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Site Update to rehash 15_05.4

posted by paulej72 on Tuesday June 16 2015, @09:19PM   Printer-friendly
from the kill-all-the-bugs dept.

We just deployed a new point upgrade to rehash today to fix a bunch of small bugs that have been with us since the rehash upgrade and a few that were around longer than that. Here are the highlights:

  • Fixes for various XSS isues by adding strip_title where appropriate in output templates.
  • Fix PollBooth for Nexus support (found the bugs when cleaning up XSS issues).
  • Fix broken daily mails by removing a utf decode that was unneeded since mod_perl 2 is better with utf8.
  • Comment links now link to the the commentwrap div just above the comment.
  • Commentwrap div's 'Reply' button now has verbage based on if we are on the story or on a specific comment.
  • Add cert store location to Subscribe code to get rid of LWP errors and allow PayPal subscriptions to complete.
  • Fix missing hit counts by adding accesslog back in (for editors and admins).
  • Fix for unordered singoffs in story edit page (for editors and admins).
  • Fix broken block save in admin.pl by setting defaults for not null table update (for admins).

We were able to kill off about 10 high priority bugs with this mini release. Current issues and feature requests can be found on GitHub and you can submit new issues or feature requests here if you have a GitHub account. We also welcome bugs and requests sent via email to admin@soylentnews.org or left in the comments below.

Our goals for the next major update is more of the same bug hunting and killing with a few features added here and there. Again I would like to thank you for your patience with the growing pains we have had with the 15_05 rehash upgrade. This update should bring us mostly back to where we were before in terms of broken features.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by paulej72 on Wednesday June 17 2015, @07:52PM

    by paulej72 (58) on Wednesday June 17 2015, @07:52PM (#197481) Journal

    That has been on our todo list for a long time, even though it is not listed as an issue on GitHub we are well aware of it. Our Chief QA man martyb uses a phone for internet access and has mentioned many mobile browser related bugs.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 18 2015, @07:44AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 18 2015, @07:44AM (#197719)

    But please, refrain from making separate URLs for a mobile version. Such separate URLs are a PITA because you can bet that the URL you get is typically not the one appropriate for the system you're on. It sucks to view a mobile-only-optimized page on a big 1920x1080 screen.

    • (Score: 2) by paulej72 on Thursday June 18 2015, @12:52PM

      by paulej72 (58) on Thursday June 18 2015, @12:52PM (#197777) Journal

      Well it also sucks to get stuck on the mobile version without having a way to set it desktop view the way some responsive layout systems work. I like responsive layouts, but it would be nice to be able to set a cookie that allows the user to turn it off. My phone screen may be small, but it is high resolution so can handle a full desktop version if needed.

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