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Latest Release

The latest ResourceSpace release is available below.

• ResourceSpace_3_2_1651.zip - Version 3.2.1651, 14 January 2010 (ZIP, 7 MB)

Please read the Resourcespace Documentation Wiki for installation instructions.

Development

The latest development code can be downloaded from the Subversion repository by running the following command:

svn co http://svn.montala.net/svn/resourcespace/

Please read the further instructions on the documentation wiki.

Version History

Reverse chronological order - major features and bug fixes only.

Release 3.2.1651 - 14 January 2010

• Drastically optimized query performance for custom search displays and contactsheet displays.
• Added up/down sort indicator arrows and sort order links for search views.
• Fixed/improved memory of current context/sort order throughout paging and Resource Tool usage.
• Title and Country columns on the Resource table are deprecated. Field mapping is no longer necessary.
• Added page previews for contact sheets
• Added config option for User's reply-to address to be used in resource and collection emails (on by default)
• Added hooks for Colorthemer plugin
• Improved image size calculations using exiftool (RAW files, mainly)
• Fixes for metadata template feature
• Critical bugfixes for multiple collection emailing
• Improved reliability of email template image embedding.
• Added Revert Metadata tool (simulated reupload to clear and re-extract metadata).
• Added ability to list associated collections on the view page.
• Added ability to filter exiftool extractions and to use value filters for search/contactsheet field displays.
• Bugfixes/improvements for transform plugin
• Added option to show Resource Type on view page
• Fixed Replace Resource Batch
• Made id, resource_type, and date columns in list view optional
• Added cron job analysis in Installation Check
• Added Retry Creating Previews on Edit Page.

Release 3.1.1557 - 3 December 2009

• Added ability to split the themes categories out to separate pages, instead of the themes categories being all on one page. Also works for smart themes
• Added 'view report' functionality so reports can be viewed directly, i.e. without having to open them in a spreadsheet application.
• Added some new reports.
• Added bug report functionality
• Added the ability to set the recent list as the home page.
• Added ability to name new collections upon upload.
• Added ability to configure fields to be displayed on the thumb-style contact sheet.
• Added option to include themes in search results.
• Added RSP (ResourceSpace plugin) no preview icons
• Critical fix to plugin manager - did not check for the creation of the 'tmp' folder first.
• Improved Metadata Templates functionality
• Added an option for extending the height of the title display in search results.
• Better handling of very long non-breakable titles (e.g. filenames) in search results.
• Enabled searching by resource ID combined with the main results. A resource matching the search ID will appear first.
• Added basic anti-spam feature to the account request page.
• Added ASC/DESC sorting ability to search.php
• Added more flexible handling of resource data in search result display.
• Plugin manager: added the ability to enable plugins for certain groups only.

Release 3.0.1490 - 16 November 2009

• Added ability to give user a choice between Java and Flash uploaders on My Contributions page
• Added option to always show my contributions link, even for users with team center access
• Added capability to view 'deleted' resources (if system is configured such that resources go in to a deleted state instead of being deleted). Added function to 'really' delete resources in the deleted state.
• Added X permission to restrict resource types by group.
• Added detection code to check if cookies are disabled, and display a suitable message if so.
• Added option to restrict resource download sizes by resource type at the user group level.
• Added QuickLook generated previews (works with many different file formats) on OS X using qlpreview.
• Addition of plugin manager. Upload accepts .rsp files.
• Added option to set default search result display.
• Basic initial support for geocoded photos.
• Updated JUpload to latest release. Altered error reporting code so it returns errors in a JUpload specific format when using JUpload, which replaces the less useful 'string ^SUCCESS$ not found' message previously displayed.
• Several improvements and bug fixes to the preview/thumbnail processing.
• Added alternative file thumbs/previews.
• Added ability to set that public collections are restricted to collections created by parent, child and sibling user groups only ("My Group's Public Collections")
• Improved Exiftool integration so that 'groupname:tagname' format can be used for more specific Exiftool field mapping. This is useful in situations where the same tag name (e.g. 'Keywords') is shared among multiple profiles (EXIF/XMP etc.). Extended default length of Exiftool field to better support multiple mappings.
• Added resource metadata templates. These are resources that are used purely as a source of metadata when editing resources.
• Added further document icons for those file types where a thumb/preview is not supported or is not appropriate.
• Default inclusion of new transform plugin that allows cropping of image resources.
• Altered account request so the system checks that the user isn't already registered first.
• Added subgroup tree elements to System Setup. Child user groups are now shown as subfolders in the tree structure.
• Added permissions search to System Setup.
• Several minor bug fixes / tweaks to fix common gripes

Release 2.3.1374 - 24 September 2009

• Added config option for switching the default between Add to New Collection or Do Not Add to Collection upon batch upload
• Fix for Safari white background boxes issue.
• Add ability to restrict deletion of resources, by group or globally
• Added ability to use a .ttf font on contact sheets. Also, ability to subset glyphs via fontforge.
• Added function to log e-mailing of resources.
• Added a config option to blank the upload form (user edit template) before every batch upload
• Added process locking functionality to prevent staticsync/create_previews from running if already running.
• Added the ability for staticsync to handle alternative files (placed in a subfolder). Fixed issue with nopreview icon and full screen display - was still using the old icons.
• Add option to have a "resource id" search in right nav, to allow sites that need to disable the numeric search option to still find a resource by ID. Adds !resource special search method to do this.
• Fixed issue with dropdown box searching.
• Altered date field type so it handles empty / not set dates instead of defaulting to today's date.
• Set that the date is reset to today's date on the upload form by default.
• Alteration to edit page so that dropdowns always have a blank first option instead of defaulting to the first entry in the list.
• Added some more no-preview file type icons
• Added admin ability to view user contributed resources pending submission.
• Added optional parameter to force system to always record contributor.
• Made it impossible to share empty collections
• After e-mailing a resource the user has the option to return to the original resource page
• Ability to generate requests for collections (external users)
• Fixed a bug whereby non-image types would constantly be queries for dimensions on every resource view. For very large (GBs) files this caused a noticable delay.
• Option to order checkbox lists vertically, which has been set to on by default as it is potentially more intuitive.
• Added MP3 audio preview creation and improved the positioning / integration of the MP3 player.
• Added resource expiry notifications.
• Improved resource/collections requesting so that custom fields can be added.
• New 'managed requests' functionality. At the user group level it can now be configured via 'request mode' that requests from users in that group are managed, in that requests appear in the 'Manage Requests/Orders' area of the Team Centre.
• Added edit filter - the ability to determine edit access based on resource metadata.
• Added optional 'deletion state' that resources are moved to when deleted, instead of being removed entirely.
• Added ability to store an XML metadata dump file in the resource folder which mirrors all stored resource data.
• Made resource request reason a required field.
• Added config option to change JUpload to use look and feel of local system rather than Java UI.

Release 2.2.1240 - 11 August 2009

• Theme bar: a left-hand sidebar containing themed collections, with collapsible sections.
• Ability to deny write access to fields
• Exiftool is Resource Type-smart, allowing different mappings for different types.
• Ability to select access level when emailing to external users
• Ability to set an expiry date on the URL mailed to external users
• Share multiple collections at once.
• Auto user account creation (automatically creates accounts which can then be approved)
• Custom user registration fields
• User group selection upon registration
• Added languages: Brazilian Portugese, Danish, Russian, Croatian, Greek, Chinese, Swedish
• Refine Results - drill down on search results continuously
• PDF Dynamic Rip optimizes render times for extremely large and small PDFs.
• Option to disable thumbnail creation upon upload
• New default no-preview icons can visually indicate file types (thanks to the Crystal Project and Jeff Harmon)
• Ability to view the contents of Zip files
• Ability to find Public Themes and Collections in search
• Partial keyword searching on selected fields
• Date searching for user-added date fields
• Autocompletion of simple search fields
• Add custom fields to regular large-thumb search results.
• Smarter highlighting of fields reflects more specifically on search criteria
• Multithreaded batch script for thumbnailing
• Ability to hide specific resource types from user groups
• Additional Unoconv functionality (automatic PDF alternatives and previews for MS Office and OpenOffice files)
• Script to prune database
• Easily add custom site text and help entries
• Ability to set allowed extensions per Resource Type
• Staticsync Ingestion - Script to ingest resources from an existing folder structure
• Ability to batch upload alternative files.
• Easily name a new collection upon creation from the collections panel.
• Optional checkbox-based selection of resources
• Flash-based MP3 player for audio previews
• Query tracking for performance tuning
• PHPmailer integration to allow HTML templated emails
• Easier to add custom CSS/gfx themes

Earlier Versions

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