03 Apr 2020
N° 2020/2 - The Serendipity Styx 2.9 branch 2.9.4 release.
Styx 2.9.4 applies
- Fixes Spartacus Pluginlist Synchronisation issues
- Fixes a MEDIA.base_properties property_subgroup assignment. Regressional fixes went to frontend related media_showitem.tpl template themes [default, default-php, 2k11]. Watch out for custom copy themes.
- Fixes the (MySQL) “simple” Install routine for utf8mb4 usage. Auto fix previous “simple” installs by maintenance check.
- Again, PLEASE read the 2.9.1 blog post for further branch upgrades only! The 3.0-beta1 release is near!
Check out the ChangeLog for details or even read the commit history for more. See download
10 Jan 2020
N° 2020/1 - The Serendipity Styx 2.9 branch 2.9.3 release.
Styx 2.9.3 applies
- Some Bugfixes for extended Serendipity features
- Some Bugfixes for Serendipity Styx themes. Watchout for copy/child themes!
- Some security related fixes
- Improvement for the comment underline assignment. Check some elder comments!
- Again, PLEASE read the 2.9.1 blog post for further branch upgrades only!
Check out the ChangeLog for details or even read the commit history for more. See download
12 Sep 2019
N° 2019/5 - The Serendipity Styx 2.9 branch 2.9.2 release.
Styx 2.9.2 applies
- Some Bugfixes for extended Serendipity features
- Support branch upgrades only by manually applied configuration change. PLEASE read the previous 2.9.1 blog post!
Check out the ChangeLog for details or even read the commit history for more. See download
19 Aug 2019
N° 2019/4 - The Serendipity Styx 2.9 branch 2.9.1 release.
While heavy development of upcoming Serendipity Styx 3.0 is making huge progress, several issues were found in the 2.9 branch too. This is a point BugFix release.
Having laid in bed with Yoko, this is the Woodstock success Revision. No Chaos - just Peace and Happiness - and the destroying beauty of Jimis SSB - Just Wow! :)
Branching your Autoupdate Notifier for 2.9.x
Since having already noted that upcoming Styx Next is a major upgrade (see 2.9.0 post), which will require a modern PHP 7 version, we have to give some Important Notes about branches and future upgrades.
The current alpha state of the masters branch NEXT Development already requires PHP 7.1.3 as the absolute Minimum.
This may even raise up to a required PHP 7.3.x version before (beta) release(s) in the next few months, in 2019/20.
If you still are on Debian 9 last stable Stretch for example, you actually have a PHP 7.0.x version running that will not change until a Debian 10 Buster upgrade is performed.
Even though it is possible to upgrade such a system to a newer PHP version, even provided by its Maintainer, some of you have or want to stick to PHP 5.6 or PHP 7.0 a little longer.
Serendipity Styx 3.0 does not only require an up-to-date PHP version, it also requires PHP/GD/ImageMagick with --webp support and an openSSL version which is at least a Debian Buster version like 1.1.1d for strongest login encryption! DO NOT use upcoming 3.0 on a system less than Debian Buster (10)!
To not get in conflict with the upcoming major 3.0 upgrade(s), you have to set up a new Update-RELEASE-file URL in your Backend Configuration Panel.
Open Configuration - General Settings - and see the option Update RELEASE-file URL. There you add this new URL, pointing to the branch RELEASE file and submit the form:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ophian/styx/styx2.9/docs/RELEASE
Now you will only get future update request notes if a new branch release, like (next) 2.9.2 is prepared to supply.
If you then are ready for upcoming Styx 3.0 Next, you just change it back to the master branch at:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ophian/styx/master/docs/RELEASE
Styx 2.9.1 runs (…some highlights)
- Bugfix some non violent extended features of Serendipity (in the MediaLibrary and Plugins)
- Fix some Themes extending features
- Added global frontend styles for the new figure/figcaption support, and let the CKEditor notice these elements
- Fixed the wrong counted assign for the (optional) stable Archive
- Some language constant fixes and improvements
Check out the ChangeLog for details or even read the commit history for more. See download
01 Jun 2019
N° 2019/3 - The Serendipity Styx 2.9.0 release - 50 years Montreal “Bed-In” “Give Peace a Chance” (1969) Edition.
Since the more template focused Styx 2.8.0 version was somehow delayed in early April 2019 and then was overrun by a real flood of Core improvements and fixes, this version was abandoned in favor of 2.9.0.
Serendipity Styx is PHP 7.3 READY and requires PHP from 5.5+!
This is the LAST edition supporting the old PHP 5 Series and will only get security or important bugfixes as point releases.
Serendipity Styx NEXT will be 3.0, which will require a modern PHP 7.x version.
Styx 2.9.0 runs (…some highlights)
- Various THEMES were improved to give a better migration to HTML5. Read on in the ChangeLog and keep your copy themes up-to-date!
- Various old and some newer bugs were fixed
- Improved media renaming and for all db types
- Improved various group permission related access privileges
- Important Security fixes
- Improved error reporting for all DB layers
- Improved backend comments list counter by permissions
- Upgrade jQuery lib
- UTF8 mb4 support ready for all DB types
- Trackback improvements
- NL2BR plugin nl2p-mode improvements
- Timeline theme update
- Improved setCookie
- Improved access for auto-update method
- Various language constant fixes and improvements
It is again a GOOD IDEA to take the advantage of starting a new copy template, before adapting each single theme change to your old copy themes!
Check out the ChangeLog for details or even read the commit history for more. See download