Changes from 1.2 to 1.4
Version 1.4 is the latest release of the Document Database. It main new
features are:
- User Defineable Fields: The administrator can now define new entry fields
for documents, e.g. Abstract, Keywords, etc. Entry fields up to 80
characters are being displayed the usual way. Larger entry boxes
are shown as entry boxes. Entry fields of size 1 are shown with
radio buttons for yes/no type questions. These new fields can
be mandatory and/or included in BibTeX output depending on the
document type.
- Public Accessible Documents: The admins can now decide which
documents can be shown publicly, i.e. also to people who are not
users of the database. For this a new public section is introduced.
It is possible to upload separate files for the public and for
the internal users for the same document_id. This might help
with copyright issues i.e. a pre-version, or extended version
can be made available to the public, whereas internally the
published article is available. If two versions are uploaded, both
are seen internally. The public site has easy to use commands
so that it can be tailored to your needs and the layout can
be adjusted to that the public page fits into the design of
your public page. A brief example is given.
Please make sure that you observe the copyright laws and only make documents publicly accessible for which you hold the copyright or have explicit permission by the copyright holder to do so.
- Statistics Page: This new page shows how many documents have been
entered and how many documents have been uploaded to the DocDB.
It also shows a TOP 10 of the users who entered the most documents.
And it displays a list of the 5 newest entries into DocDB and the
5 newest entries of the currently logged on user.
Furthermore it shows the 5 most downloaded publicly available
documents and the 5 most requested publicly available BibTeX entries.
- Cleaner Front Page: Many functions that used to be on the front page
are now moved to sub-pages and the most important functions:
search for documents and entering documents are now on the top.
- Administration Page: The document database user administration now found
a new home on the administration page. This also shows the new
User Definable Fields.
- Password Page: There is now a new page where users can change their
password.
- Last Viewed: Downloading a document now updates the Last Viewed
list.
- Foreign Character Support: Many new characters are now supported,
most notable are Polish, Czech, Slovak, Turkish and some
Scandinavian characters. A complete list can be found in the
docs directory. Also -- and --- are now translated to the
appropriate html equivalent.
- Incorporated Feature Request
- 1735341 Czech Character Support
- 1168531 add database field to hold abstract text
(New Feature: User Definable Fields)
- 1436029 Bibtex button in doc_view.php
- Postponed Feature Request to next release
- 1040391 BibTeX input and output
It also includes many bug fixes and security fixes. Users of the Document Database are strongly encouraged to update to 1.4.
- Fixed Bug 1932491 Upload Errors create empty document entries
- Fixed Bug 1447730 Document deletion does not remove notes
- Fixed Bug 1151996 Notes: Space between radio buttons and delete button
- Fixed Bug 1152009 BibTEX emulation: Missing space between some fields
- Fixed Bug 1168373 fatal error clicking bibtex link on reference (MYSQL)
- Fixed Bug 1177731 Error in the script 'install.sh' for 'htpasswd'
- Fixed Bug 1212199 Notes are to small
- Fixed Bug 1296041 Explicit postgres calls in bibtex.php
(duplicate to bug number 1168373)
- Fixed Bug 1316026 chapter field to small for inbook