Released on October 14th, 2015.
This is a stable release and is recommended for all users.
This release includes fixes for all bugs that have been reported on version 6.6.4 so far.
Also available on GitHub.
Installation
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Our easy Installation Guide will provide step by step instructions to get you started with b2evolution.
Upgrade
If you're running version 5.1.0 or later, feel free to use the Auto-Upgrade Procedure for a quick and automated upgrade.
In any case, all the upgrade options are outlined here: Upgrading an existing installation.
IMPORTANT:
- If you have been using previous v6 beta versions, you should delete the
boostrap_*skin folders before installing this version. Otherwise you will have old files interfering with the new ones. - Many root files are no longer needed in this version and should ideally be deleted from your web server.
- You should use the provided tool to convert your database to UTF-8. Please check Upgrade to b2evolution version 6.x for instructions.
Changes
In addition to features of version 6.6.4-stable:
- Added badges to alert about meta comments and meta comments navigation links. (more to come in next point release).
- Enhanced Post Edit Screen.
- Enhanced Duplicate Post feature, allowing to link files from original.
- Clarified presentation of advanced permissions in several places.
- Item types / Post Types
- Improved UI for assigning the default type for a collection
- Allowing to connect posts to a parent post. Enable "Use Parent ID" in the Item Type Form for this to work. (more uses of this feature in next point release).
- Many small UI improvements.
- Many small bug fixes.