The following improvements have been made:
[*] Security improvements.
[*] (Windows) PHP version was updated to 5.4.30 and 5.5.14.
[*] PHPMyAdmin was updated to version 4.2.5.
The following issues have been resolved:
[-] (Windows) Users encountered errors during migration from Plesk 8.6 installations that used an external MS SQL database server. (PPPM-1772)
[-] (Windows) Users whose service plan did not allow creating MySQL databases, could not create Microsoft SQL Server databases. (PPPM-1759)
[-] (Windows) Users could not fully restore or migrate data if they contained files larger than 4 gigabytes. (PPPM-1753)
[-] (Linux) Users could not back up data on 32-bit OpenSUSE 13.1 Linux installations. (PPP-10701)
[-] (Linux) Users could not back up data to FTP repositories on 64-bit OpenSUSE 13.1 Linux installations. (PPP-10692)
[-] (Linux) During migration from Plesk 11.0 to Plesk 12, mailing list administrators received notifications about the creation of a mailing list. (PPPM-1691)
[-] After editing WordPress configuration file and specifying an incorrect WordPress version number in it, users could no longer manage WordPress installations. (PPPM-1752)
[-] In some cases, administrators could not remove databases from Tools & Settings > Database Servers > Local MySQL Server > Databases. (PPP-10659)
[-] (Linux) Plesk was inaccessible after it was installed by means of Parallels Installer with the option –install-everything. (PPPM-1749)
[-] Outgoing mail control showed incorrect information about exceeded mail limits. (PPPM-1747)
[-] After migration from Plesk 9.5 to Plesk 11.5, if the transition scheme “convert customers to resellers” was used, domains could be associated with a reseller’s customer instead of the newly converted reseller. (PPPM-1675)
[-] If resources were overused by a Plesk customer, numerous mail notifications were sent to the customer’s reseller and the server administrator. (PPPM-1489)
Archive for Releases
The July issue of the Joomla Community Magazine is here! Our stories this month:
Editors Introduction
Feature Stories
Thanks to the Joomla! Event Travel (JET) Program
Time to get to WORK!
Joomla! Pride
Report from JoomlaDay Moscow 2014
Events
Roundup from JUG Corner – June 2014
Upcoming Joomla! Events
Joomla Developer Conference – August 7-8
Developers
The Developer’s Balancing Act
Why the Poor Old Singleton was Banned
Sitebuilders
Practical use of Microdata in Joomla! 3 and 2.5
Benefits of Using Pirated Joomla Extensions
Administrators
Website Monitoring, Backup, and Two Cups of Coffee
Google Summer of Code
The Value of Value Objects
Current Status of Web Driver System Test Suite of Joomla! CMS
SQL Optimization Project for Joomla CMS (Status Update)
Joomla! in the Press/Media
Nominate Joomla! for the CMS Critic’s People’s Choice Award!
International Stories
Français
Cum munus – J and Beyond 2014
Utiliser SobiPro en tant que CCK
Robots.txt : optimisation SEO et sécurité
Mon premier JoomlaDay
Pratique d’utilisation des Microdata dans Joomla! 3 et 2.5
Italian
Impressioni dal “Joomla and Beyond 2014”
Portuguese (Brazil)
Google Page Insights para otimizar o carregamento do Joomla
Hora de trabalhar!
Spanish
Bienvenido Julio
Dando soporte a extensiones Joomla!
Usando SobiPro como CCK
Experiencia en el J And Beyond 2014
Tutorial: Gantry, módulos izquierda y derecha con diferentes anchos
In our next issue
We want to publish your Joomla! story in the next JCM issue! So take a look at our Author Resources content to get a better idea of what we are looking for, and then register to become a JCM author and submit your Joomla! story!
The following issues have been resolved:
[-] (Linux) Administrators could not back up server settings if external webmail was registered in Plesk. (PPP-10629)
[-] (Linux) Users could not install Plesk using One-Click Installer. (PPP-10624)
[-] (Linux) Watchdog could not start Fail2Ban on Debian/Ubuntu operating systems. (PPP-10610)
[-] (Linux) Scheduled backup could fail with the “File exists” error. (PPP-10601)
[-] The OK and Cancel buttons were not shown when users tried to create a domain in Power User view while DNS service was switched off. (PPPM-1742)
[-] (Linux) Operations on domains with stopped BIND service could corrupt Plesk database on SuSE Linux 13.1. (PPP-10594)
[-] (Linux) On CentOS 5, customers could not send email messages via Roundcube webmail if outgoing mail control was switched on. (PPP-10593)
[-] Plesk database became inconsistent after users created a domain via API RPC by using protocol version 1.6.2.0 and earlier. (PPP-10582)
[-] (Linux) After upgrading Plesk, users could not log in to it. The following error occurred: “Internal error: Permission denied”. (PPP-10574)
[-] Administrators could not reconfigure the Manage Domain Names button in Tools & Settings > External Services. (PPPM-1734)
[-] (Linux) Files owned by Apache could not be backed up by the pleskbackup command-line tool. (PPP-10543)
[-] (Linux) Roundcube could not connect to the database on Plesk installations cloned with the option “-prepare-public-image”. (PPP-10539)
[-] (Linux) Plesk upgrade via old versionless templates (psa-kav8 depends: psa-kav8-multiarch) failed on Ubuntu 12.04. (PPP-10516)
[-] Search and sorting of applications by category did not work in the applications catalog. (PPPM-1728)
[-] (Linux) On Ubuntu 14.04 with enabled Watchdog, MySQL service failed to start after a server was restarted. (PPP-10488)
[-] (Linux) On 32-bit Ubuntu 14.04, administrators could not use Plesk health monitor. The following error occurred: “This RRD was created on another architecture”. (PPP-10486)
[-] (Linux) Even if greylisting was switched off for a domain, it remained switched on for a domain alias. (PPP-10465, PPPM-759)
[-] (Linux) After migrating from Plesk 11.0 to Plesk 12, mailing list administrators received a notification with a wrong password. (PPP-10375, PPPM-1691)
[-] Resellers could not set up web hosting for domains if they were not granted the “Common PHP settings management” permission. (PPPM-794)
[-] (Windows) Scheduled backup could fail with the “File exists” error. (PPP-10601)
[-] (Windows) Microsoft SQL Server database tables with varchar/nvarchar/varbinary(MAX) columns could not be migrated from Plesk 8.6. (PPPM-1744)
[-] (Windows) The reconfigurator utility crashed while repairing the security settings of virtual hosts. (PPP-10592)
[-] (Windows) Users could not create sites with Presence Builder if only PHP 5.5 was installed on the server. (PPP-10489)
[-] (Windows) License keys on Plesk for Windows had the Fail2Ban component switched on, although ModSecurity and Fail2Ban are not available on Plesk for Windows installations. (PPPM-1721)
We’ve always strived to keep Plesk visually modern and pleasant for users, so we have created a new additional skin for Plesk 12. We would love to hear your opinion on this skin, as we’re evaluating it as a possible replacement for current default Plesk skin.
Please go to this page and participate in our survey – http://surveymonkey.com/s/Plesk12-new-skin
Thank you for cooperation!
The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 2.5.22. This is a maintenance release for the 2.5 series of the Joomla! CMS addressing a fatal error introduced into the contact form in the 2.5.21 release yesterday.
The update process is very simple, and complete instructions are available here. Note that there are now easier and better ways of updating than copying the files with FTP.
Download
New Installations: Click here to download Joomla 2.5.22 (Full package) »
Update Package: Click here to download Joomla 2.5.22 (Update package) »
Note: Please read the update instructions before updating.
Instructions
*Please clear your browser’s cache after upgrading
Want to test drive Joomla? Try the online demo. Documentation is available for beginners.
Release Notes
Check the Joomla 2.5.22 Post-Release FAQs to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.
Statistics for the 2.5.22 release period
- 2 tracker issues fixed
How can you help Joomla! development?
There are a variety of ways in which you can get actively involved with Joomla! It doesn’t matter if you are a coder, an integrator, or merely a user of Joomla!. You can contact the Joomla! Community Development Manager, David Hurley, to get more information, or if you are ready you can jump right into the Joomla! Bug Squad.
The Joomla! Bug Squad is one of the most active teams in the Joomla! development process and is always looking for people (not just developers) that can help with sorting bug reports, coding patches and testing solutions. It’s a great way for increasing your working knowledge of Joomla!, and also a great way to meet new people from all around the world.
If you are interested, please read about us on the Joomla! Documentation Wiki and, if you wish to join, email Mark Dexter or Nick Savov, our Bug Squad co-coordinators.
You can also help Joomla! development by thanking those involved in the many areas of the process. In the past year, for example, over 1,000 bugs have been fixed by the Bug Squad.
Contributors
Thank you to the code contributors and active Bug Squad members that created and tested this release:
Abd Al-Mageed Suckar, Achal Aggarwal, Angel Toribio, Bastian W, Ben Tasker, Benjamin Trenkle, Bernard Saulme, Brian Teeman, Camden Narzt, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Chris Davenport, Christopher Masters, Daniel Sloof, David Jardin, Dennis Hermacki, Edwin Cheront, Elijah Madden, Florian Dal Fitto, George Wilson, Hannes Papenberg, Hans Kuijpers, Håvard Kristoffersen, Izhar Aazmi, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jelle Kok, Jisse Reitsma, Juelis Junior, Jurian Even, Klas Berlič, Kristijan Zivcec, Leo Lammerink, Marcel van Beelen, Marco Richter, Matt Thomas, Michael Babker, Nha Bui, Nicholas Dionysopoulos, Nick Savov, Niels van der Veer, Ove Eriksson, Ozan Ozkan, Patrick Alt, Peter Lose, Peter van Westen, Peter Wiseman, Piotr Mocko, Pruteanu Alexandru, Richard McDaniel, Robert Deutz, Roberto Segura, Roelf Pringle, Roland Dalmulder, Sebastien Heraud, Sergey Gribinichenko, Sergio Manzi, Seyi Awofadeju, Simon Asika, Stefania Gaianigo, Stefano Storti, Thomas Hunziker, Thomas Jackson, Tobias Zulauf, Todor Iliev, Valentin Despa, Viktor Vogel.
Joomla! Bug Squad
Thank you to the Joomla! Bug Squad for their dedicated efforts investigating reports, fixing problems, and applying patches to Joomla. If you find a bug in Joomla!, please report it on the Joomla! CMS Issue Tracker.
Active members of the Joomla! Bug Squad during past 3 months include: Achal Aggarwal, Andrea Zagli, Anibal Sanchez, Beat , Benjamin Trenkle, Brad Markle, Brian Teeman, Chris Davenport, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Dan Walker, David Jardin, Demis Palma, Dennis Hermacki, Dimitris Grammatikos, Elijah Madden, George Wilson, Hans Kuijpers, Hugo Avila, Itamar Elharar, Jean-Marie Simonet, jelle kok, Jurian Even, Lara Petersen, Leo Lammerink, Marc Antoine Thevenet, Marcel van Beelen, Marco Richter, Matt Thomas, Michael Babker, Mikhail M, Mohamed Infaz, Nick Savov, Niels van der Veer, Peter Lose, Peter Martin, Peter Wiseman, Piotr Mocko, Robert Gastaud, Roberto Segura, Roland Dalmulder, Sander Potjer, Sergio Manzi, Stefania Gaianigo, Thomas Hunziker, Thomas Jackson, Tobias Zulauf, Todor Iliev, Tom Hutchison, Valentin Despa, Viktor Vogel.
Bug Squad Leadership: Mark Dexter and Nick Savov, Co-Coordinators.
Joomla! Security Strike Team
A big thanks to the Joomla! Security Strike Team for their ongoing work to keep Joomla! secure. Members include: Airton Torres, Alan Langford, Beat, Bill Richardson, Claire Mandville, David Hurley, Don Gilbert, Gary Brooks, Jason Kendall, Javier Gomez, Jean-Marie Simonet, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Boos, Mark Dexter, Matias Griese, Michael Babker, Nick Savov, Pushapraj Sharma, Roberto Segura, Rouven Weßling, Thomas Hunziker.
The Joomla! Project and the Production Leadership Team are proud to announce the release of Joomla! 3.3.1. This is a maintenance release for the 3.x series of the Joomla! CMS.
If you are currently running a Joomla! release on a server with PHP 5.3.10 or later, we encourage you to update immediately to Joomla! 3.3.1 via either the one-click update or the update downloads available at http://www.joomla.org/download.html.
Note that in order to update directly to 3.3.1 via the core update component, you must be running 3.2.2 or later due to the raised minimum supported PHP version and the update system not supporting checking the server’s PHP version in older releases. Older 3.x releases will be prompted to update to 3.2.4 before being presented the 3.3.1 update.
The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 2.5.21. This is a maintenance release for the 2.5 series of the Joomla! CMS.
The update process is very simple, and complete instructions are available here. Note that there are now easier and better ways of updating than copying the files with FTP.
Download
New Installations: Click here to download Joomla 2.5.21 (Full package) »
Update Package: Click here to download Joomla 2.5.21 (Update package) »
Note: Please read the update instructions before updating.
Instructions
*Please clear your browser’s cache after upgrading
Want to test drive Joomla? Try the online demo. Documentation is available for beginners.
Release Notes
Check the Joomla 2.5.21 Post-Release FAQs to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.
Statistics for the 2.5.21 release period
- 5 tracker issues fixed
See http://developer.joomla.org/version-2-5-21-release-notes.html for details of the tracker items fixed.
How can you help Joomla! development?
There are a variety of ways in which you can get actively involved with Joomla! It doesn’t matter if you are a coder, an integrator, or merely a user of Joomla!. You can contact the Joomla! Community Development Manager, David Hurley, to get more information, or if you are ready you can jump right into the Joomla! Bug Squad.
The Joomla! Bug Squad is one of the most active teams in the Joomla! development process and is always looking for people (not just developers) that can help with sorting bug reports, coding patches and testing solutions. It’s a great way for increasing your working knowledge of Joomla!, and also a great way to meet new people from all around the world.
If you are interested, please read about us on the Joomla! Documentation Wiki and, if you wish to join, email Mark Dexter or Nick Savov, our Bug Squad co-coordinators.
You can also help Joomla! development by thanking those involved in the many areas of the process. In the past year, for example, over 1,000 bugs have been fixed by the Bug Squad.
Contributors
Thank you to the code contributors and active Bug Squad members that created and tested this release:
Abd Al-Mageed Suckar, Achal Aggarwal, Angel Toribio, Bastian W, Ben Tasker, Benjamin Trenkle, Bernard Saulme, Brian Teeman, Camden Narzt, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Chris Davenport, Christopher Masters, Daniel Sloof, David Jardin, Dennis Hermacki, Edwin Cheront, Elijah Madden, Florian Dal Fitto, George Wilson, Hannes Papenberg, Hans Kuijpers, Håvard Kristoffersen, Izhar Aazmi, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jelle Kok, Jisse Reitsma, Juelis Junior, Jurian Even, Klas Berlič, Kristijan Zivcec, Leo Lammerink, Marcel van Beelen, Marco Richter, Matt Thomas, Michael Babker, Nha Bui, Nicholas Dionysopoulos, Nick Savov, Niels van der Veer, Ove Eriksson, Ozan Ozkan, Patrick Alt, Peter Lose, Peter van Westen, Peter Wiseman, Piotr Mocko, Pruteanu Alexandru, Richard McDaniel, Robert Deutz, Roberto Segura, Roelf Pringle, Roland Dalmulder, Sebastien Heraud, Sergey Gribinichenko, Sergio Manzi, Seyi Awofadeju, Simon Asika, Stefania Gaianigo, Stefano Storti, Thomas Hunziker, Thomas Jackson, Tobias Zulauf, Todor Iliev, Valentin Despa, Viktor Vogel.
Joomla! Bug Squad
Thank you to the Joomla! Bug Squad for their dedicated efforts investigating reports, fixing problems, and applying patches to Joomla. If you find a bug in Joomla!, please report it on the Joomla! CMS Issue Tracker.
Active members of the Joomla! Bug Squad during past 3 months include: Achal Aggarwal, Andrea Zagli, Anibal Sanchez, Beat , Benjamin Trenkle, Brad Markle, Brian Teeman, Chris Davenport, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Dan Walker, David Jardin, Demis Palma, Dennis Hermacki, Dimitris Grammatikos, Elijah Madden, George Wilson, Hans Kuijpers, Hugo Avila, Itamar Elharar, Jean-Marie Simonet, jelle kok, Jurian Even, Lara Petersen, Leo Lammerink, Marc Antoine Thevenet, Marcel van Beelen, Marco Richter, Matt Thomas, Michael Babker, Mikhail M, Mohamed Infaz, Nick Savov, Niels van der Veer, Peter Lose, Peter Martin, Peter Wiseman, Piotr Mocko, Robert Gastaud, Roberto Segura, Roland Dalmulder, Sander Potjer, Sergio Manzi, Stefania Gaianigo, Thomas Hunziker, Thomas Jackson, Tobias Zulauf, Todor Iliev, Tom Hutchison, Valentin Despa, Viktor Vogel.
Bug Squad Leadership: Mark Dexter and Nick Savov, Co-Coordinators.
Joomla! Security Strike Team
A big thanks to the Joomla! Security Strike Team for their ongoing work to keep Joomla! secure. Members include: Airton Torres, Alan Langford, Beat, Bill Richardson, Claire Mandville, David Hurley, Don Gilbert, Gary Brooks, Jason Kendall, Javier Gomez, Jean-Marie Simonet, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Boos, Mark Dexter, Matias Griese, Michael Babker, Nick Savov, Pushapraj Sharma, Roberto Segura, Rouven Weßling, Thomas Hunziker.
Linux kernel futex local privilege escalation (CVE-2014-3153)
Dear Plesk users! If you run Plesk on PVC/PCS – make sure you have it upgraded to the latest version, see corresponding KB articles:
The following issue was resolved:
[-] Users created in WHMCS could not log in to Plesk. (PPP-9934, PPPM-1698)
Happy IPv6 Launchiversary: We’ve Got You Covered with Parallels Plesk
Global IPv6 traffic has grown more than 500% since World IPv6 Launch on June 6, 2012. This year – the 2nd “Launchiversary” – marks the fourth straight year IPv6 use has doubled, according to the Internet Society who organized the effort and reports on IPv6 deployment. According to their findings, if current trends continue, more than half of all internet users will be IPv6-connected in less than four years.
Since early 2011, Parallels Plesk has provided full IPv6 support. We understood what was coming and worked diligently to ensure Plesk would continue to be at the forefront in providing what you need to serve customers. We’ve got you covered.
Let’s review where we are, and what got us here…
The June issue of the Joomla Community Magazine is here! Our stories this month:
Editors Introduction
Why do YOU support Joomla!?, by Dianne Henning
Feature Stories
European Community Leadership Summit – Berlin, Germany, by Ruth Cheesley
Project News
Leadership Highlights June 2014, by Marijke Stuivenberg
Events
Roundup from JUG Corner – May 2014, by Ruth Cheesley
Google Summer of Code
No Silver Bullet – Fail Proof Systems, by Achal Aggarwal
GSOC14 MVC Project, by George Wilson
Joomla! Semantics (Microdata, RDFa), by Alexandru Pruteanu
Developers
Using Joomla to Make Joomla! Starting with JDatabase, by Pedro F. Vidal Lopez
Sitebuilders
Using SobiPro as a CCK, by Dennis Kmetz
Building Joomla! Web Help Systems – Part 3, by Matt Majeske
International Stories
Français
Citius Altius Fortius
Créer facilement son site avec Joomla! (partie 1)
Introduction au développement de plugin
Les améliorations de JLayout pour Joomla! 3.2
Astuces SEO pour migration – Partie 2
Spanish
Ventajas de conseguir extensiones de Joomla piratas
Canales, divisiones, y la muerte de la “Página Web”
Monitorización de sitios web, copias de seguridad…
Hola ¿Qué hay de nuevo?
In our next issue
We want to publish your Joomla! story in the next JCM issue! So take a look at our Author Resources content to get a better idea of what we are looking for, and then register to become a JCM author and submit your Joomla! story!
The following issues have been resolved:
[-] Plesk Updates are not installed automatically if debug option was enabled in panel.ini (PPPM-1667)
[-] Mail notifications about resource overuse did not show a list of overused resources. (PPPM-869)
[-] (Windows) Older database backups were transferred to the destination server instead of the actual database. ( PPPM-1593)
[-] (Windows) Mail content was not migrated from Plesk and SmarterMail 7.6.
[-] (Windows) SMTP traffic was incorrectly calculated on installations with SmarterMail. (PPPM-1624)
[-] (Windows) Upgrade from older Plesk fails if mysql option innodb_log_file_size was changed in my.cnf for admin MySQL server. (PPPM-1646)
[-] (Linux) The repair utility failed to restore vhost permissions when it was executed with the –restore-vhosts-permissions option (/usr/local/psa/bin/repair –restore-vhosts-permissions). (PPPM-1399)
[-] (Linux) Watchdog 2.03 could not start after a server was restarted. (PPPM-1311)
[-] (Linux) A number of files were missing in Update 26 for CloudLinux 5/6 x32/x64.
What’s Changed
[+] Providers can change IP addresses of service nodes by means of the command-line utility ppa.ip_address.
[+] The script for deployment of PPA in Parallels Cloud Server now supports deployment of billing service nodes.
[+] After upgrading PPA or moving subscriptions among service nodes, providers can check whether the essential hosting services are operating properly by running the new utility ppa.hosting_check.
[+] Webspaces on CloudLinux nodes are now restricted by their own LVEs. This ensures that a single website will not overload the entire web server. Users who already had installed CloudLinux, should do the following after installing Update #5: go to Service Nodes > <CloudLinux node>, and click Refresh in the User-installed packages group.
[+] Providers can now hide tabs in the Customer Panel, in particular, the Home and Support tabs. Note: It is impossible to hide the Home tab in Customer Panel if PPA is integrated with Parallels Plesk Automation Billing.
[+] SSL certificates purchased in Parallels Plesk Automation Billing are now provisioned to domains.
[+] With this update we start issuing the clues to the most commonly asked questions, which will be visible in the provider panel. The clues will be issued in the form of ZIP file and loaded into the panel by the /usr/local/ppa/bin/helpbox utility. If you would like to update the contents of a Help box on a particular screen, you can do it by clicking the Edit Help box icon in the upper right corner of the page, next to the Refresh icon. If you do not need them, they can be removed by the command /usr/local/ppa/bin/helpbox –clean.
[*] Domain names listed in Customer Panel > Webspaces tab are now sorted by domain name.
[*] The tool /usr/local/ppa/bin/ppa_update was extended with the new command-line option –history to show a report about installed PPA upgrades and updates.
[-] Administrators could not add external Linux-based mail servers. The task “Install additional packages on the node ‘<node>’ according to the role PPA_EXTERNAL_MAIL” failed. (PPA-1173)
[-] Users could not log in to Customer Panel under staff member accounts. The following error occurred: “The user is either locked or is not allowed to log in.” (PPA-164)
[-] A user who was granted access to one webspace could see the list of all webspaces of a subscription. (PPA-1052)
[-] Upgrade could fail if the /tmp partition on a service node was mounted with the “noexec” option. (PPA-993)
[-] On attempting to create subscriptions on Windows-based nodes, users encountered errors related to IP addresses. (PPA-988)
[-] Configurable options for WHMCS where not created automatically. (PPA-987)
[-] DNS service failed to start if there were incorrect resource records in a zone. (PPA-955)
[-] The log file /var/log/poa.log was not rotated and it consumed disk space on service nodes. (PPA-952)
[-] Users could not deploy PPA in PCS using the deployment script if some containers in PCS were configured without the SWAPPAGES parameter. (PPA-950)
[-] The wget utility was not installed automatically on backup service nodes. (PPA-907)
[-] After customers set hosting type for webspaces to “forwarding” or “no hosting”, they could no longer change the resource limits for their subscriptions. (PPA-875)
[-] After executing scheduled backups, domains were not unsuspended, and mail notifications related to backups were not sent to users. (PPA-850)
[-] The operation of billing service nodes could be disrupted after Apache error log consumed all available disk space. (PPA-830)
[-] Customers could not add billing service nodes on volumes created with Logical Volume Manager (LVM). (PPA-807)
[-] Customers could not add billing service nodes because of errors related to conflicting packages. (PPA-611)
[-] Customers were shown an unclear error message when they added Microsoft SQL Server nodes with already installed Microsoft SQL Server. (PPA-773)
[-] Restoration of WordPress sites from backups could fail in some cases. (PPA-758)
[-] Users could not add service nodes on CentOS 6.5 because of the default firewall settings that prohibited connections to port 8356. (PPA-610)
[-] License keys for Dr.Web antivirus could not be automatically updated. (PPA-474)
[-] Access permissions for website files were incorrectly set after restoration. (PPA-411)
[-] FTP user permissions were not saved in backups. (PPA-410)
[-] Providers could not disable access to File Manager from the Customer Panel. (PPA-162)
Migration and Migration Tools
[+] Providers can continue using their existing database servers after migration to PPA from other platforms. Learn more.[*] The performance and stability of the migration tool were improved.
[*] During migration from H-Sphere, the migration tool now checks whether connection between a source and a destination server can be established and whether there is enough free disk space.
[*] The ppa-transfer test-all command now checks whether MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server databases were properly migrated.
[-] In some cases, after migration, databases could be provisioned to the management node, and mail services were pointing to the source server. (PPA-1046)
[-] In some cases, the settings of virtual directories could not be migrated, which could make websites inoperable. (PPA-1041, PPA-1027)
[-] The contents of mail accounts could not be transferred from H-Sphere installations with a large number of domains. (PPA-1150)
[-] Subscriptions could not be migrated to PPA if their owners’ usernames started with a digit. (PPA-1090)
Parallels Plesk Automation Billing 11.5.5
[+] SSL Certificates Provisioning.Now SSL certificates can be provided via PPAB:
The SSL related modules are installed automatically during PPAB node deployment or upgrade, including the plug-ins to the SSL providers:
eNom
GlobalSign
OpenSRS
SSL Store
The initial settings for SSL purchase scenarios in store are configured automatically during installation:
SSL Plan Category
SSL certificates screen
The SSL plug-ins are configured manually with the two-step wizard under System > Settings > Certificates.
The SSL Certificate Service Plans are configured manually with the wizard under Products > Service Plans.
The up-sell chains for SSL certificates in online store are also configured automatically. When you create a new SSL certificate service plan and publish it in the Online Store via the wizard, PPAB automatically sets up SSL certificate as an up-sell option for domains and shared hosting plans sold within the same purchase scenarios. This ensures correct provisioning of the whole service and this also enables you to set up the up-sell promotions.
[+] Now, when a cancellation order is placed from Provider Control Panel, the payment method for the refund can be selected right away, at the same screen with the cancellation order details.
[+] New gTLDs are supported by eNom and OpenSRS plug-ins. These new gTLDs are added to the plug-ins default configuration:
ACADEMY
BUILDERS
CAB
CAMP
CAREERS
CENTER
CEO
COMPANY
COMPUTER
DIAMONDS
DOMAINS
EDUCATION
ENTERPRISES
GLASS
INSTITUTE
LIMO
MANAGEMENT
MENU
PHOTOS
RECIPES
REPAIR
SEXY
SHOES
SOLUTIONS
SUPPORT
TATTOO
TIPS
TRAINING
UNO
VOYAGE
[*] Improved error reporting for failed order provisioning. The link to the problem report and to the related Knowledgebase article (if any) is now shown in the error message that is shown if order provisioning fails.
[*] The TLDs selection screen used for the domain registrar plug-ins configuration has been optimized:
The available TLDs shown on the screen can be filtered by groups. Such as, top-level, second-level, Asia, Australia, Europe. This reduces the number of TLDs shown at the same time and improves the screen performance.
TLDs Selection has been redesigned. Now the TLDs are shown as two lists: one list contains the available TLDs, another one – the selected ones. The TLDs are selected simply by moving them from one list to another.
[*] The format for documents numbering can now be configured using a new functionality called enumerator classes.
Enumerator classes allow defining the format of the reference numbers assigned to orders and AR documents.
Enumerator classes are configured under System > Settings > More Finance Settings. It is not possible to add a new enumerators or delete the existing ones. It is only possible to edit the numbering format.
[*] CentOS 6.4 and RHEL 6.4 are not supported starting from version 11.5.5. Before upgrading PPAB to version 11.5.5, the OS must be upgraded to CentOS 6.5 (or RHEL 6.5).
[-] PPAB installation failed. The task “Install PA agent” failed with the error: “Multilib version problems”. CentOS and RHEL 6.4 are not supported starting from 5.7.5 – this is reflected in PPA Deployment guide and in PPAB Release Notes. (PBA-56370)
[-] A one-time fee service plan could not be purchased from Customer Control Panel. The error “Select Account first” occurred. (PBA-55869)
[-] The implicit date timezone in PHP caused Billing node inoperability. Previously the Apache error log was flooded with the errors like “PHP Warning: strftime(): It is not safe to rely on the system’s timezone settings…” due to wrong configuration of PHP. (PBA-55423)
[-] It was not possible to add a service node with the Billing role using a server with Logical Volume Manager (LVM) volumes. (PBA-55298)
[-] There were no upgrade paths between Bronze/Silver/Gold service plans. Traffic was non-measurable and its units of measure should be GB instead of KB. The configuration of the default service plans has been improved. Now the plans are organized into upgrade path Bronze > Silver > Gold, additional traffic is measured in GB instead of KB. (PBA-55031)
[-] PPAB could not be installed on CentOS 6 because of conflicting packages. (PBA-54749)
[-] Web hosting was configured with an IDN in wrong encoding and the domain name was shown incorrectly in Customer Control Panel. (PBA-54479)
[-] PPAB sent notification that the private key was not loaded even if encryption was not configured at all. Now notifications are sent only if encryption is configured correctly but the keys are missing. (PBA-51932)
The following improvements have been made:
[*] Security improvements. (PPPM-1636)
[*] Ukrainian locale was updated.
The following issues have been resolved:
[-] The SuspendHandlerRunner.php script did not suspend domains.
[-] Wrong dates were set in email messages after migration or restoration of backups on servers with SmarterMail. (PPPM-1189)
[-] (Linux) Mailbox quota was periodically reset to unlimited. (PPPM-1603)
[-] (Linux) Disk usage statistics for primary domains showed zeroes if there were addon domains. (PPPM-1493)
[-] (Windows) Unable to migrate mail messages from Plesk 8.x to Plesk 11.5. (PPPM-1643)
[-] (Windows) Daily registry backup was not in Windows Registry format.
[-] (Windows) Users were unable to remove mailboxes if a local MySQL server was added by IP address, not by localhost. (PPPM-988)
After three weeks and more than 9 million downloads of WordPress 3.9, we’re pleased to announce that WordPress 3.9.1 is now available. This maintenance release fixes 34 bugs in 3.9, including numerous fixes for multisite networks, customizing widgets while previewing themes, and the updated visual editor. We’ve also made some improvements to the new audio/video […]
The May issue of the Joomla Community Magazine is here! Our stories this month:
Editors Introduction
Celebrate the First Year of the Spanish JCM!, by Alice Grevet
Feature Stories
Tracking the Trends of Joomla, by Helvecio da Silva
Welcome Sarah Watz, New OSM President, by Dianne Henning
Project News
Leadership Highlights May 2014, by Marijke Stuivenberg
Roundup from JUG Corner – April 2014, by Ruth Cheesley
Developers
Introduction to Plugin Development for Site Builders, by Tim Plummer
Joomla JavaScript Dependency Management, by Ashan Fernando
Events
J and Beyond 2014, by Dianne Henning
Sitebuilders
Why Every Joomla Sitebuilder Should Learn Plugin Development, by Ray Lawlor
Migration SEO Tips Series – Part 2 – Monitoring Your Migrated Site’s Health, by Ruth Cheesley
Administrators
Channels, Chunks, and the Death of the “Web Page”, by Randy Carey
Google Summer of Code
SQL Optimization Project for Joomla CMS, by Nadeeshaan
Project: JIssues Tracker, by Zehan Zhao
Web Driver System Test of Joomla! CMS, by Kshitij Sharma
GSoC 2014: Managing Date and Time, by Tomasz Hanc
Help Wanted
Wordpress to Joomla (WP2J) Documentation – Help Wanted!, by Peter Martin
International Stories
Français
Joomladay France 2014 et l’atelier découvrir Joomla
JFBConnect : Faites-en plus avec les Réseaux Sociaux
Pratique du développement (épisode 3) : projet et IDE
Joomla! World Conference – 2014
Analyser les erreurs…
Série : Astuces SEO pour migration – Partie 1…
Joomla! 3.3, Joomla! 3.4 et la nouvelle feuille de route Joomla!
Italian
Joomla Google Summer of Code 2014
Portuguese
Migração complexa de Joomla! 1.5 em seis minutos
Spanish
Cómo aplicar los metadatos en Joomla de forma correcta
5 claves para confiar en nuestros respaldos
Yo quiero WordPress!!
Como ocultar articulos que no se pueden editar en el backend
Truco del Mes: Mayo 2014
10 consejos para obtener un sitio web rápido con Joomla!
CCKs & Microdatos una combinación explosiva
In our next issue
We want to publish your Joomla! story in the next JCM issue! So take a look at our Author Resources content to get a better idea of what we are looking for, and then register to become a JCM author and submit your Joomla! story!
The Joomla! Project and the Production Leadership Team are proud to announce the release of Joomla! 3.2.4 and 3.3, the latest releases of the 3.x release series.
If you are currently running Joomla! 3.2 on a server with PHP 5.3.10 or later, we encourage you to update immediately to Joomla! 3.3 via either the one-click update or the update downloads available at http://www.joomla.org/download.html. For sites on servers with a version of PHP less than 5.3.10, 3.2.4 is the release for you. However, please talk to your host about updating to PHP 5.3.10+, which is easy to do. For other versions of the 3.x series, applying the update is recommended as soon as possible.
Note that in order to update directly to 3.3 via the core update component, you must be running 3.2.2 or later due to the raised minimum supported PHP version and the update system not supporting checking the server’s PHP version in older releases. Older 3.x releases will be prompted to update to 3.2.4 before being presented the 3.3 update.
The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 2.5.20.
The update process is very simple, and complete instructions are available here. Note that there are now easier and better ways of updating than copying the files with FTP.
Download
New Installations: Click here to download Joomla 2.5.20 (Full package) »
Update Package: Click here to download Joomla 2.5.20 (Update package) »
Note: Please read the update instructions before updating.
Instructions
*Please clear your browser’s cache after upgrading
Want to test drive Joomla? Try the online demo. Documentation is available for beginners.
Release Notes
Check the Joomla 2.5.20 Post-Release FAQs to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.
Statistics for the 2.5.20 release period
- 5 tracker issues fixed
See http://developer.joomla.org/version-2-5-20-release-notes.html for details of the tracker items fixed.
How can you help Joomla! development?
There are a variety of ways in which you can get actively involved with Joomla! It doesn’t matter if you are a coder, an integrator, or merely a user of Joomla!. You can contact the Joomla! Community Development Manager, David Hurley, to get more information, or if you are ready you can jump right into the Joomla! Bug Squad.
The Joomla! Bug Squad is one of the most active teams in the Joomla! development process and is always looking for people (not just developers) that can help with sorting bug reports, coding patches and testing solutions. It’s a great way for increasing your working knowledge of Joomla!, and also a great way to meet new people from all around the world.
If you are interested, please read about us on the Joomla! Documentation Wiki and, if you wish to join, email Mark Dexter or Nick Savov, our Bug Squad co-coordinators.
You can also help Joomla! development by thanking those involved in the many areas of the process. In the past year, for example, over 1,000 bugs have been fixed by the Bug Squad.
Contributors
Thank you to the code contributors and active Bug Squad members that created and tested this release:
Achal Aggarwal, Allessandro Rossi, Alexandru Pruteanu, Andrea Zagli, Andrew Nester, Anibal Sanchez, Brad Markle, Brian Teeman, Carles Serrats, Chris Davenport, Constantin Romankiewicz, Dan Walker, David Hjelm, David Jardin, Demis Palma, Denise McLaurin, Dimitris Grammatikos, Edwin Cheront, Elijah Madden, Fiona Coulter, George Wilson, Hannes Papenberg, Hugo Avila, Itamar Elharar, Javier Gomez, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jurian Even, Kshitij Sharma, Lara Petersen, Marc Antoine Thevenet, Marco Richter, Mark Dexter, Marko Đedović, Matt Thomas, Michael Babker, Mohamed Infaz, Nikolai Plath, Peter Lose, Peter Martin, R Rajoz, René Alain Erichsen, Reinhard Hiebl, Robert Gastaud, Roberto Segura, Roland Dalmulder, Sander Potjer, Sebastian Hopfe, Stefania Gaianigo, Simon Asika, Thomas Hunziker, Tino Brackebusch, Tobias Zulauf, Valentin Despa, Viktor Vogel.
Joomla! Bug Squad
Thank you to the Joomla! Bug Squad for their dedicated efforts investigating reports, fixing problems, and applying patches to Joomla. If you find a bug in Joomla!, please report it on the Joomla! CMS Issue Tracker.
Active members of the Joomla! Bug Squad during past 3 months include: Achal Aggarwal, Adam Przybylski, Alexandru Pruteanu, Andrea Zagli, Andrew Nester, Anibal Sanchez, Ben Charlton, Ben Griffin, Benjamin Trenkle, Brad Markle, Brian Teeman, Chris Davenport, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Constantin Romankiewicz, Cyril Rezé, Dan Walker, Daniel Dimitrov, David Jardin, Demis Palma, Denise McLaurin, Dennis Hermacki, Dimitris Grammatikos, Edwin Cheront, Elijah Madden, Fedik Zinchuk, Gary Mort, George Wilson, Hannes Papenberg, Hugo Avila, Itamar Elharar, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jurian Even, Kevin Griffiths, Lara Petersen, Marc Antoine Thevenet, Marco Richter, Marko Đedović, Matias Aguirre, Matt Thomas, Michael Babker, Mohamed Infaz, Nikolai Plath, Peter Lose, Peter Martin, Peter van Westen, Peter Wiseman, Piotr Mocko, Robert Deutz, Robert Gastaud, Roberto Segura, Roland Dalmulder, Sander Potjer, Stefania Gaianigo, Thomas Hunziker, Tino Brackebusch, Tobias Zulauf, Todor Iliev, Toivo Talikka, Valentin Despa, Viktor Vogel.
Bug Squad Leadership: Mark Dexter and Nick Savov, Co-Coordinators.
Joomla! Security Strike Team
A big thanks to the Joomla! Security Strike Team for their ongoing work to keep Joomla! secure. Members include: Airton Torres, Alan Langford, Beat, Bill Richardson, Claire Mandville, David Hurley, Don Gilbert, Gary Brooks, Jason Kendall, Javier Gomez, Jean-Marie Simonet, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Boos, Mark Dexter, Matias Griese, Michael Babker, Nick Savov, Pushapraj Sharma, Roberto Segura, Rouven Weßling, Thomas Hunziker.
The following issue was resolved:
[-] Potential minor security vulnerability was eliminated. Refer to the following KB articles for more information: http://kb.parallels.com/121310 (PPPM-1609)
[-] Potential minor security vulnerability was eliminated. Refer to the following KB articles for more information: http://kb.parallels.com/121310 (PPPM-1608)
The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce the availability of the Joomla! 3.3 Release Candidate. Community members are asked to download and install the package in order to provide quality assurance for the forthcoming 3.3 release, which is scheduled for release on or around April 30th, 2014.
A big thank you goes out to everyone that contributed to the 3.3 release! Joomla! 3.3 will be our most stable release ever. Right now we’re at about 395 commits since 3.2.3’s release with 44 different people contributing to those commits (not including testers and other non-coding activities). Best of all is that the new features are awesome!
The 3.x release series is the latest major release of the Joomla! CMS, with 3.3 the fourth release in this series. Please note that going from 3.2 to 3.3 is a one-click upgrade and is NOT a migration. The same is true is for any subsequent versions in the 3.x series. That being said, please do not upgrade any of your production sites to the release candidate as it is ONLY intended for testing.
[-] (Linux) Backups on FTP repositories were created in the wrong format after administrators installed update #39. (PPPM-1570)
[-] (Linux) Migration manager failed to select domains by ‘displayName’. (PPPM-83)
[-] Administrators could not restore Microsoft SQL Server databases. (PPPM-1572)
[-] Administrators could not create subdomains on IDN domains via API-RPC. (PPPM-823)
The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla! 3.3 Beta 3. Community members are asked to download and install the package in order to provide quality assurance for the forthcoming 3.3 release, which is scheduled for release on or around April 30th, 2014.
A big thank you goes out to everyone that contributed to the 3.3 release! Joomla! 3.3 will be our most stable release ever. Right now we’re at about 380 commits since 3.2.3’s release with 41 different people contributing to those commits (not including testers and other non-coding activities). Best of all is that the new features are awesome!
The 3.x release series is the latest major release of the Joomla! CMS, with 3.3 the fourth standard-term support release in this series. Please note that going from 3.2 to 3.3 is a one-click upgrade and is NOT a migration. The same is true is for any subsequent versions in the 3.x series. That being said, please do not upgrade any of your production sites to the beta version as beta is ONLY intended for testing and there is no upgrade path from Beta.
Oracle Security Alert for CVE-2014-0160 – 18 April 2014
[*] Security improvements (PPPM-1562)
The following issues were resolved:
[-] (Linux) Backup files rotation did not work for subscription backups. (PPPM-1556)
[-] API did not return the correct information about traffic usage by customers. (PPPM-308)
[-] (Windows) The “Support” link in Tools & Settings did not work properly. (PPPM-1558)
[-] (Windows) Administrators could not migrate IDN domains. (PPPM-83). To resolve this, Migration Manager and Migration Agent should be updated on the source server.
Version 3.9 of WordPress, named “Smith” in honor of jazz organist Jimmy Smith, is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard. This release features a number of refinements that we hope you’ll love. A smoother media editing experience Improved visual editing The updated visual editor has improved speed, accessibility, and mobile support. You can paste into the […]
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory – April 2014
The second release candidate for WordPress 3.9 is now available for testing. If you haven’t tested 3.9 yet, you’re running out of time! We made about five dozen changes since the first release candidate, and those changes are all helpfully summarized in our weekly post on the development blog. Probably the biggest fixes are to live […]
WordPress 3.8.3 is now available to fix a small but unfortunate bug in the WordPress 3.8.2 security release. The “Quick Draft” tool on the dashboard screen was broken in the 3.8.2 update. If you tried to use it, your draft would disappear and it wouldn’t save. While we doubt anyone was writing a novella using […]
The following issue was resolved:
[-] Integration with Key Administrator Partner Central did not work in Plesk 11.5. (PPPM-1552)