MySource Matrix Developer

MySource Matrix Developer Newsletter Issue 135
Friday 13th July 2007

covers versions 3.12.6 stable, 3.14.2 stable, 3.15.0 development

News

Stylesheet Changes

If you have updated your Dev system since Wednesday, you may have noticed some changes in font sizes in a few places. This is part of an effort to move the the administration interface (not simple edit) to use relative sizes, rather than absolute sizes which can't be resized by Internet Explorer (and IE6 in particular).

The main goal is to have everything look as it was before (and is in 3.14.x), based on a base size of 16 pixels (the default for IE, Firefox and Safari) but using relative sizes. Most of it is there at the moment, however there are some discrepancies (such as in content editing) that will be ironed out soon, and definitely before the 3.16 RC.

New Features

Snippet Content Type

Added to: 3.15.0 development

This new Content Type allows editors to select from a list of Bodycopy Containers that are children of a certain root node, set in Global Preferences. The goal is to provide editors with a set list of content "snippets" to be able to inserted into another asset.

A snippet can also reference another snippet, with recursion protection similar to the Nest Content content type.

Calendar Event: New Short Time Keyword

Added to: 3.15.0 development

Two new keywords %event_short_start_time% and %event_short_end_time% are now available for existing Calendar Events to provide a succinct 12-hour time representation. Minutes will be displayed only if the time does not fall on the hour (eg. "12am, 2.30pm").

Calendar Page: Configurable Day Headings

Added to: 3.15.0 development

A text field will be added to the Month and Week view configuration sections on the Calendar Page asset to provide independent configuration of day headings in PHP date() format. This will allow the current default behaviour to be overridden when displaying week and month views when using day headings.

Calendar Event: Multi-Date Keywords

Added to: 3.15.0 development

Keywords available from the Calendar Event Multi-Date asset will be available to Single and Recurring Event assets directly linked to the asset. This will allow any keywords from the Multi-Date Event that differ from those available for Single and Recurring Events to be available for printing in the Calendar.

Ignore Password on Anonymous LDAP Bind

Added to: 3.15.0 development, 3.14.3 stable, 3.12.6 stable

Previously, it was not possible for an LDAP Bridge, once set to bind to (authenticate with) an LDAP directory using a bind DN and password, to be changed back to bind anonymously - that is, with a blank bind DN and password. Although the Bind DN field could be cleared, the Password field could not.

The ability to restore anonymous binding has now been provided. If the Bind DN provided is blank, the Password field will be ignored.

Please note that your LDAP directory must be set up to allow anonymous access to your directory for this to work. For instance, Active Directory on Windows Server 2003 does not allow anonymous bind access by default. Consult your local administrator if you do not know what this means.

Planned Development

No new generic features are currently scheduled for development.

Upgrading

3.15.0 Development

Additional queries: No additional queries are required for upgrades.

Additional comments: No additional upgrade steps are required.

New Bugs Added To Bug Tracker

Notes:

Bug #2512 ("HTTP errors should not be suppressed when Display Errors is false", reported by Avi Miller on 9th July) was marked as Can Not Replicate after the HTTP error codes reported as missing could be replicated.

Bug #2514 ("Web paths after the third level of assets", reported by Amit Ashokkumar Aganatra on 11th July) was marked as Can Not Replicate after the issue could not be replicated by a developer.

Bug #2516 ("Bulkmail Keyword %recipient_asset_attribute_firstname% Doesn't work", reported by Richard Johnson on 11th July) was marked as Not a Bug. The keyword provided in documentation was incorrect (the correct keyword is "%recipient_asset_attribute_first_name%").

Bug #2517 ("Previewing a page that is currently in safe edit mode, only displays changes for sites within the same domain as the admin logs in via", reported by DaleDrechsler on 12th July) was marked as Not a Bug. This is a issue of security at a browser level (cookies are not allowed to be shared across domains), and not with Matrix, which can work around the issue by using the Site Network asset.

New Feature Requests Added To Bug Tracker

Bugs Fixed In The Bug Tracker

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