6.1 Change Log

6.1

(11.05.2022) 280f5ae -> M9 (Release Notes)


As work on WackoWiki 6.1 is still underway, this is an incomplete list of changes.



1. Configuration

1.1. secondary config

  1. new
    • news_structure
    • xml_sitemap_gz
    • theme_color
  2. removed
    • footer_rating
    • dst

1.2. constants

  1. new
    • DB_ERROR_MODE : 0 - silent (default), 1 - warning, 2 - exception

1.3. conf files

  1. changed
    1. csp_custom.conf
    2. csp.conf
    3. autoload.conf

2. Core

  • use of new str_contains(), str_starts_with(), str_ends_with() and Match expression
  • use of PHP null coalescing assignment operator ??=
  • added option to compress sitemap.xml
  • writes sitemap.xml now by default into the xml/ folder
  • disables JavaScript in all SVGs via CSP directive
  • COLLATE tag column case-insensitive for ORDER BY and LIKE 
    •  ORDER BY tag COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci ASC
    •  WHERE tag COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci LIKE
  • removed polls class
  • uses now the IntlDateFormatter for localizing date and time formats & determining DST according the set timezone
  • adds option to set DB error mode for MySQLi and PDO driver
  • set missing context for comments and news feed
  • set system language for all feeds
  • fixed various SQL Strict mode issues

2.1. Methods

This is only a random selection.

  • added
    • get_favicon()
    • date_format($unix_time, $pattern)
  • modified
    • get_page_path($tag = '', $titles = false, $separator = '/', $linking = true, $root_page = false)
      • added $tag as first argument, this changes the order of the parameters
  • removed
    • page rating related functions

3. Database

  • removed table
    1. poll
    2. rating
  • changed field
    1. timezone to VARCHAR(100) in user_setting table
    2. query to VARCHAR(255) in cache table
  • renamed field
    1. lost_password_request_count to password_request_count in user table
    2. uploaded_dt to created in file table
    3. modified_dt to modified in file table
  • removed field
    1. footer_rating from page table
    2. typografica from user_setting table
    3. dst from user_setting table
  • added index
    1. idx_user_id to menu table
    2. idx_page_id to menu table
    3. idx_lang to menu table
    4. idx_user_id to watch table
    5. idx_page_id to watch table

Database schema changes

4. Installer

  • removed legacy code from upgrade process, requires now at least WackoWiki 6.0.22
  • normalized inserting pages

5. Formatters

  • adds support for AVIF, requires LibGD 2.3.2 and PHP 8.1
  • adds support for JPEG XL, LibGD and PHP support pending
  • allows multi-line actions 
    • {{action
	title=""
	info= ...
}}
  • new syntax for auto-generated footnote [[^ footnote here]]

6. Actions

  • search: adds language filter to search in multilanguage mode
  • login: removed check and rehash of legacy password formats
  • added
  • removed
    • polls
    • pollsadd
    • pollsarchive
    • pollspreview
    • mostrated

7. Handlers

  • upload: it adds uploaded files to file table in SQL strict mode again, changed default value for caption in file table to DEFAULT NULL
  • moderate: fixed unreachable sub-forum options to delete, move, rename and merge topics
  • print: sets numerated links always as absolute URL
  • removed rate handler
  • new: does no longer shows db->root_page as predefined cluster (as it is often mistaken as root)
    • /NewPage - new page/cluster in root
    • /HomePage/NewPage - possible, however the breadcrumbs navigation may incorrectly suggest that HomePage is the root directory

8. Themes

  • assigns styles for table headers and columns via :nth-child() 
    •  /* users table */
.users col:nth-child(n+1):nth-child(-n+3) {
    width: 5px;
}
.users col:nth-child(4),
.users col:nth-child(n+6) {
    width: 20px;
}
  • CSS: uses var() for font-family, specific color attributions and similar
  • breadcrumbs: add the new first argument in the $this->get_page_path() call in header.php 
    • -$tpl->breadcrumbs    = $this->get_page_path(false, ' > ', true, true);
+$tpl->breadcrumbs    = $this->get_page_path(null, false, ' > ', true, true);
  • provisional RTL support for default theme
    • added [dir=rtl] CSS classes

9. WikiEdit

10. Admin panel

  1. pages: determines news_levels according to the given settings
  2. appearance: added option to set a theme color for the address bar
  3. removed obsolete convert module
  4. sets DEFAULT for all fields in backup module script

11. Translations

  • added Persian language
  • updated Chinese Simplified translation

12. Packages

updated



Note that the changelog is usually incomplete, for a complete list of changes that went into R6.1, you can browse the Commit log, the Bug Tracker Log and ToDo list.