ResourceSpace Release 4.4

[Dan Huby]

Proudly announcing ResourceSpace version 4.4

It's been a while - releases were put on hold for a short time while
some fundamental changes were being made to the plugin system.

New features include:

http://www.resourcespace.org/download.php

Added config $keyword_relationships_one_way option to allow, for
example, for 'cat' to match 'tiger', but a search for 'tiger' will
exclude 'cat', when 'tiger' has a related keyword 'cat'. This allows
certain searches to become more specific than others, off by default.
Updated the Swedish and German translations.
Added new 'expired resources' report.
Added 'auto save' function when editing. Makes editing easier when
working through a set record by record.
Added resource ID search to advanced search form.
Added next/back browsing to bottom of edit page, as well as top.
Added "Omit field when copying" option which allows certain fields to
be ignored when using the "Copy the data below from resource with ID"
function.
Option to display resource ID in thumbnail in search results.
Added the ability to warn if a particular field is set (e.g. usage
rights) when approving resources.
Minor change to 'request assign' functionality - those that can assign
requests (Ra perm) can see all requests, even if they are configured
as an assignee (Rb perm).
Fixed a problem with tiffs with embedded previews not transformming
correctly.
Added batch transform (rotation only so far, and disabled by default.)
Switched to multibyte mb_strtolower when cleansing strings for
indexing/searching to better support UTF-8 keywords.
Made name/email required fields when requesting a resource as a "non
user" (anonymous access or external share) - without these it's
difficult to respond to the request.
Translation functionality improvements in the shopping basket.
Added mysqli support, off by default.
Added news plugin for displaying news items on home page.
Fix to show rich text (html) fields correctly in infobox hover.
Added a plugin that performs an auto login via the IP restriction
field. If there is a user whose IP restriction matches the current IP,
it will be automatically logged in if the feature has been enabled for
that user.


There's a lot in this release - if I've missed anything major from the
above list please let me know.

Dan

[Dan Huby]

A big thank you to those who have contributed to this release, namely:

Tom Gleason
David Dwiggins
Axel Dörfler
Neil Braddy
Stefan Wild
David White
Tony Prawiro Hadimulyono
Henrik Frizén
David Ehnebuske

...and anyone I've missed from the above, and also the numerous
organisations that have funded the development work.

Dan

[njenney]

Congrats Dan and everyone on another successful release!