Moodle 1.6.3 release notes

Release date: 10th October 2006

Full details of these issues can be found in the tracker

Security

• A vulnerability was discovered that could allow SQL injections if a parameter was improperly used. Full details of this particular issue are on the Moodle Security site. All registered Moodle admins were notified by direct email on Saturday September 30th.

General Bugs Fixed

• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-3048 MDL-3048] ] - Release note should note not to use some PHP versions
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-3805 MDL-3805] ] - mod.html in NEWMODULE.zip is not XHTML1.0 Transitional compliant
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-5378 MDL-5378] ] - shorten_text doesn't work for oriental languages
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-5601 MDL-5601] ] - cloze question restore error problem
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-5884 MDL-5884] ] - Turn Student View On
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-5893 MDL-5893] ] - Blackboard export/backup course does not restore to Moodle correctly
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6084 MDL-6084] ] - Restore to new course failure notice if logged in as course creator
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6128 MDL-6128] ] - 1.6, special chars and messaging system.
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6193 MDL-6193] ] - problem with login/index.php file
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6205 MDL-6205] ] - slashes not stripped when re-editing profile
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6224 MDL-6224] ] - Syntax error creating tables on install
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6247 MDL-6247] ] - Error checking for missing themes
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6271 MDL-6271] ] - breadcrumb problem
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6272 MDL-6272] ] - DB Enrolment not recording enrolment end date
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6334 MDL-6334] ] - Unnecessary group menu in Feedback popup window
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6336 MDL-6336] ] - After utf8-migration unserializing of old essay fails
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6341 MDL-6341] ] - "Student view" locks out designers/administrators from courses not available to students
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6342 MDL-6342] ] - cannot move forum post to other forum when the subject includes an apostrophe
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6363 MDL-6363] ] - typo in mod/forum/restorelib.php prevents grouped discussions from being accessible to group after a restore.
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6375 MDL-6375] ] - Uploaded assignments are not available from the student submission page once graded
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6480 MDL-6480] ] - Import of multichoice questions in Moodle XML format doesn't use shuffle option. Fix included
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6517 MDL-6517] ] - Adding or editing post produces "ERROR: invalid input syntax for integer: "Object id #XXX"
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6518 MDL-6518] ] - How to make new themes link no longer required
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6521 MDL-6521] ] - Single discussion forums can be splitted and it hasn't too much sense....
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6537 MDL-6537] ] - past students receive email from forum
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6538 MDL-6538] ] - Bug in hotpot upgrade script 1.6.1 -> 1.6.2 with MetaColumns() method
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6615 MDL-6615] ] - Highlighting search terms in forum search text posts fails
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6632 MDL-6632] ] - scorm_grade_user function in locallib.php file has errors
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6649 MDL-6649] ] - HTML Editor in Quiz Essay Question unreliable
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6686 MDL-6686] ] - Streamed Chat Locks Send Message Field
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6750 MDL-6750] ] - change_password.php produces JS error.
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6754 MDL-6754] ] - moodle.php in de_utf8 langpack has wrong locale
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6757 MDL-6757] ] - Insert a Chinese charachter string to label resource result error.
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6770 MDL-6770] ] - Student cannot see handed-in assignment
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6791 MDL-6791] ] - Streamed Chat JS bug Prevents Use
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6824 MDL-6824] ] - redundant style declaration in theme
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6837 MDL-6837] ] - Make a language file entry for the wording of popup blocker checker
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6841 MDL-6841] ] - Student View button fails when course is hidden to students
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6842 MDL-6842] ] - Resource frameset error in IE6
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6866 MDL-6866] ] - A required parameter (backup_unique_code) was missing" error
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6876 MDL-6876] ] - Grades computed incorrectly if assignment name appears more than twice in a course

Improvements

• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6280 MDL-6280] ] - Backup files should not be included in new backups
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6572 MDL-6572] ] - Allow students to access their uploaded documents after grading.
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6662 MDL-6662] ] - why footer with margin-top: 100px
• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-6878 MDL-6878] ] - Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files in Moodle are not correctly displayed in many Browsers

New Feature

• [ [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-5653 MDL-5653] ] - add blacklisted level into environment XML