Changelog

A list of updates made to Perch Runway

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Perch Runway is a superset of Perch functionality, so our roots began back in 2009 when Perch 1 was released. Runway was launched in October 2014 and so these release notes detail Runway from that date. You can also check out the Perch update history page.

30 March 2018 Perch Runway 3.1.1
Fixes
- Fixes a UI bug where field group icons weren’t clickable
- Fixes a field group bug for custom fieldtypes with attribute names ending in id
- Fixes a bug with template handlers and new template syntax that was causing issues for Members (app update required)
- Attempts to mitigate for Redactor 3’s placeholder <p><br></p> value
- Fixes issue with redactor2 editor not initialising
- Fixes ‘array_key_exists’ warning on some empty edit pages
Features
- Enables perch_content_create to create regions with no template by setting template name to empty string
Perch Runway
26 March 2018 Perch Runway 3.1
Fixes
- Fixes bug with Redactor inserting files at start of field rather than cursor point
Features
- Experimental: Adds field groups
- Asset shortcodes now include the asset title
- Runway: adds backup.run event hook
- Runway: updates Dropbox dependencies
- Updates Redactor to Redactor 3, renames Redactor 2 as redactor2
- Template tags now support boolean attributes. If no value is given, the value is true
- Template tags no longer need XHTML-style “/>” closing
Perch Runway
01 February 2018 Perch Runway 3.0.14
Fixes
- Assets now lowercases file extensions before checking their type against data/mime.types file
- Updates Dropbox dependancies
- Fixes a bug where Collections were listed for users who didn’t have access to edit when clicked
Features
- New option for Regions and Collections to enable roles to be able to create drafts but not publish
Perch Runway
08 January 2018 Perch Runway 3.0.13
Fixes
- Runway: Fixes a bug with pagination always being enabled for headless collection requests
- Runway: Fixes a bug with categories in headless requests
- Runway: Collection importer now returns ID of imported item
- Runway: Fixes more user-related bugs in collection importer
Features
- Runway: Adds category importer
Perch Runway
15 December 2017 Perch Runway 3.0.12
Fixes
- Fixes a bug with categories losing their ordering on edit
- Runway: Fixes user-related bugs in collection importer
- Improves colour contrast for disabled form fields
- Fixes sorting bug when first adding new items to a collection with a set sort field
- Improves performance of Assets app when dealing with large numbers of assets
Features
- Updates Textile for PHP7 compatibility
Perch Runway
14 November 2017 Perch Runway 3.0.11
Fixes
- Fixes a bug with prev_url generation on pagination links
- API: adds option to remove attached files from an existing Email object
- Fixes a bug with page reloading after cancelling a delete action
- Runway: fixes an issue where the Collection Import API required a logged in user
- Fixes issue where “Save & Add another” button would be swallowed by perch:help divider toggling
- Assets: enforces bucket selection and permissions when dropping a file onto asset badges
- Assets: enables uploading to new buckets when bucket restrictions are not enforced
- Assets: adds 30 minute timeout to asset uploads
Features
- Updates Redactor to version 2.11
- Adds option to show dedicated back link in sidebar
- The from-path option to perch_content_search() can now be an array of paths to filter by
Perch Runway
15 September 2017 Perch Runway 3.0.10
Fixes
- Fixes bug with editors not triggering in new blocks (thanks Luke Foster et al)
- Fixes bug with dashboard “Add page” button appearing even if the user can’t make use of it
- Fixes a bug with type="number" fieldtype
- Fixes bad auth plugin path in PerchUsers
- Fixes undefined variable notice on region edit pages
- Fixes a bug with initial uploads to new resource buckets
- Runway: Fixes a bug with adding routes to master pages on newer MySQL versions
- Runway: Fixes a bug with privileges on sidebar menus that could cause a title with no options to display
Features
- Updates Redactor to 2.10
- Enables template includes to be non-HTML files
- Reintroduces default pagination templates from Perch 2
Perch Runway
18 August 2017 Perch Runway 3.0.9
Fixes
- Fixes an issue where uploading assets would not always go to the selected bucket
- Fixes an issue where two OS file chooser dialogues could open when uploading an asset
Features
- Adds an admin option to delete the entire contents of a region or collection
- Improves front- and back-end performance with improvements content indexing routines
- Runway: Adds ability to set permissions on buckets per role
- Runway: Adds setting to restrict bucket selection to nominated buckets only
- Runway: Adds option of dedicated bucket per role
- Runway: Adds ability to use default buckets for a role with the special cms-role bucket name value
- Runway: Adds ability to set a space-delimited list of bucket options on the bucket template tag attribute
- Adds PERCH_ENABLE_EXIF option (true by default) to disable when a server has buggy EXIF implementations
Perch Runway
07 June 2017 Perch Runway 3.0.8
Fixes
- Fixes a bug where one trusted admin user could attempt to attack another with malicious input
Features
- Updates phpass to 0.5
Perch Runway
06 June 2017 Perch Runway 3.0.7
Fixes
- Updates Cmd/Ctrl-S save shortcut for better compatibility
- Fixes a bug with collection menu items added via the menu manager (introduced in 3.0.6)
- Fixes layout issue with single checkbox fields in API applications
Features
- Adds keyboard shortcuts
Perch Runway
05 June 2017 Perch Runway 3.0.6
Fixes
- Fixes a multibyte truncation issue in indexing
Features
- Adds perch_index_in_set, perch_zero_index_in_set, perch_first_in_set, perch_last_in_set to templates
- Reinstates search functionality in assets chooser
- Limits Assets smartbar tag filter to Top 40 (with Bruno Brookes)
Perch Runway
26 May 2017 Perch Runway 3.0.5
Fixes
- Updates Redactor to 2.6
- Fixes problem with upload notification not appearing while assets upload
- Fixes problem with SimpleMDE not being focusable when dynamically added
- Fixes problem with Redactor not initialising correctly when dynamically added
- Fixes some text styling with Redactor content
- Fixes a smartbar link in the Email settings
Features
- Enables custom editor configurations for core editors
Perch Runway
09 May 2017 Perch Runway 3.0.4
Fixes
- Fixes formatting of preview bar when editing a draft
- Adds text label for the assets.delete privilege
- Tweaks viewport meta tag on login screen
Features
- Adds support for Dropbox v2 API
- Raises minimum support to PHP 5.5 when using Dropbox
Perch Runway
04 May 2017 Perch Runway 3.0.3
Fixes
- Correctly deactivates hidden apps in the sidebar menu
- Fixes bug with sub page folder setting
- Transliterates file names on upload
- Adds missing breadcrumbs.html template
Features
- Adds a setting to skip the region list when there’s just one region
- Adds support for importing assets
Perch Runway
21 April 2017 Perch Runway 3.0.2
Fixes
- Fixes pagination styling on assets list
- Fixes an issue with nav group listings not being correctly styled
- Fixes bug with asset chooser not opening for newly added blocks
- Adds 'filter-mode'=>'ungrouped' option for indexed queries
- Replaces missing default search templates
- Adds some extra tests before attempting to read EXIF on non-JPEG image files
- Fixes a bug with collection sorting on invalid columns adding a new collection item
Features
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Changelog

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30 March 2018 Perch Runway 3.1.1

Fixes

Features

26 March 2018 Perch Runway 3.1

Fixes

Features

01 February 2018 Perch Runway 3.0.14

Fixes

Features

08 January 2018 Perch Runway 3.0.13

Fixes

Features

15 December 2017 Perch Runway 3.0.12

Fixes

Features

14 November 2017 Perch Runway 3.0.11

Fixes

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15 September 2017 Perch Runway 3.0.10

Fixes

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18 August 2017 Perch Runway 3.0.9

Fixes

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07 June 2017 Perch Runway 3.0.8

Fixes

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06 June 2017 Perch Runway 3.0.7

Fixes

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05 June 2017 Perch Runway 3.0.6

Fixes

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26 May 2017 Perch Runway 3.0.5

Fixes

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09 May 2017 Perch Runway 3.0.4

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04 May 2017 Perch Runway 3.0.3

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21 April 2017 Perch Runway 3.0.2

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