignedRequestGatekeeper middleware (54e050a3)
• routes:
  • added required plugins param to route config (8f4c1957)
  • added route config to mark route as deprecated (53d8f433)
• security:
  • request confirmation on email change (53017104)
  • notify the user about a password change (8692ac32)
• site_notifications: topbar menu item now has a unread count badge (a1d1fddc)
• upgrades: completed upgrades are sorted by completion time (beebaecd)
• users:
  • unify set/get/delete profile data functions (906c25b7)
  • added a site setting to allow users to change the username (3e2a476e)
• views:
  • add additional page menu and owner block controls (5cf80c8c)
  • password inputs now set correct autocomplete behaviour (929f7bc5)
  • show_add_form view var is now supported in responses (7bd0f0da)

Performance

• db: added some extra indexes to the entities table (0395d99b)

Documentation

• core:
  • added a spam guide (2ac20105)
  • added documentation about the usage of elgg_call (8beef28f)
  • added upgrade notices page for 3.0 to 3.x (456e4fba)

Bug Fixes

• admin: different user counters in admin stats (73c86726)
• core:
  • updated PHP version checks to check correct version (dbb02710)
  • elgg_call will now also restore when an error is thrown (54964f59)
• css:
  • spacing between profile-field and widgets (a281ac45)
  • prevent jquery-ui bug related to sortables (fa840b53)
• discussions: no longer call unavailable sidebar views (afe83c96)
• forms: added missing entity info in widget access input (8f1770d1)
• pages:
  • no longer register page_nav menu if there is just one item (a7f7359d)
  • removed the pages navigation sidebar from some resources (08f3df26)
  • no longer show history sidebar on revision page (3c91022d)
• system_log: correctly fetch non default object classes (3f0a10d4)

Deprecations

• access:
  • elgg_set_ignore_access is deprecated (6d0d99ec)
  • access_show_hidden_entities is deprecated (33b3e5ac)
• actions: replaced several delete actions with entity/delete (192d01ac)
• core:
  • legacy hook/event callback arguments are deprecated (563f4492)
  • various unused lib functions have been deprecated (792bd362)
  • elgg_instanceof is now deprecated (2602c801)
  • replaced delete_directory with elgg_delete_directory (f61471dc)
• css: use elgg_require_css instead of elgg_register_css (b0c014f3)
• js: use elgg_require_js instead of elgg_register_js (e3d4a13c)
• page_owner: don't set page_owner via elgg_get_page_owner_guid (b1089824)
• plugins:
  • usage of the views.php file in plugins is deprecated (95592b04)
  • no longer use the (de)activate.php plugin files (d89c2474)
  • plugin screenshots are no longer supported (0f7fe379)
• tests: the simpletest cli command is deprecated (f17a8cd9)
• thewire: the route previous:object:thewire is now deprecated (677d9129)

Contributors

• Jeroen Dalsem (11)
• Jerôme Bakker (9)
• Ismayil Khayredinov (1)

Documentation

• code: added note about low-level functions that should throw (03417897)
• composer: document composer autoloader optimization (fee62f05)
• css: added some best practices about css files and classnaming (daa55646)

Bug Fixes

• cache:
  • improved handling of values (db7c8864)
  • prevent timeout during cache flush (ab8c759b)
• ckeditor: no need to remove plugins as they are not loaded (55b95e7a)
• comments: popup menu will close itself when inline editing comments (9a7ecc73)
• core:
  • literal order by clauses are no longer deprecated (e77e4898)
  • unset on ElggData will always use magic setter (a0b442ad)
  • always show success message when upgrade has finished (0afb29d8)
• http: request validation now correctly reads payload (c5e18f45)
• js: validate arguments in elgg.get_simplecache_url (91f7c143)
• pages: correctly check who can edit (write) access (a87ec78f)
• routes: route url generation will always return a normalized url (d0b2503a)

Contributors

• Jerôme Bakker (3)
• Jeroen Dalsem (1)

Bug Fixes

• groups: no error on notification failure during membership request (2bd72ffc)
• http: check object for toString function (1cd0809e)
• installer: detect more https scenarios (05648781)

Contributors

• Jerôme Bakker (8)
• Jeroen Dalsem (2)
• Ismayil Khayredinov (1)

Documentation

• compatibility: explain @internal implications (5c7b52e5)
• plugins: document plugin bootstrap usage (02ea7a0d)

Bug Fixes

• core: correctly remove annotations on non saved entities (20af166e)
• http: non-multipart requests should not fail validation (c59ae7aa, closes #12654)
• notifications: correctly sort the notifiable users (583fb67f)
• search: highlighter no longer messes up output when searching ints (e3499498)
• thewire: full view uses correct entity layout (64143d58)

Deprecations

• groups: group_acl metadata has been deprecated (380cfa24)

Contributors

• Jerôme Bakker (6)
• Jeroen Dalsem (2)

Bug Fixes

• blog: save draft in correct container (b32c6139)
• email: set default email attachment id (ae8fc0a4)
• install: minification is enabled for fresh installations (ae869441)
• livesearch: by default no longer include banned users (c059ff11)
• response: only set error content if provided (518231ab)
• system_log: prevent fatal exception when constructing objects (5105ca6f)

Contributors

• Jeroen Dalsem (1)

Bug Fixes

• blog: show correct last saved date (b888e7e1)

Contributors

• Jerôme Bakker (55)
• Jeroen Dalsem (21)
• Rohit Gupta (1)
• therecluse26 (1)

Performance

• db: improved preloader queries for performance (6ec44b7a)
• entity: only update private settings if value changes (ee955db4)

Bug Fixes

• ajax: reponseFactory prepares reponse (ff965eab)
• cache:
  • let cache (un)serialize contents (#12615) (29eeabc5)
  • updated Stash version to 0.15.* (3aa057a8)
  • improved error handling in Stash (79107e3f)
• core:
  • use correct typehint namespace (aaeacf36)
  • remove unused action hook listener in BootService (01ff862c)
  • report correct duration for non sequential timers (1831589f)
• db: make sure all queries are tracked and logged (8e6da0c6)
• email: don't set duplicate content-type header (#12625) (5625412c)
• gatekeeper: allow access to content of banned users (c7c36082)
• messages: added missing translation string (5c612c1a)
• metadata:
  • removed usage of canEditMetadata is MetadataTable::delete (35c39119)
  • removed usage of canEditMetadata (42495a6b)
• notifications: prevent php warning when no collections selected (6efd8f7b)
• output: always return string in formatter (b92a6dbd)
• pages: don't show access fields if no edit rights (33eff4b2)
• plugins:
  • only reindex plugin priorities with new disabled plugins (9652c77e)
  • plugin details tabs work again (f3c9bb3f)
• request: upload post max size is now correct validated (#12610) (5b118806)
• river: restored ignoring access when bulk deleting river items (761dc191)
• search: no longer set deprecated search_type tags on tag links (#12611) (a639fbba)
• session:
  • cookie configuration not read from settings file (d43d282c)
  • session close moved to the latest possible moment (16c06fc2)
• system_log:
  • filtering in logbrowser could result in no results (bdf6ec54)
  • system_log_get_log accepts single array argument (#12607) (9641b008)
• web_services: fetch correct api user (f857b1ef)
• widgets: return all widgets in case of duplicate order (e2899cb4)