v2.1.1 has been released

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 10:21 pm
On February 1, 2013, Exponent version 2.1.1 was released. This includes a new forms module and user interface improvements.

Other things to look for in v2.1.1 are:
- adds many new event calendar features
- adds event copying feature (create new event from existing event)
- adds optional attached images to events and event registrations
- adds optional event popup in a lightbox dialog (like google calendar)
- adds 'cancelled event' feature to display events as cancelled
- updates old school form module to a 2.0 controller
- now allows greater flexibility in which users may enter or view data
- forms are now site-wide objects, can view/enter form data from different modules/pages
- adds view flexibility offered by a 2.0 module for future features
- updates form control (input) display features and format to be more consistent and modern
- adds ajax-based navigation in calendar, news items & blog posts to prevent reloading entire page
- adds 'grouping by date' for uncategorized portfolio & file download items (in addition to 'grouping by alpha' for rolodex feature)
- adds new views to several modules
- new 'headline' view to filedownloads module
- new 'toggle' and 'accordion' views to the text module
- new 'toggle' view to the portfolio module
- new 'flyout sidebar' view to navigation module for hard-coding in themes
- new 'vertical' login view
- now allows multiple files within a file download item; defaults to 1st attachment, but displays all attachments in show item view
- adds new 'multi-add' feature to create multiple photo album items in one easy step
- adds new 'inline' view to edit text module items directly on page via CKEditor v4
- adds custom module phrase translation libraries feature
- merges module 'Configure Actions & Views' and 'Configure Settings' into a single view for easy module configuration
- adds new 'private module' setting to optionally restrict viewing of a specific module by permission
- adds a mass mailer for super admins to email all users or selected site users
- adds new site configuration setting to reverse the default logic of when module titles are displayed
- updates file manager with 'virtual folder' grouping and date features to assist locating files
- also adds file manager bulk selection (add multiple files to an item all at once) and bulk delete
- adds new QuickUpload feature to bypass file manager/file uploader for file selection
- updates file uploader to allow html5 drag/drop support and some other user-friendly features
- images may be optionally resized to a max width, and files assigned to a virtual folder during upload
- calendarmodule and simplepollmodule (old school) are now fully deprecated (removed) - plus many, many other tweaks, fixes, and features

However as always, we recommend you do NOT upgrade production environments without first testing it!

If you are upgrading from a version earlier than 2.0.9, you should visit the main blog [url]exponentcms.org/blog.htm[/url] to review the articles outlining changes required to themes and custom modules.

v2.1.1 http://sourceforge.net/projects/exponentcms/files/exponent-2.1.1.zip/download

Exponent v2.1.1 Stable is 'THE" baseline for the Exponent CMS project and anyone using a pre-release version of 2.0 is highly recommended to upgrade their code to the stable version.

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