Extend 2009.2.2 Update Correction Release Notes

On Thursday, April 2, 2009, at 6:00 pm, Extend is moving to a new SQL Server Cluster and enabling a handful of necessary corrections.

What does this mean for you? Well, with the server move the admin side of Extend will be unavailable for about an hour, but the presentation side will still run. This means visitors to your site will notice no difference. The corrections will be minor, but help to improve the overall Extend experience.

Corrections

Calendar

 Corrected issue with not being able to edit events with apostrophes after you saved.

Forms

Corrected issue with zero byte files being created when building cache for a specific form function.

Article

Corrected issue with the date not saving in the proper format when updating an article.

Links Tab

Corrected issue with Web links created in the Links tab containing an extra slash (/).

Extend 2009.2.1 Release Notes

Highlights

The Extend 2009.2.1 release is kind of a big deal for us. We've made three enhancements, and we hope you find them as helpful as we do.

Podcasts

With this release, we changed the way podcast files are generated. Podcast files now generate in the Media Manager. Also, any podcast files you upload to the streaming server are automatically added to your Web site.

Photo Albums

Photo albums have been changed to display on a separate page, so that you can link to specific albums.

If you click an image in a photo album, a larger version of the image displays on the same page.

Image Classes

We have relaxed the size restrictions for images you upload to the Media Manager.

Enhancements

Media Manager

Finally finished the new CSS for your Web site? Tinkered with some JavaScript and want to see how it affects your Web site? Administrator breathing down your neck to have the organization's icon display in the URL bar? Extend has you covered with the ability to upload JavaScript, CSS, and Favicon files to the Media Manager.

HTML Editor

The HTML Editor has been upgraded.

Behind the Scenes

With most releases there are several technical enhancements made to improve the overall user experience. These enhancements do not affect the user directly, but do improve Extend's usability.

Security

Prevented robots from crawling the Web site too aggressively.

Added a security feature to prevent bad bots from crawling the Web site. Bad bots ignore the rules established in security and  harvest e-mail addresses for spamming purposes.

Speed

Implemented a caching system for media and static files. This includes css, javascript, and image files. Caching these files helps improve the speed of the Web site.

Enabled HTTP compression to improve load times on the Admin and Presentation sides of the Web site.

Corrections

Nobody is perfect and the same goes for programs. The Extend 2009.2 release implements the following corrections.

Images

Corrected issue with large images. Large images no longer display distorted.

Link Manager

Corrected issue with the link created using Customize Display in the Link Manager. The link generated an error if Image was not selected in the Customize Display dialog box.

Last Published Date

Corrected issue with the Last Published date not displaying a leading zero for the minute portion of the date when it was less than ten.

Layout Manager

Corrected issue with the Edit Article link displaying for a publication if there is no article scheduled for the current time period. The link no longer displays.

Corrected issue with viewing a linked channel in the Layout Manager. Viewing a linked channel no longer generates an error.

Send to a Friend

Corrected issue with the Send to a Friend page generating an error when attempting to view it without the correct parameters.

URL

Corrected issue with URL's not displaying an error page. Now, if a URL has the correct characters at the beginning but not at the end of the path an error page displays.

Database Cache

Corrected issue with the the database cache generating an error when attempting a store operation.

Forms

Corrected issue with forms on the Layout Manager and Preview Site. You can no longer click buttons on forms on either of these pages now.

Corrected issue with all recipients not receiving forms if submitted to more than one e-mail address.

E-mail Links

Corrected issue with e-mail links not working if there were line breaks in the description.

HTML Editor

Corrected issue with not being able to maximize or restore the HTML Editor from the Source View.

System Warning

Corrected issue with the program not consistently displaying  a warning five minutes before forced log out.  Users now have an opportunity to refresh their session.

Images

Corrected issue with large images. Large images no longer display distorted.