MySource Matrix Developer

MySource Matrix Developer Newsletter Issue 54
Friday 16th December 2005

covers versions 3.4.7 stable, 3.6.3 stable, 3.7.0 development

News

Synonym Relation Name Change

The new re-built thesaurus in 3.7 has quite a few changes, but there is one important one for users that use synonym searching. The synonym relation name has changed from 'Synonyms' in 3.6.x to 'Synonym' in 3.7. Please ensure you update your thesaurus relationships when upgrading to 3.7.

New Features

IPB Bridge

Added to: 3.7.0 development

A new bridge has been developed to connect to an Invision Power Board installation. The bridge currently supports version 2.0.4 of IPB and allows you to view all users, groups, forums and polls in your IPB installation. The new IPB authentication system that comes with the bridge allows you to let your users log into your MySource Matrix system to view and edit content. Users in the banned list can be allowed or denied access to the system as required.

Multiple Plots On Data Source Graph

Added to: 3.7.0 development

The data source graphing asset previously allowed graphing of a single data source. It now has the ability to plot multiple data sources on a single graph. For example, you can graph the number of signups to a forum each month in a bar graph and overlay a line graph showing the cumulative value of users in the forum over time.

The data source graphing asset has also been changed to act more like an image, so it can be inserted into the contents of a page and can have image varieties applied to produce smaller (or larger) versions of the main graph.

Related Content Listing

Added to: 3.7.0 development

A new listing asset has been developed to allow you to list assets that the same content tags as a specified asset. This asset can be used most effectively when nested into a paint layout or design so it can show related content for the asset currently being displayed.

New Code Content Type

Added to: 3.7.0 development

A new content type has been added. The new "code" content type syntax highlights a string containing any combination of HTML, PHP or JavaScript. Preferences allow customisation of which classes to display specific elements of the code with and to configure/switch off line numbers.

Remote Content Post Data

Added to: 3.7.0 development

The remote content page now has the ability to specify custom POST data that to be sent with the initial request. The POST data is not sent for subsequent requests while the user is navigating within the remote content environment.

Planned Development

Roles System

To be added to : 3.7.0 development
Estimated start date: already in development
Estimated end date : 13th January 2006

Upgrading

3.7.0 Development

Run step_02.php: no
Run step_03.php: yes
Run compile_locale.php: yes

Additional queries: No additional queries are required for upgrades.

Additional comments: If you use synonym searching with the thesaurus, change your 'synonyms' relation name to 'synonym'.

New Bugs Added To Bug Tracker

Notes:

Bug #892 (design_css file caching with multiple URLs hard-codes URLs to first one) was submitted by Luke on the 31st of August 2005 but was marked as Will Not Fix as there is no simple way of caching CSS for multiple URLs. Sites using CSS caching should not share their CSS files with other sites or should not use caching.

Bug #954 (Error message when pressing Enter key in WYSIWYG) was submitted by AFP-WMT on the 4th of October 2005 but was marked as Can Not Replication after many attempts to replicate the bug failed and no additional information was supplied.

Bug #996 (Custom Form: no Email Address required entry (server side) validation) was submitted by Jeff Van Campen on the 2nd of November 2005 but was marked as Can Not Replicate after it could not be replicated by a developer and feedback was not provided by Jeff for 3 weeks.

Bug #1018 (Copying asset with same web path doesn't show error) was submitted by Brendon on the 22nd of November 2005 but was marked as Will Not Fix because there is no way for the Squiz Server to communication fatal errors with the web browser.

Bug #1055 (Image varieties in WYSIWYG get bad URLs) was submitted by Marcus but was marked as not being a bug as it was solved by re-adding the image into the WYSIWYG cell.

Bug #1056 (Reindexing user workspace when user has metadata applied fails) was submitted by Robert but was marked as not being a bug after both Robert and another developer couldn't replicate the error.

New Feature Requests Added To Bug Tracker

Bugs Fixed In The Bug Tracker

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