EE 1.5 beta developement www page open!

[Pekka]

http://photography-on-the.net/ee/beta

I will place all new fix packs and installers there. 1.5 beta 4 FULL INSTALLER is now uploaded, and it includes also EE 1.5 beta 4 FIX PACK 1 also available from that page.

There is very basic setup info for full installer - that will be improved vastly in near future.

[seanspeng]

Pekka,

I can't say enough how I appreciate your great work. Your script just keep getting better and better. Everytime is like "wowww!" :-)

However, I also found it hard to keep up with all these fix packs. I would suggest to reduce the number of packs, instead, wait a little longer, so that it comes up with some major upgrades. But if you need us for testing, that's another thing...

Thank you!!!

[chriz]

Well, I'm quite happy receiving the fixpacks as quickly as they come out.
Thanks Pekka,
Chriz

[TomKa]

Aaaaahhh!!! Finalmente!
This is good, because last friday I'tried to explain to a friend how to install the last beta from startup...

[Default9]

looking good thanx!!

[Pekka]

seanspeng wrote:
Pekka,

I can't say enough how I appreciate your great work. Your script just keep getting better and better. Everytime is like "wowww!" :-)

:)

However, I also found it hard to keep up with all these fix packs. I would suggest to reduce the number of packs, instead, wait a little longer, so that it comes up with some major upgrades. But if you need us for testing, that's another thing...

Thank you!!!

Some fix packs like the beta 4 fix 1 fixes things that should be fixed asap, like language data structure and thumb id bug. If I don't fix those quickly you may end up with unstable database, and the more I wait releasing them the higher the possiblity of someone really encountering these problems gets.

So, I'll try to release smaller fixes ASAP_ if_ they are essential/critical, and slow down bigger ones which add/improve features, online help or manual.

[Scho]

I'm currently using 1.5 beta3 (with fixpack 1 installed). Do I need to use the database installer to update to beta4 or can I just upload all of the beta4 files, replacing the current beta3 files? Also, which files are "configuration" files?

[Pekka]

Scho wrote:
I'm currently using 1.5 beta3 (with fixpack 1 installed). Do I need to use the database installer to update to beta4 or can I just upload all of the beta4 files, replacing the current beta3 files? Also, which files are "configuration" files?

As said in http://www.photography-on-the.net/ee/beta/ the fix pack 1 for beta 4 has one script to install version number only. So it is not _required_ but no harm done either.

But if you have working EE now, do NOT run FULL installer on it. or your database will be formatted totally.

EE configuration files are:

GALLERY/add/connect.php
- set up database info for EE
GALLERY/input/backup/ee_backup_prefs/preferences.php
- set up databases for EE Backup
GALLERY/input/dropdowns.php
- some photodata dropdowns for photo editor

Then you have

GALLERY/input/watermarks/xxx.png
- all watermark images
GALLERY/input/UPLOAD/xxx.jpg
- all files in upload bin

and

GALLERY/language/xxx/header.php and footer.php (may also be located in gallery root)

In language folder you may have other than english or finnish languages, so you'll need to back up those and match them with latest beta (they should be quite fixed in structure now).

Also, in fetchsettings.php you may have switches on for panorama etc, but on update you must replace that whole file first and then edit those switches in new EE's fetchsettings.php. Same with ee_commerce/mail.php.

[Scho]

I did the 1.5 beta 4 update and received the following error message when trying to view the gallery in the browser:
Exhibit Engine MySQL error!
ERROR FROM QUERY group_links in page 'index':

------------------------------
Unknown column 'ee_exhibition_group_eng.ee_groupthumbs_style' in 'field list'
------------------------------

If you encounter this error with unmodified EE source code please mail this error to EE developers with version number, detailed circumstances when it happened and preferably with a database backup dump. All reports helps improving EE to your satisfaction. Thank You.

[Pekka]

Scho wrote:
I did the 1.5 beta 4 update and received the following error message when trying to view the gallery in the browser:
Exhibit Engine MySQL error!
ERROR FROM QUERY group_links in page 'index':

------------------------------
Unknown column 'ee_exhibition_group_eng.ee_groupthumbs_style' in 'field list'
------------------------------

If you encounter this error with unmodified EE source code please mail this error to EE developers with version number, detailed circumstances when it happened and preferably with a database backup dump. All reports helps improving EE to your satisfaction. Thank You.

Run groupfix.php found in http://photography-on-the.net/groupfix.zip

[Scho]

Many thanks Pekka. Groupfix.php fixed the problem and all is in working order again.

[Pekka]

Melor, I accidentally deleted :~( your message with apertures - if you still have the list please post again...

[Saracen]

One VERY small point :-

I followed the instructions on the Beta 4 webpage for a fresh install. Under the Basic Install section ....

Point 6 says "Run install.php"

Point 8 says "Delete setup.php".

Am I correct in thinking that these actually refer to the same file (because deleting install.php to prevent the database being overwritten seems logical), and that point 8 should therefore refer to deleting "install.php". I can't find a setup.php anywhere obvious anyway.

Please excuse the idiot question - I'm new to EE.

[Pekka]

Saracen wrote:
One VERY small point :-

I followed the instructions on the Beta 4 webpage for a fresh install. Under the Basic Install section ....

Point 6 says "Run install.php"

Point 8 says "Delete setup.php".

Am I correct in thinking that these actually refer to the same file (because deleting install.php to prevent the database being overwritten seems logical), and that point 8 should therefore refer to deleting "install.php". I can't find a setup.php anywhere obvious anyway.

Please excuse the idiot question - I'm new to EE.


Well spotted!