Mambo 4.6.2 Out Now!
 Team Mambo announces the release of version 4.6.2 of the Mambo Open Source CMS. This minor version release features:
- Stability & security improvements
- Lighter database footprint
- A number of bug fixes
- Improved compatibility with older 3rd party extensions
- Added support for 4.5.x style SEF URLs
- Updates to many of the internal extensions
- MOStlyCE WYSIWYG editor enhancements (many bug fixes and some cross browser compliance issues addressed via an update to TinyMCE v2.1.0)
This release marks the completion of the complete revision of the Language Manager that began with the initial 4.6 release. The Mambo core is now fully translatable. This release is the first under new Project Leader Chad Auld. "I am confident users will be very pleased with the 4.6.2 release,” stated Auld “The Language Manager work we started with the initial 4.6 release is now complete. My hats off to all the developers and translators that helped make this happen.”
4.6.2 also marks an era of renewed community participation -- two successful rounds of community bug stomp testing went into the release. Notes Auld, “The bug stomps helped us confirm things were working on as many different environments as possible. I am proud to say the community rose to the challenge and the release is all the better for it!” Looking forward to the Roadmap, the community and the Mambo Team are focused on finalizing work on the 4.7 branch. The focus is on making Mambo even more standards compliant and accessible than ever. The Official Releases of 4.6.2, including the upgrade files, can be found on the Mambo downloads. What's New in 4.6.2?? - $mosConfig_lang recovers old function and now all multi language components that use it support language switch.
- the majority of LM functions are rewritten in .php to gain platform independence on key features (e.g., auto translation, updates, etc.). The gettext commands execution also has platform compatibility. (Note: the only action that requires gettext is extract.
- auto translate supported
- export supported; users can share their translations exporting it and installing them through Mambo’s Universal Installer
- The default language can be set by the Language Manager or Global Configuration Manager.
- A new mosIsRTL function is present in the core, this function helps to template designers and extension developers detect the current language format (Right to Left or vice-versa). Makes extensions multi language with rtl support (a new administrator template with RTL will be included with in the 4.7 release)
- A number of new strings are included in the catalogs. It is possible to translate the admin parameters, the 404 error page, the Mambots, etc; by way of example, MOStlyCE translation can be done through the Language Manager
- The installation screen can be translated
- We restored the backward compatibility with the SEF extensions for 4.5 while at the same time still supporting the new style SEF URLs.
- Loading on the database caused for the Mambots is reduced.
- A library for CHARSET conversion (written in PHP) as an alternative to dependence on extensions.
Installation Notes:
(1) Users that update from 4.6.1 need to change $mosConfig_lang from 'en? to 'english' and set $mosConfig_locale = 'en'. Fresh installations of 4.6.2 (from scratch) need not be concerned about this as the installation will set this up properly for you. (2) Added support for 4.5.x style SEF URLs requires that the com_legacysef (included in the 4.5.5 to 4.6.2 patch by default) must be enabled by the user.
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