Global Moxie

Today's "Woe is IE" beta update fixes an assortment of Internet Explorer rendering bugs (ugh, don't get me started on that browser), plus some rich-text editor issues and a few problems for servers running Perl 5.6.x.

Download the latest version of Big Medium here.

A Note About Theme Changes

This update provides some fixes to the base Big Medium styles and the "Cup o' Joe" theme. Sites using the "Cup o' Joe" theme should follow these steps after installing this update:

1. Go to "Layout>New Theme" in the Big Medium control panel.
2. Click "Apply" under the "Cup o' Joe" theme.
3. Repeat these steps for all sites using the "Cup o' Joe" theme: Click "Switch sites" in the left-column menu, choose the next site, and repeat steps one and two above.

Be aware hat this process will also remove any custom templates or style sheet customizations you may have added.

The New Files

If you're upgrading from v2.0b8, you can upgrade by uploading only the following files and directories listed below.

When uploading, make sure that your FTP client is set to "plain text" or "ASCII" mode when you upload the files).

• moxiebin/bm-account.cgi
• moxiebin/bm-browse.cgi
• moxiebin/bm-build.cgi
• moxiebin/bm-config.cgi
• moxiebin/bm-editor.cgi
• moxiebin/bm-email.cgi
• moxiebin/bm-help.cgi
• moxiebin/bm-login.cgi
• moxiebin/bm-plugins.cgi
• moxiebin/bm-prefs.cgi
• moxiebin/bm-sections.cgi
• moxiebin/bm-start.cgi
• moxiebin/bm-styles.cgi
• moxiebin/bm-templates.cgi
• moxiebin/bm-themes.cgi
• moxiebin/Modules/BigMed.pm
• moxiebin/Modules/BigMed/App/Web.pm
• moxiebin/Modules/BigMed/App/Web/Prompt.pm
• moxiebin/Modules/BigMed/App/Web/Parse.pm
• moxiebin/Modules/BigMed/Content.pm
• moxiebin/Modules/BigMed/Filter.pm
• moxiebin/Modules/BigMed/Format/HTML.pm
• moxiebin/Modules/File/Listing.pm
• moxiebin/Modules/File/Path.pm
• moxiebin/Modules/HTML/Form.pm
• moxiebin/Modules/HTTP (directory)
• moxiebin/Modules/LWP (directory)
• moxiebin/Modules/Net/HTTP (directory)
• moxiebin/Modules/WWW (directory)
• bmadmin/themes/_general/cup_o_joe/theme.css
• moxiedata/templates/site_templates/base.css

...or for an easier route:

1. Upload the contents of the entire moxiebin directory to the server, without deleting or replacing moxiebin/bm-setup.pl.
2. Upload the remaining two update files:
   • bmadmin/themes/_general/cup_o_joe/theme.css
   • moxiedata/templates/site_templates/base.css

The Nitty Gritty

Here's what's new in this update:

• Fixed a problem in the "cup o' joe" theme in Internet Explorer 6 that caused pullquotes, images and dropdown menus on the homepage to be obscured by the blue-mesh background. ...mutters under breath about Internet Explorer...
• Fixed a problem in Internet Explorer (...more muttering...) that caused floated elements (images, pullquotes, etc) to extend beyond their containing element (e.g., links and content text).
• Fixed a crashing bug in some versions of Perl 5.6 when Big Medium tries to delete a directory (as when a new theme is applied). The fix is in the form of the current version of File::Path, now included in Big Medium's module bundle.
• Fixed an issue in Perl 5.6.1 that prevented text after the first paragraph not to appear when Big Medium built pages.
• Fixed an intermittent bug that caused embedded items like pullquotes or images to be displayed one paragraph higher than specified.
• Author blurb box is no longer displayed when no blurb is provided.
• Smoothed the loading of tabbed fields to eliminate brief appearance of hidden fields when the page is loading.
• Added web infrastructure to allow Big Medium to access the Web and talk to other servers.
• Various optimizations and random acts of hygiene.