Elxis 4.4 requests

[datahell]

@Amigamerlin: No, sorry. As I said it is not user friendly and I find it a bad idea editing complex PHP arrays from the backend. It is 100% sure that will create problems.

@newspaperman: I have several times think the same, sounds good but it is a bad idea. There are many reasons why, here are a few:
1. You might loose customization work because Elxis will overwrite your customization work.
2. You might end with a site generating fatal errors and warnings because of compatibility issues (extensions, php version, requirements, etc)
3. You might end with a semi-updated site because of non write-able files or folders.
4. The update might happen a bad time (ie when someone is ready to submit an order to your shop, or you are ready to save an article, etc).

Someone will surely find many other reasons why automatic update may create serious problems. What we can do and I have thought about in the past is to notify you that there is a new version available and more over get other notifications from elxis.org directly to your control panel. But even in this case Elxis does not know if your site can access elxis.org (you may run it in a local network, in a usb disk, etc) and the site will hang trying to reach the updates. This is why we have this procedure manual in the "Check for updates" section.

[perseas]

Another request is about the modification - upgrade Content Search engine
If possible be put a brief extract of text search results with given keywords highlighted with different color each one .

Also the same in linked article of Highlight Parameter  of Content Search engine with different color for each one keyword.

[datahell]

@adus and @Dimitris Kanatas I just added the option when you add/edit an article to select an existing image instead of uploading one. So, article images now became shared images.

An image file is deleted when no article uses it.
If you delete an article and no other article uses the same image then the image file will be deleted.
If you delete an article and there are other articles using the same image then the image file will not be deleted.

Related change
When you copy an article the image files are not get copied renamed anymore. The original image becomes a shared image and it is used by both the original and the copied article.

These changes are available on the under development Elxis 4.4 Plutarch DEV rev1769

[Dimitris Kanatas]

@adus and @Dimitris Kanatas I just added the option when you add/edit an article to select an existing image instead of uploading one. So, article images now became shared images.

An image file is deleted when no article uses it.
If you delete an article and no other article uses the same image then the image file will be deleted.
If you delete an article and there are other articles using the same image then the image file will not be deleted.

Related change
When you copy an article the image files are not get copied renamed anymore. The original image becomes a shared image and it is used by both the original and the copied article.

These changes are available on the under development Elxis 4.4 Plutarch DEV rev1769

[adus]

@adus and @Dimitris Kanatas I just added the option when you add/edit an article to select an existing image instead of uploading one. So, article images now became shared images.

An image file is deleted when no article uses it.
If you delete an article and no other article uses the same image then the image file will be deleted.
If you delete an article and there are other articles using the same image then the image file will not be deleted.

Related change
When you copy an article the image files are not get copied renamed anymore. The original image becomes a shared image and it is used by both the original and the copied article.

These changes are available on the under development Elxis 4.4 Plutarch DEV rev1769

Super!! Dankeschoen!

[seadhna]

It would be great to be able to upload different images for different language versions of the same article - e.g. when an image contains any kind of text, e.g. in a mockup of a report, it would be excellent to feature the correct language image for each language version.

[datahell]

This is a list of the changes (till now - rev1794) for the upcoming Elxis 4.4 release. Newer changes on the top.

Rev1794
Date: 22 February 2016 8:02:47 pm
Latest development version Elxis 4.4 DEV Plutarch r1794

Rev1793
Date: 22 February 2016 7:09:25 pm
Module Admin messages [COMPLETE]

Rev1791
Date: 21 February 2016 6:34:19 pm
Module Admin messages [IN PROGRESS]

Rev1790
Date: 21 February 2016 6:10:03 pm
Improvements in hreflang tags

Rev1788 Date: 16 February 2016 7:50:05 pm
eMedia update [DONE]

Rev1787 Date: 15 February 2016 10:38:20 pm
eMedia: resize image [IN PROGRESS]

Rev1785 Date: 15 February 2016 9:22:20 pm
Upgraded component eMedia

Rev1777 Date: 11 February 2016 9:37:00 pm
Session management improvements and fixes

Rev1776 Date: 10 February 2016 10:42:23 pm
Session management improvements

Rev1772 Date: 6 February 2016 8:58:21 pm
Improved Contact plugin with custom select fields

Rev1769 Date: 4 February 2016 8:52:10 pm
Shared article images (COMPLETE) and improvements on copy articles

Rev1768 Date: 3 February 2016 10:58:49 pm
Shared images in articles (IN PROGRESS)

Rev1767 Date: 1 February 2016 8:01:22 pm
Block temporary email domains on user registration

Rev1766 Date: 31 January 2016 7:00:48 pm
Module articles (COMPLETE)

Rev1764 Date: 30 January 2016 10:09:21 pm
Module articles: Use of important and relkey in articles selection

Rev1763 Date: 30 January 2016 9:53:39 pm
Database XML parameter type: Quotes and < > replacements in WHERE clause

Rev1760 Date: 28 January 2016 7:24:51 pm
SEO Titles match during suggestion

Rev1758 Date: 28 January 2016 6:56:45 pm
New configuration option SEO Title match

Rev1757 Date: 27 January 2016 10:43:44 pm
New config option. Cron jobs run probability

Rev1749 Date: 23 January 2016 7:41:41 pm
New Elxis Defender (COMPLETE)

Rev1747 Date: 23 January 2016 6:55:56 pm
Security log for Elxis Defender

Rev1746 Date: 22 January 2016 11:05:38 pm
New Elxis Defender

Rev1745 Date: 22 January 2016 10:03:35 pm
Option to run IP checks after init (IN PROGRESS)

Rev1744 Date: 22 January 2016 7:57:20 pm
Security tighten in Session and URI libraries

Rev1743 Date: 22 January 2016 6:50:49 pm
Captions in images ALT instead of article title

Rev1741 Date: 22 January 2016 6:11:46 pm
CKEditor update to 4.5.6

Rev1738 Date: 20 January 2016 10:06:40 pm
No index, no follow in user pages

Rev1737 Date: 20 January 2016 7:21:37 pm
Use rel="nofollow" on some links like login and registration

Rev1735 Date: 18 January 2016 8:26:38 pm
Defender: Automatic update and block IP and IP ranges

Rev1734 Date: 16 January 2016 11:10:30 pm
Added X-Frame-Options, Content Security Policy + more headers

Rev1729 Date: 23 November 2015 9:26:34 pm
AJAX Grid: Percentage column widths

Rev1727 Date: 21 November 2015 7:50:19 pm
Search engine YouTube updated to YouTube API v3

Rev1726 Date: 17 November 2015 6:43:11 pm
SSL detection improvement

Rev1725 Date: 6 November 2015 9:30:16 pm
XML parameters of type filelist and password

Rev1724 Date: 28 October 2015 7:35:42 pm
CPanel: display third party component in admin dashboard

Rev1721 Date: 24 October 2015 9:56:48 pm
XML parameters email, url, number. Required option and html5 validation

Rev1720 Date: 13 October 2015 8:32:38 pm
zt language mapped to Taiwan (TW)

Rev1719 Date: 23 September 2015 6:21:40 pm
Form library: new method addCustom, fixes on radio and checkbox attributes

Rev1718 Date: 9 July 2015 8:21:49 pm
Fix: Component Content, undefined variable row

Rev1717 Date: 16 May 2015 7:30:15 am
Modification date fix

[chongbing]

Hi datahell,

Could you add new "reCAPCHA" in Elxis 4.4 ?
https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/

Thanks,

[datahell]

I dont know if it is a good idea to be based on a third party service for something such as users registration. What if after 3-4 months change their api and you can't use the forms in your site? I will think if we can add it as optional/alternative.

[chongbing]

Thank you datahell

[chongbing]

Hi datahell,

I know it's may a little late. Is possible add the newest version of bootstrap(http://getbootstrap.com/) or stable version in Elxis 4.4 ?
Many thanks,

[datahell]

@chongbing, @Amigamerlin I sent you the BETA version of Elxis 4.4 Orion for review and translation check.
If anyone else wants to recieve this version to review the new Elxis and update translations reply below.

Note: The codename for Elxis 4.4 is Orion, Plutarch was the temporary development codename.

What to see in Elxis 4.4 among others:
Improved security (new defender, CSP, X-Frames policy, blocked temporary email providers, security log, etc), Improved session management (fixes, security strengthen, regenerate session on admin login, etc), full PHP 7 compatibility*, Personal messaging system, updated eMedia manager (with drag and drop), improved contact plugin (with custom form fields), shared article images, improved articles module, new and improved XML parameters, new configuration options, updated CKEditor, improved grid library (full width tables, percentage based columns), updated YouTube search engine (with API v3), third party component shortcuts in admin dashboard, mobile friendly Elxis installer, many Elxis libraries and helpers were also updated.

* Note for PHP 7 and Elxis 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3
In Elxis 4.0-4.3 database and file session handlers do not work correctly with PHP 7. If you use Elxis older than 4.4 and PHP 7 set session handler to none. This problem has been fixed in Elxis 4.4. Elxis 4.4 handles much better sessions you will notice that in the "who is online" module and in admin dashboard. Elxis 4.0-4.3 users should update to 4.4 when the update patch is released.

[chongbing]

Cool ! I can't wait to see it. Thanks datahell.

[bledi]

Is it possible to have an Archive that someone can archive the choosen articles, not a Global Archive?

[sawaedy]

if users can publish article from website is better.