eZ publish 3.4.2 release
eZ publish 3.4.2 is the latest update of the eZ publish content management system
Published originally on September 24, 2004
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As always the update contains several bugfixes and enhancements. All users of eZ publish are encouraged to upgrade.
Distributions
eZ publish (tar.gz)
eZ publish (tar.bz2)
eZ publish (zip)
Windows Installer*
Installer for Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP
RedHat Installers*
Installer for RedHat 8
Installer for RedHat 9
* The installers are only meant for testing and not for production use.
They will install PHP, Apache and MySQL for you.
Important eZ publish 3.4.2 changes
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A bug causing all viewcache to expire on publishing was fixed. In order
not to break any sites by upgrading, eZ publish 3.4.2 exhibits the same
behaviour by default. However, using the new smart view cache system
you can improve the efficiency of your site dramatically if you have
lots of editors.
http://ez.no/ez_publish/documentation/incoming/smart_viewcache_cleaning_system - A new PHP script bin/php/eztemplatecheck.php which validates template file was added. It can be used to remove any syntax errors in your templates.
- Autolink operator now allows semicolons and asterisk in URLs.
- Fixed bug with incorrect fetching of user roles when user is in several groups
- Fixed MySQL 4.1 incompatibility
- Fixed bug in cache block with subtree expiry. Subtree expiry partly rewritten
- Fixed bug with incorrectly built SQL query in xml output handler with links
- Fixed bug: combination of node with section or class in permission policy causing wrong read access
- Fixed bug: template variable cache_ttl did not work in 3.4
- Fixed bug: eZContentObject::fetch() didn't respect $asObject argument value
- Fixed bug: Removal of subtree limitation incorectly removed the limitation from all roles
- Fixed bug: cache wasn't cleared correctly in some cases after removing a node
eZ publish 3.4 highlights
- New setup system which allows mixing of functionality on one site.
- Export/import of site content.
- Toolbar and menu system.
- PDF output for any object.
- File and database consistency check.
- Wildcard search.
- Editing of INI settings from admin interface.
- Delayed search index of content objects.
- Roles are inherited down the tree structure.
- Assignment of roles using conditions.
- New icon system used troughout the admin and user designs.
- New shop functionality: customer list, order and product list per customer and monthly/yearly sales statistics.
- Pregeneration of view-cache.
eZ publish 3.4.2 changelog
For detailed information on new and changed things in eZ publish 3.4 look here.
For a full changelog of eZ publish 3.4.2 look here.