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Big Medium 2.0b42: "Jetlag"

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Posted Apr 2, 2007

The Jetlag beta update puts Big Medium’s visitor comments back into the correct time zone (all comment timestamps display Greenwich Mean Time in previous versions), and fixes a bug that caused the <%authorlink%> widget to display incorrectly.

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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. (Shortcut instructions for upgrading from 2.0b40 and 2.0b41 are provided below.)

Upgrading from 2.0b41?

If you’re upgrading from v2.0b41, you can update to the new version by following the instructions below:

1. Set your FTP client to "plain text" or "ASCII" mode.

2. Upload files to moxiebin/Modules

Upload these files to the moxiebin/Modules directory, replacing the old files of the same names:

  • BigMed.pm
  • BigMed/Comment.pm
  • BigMed/Format/HTML.pm

3. 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 2.0b41.

Upgrading from 2.0b40?

If you’re upgrading from v2.0b40, you can update to the new version by following the instructions below:

1. Set your FTP client to "plain text" or "ASCII" mode.

2. Upload files to moxiebin

Upload these files to the moxiebin directory:

  • bm-comment.cgi
  • bm-mod.cgi

On Unix-based servers, set permissions on the two files to chmod 0755.

3. Upload files to moxiebin/Modules

Upload these files to the moxiebin/Modules directory, replacing the old files of the same names:

  • BigMed.pm
  • BigMed (directory and contents)

4. Upload files to moxiedata/support/assets

Upload this file to the moxiedata/support/assets directory, replacing the old file of the same names:

  • bm.js

5. Upload files to moxiedata/templates

Upload these files to the moxiedata/templates directory, replacing the old files of the same names:

  • cp_templates (directory and contents)
  • site_templates (directory and contents)

6. Upload files to bmadmin

Upload these files to the bmadmin directory, replacing the old files of the same names:

  • css/bigmedium_cp.css
  • js/bigmedium_cp.js
  • js/bm-actionmenu.js

7. Set your FTP client to "binary" or "automatic" mode.

8. Upload additional files to bmadmin

Upload these files to the bmadmin directory, in "binary" or "automatic" FTP mode:

  • img/bmcp_approve.gif
  • img/bmcp_spam.gif
  • themes (directory and contents)
  • wysiwyg (directory and contents)

9. 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

10. Ask editors to clear browser cache

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

This completes the update from 2.0b40.

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