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November 21, 2007

Sitecore CMS V5.3.1 rev. 071114 is released.

Change log:

Issues fixed:

• Fixed: The EnableXslScripts setting in web.config file was set to true while it should be false by default.

Modified features: 

• Modified: The default value of the Media.MaxSizeInDatabase setting in the Web.config was changed to 15MB. 15MB is the recommended maximum size for files stored in the database.

September 28, 2007

Sitecore CMS V5.3.1 rev. 070924 is released.

Change log:

Issues fixed:

• Fixed: Inserting multiple paragraphs from MS Word in Rich Text Editor sometimes results in invalid HTML. Reopened and fixed.
   

• Fixed: HTML appears broken after reopening the Rich Text Editor if the field being edited contains nested unordered lists. Reopened and fixed.

September 5, 2007

Sitecore CMS V5.3.1 rev. 070828 is released.

Change log:

Issues fixed:

• Fixed: When inserting new elements within the <form> tag on a layout and saving, the <form> tag is changed to a self-closing tag (<form/>) causing unexpected results.
   

• Fixed: Rich Text Editor: Inserting multiple paragraphs from MS Word sometimes results in invalid HTML.
   

• Fixed: HTML appears broken after reopening the Rich Text Editor if the field being edited contains nested unordered lists. 
   

• Fixed: Rich Text Editor does not process <select> tags correctly.
   

• Fixed: Sitecore may throw an error during the databases’ clean up if SQL 2000 databases are used. 
   

• Fixed: Kick User functionality does not work in Firefox. 
   

• Fixed: “The custom language name '__Language' is invalid” error appears in the log file during publishing when a new language is created and content in this language is added.
   

• Fixed: File opened in a browser using the original media extension may be served twice.
   

• Fixed: Move To command in Content Editor sometimes does not move the items.
   

• Fixed: Transferring of “/sitecore/templates/System/Templates/Sections” item from the web database to the master database leads to “Circular template inheritance” errors in the log file.
   

• Fixed: Using CTRL+S in the Template Builder does not always apply all changes.
   

• Fixed: Counters.Enabled setting in web.config file is set to false by default.
   

• Fixed: There is \Website\Data\packages\tests folder with 2 files in the clean Sitecore installation.

New features:

• Indexing.ServerSpecificProperties setting is added to web.config file.
   
• Media.SecureFolder setting is removed from web.config file.

If your site uses an application extension mapping, add a line like the following to the web.config file (in this example we assume that the *.png extensions are mapped):

For more information about extension mapping, see MIME Type Related Download Problems article, paragraph Alternative Solutions.

August 7, 2007

Sitecore CMS V5.3.1 rev. 070727 is released.

Change log:

Issues fixed:

• Some parts of template manager could not be localized: Tabs (Template Builder, Masters, Base Templates); note ""The list below shows the list of defined masters"; usage "0 subitems".

• When trying to access to a resource from different threads simultaneously the following error could occur: "System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array".

• Some deleted items didn’t go into recycle bin, even if the recycle bin was enabled.

• User without create rights could upload some items into media library.

• Deleting items was optimized.

• SiteContextFactory caused sites to be initialized multiple times.

• When Using ASP.NET controls

  <asp:textbox id="textbox" runat="server"/>

  <asp:textbutton id="button" runat="server"/>

  in Developer Center at HTML mode it generated wrong HTML.

• An error could occur on deleting of items when SQL2000 data provider was used.

• In some circumstances Icomparer exception could occur on a site.

• Sitecore.Configuration.Settings.Reset() didn’t reset _longSettings.

• Sitecore could throw an error if Indexing.UpdateInterval setting was set to “00:05:00” in the web config file with 0 hours chosen.

• The Dictionary Entry template in the System > Dictionary in the core database had Key field unversioned and shared, Phrase field was unversioned. In master these fields were neither unversioned nor shared.

• Lucene search engine was upgraded.

• Renaming media folder broke some references from rich text fields if Media.UseItemPaths was set to true.

• When viewing license information using the Control Panel, a GUID was shown instead of the License Agreement for the individual modules/components.

July 6, 2007

Sitecore CMS V5.3.1 rev. 070628 is released.

Change log:

Bugs fixed:

• DateUtil.ParseTimeSpan() method doesn’t parse days properly.
   
• Workflow auto-publish action of media item does not publish media/blob content.
   
• Access to items in different languages is inconsistent. User rights are denied at random for users when accessing items in new content languages created in Sitecore, while access to items in the primary (en) language is always maintained.
   
• Sitecore does not render layout with assigned renderings if LayoutPageEvent = "init" or "load".
   
• Virtual user login in Page_Load event of loginPage doesn't work.
   
• AJAX works fine in WebEdit mode even if a content marker is placed on the layout.
   
• Any event of any ASP.NET control does not work on login page that is specified in the loginPage parameter for

  <site name = "website" … />

• Publishing of media items takes too long if the replacer mode is on in the web.config file and there are a lot of replacements. The replacer now skips the blob fields.
   
• Another paragraph issue in the RAD Editor.
   
• AJAX works fine on the Sitecore front-end now.
   
• Clicking the Delete button doesn't refresh screen in WebEdit mode.
   
• Confirmation window “This operation may take a long time to complete …” appears when a master with a lot of references is being renamed.

New features:

• HtmlEditor.SupportWebControls setting has been added to web config file.

May 17, 2007

Sitecore 5.3.1 rev. 070515 is released.

Change log:

Bugs fixed:

• Problem with the XPath builder when Norwegian Client Language is used.
• Field values are not saved after a new version in another language is created.
• Show Editor, Insert link, and some other controls become inactive after a new version is added.
• Lookups (LookupSources.GetItems) can slow down performance when looking up by path.
• Credential cache is not cleared automatically.
• Create item from the Sample Item master and perform Incremental Publish with Danish language selected. The item appears in the WEB database but it has no versions in all languages. The following setting can be used to control this behavior: <setting name="Publishing.PublishEmptyItems" value="false"/>.
• Displaying the Standard Fields makes Sitecore hang for a while.
• Inserting a regular link (not a Sitecore link) in the RAD Editor may throw an error.
• Problem with lifecycle of nested controls.
• Boost functionality doesn't work in IE6.
• Set Table Properties dialog throws an exception.
• Media item link output by sc:link and search indexing problem.
• If you sort the multilist field, the size of the list on the right changes after each click.

New features: 

• The "/App_Data" folder can be used for storing media. This folder has special built-in support for security. See the following links for details: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/11/securewebapps/.
  Also, the ASP.NET user has special privileges for this folder (which is set up by default):
  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f7fb46ye(VS.80).html
   
• The following setting can be used to specify the base of the cache:
  <setting name="Media.CacheFolder" value="/App_Data/MediaCache"/>.
  The site name will be appended to the string above in the final path. Thus the shell site will have the following (base) cache folder: /App_Data/MediaCache/shell.
   
• The 'timingLevel' attribute which can be specified in the <events> and <event> elements is added to web config.  

April 23, 2007

Sitecore 5.3.1 rev. 070417 is released.

Change log:

• Fixed: Problem with enabling output cache
   
• Fixed: RequireLogin for website prevents the Sitecore login page from appearing.
   
• Fixed: Publishing Error on incremental PublishAgent.
   
• Fixed: Using (max) Height, (max) Width in sc:image helper leads to non XHTML valid code. The setting <setting name="Rendering.ImagesAsXhtml" value="true"/> has been added.
   
• Fixed: Problem with Hashtable insert failed.
   
• Fixed: It is not possible to add default values to user templates.

March 28, 2007

Sitecore 5.3.1 is released.

New Features:

• New Package Designer is implemented.
   
• The Sitecore login page is redesigned to be more user friendly.
   
• Custom Code field is added to the "Add a new language" wizard.
   
• Limits on the size of media items are implemented (Media.MaxSizeInDatabase and Media.MaxSizeInMemory settings).
   
• The media files can be stored as physical files on disk.