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MySource Matrix Developer Newsletter Issue 96
Friday 13th October 2006
covers versions 3.8.7 stable, 3.10.2 stable, 3.11.0 development
News
MySource Matrix 3.10.2 & 3.8.7 Released
Two new stable versions of MySource Matrix were released last Monday, 9th October.
Version 3.8.7 saw fixes to 34 known bugs, plus the addition of a new "Orphaned HIPO Jobs" interface, allowing orphaned HIPO jobs to be force-killed, and the Role Assignments screen is now available to LDAP users. Rolling Calendar Pages have also seen improvements, with the ability to specify rolling periods in units of weeks or months, rather than days.
Version 3.10.2 contains fixes to 51 known bugs since the 3.10.1 release, plus the new features also added to version 3.8.7. Further, a new "Import Thesaurus Terms" trigger action has been added, and the Send Email action has also been improved.
These versions are the best available releases to date, and users of version 3.10.1 and 3.8.6 are encouraged to upgrade to the new versions. The upgrade procedure is the standard minor version upgrade; no additional steps are required. See http://matrix.squiz.net/resources/upgrading for upgrade instructions.
The next release will take place on Monday, 6th November, when versions 3.10.3 and 3.8.8 of MySource Matrix are expected to be released.
New Features
Parameter Map Attribute Updates
Added to: 3.11.0 development
The Parameter Map attribute now accepts the ability to specify an arbitrary keyword from one of the asset-based sources (Current Asset, Current User, Current Site), rather than just the Asset ID.
Custom Form Accessibility Improvements
Added to: 3.11.0 development
Some changes have been made to the Custom Form. A %question_label_*% keyword has been added to print the question title surrounded a LABEL tag containing the appropriate ID for that question's response field. The default bodycopy will use this instead of simply printing the question title unchanged. Also, a new optional Tab Index attribute has been added to control the tab order of a custom form.
Delete Future Status Trigger Action
Added to: 3.11.0 development
This new action removes any Future Status Cron Job of a certain nominated status for the asset. For example, you may want to remove any future statuses that would set an asset to Live, if the asset has just been made Live manually.
Planned Development
Future Report Regeneration
To be added to : 3.11.0 development
Estimated start date: already in development
Estimated end date: 16th October 2006
Search Manager DB Plugin Architecture
To be added to : 3.11.0 development
Estimated start date: already in development
Estimated end date: 20th October 2006
Nofity Users of Broken Links
To be added to : 3.11.0 development
Estimated start date: already in development
Estimated end date: 20th October 2006
Enhanced Backend Searching
To be added to : 3.11.0 development
Estimated start date: late October 2006
Estimated end date: mid November 2006
Upgrading
3.11.0 Development
Additional queries: No additional queries are required for upgrades.
Additional comments:
No additional steps are required, however, please be aware that due to an issue being fixed in the Metadata Schema asset's caching, all metadata will be regenerated when step_03.php is next run. This may take a long time on large systems.
3.10.3 Stable
Additional queries: No additional queries are required for upgrades.
Additional comments:
No additional steps are required, however, please be aware that due to an issue being fixed in the Metadata Schema asset's caching, all metadata will be regenerated when step_03.php is next run. This may take a long time on large systems.
New Bugs Added To Bug Tracker
| Bug ID | 3.8.x | 3.10.x | Dev | Description |
| 1746 | Y | Y | Y | Asset Listing with Custom Grouping - No Results |
| 1748 | N | Y | Y | Set permission trigger handles neither of dependant parents or children |
| 1749 | Y | Y | Y | workflow error can occur when two workflow schemas are applied and the publishers have admin access |
| 1750 | N | Y | Y | Remote Content cannot submit file uploads to remote page |
| 1751 | N | Y | Y | Calendar does not link events when in day view |
| 1753 | Y | Y | Y | Design Area - Specialise Screen |
| 1757 | N | Y | Y | Cannot unlink deleted LDAP users from Matrix groups |
| 1758 | N | Y | N | Large tables cause the WYSIWYG editor to hang/freeze |
| 1759 | N | Y | N | Asset Map Root Node setting not working as expected |
| 1760 | Y | Y | Y | Error when cloning under a multiple page |
| 1761 | Y | Y | Y | Javascript warning: Asset Builder - Delete Dynamic Create Location Set |
| 1766 | Y | Y | Y | Custom form invalid datetime |
| 1767 | N | N | Y | Asset Map dislikes & |
| 1768 | N | Y | N | Dynamic Parameters and File Upload |
| 1769 | N | Y | N | Anchor Not Working |
| 1770 | N | Y | Y | Limbo Edit 'asset_ei_screen' not working correctly |
| 1773 | N | Y | Y | Link Report not validating external links correctly when Proxy Authentication is Off |
| 1775 | N | Y | N | Search manager can't handle UTF-8 based search strings |
| 1777 | N | N | Y | After adding a new parameter map mapping, the default component is shown but not stored |
| 1781 | N | Y | Y | Wording on the details screen of datetime field time |
| 1782 | N | N | Y | Can't see the content submitted in a bodycopy |
| 1783 | N | N | Y | Listing Engine with keyword dynamic root nested into a bodycopy |
| 1784 | Y | Y | Y | Javascript email address validation in custom form returning false negatives |
| 1786 | N | Y | N | cannot delete questions from custom form sections from the asset map |
| 1787 | Y | Y | Y | Remote content won't rewrite image urls in list-style-image CSS declarations |
Notes:
Bug #1755 (Asset Statuses and Workflows Report - "Regenerate Report") was submitted by James Hunter but was marked as not being a bug as the code reported was custom code that is not part of a MySource Matrix release.
Bug #1756 (Special characters rendered as garbage) was submitted by Casey Farrell but was marked as not being a bug as the character set was not set to UTF-8, which has to be done manually.
Bug #1762 (Default value for Datetime question typed) was submitted by Deborah Sherwood but was marked as not being a bug as the default value of a Date/Time Form Question requires at least a full date (day, month, year) to be entered.
Bug #1764 (Client Side validation for email type questions) was submitted by Deborah Sherwood but was marked as Can Not Replicate after a developer was unable to replicate the problem in the current versions.
Bug #1765 (Custom form datetime is mandatory) was submitted by Deborah Sherwood but was marked as not being a bug. Components of a Date/Time Form Question that are to be optional require the "Allow Blank" option turned on in order for the Custom Form to not return an invalid date error.
Bug #1771 (Moving questions in a section on custom form) was submitted by Deborah Sherwood but was marked as Can Not Replicate after a developer was unable to reproduce the problem. It is possible that the lock on the Custom Form may have expired before the page was committed.
Bug #1774 (No progress shown when upgrading Metadata Schema assets) was submitted by Robert Howard but was marked as not being a bug as the bug report was not required for this feature to be added.
Bug #1776 (Session/Login issues on non-standard port) was submitted by Avi Miller but was deleted shortly afterward.
Bug #1780 (Cron Manager - view jobs times out.) was submitted by wombat but was marked as a duplicate of bug #1473 (Paginate Cron Manager "View Jobs" page) submitted as a feature request by Avi Miller on 6th July 2006, which alleviates this issue. This was implemented in version 3.11.0 in early September, and will be publicly released in version 3.12.0. The duplicate bug has been closed.
Bug #1785 (WYSIWYG Content Type - editor does not show up-to-date content) was submitted by Luke Wright but was marked as a duplicate of bug #1782 (Can't see the content submitted in a bodycopy) submitted by Geoffroy Noel earlier on the same day. The former bug has been marked as Fixed; the duplicate has been closed.
New Feature Requests Added To Bug Tracker
| Bug ID | Description |
| 1747 | Data Source Graph - Make plot name editable |
| 1752 | Add "Find Me" feature to top of asset screen |
| 1754 | contextual "help" link in the backend |
| 1763 | Asset Builder Page - Image asset required attributes |
| 1772 | Global keywords for current asset |
| 1778 | Default expiry for SQ_SYSTEM cookie set to 1 hour when all session expiry preferences disabled |
| 1779 | Display/edit Remap Manager entries on the Web Paths screen |
Bugs Fixed In The Bug Tracker
| Bug ID | 3.8.x | 3.10.x | Dev | Description |
| 1743 | N | N | Y | Remote Content not obeying the 'Content-disposition: attachment' header |
| 1746 | Y | Y | Y | Asset Listing with Custom Grouping - No Results |
| 1748 | N | Y | Y | Set permission trigger handles neither of dependant parents or children |
| 1749 | Y | Y | Y | workflow error can occur when two workflow schemas are applied and the publishers have admin access |
| 1750 | N | Y | Y | Remote Content cannot submit file uploads to remote page |
| 1751 | N | Y | Y | Calendar does not link events when in day view |
| 1753 | Y | Y | Y | Design Area - Specialise Screen |
| 1757 | N | Y | Y | Cannot unlink deleted LDAP users from Matrix groups |
| 1760 | Y | Y | Y | Error when cloning under a multiple page |
| 1761 | Y | Y | Y | Javascript warning: Asset Builder - Delete Dynamic Create Location Set |
| 1766 | Y | Y | Y | Custom form invalid datetime |
| 1767 | N | N | Y | Asset Map dislikes & |
| 1770 | N | Y | Y | Limbo Edit 'asset_ei_screen' not working correctly |
| 1773 | N | Y | Y | Link Report not validating external links correctly when Proxy Authentication is Off |
| 1777 | N | N | Y | After adding a new parameter map mapping, the default component is shown but not stored |
| 1781 | N | Y | Y | Wording on the details screen of datetime field time |
| 1782 | N | N | Y | Can't see the content submitted in a bodycopy |
| 1784 | Y | Y | Y | Javascript email address validation in custom form returning false negatives |
| 1787 | Y | Y | Y | Remote content won't rewrite image urls in list-style-image CSS declarations |
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