Long awaited updates to JCE 1.5.x have finally been released, addressing and fixing many bugs and issues, and adding a few new featues along the way.

This release consists of updates to the Editor Plugin and Admin Component, as well as all the subscription plugins. Notable updates and changes include:

• A new HTML, javascript powered multiple file uploader (no flash required!)
• A GZip compression option reduces load times of the editor significantly
• TinyMCE has been upgraded to 3.2.1.1 - Changelog
• A new, improved Advcode Editor using the CodeMirror syntax highlighting engine (php support to follow)
• Improved support for PHP, CSS and javascript code with visual indicators.
• PDF and other Object support
• Improved security removes iframe, object, param, embed, applet, script and style elements unless an appropriate plugin or option is enabled.
• New Article Breaks plugin adds improved Readmore and Pagebreak support
• The Group Manager in the Admin Component has been re-designed / re-ordered to make using this powerful feature easier.

For a full list of features and fixes, click Read More or see below.

For fixes and changes to the subscriber plugins, see the download notes for each plugin.

For installation instructions including new upgrade steps, click here

JCE Editor Plugin changelog (from 1.5.1)

• Update: TinyMCE to 3.2.1.1
• Fixed: Plugin button/action permissions
• Fixed: noscript element innerHTML removal / encoding
• Fixed: Image Manager preview loader graphic position
• Fixed: Image Manager dimensions NaN errors
• Fixed: Browser / Image Manager etc form submisssion if return whilst cursor in search input field
• Fixed: Table Delete / Table Properties buttons in editor layout
• Fixed: Removal of multiple . in upload file name
• Fixed: Font addition / removal
• Fixed: AdvLink Menu and Uncategorized links
• Fixed: File / folder writable indicators in FTP mode
• Fixed: Proportional dimension calculations
• Fixed: Editor UI fixes for IE8
• Fixed: Script error when selecting Format option
• Added: New upload code with multiple files support, queuingand in-place renaming using HTML upload methods (no Flash required)
• Added: CodeMirror Syntax Highlighting engine used for AdvCode view (adds Webkit support and additional features)
• Added: Enhanced PHP, CSS and Javascript support with visual indicators
• Added: Context Menu entries for plugins with correct icons
• Added: Ability to change editor encoding
• Added: New Article plugin provides better ReadMore and PageBreak options with block element splitting
• Added: New Code plugin provides better support for PHP code and placeholder icons for PHP, Javascript and CSS code.
• Added: New security feature removes all iframe, embed, object, param, script and applet elements if an appropraite plugin or parameter is not installed or set.
• Added: nofollow to AdvLink rel list.
• Added: Media plugin supports other objects and PDF files
• Added: AdvLink Link Browser item names incude alias for easier identification
• Added: Legacy template template_css.css file loaded if found
• Added: Additional security measures in folder name resolution for root folder creation
• Added: Black variant for o2k7 theme
• Added: GZip Compression speeds up editor loading
• Changed: Media plugin codebase parameters replaced with version numbers
• Changed: Media plugin uses XHTML method to embed flash
• Changed: Relative URLs to load scripts, images, css files etc. and better SSL support. Uses JURI::root(true)
• Changed: Mixed case filenames are now supported

JCE Administration Component changelog (from 1.5.0)

• Removed: Plugin Parameters in Plugin Manager
• Removed: Plugin Layout Editor in Plugin Manager
• Removed: Group Configration options in JCE Configuration
• Removed: JCE News Feed Module
• Fixed: Group Ordering
• Changed: Group Editor options into tabbed sections
• Changed: Group Plugin Parameters use tabs instead of accordian. Added identifying icons
• Added: Width inidicator on Group layouts. Updates when width value set in Editor Parameters
• Added: Sample Frontend group
• Added: 'All Components' option in Group Manager Setup components List
• Added: Explanatory notes in Group Manager Setup