omeka/Omeka 1.1

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Omeka 1.1 was released on October 15, 2009.

Core changes

• Omeka now shows only completed metadata for items by default. Adds an option in the settings panel to show all item metadata.
• Adds an Omeka XML schema, and implements that schema in new outputs. More info at http://omeka.org/codex/Response_Formats.
• Adds PHP CLI setting to config.ini, for plugins to use instead of adding a setting.
• Validation on the installer form and settings form. Adds helpful descriptions to settings fields.
• Updates the File MIME Type listing in the Media helper

Admin Interface Improvements

• Makes language in admin UI more consistent
• Adds total number of items links for both admin collection browse pages and item type browse pages. [4477]
• Plugins Page
  • Uses metadata in plugin.ini file.
  • Enforces plugin dependencies
  • Adds plugin Upgrade button.
  • Uninstalling - Establishes a new process for uninstalling plugins, including a confirmation page with a modifiable uninstall message.
• Removing a collector takes user back to the collections/edit page instead of redirecting to the collections/show page.
• Adds a 'View on Public Site' link on admin/items/show and admin/collections/show.
• Database upgrade notice and button is now visible on all Admin pages.

API changes

• Theme API:
  • Updates the item() helper to add 'date modified' as a special argument. [4303]
  • New helper functions for Item Files [4470]
    • recent_files()
    • set_files_for_loop()
    • get_files()
    • get_files_for_loop()
    • loop_files()
    • has_files()
  • New helper functions for Item Types [4477]
    • get_item_types_for_loop()
    • set_item_types_for_loop()
    • loop_item_types()
    • set_current_item_type()
    • get_current_item_type()
    • has_item_types_for_loop()
  • New helper functions for linking to items browse pages [4477]
    • link_to_items_in_collection()
    • link_to_items_with_item_type()
  • collection() helper function - now includes parameter for specific Collection [4501]
  • item_image() helper function - uses the given item object for displaying alt text [4501]
  • link_to() helper function - adds a parameter for an array of query parameters [4477]
  • display_random_featured_item() helper function - does not set the current item to prevent conflicts with items set elsewhere (like on items/show) [4501]
  • display_random_featured_collection() helper function - does not set the current collection to prevent conflicts with collections set elsewhere (like on collections/show) [4501]

• Plugin API:
  • Background processes - plugins can now easily encapsulate, instantiate, and run background processes [4466]
    • Adds Process class
    • Adds ProcessAbstract class
    • Adds ProcessDispatcher class
    • Adds ProcessTable class
  • New helper functions:
    • get_specific_plugin_hook_output() - gets the output of a specific hook belonging to a specific plugin. [4322]
  • New plugin hooks:
    • admin_append_to_plugin_uninstall_message() - Lets plugin developers customize the uninstall message. [4322]
    • upgrade()
    • plugin_append_to_admin_site_info() - Lets plugin developers add HTML to to the site_info panel in the admin header.
    • after_save_record()
    • before_save_record()
    • before_save_form_record()
    • after_save_form_record()
    • before_delete_record()
    • after_delete_record()
    • before_insert_record()
    • after_insert_record()
    • before_update_record()
    • after_update_record()
    • before_validate_record()
    • after_validate_record()

Security Fixes

• Fixes XSS vulnerability in several helper functions. (#838)
• Uses html_escape on URLs when necessary.

Miscellaneous

• Updates Zend to version 1.9.2.

• Fixes a bug in the installer that only allows alpha-numeric characters in the password during validation. [4408]

• Fixes a bug in Collection::totalItems() that returned the wrong count when there were collections of the same name. [4298]

• trac#688 Properly extract IPTC metadata during file uploads. [4396]

• trac#716 fixes errors when using snippet on strings shorter than the number of characters specified [4240]

• trac#801, which prevents users from adding a tag with name '0'. Also fixes the search item filtering so that it finds the a tag called '0'.

• trac#779, Sets the session name to a hash of BASE_DIR, which is unique and unchanging for every Omeka installation. . This lets users log in at www.example.com, and still be logged in at example.com.