• v2.2.0-beta.1 344c78755d

    v2.2.0-beta.1 Pre-Release

    aheathershaw released this 2019-09-03 19:32:46 +01:00 | 11 commits to v2.2 since this release

    This is the first beta release of the second major update of Blue Twilight, the open-source PHP photo gallery.

    v2.2 makes Blue Twilight more sociable - users can login and register using their social media accounts, they can comment on photos and get their own public profile page!

    Read more: https://showmy.photos/user-guide/release-notes/version-2-2-0/

    To update to v2.2.0-beta.1, download and extract the zip/tar file over the top of your existing installation. Browse to http://your.gallery.url/update.php and click the button.

    Bug Fixes

    • #93 - added a missing checkbox since the upgrade to Bootstrap 4
    • #94 - improved the display of nested albums on mobile devices
    • #100 - deleting the active storage location doesn't designate another one as default
    • #102 - fixed an error when saving the album settings from the album's management screen
    • #125 - improved the appearance of the forgotten password form since the upgrade to Bootstrap 4
    • #126 - password reset link e-mail was sending with "localhost" as the URL

    New Features & Enhancements

    • #4 - users can comment on photos
    • #5 - users can register and login with their social media accounts: Facebook, Twitter and Google
    • #19 #128 - users get their own public profile page to display their recent activity and owned albums
    • #57 - users who are flagged as administrators will receive an e-mail when new users are activated on their gallery
    • #71 #76 - albums can now inherit their permissions from their parent album. Top-level albums can inherit their permissions from the system's default (configured in settings)
    • #89 - more date format options have been introduced
    • #90 - the date the photo was uploaded is now displayed on the photo page, as well as the date it was taken
    • #99 - registered users now get their own settings page to customise their account
    • #104 - it's now possible to use the left and right arrow keys to navigate through an album
    • #111 - a new activity feed displays events from users the logged-in user "follows"
    • #112 - top-level albums can be configured to inherit a set of default permissions
    • #116 - introduced a new "explore" page to find new users who have a public profile page
    • #117 - improved the performance by caching the system's configuration in memory the first time it is accessed
    • #121 #132 - bulk, intensive operations can be queued in RabbitMQ to allow off-loading these jobs to a separate server
    • #123 - files in the analysis queue are now stored using storage drivers instead of being written to the server's local disk, so your analysis queue can be stored on Amazon S3 or Rackspace also
    • #124 - e-mails can now be queued in the database and a cron job set up to actually send them
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