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PhotoPost 5.03 Released! Info and Upgrade instructions =================== VERSION UPDATE: 5.0 =================== This is a major update. If you are upgrading a prior version of PhotoPost, please read the upgrade section carefully as it contains important information about the changes to the data directory structure. New Features for PhotoPost 5 ----------------------------
======== Please read the following information carefully - don't skim it - as there is important information here that will save you alot of headaches later if you don't. Every file in this upgrade has changed and will require a complete reupload before e[*]ecuting the upgrade.php script. Backing up your database/files ------------------------------ I highly recommend you backup your photos table and make a copy of your data directory. This upgrade will move files around and if for some reason the script aborts, having a backup is the easiest way to start over. ***************** Important changes ***************** If you read the feature list, you'll see that there is alot of new stuff with PP5. One of the biggest changes is that we no longer rename a file with the userid as the prefi[*] to an uploaded file. This was a major obstacle to people trying to migrate from one forum to another. Once you are running PP5, migration will be much easier (although not automatic as we still need to map userids during an upgrade, but we wont need to change filenames). The upgrade script will create directories in every category directory: thumbs, medium and mini. Then the upgrade will move and rename the -thumb and -med files from the category into their respective directories. When you are done your layout will look like: data/500/filename.jpg data/500/thumbs/filename.jpg data/500/medium/filename.jpg To ensure that all previously uploaded filenames are not "disconnected", the name of the file in the database is being updated to include the userid of the user. Also, we have consolidated all the language files into one language file. What does this mean and why should I care? ------------------------------------------ If you are running any scripts that pull information from the PhotoPost database, that script probably uses the -thumb and {userid}{filename}.jpg convention - those scripts would have to be modified to just use the {bigimage} filename and not use the userid at all. What else is new? ----------------- Alot! Once you have upgraded, you'll have plenty of new features to play with including Category Introductions, Inde[*] pagination, moderator assignments and a big boost in performance. A note about photo printing - there is code in this release to support a "shopping cart" feature which will be used to send images to a printing service (or used in a purchase feature); however, at this time the printing service does not have their side completed. Rather than take the code out, we're leaving it in so that we can work with the community to develop viable alternatives uses while we work with the partner on a photo printing solution. How do I upgrade? ----------------- 1) Backup your photos table and make a copy of your data directory (if possible). And remember, you can always rebuild your thumbnails and medium images should you need to - we don't touch the original images at all in this upgrade. 2) In your Admin Options, close your gallery. 3) Copy the files from the ZIP download in the main directory, e[*]cept config-inc.php/config.int.php, install.php and watermark.php. Upload the templates, forums, images, languages and stylesheets directory (careful not to over right any custom style you may have created/modified). vB3 Enhanced Users: If you are running the vB3 Enhanced version, upload the files from the vb3enhanced directory into your templates directory. 4) Run the upgrade.php script and follow the upgrade instructions to upgrade from your current version. Note that all the upgrade scripts have been combined into one easy-to-use upgrade script and you no longer have to upload individual scripts from the upgrades directory. 5) Once the upgrade is complete, delete the upgrade.php script and reopen your boards. Moving of files can take some time depending on your server and the number of images. Give the upgrade script plenty of time to do its work and avoid prematurely terminating the script. Sites with over 10,000 images can take several minutes or longer. New Installations ----------------- Users who plan a new install of PhotoPost 5 will be glad to see a new install.php script. We'll walk you through every step of the installation and check your settings along the way. We'll also prompt you for everything we need to get started up front. |
As many of you know, we undergo weeks (something months) of BETA testing on all new versions. Given the almost limitless combinations of options and system configurations, it's not always possible to pick up every issue during BETA; only when the product is released to the general public do we find the "little" issues that were missed during BETA testing. In an effort to give everyone the benefit of the updates we have made, I've decided to post a 5.01 release which contains all of the issues reported to date. There is also a security fix applied to the member.php file which adds one line (an intval) to plug a possible security hole with PP5.0. I recommend everyone running the 5.0 release upgrade to the 5.01 release - there are no upgrade scripts required, you only have to upload these files which have been tagged as having been modified since the .0 release.. adm-misc.php adm-inc.php . added paging function to handle page links for the sort photos admin page header-inc.php . fixed footer rewrites . added a line to include files for search comment results image-inc.php . added +profile to remove IPTC/EXIF info from thumbnails . put $julian back into the new photo uploads so a Most Active sort would work as before member.php . added a line to prevent a possible security vunerability . added a fixstrings to the $editbio variable misc.php . added a user check to only allow registered users to submit a report photo pp-inc.php . page numbering fixed for last X days posts . change to is_image_private logic (no fix, just changed) . fixed the Zip Download link . version number updated from 5.0 to 5.01 register.php . fixed language file inclusion search.php . fixed error that appeared when searching comments showfull.php . fixed the link for on the fly watermarks for popup large images showgallery.php . fixed sorting while viewing albums showphoto.php . fixed an old reference to $ugview which is no longer used . added an unset to the filstrip code to reduce memory usage during execution . added optimization code for the filmstrip code forums/vb3.php . added a function check to prevent a parse_bb error code from appearing templates/uploadphoto.tmpl . added formatting tags to left justify text consistantly templates/cathead.tmpl . removed hardcoded perpage variables templates/getpass.tmpl . xhtml updates and html formatting templates/showgallery.php . changed line 36 to show results when contest is ended templates/sortphotos.tmpl . fixed the form link which was pointing to old file . xhtml updates templates/vb3enhanced/commentspal.tmpl . fixed loop which was cutting off 1 comment from being displayed |
Because we uncovered a couple potential security issues with PhotoPost 5.01, we're updating the build to 5.02 to include these fixes for the potential problems and also including any fixes reported to date. We have also changed the use of the cookie/variable "password" which was used to access password protected albums/categories. Because this variable conflicted with one of the forum cookies, we changed this variable to use "pppass" instead of "password". There is no upgrade.php file to run; you only need upload the files which have changed. adm-misc.php comments.php editphoto.php index.php member.php misc.php pp-inc.php register.php search.php showfull.php showgallery.php . added $PP_PATH to custom theme is_dir . fixed problem with grabbing thumbnails for albums when copies are used showmembers.php . fixed problem with grabbing thumbnails for preview when copies are used showphoto.php slideshow.php templates/getpass.tmpl The security fixes made to these files do not appear to effect 4.86, although you should read this thread if you are still running version 4.86. |
==================== VERSION UPDATE: 5.03 ==================== This update fixes a few issues that have been reported, changes the way the Edit Categories pages work (making it easier for larger sites to navigate), adds 4 new integrations and brings back a feature that our users have asked for (reassigning images during upload). The new forums to be added are: MyBB (user and style integration included) WowBB (user and style integration included) Mambo (user integration only) XMB (user integration only) There is no upgrade.php file to run; you only need to upload the files which have changed. adm-cats.php . changed way Edit Categories is displayed adm-misc.php adm-inc.php . added debug timing code to footer (optional) bulkupload.php . added back the option to change category during bulk upload editphoto.php . fixed moving of a copy of an image . fixed photo count for cat where image was copied to header-inc.php . modified some variable rewrites misc.php . added user check to report post pp-inc.php . removed version number from footer . added setcookie to getpass to clear previous password . fixed childsub zip download link showfull.php . fixed $skip_vbheader variable useralbums.php . fixed category counts when album is reassigned . fixed forward for admin edit templates/ alb-editalb.tmpl . fixed a close td tag featurepal.tmpl . removed outdated code categories.tmpl vb3enhanced/comments.tmpl (copy to templates directory) You only need to update these files if you are running one of the integrations: forums/postnuke.php . fixed usergroup issue forums/nuke.php New files (only need for new installations using these integrations): forums/xmb.php forums/wowbb.php forums/mybb.php forums/mambo.php |
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