The second release candidate (RC2) for Site Manager 6.1 is now ready for testing.

Individual customers will have their own site-specific change list for this version. Changes which apply to all versions are listed below.

Improvements

  • Site Manager automatically includes IE6 PNG fix in all templates (included via <sms:head>).
  • Template Editor and Stylesheet Editor now display thumbnails for files in use dialog.
  • Stylesheet filenames are now based on the name used in the editor (e.g. “default-stylesheet.css” not “stylesheet663.css”).
  • The form editor dialog now allows existing database names to be selected, or a new one entered as required.
  • Reintroduced support for class, style attributes, added id attribute for all components. Full implementation will follow in RC3.
  • Mass compilation now sorts by name, uses one line per template, shows number done
  • Template compilation output refined to display number of times an include is used. Other output / error messages slightly refined.
  • Improved publication speed slightly.
  • Better code separation of Taos Shared and Site Manager.
  • When a new Include is created, the Template editor takes the user straight into it
  • When no includes exist, the Template editor explains this to the user (previously: allowed the user to edit an unsavable, dead include)
  • Added search options for Forms, Scripts and Stylesheets
  • Improved some shared dialog code to run faster (inframe wrapper now pre-terminates, avoiding a double-run of the onload method)
  • Improved handling of cache sets to use human readable paths (helps debugging)
  • Optimised speed of link generation with pagename=’…’
  • Added option to clear Flash files in Properties dialog for <sms:flash> component.
  • Upgraded plain video player (Flash).

Fixes

  • The <sms:azmenu> component no longer falsely claims support for the depth attribute
  • Content from <sms:html> components is now automatically rewritten to use
    for XHTML and
    for HTML as appropriate.
  • Fixed issue where HTML fields changed appearance in form editor once moved or edited (from now on, these fields are displayed in a simplified, AJAX compatible format until a new RTE is implemented in a future version).
  • Infinite loops of includes are now detected and explained to the user (previously crashed compiler).
  • Includes inside includes now work in templates for all cases.
  • Fixed bug where adding an SMS component with a space before its name would crash the compiler.
  • Copying Flash and Video pages now copies media that was in use as expected (e.g. for Images).
  • Re-introduced missing “Template Files” folder, allowing deletion, editing and removal of individual template files
  • Template file upload dialog no longer crashes after successfully uploading a file.
  • When detecting references to external resources (e.g. Javascript src=’…’), now recognises secure files (https://)
  • Template editor now allows editing of Unicode characters, and converts non-ASCII characters to Unicode automatically (e.g. “£”).
  • All text fields now allows users to enter non-ASCII characters reliably (e.g. “£” symbols into field labels). Covers Form editor, Template editor, Page editor and more.
  • Fixed bug with cache sets not storing correctly for non-Blitz cached sites (AJAX).
  • Fixed bug with links to homepage always using a node parameter (new sites only)
  • Fixed bug where restoring new to new installs would fail between Windows and UNIX (case conversion failure on empty DB prefix)
  • Updated installer to use new path (/public), fixed various conflicts.
  • Fixed broken image handling in PHP5 for missing or corrupt images (previously crashed entirely, now handles gracefully).
  • Fixed broken interface component in PHP5: serialisable tables (affects various interfaces).
  • Fixed broken form behaviours.
  • Bug where certain SMS Components (most notably Forms) would display the incorrect / unusable dialogs when selected fixed.
  • Bug where some buttons would appear incorrectly at bottom of list (not at top) fixed.
  • The “Allow right click?” option for images now works as expected. Previously it only affected enlargable images when they were enlarged.
  • Right clicking on the <sms:title> component no longer throws a Javascript error. Fixed generally for all components with no ‘core’ properties.
  • Publication of folders (e.g. Template folders, Stylesheet folders) is now possible.
  • Fixed resizable dialogs cutting bottom off in IE6
  • Fixed login screen not appearing correctly in IE6
  • Fixed critical problem with PHP4: many interfaces not working.
  • Fixed PHP4 incompatibility: templates not compiling.
  • Fixed broken <sms:video> component.
  • Fixed critical issue with CRON jobs failing.
  • Fixed process invocation crashing (partially) in PHP5.
  • Fixed issue with temp files not working with 8.3 dependent DOS utils.
  • Split our SiteRay dependencies from kernel.
  • Fixed bug with change password requiring a User’s description for Site Manager.