admin/install/libdata_changelog.txt

File:   libdata_changelog.txt
Title:  LibData Change Log
Author: Paul F. Bramscher brams006@umn.edu
Date:   March 16, 2004


==============================================================================
CHANGELOG
==============================================================================

The changelog file is new to LibData 2.0.

To download available versions (and utilize bug tracking and discussion
forum facilities) please refer to the LibData project page on SourceForge:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdata/


LibData2.0 / March 16, 2004
===========================
                LibData 2.0 represents a significant break from 1.x, so
                a new major release number (2.0) was chosen.

                This version introduces some database changes, namely the
                introduction of the vendor table, and utilization of the
                resource.vendor_id field.  This allows resources to be associated
                with a vendor.  Either at the vendor level (affecting all
                associated resources) or at the individual resource level, a
                status flag can be configured as up (default), down, or alert.
                On any RQS, or CL/PS page on which the resource appears, the down
                or alert message is prominently displayed.
                
                Another sweeping set of changes involved the passing around of
                the $con (mySQL resource link/connection identifier) variable.
                This was not needed, and has been removed from all function
                calls.  In addition to this change, most or all mysql_query()
                functions have been replaced with a thin wrapper around it
                (located in db_connect.php) called mysql_tryquery().  This function
                allows centralized error trapping and reporting for any SQL string
                passed into the function.
                
                Standardization of the drawing of many forms in the administrative
                portion of LibData.  Forms which involve the adding, editing, and
                deleting of setup tables are now generally routed through a pair of
                new (and simple) functions in app_controls.php: msgTableOpen() and
                msgTableClose().  The purpose of this function pair is to open an
                HTML box utilizing LibData CSS definitions, and create a header row.
                All subsequent text is then output within the box, until the corresponding
                msgTableClose() is called to close up the table.
                
                Several security enhancements.

        
LibData1.04 / January 27, 2004
==============================
                This release fixes a bug (refer to bug tracker for details) in the
                public rqs.phtml file. It also introduces a couple minor enhancements
                (administrative search for resources by call number and feature) as
                well as a new database field for PageScribe pages: pageheader. This field
                is available for edit only on PageScribe (not CourseLib), and allows for 
                the inclusion of descriptive text or HTML between the page title and
                Table of Contents. (Note that CourseLib already has descriptive-type
                fields pertinent to courses).


LibData1.03 / January 14, 2004
==============================
                Fixed a minor bug in app_controls.php recordCount() which causes strings
                with single-quotes to fail during SELECT.
                
                Also introduces new functionality to PageScribe/CourseLib: the wrapping
                of the Table of Contents at the calculated midsection into two-column
                format. This can be useful for pages which have many root-level elements,
                a long ToC, and wasted horizontal screen real estate.


LibData1.02 / December 04, 2003
===============================
                Fixed a minor bug discovered in accessClass.php. Please refer to the bug
                tracker (browse the closed ticket items) for details.


LibData1.01 / November 30, 2003
===============================
                The first open source GPL release of LibData.
        

March 16, 2004
Paul F. Bramscher
brams006@umn.edu
University of Minnesota Libraries
1	dpavlin	70	File: libdata_changelog.txt
2			Title: LibData Change Log
3			Author: Paul F. Bramscher brams006@umn.edu
4			Date: March 16, 2004
5
6
7			==============================================================================
8			CHANGELOG
9			==============================================================================
10
11			The changelog file is new to LibData 2.0.
12
13			To download available versions (and utilize bug tracking and discussion
14			forum facilities) please refer to the LibData project page on SourceForge:
15			http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdata/
16
17
18			LibData2.0 / March 16, 2004
19			===========================
20			LibData 2.0 represents a significant break from 1.x, so
21			a new major release number (2.0) was chosen.
22
23			This version introduces some database changes, namely the
24			introduction of the vendor table, and utilization of the
25			resource.vendor_id field. This allows resources to be associated
26			with a vendor. Either at the vendor level (affecting all
27			associated resources) or at the individual resource level, a
28			status flag can be configured as up (default), down, or alert.
29			On any RQS, or CL/PS page on which the resource appears, the down
30			or alert message is prominently displayed.
31
32			Another sweeping set of changes involved the passing around of
33			the $con (mySQL resource link/connection identifier) variable.
34			This was not needed, and has been removed from all function
35			calls. In addition to this change, most or all mysql_query()
36			functions have been replaced with a thin wrapper around it
37			(located in db_connect.php) called mysql_tryquery(). This function
38			allows centralized error trapping and reporting for any SQL string
39			passed into the function.
40
41			Standardization of the drawing of many forms in the administrative
42			portion of LibData. Forms which involve the adding, editing, and
43			deleting of setup tables are now generally routed through a pair of
44			new (and simple) functions in app_controls.php: msgTableOpen() and
45			msgTableClose(). The purpose of this function pair is to open an
46			HTML box utilizing LibData CSS definitions, and create a header row.
47			All subsequent text is then output within the box, until the corresponding
48			msgTableClose() is called to close up the table.
49
50			Several security enhancements.
51
52
53			LibData1.04 / January 27, 2004
54			==============================
55			This release fixes a bug (refer to bug tracker for details) in the
56			public rqs.phtml file. It also introduces a couple minor enhancements
57			(administrative search for resources by call number and feature) as
58			well as a new database field for PageScribe pages: pageheader. This field
59			is available for edit only on PageScribe (not CourseLib), and allows for
60			the inclusion of descriptive text or HTML between the page title and
61			Table of Contents. (Note that CourseLib already has descriptive-type
62			fields pertinent to courses).
63
64
65			LibData1.03 / January 14, 2004
66			==============================
67			Fixed a minor bug in app_controls.php recordCount() which causes strings
68			with single-quotes to fail during SELECT.
69
70			Also introduces new functionality to PageScribe/CourseLib: the wrapping
71			of the Table of Contents at the calculated midsection into two-column
72			format. This can be useful for pages which have many root-level elements,
73			a long ToC, and wasted horizontal screen real estate.
74
75
76			LibData1.02 / December 04, 2003
77			===============================
78			Fixed a minor bug discovered in accessClass.php. Please refer to the bug
79			tracker (browse the closed ticket items) for details.
80
81
82			LibData1.01 / November 30, 2003
83			===============================
84			The first open source GPL release of LibData.
85
86
87
88			March 16, 2004
89			Paul F. Bramscher
90			brams006@umn.edu
91			University of Minnesota Libraries