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Download eFront v3.5.3 / build 3695 (~8,5 MB) or Download eFront 3.5.2 build 3470 | History | | 2009/04/11 v3.5.3 build 3695 | This version includes mainly bug fixes and functionality improvements:
• Pending to correct tests are now easy to manipulate
• Fixed downloaded zip files becoming corrupted when gz_handler was enabled
• Added "empty content" note to the student's control panel when a lesson is empty
• Fixed not being able to continuingly enabling/disabling files.
• "Digital file library" option does not display in administration if there aren't any shared files
• Added build number to footer
• Added questions randomization based on content in tests
• Inactive users login fixed
• Fixed bug in reporting for users not in current lesson
• Fixed future dates issue
• Fixed memory overusage during restore
• Available languages now show only active ones
• Added active users filter in statistics
• Fixed loosing current lesson when sidebar opens late
• Fixed future announcement bug
• Fixed login issues for inactive users
• Several additional currencies
• Over 100 smaller fixes and improvements | | 2009/02/17 v3.5.2 build 3470 | This update for version 3.5.2 of eFront includes mainly bug fixes, most important being the following:
• Fixed displaying lessons and courses attended for students and professors
• Fixed displaying debugging info when sending mails
• Fixed bug when upgrading from older versions
• Fixed bug in displaying students' course progress info from professor
• Added "force" option when restoring from older backups
• Fixed a bug in exporting course that prevented lessons from getting imported correctly
• Rearranging inner tables is possible even when one column is empty
• Added SCORM reentry customization option
• Fixed not being able to create a messages folder in Personal Messages, when a folder with the same name already existed in another user's account
• Deleting scorm data for user, deletes corresponding content progress information | | 2009/01/29 v3.5.2 build 3411 | This update for version 3.5.2 of eFront includes many new features, as well as several bug fixes. In a glance, the most important new features on eFront 3.5.2 build 3411 are:
• Fixed searching missing file bug
• Fixed open/close file manager while editing content
• Fixed sidebar redirection when administrator changes lesson settings
• Fixed issue with node reordering
• Fixed issue with copying content
• Fixed problem in navigating personal messages folders
• Extended API, added action efrontlogout
• Redirect after logout now handles URLs without "http://" in front.
• Fixed link to last done test from test reports to jump to last execution instead of first
• Fixed issue with excessive memory usage in statistics
• Aded magic_quotes restrictions in installation
• Fixed default open/close status setting in lesson layout
• Added "Unit headline" option in content properties
• Fixed lesson initialization not resetting users' scorm data
| 2009/01/09
v3.5.2 build 3335 | This update for version 3.5.2 of eFront includes many new features, as well as several bug fixes. In a glance, the most important new features on eFront 3.5.2 build 3335 are:
• Added "hot swap" functionality, for directly switching among different accounts
• Added import/export course functionality
• Added system lock down functionality
• Added copy glossary among lessons functionality
• Added support for conditional login based on license agreement
• Added automatic pre-installation version check for PHP 5
• Added minimum password length attribute in system configuration
• Added conditional concurrent logins functionality
• Enhanced lesson initialization functionality
• Added lesson initialization options to lesson import
• Added additional lesson options and applied options/modules categorization
• Added possibility of creating textarea fields in user profile
In addition to these, there are many bug fixes and updates, the most important being:
• Minor reporting fixes (completed lesson score appearing in list, low/high question types appearing correctly)
• Fixed bug with reporting projects progress for students in "user progress"
• User reports information page displays not-completed tests as well
• Fixed not displaying registration link when LDAP-only registration is enabled
• Fixed paypal redirection issue
• Fixed bug with lesson periods not working
• Lessons in course order are no longer clickable (linked to the index page)
• Fixed issue with SCORM tests not beeing reported correctly in statistics, when there are no other tests in the lesson.
• Fixed issue with flash SCORM content overlaying above popups
• Fixed bug with SCORM export option, when scorm_data directory is absent
• Fixed issue with SCORM tests score not being canonicalized correctly, thus preventing lessons from auto completing
• Lesson progress and content status is now dynamically depicted even for SCORM content
• Fixed bug with not displaying filesystem contents in editor's media/link/image etc selection, under specific server configurations
• Fixed issue with glossary not handling specific words, depending on the characters lying before or after the word.
• Fixed IE issue with non-clickable units
• Fixed z-indexing issue in statistics' autompleted list.
• Lesson modules and options display is now separated
• Fixed issue with redirection after creating lesson that is set to "course-only" mode
• Reordered enterprise/educational versions files
• Fixed issue with SSL https:// support
• The selected unit is now remembered across calls when editing tests or questions.
• Grouped course settings icon under a single option in administrator's courses list
• When a test includes free text questions, its results may also appear as "pending" instead of just "success" or "failed"
• Added missing navigation handles in student's solved test review
• Fixed wrong link in tests search results
• Fixed unable to search without logging into a lesson
• Embedded Right-to-left option for corresponding languages
• Changed ZIPARCHIVE::OVERWRITE to ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE for PHP 5.2.8+ compatibility
• Fixed calendar bug, where a professor could delete other lessons' events when in "show all" mode
• Fixed certificate preview error in Internet Explorer
• Fixed node reordering bug
| 2008/11/28
v3.5.2 | eFront 3.5.2 brings a new level of functionality and visual enhancements to an already established learning management system. The most important new characteristics of v3.5.2 are as follows:
Customizable first page
eFront v3.5.2 introduces a new visual interface that helps user build an attractive first-page layout out of several styles. You can add new types of blocks as well and populate them with your own data.
Tests improvements
The new eFront improves the test infrastructure to support past views of the same test, professor feedback on questions, random tests creation at run-time, test pausing, post-test analysis and analytic reports.
Skill-gap analysis (Educational/Enterprise versions)
A new test layer is introduced that can test the user problematic areas and suggest or auto-assign appropriate lessons
File management improvements
With eFront v3.5.2 you can add files to the lesson’s repository directly through their URLs
Vertical Chat
eFront v3.5.2 introduces a vertical, always visible chat that can be used in conjunction with the rest of the system.
Editor improvements
Direct embedding of images and an intuitive html mode helps you build content easier, faster and more accurately. Also, a new editor option allows you to attach a PDF document as the content of a unit.
Search improvements
Search has been extended to return relevant files based on metadata searching and more descriptive forum results
Quick commands
Use the search box to issue quick commands from any page inside the system
Subscription payments support (Educational version)
Paypal integration has been extended to support subscriptions on top of one-time payments
Better certifications support
The new eFront uses Reach Text Format (RTF) files to better control your certifications look-and-feel
Unit completion improvements
Complete units through questions and get immediate feedback on your current lesson status
Dashboard improvements
We have upgraded the user dashboard with new elements and a fancier look-and-feel
Speed improvements
Extended AJAX support throughout the interface to improve performance and response time
Other improvements
Forum improvements, Enterprise edition improvements, Grid improvements, Module upgrade infrastructure, Side-bar improvements, Extended lesson options to better customize your learning environment
More information can be found here | 2008/10/01
v3.5.1 | This is an update to the version 3.5.0. Key changes are:
• Updated Modules infrastrucure (see list here)
• Added user types infrastructure (see this post for details on what can be done with the new user types)
• Addressed an issue with certain versions of IIS crashing or not working properly;
• Added a reordering facility for professor to define the student's first page layout
• Administrator may set a url that the user will be redirected to after logout
• Added support for directly accessing resources, such as content, files, etc
• Restoring from automatic upgrade backups now uses optimised inserting function
• Logins starting with numeric characters are from now on prohibited
• Fixed bug with quotes in content addition
• Server name is not hard-coded in configuration file anymore; instead, the offset is recorded
More information can be found here | 2008/07/11
v3.5.0 | This is the stable release of eFront version 3.5.0, a major upgrade to the 3.1.x branch. This is a bugfix release, addressing various issues in all aspects of the software.
More information can be found here | 2008/06/25
v3.5.0 beta4 | This is the fourth beta version of eFront 3.5.0, a major upgrade to the 3.1.x branch. This is a bugfix release, addressing various issues in all aspects of the software.
More information can be found here | 2008/06/09
v3.5.0 beta3 | This is the third and final beta version of eFront 3.5.0, a major upgrade to the 3.1.x branch. Key changes from 3.5.0beta2 are:
• Enhanced statistics and reporting operations
• New Modules support
• Improved international filesystems support
• Enhanced SCORM integration
• Improved AJAX performance and error handling
• Incorporated many community suggestions, such as scheduling mechanism, courses extensions, etc
• Improved emailing functions
Key changes in respect to 3.1.x branch are:
• All core functions have beeen rewritten to take advantage of the powerfull Object Oriented features of PHP 5, leading to improved stability, performance, security and extensibility
• New features, including the PayPal payment module, new Search capabilities, etc.
• eFront can now be installed without any web server or documentroot setup hassle.
• An improved, multi-layered dynamic navigation panel makes accessing eFront options much easier
More information can be found here | 2008/05/19
v3.5.0 beta2 | This is the second beta version of eFront 3.5.0, a major upgrade to the 3.1.x branch. Key changes from 3.5.0beta1 are:
• Improved stability and speed
• Extended courses management
• New, ajax-based file manager
• Improved content tree manipulation
• Enhanced AJAX functionality
Key changes in respect to 3.1.x branch are:
• All core functions have beeen rewritten to take advantage of the powerfull Object Oriented features of PHP 5, leading to improved stability, performance, security and extensibility
• New features, including the PayPal payment module, new Search capabilities, etc.
• eFront can now be installed without any web server or documentroot setup hassle.
• An improved, multi-layered dynamic navigation panel makes accessing eFront options much easier
More information can be found here | 2008/04/11
v3.5.0 beta1 | This is the first beta version of eFront 3.5.0, a major upgrade to the 3.1.x branch. Key changes are:
• All core functions have beeen rewritten to take advantage of the powerfull Object Oriented features of PHP 5, leading to improved stability, performance, security and extensibility
• New features, including the PayPal payment module, new Search capabilities, etc.
• eFront can now be installed without any web server or documentroot setup hassle.
• An improved, multi-layered dynamic navigation panel makes accessing eFront options much easier
More information can be found here | 2008/03/18
v3.1.4 | This version is mainly a bugfix release. Key features include:
• Updated appearance and changed default font
• Fixed bug with digital library not showing up
• Fixed bug in importing lessons
• Fixed numerous small bugs in various aspects
• Fixed many small issues in statistics and excel exports
| 2008/02/22
v3.1.3 | This version is mainly a bugfix release. Key features include:
• Bundled PEAR classes
• Updated filesystem function
• Fixed bug preventing backup page to show up
• Updated inporting/exporting functions
• Fixed installation issue with PHP < 5.1
• Fixed caching pages problem in Internet Explorer
• Fixed several excel exports and bundled patch for Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer
• Added extra functionality in user groups
• Fixed some icons beeing invisible in Internet Explorer 6
• Fixed personal messages operations not working in Internet Explorer 6
• Fixed mail server settings check
• Updated various server messages and language tags
• Removed "content copy" feature due to potential instable behaviour
• Removed "user roles" feature due to potential instable behaviour
• Removed upload link from external pages (cms) operation
| 2008/01/23
v3.1.2 | This version fixes an important javascript bug in version 3.1.1 that prevents menus in control panel to appear correctly when using Internet Explorer
Note: If you have already installed version 3.1.1, you don't need to upgrade, you can apply the following patch: Patch from version 3.1.1 to 3.1.2 | 2007/12/10
v3.1.1 | This is mainly a bugfix release, addressing a serious bug in users-to-lessons assignment. Furthermore, it includes several fixes and enhancements, the most important being:
• Updated ajax infrastructure
• Updated calendar functionality
• Fixed small bugs in sortedTable
• Improved IE 6 support
| 2007/12/04
v3.1.0 | •Introduced a full new file system functionality, allowing for true UTF8 filenames in Windows and increased security and database abstraction
Ajax-enabled (potentially) long elements list, such as users and lessons tables
• Introduced new user groups functionality
• Improved IE6 support, including a new set of GIF icons to replace transparent PNGs when IE6 is used
• Updated database connection settings to ensure proper UTF8 data manipulation
• Added localization variables to system configuration
• Updated statistics functionality
• Updated forum functionality
• Remastered backup functionality
• Implemented a more robust auto backup procedure during upgrade
• New appearance, faster and smaller pages
| | From v1 to v3 | For a short introduction to eFront and its history until v3 read here |
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