Exponential 6.0.6 #

Released 2024-12-17. Tag v6.0.6.

Read this page if you use the admin3 design on phones or tablets, or upgrade from 6.0.5.

In short #

admin3 is reworked after testing on phones and tablets: a modern collapsible sidebar, menus that stay usable, and edit forms that stack. Also new: a default 500 error template, a fix for the online editor under the new design, and ezupdate in the distribution.

Upgrading #

No action needed.

Added #

• The reworked responsive admin design admin3. See The responsive admin design (admin3). (3005038b3a, da51ca71d4, d719150b2d)
• A default template for the 500 server error page, with example texts for users. (f3a1d31c38)

Updated #

• admin3 fixed and finished in many places; the /design menu item is usable again under the new menu. See The responsive admin design (admin3). (4a408e672e, fac956c026, e3c7fad09e, 06afed1d72, 50ca7535a4, 9f5ae59c19, 65f2bad9f8, 9fb63105ea, 306878766a, ae8ca998a1)
• The online editor (TinyMCE) and the jQuery XML field editor work under the new admin design. (9e83074b69)
• The module layer of the kernel changed so that the OwnerChange extension can work. See An extension can replace a kernel module. (9a9ef0c714)
• The legacy copyright text in the admin footer (design/admin/templates/page_copyright.tpl) moved lower on the page, and its evaluation message is split up. (b2c89152de)
• A PHP 8 fix. See PHP 8 support. (21d2c6b4f5)
• The versions in the example SQL data are 6.0.6. (9849b43dfa)
• ezupdate joins the distribution and git_manager is suggested. See What a new installation comes with. (bbf4a020fa, 893c186703)

Not listed above #

2 changes of this release bring no separate user benefit: both are version bookkeeping. Every change of the release (23 in this range) is in the ledger of the root repository.

Related pages #

• Releases before and after: 6.0.5, 6.0.7.
• The story: October 2024, November 2024, December 2024.