Hello all, ccHost 3.1 is now released into the world and is available on our sourceforge.net page (http://sf.net/projects/cctools).
As always, the ccHost community hopes to encourage new contributors to the project to help us add features, fix bugs, translate the software and write documentation. If you would like to help on the project, please visit http://wiki.creativecommons.org/cchost and plug into ccHost development. Here is a brief synopsis from our freshmeat.net page: This release is primarily aimed at making admins lives easier. Here is a partial list of the user enhancements: Show last updated date, "What I look for/use" browser, alphabetical browsing of people. And, here is a list of admin features: paths admin for specifying per-installation paths, major sample pool optimizations, site disabling, e-mail notifications on moderation, new e-mail rules engine, and a new experimental pseudo-file verifier that works alone or with getid3. Please read the accompanying INSTALL.txt for upgrade instructions. Here is a more detailed view of what is included in this release: ccHost Release Notes ==================== Version: 3.1 This release is an 'admin' release with only a few feature. It is geared toward addressing the needs specifically called out with the 3.0 release. New features (user) ======================== Show Last Updated Date ----------------------- ccHost is now tracking the last time a major change was made to an upload (files added, deleted, etc.) and displays it along with the operation on the upload's main page. 'What I Look For/Pound On' Browser ----------------------------------- These two user profile fields are now cross referenced in a new browser. Click on a 'looking for' link in a user's profile and you this: http://ccmixter.org/media/search/people/lookinfor/acid#acid Alpha-Browser of Users ----------------------- The generic 'people' page now allows for browsing by first letter of name. Example here: http://ccmixter.org/media/people?p=n New features (admin) ======================== Paths Admin ------------------- As of this release, all paths used by ccHost can be specified by admin including templates, caches, plugins, etc. This is the last update that requires customization be done within the ccHost tree and the last update admins will be required to move their customization files 'out of the way' when doing an update. Major Sample Pool Improvements ------------------------------ Sample pools has been greatly optimized (several times faster for display) and users can now browse by artists' first initial. Example is here: http://ccmixter.org/freesound/pools/pool/4/n Site Disabling --------------- Admins can temporarily disable the site in a 'friendly' way that doesn't look like the site is broken. eMail Notifications on Moderation --------------------------------- Admins can decide whether to automatically notify via email owners of recently moderated (banned) uploads and specify the message to be sent. New eMail Rules Engine ----------------------- Admins can configure who can mail how often based on several criteria including who they are mailing to. This is an attempt to strike a balance between spamming and legitamate contact between community members. Experimental: Psuedo-Verification of Uploads -------------------------------------------- For file formats unknown to getID3, admins can now specify a 'fall-back' handler built into ccHost that will try to identify the file via the signature at the beginning of the file. This allows for a much wider (if less secure) variety of files not supported before (e.g. plain text, auto-cad, pdf, etc.) This feature is experimental and potentially (if not likely) a source of virus and trojan distribution if not used very carefully. Bug Fixes ============ Fixed in 3.1 * 'Array' is not a suitable email address * don't try to process bogus requests in pools ui * fixed double-slashing skin name in Settings * forum index was showing sticky thread as latest * image should be uploader's url in xspf * more php5 compat * notify on edpick code was incomplete * removing admin tags didn't work * search from top bar was broken for non-pretty urls * should not assume all uploads are audio in xspf * tag count was off after upload Delete * template paths were choking on xspf * timestamp on upload was taken at wrong time * typo in default aliases Other UI Tweaks, Tools and Optimizations in 3.1 * admin: cc-gen-robots-txt.php tool * admin: moved mixter specific skin out * admin: new url admin/tags/reset to resync counts * admin: subdue error on hack attempts * admin: we now kill menu cache on every call to update=1 * code: more refactoring for easier overriding * code: refactored form handler * code: template refactoring * optimization: pools ui optimization (now usuable) * ui: now returning more consistant 404s on bogus requests * ui: 'system tags' link a pretty button now * ui: more descriptive menu text for tags * ui: refactor admin UI in templates * ui: stylesheet needs to be fully pathed during site disabling Fixed in 3.0.2 * More graceful error recovery when menu has been destroyed * empty nav tab set was breaking site * add items to empty menu caused havoc * viewing sample pool item caused errors * remixedby feeds caused errors * deleted user's reviews caused errors * podcast of deleted record broke feed * editing menus for vroots broken * editing properties for sample pools caused errors * fixed up the xspf 1.0 feeds which were breaking Fixed in 3.0.1 * saving user profile blows away menu and submit form changes * title of review feed was not properly scrubbed for '&' Version: 3.0 New features (end-user) ======================== Native forums support --------------------- Fully functioning hierarchical forums, totally integrated with user profiles Admins can create forum groupings, sticky announcements, move threads, etc. e-mail notifications -------------------- Registered users can get email notifications when they have been reviewed, rated or remixed, when someone else has uploaded or have been remixed 'Recent reviews' ---------------- New sidebar content list out the latest reviewers in the system 'How I Did It' browser now sortable ----------------------------------- Users can now sort based on artist or date Stats and more stats -------------------- Now track number of reviews, forum messages and times remixed. Language Support (i18n Localization/Internationalization) ---------------- ccHost now supports the Free and Open Source standard gettext language utilities for language support. This is turned on by default in the admin interface, but the end-user support is still experimental. There are translation for Mainland Chinese, Taiwanese Chinese, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, and German at present. XSPF 1.0 Playlist Support ------------------------- We now have support for the xspf playlist standard as a feed. Support for SVG file format (using getid3( --------------------------- If you use the latest getid3 which has support for scalable vector graphics (SVG), ccHost supports this filetype onw. Feed Dumping ------------ ccHost includes a script and admin interface for dumping New/Improved (admin): ======================== * FTP-less file manager * Bayesian rating scheme * Suggested tags in submit forms * Sub navigation tabs * File permissions now settable within ccHost * Thumbnails can be turned on/off * Configure min number of tags for BrowseTags * Ability to control cchost's chmod level * Added more site metadata: description and keywors * Added phpdoc generation to the repository * Added capability to make snapshots of the packages and the installation * Removed old-style ChangeLog and added capability to just pull the latest from our repository. * Cleaned up, added proper licenses, and added some new maintenance scripts to our bin folder. * Added basic admin language support screens * Added Google Summer of Code script, publishcchost which allows one to publish a file to an installation of ccHost from the commandline Compatibility ============= * PHP5 support * Sharedhost support (e.g. dreamhosters) * non-getid3 installatoin Bugfix ====== * getID3 can be disabled * fixed template tags * Removed old phpbb2 dependency and issues associated with it * thumbnails now display once more Security ======== * Certain URLs allowed escaping out of mySQL _______________________________________________ cc-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-devel
