phpFox Neutron 4.3.2 build 4 Released

Posted on by Donna

We are pleased to announce this maintenance release. Please note that if you have Neutron v4.3.2 installed, you do not need to run the upgrade routine as this fix is only for those with a specific issue. Any versions below Neutron v4.3.2 will need to run the full upgrade routine.

This issue fixed was mainly for multi-language sites having an issue with “null” on some parts of the site. This issue only impacted a few clients but we felt it necessary to release this build for any multi-language sites that may come upon the issue. You can simply load the one changed file and clear cache to have the fix if you are already on Neutron 4.3.2.

Install Info

Fixed Issues

Changelog

  • PF.Base/include/library/phpfox/phpfox/phpfox.class.php

Find bugs with this version? Please report them at our Github tracker.

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phpFox 4.3.2 build 3 Released, Security Fix Included

Posted on by Donna

We are pleased to announce this maintenance release. Please note that if you have v4.3.2 installed, you do not need to run the full upgrade routine but you do need to run final steps from the upgrade tutorial to bring in theme changes and fixes, and to bring in any setting changes as well as any phrases. Any versions below v4.3.2 will need to run the full upgrade routine.

As this includes a security fix, anyone using v4 should upgrade for the fix.

Install Info

Fixed Issues

Changelog

Find bugs with this version? Please report them at our Github tracker.

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Support Opening!

Posted on by Donna

We’ve got some exciting news! We have our support desk ready for business! Current clients that purchased a license from January 15, 2016 to April 25, 2016 will have 30 days of free support up until May 24, 2016. Purchases made after April 25, 2016 will have the support detailed on the product purchase page.

In the past, we had lifetime support included for licenses from 2008 and before. That support was for our legacy product, v3 which is end of life. As we cannot go forward with that plan for v4, it will no longer be valid.

This support is for our current stable release of our v4 product line and is detailed at our support policy page. Our pricing is set at one-time, monthly and quarterly and is as follows:

  • $39 monthly
  • $79 quarterly
  • $129 semi-annually

Our support time will be Monday – Friday, during the hours of 7am – 3pm Eastern US time. Holidays are excluded.

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phpFox 4.3.2 Released

Posted on by Donna

We are pleased to announce this maintenance release. Please note that if you have v4.3.1 installed, you do need to run the full upgrade routine to bring in any database changes and other changes necessary.

Legacy upgrades should be fine with this version.

Install Info

Fixed Issues

Changelog

Find bugs with this version? Please report them at our Github tracker.

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Fox Insider News: phpFox 4.4 Progress

Posted on by Donna

Phil FoxPsst! Your buddy Phil Fox has some news to share. I’ve got the scoop on v4.4!

It’s been a while since I forayed into the developer caverns to see what’s on tap. I can tell they’ve been working hard due to all of the keyboards in the trash and the crates of brand new replacements sitting in the corner. Looks like they’ve already gone through half a crate already.

What’s on board for v4.4? I didn’t get screenshots because most of the improvements are for optimizations and security. However,  they’ve got a nifty spreadsheet and planning board of the stuff they’re working on and it’s massive. I fell over just looking up at the huge board filled with checklists, diagrams, tic-tac-toe (not sure who won), and a bunch of code stuff.

  1. Clean up no longer used configuration and source code.
  2. Support CDN: MaxCDN, KeyCDN via apps.
  3. Layout improvement for Poll, Quiz, Videos, Events and Pages.
  4. Theme manager improvements.
  5. Perform security testing and analyzing for the whole framework. Fix popular security issues, if found,  such as: SQL Injection, XSS, CSRF, etc.
  6. In-depth performance analysis, both front-end and back-end. Work on scaling solutions for sites with high volume of data and high volume of online users. Analyze and improve high-load components such as activity feeds.

Here’s a big thing coming…. Groups! Yes that’s right, the team is hard at work making front end Groups separate from pages, in its own app!!! Something phpFox clients have asked for, for years now.

Hold onto your hats folks as it’s getting wild around here. That all sounds like some great stuff in the works! Due to the nature of these improvements, the time frame for release is not set yet as testing will be in-depth for these improvements. As such, v4.4 is anticipated to be a few months out yet. More details will come as testing gets more complete for the beta release of this version. Current clients will have access. No license? Get one here!

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phpFox 4.3.1 Released

Posted on by Donna

We are pleased to announce this maintenance release. Please note that if you have v4.3.0 installed, you do need to run the full upgrade routine to bring in any database changes and other changes necessary.

Install Info

Fixed Issues

Changelog

Find bugs with this version? Please report them at our Github tracker.

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phpFox 4.3.0 Build5 Released, 4.3.1 and 4.4 Info

Posted on by Donna

We are pleased to announce this maintenance release. Please note that if you have v4.3.0 build 4 installed, you do not need to run the full upgrade routine for this build. You do need to run the final upgrade steps though for Find Missing Settings, Find Missing Phrases and Rebuild Bootstrap Core posted in the upgrade tutorial linked below.

Install Info

Fixed Issues

  • Package check for localhost.
  • Module product name for non core products.
  • Site name check to be performed only during install (fixed for upgrades).
  • Issues with logging in from a Mobile device.
  • Issues with feed loops resolved.
  • Changed install routine for apps to provide a shorter URL string.
  • Resolved issue with non-alphanumeric characters with servers that have iconv() support.

Changelog

Find bugs with this version? Please report them at our Github tracker.

4.3.1 Info

We are working on a 4.3.1 release for fixing issues that could not be included in build 5 as they need more work and testing. As we didn’t want clients to have to wait until a v4.4 release, we anticipate releasing 4.3.1 within the next 2 weeks. We don’t have a solid ETA on that as we need to do testing on these issues before a release.

4.4 Info

We are also working on version 4.4.0 for upcoming release. As this release will focus on security auditing, scalability and real world stress testing, we do not have an ETA on this version as it will require thorough testing and in-depth coding.

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phpFox 4.3.0 Released

Posted on by Donna

Our phpFox team is pleased to announce the release of our V4.3.0. This release features some improvements and new apps. Please see our live demo to take it for a test drive.

  • User verification with SMS, Google Authenticator and QR code
  • Integrated with gateways: Twilio, Nexmo, Clickatell.
  • API support for 3rd party vendors to add more integrations.
  • Pages improvement
  • Integrate with other modules such as blog, music, events.
  • Improve database layer
  • Support for MySQL Replication: 1 master – 1 slave.
  • CDN
  • phpFox CDN
  • Improve feed loading
  • Improve layout for event, poll, quiz, marketplace, music (Listing page & detail page)
  • Photo improvements
    • Next/Previous.
    • Combine feeds when uploading multiple photos.
    • Show thumbnails when view photo detail (the photos of album or the photos of user).
  • Improve theme system for third party developers. Added more methods for template overrides.
  • Improvements per Google Pagespeed testing.

We’ve also fixed just about every bug at our Github! Lots of hard work by our team to squash those bugs!

For those upgrading, the upgrade routine does need to be run in order to get new settings, phrases and theme fixes.

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Developers Tip: Working with blocks in phpFox 4.3

Posted on by Raymond Benc

Creating blocks in v4 has changed a rather lot with how we create blocks in phpFox in comparison to v3. Creating blocks are done on the fly in an apps start.php file and can be placed on any controller. The current issue we faced is allowing Admins to change the location of a block and allow them to order blocks.

In our upcoming release, 4.3 we have included a new method for developers to work with blocks that will also give Admins the power to manage them.

With our current version you can create a block in your start.php using the following method.


block(1, 'core.index-member', function() {

echo "Hello World!";

});

In 4.3+ you can use the current method or open up your app.json and assign blocks with unique identifiers. Here is an example

{
    "id": "App_ID",
    "name": "App Name",
    "blocks": [
       {
          "callback": "unique_name",
          "route": "core.index-member",
          "location": 1
       }
    ]
}

Now that you have assigned a block you can create the callback connection in your start.php.

block('unique_name', function() {
   echo "Hello World!";
});

By using this new method, it registers your block automatically to the block database, which then allows Admins to assign your block to specific routes and/or locations.

Fox Insider News: phpFox 4.3 Sneak Peek

Posted on by Donna

Phil FoxPsst! Your buddy Phil Fox has some news to share. I’ve got the scoop on v4.3!

I had to get crafty to get this info. While all of the developers were madly clicking their keyboards, I got into the boss’s office and was able to get some info directly from the Chief, the Yoda, the Grand Wizard of phpFox himself – Ray! All I had to do was bring a plate of bacon and pitcher of coffee and he sang like a canary. (mmmm canary…)

What’s on board for V4.3? I didn’t get photos this time around so there are no images to go with these.

  • Improve user verification to make it more secure such as with SMS (Twilio, Nexmo, etc.), Google Authenticator for example.
  • Clear up configuration(s)
  • Pages improvement to Integrate with other core modules (blog, music, video)
  • Improve Database Layer
  • Separate file system, support popular file storage such as AWS S3
  • CDN services ex: phpFox CDN, MaxCDN, KeyCDN
  • Improve the way the feed loads in order to improve page loading performance
  • Improve layouts for event, poll, quiz, marketplace, music (Listing page & detail page)
  • Improve Photo module
  • Improve Theme
  • Fix issues in github and _p: missing phrases, fix duplicated phrases bug.

That all sounds great! They anticipate releasing this during the first few weeks of March. Excited to get this? No problem! Current clients will have access. No license? Get one here!

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