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Version 1.2.23 : Enhance interface with New Like and search PDF Print E-mail

Enhance the Jms Multisites interface with "New Like" and search filtering

"New like" button is used when you want to create a new slave site or template like an existing definition.
In this case, you select the slave site or template definition that you want to use when creating the "new" definition.
This maybe helpfull when creating a Jms templates where you have to setup the "folders and files" actions.
You can re-use an existing definition that is moreless identical to the one that you want to create.

Also add in the "manage site" a search filter that allow quickly find a specific slave site definition.
This maybe usefull when you have several hundred of websites.
The search is applied on fields:

  • Site ID
  • Site name
  • Domains
  • DB host name
  • DB name
  • DB Prefix

Remove the older compatibility with Joomla < 1.5.10.

To reduce the packaging distribution we have removed from Jms multisite for joomla all the original files of joomla 1.5.9 and lower that was present in the distribution in case where the backup failed and it was not possible to retreive the original definition.
So there is no more "rescue" algorithm available in Jms to restore original joomla files in case of "uninstall" or patches installation failure.
We have considered that older Joomla < 1.5.10 was not very secured and decided to stop the distribution of rescue patches.
This does not mean that Jms will not work with older version of joomla. There is no more rescue (or backup) guarantee with older joomla versions. Up to the user perform backup themselve in case of failure with older joomla < 1.5.10.

Specific cache management

Joomla uses the "secret" field present in the "configuration.php" file to compute a cache file name.
In case where you replicate an existing website, Jms multisite uses the existing "configuration.php" file to create the new "configuration.php" file for the specific slave site.
This patch consists in generating a new "secret" value with the objective to have specific "cache" files event when sharing the same cache directory. This may be usefull for "Windows" platform that can not use the Symbolic Link and may not be able to have a specific "cache" directory.
Some extension like "JReviews" also use the "secret" value to store their own configuration file on the disk.

 

Bundled with Jms Multi Sites Patch Definition 1.2.30 and 1.2.29

Patch definition 1.2.30
Add JMS Tools (install) definitions for :

  • DOCMan 1.5.4 modules and plugins,
  • Mutlisites Meta tag,
  • CEdit,
  • Click Head,
  • JReviews & S2Framework. Nnot guaranteed as it uses ioncube and tests were not possible
    You must consider this definition as experimental and require new fresh slave site or slave site built with JMS 1.2.23 kernel only.
    It is not possible to use JReviews on slave sites created with prior JMS version 1.2.23. The update is not working.
    With existing slave site, you may have to modify the secret word manually in the configuration.php file.

Patch Definition 1.2.29:

Add fix for the YooThemes "yoo_vox" to allow reading the appropriate multisites "params_xxxx.ini" file.
Add JMS Tools (install) definitions for :

  • Frontpage SlideShow 2.x
  • Ninjaboard,
  • Ozio Gallery 2,
  • Picasa Slideshow,
  • Slimbox,
  • Very Simple Image Gallery Plugin,
  • YOOTools:
    YOOaccordion, YOOcarousel, YOOdrawer, YOOeffects, YOOgallery, YOOholidays, YOOiecheck, YOOlogin, YOOmaps, YOOscroller, YOOsearch, YOOslider, YOOsnapshots, YOOtooltip, YOOtoppanel, YOOtweet

Add partial sharing definition for :

  • AcyMailing and only VM Users.
    This definition present risks for the consistency.
    It is required that the AcyMailing plugins that import content (except user details) should be de-activated.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 March 2010 11:21
 
Version 1.2.22 : Add partial sharing for Hot Property and full sharing for LQM PDF Print E-mail

This JMS multisite for joomla version is bundled with the Patch Definition 1.2.28 that :

  • Add JMS Tools (install) definitions for :
    - Logos Query Manager (LQM)
  • Add partial sharing definition for :
    - HP Hot Property to allow only sharing the Agents and Companies.
  • Add sharing definition for:
    - Logos Query Manager (LQM)
Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 March 2010 10:38
 
Version 1.2.21 : Filter port in URL when present PDF Print E-mail

Filter and ignore the port when present in a URL

When a port is present in a URL received by JMS, the domain was "ignored" event when it was present in the list of domain.
The fix consists in using the domain name when it is present as a slave.

The case where the port may be also present in a URL was reported when XMLRPC is enable.
In this case, the request can be like "http://www.slavedomain.com:80/xmlrpc/index.php".
As the port is present in the URL the request was posted on the master website instead of the "www.slavedomain.com".

To install the fix, it is required to "uninstall" the JMS patches and "re-install" the new patches present in the JMS 1.2.21.

Resolve the new FTP parameters keywords values and save result into the "slave" site "configuration.php" file

When the Joomla FTP layer is enabled, it is necessary to setup correctly the slave site FTP Root directory and perhaps the other FTP setting. It is possible to setup automatically the new FTP layer parameters that must be written into the slave site configuration.php.
This allow to automate the procedure described in the tutorial video 15.
http://www.jms2win.com/tutorial#jms12x-15

 

Bundled with Patch Definition 1.2.27.

  • Modify AcyMailing patch to ignore the patch concerning the license when using a free acymailing version (starter).
  • Add JMS Tools (install) definitions for :
    - Community ACL,
    - JCalPro,
    - HD FLV Player,
    - Modules Anywhere,
    - pure css tooltip,
    - Shipseeker
  • Add sharing definition for:
    - JCalPro,
    - ALinkExchanger,
    - HD FLV Player
Last Updated on Monday, 15 February 2010 16:24
 
Version 1.2.20 : Add customized front-end website creation PDF Print E-mail

Possibility to ignore the images and and templates creation

In JMS templates, it is now possible to ignore the creation of the the images and templates folder.
This is usefull when creating a JMS template that is deployed in the same directory than the master website (case of Windows platform).
This allow creating rule where deploy folder is totally empty (No Symbolic Links at all).

Front-end website customizations

For the website creation from the front-end, it is now possible to chose which fields must be entered by the customer.

This allow for example to ignore the "admin email" and "admin password" in case where the website creation share the joomla users. This avoid to reset its information.

The other field can also be shown or hidden.

It is now also possible to have specific "JMS layouts" for the front-end website rendering.
A new "layout" menu is created in the back-end to allow upload specific layouts.

Use the "multisites.cfg.php" parameters when creating a slave site front the front-end

The "multisites.cfg.php" contains some configuration parameters that allow using a root MySQL login when creating a slave site.
Now this configuration file can also be used when creating slave sites from the front-end and therefore use a MySQL root login to create DB, MySQL users, ...
In previous version the root login had to be present in the website to replicate. This is no more required.
This "multisites.cfg.php" files is also used to specify the "host" when creating the MySQL users.

Bundled with Patch Definition 1.2.26.

Add patches for:

  • CCBoard to allow specific configuration file.
  • sh404SEF 1.5.5 to allow specific shCacheContent.php cache file for each slave sites and also update the previous patches due to the sh404SEF refactoring.

Add in JMS Tools (install) the definitions for :

  • JComments several modules and plugins,
  • JomSocial Dating Search & My Contacts,
  • Jumi module,
  • RawContent,
  • sh404sef similar urls plugin
Last Updated on Saturday, 06 February 2010 12:46
 
Version 1.2.19 : rebuilt to include missing patch in previous release PDF Print E-mail

JMS multisites for joomla 1.2.19 fix the packaging of the version 1.2.18 where some patch definition were missing.

We have just rebuilt the packaging to include the missing patches.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 January 2010 12:22
 
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