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2 CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS between TYPO3 4.4 and 4.5
3 (for technical details see ChangeLog)
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6 Changes in 4.5 pre-releases
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9 * All additions to alpha3 and beta1 have been documented here:
10 http://forge.typo3.org/projects/typo3v45-projects/wiki/TYPO3_450alpha3
11 http://forge.typo3.org/projects/typo3v45-projects/wiki/TYPO3_450beta1
13 This information will be merged in this NEWS.txt below before the
19 * 4.5 will be the first official TYPO3 release with LTS (long term support)
20 * A Sprite Generator was added. This allows you to create your own
21 sprite files, also core can generate the files if some new icons
23 * When TYPO3 runs with two different domain names for the FE and the
24 BE, it is now possible to set accordingly different cookie domains
25 using $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['FE']['cookieDomain'] and
26 $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['BE']['cookieDomain'].
27 * Pages of type "Shortcut" can now also link to the parent page, not
28 only to the first or a random subpage.
29 * The media element now has a core wizard for rewriting URLs. This
30 allows the user to copy the URL from browser (eg a youtube URL like
31 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkA9qw80xO0) and use
32 it in the media element as URL. Currently supported platforms:
33 youtube, dailymotion, sevenload, vimeo, clipfish, google,
34 metacafe, myvideo, liveleak and veoh.
35 * A improved version of misc/advanced.htaccess provides more accurate
36 and up-to-date information and is a real working sample on how to setup
37 your Apache to server TYPO3 pages. This setup is now also used in the
38 introduction package as-is.
44 * The frameset was removed. This makes the Backend a lot faster.
45 Now the navigation tree also can be resized. The new backend works
46 using the ExtJS viewport, providing an easy and unified interface
47 to manipulate the content of the different panels.
48 * The user can decide the type of each page created in the
49 "Create multiple pages" Wizard. And the wizard can create more
51 * When copying or translating content elements, the copy /
52 translation will now default to be "hidden". In order for editors
53 not to loose track of copied elements the default for the checkbox
54 "show hidden elements" is now *on*. This behaviour can be modified
55 by adding this to typo3conf/extTables.php:
56 $TCA['tt_content']['ctrl']['hideAtCopy'] = FALSE;
57 * All system extensions from typo3/mod were moved to real system
58 extensions. These modules are:
65 List module and Extension Manager are set to required extensions,
66 but it is possible to overwrite this setting in localconf.php eg
67 if you want to deinstall the Extension Manger. Make sure you visit
69 * The recycler was refactored and has now the same skin as the rest
71 * DB check -> page tree submodule was removed (module lowlevel).
72 * RSA Auth now works also with special chars.
73 * Clearing cache now is logged (#15305).
74 * A hook now allows postprocessing of filelist and TCEforms files
75 operations (#15192 and #15221). Typical use-case:
76 - Allow editors to upload any picture (e.g., 10 Mpixels) as they
77 don't know how to resize the pictures or do not have the software
78 - Prevent fileadmin to be overflooded with huge pictures which
79 will never be used in their original size
80 - Automatically resize "huge" pictures after the upload
81 Extension using it already:
82 http://forge.typo3.org/projects/show/extension-image_autoresize
83 * New TS config option to disable the "Show secondary options"
84 checkbox (#13797). In User-TS, you can set:
85 options.enableShowPalettes=0 to see this feature in action.
86 Default is still "1" like it used to be.
87 * The cron syntax interpreter of the Scheduler was entirely refactored.
88 It now supports the full range of cron syntax features as can be found
95 * FE login now allows to show the logout form direct after login.
101 * Fixed Extbase Caching Bug.
102 * All methods trying to find an object by uid now ignore the
103 storagePid. This changes the behavior of argument mapping and the
104 way extbase fetches 1:1 relations. Resolves #5631. You should not
105 experience any negative side-effects of this change, i.e. if your
106 extension worked before, it will definitely after this change.
107 However, it makes the record handling more robust.
108 * Performance improvements in
109 TypoScript::convertTypoScriptArrayToPlainArray.
110 * Fluid contains many new features you might want to start using.
111 There are some changes that require special attention in case you
112 created custom condition ViewHelpers or if you call renderSection()
113 and renderWithLayout() from Tx_Fluid_View_TemplateView.
114 * Check out these ChangeLogs for more details:
115 - typo3/sysext/extbase/ChangeLog.txt
116 - typo3/sysext/fluid/ChangeLog.txt
122 * See typo3/sysext/fluid/ChangeLog.txt for some breaking changes in
124 * See typo3/sysext/extbase/ChangeLog.txt for a fix that might break
125 certain setups (caching bug fixed, might break extbase extensions
126 that setup their own TS configuration manually)
127 * The API for registering additional cache frontends or backends has changed.
128 As of TYPO3 4.5 only the classname needs to be specified in favor of both
129 path to the php file and the classname. Instead the class needs to be
130 registered for autoloading. See #15586 for details.
133 $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['SYS']['caching']['cacheFrontends']['myext']='tx_myext_cache';
135 $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['SYS']['caching']['cacheFrontends']['myext']='/path/tx_myext_cache.php:tx_myext_cache';
141 * There is a new setting that shows all SQL queries in debug
142 (#15425): $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['SYS']['sqlDebug'] = 2;
143 * Contrib libraries can be replaced now via hook (#15218). This
144 allows to test with updates of these libraries. Demo extensions
146 http://forge.typo3.org/projects/typo3v45-projects/files
147 * Catch all ExtDirect Exceptions and show them in the DebugConsole.
148 It now also allows you to call debug() (#15513).
149 * DebugConsole now also catch console-calls from Javascript if no
150 console is available. This allows eg debug prints in browsers
151 having no console like the IE
152 * ExtDirect is available in the frontend now (#15754):
153 http://wiki.typo3.org/ExtDirect
154 * t3lib_div now provides two functions setSingletonInstance and addInstance
155 that will set the objects to be returned by makeInstance. (#16267)
156 This will allow unit tests to inject mocks into makeInstance.
157 In addition, there now is a function purgeInstances that makes
158 makeInstance return fresh instances (singleton as well as non-singleton).
159 * CSH for FlexForms is handled more cleanly but requires adjustments.
160 This has an impact in particular for FE plugins. To continue displaying
161 the CSH for their FlexForm, the CSH file must be declared
162 as for other elements, i.e.
164 t3lib_extMgm::addLLrefForTCAdescr('somekey', 'EXT:myext/locallang_csh.xml');
166 For more details, in particular how the key is defined, see:
167 http://wiki.typo3.org/Pending_Documentation#CSH_for_FlexForms
173 * stdWrap now has a new feature: .numberFormat (#13815)
183 # Will result in "0,80 $"
185 * GIFBUILDER has a new feature: ELLIPSE (#2049). Example:
192 10.dimensions = 100,100,50,50
195 * Added easy interface to integrate lightbox style image enlargement
196 in the frontend. Just set some constants in the "CONTENT" part of
197 css_styled_content and your images will get attributes added that
198 are needed for lightbox JS frameworks to work out of the box.
204 * Prepared queries are now part of the TYPO3 database API (#15457).
205 The API is mostly based on PDO's method naming and currently
206 supports SELECT queries. TYPO3 will progressively use this new
207 database API which is cleaner and quicker when using DBAL.
208 Extension authors are encouraged to use it in their own
210 * Output of SQL parser when dealing with prepared queries is cached
211 for enhanced performances. To activate this caching if you don't have
213 $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['SYS']['useCachingFramework'] = 1;
214 In order to have a much higher cache hit ratio, you should use one
215 or more memcached servers. To activate this enhanced caching, use:
216 $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['SYS']['useCachingFramework'] = 1;
217 $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['SYS']['caching']['cacheConfigurations']['dbal'] = array(
218 'backend' => 't3lib_cache_backend_MemcachedBackend',
220 'servers' => array('localhost:11211', 'otherhost:11211'),
223 * DBAL now supports "FIND_IN_SET()" (#14818) function and maps it
224 correct functions in case usage under AdoDB. Using FIND_IN_SET in
225 listQuery() will provide performance improvements in all areas, as
226 this is used in several places (backend and frontend, for example
227 for checking the group list permissions).
233 * There is a new Scheduler task for the automatic publication of
234 workspaces (#14994). If a publication date has been set for a
235 given workspace, it will be published the next time the Scheduler
236 task runs. Note that automatic "un-publication" still does not
237 work. Replaces non-working CLI script
238 "typo3/mod/user/ws/cli/ws_cli.phpsh".
239 * The workspaces module was completely rewritten and is now based on
240 ExtJS. The usability is enhanced by displaying the information in a
241 nice grid view. Besides that each workspace can now have a customized
242 set of stages which are child records of a workspace record.
243 Make sure to run the upgrade wizard which migrates the hardcoded draft
244 workspace to a real workspace and sets up the new stages.
245 * Inline Relational Record Editing (IRRE) can now also be used for 1:n
246 relations in workspaces.
247 * In order to support custom stages properly it's recommended to change
248 the type of all t3ver_stage fields from tinyint(4) to int(11).
254 * sprites.css now contains the autogenerated sprites.
260 * Added "compress data" options to DbBackend of the Caching
261 framework (#15141). Enable it like this:
262 $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['SYS']['caching']['cacheConfigurations']['cache_pages'] =
264 'frontend' => 't3lib_cache_frontend_VariableFrontend',
265 'backend' => 't3lib_cache_backend_DbBackend',
267 'cacheTable' => 'cachingframework_cache_pages',
268 'tagsTable' => 'cachingframework_cache_pages_tags',
269 'compression' => TRUE,
272 * Some often used functions of t3lib_div were speed improved.