Global Moxie

This update is recommended for all Big Medium beta testers.

The 2.0b37 “Kitsy Babcock” version of Big Medium added lots of interface improvements to make Big Medium’s interactive controls load more quickly. Alas, sometimes too quickly.

The 2.0b38 “Race Pace” update fixes a bug under Firefox that occasionally caused Big Medium’s control panel features to be kick-started too early, causing controls not to respond properly on some pages. The update calms Firefox into a less frantic pace, loading the controls at just the right time.

Pick up the pace

Download the latest version of Big Medium here.

The download package includes installation instructions, including info for upgrading from previous versions of the Big Medium 2 beta. (If you’re upgrading from 2.0b30 or later, see the shortcut instructions below.)

Upgrading from 2.0b37?

If you’re upgrading from v2.0b37, you can update to the new version by following the instructions below:

Upload in “plain text” or “ASCII” FTP mode:

• moxiebin/Modules/BigMed.pm
• bmadmin/js/bigmedium_cp.js

Run the updater

Browse to the bm-update.cgi file in your site’s moxiebin directory. For example:

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/moxiebin/bm-update.cgi

This completes the update from 2.0b37.

Upgrading from 2.0b30 or later?

If you’re upgrading from v2.0b30 or later, you can update to the new version by following the instructions below.

Please note: This update contains a considerable number of JavaScript updates, some of which may not be updated in your browser by a simple page refresh. Before running the update script, please follow these browser update instructions. After you complete the update, you should also have all of your organization’s editors follow those same browser update instructions.

Update bmadmin/index.html

Inside the bmadmin directory, locate the file named index.html. In a text editor like Notepad or BBEdit, open the index.html file in the bmadmin directory on your local hard drive. You must update two URLs in this file to reflect locations on your web server. The domain names that you use should be the same as the ones you use in the “Settings>Big Medium Server Info” screen.

The first URL is marked with this comment in the file:

*******************************************************************
UPDATE THE “ACTION” URL TO POINT TO THE DOMAIN WHERE BIG MEDIUM IS
INSTALLED. FOR EXAMPLE:
http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/moxiebin/bm-login.cgi/login-verify
*******************************************************************

and again:

*******************************************************************
UPDATE THE “HREF” URL TO POINT TO THE DOMAIN WHERE BIG MEDIUM IS
INSTALLED. FOR EXAMPLE:
http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/moxiebin/bm-login.cgi/login-reminder
*******************************************************************

Upload in “plain text” or “ASCII” FTP mode:

• moxiebin/bm-library.cgi (Unix: set permissions to 0755)
• moxiebin/Modules/BigMed.pm
• moxiebin/Modules/BigMed (directory and contents)
• moxiedata/templates (directory and contents)

Upload in “binary” or “automatic” FTP mode:

• moxiedata/support/assets (directory and all contents)
• bmadmin (directory and all contents)

Clear browser cache

Before running the updater, please follow these browser update instructions.

Run the updater

Browse to the bm-update.cgi file in your site’s moxiebin directory. For example:

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/moxiebin/bm-update.cgi

Ask other editors to clear browser cache

Please ask all of your site’s Big Medium editors to follow the browser update instructions.