ExpressionEngine

ExpressionEngine is a very advanced PHP and MySQL content management system (CMS) that has garnered a very dedicated community around it, community that contributes modules, themes, and tutorials on a regular basis.

ExpressionEngine is quite an advanced tool, created by top PHP programmers for other similarly skilled developers.

It uses complex PHP features to let webmasters build websites using custom requirements and page structures, sites that are usually very hard to build with fixed-system CMSs like Joomla or WordPress.

The entire CMS is easy to install, features the classic administration panel, and can be deployed on most Web hosting platforms.

While there's enough functionality in the core to build most website types, add-ons will help built specific site types like blogs, forums, wikis, and so on.

What is new in this release:

• Fixed a bug where the file field could lose content when saving existing entries.

What is new in version 3.1.2:

• Brand New Control Panel
• Multiple Site Manager
• Discussion Forums
• Spam Module
• User Serviceable Folders
• Profiling & Debugging

What is new in version 2.9.3:

• Set the default behavior for member deletions to re-assign entries rather than delete them.
• Fixed a bug in the control panel where deleting a member and their channel entries could leave orphaned channel field data in the database.
• Fixed a bug where fieldtype modifiers were not working in conditionals unless they were braced and quoted.
• Added the license number and license owner to the control panel footer.
• Added allow_pending_login config override to allow the Pending member group to log in.
• Added hooks for additional processing after a user resets their password.

What is new in version 2.9.1:

• Fixed a bug where orderby="random" in Channel Entries would not work properly with pagination.
• Fixed potential SQL injection vulnerabilities in the control panel.
• Fixed potential XSS vulnerabilities in the control panel.
• Removed some unnecessary queries when displaying category images.
• Made {cp_edit_entry_url} available to Admin Notification of New Entry.
• Improved Control Panel custom theme organization: view files can now be stored in a views subfolder.
• Fixed several issues with Grid regarding entry saving and compatibility with third-party content types.
• Fixed a bug where the site index template would be rendered after the site's 404 template.

What is new in version 2.9.0:

• New conditionals parser.
• Template Routes can now be reordered for a custom parse order.
• New template editor.
• Added the {cp_edit_entry_url} variable to the Channel Entries tag to output a URL to edit the displayed entry.
• Improved license management.
• Upgraded the Markdown parser to Markdown Extra.
• New Template Language Overview page in the documentation for easy learning of ExpressionEngine templating.
• Fixed a security issue that could result in arbitrary script execution in certain circumstances.

What is new in version 2.8.1:

• A minor update to fix one JavaScript bug that was fixed the day after 2.8.0's release.

What is new in version 2.8.0:

• Template Routes
• Template Layouts
• Caching Drivers
• Relative Dates

What is new in version 2.7.3:

• Added new parameters (category, show_expired, start_on, stop_before) to the relationship tag.
• Added "random" option to Grid's orderby parameter.
• Added field_row_index and field_row_count variables to Grid.

What is new in version 2.7.2:

• Fixed a bug where publish layouts were not saving correctly.
• Fixed a bug on the publish page where file fields would always be treated as required if an allowed upload directory was specified in the field's settings.
• Fixed a bug where Grid row sorting may not work correctly in Firefox.
• Fixed a bug where conditionals did not work inside checkbox and multi-select custom field tag pairs.

What is new in version 2.7.1:

• Added the modulus operator to template conditionals.
• Now tracking control panel sessions across multiple open browser tabs or windows.
• Grid column names now automatically populate based on the column label.
• Added the ability to change the application name that appears in New Relic's dashboard.

What is new in version 2.7.0:

• New Relic monitoring.
• Markdown parsing.
• SafeCracker is now Channel Form.
• Added <, >, <=, and >= numeric comparison operators to the Channel Entries search parameter.
• Added {current_query_string} global variable.
• Added {entry_id} and {url_title} variables to the Channel Category Archive tag.
• All files regardless of type are now linked for viewing in the File Manager.
• Added GET support for Dynamic Parameters in Channel Entries tags.
• New hooks for developers in category editing and custom field handling.

What is new in version 2.6.1:

• The Relationships field search box is more conspicuous and the reordering handles are larger and easier to click.
• Publish tabs that contain fields with form submission errors are now marked with a flag.
• Fixed a few Rich Text Editor bugs where it didn't handle newlines correctly, didn't properly apply heading changes, and copied text was mistakenly wrapped in tags.

What is new in version 2.6.0:

• Timezone selection menus now include all timezones for automatic date localization and handling of Daylight Saving Time rules.
• Added Subscriber List tag to the Comment Module
• Added inline option to paginate parameter.
• Added new variables to the Channel Next/Previous tags
• Entry View Tracking is now disabled by default.
• Server offset setting has been removed from Localization Settings and is now a hidden configuration variable only, called server_offset.
• Added SMTP Server Port to the Email Configuration page.
• Added a hidden config, email_smtp_crypto, that allows you to specify an encryption protocol for SMTP email.
• PHP's upload_max_filesize setting is now displayed in the File Upload Preferences form.
• Added a status_code="" parameter to the {redirect} tag allowing you to specify the status code of the redirect. Currently only accepts 3xx status codes.
• smtp_password is now an input of type="password" in Admin->Email Configuration.
• Added category_url_title to the category edit page table after Category Name.
• Changed password reset flow to remove an unnecessary step and force them to change their password.
• Added channel_short_name variable to the comment entries tag.
• Added the ability to use the system default thumbnails inside file field variable pairs.

What is new in version 2.5.4:

• Order channel entries by status
• Disable comment pagination
• Security improvements

What is new in version 2.5.3:

• Changed Forgot your Password logic so it always responds with the same message so email addresses aren't confirmed and denied for spammers.
• Added autocomplete="off" to all email, username, and password fields.
• Altered the display of Standard Global variables to output an empty string rather than the unparsed variable when not set.
• Added an ID of expressionengine_template_debug to the division containing template debugging output.

What is new in version 2.5.2:

• General Changes:
• One-click updating of IP to Nation database, as well as support for IPv6 addresses for nations.
• Improvements to Blacklist/Whitelist module to handle uncollapsed IPv6 addresses.
• Bug Fixes:
• Fixed a bug (#17978) where the control panel would sometimes show an error for older versions of PHP.
• Fixed a bug (#17968) where the Referrer module was attempting to update the comments table instead of the referrer table.
• Fixed a bug (#17971) where accessing a site with a ‘site_name' configuration variable set may show errors on older versions of PHP.

What is new in version 2.5.1:

• There's a small security fix.
• A large number of bug fixes.
• A change to Template::parse_variables() for third party developers.
• Support for IPv6 IP addresses.

What is new in version 2.5.0:

• It features a new Rich Text Editor field type, a Rich Text Editor Module to allow use of the editor on the front end, and a Cookie Consent Module designed to help European Union (EU) users comply with privacy laws impacting cookie use.

What is new in version 2.4.0:

• Removed the ability to enable SQL Query Caching via the Control Panel. It is now only accessible via the ‘enable_db_caching' hidden configuration variable. Note that this form of caching is not recommended in most environments.
• Added the ability to apply image watermarks without having to also resize the image.
• Added the ability to use image manipulations in custom file fields, using both a single tag and a tag pair.
• Changed the member module to display a proper 404 page when an action could not be found.
• Altered the handling of the control panel cookie domain for MSM sites.
• Optimized the encode_ee_tags() method in the Functions library.
• Disabled the ability to type over the field shortname on the ‘Admin- Channel Fields' main page when selecting a field short name.
• Abstracted file browser and file field into the File_field library.
• Changed the category image field to use the new File_field library and image browser.
• Abstracted channel pagination into the EE Pagination library.
• Implemented new EE Pagination library with comment pagination.
• Implemented new EE Pagination library with search pagination.
• Added file metadata to the file upload modal.
• Removed accordions from image edit in the file upload modal.
• Added check to make sure that version constant matches version in config file.
• File upload paths can now be overridden via configuration variables.
• Added active conditional variable to category listings for determining the active category.
• Added link to publish another entry after publishing an entry.
• Added "credit" and "location" metadata fields to files.
• Added url_title parameter to Channel module's next_entry and prev_entry.
• Channel Categories and Category Archive tags now support multiple channels in the channel parameter.

What is new in version 2.2.2:

• Version 2.2.2 is a minor update targeting membership sites who use "Manual activation by an administrator" only.

What is new in version 2.2 DP:

• Added a temporary workaround that broke some addons using $this->EE->load->_ci_view_path
• Added getters/setters for the session cache
• Added an auth library that handles all user authentication.
• More File Manager refinements, including resizing on the publish page and renaming duplicate files.

What is new in version 2.1.5 Beta:

• The most significant change in this release is the move to storing file information in the database.
• The release also includes includes over 50 bug fixes, the removal of the Blogger API module, as well as the addition of some feature requests.

What is new in version 2.1.4 Beta:

• Crafting an upgrade path for users on 1.x who rely heavily on the Gallery Module.
• Making the file manager more robust, including a nice way to deal with many files in a directory without much overhead.
• Continued work on the publish page file modal.

What is new in version 2.1.3:

• Added a special hidden fieldtype to allow modules to dynamically define tab fields without breaking layouts.
• Pages Module Updated to version 2.2 to fix an error with publish page layouts.
• Fixed a bug where a PHP error could be triggered if the publish_form_entry_data hook was used.
• Fixed a bug (#14792) where the Forum version was incorrectly identified.
• Fixed a bug (#14723) where category and status dropdowns on the Edit page were not populated in Internet Explorer.
• Fixed a bug (#14786) on the Publish page where field formatting options would not show nor would they respect default settings.
• Fixed a bug (#14794) where publishing an entry with a live view template resulted in a PHP error.
• Fixed a bug (#14785) where you could not successfully save an entry with a required image field.
• Documentation: Updated to use __construct in development examples; fixes #14787.
• Documentation: Developer Guidelines Checklist still referenced PHP 4.3; fixes #14789.

What is new in version 2.1.2:

• Important:
• PHP 4 support has ended. ExpressionEngine requires PHP 5.1.6
• General Changes:
• Added an overview page of available autosave data.
• Added a tab file to the Pages module to control custom fields.
• Added automatic pruning of cached searches to the Wiki Module.
• Added automatic pruning of autosaved data every 6 hours, controlled by the autosave_prune_hours hidden config variable.
• Added an importer to the IP to Nations Module that allows updating the IP records directly from the ip2nations SQL file.
• Added secure forms check to the frontend Comment Editor. See the Version Notes and update your JavaScript if needed.
• Added a setting to group preferences to disallow editing of html formatting buttons.
• Added to the default message text for forwarded private messages to indicate the original message's author, date and subject.
• Added all default member fields and the option to include selected custom fields to the control panel's Register a New Member form.
• Added a new option to Custom Member Field creation/editing 'Is field visible in the control panel's administrative registration page?'.
• Added a link to the View Entry page that returns to a pre-filtered list of entries on the Edit page (if a filter was used to select the entry).
• Reenabled autosave
• Altered autosave to work on new entries as well as existing ones.
• Altered "Allow New Member Registrations?" to be 'off' by default on new installations.
• Altered Template Manager Search to display the number of results returned, and display terms searched for.
• Altered the New Template form in Design to remove redundant radio options and make the duplication process consistent with the New Template Group form.
• Altered the ExpressionEngine Info Accessory to clearly indicate the latest released version and the currently installed version.
• Modified the autosave success message to be less intrusive.
• Made the state of the sidebar persistent across sessions.
• Updated the IP to Nations database.
• Removed the ability to allow duplicate email addresses for different members.
• Removed the "Honor Entry DST" setting.
• Removed the "Convert High ASCII" setting.
• Removed all unused language keys pertaining to the Gallery module (#14094).

What is new in version 2.1.1:

• The 2.1.1 release includes over 50 bug fixes.

Requirements:

• PHP 5.3.10 or higher
• MySQL 5.0.3 or higher