1. Copyright and disclaimer --------------------------- This application is opensource software released under the GPL. Please see source code and the LICENSE file 2. Changelog ------------ This is a non-exhaustive (but still near complete) changelog for Joomla! 1.5, including beta and release candidate versions. Our thanks to all those people who've contributed bug reports and code fixes. Legend: * -> Security Fix # -> Bug Fix $ -> Language fix or change + -> Addition ^ -> Change - -> Removed ! -> Note -------------------- 1.5.2 Stable Release [22-March-2008] --------------------- 22-Mar-2008 Sam Moffatt $ Added ko-KR installation language files 21-Mar-2008 Sam Moffatt $ Added lt-LT, pl-PL and ca-ES installation language files 20-Mar-2008 Ian MacLennan $ Added bn-IN and th-TH installation language files 20-Mar-2008 Andrew Eddie # Fixed double-quoting bug in gacl_api::del_object 15-Mar-2008 Ian MacLennan # [#9816] Fixed openid toggle link doesn't appear on component. Also fixes duplicate ids for com and mod. # [#9816] Fixed username cannot contain + or - characters # [#9816] Fixed css resulting from first patch above 15-Mar-2008 Sam Moffatt ^ Updated language XML files version to 1.5.2 and date to 2008-03-15 (pour JM) 12-Mar-2008 Ian MacLennan # [#10156] Param for disabling the Flash Uploader 11-Mar-2008 Anthony Ferrara # [#10077] Edit links for frontpage layout broken when not default menu item. 11-Mar-2008 Wilco Jansen # [10129] front-end message when article submitted not translated 10-Mar-2008 Wilco Jansen # [9971] Default parameter (global configuration) not stored in table # [9976] Invalid behavior after switching list length # [10112] Strings and tips added for 10019 editing options # [10124] Notice layout in milkyway is not right due to missing some css # [10071] Email alert for private message is confusing 09-Mar-2008 Mati Kochen # [#10083] Upgraded TCPDF Library to v2.6 # [#10102] Removed unneeded IF clause for ICONV usage 08-Mar-2008 Andrew Eddie # [#10103] Additional Content Filtering 07-Mar-2008 Ian MacLennan # [#9808] JHTMLSelect::Options dies if empty array passed # [#10027] When bulit a menu with catalog list which catalog has no articles, error comes out when click this menu # [#10055] Administrator login not possible due to unmasked querys. 07-Mar-2008 Andrew Eddie # [#10032] JView::get() does not defer properly to JObject::get() # [#9641] Extra

added by mod_mainmenu in access restricted menus # [#10047] Size correction for some parameters pop-ups (patch) ^ Massmail BCC checkbox checked by default 05-Mar-2008 Ian MacLennan # [#9817] TableUser has sendEmail set to 1 by default instead of 0, while JUser has it set to 0 by default 04-Mar-2008 Anthony Ferrara # [#9964] lost password sends a bad link when Joomla is in a directory (Thanks Tomasz Dobrzynski) # [#10011] 2 Bugs in com_newsfeed # [#9828] Broken Links to blog items # [#8679] Incorrect anchors in pagination for admin template 01-Mar-2008 Alan Langford ^ Conditional load of JLoader to support unit test. + Add jexit() global exit function, also for unit test. ^ Replace all non-environment calls to die() and exit() with jexit() (except external libs). ^ Make die message on no _JEXEC defined consistent throughout. 29-Feb-2008 Toby Patterson # [#8775] Administration Toolbar translation issues 29-Feb-2008 Anthony Ferrara # Error Log Library overwriting $date var (fatal error) # [#9673] Media Manager + Global paths issues # [#9978] Alias URLs don't work when SEF enabled * Sanitization of image and media paths in global config # Fix for date in com_messages (Thanks Jens) 28-Feb-2008 Anthony Ferrara + JFactory::getDate + Support for locale based JDate override (for support of non-gregorian calendars) ^ Changed all calls from $date = new JDate() to $date =& JFactory::getDate(); ^ JDate now does the translations on its own (it does not rely on setlocale()) for thread safe function. $ Added support for xx-XX.date.php in frontend language directories (to be used for non-gregorian calendars). ! all instances of JDate should now be retrieved via JFactory::getDate(); (to allow for overrides) # Notice with JTable::isCheckedOut when called statically # [#9832] [#9696] Invalid Itemid causes router to choke # [#7860] Cache Callback ID not reliable if callback is object # [#9715] Development info cached (also fixes tpl=1 case) # [#9421] Fix for INI parsing with | in the content $ [#9848] DESCNEWITEMSFIRST & LAST added to many places. # [#9377] Easier translation and localization # Upgrade TCPDF to 2.2.002 (Removes GD, libjpeg and libpng dependancies) # [#9968] Fix for router using default menu item vars if non-sef url passed when sef is enabled # [#9288] Title not escaped in link for section blog view 28-Feb-2008 Wilco Jansen # [9946] Page title issue for contents 28-Feb-2008 Sam Moffatt ^ Changed incorrect and misleading text in LDAP Authentication plugin 28-Feb-2008 Ian MacLennan # [#9402] Alternative read more # [#9909] Newsflash Module returns incorrect SEF URL # [#9847] JTable::isCheckedOut() can throw an undefined method error # [#9912] Error in sample data $ [#9967] 2 missing strings in admin # [#7960] JFilterInput 27-Feb-2008 Ian MacLennan # [#9648] Cache folder disapearing with legacy mode enabled # [#9805] bad url element for content pdf links] 26-Feb-2008 Ian MacLennan # [#9845] com_user Login form does not offer OpenId login option # [#9844] created date on openid created users is invalid # [#8676] OpenID related untranslated strings [js] 26-Feb-2008 Hannes Papenberg # [#9916] Saving Article Layout menu does not work 25-Feb-2008 Ian MacLennan # [#9932] Typo in file # [#9907] Code cleanup com_weblinks, element improperly closed 25-Feb-2008Mati Kochen ^ [#9857] Updated TCPDF Library to support RTL - Thanks JM. 23-Feb-2008 Ian MacLennan # [#9778] Breadcrumb includes separators # [#9513] Search module in rhuk_milkyway - IE6 # [#8547] Com_media: Unable to delete files with spaces # [#9862] Remember me can display confusing error message. 22-Feb-2008 Anthony Ferrara # Fix parse_str & issues # [#9867] �Hardcoded strings + some errors (Thanks JM) 21-Feb-2008 Ian MacLennan # [#9840] •Hard coded string missing translation # [#9579] Contact Send-Email Form Routing to Wrong Address # [#9739] sefRelToAbs( 'http://localhost/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1' ) returns wrong URL 20-Feb-2008 Ian MacLennan # [#9807] Notice error in lib/j/html/html/list.php, sign of bigger problem (thanks Jens) 19-Feb-2008 Anthony Ferrara # [#9534] Tooltips hidden behind some tabs # [#8800] Changing order of articles # [#9708] Styling of loadmodule plugin fix. # [#9710] mod_feed htmlentities issues. # [#9758] Frontend error message for checked out content partially translated 16-Feb-2008 Ian MacLennan # [9635] mod_random_image doesn't work as advertised # [8230] missing error handler on jfactory getxmlparser 15-Feb-2008 Ian MacLennan # [#8684] Errors not correctly trapped on login 14-Feb-2008 Ian MacLennan # [#9655] Cannot have more than 1 mootools tree on a page 13-Feb-2008 Ian MacLennan # [#9263] Bug in com_search: incorrect highliting of multiple search words # [#8738] Backend Login Problems--error message not shown when frontend or blocked user attempts login # [#9630] Language strings missing # [#9636] mod_banners cannot validate as XHTML 1.0 Strict # [#9289] reference to wrapper url produces errors when no modules are loaded # [#9719] JDate->toISO8601 suggestion/correction 12-Feb-2008 Ian MacLennan # [#9695] Invalid Token message received when trying to authenticate with OpenID # [#9006] Incorrect delete section message # [#9253] Incorrect caching time of the feed XML in mod_feed # [#9490] Fatal error: Call to a member function name() helper.php # [#8808] PDF from an article - "contributed by" isof "written by" # [#9555] Poll Manager poll's title sorting broken 12-Feb-2008 Anthony Ferrara # [#9697] Khepri has type="module" instead of type="modules" for Admin Submenu (Thanks Jens) 11-Feb-2008 Andrew Eddie $ Fixed string for XML-RPC server tip (default is no) in com_config.ini 10-Feb-2008 Ian MacLennan # Fixed [9371] h3 Title not translated at install step4 and 5 # Fixed [9697] Khepri has type="module" instead of type="modules" for Admin Submenu 10-Feb-2008 Anthony Ferrara # Fixed issue with notice populating $live_site on upgrade from 1.5.0 10-Feb-2008 Sam Moffatt # Fixed [#9381] Misnamed variable errors in migration 09-Feb-2008 Ian MacLennan # Fixed [8602] Cookie error message in installation process # Fixed [9458] Email on new article - "from" is missing # Fixed [8368] Template preview shows only used module positions # Fixed [9434] Sample data: Two Resource Modules # Fixed [9690] Version number in administrator backend shows 1.5.0 # Fixed [9312] Pre-installation Check wrongly recommends Display Errors ON # Fixed [9408] Articles don't change if you change a category to another section -------------------- 1.5.1 Stable Release [8-February-2008] --------------------- 05-Feb-2008 Anthony Ferrara # Fixed [9552] Added missing DOMMIT files # Fixed [9620] When trying to login, the site returns 'Invalid Token' # Added live_site parameter to config, and JURI::base override (fixes SEF and proxy issues) 05-Feb-2008 Ian MacLennan # Fixed [9512] Removed superfluous references to JUser # Fixed [9596] Incorrect language string in Beez # Fixed [9257] Fixed comments in index.php and administrator/index.php # Fixed [9399] XMLRPC Blogger more_text tag problem * Fixed [9406] XMLRPC Blogger API 05-Feb-2008 Andrew Eddie # Turned XML-RPC server off by default 04-Feb-2008 Wilco Jansen # Fixed [9111] error.php contains a relative url to Home Page (Thanks Jens) # Fixed [9516] Links in archive module don't work with SEF (Thanks Jens) # Fixed [9211] Installation always falling back to joomla_backwards.sql (Thanks Jens) 01-Feb-2008 Ian MacLennan # Fixed [#9320] Problem with allowing HTML in requests [patch] (Thanks Jens) 01-Feb-2008 Anthony Ferrara * Fixed remote execution vulnerability in phpmailer # [#6730] batchQuery() Bug: Broken splitting function # [#8776] Mass Email BCC option (Thanks JM) 30-Jan-2008 Anthony Ferrara # Fixed htaccess instructions (refering to a second section that was removed) # [topic,257873] Fixed possible notice with com_content router # [#9518] When creating menu item for a poll, you cannot select poll (Thanks Ian MacLennan) # [#9383] Search for contacts generates bad links (Thanks Jens-Christian Skibakk) # [#9426] PopUp Url link broken 29-Jan-2008 Ian MacLennan # Fixed [#9342] Poll goes 404 after voting - fixed redirect URL. 28-Jan-2008 Anthony Ferrara # Fixed memcache session driver config param loading (changed it to work like cache driver) # [#9225] Typo in joomla_backwards.sql (Thanks Jens-Christian Skibakk) # [#8823] Modules don't show up when eAccelerator is enabled (Thanks Dalibor Karlovic) 28-Jan-2008 Robin Muilwijk # Fixed [#9472] Session not cleared properly # Fixed [#9291] Error in call method # Fixed [#9251] Additional double quote in weblink's template # Fixed [#8173] Problem with preg_quote in function utf8_ireplace 27-Jan-2008 Wilco Jansen ^ Remove the installation check # [9401] Help in backend showind 404 [Patch], thanks Jens-Christian Skibakk for the patch # [9412] publish_down is initialized to 1970 in some environments, thanks Kevin for the patch -------------------- 1.5.0 Stable Release [21-January-2008] --------------------- 21-Jan-2008 Rob Schley ^ Updated COPYRIGHT.php to reference the new, consolidated CREDITS.php + Added LICENSES.php which will hold full text versions of other licenses. 17-Jan-2008 Anthony Ferrara + [8987] [8986] Added 3 Language strings to com_user and com_installer's language files (Thanks JM) # [9285] Administrators not being able to edit their own profile or change password 16-Jan-2008 Anthony Ferrara # Fixed session issues with Invalid Token randomly appearing # Fixed [9255] Error with Pagination and SEF (Thanks Jenscski) 15-Jan-2008 Wilco Jansen + Added language af-ZA and ar-DZ 15-Jan-2008 Andrew Eddie ^ Encapsulated public/non-public token logic into JUtility::getToken 14-Jan-2008 Wilco Jansen # Fixed [8874] Apostrophes transformed in html entities for page titles # Fixed [8673] Wrong encoding for "login redirection url" in user login parameters ^ Changed fa-IR langiage pack + Added tr-TR langiage pack ! Patch for 8874 and 8673 provided by Kevin Devine 14-Jan-2008 Andrew Eddie # Fixed inconsistend SQL in backward compat file (#__core_acl_aro_sections.section_id renamed to #__core_acl_aro_sections.id) 13-Jan-2008 Anthony Ferrara * [8739] Block user issues in administrator fix * [topic,252372] Security fix in com_users # [9126] [8702] Fixes for imagepath problems in categories:w # Fixed language issues # Added default alias for all items in core 12-Jan-2008 Wilco Jansen # Fixed [9194] No _JEXEC check in bigdump causes information disclosure if called directly 12-Jan-2008 Ian MacLennan # Fixed SEF issue for com_newsfeeds. # Removed incorrect line endings from some language files. # Fixed issue with page cache caching tokens. 11-Jan-2008 Ian MacLennan # Fixed SEF issue for com_poll, com_wrapper and com_search 11-Jan-2008 Wilco Jansen # Fixed [9032] cannot upload image # Fixed [9161] Media Manager - uploads doesn't work with flash tool ! Patch provided by Kevin Devine, thanks Kevin! ^ Changes language files for hr-HR, lt-LT, ro-RO, ru-RU + Added language files for eu-ES, hi-IN 11-Jan-2008 Ian MacLennan # Fixed bug in search where small words were not being filtered out properly # Fixed problem in search with regex using too many resources (related to above) # Fixed [#8404] Incorrect highlighting of search terms (as a byproduct) 10-Jan-2008 Sam Moffatt # Fixed error in backlink migration plugin # Fixed error with category/section search in front end # Fixed error with weblink search in back end # Fixed error with Legacy SEF incorrectly returning 404 page not found error 09-Jan-2008 Andy Miller # Fixed issues with pillmenu in both LTR and RTL directions 09-Jan-2008 Ian MacLennan # Fixed issue with incorrect building of section links in content router 07-Jan-2008 Johan Janssens # Fixed issue with JApplication::route wrongly assuming no route was found if no request variables are being returned and throwing a 404. 07-Jan-2008 Andrew Eddie # Changed form tokens to display different public and logged in values 05-Jan-2008 Rob Schley # Refactored routers for com_contact, com_weblinks, com_polls, and com_newsfeeds to be more reliable at finding configurations and to prevent duplicate content URL issues. 05-Jan-2008 Louis Landry # Fixed [#8228] Empty categories don't display when the show empty category parameter is selected (proposed solution) # Fixed [#8301] Memory consumption problems in com_search # Fixed [#8432] Mod_polls Validation: JS Unterminated String Literal--problems with quote marks in alias # Fixed [#8532] alias fields on menus and com_pool is not correctly sanitized can break links when sef on and cause other errors 05-Jan-2008 Charl van Niekerk # Fixed pagination in backend com_weblinks (similar issue as [#8718]) # Fixed division by zero in com_weblinks frontend and backend if limit = 0 05-Jan-2008 Anthony Ferrara # [#8663] File path issues in media manager for IE6 and IE7 (Thanks Jens-Christian Skibakk) # [#8452] Mediamanager in IE6 shows one item in each row (Thanks Michal Sobkowiak) ^ Fix for pt-PT installation translation file error (from Translation team) 05-Jan-2008 Mati Kochen + Added missing POLL string - Removed unnecessary " ^ fixed locales again # [topic,249218] notice when showing subtree with no active parent (thanks trevornorth) 05-Jan-2008 Wilco Jansen ^ Updated the installer language files (thanks Ole for providing, thanks translators for creating these files) # Fixed [9019] Content of entryfield 'Style' of 'Image' -> 'Appearances' are not saved in Article Editor (Thanks Bruce Scherzinger) ! Make sure to save the plugin properties once of the tinymce editor! 05-Jan-2008 Andrew Eddie * SECURITY - Hardened escaping of user supplied text strings used in LIKE queries ^ Added extra arguments to JDatabase::Quote and JDatabase::getEscaped to facilitate hardening queries # Fixed [#8988] Legacy commonhtml.php bug # Fixed missing token in offline page 04-Jan-2008 Charl van Niekerk # Fixed pagination in backend com_content (similar issue as [#8718]) 04-Jan-2008 Louis Landry # Fixed JDate issue with server offsets and daylight savings time as well as GMT output 04-Jan-2008 Jui-Yu Tsai # Fixed com_messages manager reset filter 04-Jan-2008 Mati Kochen ^ [topic,249292] Minor Typos in Sample Data # [topic,249199] Added 404 if no Route was found 04-Jan-2008 Alan Langford ^ Removed conditionals in loader.php, to revisit after upcoming release. 03-Jan-2008 Jui-Yu Tsai # Fixed [#8615][topic,240577] mod_newsflash "Read more..." parameter issue # Fixed [topic,248718] com_search gives an error under Beez template # Fixed [topic,248716] Author and date in beez template 03-Jan-2008 Anthony Ferrara # Fixed untranslated string in timezones (Thanks Ercan �zkaya) 03-Jan-2008 Andrew Eddie # Added JHTML::_( 'form.token' ) and JRequest::checkToken to assist in preventing CSRF exploits 03-Jan-2008 Alan Langford ^ Added conditionals to JLoader, __autoload(), jimport() to aid unit testing. 02-Jan-2008 Mati Kochen ^ Added UTF locales to en_GB.xml (admin/installation/site) 02-Jan-2008 Andrew Eddie # Fixed CSRF exploits in com_installer 02-Jan-2008 Toby Patterson # Fixed problem with JDocumentRendererAtom encoding links resulting in invalid urls ( & to & ) 02-Jan-2008 Robin Muilwijk # Fixed [#8969] Mod_sections missing parameter + patch # Fixed [#8828] htaccess does not include rewrite for .htm 02-Jan-2008 Sam Moffatt # Fixed radio button selection in com_installer ^ Removed administration/media tag from module installer 01-Jan-2008 Chris Davenport ^ Local help files replaced by dummy files containing links to online help. 01-Jan-2008 Johan Janssens ^ Changed JHTML::_() to support variable prefixes, type can now be prefix.class.function 01-Jan-2008 Wilco Jansen ^ Added also front-end language defaulting, see also #8307 01-Jan-2008 Mati Kochen # [#8750] Fixed Base URL sent by reminder mail 01-Jan-2008 Sam Moffatt ! Welcome to 2008, a great new year for Joomla! ^ Updates to the installation system to better handle some situations ^ Renamed a variable in the Joomla authentication plugin to make more sense # Fixes to prevent against uninitialised variable access in various locations 31-Dec-2007 Mati Kochen ^ [topic,247978] Added More Articles string, with corresponding fixes in files # [#8935] wrong comparisson for categories 31-Dec-2007 Charl van Niekerk # Fixed [#8516] xmlrpc throws errors when using third party blog/content entry tools ^ Changed mod_breadcrumbs individual module include to "breadcrumb" position include in rhuk_milkyway and beez ^ Renamed "breadcrumbs" position to "breadcrumb" in rhuk_milkyway 31-Dec-2007 Johan Janssens + Added scope variable to JApplication 30-Dec-2007 Wilco Jansen # Fixed [8307] Local distribs can't define default admin language 30-Dec-2007 Charl van Niekerk # Fixed [#8718] Frontend com_weblinks pagination error 30-Dec-2007 Mati Kochen # [#8568] Applied proposed fixes # [#8797] Added string to com_installer # [#7549] type of uninstall not translated # [#8901] changed copyright to 2008 30-Dec-2007 Anthony Ferrara ^ [#8901] Update copyright date needed in all trunk files # [#8736] 'limit' form field ignored in com_search ^ Added Istanbul to the timezone listings (Thanks Ercan �zkaya) 29-Dec-2007 Andy Miller # Fixed issue with admin login button with Safari 29-Dec-2007 Hannes Papenberg # [#8688] fixed pagination in com_categories 29-Dec-2007 Johan Janssens + Added transliterate function to JLanguage ^ JFilterOutput::stringURLSafe now calls JLanguage::transliterate 29-Dec-2007 Anthony Ferrara # [#8690] javascript popup: url not found (images directory incorrect) 29-Dec-2007 Mati Kochen ^ change width from 1000px to 960px (khepri) # [#8873] added BROWSE string # [#8867] fixed (Today) string # [#8576] added UNINSTALLLANGPUBLISHEDALREADY to com_installer with the correct call 28-Dec-2007 Hannes Papenberg # Fixed [#8229] If Intro Text is set to hide and no Fulltext is available, Intro Text is used as the fulltext 27-Dec-2007 Wilco Jansen ! Forgotten to credit Zinho for supplying us with information about the csrf exploit that was fixed during PBF weekend. Thanks Zinho for you issue report. 27-Dec-2007 Chris Davenport ^ Removed/renamed redundant local help screens. 26-Dec-2007 Nur Aini Rakhmawati # Fixed [#6111] New button act as Edit when multiply select in Menu Item Manager # Fixed [t,223403] Warning menu manager standardization for cancel button 25-Dec-2007 Nur Aini Rakhmawati # Fixed [#8557] language typo and ordering languange list (Thanks to Ole Bang Ottosen) 24-Dec-2007 Anthony Ferrara # Fixed [#8754] issue with SEF plugin rewriting raw anchors (Thanks Jens-Christian Skibakk) 24-Dec-2007 Jui-Yu Tsai # Fixed [#8568] language typo 23-Dec-2007 Rob Schley # Fixed JRegistryFormatINI::objectToString() method to build proper arrays again. Thanks Ian for testing. # Fixed view cache handler not storing module buffer. # Fixed JDocumentHTML::getBuffer() so that you can access the entire document buffer. 23-Dec-2007 Nur Aini Rakhmawati # Fixed [#8168] Removed Redundant code in Published Section. Thanks Alaattin Kahramanlar 22-Dec-2007 Johan Janssens + Added $params parameter to JEditor::display function. This allows to programaticaly set or override the editor plugin parameters. 22-Dec-2007 Andrew Eddie ^ Moved article edit icon into the print|pdf|email area + Added type property to JAuthenticationResponse which is set to the successful authenication method ^ Split diff.sql into steps for RC's 21-Dec-2007 Mati Kochen ^ [topic,245507] Better Styling with double classes & easier RTL 21-Dec-2007 Anthony Ferrara # [#8678] [#8675] [#8648] [topic,245507] Fixed min-width CSS issue forcing scrollbars 21-Dec-2007 Andrew Eddie # Fixed [topic,245313] Fatal error in Menu Manager when editing an item ! Lots of cosmetic commits (remove trailing ?> tags at EOF, white space, etc) 20-Dec-2007 Jui-Yu Tsai # [topic,245322] fixed missing "s" at string for more than one unit 20-Dec-2007 Mickael Maison # [#7617] Untranslated error message during authentication 20-Dec-2007 Mati Kochen ^ [topic,244583] added $rows = $this->items, and replaced all instaces ^ [topic,244213] added limitation to the return pagination only when there is one ^ [topic,244895] added missing content display ^ [topic,245291] refactor more links to use ContentHelperRoute 20-Dec-2007 Ian MacLennan # Fixed Topic 245155 Category Content Filter missing default parameter values in model 20-Dec-2007 Sam Moffatt # [#8444] Testing migration script on install - Scripts not executing (added display of current max PHP upload) # [#8517] com_installer: Installing from nonexisting URL generates technical error message ! SERVER_CONNECT_FAILED language added to com_installer ! MAXIMUM UPLOAD SIZE and UPLOADFILESIZE added to installation language # [#8628] Extension installer fails to remove media files (proposed solution) # [#8573] Google stuff still present in com_search 20-Dec-2007 Andrew Eddie # Fixed [t,243324] PHP 4 incompatible syntax in ContentModelArchive::_getList # Fixed extra in Content Archive items layout # Fixed [#8667] bug in JDate 19-Dec-2007 Ian MacLennan # Fixed Content Router swallows up layout (checks to see if it matches Itemid) 19-Dec-2007 Ian MacLennan # Fixed topic 244449 XMLRPC Search plugin doesn't work with weblinks search plugin published -------------------- 1.5.0 Release Candidate 4 Released [19-December-2007] ---------------------