eFront

Fit for holding online courses and lessons, for paid or free content.

The LMS is available in multiple international languages.

eFront was built with the end user in mind. The interface is natural, and easy to navigate.

Most options and tools are self-explanatory.

eFront is an Object-oriented, Ajax powered, Unicode, LDAP and SCORM.

What is new in this release:

• Fixed manual upgrade process from versions older than 3.6.11
• Fixed issue with maximum number of group key uses
• Fixed tincan queries not persisting when under a branch URL
• Reverted fix for issue with ealpath() that broke filemanager's uploads
• Fixed information message when editting a course certificate
• Fixed certificate reports formatted logins in excel output
• Fixed show thank you message if such option on submiting a test
• Fixed free text questions not recognizing completion in feedbacks and tests
• Fixed module wiki on install issue when lesson folder does not exit
• Fixed duplicate file hcd/reports.php and user_search.php
• Fixed issue in adding skill gap test in educational version
• Fixed issue api in user_to_branch in case of branch position 'user'

What is new in version 3.6.15 build18024:

• Fixed manual upgrade process from versions older than 3.6.11
• Fixed issue with maximum number of group key uses
• Fixed tincan queries not persisting when under a branch URL
• Reverted fix for issue with ealpath() that broke filemanager's uploads
• Fixed information message when editting a course certificate
• Fixed certificate reports formatted logins in excel output
• Fixed show thank you message if such option on submiting a test
• Fixed free text questions not recognizing completion in feedbacks and tests
• Fixed module wiki on install issue when lesson folder does not exit
• Fixed duplicate file hcd/reports.php and user_search.php
• Fixed issue in adding skill gap test in educational version
• Fixed issue api in user_to_branch in case of branch position 'user'

What is new in version 3.6.15 build18023:

• Fixed manual upgrade process from versions older than 3.6.11
• Fixed issue with maximum number of group key uses
• Fixed tincan queries not persisting when under a branch URL
• Reverted fix for issue with ealpath() that broke filemanager's uploads
• Fixed information message when editting a course certificate
• Fixed certificate reports formatted logins in excel output
• Fixed show thank you message if such option on submiting a test
• Fixed free text questions not recognizing completion in feedbacks and tests
• Fixed module wiki on install issue when lesson folder does not exit
• Fixed duplicate file hcd/reports.php and user_search.php
• Fixed issue in adding skill gap test in educational version
• Fixed issue api in user_to_branch in case of branch position 'user'

What is new in version 3.6.15 build18022:

• Fixed manual upgrade process from versions older than 3.6.11
• Fixed issue with maximum number of group key uses
• Fixed tincan queries not persisting when under a branch URL
• Reverted fix for issue with ealpath() that broke filemanager's uploads
• Fixed information message when editting a course certificate
• Fixed certificate reports formatted logins in excel output
• Fixed show thank you message if such option on submiting a test
• Fixed free text questions not recognizing completion in feedbacks and tests
• Fixed module wiki on install issue when lesson folder does not exit
• Fixed duplicate file hcd/reports.php and user_search.php
• Fixed issue in adding skill gap test in educational version
• Fixed issue api in user_to_branch in case of branch position 'user'

What is new in version 3.6.13 build18000:

• Added Tincan (XAPI) support (Commercial editions)
• Added the Simple/complete mode that allows for hiding unnecessary functionality
• Redesigned system header
• Redesigned system popups
• Re-introducing "login with Facebook" option (Commercial editions)
• Added new options for course/lessons scheduling
• Added immediate supervisor option as recipient in notifications (Commercial editions)
• Added manual payments notification (Commercial editions)
• Added option to send an email when a user submits a content report
• Added option about forcing accepting license at every login
• Added "transaction id" field in manual payments (Commercial editions)
• Added "rule" check in custom profile fields (Commercial editions)
• Added ability for professor to download all projects of a specific user
• Added button in Lock down page only for saving message and not lock down platform
• Added "delete editor templates" functionality in save template editor plugin
• Professor can now create courses that are attached to the current branch url (Commercial editions)
• Introducing a new, faster installation and upgrade procedure
• All database tables are now explicitly set to InnoDB

What is new in version 3.6.11 build15059:

• Updated SCORM debug mode to be set from the configuration and log to the console (instead of alert)
• Properly escaped LMS-to-SCORM communication
• A file not found (404) header is sent for missing files
• Members logged in through a specific branch url are only viewing their organization's Org chart part
• Excluded login block and installation form from CSRF filtering
• Fixed file requests overlapping with branch urls in certain cases
• Fixed user profile page showing an error when updating and there's a files white list set
• Fixed projects list not appearing in student's dashboard
• Fixed percentages in "Adjust questions" options to correctly calculate total questions

What is new in version 3.6.11 build14714:

• Security update: Fixed potential privilege escalation using cookies
• Security update: Fixed cookie information leaking using XSS
• Security update: Fixed arbitrary file download issue
• Fixed "branchinfo" and "groupinfo" fields not appearing in user profile fields (Enterprise/Educational editions)
• Fixed issue about content tree management order
• Fixed issue about assigning users to branches page when filter was used
• Fixed clearDuplicates for questions when copying questions from another lesson
• Fixed drag and drop questions about background color issue with Chrome
• Fixed improper handling of file black list during file upload
• Fixed tracking initialization about feedbacks
• Fixed feedback preview
• Added visible option functionality in custom user profile fields
• Added ability to import users with subtypes via csv imports.
• Added "security module"

What is new in version 3.6.10 build12151:

• Added visible option functionality in custom user profile fields
• Added ability to import users with subtypes via csv imports.
• Added "security module"
• Replaced decimal point and thousand separator with locale equivalents
• Security update: Fixed editor's "save template" not checking validity of inputted parameter (Reported by EgiX)
• Security update: Fixed unsafe file upload using capitalized extensions (Reported by EgiX)
• Security update: Fixed potential XSS attacks using unsafe GET parameters (Reported by Canberk Bolat of Mavituna Security and High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab)
• Security update: Fixed possible sql injection attacks in multiple files (Reported by EgiX, Vulnerability Research Laboratory and High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab)
• Security update: Fixed potential privilege escalation using cookies (Reported by EgiX)
• Security update: Fixed cookie information leaking using XSS (Reported by Semyon Perepelitsa)
• Security update: Fixed arbitrary file download issue (Reported by EgiX)
• Fixed "branchinfo" and "groupinfo" fields not appearing in user profile fields (Enterprise/Educational editions)
• Fixed issue about content tree management order
• Fixed issue about assigning users to branches page when filter was used (#1819)
• Fixed clearDuplicates for questions when copying questions from another lesson (#1812)
• Fixed drag and drop questions about background color issue with Chrome (#1831)
• Fixed improper handling of file black list during file upload
• Fixed tracking initialization about feedbacks
• Fixed feedback preview
• Fixed lesson timelines not listing events
• Fixed issue in forum page about pagination and subforums
• Fixed getSystemLogo function and an issue with site logo loading
• Fixed issue in reports generator about enrolling to lesson/course/group
• Fixed rounding error when submitting paypal price and using coupon

What is new in version 3.6.10 build11944:

• Added a "remember me" checkbox in login form (toggled from admin settings)
• Added a page that allows for applying the same settings across all lesson units
• Added an option to send notifications as personal messages
• Added forums and topics pagination
• Added limits for space usage in messages
• Added sorting terms in each tab in glossary page
• Added help links to modules towards the wiki page
• Added option to constrain XML API usage to a specific IP
• Added a minimal_view parameter for displaying less columns for messages in dashboard
• Added a trim in exploded fields from csv file
• Added urlencode when loading avatar
• Added index page parameter to filter courses/lessons (index.php?filter=maya)
• Added header for date in Mail::factory because of http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.mail.mail.send.php
• Added encodeURIComponent in filters http://www.sencha.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-96295.html
• Added option to deactivate block moving in control panel for specific user types (#809)
• Added ability to import list of users to be archived
• Added "my courses" tools icon to user dashboard
• Added optional active time tracking (Educational/Enterprise editions)
• Added toggle checkbox for LDAP users in user's profile page (Educational/Enterprise editions)
• Added CEUs parameter in courses (Enterprise/Educational edition)
• Added time-based lesson completion rules (Enterprise/Educational edition)
• Added time-based unit completion option (Enterprise/Educational edition)
• Added html_entity_decode when url is encrypted because of #1429 [amp;view_unit]... (Enterprise/Educational edition)
• Added supervisor balance transferring to employees (Enterprise edition)
• Added self-enrollment option to groups (Enterprise edition)
• Added skill-gap test results page to students as well (Enterprise edition)
• Added ability for branch calendar events to appear to members of the branch's children as well (Enterprise edition)
• Added option for displaying sub-branch information in branch statistics (Enterprise edition)
• Added balance payments through paypal (Community++ and above)
• Added a "payments" tab on users' profile page (Community++ and above editions)
• Added ability to create mandatory fields without a default value in extended user profile (Community++ and above editions)
• Updated SCORM import to handle backslashes in imsmanifest hrefs
• Updated file access security
• Updated random generator for password reminders
• Updated top level units to be marked as complete if all sub units are marked as complete
• Updated uploaded projects from students so that they are placed to an internal folder named <project_id> inside projects folder and do not rename them
• Updated organization chart to be cached when large (Enterprise edition)
• Updated import/export so that job assignments can optionally be replaced (Enterprise edition)
• Removed old chat functionality
• Removed the option to "deactivate online users on lessons" from the lesson administration page
• Removed icon links for reports for community version
• Fixed SQL injection security vulnerability reported by IHTeam, http://www.ihteam.net/
• Fixed SQL injection security vulnerability reported by Vulnerability Research Laboratory, http://www.vulnerability-lab.com
• Fixed security issue: student/professor accounts won't use the default insecure credentials anymore, but rather the administrator's ones. Reported by IHTeam, http://www.ihteam.net/
• Fixed "date" custom fields so that are converted to human-readable format while exporting/importing from csv
• Fixed loading prototype in external survey to avoid js error
• Fixed inproper handling of imported users without a user_type defined
• Fixed setting file encodings to UTF-IMAP even when UTF-8 is selected
• Fixed issue about inserting & in question feedback
• Fixed issue about loading default lesson layout when moving blocks is disabled
• Fixed issue about importing lesson by admin uncompressing files in temp folder (#1492)
• Fixed preserving lesson properties when importing directly
• Fixed issue about upload more than one files in tests that contain more than one raw text questions
• Fixed issue about taking feedbacks into account in lesson completion rules
• Fixed issue about 'select type' custom user field in notifications (#1553)
• Fixed "content report" reloading page
• Fixed issue in administrator tools about changing user's login
• Fixed issue in participation reports in course type
• Fixed recursion of "course not completed" and "lesson not completed" events
• Fixed editing a placement from the user's page not displaying the job's branch as pre-selected (Enterprise edition)
• Fixed branch filter error when a branch includes quotes in its name (Enterprise edition)
• Fixed issue with single quotes in glossary (#1661)
• Fixed issue in Question::clearDuplicates about primary key constraint
• Fixed drag'n'drop questions not working in IE9
• Fixed training record not showing course/lesson progress for custom user roles based on student
• Fixed issue in course settings and custom user types about applyRoleOptions
• Fixed issue about displaying announcements block icon in layout even when it was inactive
• Fixed issue in notifications language part
• Fixed Bcc issue in sending mail because of http://rawphp.com/php_generator/page.php?show=PHP_Sending_Email_to_Bcc_with_SMTP_Authentication_pear_mail_factory.php
• Fixed rtf certificate exporting for IE8
• Fixed issue about scheduled lessons in courses and go to Next lesson button
• Fixed content traversing rules not working for individual users
• Fixed "not seen" rule not working when source unit is a test
• Fixed issue about date type custom user field in notifications
• Fixed issue about displaying custom profile fields in user reports generator
• Fixed imported lessons not displaying skill names correctly (Educational edition)
• Fixed error in calculation for total_time in SCORM content when revisiting SCO
• Fixed issue about assigning administrator roles to lessons from professor's lesson administration page

What is new in version 3.6.9 build11018:

• Added course lessons schedule display in course info page.
• Added copy blocks order from lesson X in module administrator_tools.
• Added categories path for lessons in users reports in lesson tab.
• Added custom user profile fields for user triggering the event notifications.
• Removed unit options that where meaningless for SCORM, when editing such content.
• Fixed deleting glossary entries deletes files instead.
• Fixed username format in course/lesson info pages.
• Fixed issue EF-567 about logging out using Facebook connect.
• Fixed EF-617 where glossary added an extra space in unit data.

What is new in version 3.6.9 build10905:

• Fixed potential security issue while including javascript files
• Added comments field to user's profile page
• Added option for not allowing students to send messages
• Added "AND" mode for "multiple/many" questions
• Added check in landing page in case of inactive module
• Added code for sorting files in editor popup windows
• Added a check for possible existing token in api2
• Added option for deleting old api tokens (over one month) in maintenance
• Changed "name/surname" constants to "first name/last name"
• Changed lesson selectbox to autocomplete field in copy from another lesson
• Tests info in excel export of lesson reports no longer truncates questions
• Can no longer create subforums in locked forums
• A user who is reassigned to a course/lesson, now retains the completion date, if there is one
• Recurring payments option in courses/lessons no longer shows up when payments are disabled
• Courses in user reports now sort by course order by default
• Course/lesson completion status in pdf reports displays even if a completion date does not exist
• Extended api to consider custom user profile fields for creating user
• Removed scheduling icon in control panel for course lessons
• Course lessons in unique mode can now be edited even if inactive
• Fixed module chat for different user timezones
• Fixed lesson timeline requesting all events instead of the ones to show
• Fixed group assignment in user's page
• Fixed setDefaults about popup parameters in editing scorm content
• Fixed setting "organization" to "hide" actually hiding links from users
• Fixed basic info in course reports for excel exporting
• Fixed issue in getForumTree()
• Fixed issue in external survey about background color
• Fixed issue when exporting reports not taking into account the sub-branches checkbox
• Fixed issue about expanding a category after collapsing all in catalog
• Fixed issue about not taking into account course lessons scheduling in catalog
• Fixed publish page of surveys not taking into account archived users
• Fixed email account activation not working
• Fixed issue about toggling blocks twice
• Fixed profile page not keeping custom avatar
• Fixed issue about copying from another lesson
• Fixed administrator not being able to activate self-registered users set to "pending"
• Fixed organization options not taking into account user type set to "view"
• Fixed professor losing access in forums when courses are set to depend on other courses
• Fixed issues with lesson layout setting and custom professor types
• Fixed issue about "Show only a message after submitting test" and failed test (viewtopic.php?f=12&t=3122)
• Fixed pdf export of user reports not including completion information when the completion date is not set
• Fixed access to files when "restricted access" is on and lessons share folders
• Fixed "OR" mode to fail when the user has given a false answer

What is new in version 3.6.9 build10697:

• This is an update to the 3.6.9 bundles to address some issues that popped up since the official release.
• Fixed subforum/topics count in forums list
• Fixed personal profile fields appearing even if meaningless
• Fixed mapped accounts disregarding system setting
• Fixed clicking on icons including a link with popups, does not load the popup
• Fixed resume test
• Fixed language options appearing when creating a new user, even if single language is set
• Added option to hide parts of organizational chart that are not related to a user (Enterprise edition)

What is new in version 3.6.8 build 9931:

• Added chat module
• Fixed logging out users from lessons when the session id is used in the past by the same user
• Fixed my courses link not clickable in Opera
• Fixed remote themes not being deleted
• Fixed lesson statistics traffic tab ignoring time constraint
• Fixed paging for group users
• Fixed adding users to default group does not assign group courses/lessons
• Fixed deleting a user logging out administrator
• Fixed issue with non-english names in mp3 files inserted to editor via arrow
• Fixed invalid XML in api's lesson/course listings
• Fixed issue about exporting themes layout with custom blocks
• Fixed training record link in branch statistics
• Updated js inclusion to allow chat module to work with IE8
• Updated completion conditions that are related to tests to not display score
• Deleted frame from editor when toggling pdf content in editing unit (#1034)
• Moved creating views to installation script
• Users-to-groups csv import functionality updated for performance