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The “You’re It, Again” beta update fixes a preference bug that was introduced in yesterday's 2.0b48 “You're It” update that could cause certain section-specific preferences to be incorrect (e.g. widgets could display the incorrect number of links). All other features and fixes are the same as the previous version 2.0b48, as described below.

The 2.0b48 and b49 beta updates brings tagging to Big Medium. Tags are browsable keywords that you add to your pages to help site visitors find other pages on similar topics.

For details about tags, see “What About Tags” in Chapter 7, “Sections and Content Categories,” of the freshly revised Big Medium 2 book.

Not only do tags make content more findable within your site, they also help spread the word in the wider web. Tags are included as metadata in your site’s RSS feeds, and tag-savvy search engines can use the info to include your pages in tag search results.

Speaking of search engines, this update also adds search-engine sitemaps to Big Medium. These sitemaps are generated automatically behind the scenes, feeding search engines with links to every page of your site.

Plus: Several updates and bug fixes, listed below.

Go ahead, you know you want to play...

Start playing tag now: Download the latest version of Big Medium here.

The download package includes complete installation instructions, including info for upgrading from previous versions of the Big Medium 2 beta. Shortcut instructions for upgrading from 2.0b48 and upgrading from 2.0b45, b46 or b47 are provided below. (If you’re upgrading from versions earlier than 2.0b45, please follow the instructions in the download package’s installation guide.)

The nitty gritty

Here’s what’s new in this update:

Features and changes

• Tags let you add browsable keywords to your pages, making it easy for visitors to find other pages with similar content. Tags can be displayed with the <%tags%> or <%tagcloud%> widgets, or appended to the <%content%> widget.

• A search-engine sitemap is generated automatically, feeding search engines the links to every page of your site. Links to the sitemap can be added to your pages via <%sitemap%> (this link is invisible to human eyes, but remains visible to search engines).

• News feeds include additional metadata, including author name, related links and tags.

• Default templates updated to include the new <%sitemap%> widget; the utility template (previously the “overflow” template) now includes the <%breadcrumbs%> widget.

• Default link style for new sites changed to “headline,” “line break”, “description.”

• Candara is Big Medium’s new default font for Windows Vista browsers.

• The maintenance script cleans up leftover files from batch-upload activities. These leftovers can accumulate, for example, when there are problems processing the batch-uploaded files.

• When displaying enlarged images that are not part of a gallery slideshow, it’s now possible to right-click on the image (e.g., to save the image).

• Added an explanatory note on the “File Upload Limits” screen to explain that the “maximum file size” field sets the systemwide limit, but that individual sites each have their own file-size preference.

Bug fixes

• Fixed bug that could allow links to pages from inactive sections to appear on the homepage.

• Fixed style-editor bug under some server configurations that could cause “internal server error” message when saving CSS styles in style editor.

• Fixed style-editor bug that could prevent style editor from previewing style changes in Firefox when the “hide self link” preference is enabled.

• Fixed style-editor bug that caused padding-bottom and margin-bottom values to be saved and displayed incorrectly.

• Fixed bug that could cause spaces and punctuation not to appear in title tags.

• Fixed bug that prevented sort-order and link-element preferences from being displayed properly on section-specific preference pages.

• Fixed minor display glitch in gallery slideshow navigation that caused navigation to jut out of its frame by one pixel.

• Fixed bug that showed an incorrect status message when editing a custom sitewide template.

• Fixed bug that could allow duplicate guid values to appear in news feeds.

• Fixed bug that could allow double-encoded HTML to appear in news feed titles.

• Fixed typo in “copy to site” screen.

• Tweaked “Cup o’ Joe” theme to prevent the right column from dropping to the bottom of the page in Internet Explorer 6 under certain conditions.

Upgrading from 2.0b48?

If you’re upgrading from v2.0b48 or later, 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 to moxiebin/Modules

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

• BigMed.pm
• BigMed/Site.pm
• BigMed/Update.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 2.0b48.

Upgrading from 2.0b45, b46 or b47?

If you’re upgrading from v2.0b45 or later, 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 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)
• JSON.pm
• JSON (directory and all contents)

3. Upload to moxiedata/support/assets

Upload these files to the moxiedata/support/assets directory:

• lightbox_sm.js
• prototype-scriptaculous.js

4. Upload to moxiedata/templates

Upload these directories to moxiedata/templates:

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

5. Upload to bmadmin/css

Upload this file to the bmadmin/css directory:

• bigmedium_cp.css (directory and all contents)

6. Upload to bmadmin/js

Upload these files to the bmadmin/js directory:

• bigmedium_cp.js
• bm-account.js
• bm-css.js
• prototaculous.js

7. Upload to bmadmin/themes/_general/cup_o_joe

Upload this file to the bmadmin/themes/_general/cup_o_joe directory:

• theme.css

8. 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 2.0b45, b46 or b47.

Tags: beta, bigmedium