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After some busy months (pnMeeting, NOC problems) the PostNuke Foundation is proud to annouce the release of PostNuke .8 RC2.

The release candidate is the current state of the SVN and contains compared to RC1 a lot of bug fixes, a rewritten and simplified categories module and an improved upgrade for users of PostNuke .764.

Downloads

There are 3 packages available:

The core pack contains only the bare system and no content modules. It's supposed to serve as the basis for a new site. So you only have to upload all the modules you personally need.

.zip
.tar.gz

The value addons contain all the content modules from .7x in their latest version fit for .8. So if you need Quotes or FAQ for your site, this is the place to find them.

.zip
.tar.gz

The upgrade pack contains everything you need to update an existing .764 site. It is the core pack and the value addons in one package. Please note: DO NOT UPGRADE YOUR LIVE SITE. This is still not a final release and is not supposed to be used in live enviroments. If you intend to upgrade your site with the final version you should test the upgrade with the RC2 and a local copy of your .764 site.

.zip
.tar.gz

Please test!. The more you test now with the RC2 and the more bugs you report, the less trouble you will have with the final version.

Checksums

MD5 Checksums

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SHA1 Checksums

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Notice

The upgrade will only work for .764 sites. If your site is based on an older version this is the time to start your upgrade. If you have any questions about the update, visit the forums.

There will be no major changes from RC2 to the final release. The RC is bug fix only. If you intend to write modules, themes ASO for PostNuke .8 you can start working with this RC.

Posted by kaffeeringe.de on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 Comments (35) · 3210 Reads

35 Comments so far

(Latest comments )

1. videokid wrote on Dec 12, 2007 at 02:42 PM

Congratulations to the team!!

2. nestormateo wrote on Dec 12, 2007 at 03:16 PM

Congrats too!
I'll finish in this days the Relay module too (0.8 only), and i'm anxious to developr modules with ModuleStudio too icon_wink

3. domo_o wrote on Dec 12, 2007 at 03:49 PM

Thanks a lot for your work.

I'm just a simple user of 0.7 and rediscover the joy of PN these days since I try Pagesetter.

I'm really looking for $NewName to get release with this new content module and plan to start a new test site with this release.

Thanks for again!

4. aperezm wrote on Dec 12, 2007 at 08:08 PM

It's a great new.

Thanks a lot.

We are willing to use it and we wonder if it is already the right time to translate it to catalan.

5. kaffeeringe.de wrote on Dec 12, 2007 at 09:08 PM

Yes. You can start your translation.

6. Abadia wrote on Dec 12, 2007 at 09:17 PM

Congratulations! icon_wink

7. espaan wrote on Dec 13, 2007 at 08:42 AM

Awesome. Thanks once again for all the work.

Let the coding begin...

8. philipp2 wrote on Dec 14, 2007 at 01:40 AM

thank you so much.
thanks thanks thanks
icon_biggrin

9. Wendell wrote on Dec 14, 2007 at 06:40 AM

FYI: The upgrade docs never actually tell you to upload the new files. It seems pretty obvious (and somewhat implied) that you would upload at the end of step 2, but it never comes right out and says it.

10. Wendell wrote on Dec 14, 2007 at 06:56 AM

During execution of the upgrade.php script, I get this message:

Before proceeding please ensure that the following lines exist in config.php

* $pnconfig['dbtabletype'] = 'MyISAM';

* $pnconfig['pconnect'] = '0';

* $pnconfig['temp'] = 'pnTemp';

* $pndebug['pagerendertime'] = 0;

Shouldn't these be:

* $PNConfig['System']['tabletype'] = 'myisam';

* $PNConfig['DBInfo']['default']['pconnect'] = 0;

* $PNConfig['System']['temp'] = 'pnTemp';

* $PNConfig['Debug']['pagerendertime'] = 0;

???

11. Bad_Dude wrote on Dec 14, 2007 at 07:46 AM

Is it safe to use it on a live site yet?

12. Ferretlover wrote on Dec 14, 2007 at 08:45 AM

Thank you so much! As I work on upgrading my site(with a combined retooling of several parts and a new theme) I will be working on ideas of how ScoutSite will utilize all of the parts of PN.

BTW, is there a Changelog? Just to get an idea of what has changed from RC1-RC2.

13. Guite wrote on Dec 14, 2007 at 09:25 AM

Bad_Dude
Is it safe to use it on a live site yet?

Easy answer.
Unless you are a core developer: NO!!!

14. kaffeeringe.de wrote on Dec 14, 2007 at 11:18 AM

@Bad_Dude: What in the sentence "This is still not a final release and is not supposed to be used in live enviroments." don't you understand? icon_biggrin

@Wendell: Thanks for your findings - can you put that into the tracker so it doesn't get lost?

15. Arthens wrote on Dec 14, 2007 at 12:09 PM

@kaffeeringe.de

Is there a page where we can find information about the various translation project and how to help?

16. kaffeeringe.de wrote on Dec 14, 2007 at 01:36 PM

@Arthens: http://noc.postnuke.com/projects/pnlanguages

17. Arthens wrote on Dec 14, 2007 at 02:32 PM

@kaffeeringe.de

Thanks for the link, but this isn't helping a lot. The italian community is almost death... I'll try to ask information there but I'm not so trustful.

18. kaffeeringe.de wrote on Dec 14, 2007 at 02:46 PM

Then be the Italian community yourself. If there's nobody else, you are the maintainer of the translations.

19. Arthens wrote on Dec 14, 2007 at 03:34 PM

Well, the plan was to open an italian support site for PostNuke, but take also the translation project would need a lot of time (and also a really good english knowledge).
I'll think about it if there'll be nobody who could do it.

20. mcp_dk wrote on Dec 14, 2007 at 06:48 PM

When i try to download i get this error:

QuoteForbidden

You don't have permission to access /frs/download.php/1827/PostNuke-0.800-RC2-CORE.zip on this server.
Apache/2.2.0 (Fedora) Server at noc.postnuke.com Port 80

Same with the add-ons and upgrade pack icon_confused

21. Bad_Dude wrote on Dec 14, 2007 at 07:06 PM

@ kaffeeringe.de icon_mad

. Thanks for the heads up....

Keep up the good work fellows. icon_smile

22. xbee wrote on Dec 15, 2007 at 01:51 PM

I'm working on the French translation but some files in the Value addons pack (pnversion) have not the right structure to allow it (as described in the blank module). Where can I send my modifications in order to correct this problem ?

23. mcp_dk wrote on Dec 15, 2007 at 03:09 PM

am i the only one who get a permission denies when trying to download RC2 using the links above?

24. kaffeeringe.de wrote on Dec 15, 2007 at 03:15 PM

@xbee: Bug-Tracker? Or is it not a bug?
@mcp_dk: Could be a conflict with our spam protection. All links work for me. Can you access the NOC?

25. mcp_dk wrote on Dec 15, 2007 at 04:44 PM

when i go to http://noc.postnuke.com i get an Apache testpage.

I have had other danish people try to download and they get same error.

26. mcp_dk wrote on Dec 15, 2007 at 05:01 PM

i now got a friend from Canada to try and he can download fine. Did you block Denmark from the NOC ? icon_rolleyes

27. kaffeeringe.de wrote on Dec 16, 2007 at 10:39 AM

Thanks for your testing. Please tell us, if anything changes. BadBehavioiur blocks IPs that are on a blacklist of spammers. Either there's a problem with these lists or Denmark is the home of spam. icon_biggrin

28. kaffeeringe.de wrote on Dec 16, 2007 at 11:03 AM

I opened a thread for these NOC issues. Maybe we should discuss this there and use the comments only for comments about the RC2

29. larsneo wrote on Dec 16, 2007 at 11:53 AM

@mcp_dk: if using firefox can you try to change the browser's UA via User Agent Switcher? it seems that modsecurity has a false positive for the 'da' locale...

30. mcp_dk wrote on Dec 16, 2007 at 12:18 PM

@larsneo

Yes i use Firefox (in Ubuntu 7.10)

Thanks that did the trick. I switched to IE7 and now it works.

I will pass the info on to the danish community as well.

31. Ferretlover wrote on Dec 17, 2007 at 09:29 PM

Is there a description anywhere on how to make a clone of a PN install to test an update? I would like to test it on a copy of my live DB before I upgrade my live site.

32. Bad_Dude wrote on Dec 17, 2007 at 09:41 PM

@ Ferretlover. Well, get a backup of your live site and make a test directory and a database from that then download the RC2 release and proceed with the upgrade.

33. kaffeeringe.de wrote on Dec 18, 2007 at 01:56 AM

1. Set up xampp or some other Apache/MySQL enviroment
2. copy all files from your ftp to the local webroot
3. backup your DB and insert the backup to the local dbms
4. adjust the config.php to fit your local enviroment

Did I forget anything?

34. marcolinux wrote on Dec 18, 2007 at 12:24 PM

@ Arthens

hi! i've been working at .750 italian translation. i'll help for .80 to. please keep in contact!

bb.

35. Arthens wrote on Dec 19, 2007 at 12:29 PM

@marcolinux

Nice, please contact me at arthens[at]gmail.com (mail o msn) or 107571139 (icq)

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