v2.3.0

[davmont]

dotProject v2.3.0 Release Notes

Welcome to dotProject v2.3.0! This is a major update focused heavily on modernizing the user interface to adopt cleaner, Material-like aesthetics, while addressing several critical bugs, permissions issues, and compatibility problems with newer PHP versions.

🚀 Key Features & UI Modernizations

• Material Theme Makeover: Successfully revamped and permanently applied the material theme as the global default layout across the platform.
• Modernized Login & Password Recovery: Redesigned the login.php and lostpass.php screens into centered, responsive CSS cards with smooth dropdowns, removing the old cluttered table-based layout.
• Calendar Overhaul: Upgraded the month and week Calendar views to use crisp, clean matrix layouts with continuous light-grey borders, consistent white day-backgrounds, highlighting of the current day in soft blue, and cleanly boxed 'event chips'.
• Contacts Interface Customization: Restyled the Contacts module view to match the newly adopted layout and color palette of the application's clean design.
• Spanish Localization (es.inc): Fully translated the English (en.inc) locales throughout the application.

🛠 Bug Fixes & Code Health

• Earnings Module Fixes: Fixed ENGINE=MyISAM declaration incompatibilities upon creation, addressed missing table prefixes, fixed undefined variables, and ported in Spanish language bundles.
• PHP 8.x Compatibility in Forums: Fixed "Warning: Trying to access array offset on false" strict typing errors in the Forums module (both addedit.php and post_message.php) when loading screens without preexisting data arrays.
• Rebuilt: Re-enabled and validated missing permission checks throughout the History and Companies modules enabling Admins to create and view appropriately.
• Eventum Compatibility: Upgraded directory path evaluation and configuration code to securely map eventum trackers.
• Cleanup of Obsolete Files: Safely purged completely unused, dangling legacy files from the /misc folder (e.g. mime.types, cvs2cl/, postnuke/, holidays/).
• Database Connection Stability: Stripped out and refactored deprecated mysql_pconnect checks throughout the login process.
• Custom Fields Improvements: Implemented strict data-type validation and accurate ordering algorithms.

⚠️ Known Issues & Missing Module Updates

While core navigational frameworks, configuration loaders, the Calendar, Forums, Contacts, and Earnings modules have been stabilized for this release, dotProject consists of over 60 different functional modules!

Because we have updated the platform's core PHP requirements and introduced a unified Material styling engine, many legacy modules have not yet been refactored or tested in this sprint. You may encounter PHP 8+ "undefined index" or "array offset on false" errors in them, and their user interfaces may appear disjointed or continue to use archaic table bgcolor syntax.

The following core modules are severely pending review and modernized updates:

• Projects & Tasks (/projects, /tasks, /tasks_template, /projectdesigner)
• Departments & Human Resources (/departments, /human_resources)
• Finances & Invoicing (/finances, /invoices, /costs, /unitcost, /payments)
• Helpdesk & Ticketing (/helpdesk, /ticketsmith, /bugspray, /mantis)
• Time & Resource Management (/timeplanning, /timecard, /timesheet, /timetrack, /resource_m)
• Monitoring, Gantt & Risks (/monitoringandcontrol, /igantt, /risks)
• File Management & System Administration (/files, /system, /backup, /dataimport)
• Third Party Integrations (/tracIntegration, /gallery2)
• Contributors should prioritize auditing the above modules for PHP 8 warnings and CSS modernization in preparation for v2.4.0.

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