domus.Link V1.2 now available

[Brad]

domus.Link v1.2 has been released and with it a number of new
features and enhancements.

Here is the list of new features and enhancements in domus.Link v1.2:

* Updated heyu config file handling to be agnostic and object
oriented. domus.Link will now support a users custom heyu config file
without any additional changes. One caveat is that domus.Link will not
save comments that are placed at the end of a directive line. But,
domus will preserve comments that are on a line by themselves.
Internal implementation does validate directive types to valid heyu
directives by executing the "heyu conflist" command to get the valid
directive list.
* Updated alias to location(floorplan)/type handling. domus.Link will
now dynamically build the alias to location/type map through the
alias edit screens. domus.Link will create a db file called aliasmap
based on these assignments. This precludes the need for the floorplan
file and the floorplan maintenance has been deprecated.

To aid in dynamically creating the floorplan, the location field in
the alias add and edit windows are now editable as well as
dynamically loaded with previously entered locations. When a new heyu
conf with aliases is found and there is no alias map, all items are
assigned to a default location(unknown) and type(other).

The location field IS the edit field for the floorplan items. You
can delete it, but if you haven't removed all references to that
location in all of your aliases, it is dynamically rebuilt from the
current aliases.

The blank space at the bottom of the list is a convenience to have a
blank area to edit a new location. It really doesn't matter as you
can just overwrite the displayed one with a new location and then it
will be added to the alias. Then the list is dynamically regened and
it will be added for selection.

Try changing the location of one of your modules by typing in a new
location that doesn't exist and save it. You'll see it show up on the
alias and now it is available in the list to select as well.

* Added a setup verification for aliases to location/type maps for
help in conversion from previous versions of domus.Link. When
domus.Link V1.2 is entered after installation, the heyu config file is
checked for the previous format for domus.Link. If it finds the
previous style configuration for assignment of location and type, it
will generate a derived alias to location/type map for acceptance. The
user has the option to convert at this point to create the new
aliasmap. If the user does not want to do this at the time, a
"continue" option is available and will load the aliases with the
default location(unknown) and type(other). This is valid for the
session. If no updates are made to the aliases nothing is changed and
it will be rechecked on the next browser session start.
* Added the capability to hide modules from the main home module page.
Useful for not displaying monitoring/trigger based modules. These
modules will still be displayed in their appropriate type sections.
Use "hide/show" in the alias view actions column.
* Deprecated the db file "modules". This is now done dynamically when
editing aliases. The command "heyu modlist" is executed to get the
valid module type values when needed.
* The db distribution directory is now empty. It is provided only to
get the directory structure as no files need to be provided for
installation.
* Fixed error with popup when displaying extended option info in the
timer view. Popup would inadvertantly display a previous items values
plus it's own value.
* Updated all file handling to be objectified. This provides a
framework for all the config/sched types to be handled by their
respective classes. File handling was moved to the object base class
elementfile.class.php.
* Deprecated miscelaneous functions due to objectification of aliases.
* Updated heyu config file editing to only show directives applicable
to heyu execution. Other directive types are not shown as to cleanup
the heyu conf edit screen. There is no impact to the other directives.
* Updated progress bar handling to be generic. Progress bar javascript
is now in the javascript directory and not embedded.
* Installation is now simplified due to the fact there is no installed
db files.
* Added file modification verification and detection. Domus will check
to see if the config files have changed between actions. It will
reload the config file with the new values automatically.If domus
detects the file has changed just before the save process, it will
generate and error to the user. This is internal to the save of the
file for consistency, otherwise the user would see the changed file
first.
* Added diagnostic check for file setup in domus.Link. This diagnostic
checks for the major configuration files that are required to be
present and if they are writable or executable. The diagnostic page is
only displayed if there is an issue. There is an option to just
continue from this page and it will not check until requested. There
is a status icon in the footer bar that displays the state as a color
of the checked files. Green for good, red for errors and black/gray
for unchecked state. The icon is also the method of running the
diagnostic check at anytime.
* Updated status and info screen to be the same page. Moved system
uptime to status/info page.
* Updated layout footer line in default theme to have configuration
status on the right after removing uptime info.
* Updated heyu running/down status with controls to only be on the
status page. The running/down status is now a link to the status page.
* Updated access to the status page to be only available to admin
authenticated users (security level 1 or 2).
* Updated security access for level 1 to be able to see all modules
and operate on them, but no access to info, status or start and stop.
* Updated redirection handling when setting php header commands.
* Updated error handling of files for writing.
* domus.Link handling of heyu config without a schedule file defined.
* Issue 45 fixed - Changed all deprecated PHP4 calls to be PHP5
compatibale
* Updated Language files.

Enjoy!