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# WebGUI Upgrade Gotchas #
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This file contains a list of any changes you should be aware of when
upgrading from one version to the next, or even between multiple
versions. Be sure to heed the warnings contained herein as they will
save you many hours of grief.
5.3.0
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* If you are not using sbin/upgrade.pl then you'll need to do all
of the processing handled by docs/upgrades/upgrade_5.2.5-5.3.0.pl
manually.
* You must add a new variable to your WebGUI config called "sitename"
and make it equal to your site hostname like this:
sitename = www.mycompany.com
5.2.0
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* You'll need to add a section to the style sheet of each one of
your styles so that the new tabs system in WebGUI looks
the way it should. For most people the following should do
quite nicely:
.tab {
border: 1px solid black;
background-color: #eeeeee;
}
.tabBody {
border: 1px solid black;
border-top: 1px solid black;
border-left: 1px solid black;
background-color: #dddddd;
}
div.tabs {
line-height: 15px;
font-size: 14px;
}
.tabHover {
background-color: #cccccc;
}
.tabActive {
background-color: #dddddd;
}
See the WebGUI help system about "Styles, Using" for more
information and examples.
* If you have downloaded and installed the HttpProxy wobject from
the contributions then you will need to delete it prior to
upgrading or the database upgrade will fail. To remove it
from the database just run the following commands from your
MySQL prompt:
drop table HttpProxy;
delete from Wobject where namespace='HttpProxy';
* If you're using any custom macros you'll need to get them updated
before using this release as the macro system has changed
significantly. Macros written for versions prior to 5.2.0
are not compatible with this version or after.
* All discussions and user submission systems now have a property
for filtering content. This filter has been set to remove
javascript and macros, but you may wish to set these to one
of the other options.
* The discussions on USS and Articles have been turned off. They'll
need to be manually turned back on.
* The wobject API has changed significantly. It is backward
compatible for the time being, but if you're building custom
wobjects, you should migrate them to the new API. Doing so
will likely reduce a lot of the code in your wobject as an
added benefit.
* If you do not use the automatic upgrade utility, you'll also need
to take note of the following gotchas:
* The setting "cachePages" has been removed from the config
file. It has been moved to the content settings page
inside the UI.
* The setting "cacheInternational" has been removed from the
config file. The international messages are now
automatically cached if caching is available.
* After upgrading please remove the SyndicatedContent.pm
file from sbin/Hourly as it is no longer required,
and will cause problems if it is not removed.
* imageCollateralImport.pl has been replaced by
collateralImport.pl. Please delete
imageCollateralImport.pl.
* The config file syntax has changed. Update your config
file to match etc/WebGUI.conf.original.
5.1.0
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* If you were using the DeleteExpiredGroupings hourly plug-in prior
to this version, please note that its configuration has
changed. It is now configurable per group through the WebGUI
user interface. You may remove any config file variables
you were previously using to configure it.
* The privilege overrides have been removed from the settings. They
are now redundant with the advent of groups of groups.
Therefore if you were making use of this functionality,
you'll need to start using groups of groups instead.
5.0.0
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* Some users reported a problem with the collateral system where
they lost images after the upgrade to 5.0.0. This was most
likely due to the gotcha mentioned in 4.9.2, but if you have
any doubts, you can move all your images to the root folder
of the collateral manager with this SQL query.
update collateral set collateralFolderId=0;
4.9.4
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* The "extras" property in the config file has been renamed to
"extrasURL". You also need to add an "extrasPath" to your
config file that points to the server path of your extras
folder.
4.9.3
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* The import utilities imImport.pl and dmImport.pl have been
renamed to imageCollateralImport.pl and fileManagerImport.pl
respectively. Please delete imImport.pl and dmImport.pl from
your sbin folder.
* The upgrade files for versions below 3.0.0 and previousVersion.sql
have been removed from the distribution in order to make the
distribution smaller. If you need these files you can still
find them in the CVS repository at
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/pbwebgui/WebGUI/docs/
4.9.2
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* If you upgraded to any of the previous betas before the release
of 4.9.2 then you will need to execute the following SQL
command on each of your databases. If you went straight from
a previous stable release (4.6.9 or before) to 4.9.2 (or
after), then please disregard this message.
update collateralFolder set parentId=parentId+999 where
collateralFolderId>0 and collateralFolderId<1000;
4.9.0
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* If you created any templates using the previous two beta versions
(4.7.0 or 4.8.0) then you'll need to tweak your templates as
the template language has changed slightly for greater
flexibility.
* All Link Lists have been reset to the default template.
* All Site Maps have been reset to the default template.
4.8.0
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* If you are an administrator, but your userId is not 3 you will
notice that all the forms in WebGUI are shortened
considerably. This is due to the new UI Levels. If you wish
see all the form elements then use the user manager to edit
your user profile and set your UI Level to 9.
4.7.0
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* WebGUI::HTMLForm->radioList has been changed to correct an API
error. However, if your applications use this method, this
change will break your application. If you do not use any
third-party or custom plug-ins, you can disregard this
warning.
* DownloadManager.pm in lib/WebGUI/Wobject has been renamed to
FileManager.pm. Please delete DownloadManager.pm from your
installation after upgrading.
* UserSubmission.pm in lib/WebGUI/Wobject has been renamed to
USS.pm. Please delete UserSubmission.pm from your
installation after upgrading.
* Many of WebGUI's default data structures have been altered. If
you are using SQL Reports that access WebGUI's data
structures directly, please be sure to alter them after
the upgrade.
* The Product template system has been merged into the system-wide
template system. If you have created any custom product
templates they templates will be lost during the upgrade
process. Be sure to copy them to a save place before
upgrading.
* All FAQ's have been reset to use the default template.
* You may need to upgrade your CGI bundle because we are now using
some of the newer functionality in the CGI::Util package.
4.6.3
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* It has been reported that some people had a duplicate key error
when upgrading from 4.5.0 to 4.6.0. This version has removed
the possibility of that problem. The error actually didn't
cause anything more than cosmetic problems. You have the
choice of restoring to a backup version and reapplying the
patches, or just moving forward. Either way will produce
the same result.
4.6.0
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* The runHourly scheduler has been updated to allow for more
types of automation. This update has caused an
incompatibility in old scheduler plug-ins. If you have not
installed any third-party scheduler plug-ins, then you have
nothing to worry about. However, if you do have some
scheduler plug-ins that didn't come with WebGUI, then please
contact the person or company that made it to get an
upgrade.
4.3.0
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* The settings "extras", "uploadsURL", and "uploadsPath" have all
been moved to the config file to make installations easier.
This means that you must add those lines to your old
configuration files before you upgrade. See
etc/WebGUI.conf.original for details.
* For wobject and macro developers this also means that any third-
party wobjects that use those settings, must be modified to
use the new variable name. The following is the change in
relationship:
$session{setting}{lib} = $session{config}{extras}
$session{setting}{attachmentDirectoryWeb} = $session{config}{uploadsURL}
$session{setting}{attachmentDirectoryLocal} = $session{config}{uploadsPath}
4.2.0
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* All Discussion properties have been reset to enable the new
discussion moderation features. If you are using discussions
on your site, you'll need to set these properties back to
whatever you were using. Note that none of the actual
discussion data has been changed or lost.
4.1.0
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* Between 3.6.5 and now, much of the WebGUI filesystem has changed
dramatically. If you've been copying new WebGUI installs
over the top of old WebGUI installs, you may want to
consider starting with a clean slate. To do that just move
your WebGUI folder to WebGUI.old and put the latest
WebGUI distribution in its place. Then copy any necessary
files (like conf files) from WebGUI.old to your new WebGUI
folder.
3.10.0 && 3.10.1
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* Be very very careful when applying the patch files for these
releases. On most fileystems they come alpha-numerically
before all of the other 3.x.x patches. Don't be fooled by
this. They must be applied AFTER the
upgrade_3.9.0-3.10.0.sql patch. This is the order in which
the patches MUST be applied:
upgrade_3.9.0-3.10.0.sql
upgrade_3.10.0-3.10.1.sql
upgrade_3.10.1-4.0.0.sql
3.9.0
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* The offline executables (runHourly.pl, testEnvironment.pl,
and preload.perl) have been moved to the sbin folder.
3.8.0
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* Widgets are being replaced with Wobjects. Any custom widgets
you're using need to be replaced with new Wobjects or
they will cease to function. Please contact the developer
of the widget immediately to have them upgrade it to
a Wobject.
* The "Registered Users" group no longer has the privilege of
doing whatever "Visitors" can do. Instead we have created
a new group called "Everyone", which means registered users
and visitors alike can do whatever is assigned to the
"Everyone" group.
3.6.0
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* You need to get a new Perl module called HTML::Parser before you
upgrade. You probably already have this module installed,
but we had to warn those of you who don't.
* If your first install was WebGUI 3.5.2 then you are missing a
necessary table. 3.5.2 was released without this code in
create.sql. Execute the following code on your database:
CREATE TABLE webguiVersion (
webguiVersion varchar(10) default NULL,
versionType varchar(30) default NULL,
dateApplied int(11) default NULL
);
insert into webguiVersion values
('3.5.2','intitial install',unix_timestamp());
NOTE: If you upgraded to 3.5.2 from any version, you are
not at risk. Do not apply the above update.
3.3.0
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* You need to get a new Perl module before you upgrade. It is
Image::Magick. On some systems you may also need to download
and compile the C compliment to it from www.imagemagick.org.
3.2.1
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* We released a faulty upgrade script with 3.2.0. If you happened
to be one of the unlucky people who upgraded to 3.2.0, apply
3.2.1 immediately. If you didn't upgrade to 3.2.0 then all
your upgrades will appear normal. If you installed 3.2.0
from scratch then DO NOT EVER apply the 3.2.1 upgrade!
3.2.0
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* You need to get two new Perl modules before you upgrade. Those
are Date::Calc and HTML::CalendarMonthSimple.
3.0.2
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* 3.0.2 was accidentally released with an internal version number
of 3.0.1. If you're having problems figuring out what
version you actually have, look at the definition of your
widget table. If you see a field with the name
"widgetType", then you're on 3.0.1. If you have a field
named "namespace", then you're on 3.0.2.
3.0.1
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* The macro syntax of old has officially been removed. If you're
still using the old macro syntax, you must change them to
the new syntax to avoid problems.
Example: ^r => ^r;
Example: ^m3^/m => ^m(3);
3.0.0
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* All 3rd-party widgets, macros, and templates that were not
designed specifically for 3.x.x versions will no longer
function properly.
2.7.0
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* If your 3rd-party widgets, macros, templates, and utilities have
not been broken by any other 2.x.x release, they will most
certainly be broken by this one. The good news is that if
you build any of those things on 2.7.0 or after, they
should continue to work for the foreseeable future.
2.6.0
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* If you've already downloaded the Item widget from the contributed
section on the Plain Black site, it will be replaced with
the now built in Item widget. You may notice an error
regarding this when upgrading the database. You can ignore
it.
2.5.0
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* Any third-party Widgets you have installed are likely not to work
any longer unless they have been updated to work with
the new templating features in WebGUI.
2.4.0
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* You must convert your old macros to the new format by version
3.0.0 or they will become unusable.
* The "extras" and "uploads" directories have been moved into the
"www" directory so that aliases do not need to be created
in your web server.
2.3.2
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* Upgrade scripts are no longer available from the Plain Black
web site. They are now included in every distribution under
"docs/upgrades".
2.1.0
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* The Widget and Macro architecture will be changing severely
between now and 3.0.0. If you're using or creating any
third-party widgets they will cease to function over the
course of this development. Before upgrading, be certain
that the Macro or Widget complies with all new
specifications.