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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.
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 those
privileges.
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.