1. Copyright and disclaimer --------------------------- This application is opensource software released under the GPL. Please see source code and the LICENSE file 2. Changelog ------------ This is a non-exhaustive (but still near complete) changelog for Joomla! 1.5, including beta and release candidate versions. Our thanks to all those people who've contributed bug reports and code fixes. Legend: * -> Security Fix # -> Bug Fix + -> Addition ^ -> Change - -> Removed ! -> Note -------------------- 1.5.1 Stable Release [8-February-2008] --------------------- 05-Feb-2008 Anthony Ferrara # Fixed [9552] Added missing DOMMIT files # Fixed [9620] When trying to login, the site returns 'Invalid Token' # Added live_site parameter to config, and JURI::base override (fixes SEF and proxy issues) 05-Feb-2008 Ian MacLennan # Fixed [9512] Removed superfluous references to JUser # Fixed [9596] Incorrect language string in Beez # Fixed [9257] Fixed comments in index.php and administrator/index.php # Fixed [9399] XMLRPC Blogger more_text tag problem * Fixed [9406] XMLRPC Blogger API 05-Feb-2008 Andrew Eddie # Turned XML-RPC server off by default 04-Feb-2008 Wilco Jansen # Fixed [9111] error.php contains a relative url to Home Page (Thanks Jens) # Fixed [9516] Links in archive module don't work with SEF (Thanks Jens) # Fixed [9211] Installation always falling back to joomla_backwards.sql (Thanks Jens) 01-Feb-2008 Ian MacLennan # Fixed [#9320] Problem with allowing HTML in requests [patch] (Thanks Jens) 01-Feb-2008 Anthony Ferrara * Fixed remote execution vulnerability in phpmailer # [#6730] batchQuery() Bug: Broken splitting function # [#8776] Mass Email BCC option (Thanks JM) 30-Jan-2008 Anthony Ferrara # Fixed htaccess instructions (refering to a second section that was removed) # [topic,257873] Fixed possible notice with com_content router # [#9518] When creating menu item for a poll, you cannot select poll (Thanks Ian MacLennan) # [#9383] Search for contacts generates bad links (Thanks Jens-Christian Skibakk) # [#9426] PopUp Url link broken 29-Jan-2008 Ian MacLennan # Fixed [#9342] Poll goes 404 after voting - fixed redirect URL. 28-Jan-2008 Anthony Ferrara # Fixed memcache session driver config param loading (changed it to work like cache driver) # [#9225] Typo in joomla_backwards.sql (Thanks Jens-Christian Skibakk) # [#8823] Modules don't show up when eAccelerator is enabled (Thanks Dalibor Karlovic) 28-Jan-2008 Robin Muilwijk # Fixed [#9472] Session not cleared properly # Fixed [#9291] Error in call method # Fixed [#9251] Additional double quote in weblink's template # Fixed [#8173] Problem with preg_quote in function utf8_ireplace 27-Jan-2008 Wilco Jansen ^ Remove the installation check # [9401] Help in backend showind 404 [Patch], thanks Jens-Christian Skibakk for the patch # [9412] publish_down is initialized to 1970 in some environments, thanks Kevin for the patch -------------------- 1.5.0 Stable Release [21-January-2008] --------------------- 21-Jan-2008 Rob Schley ^ Updated COPYRIGHT.php to reference the new, consolidated CREDITS.php + Added LICENSES.php which will hold full text versions of other licenses. 17-Jan-2008 Anthony Ferrara + [8987] [8986] Added 3 Language strings to com_user and com_installer's language files (Thanks JM) # [9285] Administrators not being able to edit their own profile or change password 16-Jan-2008 Anthony Ferrara # Fixed session issues with Invalid Token randomly appearing # Fixed [9255] Error with Pagination and SEF (Thanks Jenscski) 15-Jan-2008 Wilco Jansen + Added language af-ZA and ar-DZ 15-Jan-2008 Andrew Eddie ^ Encapsulated public/non-public token logic into JUtility::getToken 14-Jan-2008 Wilco Jansen # Fixed [8874] Apostrophes transformed in html entities for page titles # Fixed [8673] Wrong encoding for "login redirection url" in user login parameters ^ Changed fa-IR langiage pack + Added tr-TR langiage pack ! Patch for 8874 and 8673 provided by Kevin Devine 14-Jan-2008 Andrew Eddie # Fixed inconsistend SQL in backward compat file (#__core_acl_aro_sections.section_id renamed to #__core_acl_aro_sections.id) 13-Jan-2008 Anthony Ferrara * [8739] Block user issues in administrator fix * [topic,252372] Security fix in com_users # [9126] [8702] Fixes for imagepath problems in categories:w # Fixed language issues # Added default alias for all items in core 12-Jan-2008 Wilco Jansen # Fixed [9194] No _JEXEC check in bigdump causes information disclosure if called directly 12-Jan-2008 Ian MacLennan # Fixed SEF issue for com_newsfeeds. # Removed incorrect line endings from some language files. # Fixed issue with page cache caching tokens. 11-Jan-2008 Ian MacLennan # Fixed SEF issue for com_poll, com_wrapper and com_search 11-Jan-2008 Wilco Jansen # Fixed [9032] cannot upload image # Fixed [9161] Media Manager - uploads doesn't work with flash tool ! Patch provided by Kevin Devine, thanks Kevin! ^ Changes language files for hr-HR, lt-LT, ro-RO, ru-RU + Added language files for eu-ES, hi-IN 11-Jan-2008 Ian MacLennan # Fixed bug in search where small words were not being filtered out properly # Fixed problem in search with regex using too many resources (related to above) # Fixed [#8404] Incorrect highlighting of search terms (as a byproduct) 10-Jan-2008 Sam Moffatt # Fixed error in backlink migration plugin # Fixed error with category/section search in front end # Fixed error with weblink search in back end # Fixed error with Legacy SEF incorrectly returning 404 page not found error 09-Jan-2008 Andy Miller # Fixed issues with pillmenu in both LTR and RTL directions 09-Jan-2008 Ian MacLennan # Fixed issue with incorrect building of section links in content router 07-Jan-2008 Johan Janssens # Fixed issue with JApplication::route wrongly assuming no route was found if no request variables are being returned and throwing a 404. 07-Jan-2008 Andrew Eddie # Changed form tokens to display different public and logged in values 05-Jan-2008 Rob Schley # Refactored routers for com_contact, com_weblinks, com_polls, and com_newsfeeds to be more reliable at finding configurations and to prevent duplicate content URL issues. 05-Jan-2008 Louis Landry # Fixed [#8228] Empty categories don't display when the show empty category parameter is selected (proposed solution) # Fixed [#8301] Memory consumption problems in com_search # Fixed [#8432] Mod_polls Validation: JS Unterminated String Literal--problems with quote marks in alias # Fixed [#8532] alias fields on menus and com_pool is not correctly sanitized can break links when sef on and cause other errors 05-Jan-2008 Charl van Niekerk # Fixed pagination in backend com_weblinks (similar issue as [#8718]) # Fixed division by zero in com_weblinks frontend and backend if limit = 0 05-Jan-2008 Anthony Ferrara # [#8663] File path issues in media manager for IE6 and IE7 (Thanks Jens-Christian Skibakk) # [#8452] Mediamanager in IE6 shows one item in each row (Thanks Michal Sobkowiak) ^ Fix for pt-PT installation translation file error (from Translation team) 05-Jan-2008 Mati Kochen + Added missing POLL string - Removed unnecessary " ^ fixed locales again # [topic,249218] notice when showing subtree with no active parent (thanks trevornorth) 05-Jan-2008 Wilco Jansen ^ Updated the installer language files (thanks Ole for providing, thanks translators for creating these files) # Fixed [9019] Content of entryfield 'Style' of 'Image' -> 'Appearances' are not saved in Article Editor (Thanks Bruce Scherzinger) ! Make sure to save the plugin properties once of the tinymce editor! 05-Jan-2008 Andrew Eddie * SECURITY - Hardened escaping of user supplied text strings used in LIKE queries ^ Added extra arguments to JDatabase::Quote and JDatabase::getEscaped to facilitate hardening queries # Fixed [#8988] Legacy commonhtml.php bug # Fixed missing token in offline page 04-Jan-2008 Charl van Niekerk # Fixed pagination in backend com_content (similar issue as [#8718]) 04-Jan-2008 Louis Landry # Fixed JDate issue with server offsets and daylight savings time as well as GMT output 04-Jan-2008 Jui-Yu Tsai # Fixed com_messages manager reset filter 04-Jan-2008 Mati Kochen ^ [topic,249292] Minor Typos in Sample Data # [topic,249199] Added 404 if no Route was found 04-Jan-2008 Alan Langford ^ Removed conditionals in loader.php, to revisit after upcoming release. 03-Jan-2008 Jui-Yu Tsai # Fixed [#8615][topic,240577] mod_newsflash "Read more..." parameter issue # Fixed [topic,248718] com_search gives an error under Beez template # Fixed [topic,248716] Author and date in beez template 03-Jan-2008 Anthony Ferrara # Fixed untranslated string in timezones (Thanks Ercan �zkaya) 03-Jan-2008 Andrew Eddie # Added JHTML::_( 'form.token' ) and JRequest::checkToken to assist in preventing CSRF exploits 03-Jan-2008 Alan Langford ^ Added conditionals to JLoader, __autoload(), jimport() to aid unit testing. 02-Jan-2008 Mati Kochen ^ Added UTF locales to en_GB.xml (admin/installation/site) 02-Jan-2008 Andrew Eddie # Fixed CSRF exploits in com_installer 02-Jan-2008 Toby Patterson # Fixed problem with JDocumentRendererAtom encoding links resulting in invalid urls ( & to & ) 02-Jan-2008 Robin Muilwijk # Fixed [#8969] Mod_sections missing parameter + patch # Fixed [#8828] htaccess does not include rewrite for .htm 02-Jan-2008 Sam Moffatt # Fixed radio button selection in com_installer ^ Removed administration/media tag from module installer 01-Jan-2008 Chris Davenport ^ Local help files replaced by dummy files containing links to online help. 01-Jan-2008 Johan Janssens ^ Changed JHTML::_() to support variable prefixes, type can now be prefix.class.function 01-Jan-2008 Wilco Jansen ^ Added also front-end language defaulting, see also #8307 01-Jan-2008 Mati Kochen # [#8750] Fixed Base URL sent by reminder mail 01-Jan-2008 Sam Moffatt ! Welcome to 2008, a great new year for Joomla! ^ Updates to the installation system to better handle some situations ^ Renamed a variable in the Joomla authentication plugin to make more sense # Fixes to prevent against uninitialised variable access in various locations 31-Dec-2007 Mati Kochen ^ [topic,247978] Added More Articles string, with corresponding fixes in files # [#8935] wrong comparisson for categories 31-Dec-2007 Charl van Niekerk # Fixed [#8516] xmlrpc throws errors when using third party blog/content entry tools ^ Changed mod_breadcrumbs individual module include to "breadcrumb" position include in rhuk_milkyway and beez ^ Renamed "breadcrumbs" position to "breadcrumb" in rhuk_milkyway 31-Dec-2007 Johan Janssens + Added scope variable to JApplication 30-Dec-2007 Wilco Jansen # Fixed [8307] Local distribs can't define default admin language 30-Dec-2007 Charl van Niekerk # Fixed [#8718] Frontend com_weblinks pagination error 30-Dec-2007 Mati Kochen # [#8568] Applied proposed fixes # [#8797] Added string to com_installer # [#7549] type of uninstall not translated # [#8901] changed copyright to 2008 30-Dec-2007 Anthony Ferrara ^ [#8901] Update copyright date needed in all trunk files # [#8736] 'limit' form field ignored in com_search ^ Added Istanbul to the timezone listings (Thanks Ercan �zkaya) 29-Dec-2007 Andy Miller # Fixed issue with admin login button with Safari 29-Dec-2007 Hannes Papenberg # [#8688] fixed pagination in com_categories 29-Dec-2007 Johan Janssens + Added transliterate function to JLanguage ^ JFilterOutput::stringURLSafe now calls JLanguage::transliterate 29-Dec-2007 Anthony Ferrara # [#8690] javascript popup: url not found (images directory incorrect) 29-Dec-2007 Mati Kochen ^ change width from 1000px to 960px (khepri) # [#8873] added BROWSE string # [#8867] fixed (Today) string # [#8576] added UNINSTALLLANGPUBLISHEDALREADY to com_installer with the correct call 28-Dec-2007 Hannes Papenberg # Fixed [#8229] If Intro Text is set to hide and no Fulltext is available, Intro Text is used as the fulltext 27-Dec-2007 Wilco Jansen ! Forgotten to credit Zinho for supplying us with information about the csrf exploit that was fixed during PBF weekend. Thanks Zinho for you issue report. 27-Dec-2007 Chris Davenport ^ Removed/renamed redundant local help screens. 26-Dec-2007 Nur Aini Rakhmawati # Fixed [#6111] New button act as Edit when multiply select in Menu Item Manager # Fixed [t,223403] Warning menu manager standardization for cancel button 25-Dec-2007 Nur Aini Rakhmawati # Fixed [#8557] language typo and ordering languange list (Thanks to Ole Bang Ottosen) 24-Dec-2007 Anthony Ferrara # Fixed [#8754] issue with SEF plugin rewriting raw anchors (Thanks Jens-Christian Skibakk) 24-Dec-2007 Jui-Yu Tsai # Fixed [#8568] language typo 23-Dec-2007 Rob Schley # Fixed JRegistryFormatINI::objectToString() method to build proper arrays again. Thanks Ian for testing. # Fixed view cache handler not storing module buffer. # Fixed JDocumentHTML::getBuffer() so that you can access the entire document buffer. 23-Dec-2007 Nur Aini Rakhmawati # Fixed [#8168] Removed Redundant code in Published Section. Thanks Alaattin Kahramanlar 22-Dec-2007 Johan Janssens + Added $params parameter to JEditor::display function. This allows to programaticaly set or override the editor plugin parameters. 22-Dec-2007 Andrew Eddie ^ Moved article edit icon into the print|pdf|email area + Added type property to JAuthenticationResponse which is set to the successful authenication method ^ Split diff.sql into steps for RC's 21-Dec-2007 Mati Kochen ^ [topic,245507] Better Styling with double classes & easier RTL 21-Dec-2007 Anthony Ferrara # [#8678] [#8675] [#8648] [topic,245507] Fixed min-width CSS issue forcing scrollbars 21-Dec-2007 Andrew Eddie # Fixed [topic,245313] Fatal error in Menu Manager when editing an item ! Lots of cosmetic commits (remove trailing ?> tags at EOF, white space, etc) 20-Dec-2007 Jui-Yu Tsai # [topic,245322] fixed missing "s" at string for more than one unit 20-Dec-2007 Mickael Maison # [#7617] Untranslated error message during authentication 20-Dec-2007 Mati Kochen ^ [topic,244583] added $rows = $this->items, and replaced all instaces ^ [topic,244213] added limitation to the return pagination only when there is one ^ [topic,244895] added missing content display ^ [topic,245291] refactor more links to use ContentHelperRoute 20-Dec-2007 Ian MacLennan # Fixed Topic 245155 Category Content Filter missing default parameter values in model 20-Dec-2007 Sam Moffatt # [#8444] Testing migration script on install - Scripts not executing (added display of current max PHP upload) # [#8517] com_installer: Installing from nonexisting URL generates technical error message ! SERVER_CONNECT_FAILED language added to com_installer ! MAXIMUM UPLOAD SIZE and UPLOADFILESIZE added to installation language # [#8628] Extension installer fails to remove media files (proposed solution) # [#8573] Google stuff still present in com_search 20-Dec-2007 Andrew Eddie # Fixed [t,243324] PHP 4 incompatible syntax in ContentModelArchive::_getList # Fixed extra in Content Archive items layout # Fixed [#8667] bug in JDate 19-Dec-2007 Ian MacLennan # Fixed Content Router swallows up layout (checks to see if it matches Itemid) 19-Dec-2007 Ian MacLennan # Fixed topic 244449 XMLRPC Search plugin doesn't work with weblinks search plugin published -------------------- 1.5.0 Release Candidate 4 Released [19-December-2007] ---------------------