Posts from "2022"

Exponent is still hanging on with at least one update and a new major version planned for 2023! Some features you can expect within v2.7.1 in addition to rolling up the previous patch to 2.7.0 include:

• PHP v8.2 support
• activate file manager trash feature
• allow file manager theme selection from file manager preferences
• add tinymce v5 editor (functional with new tinymce v4/v5 file manager implementation)
• add optional selection of store home page, or page after adding item to cart
• update non-bs datatables views to use standard styling instead of jqueryui
• add object type name to db manager unserialized info
• update control types for better styling, includes upgrade script
• add/fix maintenance view countdown clock (never worked), use proper theme framework view
• add asc/desc to sort forms records after grouping
• add forms portfolio view user dropdown filter option
• add option to export all form columns in CSV instead of only those selected for display
• add smtp option to only use the smtp username as 'from' address for very strict smtp servers

Some fixes in this patch will include:

• regression fix (v270p1) calendar month selector popup
• fix tinymce5 support in bs4/5 broken & had no file manager support
• fix multiple issues with tinymce/tinymce5 custom configurations
• fix editing existing blog, filedownload, or news item (view) may crash on php v8 
• clean form control styling and processing, esp. bs5
• update expUnserialize function to include 'message' in countdownController
• fix multiple errors in countdownController default view and with newer smarty/php versions
• fix file manger root files and folders were locked for super-admins and coundn't be removed
• remove links from Workflow Revisions list to prevent issues
• (v270) regression fix Forms search cumulating records issue
• fix bootstrap.js v5 cdn wrong version
• fix extraneous datatables styles were being loaded
• fix turning off antispam causes views with antipam to crash (reset password, etc...)

Additionally, many 3rd party libraries will be updated.

Furthermore, there will be a new major version 3.0.0alpha1 released as unstable which completely removes support for obsolete PHP versions (5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 & 7.3). This deprecation will also take with it some double-versioned libraries required to support those obsolete PHP versions. Otherwise, they'll be no code changes from the 2.7.1 release except a firm requirement to run on PHP version 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, or 8.2 and a slight reduction is size.

Exponent will see at least one update in 2022! Some features you can expect within v2.6.1 include direct integration of Twitter Bootstrap v5 and Twitter Bootstrap Icon support. PHP v8.1 support will be improved and support for obsolete PHP versions (5.6, 7.0, 71, & 7.2) will likely be removed along with the extra libraries only included to support those older versions (Smarty & Switftmailer).