Release notes for Elxis 4.3 Proteas.
Elxis 4.3 Proteas brings new features like cron jobs, archive, important articles, related articles and Box View layout for modules. We also improved the administration interface by adding features that make admin life easier, like the publish/un-publish toggle icons, and design a fresh look for the Iris administration template. For more information regarding the changes in Elxis 4.3 please read the change log.
Changelog
Most important changes, fixes and additions in Elxis 4.3 in comparison to Elxis 4.2.
- Schedule publish/un-publish of articles on any datetime (using built-in cron jobs system).
- Schedule publish/un-publish of modules on any datetime (using built-in cron jobs system).
- Support for custom cron jobs.
- Cron jobs can be triggered by Elxis or by an external source (like Linux cron tab).
- One-click publish status toggle icon on articles, categories, menu items and extensions.
- Bug fix: Ordering icons in categories and menu items listing pages.
- Component User: Send e-mail to multiple users from Elxis administration. It can work as Newsletter too!
- Component User: Option to mail access details to user from Elxis administration.
- Archive for all content items. Special pages for day, month, year, and global archived articles.
- Option to set custom login/logout pages on module Login.
- Share articles on Twitter or Facebook from the administration console.
- Option to alter article's creation date.
- Added HTML5 form elements (datetime, time, datalist, color, and much more).
- On CMS update the database can be auto-updated for sub-sites too.
- Added the option to mark an article as Important.
- IOS Slider module: Added the option to display only important articles.
- When you copy an article now its images also get copied (renamed).
- Added icons to user groups.
- Alternative Box View interface in administration area for modules.
- Extensions' logo icons are displayed when you edit an extension or in Box View to better distinguish the extensions.
- Changed the encryption algorithm for users passwords (be careful on update from 4.2 to 4.3, read the documentation first).
- Changes in administration template Iris.
- You can now relate articles that share the same story with a special Relation Keyword.
Download
Update
Download the update package to update Elxis 4.2 to 4.3 from Elxis Downloads Centre.
