DotNetNuke v9.4.2 Release Notes

Release Date: 2019-11-12 // over 4 years ago
  • ๐Ÿš€ Release Notes

    We'd like to first thank everyone from the community who has submitted pull requests or reported issues. A grand total of 37 pull requests by 14 contributors were processed for this release.

    Noteworthy Changes in v9.4.2

    Known issues

    • ๐Ÿ‘€ It appears we might have an unwanted breaking change in DotNetNuke.Services.Url.FriendlyUrl.FriendlyUrlProvider.FriendlyUrl see #3289 If you have modules that use this API you may need to recompile them adding a reference to DotNetNuke.Abstractions.dll or wait for a resolution on this issue.

    ๐Ÿ› Bug Fixes

    • โšก๏ธ Updated default portal template so it provides default permissions on portal folders. Thanks @SCullman #3024
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed an issue where site settings where not working after setting up "PRIVACY" section on multi language sites. Thanks @donker [#3031] (#3031)
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed an issue where sending multiple emails with attachments would fail. Thanks @david-poindexter #3039
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed an issue where the validation of alphanumeric characters for password requirements was wrong. Thanks @tingung #3059
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed an issue where it was impossible to remove a site logo. Thanks @youngcaseho #3119
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed issue where vocabularies would cause an infinite loop. Thanks @berkarslan-xo #3123
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed an issue where users could not verify their account if they lost their original account verification email by adding a resend verification link to the unverified account message. Thanks @zyhfish #3144
    • Prevents creation of blank role group names. Thanks @youngcaseho #3170
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed a memory leak issue with web api modules. Thanks @ahoefling #3192
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed an issue where module settings dialog could not be opened if urls where converted to lower case. Thanks @zyhfish #3208

    โœจ Enhancements

    • ๐Ÿ‘‰ Usernames are no longer changed to the emails when the settings required the email as username. Thanks @mikebigun #2625
    • โž• Added a warning during install/upgrades that .Net Framework 4.7.2 is required if not present. Thanks @valadas #3032
    • โž• Added a tooltip to indicate to use about 60 characters for best SEO on site descriptions. Thanks @Tychodewaard #3126
    • โœ‚ Remove Thread Cancellation from OAuthClientBase Implementation. Thanks @ahoefling #3152
    • Created INavigationManager to replace Globals.NavigateURL to use Dependency Injection. Thanks @ahoefling #3160
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improvements with module permissions when copying modules. Thanks @mikebigun #3162
    • ๐ŸŒฒ Whitespace is now properly visible in the log viewer. Thanks @bdukes #3198
    • โœ‚ Removed "No Search Results" display before any search is performed. Thanks @dinesh-jain-aurea #3203
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved install process to use managedPackage for library dependencies. Thanks @donker #3221
    • Made navigation stays on same page after creating a new group instead of redirecting to the group page (makes it faster to create multiple groups) Thanks @tingung #3223

    Developer Experience

    List of Contributors

    โž• Additional Resources.

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