v 2.7.2 Patch #1
All Exponent CMS users running at least PHP version 5.6 are encouraged to move their installations to v2.7.2 and install this patch! If you are running PHP version 8.1 or later, you are encouraged to upgrade to v3.0.2.
NOTE: DO NOT INSTALL THIS PATCH ON A SERVER RUNNING PHP v5.5.x!!! Your web site will no longer run! PHP versions older than v5.6 are very obsolete and we do not support them. The next version may also remove support for PHP v5.6 and v7.0 since they are considered obsolete.
This patch adds some features to v2.7.2 and fixes a number of anomalies. It updates many 3rd party libraries.
v272patch1 adds these features to v272:
- add form title to form module buttons (show what site form being used)
- add datetime variables to export db/files in lieu of deprecated strftime()
- allow styled New User Welcome message instead of plain text
v272patch1 fixes these issues in v272:
- regression fix antispam control markup breaks page
- fix elFinder deprecated jQuery call
- fix ckeditor auto-spellcheck setting activation for inline-editing view
- fix select2 bootstrap 5 theme to compile
- fix invisible images on BS5
- fix turning workflow off fails to remove revisions
- fix MySql strict broken ecommerce search and bs4/bs5 styling
v272patch1 updates these 3rd party libraries in v272:
- sortable to v1.15.6
- datatables to 2.3.3
- ace editor cdn to v1.43.2
- codemirror cdn to v5.65.20
- phpxmlrpc to v4.11.2
- phpthumb to v1.7.23
- tempus-dominus to v6.10.4
- bootbox to v6.0.4
- bootstrap-icons v1.13.1
- bootstrap to v5.3.8
- bootswatch to v5.3.7