Release Notes:1.1.1

Xibo 1.1.1 - Codename "Encke"
'''This is a development preview release of Xibo. This release is the second of the development preview releases of Xibo working towards the release of Xibo 1.2.0, the next stable line of Xibo released. This should NOT BE USED IN PRODUCTION.'''

You can download this release from https://launchpad.net/xibo/1.1/1.1.1

Requirements
You must use the 1.0.7 .net client or pyclient-1.1.0a22 or later with this version of the Xibo server.

Xibo requires PHP 5.2.0 or higher. A full list of module requirements is presented at the point of installation - we'll even tell you which modules you're missing!

Upgrading from 1.0 (Halley)
There are significant database schema changes between the 1.0 series of Xibo and the 1.1 series. The upgrader will take a 1.0 series database and convert it to a schema suitable for the 1.1 series to date. Note that this is a one-way conversion. Please do not upgrade your production database to test Xibo 1.1 functionality, and then expect to run a 1.0 series codebase against that database. Instructions for cloning a Xibo database are available here Release Notes:Clone Database.


 * Clone your existing Xibo database and grant permissions (see Release Notes:Clone Database for details)
 * Continue with instructions from 1.1.0 below.

Upgrading from 1.1.0 (Encke)

 * Backup settings.php from your installation
 * The upgrader will offer to take a backup your database, but manually taking a backup would be a good idea.
 * Replace your existing installation with the new version from the tar.gz or zip file
 * Replace your settings.php file
 * Browse to http://your.server/path as normal
 * You will be prompted that an upgrade is required.
 * Enter your xibo_admin password, and follow the upgrade wizard.
 * The upgrade should run, and finally ask you to log in as you would normally.

Help
Please ask for help/advice in the Answers section of Launchpad: https://answers.launchpad.net/xibo

Please report any bugs in the Bugs section of Launchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xibo (if you're not sure that what you have found is a bug, please ask in the Answers section first!)

Please report any enhancement requests in the Blueprints section of Launchpad: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/xibo

When asking for assistance with Xibo 1.1 series releases, please make it clear that you're using a development preview and not a stable release of Xibo.

Microblog Search
This adds a new media type which displays the output of searching Identi.ca and/or Twitter in a region in a similar fashion to RSS Tickers. There is currently only client support in the Python client for this media type. See our blogpost for an overview of what this media type can be used to do. There is documentation for the new module in the manual Manual:Layouts:Design

Webservice Changes
nuSOAP has been removed and replaced with PHP's own SOAP extension. This removes the annoying error logging that 1.0 users are used to and also lays the ground work for an externally accessible API for Xibo servers.

Linux Client
An early preview (1.1.0a22) of the Python client is available to run on Linux. Instructions are here: Install_Guide_Python_Client

Bug Fixes
Xibo 1.1.1 has been developed alongside Xibo 1.0.x since just before we released 1.0.5. We've ported all the fixes from 1.0.x in to 1.1.1 - so hopefully there aren't any regressions. If you have previously reported a bug with Xibo 1.0 that we've fixed, we'd greatly appreciate you checking that that bug has actually been fixed in the 1.1 series too!

In addition these 1.1 specific bugs have been fixed.
 * 502560 - Layouts \ Media doesn't appear when permission set up for group.
 * 502124 - Display group security duplicating.
 * 502126 - Menu items duplicating.
 * 502455 - Unable to add PowerPoint to library.
 * 503874 - Responsemanager class not found on upgrade.
 * 516263 - Background edit will not allow the none selection.
 * 519352 - Some UserAgent strings are too long.
 * 552853 - Default layout isn't always sent to client.
 * 502132 - Get Text Error Notice.
 * 502979 - Turn Off Debugging button fails.
 * 525666 - A mistake made setting privileges for a user on the 1.1.0 server results in a permission denied error.
 * 525834 - Unable to add a new user.
 * 560768 - Spelling errors in Library editing dialog.
 * 570925 - Recurrence "repeat every" should be an input box.
 * 576630 - Unable to delete resolution.

Known Issues and Limitations
Xibo is a young project. There are plenty of new features in the pipeline, but to provide a stable platform for users wanting Xibo now, the 1.0 series of releases are now feature-frozen (no new features will be implemented). All new development work will go in to the 1.1 series - which will be unstable.

Once we are happy with 1.1, we will release Xibo 1.2 which will be the next stable release series and the direct upgrade path for 1.0. Any future releases of Xibo 1.0 will be bug fix releases only.

Therefore there are the following known issues and limitations with Xibo 1.1.1:
 * The backgrounds of Text and RSS media items are not transparent if the background of a layout is a GIF image. Please use JPEG images as a work around. (applies only to .net client)
 * Overlapping regions are handled badly. The existing server/client were never developed to support overlapping regions, but they do work in some circumstances which is why we have decided to leave this functionality intact, but with the caveat that they may not work as you expect.  (applies only to .net client)
 * Backgrounds of FlashMedia items are not transparent. This is a limitation of the Adobe Flash C# control. (applies only to .net client)
 * RSS Tickers using "single" mode render incorrectly. (applies only to Python client)