Moodle 1.6.1 release notes

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Release date: 20th July 2006

Bug Fixes

• Fixed regression in Turkish locale handling
• Authorize and Paypal enrolment plugin cleanup
• Fixed serious problem with failing Database restore
• Fixed restore of HotPot module containing attempts
• Minor Database module fixes
• National characters in graphs now work for most languages out of the box
• Reviewed and fixed all *nix locale codes in language packs
• Fixed problems when using Resources with Blocks on the front page
• Fixed missing events on the first day of month in calendar
• Fixed several problems in Lesson - scores, branch tables, HTML editor issues
• Fixed broken intermodule relinking of absolute paths - please do not use course backups from original 1.6
• PDF byteserving problems caused by incorrect partial content length solved
• Fixed several regressions in handling of multiple groups
• Fixed alphabet problems in Glossary
• Chameleon theme fixes and enhancements
• Fixed all hard coded admin paths
• Fixed moving of course sections
• Fixed grading of Essays in Quiz
• Several Quiz regrading problems solved
• Questions are now exported into backupdata directory
• Added workaround for problems when editing two quizzes in one browser
• Lots of other Quiz related bugs fixed - thanks Tim!
• Fixed IE insecure items warning on sites with https login
• Improved cookie test on the login page
• Potential security issue with unzipping maliciously-crafted zip files fixed
• Sanitized input parameters in help.php
• Calendar view.php now respects forcelogin setting
• And lots of other minor fixes worth upgrading

New Features

• Enhanced frontpage settings - front page can now be different for logged in users, changed category list display
• Improved administration page layout
• Possibility to change graph font for all locales - moodledata/lang/default.ttf takes precedence over lib/default.ttf
• Local language packs may also contain default.ttf
• Backported improved lang.php from HEAD
• New config.php option $CFG->allowvisiblecoursesinhiddencategories

Known Problems

• Broken images in published question categories
• Small number of sites reports problems with Quiz upgrade - please always do a full database backup before any upgrade!
• Workshop backup/restore and Workshop import from other course not supported
• Additional feature 'Sidebar Block' uses section 1000, but 1000 is not included in the backup

Related

• Third party modules should be already updated for 1.6.x - you must install new versions before UTF-8 migration!
• New integration of phpMyAdmin available - fixes upstream security problems and compatibility with PHP 5