-************************************************************************
-CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS between TYPO3 4.3 and 4.4
-(for technical details see ChangeLog)
-************************************************************************
+This document is a part of the TYPO3 project. TYPO3 is an open source web
+content management system released under the GNU GPL. TYPO3 is copyright
+(c) 1999-2012 by Kasper Skaarhoj.
+This document contains information about TYPO3 version 6.0 shall be released
+on October, 2012.
+
+An up-to-date version of this document also containing links to further in
+depth information can be found here:
+
+http://wiki.typo3.org/TYPO3_6.0
+
+===============================================================================
+Compatibility
+===============================================================================
+
+* Refactored bootstrap
+
+With a bootstrap refactoring the index.php file located in the document root of
+the installation was changed. If you are running a typo3 core source with a
+symlink, make sure that this file is also a symlink to the cores index.php,
+otherwise the frontend will be broken. If index.php is a copy of the source
+file, make sure to install a fresh version from 6.0 sources.
+
+* Deprecated methods
+
+Deprecated methods that were initially targeted to be removed in TYPO3 4.8/6.0
+have finally been removed. The deprecation log shows which functions were
+declared to be deprecated and will be removed in the next TYPO3 versions.
+
+* Removed classes prior to scheduled deprecation removal
+
+t3lib_BEDisplayLog: This class was used only by the old belog module, its
+functionality is now encapsulated in EXT:belog itself. Since it is very
+unlikely that the class was used by other external extensions, the file was
+removed instead of deprecating it.
+
+* New XCLASS handling
+
+The old way of registering XCLASSes in $TYPO3_CONF_VARS[TYPO3_MODE]['XCLASS'] is
+deprecated. XCLASSES can now be registered by adding a 'ux_' prefixed entry of
+the base class to the ext_autoload.php file providing the XCLASS path. The
+deprecation layer for old class registration can potentially calculate a wrong
+path so the XCLASS registration can fail now. This can be fixed by addiononally
+using the new registration scheme through ext_autoload.
+Extension authors are advised to remove the three line XCLASS statement at the
+bottom of class files now for any extension with a compatibility for 6.0 and above.
+More information can be found at http://wiki.typo3.org/Autoload
+
+Removed Functionality
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+* Removed doNotLoadInFE flag
+
+With TYPO3 4.3 the flag doNotLoadInFE flag was introduced in ext_emconf.php
+extension files to hint the core that an extension has no frontend
+functionality. The performance gain of this change in the frontend was minimal.
+The flag is now removed and the according extList_FE setting in localconf.php
+has no effect anymore.
+
+* Removed system extension simulatestatic
+
+The system extension to simulate static documents was removed from the core.
+@TODO: Issue #36025 must be solved and this note here adapted, otherwise the
+removal will be reverted.
+
+* Removed TypoScript option noBlur
+
+The ancient noBlur TypoScript setting for old Browsers (Internet Explorer <= 5.5)
+was removed without alternative. The setting has no effect anymore and can be
+removed from custom TypoScript objects, especially MENU.
+
+===============================================================================
+Changes and Improvements
+===============================================================================
+
+This will list all changes and improvements between TYPO3 4.7 and 6.0. For
+technical details see ChangeLog included in the typo3_src package.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
General
-=======
-
- * Versioning: "Page" and "Branch" versioning has been disabled for all
- installations, because it is deprecated since TYPO3 4.2. If you still
- use one of these versioning types, make sure to set
- $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['BE']['elementVersioningOnly'] = FALSE in your
- localconf.php. Please be aware that this option will vanish with
- TYPO3 4.6 and that "Page" and "Branch" versioning is neither supported
- nor maintained any longer.
-
- * Versioning: The dummy "draft workspace" has been disabled for all
- installations. If you need it you can enable it again in the
- extension configuration of the "version" extension.
-
- * All CSS and JS files in the TYPO3 Backend are compressed now. This
- means that they are added up to a single file without unnecessary
- whitespace. This will reduce the count of requests drastically, which
- eventually leads to faster loading and better performance.
- CAUTION: If compressionLevel is configured
- ($TYPO3_CONF_VARS[TYPO3_MODE]['compressionLevel'] = 1 [1-9 for compression
- level or TRUE for "enabled"]) the files will be served with gzip compression.
- Be sure to enable / uncomment the needed configuration in your .htaccess file,
- also found in misc/advanced.htaccess.
-
- <FilesMatch "\.js\.gzip$">
- AddType "text/javascript" .gzip
- </FilesMatch>
- <FilesMatch "\.css\.gzip$">
- AddType "text/css" .gzip
- </FilesMatch>
- AddEncoding gzip .gzip
-
- IMPORTANT: If you have any trouble accessing the Backend after upgrading
- to TYPO3 4.4, make sure to clear the typo3temp/ directory manually or through
- the TYPO3 install tool.
-
- * There is now a complete new Backend skin for all backend modules,
- the login screen and the install tool. It is still called "t3skin",
- however due to the use of icon sprites and the refactoring of the
- CSS files, it is not possible anymore to run the TYPO3 Backend
- with the old backend skin (from 3.x) or with the look and feel from
- previous 4.x versions.
- If you have not installed any skins in your system, you will now see
- a completely unstyled TYPO3 Backend, no unneeded additional styles
- are loaded.
-
- * The static templates for some basic designs, that were part of the
- TYPO3 Core since TYPO3 3.5 are now moved to a system extension that
- is not included by default. If you are using one of these templates
- (GLUECK, GREEN, CANDIDATE etc) or one of the old table-based layouts
- for rendering content (like content (default) or plaintext rendering),
- make sure to install the system extension ("statictemplate") via the
- Install Tool.
-
- * The RTE has undergone major changes as UI components have been transformed
- into ExtJS widgets:
- 1. The RTE framework becomes an ExtJS Panel comprising the toolbar,
- the iframe, the textarea and the status bar. All components
- are ExtJS objects.
- 2. When BE textareas are resizable, the framework is resizable as
- a whole. In the FE, the framework is always resizable.
- 3. The toolbar dropdowns become ExtJS ComboBoxes.
- 4. The context menu becomes a configurable ExtJS Menu.
- 5. Color palettes become ExtJS ColorPalettes.
- 6. All dialogue windows become ExtJS windows.
-
- * The install tool is visually refactored and updated. It has now a
- different look and feel when accessing from outside the TYPO3 Backend
- and from within to be integrated better in the rest of the Backend.
- Also, the 1-2-3 installer process is now cleaned up to be in sync with
- the new UI elements. There is also a new hook in the installing
- process that allows to add or modify the existing steps in the
- installer to add more configuration options to a custom TYPO3 installation.
-
- * The task center module and all its components like Actions and Notes
- has undergone a complete refactoring, both visually and code-wise,
- and now has a clean API to add more elements to it.
-
- * Automatic version-numbers of CSS and JS files to avoid caching problems:
- This feature provides automatic numbering of CSS and JS files using the
- files modified timestamp. This way the file reference will change when a
- CSS or JS files is changed, and by this the browser and proxy will re-cache
- the file. This feature can be configured to include the timestamp within the
- filename (before .ext) or as a parameter to the file (default).
- If versioning is done directly inside the filename (by setting
- $TYPO3_CONF_VARS[BE][versionNumberInFilename] = TRUE) you need the
- following line as the first rewrite rule in .htaccess:
-
- # Rule for versioned static files (see $TYPO3_CONF_VARS[BE][versionNumberInFilename])
- RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
- RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
- RewriteRule ^(.+)\.(\d+)\.(php|js|css|png|jpg|gif|gzip)$ $1.$3 [L]
-
- IMPORTANT: This rule has to be the very first rule to work properly,
- at least it has to be placed before the "^typo3..." rewrite rule
- Developers can use this API for versioning of files in their own backend mods,
- by calling t3lib_div::createVersionNumberedFilename or using the core API
- for including files in the page renderer class.
-
- * Support for GDlib 1.x was completely dropped. Only GDlib 2.x is supported now,
- which is bundled with most PHP installations.
-
- * HTML5 is now officially supported. For the Frontend output simply use
- these two TypoScript lines in your Setup:
-
- config.doctype = html_5
- config.xmlprologue = none
-
- Backend modules also allow HTML5 configuration, simply choose the doktype:
-
- $this->doc->docType = 'html_5';
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+* Extbase and fluid always loaded
+
+The core extensions 'extbase' and 'fluid' are used in core classes like t3lib
+and in several important core extensions. Extbase and fluid are now required
+extensions and always loaded.
+
+Other General Improvements
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+...
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Security
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+...
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Backend
-=======
-
- * The TYPO3 Backend was moved into an ExtJS Viewport. This is one of the
- first steps in a sequence to ExtJSify the complete Backend. Currently
- this gives you the possibility to create your own left sidebar,
- like the page tree, in your backend modules. Also you can extend the
- viewport easily with own code to create e.g. a collapsable module menu.
- More information can be found in the TYPO3 Wiki and the official ExtJS
- viewport documentation. See these links:
-
- http://wiki.typo3.org/index.php/TYPO3Viewport
- http://www.extjs.com/deploy/dev/docs/
-
- * Inline Records (IRRE Elements) are now loaded on demand, meaning only when
- they are opened. This should speed up the editing process drastically.
-
- * The t3editor code completion DB was updated to reflect the latest additions.
- Also the syntax highlighting engine is now extracted from the system extension
- so it can be used in other places of the TYPO3 Core as well.
-
- * A donation notice will be shown to administrators in the TYPO3 Backend
- on login after using TYPO3 for more than three months. This behaviour
- can be disabled completely - see $TYPO3_CONF_VARS[BE][allowDonateWindow].
-
- * Most Icons used in the TYPO3 Backend are now rendered through so-called
- sprites. Instead of loading many image tags with single icons and therefore
- many http requests there are now only 6 sprite images (a sprite image is a
- big image with all icons included) that need to be loaded in the Backend.
- Image-tags got replaced by spans using the big sprite images with background
- and offset functionality. This reduces the HTTP and fileheader overhead of
- about 90% which results in a blasting fast Backend. For details about the
- new Icon Sprite API, have a look at t3lib/class.t3lib_iconworks.php.
-
- * The "bigButtons" (Edit page properties, Move page, ...) in the Page module
- are now disabled by default to have a cleaner interface. The old
- behavior can be restored by setting mod.web_layout.disableBigButtons = 0
- in UserTSconfig or PageTSconfig.
-
- * The interface "backend_old" was completely removed. This was the BE interface
- from 4.1. As it wasn't maintained and didn't worked correct, all references
- are removed, so remaining interfaces for login are backend and frontend.
-
- * The extension manager option "Enable extensions without review (basic security
- check)" was completely removed as most extensions in TER weren't reviewed on
- a regular basis. Thus, when searching for an extension in TER through the
- Extension Manager, all matching extensions, not regarding the review state,
- are shown up.
-
-Frontend
-========
-
- * Indexed search no longer puts a double wrap around search rules in the
- advanced search form. This may require style changes if a default indexed
- search is used.
-
- * The system extensions "CSS Styled Content" (css_styled_content) and
- "Frontend User Login" (felogin) now have new manuals that reflect the
- current state of the extension.
-
- * The browser condition in TypoScript now delivers reliable information
- about the client browser. So now it's possible to make a condition
- for usage of Firefox, or even a webkit based browser.
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+...
-Compatibility
-=============
-
- * Extbase: has been updated to support "Single Table Inheritance" which is
- a breaking change. In TYPO3 4.3, Extbase made a "best guess" for the table
- name if it was not the lowercased class name (simply by crawling the class
- hierarchy upwards trying to find a mapping rule or table). This "magic"
- was removed because It was very hard to understand what was happening;
- especially if there was an error. This behaviour is now changed and you
- define the recordType and the tableName through TypoScript now. See the
- typo3.projecty.typo3v4mvc mailing list for more details on this topic.
-
- * Extbase: Template filenames are expected to be UpperCamelCased from now on.
- Before, they were expected to be all lowercase. For a grace period there
- is still a fallback mechanism, so that your old template filenames will
- still work. But you should rename your templates from "myaction.html"
- to "MyAction.html" to make sure, that it still works in upcoming versions
- of Fluid! A message to the deprecation log is generated in case an "old"
- template name is found.
-
- * Support for GDlib 1.x was completely dropped, only GDlib 2.x is supported,
- which is bundled with most PHP installations.
-
- * Versioning: "Page" and "Branch" versioning has been disabled for all
- installations, because it is deprecated since TYPO3 4.2. If you still
- use one of these versioning types, make sure to set
- $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['BE']['elementVersioningOnly'] = FALSE in your
- localconf.php. Please be aware that this option will vanish with
- TYPO3 4.6 and that "Page" and "Branch" versioning is neither supported
- nor maintained any longer.
+htmlArea RTE
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+...
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Other Improvements to the Backend
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+...
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Administration / Customization
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+...
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Development
-===========
-
- * In t3lib_extMgm there is now a way to retrieve the version of an
- extension through the method getExtensionVersion($extensionKey).
-
- * t3lib_div now provides the constants LF, CR, CRLF and TAB which can be
- used to improve code readability.
-
- * The ExtDirect specification was implemented in the Backend of TYPO3.
- You can use it in your own backend modules. Details about the specification
- can be found in the TYPO3 Wiki and on the ExtJS site.
- See the links:
-
- http://wiki.typo3.org/index.php/ExtDirect
- http://www.extjs.com/products/js/direct.php
-
- * There are new hooks available for you to use: t3lib_page::getRecordOverlay,
- t3lib_page::getPageOverlay, several new hooks in the impexp extension,
- alt_doc::makeEditForm() to enable further access-restrictions,
- in tslib_fe::settingLanguage(), in tslib_content, and in tslib_menu for
- further filtering of menu items
-
- * The newly introduced Flash messages in TYPO3 4.3 are now also available
- as JavaScript messages done by ExtJS and available in the global
- TYPO3 backend JS space.
-
- * There is now a new API for sending emails. t3lib_utility_Mail::mail()
- serves as a proxy for the PHP mail() function, and is now the recommended
- way for sending emails, in order to have a central place to use a
- different mailing engine.
-
- * The debug in the TYPO3 Backend was enhanced. There is a new debug console,
- which will show each debug in a single tab. The console will pop up
- as soon a debug statement is present.
-
- * t3lib_div::debug(): Removed the feature of passing an integer
- as $header (second argument) to add multiple br-tags.
-
- * There is a new API in place to generate HTML <span> tags with corresponding
- CSS classes in order to display previously created sprite images in
- the right background position. Make sure to have a look at
- "t3lib_iconWorks::getSpriteIconForRecord($table, $row)",
- "t3lib_iconWorks::getSpriteIconForFile('myimage.png')", and
- "t3lib_iconWorks::getSpriteIcon('actions-document-open')".
-
-
-TypoScript changes
-==================
-
- * It is now possible to configure an alternative "parameter" for filelinks
- when using jumpURLs
-
-
-DBAL
-====
-
- * It is now possible to use the 1-2-3 installer process to configure a
- website running MSSQL, Oracle or PostgreSQL as TYPO3 database. TYPO3
- automatically detects available database drivers and presents them in
- a convenient driver dropdown list.
-
-
-Backend skin
-============
-
- * There is now a complete new Backend skin for all backend modules,
- the login screen and the install tool. It is still called "t3skin",
- however due to the use of icon sprites and the refactoring of the
- CSS files, it is not possible anymore to run the TYPO3 Backend
- with the old backend skin (from 3.x) or with the look and feel from
- previous 4.x versions.
- If you have not installed any skins in your system, you will now see
- a completely unstyled TYPO3 Backend, no unneeded additional styles
- are loaded.
-
- * CSS files in the TYPO3 Backend are now separated in structure
- CSS statements (definitions for margin, padding, width, height) and
- visual (like formatting colors, fonts, border and backgrounds).
-
- * Skins now have to register themselves by adding an entry
- $TBE_STYLES['skins'][$_EXTKEY]. By default, all CSS files from
- subdirectories stylesheets/structure/ and stylesheets/visual/ are
- included, additional directories can be added by setting
- $TBE_STYLES['skins'][$_EXTKEY]['stylesheetDirectories'].
-
- * Most Icons used in the TYPO3 Backend are now rendered through so-called
- sprites. Instead of loading many image tags with single icons and therefore
- many http requests there are now only 6 sprite images (a sprite image is a
- big image with all icons included) that need to be loaded in the Backend.
- Image-tags got replaced by spans using the big sprite images with background
- and offset functionality. This reduces the HTTP and fileheader overhead of
- about 90% which results in a blasting fast Backend. For details about the
- new Icon Sprite API, have a look at t3lib/class.t3lib_iconworks.php.
-
-
-Speed improvements
-==================
-
- * Inline Records (IRRE Elements) are now loaded on demand, meaning only when
- they are opened. This should speed up the editing process drastically.
-
-
-Currently unsupported
-=====================
-
- * Missing features concerning the disposal of Inline Relational Record Editing (IRRE)
- -> Workspaces and Versioning are currently not supported
- -> FlexForms using the TCA type 'inline' are currently not supported/tested
- -> Import/Export (sysext tx_impexp) might not work correctly in special cases
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+...
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Performance
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+...
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