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@petecooper petecooper released this 12 Aug 12:21
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4.9.0-beta.1a
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First beta release of Textpattern 4.9.0 (beta.1)

  • Feature release with support for PHP 8.4.0+, new functionality, security enhancements, general improvements and bug fixes.
  • Changed: Minimum system requirements increased to PHP 5.6 (PHP 8.2+ recommended).
  • Changed: Minimum system requirements increased to MySQL 5.5 (MySQL 8.0+ recommended).
  • Changed: Removed 'noopener' from target="_blank" links (now default behaviour in all supported browsers) (thanks, phiw13).
  • Changed: Removed 'aria-label' attributes where 'title' already exists.
  • Changed: Deprecate <txp:search_result_count />. Use <txp:items_count /> instead.
  • Fixed: Improved support for images with EXIF orientation metadata (thanks, jools-r).
  • Fixed: Avoid directory traversal when uploading plugins (thanks, bg1).
  • Fixed: Compiled plugins upload on PHP 5.
  • Fixed: Windows-generated zip plugins installable on Linux.
  • Fixed: Restored empty 'height' and 'width' attributes behaviour of <txp:image />.
  • Fixed: Self-closing tag output for html5 doctype to silence validator (thanks, jools-r).
  • Fixed: Ignore search in individual article mode.
  • Fixed: Take rfc2616 mail headers setting into account for separator.
  • Fixed: Sandboxed article/body/excerpt preview (thanks, grozdniyandy).
  • Added: Support for PHP 8.2, PHP 8.3.1+ and PHP 8.4.0+.
  • Added: SVG image support (thanks, osadl and jools-r).
  • Added: Option to define a Content Security Policy header for the Textpattern admin-side via config.php.
  • Added: PHPMailer for third-party SMTP delivery. See Admin>Preferences>Mail.
  • Added: Multi-edit for changing author language.
  • Added: Plugins can be uploaded from a URL by dragging to upload textarea.
  • Added: Compiled plugins can be uploaded via Browse... feature.
  • Added: Compatible plugin upgrades directly from the Plugins panel.
  • Added: Create and install new plugins directly from the Plugins panel.
  • Added: Plugin multi-edit option: revert to last installed code content.
  • Added: All plugin metadata exposed in the Plugin Edit panel.
  • Added: Plugin (zip-only) export feature.
  • Added: Support for aggregate window functions in compatible MySQL versions.
  • Added: Trailing slash URL preference.
  • Added: File download header preference.
  • Added: In-use asset counters to the Users panel.
  • Added: 'filter' attribute to <txp:section_list /> and <txp:if_section />.
  • Added: 'level' attribute to <txp:if_category />.
  • Added: Activity indicator for long upload processes.
  • Added: metaWeblog.newMediaObject for image upload over the MovableType API (thanks, Melonking906).
  • Added: Global 'offset' can be set by URL parameters.
  • Added: 'lang' attribute to <txp:page_url />.
  • Added: <txp:if_items_count /> tag.
  • Added: Reload language packs from disk.
  • Added: Shift+Space shortcut for 'Tab' indent in textareas.
  • Added: Input length tooltip when appropriate.
  • Added: <txp:date /> tag.
  • Added: Global 'variable' attribute.
  • Added: 'alias' attribute to <txp:evaluate />.
  • Added: 'parent' attribute to <txp:category />.
  • Changed: Plugins of all types trigger verify step (with improved security).
  • Changed: File Edit panel has the ability to rename and delete files, and change the download counter value (thanks, adi).
  • Changed: Image Edit panel has the ability to delete images.
  • Changed: In-use languages can not be deleted.
  • Changed: Image tags can take HTML attributes.
  • Changed: Less collision-prone custom fields name processing.
  • Changed: Do not generate empty syndication feeds for feedless sections.
  • Changed: Allow PHP scripting options off by default, and Diagnostics warning.
  • Changed: Introduce primary keys for all database tables, replacing some old indexes.
  • Changed: Category & section description field sizes increased to 1023.
  • Changed: <txp:header /> tag requires 'form' privilege.
  • Changed: Section-aware default search.
  • Changed: Extend character set that can be used in tag/attribute names.
  • Developer: Introduce UI class library for building interface components.
  • Developer: Tag registration is now mandatory.
  • Developer: Some of the lesser-used tags are loaded on demand from their class to save memory. Plugins must call them via processTags() function.
  • Developer: Add safe_exists() function to database layer.
  • Developer: Move $thisversion and $txp_is_dev to constants.php.
  • Developer: 'Visitor logs' panel is now bound to the new 'lore' event name (was: 'log') to prevent conflicts with privacy filters.
  • Developer: File upload callbacks (file_uploaded and files_uploaded pre+post).
  • Developer: Activation emails can be skipped via hidden notify="skip" field.
  • Vendors: DOMPurify 3.0.6.
  • Vendors: jQuery 3.7.1.
  • Vendors: jQuery UI 1.13.3.
  • Vendors: PHPMailer 6.9.1.
  • Vendors: PrismJS 1.29.0.
  • Vendors: Textile 4.1.1. (thanks, gocom).
  • Vendors: UglifyJS 3.19.0.
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