Beta3 of JCE 1.5.8 has been released to subscribers. Thanks to all those who tested the previous beta and submitted suggestions and bug reports.

Changelog

Editor

• Fixed code loss when switching tabs
• Fixed some Paste issues
• Added new Help features and topics
• Fixed selection issues with links and AdvLink

Administration

• Fixed issues when importing / exporting profiles
• Fixed some issues with Editable Lists
• Minor re-organisation of default layout
• Upload Conflict Actions selection now uses check box selection
• Added option to change position of File Browser in Manager plugins (only supported by Image Manager at the moment)
• You can now specify multiple stylesheets in the Custom CSS Files field
• Editor Parameters Editor CSS option now allows for stylesheets to be appended to the Global Configuration value, to overwrite it or inherit it.
• Fixed some issues with the Colour Picker
• Fixed issues when selecting users in the Profiles Setup

Installation

Users of beta2 can install beta3 using the Updater in the JCE Control Panel.

Installation of the package is recommended as usual and will update previous versions. The existing installation instructions can be used for this version.

A forum has been created for bug reports and general comments on this beta. It is hoped that the beta period for JCE 1.5.8 will be short and that a stable release will follow soon. This version will also be converted to work with Joomla! 1.6 over the next few weeks.

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The long awaited JCE 1.5.8 has been released as a beta version for testing exclusively to JCE Subscribers.

The decision was made to release a beta version because of the significant changes made to the Administration Component and, new features introduced and complete changes to the Languages in JCE 1.5.8. A pre-release beta will give interested a chance to try out the new features, report any bugs found and fro translators to prepare new Language packs.

Whats new?

Administration Component

The JCE Administration Component has been given a bit of a make-over with the most notable changes being

• Groups have been renamed to Profiles. Groups was arguably never a good name for the feature and the concept of the Profile, a term more commonly used in relation to assigning features and parameters on a per user or usertype basis, seemed to fit the bill.
• The Plugin Manager has been removed. This was no longer required as all plugin management is done in Profiles
• All features of the Installer are now grouped on one page in the Add-ons Installer. Related Joomla! Extensions like JCE MediaBox can now be installed and removed from here too.
• JCE MediaBox parameters can now be set from within the JCE Administration Component. If JCE MediaBox is installed and enabled an icon will appear in the JCE Control Panel.
• The Profiles (formerly Groups) screens have been re-organised for clarity.
• A Profile can now be restricted to the Joomla! front-end or back-end
• The Editor Layout in Profiles, now with the Features tab, has been flipped so that the Current Editor Layout is at the top.
• Editor CSS files can now also be set in a Profile with the option to override or add to those set int he Global Configuration.
• New Tabs options have been introduced to set parameters for the new JCE Editor Tabs
• A number of new Parameter Widgets have been introduced to help with setting certain parameters.
• Parameters for List Size and Allow Root Access have been added for the File Browser in 'Manager' plugins.
• Compression options have been added to the Global Configuration
• A Preferences dialog has been added to the Control Panel for setting Administration area preferences.
• An Updates dialog has been added fro updating the Editor, Administration Component and Plugins.

Editor Plugin

A number of new features and improvements have been made to the Editor Plugin and some of the included plugins

• A new uploader engine has been added that allows for multiple file selections using either HTML5 (in Firefox) or Flash.
• One file in the upload queue can now be automatically selected after uploading
• Links can be made with AdvLink without making a selection first.
• The new Editable Select List makes editing the Relationship Page To Target field easier in AdvLink when creating popups.
• The Paste plugin has been improved with new parameters for easier setup and with some cleanup improvements.
• The Emotions plugin has been improved with new icons and parameters to set a different icon path and icons.
• A Fullpage plugin has been added to allow for full page creation / editing, ie: editing of the HTML, HEAD and BODY elements of a document. Great for newsletter components.
• A new Colour Picker has been added.

Installation

Installation of the package is recommended as usual and will update previous versions. The existing installation instructions can be used for this version.

A forum has been created for bug reports and general comments on this beta. It is hoped that the beta period for JCE 1.5.8 will be short and that a stable release will follow soon. This version will also be converted to work with Joomla! 1.6 over the next few weeks.

Download JCE 1.5.8 beta2

UPDATE
I will be blogging about the new features over the next few days. Some videos from the development process are already available in the Development Blog

This release adds Lightbox / Slimbox and Shadowbox conversion (convert any lightbox / slimbox or shadowbox popup link into a JCE MediaBox one) as well as fixing a few bugs, most notably an issue with IE6 / 7 detection and browser title tooltip display issues in IE.

Included in this release is a new option to create popups on the fly, on content loaded by ajax for example, by using the jcepopup.create(elements) method (where elements is an array of potential popup links)

For a full list of changes, see the changelog

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From today the Subscriber Forums on the JCE Support Forum are restricted to JCE Subscribers only.

Users without a subscription can continue to post in the General Discussion forum. Whilst we will continue to monitor this forum it is intended primarily for user to user support.

After a bit of a crazy weekend with no less than 2 other releases, both of which seemed to introduce a new bug!, here is a third, which should hopefully fix issues with the previous two, the main one being installation of plugin extensions.

Check out the new Download section too which is running on Zoo2 from Yootheme

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This release fixes an issue where the editor would fail to load if a 3rd party JCE Language Pack was installed but did not include javascript language files for some plugins. Any plugin affected will be disabled and a warning message displayed.

The Administration Component remains unchanged but has been re-released with this version number.

As the only changes are to the Editor Plugin, if upgrading from JCE 1.5.7.2 only the Editor Plugin 1.5.7.3 needs to be installed.

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This is a minor release to fix a few small but annoying bugs in the Editor Plugin and Administration Component

Changelog

• Administration Component
• Editor Plugin

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I am pleased to announce that JCE won the J!OSCAR Award for best module / plugin at the first annual J And Beyond Conference in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Thank you to all those who voted, and congratulations to all the other winners!

The full list of winners is available at joomlablogger.net 

Updates for the JCE Editor Plugin and JCE Administration Component have been released today, fixing a few known bugs, upgrading the TinyMCE WYSIWYG engine and adding a few, small new features.

This release includes a minor fix that replaces use of the Mootools trim() function (carried over from the old JCE Utilities codebase) with JCEMEdiaBox.trim(). Only users who are not using Mootools in their sites would be affected by this bug but upgrading is recommended for all users.

For a full list of changes, see the changelog

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This release (which includes fixes from the unreleased 1.0.6) fixes an issue with the embed element type attribute and removes the fade-in effect on IE6.

For a full list of changes, see the changelog

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This is a minor maintenance release to fix an issue with resolving the site url.

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This is a minor maintenance release to fix an issue resolving JCE MediaBox urls with SEF activated.

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This is a minor maintenance release to fix an issue with zoom icon positioning and inherited styles, and MediaObject function calls using an incorrect function name.

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This is a minor maintenance release to fix more issues with SEF and urls and popups now close when clicking on the overlay / background.

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