Global Moxie

The “Dorian Gray” beta update adds a few minor features and bug fixes. (This version is named on the occasion of my pal Kristen’s birthday. She seems to get younger every year... a “Dorian Blonde”?)

• Added new options in the “Images” HTML preference to specify separate image sizes for announcements and tips.

• Fixed bug caused by overzealous spam prevention on the homepage and section front pages. The bug prevented comments from being posted or email-this-page messages from those pages.

• Fixed bug that prevented edit menu from remembering the “with subsections” state when returning to the menu or changing column sort order.

• Fixed bug that could cause update and page-build problems if the site’s homepage data could not be found.

Go Get It!

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 or 2.0b42 are provided below.)

Upgrading from 2.0b41 or b42?

If you’re upgrading from v2.0b41 or b42, 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 (directory and all contents)

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 or b42.

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.