Elgg 1.12.0 is now available for download

Contributors

• Steve Clay (23)
• Evan Winslow (11)
• Ismayil Khayredinov (9)
• Miloš (4)
• Jeroen Dalsem (3)
• Jerôme Bakker (2)
• Jon Maul (1)
• Juho Jaakkola (1)

Features

• ajax:
  • elgg_ajax_gatekeeper for asserting resources as Ajax-only (4e0e1a5b)
  • Allows fetching form views wrapped by elgg_view_form() (ee7641c4)
• annotations: Adds a more granular permission hook for canAnnotate (83da5f18)
• cache: introducing a generic function to reset all caches (f526c479)
• comments: Paging through comments/discussion replies jumps to content (b75fd8f8)
• developers:
  • Devs can show loaded AMD modules in console (221bdf6a)
  • Adds a quick access icon for some admin settings (f22567b6)
• events:
  • Adds static methods for returning common values (f080fed1)
  • allows dynamic method callbacks to be unregistered (08c773ba, closes #7750)
• lightbox: More sensible handling of href options (765fcd05)
• views: Users can jump directly to content via prev/next links (f90466c8)

Performance

• developers: reduces boot queries when the developers mod is enabled (03aa096e)
• engine: only update attributes/metadata if value is changed (8295e70a)

Documentation

• ajax: Correct typo in code example (d55e4a3a)
• code: Clarify interface naming convention (de03d372, closes #8293)
• misc: Miscellaneous docs fixes (06e3557c)
• permissions: Fix $params key name for permissions_check:annotate (1af6e3a2)
• views: Better document outgoing elgg_get_view_location() (0a9059d6)
• web_security: adds security warnings (d47fc5ed)
• web_services: document the use of parameters in method declarations (750e31b9)

Bug Fixes

• embed: embed link no longer leaves the page before events are set up (f50e9aa3, closes #8284)
• http: More appropriate exception responses (e28f37e6, closes #6228, #8360)
• legacy_urls:
  • adds missing forwarder for groups/forum/$guid (2b555f88, closes #8493)
  • unset __elgg_uri to prevent infinite loops (0c7687ac, closes #8494)
• profile: Avatar cropper again can be moved immediately after uploading image (d8cf51b7, closes #8449)
• relationships: Invalid relationship names throw properly (ac976e23)
• search: Search treats "0" as a valid query (af58fa5d)
• ui: prevent button jumping on widget add panel toggle (088de48d)
• web_services: no longer uses deprecated export global (3a818d2b)

Deprecations

• views:
  • elgg_get_view_location is going away in 2.0 (b4347fb4)
  • Support for custom template handlers will end soon (0dc67698)