This is a minor update to fix a few issues in the Image Manager Extended, in particular errors when  resizing or thumbnailing on upload where these options have been hidden in the upload dialog.

The Image Editor has undergone some extensive internal tweaks, changing the way images are saved and how transforms (resize, crop) are applied. This should hopefully help users who have been unable to use the editor due to some server restrictions. In addition, the Crop options now include fields to set custom width, height x and y values.

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This release follows a rather lengthy beta and release candidate testing process, resulting in quite a long list of bug fixes. The extension has also had a general cleanup, with a number of methods optimized and updated and a few layouts cleaned up.

In addition to this we have also managed to reduce the size of the extension package (zip) by around 360kb by compressing css files and optimizing png and gif images and removing other redundant files. The zip package is now being used as the main distribution package.

Postgresql support has also been added (Joomla 3 only), but due to errors in the Joomla core, some items such as the Link Browser may not function as expected.

Thank you to everyone who helped in beta and release candidate testing.

UPDATE : 2.3.2.4 has been released to fix various issues.

UPDATE : 2.3.2.3 has been released to fix issues with the Colourpicker dialog and media options.

UPDATE : JCE 2.3.2.2 has been released to fix a few bugs in 2.3.2.

Changelog

A full changelog (from JCE 2.2.x) is available here

Installation and Updating

Instructions for installing JCE 2.3.2 are available here

JCE can also be updated from previous versions using the JCE Updater in Joomla! 1.5 and 2.5 or using the Joomla! Update Manager in Joomla! 2.5 and 3.0

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JCE 2.3.2 can be download from here

 

The first release of 2013 is a tentative one. JCE 2.3.2 is being release as a beta version to iron out any issues with the bug fixes and changes introduced in this version.

This update includes quite a few bug fixes and a few useful additions.

New Stuff

The Clipboard plugin now includes routines to handle Footnotes when pasting from Office documents. Footnotes can be converted to anchors, unlinked (the link is removed but the text remains), or removed completely. 

An option has been added to the Global Configuration to set   behaviour when the encoding mode is set to UTF-8 -   characters can remain in the utf-8 version or converted to the " ".

The Source Code Editor has been upgraded to CodeMirror 3. The CodeMirror project has seen significant changes and improvements over the last few months, in part due to its inclusion in the Adobe Brackets project.

The layout of the Help dialog has been improved with collapsible and resizable panes. 

Bug Fixes

One of the main reasons for the beta release, a number of changes have been made to the code structure to remove Strict Standards errors, which many users have been reporting since the PHP 5.4 inclusion of E_STRICT in the E_ALL PHP error_reporting parameter. 

Changes have been made to the filesystem functions to improve support for IIS filesystems, including support for UNC paths.

The Updates dialog now opens correctly from the "Updates Available" link in the Control Panel.

A full changelog will be published when JCE 2.3.2 "stable" is released.

Installation and Updating

Installation of a beta version on a production site is not recommended.

Instructions for installing JCE 2.3.1 are available here

JCE can also be updated from previous versions using the JCE Updater in Joomla! 1.5 and 2.5 or using the Joomla! Update Manager in Joomla! 2.5 and 3.0

A recent spate of hacks on Joomla sites has been reported recently and there are some suggestions that an exploit in an earlier version of JCE may have been used to carry out these attacks on some sites.

We were notified of this vulnerability by Secunia in May of this year and promptly released two updates to fix the issues :

http://www.joomlacontenteditor.net/news/item/jce-21-released

http://www.joomlacontenteditor.net/news/item/jce-211-released

All subsequant releases have included these fixes and no new vulnerabilities have been reported to us.

We urge all users to update JCE to the latest version as soon as possible, especially if you are using JCE 1.5 or any version before JCE 2.1.1

It is advisable to ensure that your version of Joomla and ALL extensions are kept up to date.

Checking for Updates

JCE supports the Joomla! Update Manager in Joomla! 2.5 and Joomal! 3.0 so you will be notified of any new version via the Update Manager. In Joomla! 1.5, 2.5 and 3.0 an update notification is also shown in the JCE Control Panel.

All JCE Editor updates include a release notification published on this site and are tweeted. You can subscribe to the JCE News Feed, or follow us on twitter.

Updating JCE

Updates can be done via the Joomla! Update Manager in Joomla! 2.5 and Joomla! 3.0 or using the Updates button in the JCE Control Panel in all Joomla! versions. You can also update by installing the new version using the Joomla! Installer.

Installation and update instructions are available here

An extra helping hand

If you are managing multiple Joomla! sites you may consider services like Admincredible or Watchful.li which have features to update Joomla! and installed extensions on multiple sites. joomla-security.com's audit tool can help you find and remove hacked files and keep your site up to date.

For general Joomla! secutiry issues, vist the Joomla! security forum

Contact Us

We regard the security of JCE as an absolute priority. If you are aware of any potential security issue or suspect a problem, please contact us immediately.

 

This update fixes a few bugs that unfortunately weren't found in the beta / release candidate testing phase.

Changelog

A full changelog (from JCE 2.2.x) is available here

Installation and Updating

Instructions for installing JCE 2.3.0 are available here

JCE can also be updated from previous versions using the JCE Updater in Joomla! 1.5 and 2.5 or using the Joomla! Update Manager in Joomla! 2.5 and 3.0

Clear your browser cache after updating from a previous JCE installation

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JCE 2.3.0 can be download from here

After a beta and release candidate testing phase (a big thank you to all testers!), JCE 2.3.0 "Stable" has been released.

This release marks the end of the 2.2.x stream and the beginning of official support for Joomla! 3.0. JCE 2.3.0 is now available for Joomla! 1.5, 2.5 and 3.0 as a single installation package.

What's new?

Some of the new stuff has already been mentioned in a previous beta release announcement, but to reiterate :

Administration UI changes

The JCE Administration has been refined a little bit, mostly to make it easier to support 3 Joomla! versions - eg:  system modal dialogs are now used instead of custom dialogs, custom table styles removed - but a few small changes, such as replacing Yes/No select lists with radio lists make setting some parameters easier (especially when using fingers on a tablet!)

Drag & Drop Profile Ordering

Like content items in the Joomla! 3.0 Article Manager, JCE Editor Profiles can now be re-ordered by dragging and dropping them into their new position. This works on mobile devices too! You can still re-order by using the Order Up and Order Down buttons or by entering in the new order values as before.

Assign Profiles to Devices

A new "Device" option has been added to the Profiles Setup tab which allows you to specify the device - Desktop, Tablet, Phone - the profile is to be used on.

"Mobile" Toolbar Theme

An experimental "Mobile" Toolbar Theme has been added with bigger buttons. Of course this theme can be used on any device. This theme will be improved and refined as more tests are done on mobile devices.

In addition a sample "Mobile" profile has been included as an example of how one could use the Device assignment and Mobile toolbar theme.

Language Loading

All JCE language strings are now loaded via INI files, reducing the number of files loaded by the editor on startup and simplifying translation. We are in the process of setting up an official Transifex project for JCE (thanks to jonnydement).

What's not included?

We had previously mentioned converting all JCE Add-ons to Joomla! plugins, installed with the Joomla! Installer.

Initial work on this quickly produced a number of backwards compatibility issues that would have made the upgrade to JCE 2.3.0 difficult for many users, and the lack of some required features in Joomla! 1.5 would have still required JCE Add-ons to be installed with the JCE Installer.

This conversion has therefore been moved to JCE 3.0, where support for Joomla! 1.5 will be dropped.

Changelog

A full changelog (from JCE 2.2.x) is available here

Installation and Updating

Instructions for installing JCE 2.3.0 are available here

JCE can also be updated from previous versions using the JCE Updater in Joomla! 1.5 and 2.5 or using the Joomla! Update Manager in Joomla! 2.5 and 3.0

Clear your browser cache after updating from a previous JCE installation

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JCE 2.3.0 can be download from here

This update fixes a few issues, adds support for Joomla! 3.0 (by removing use of the DS constant) and adds a Menu Assignment option - selecting a menu or multiple menu items in the MediaBox parameters will restrict mediabox to load only on pages assigned to those menu items.

Check out the Changelog for a full list of bug fixes and updates.

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This release fixes a few bugs and adds a few missing features, including : 

Drag & Drop Upload support

Already included in the standard Image Manager, this now been included in the Image Manager Extended, with the added bonus of being able to resize the images on upload too!

"Always Include Dimensions"

Again, another option already available in the standard Image Manager, setting this parameter to "No" will allow images to be inserted without dimensions if they have not been changed from the original values.

Default Attribute Values

And the last feature also available in the Image Manager, these parameters allow setting of default values for some attributes like Classes, Styles, Directionality, ID and Long Description.

New Image Library

A new image library has been added - with support for PHP GD2 and PHP IMagick - for resizing and cropping images. As HTML5 Canvas has been shown to produce poor quality thumbnails and resized images due to a lack of any form of image interpolation, this library is used by default for all these operations. An option is available however to revert to HTML5 Canvas.

Coming soon to Image Manager Extended 2.1

Image watermarks and popup "albums"...

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This update includes a few bug fixes as well as some useful changes to the Ordered and Unordered List plugins and the Spellchecker.

This will be the last release of the JCE 2.2.x series (except for any necessary bug fixes). Development focus will now shift to JCE 2.3.x. 

UPDATE : JCE 2.2.9.1 fixes an issue where all content is removed on pressing backspace if Validate HTML = No.

Check out the Changelog for a full list of bug fixes and updates.

JCE 2.2.9 is for Joomla! 1.5 and Joomla! 2.5 only.

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Lists

The Ordered and Unordered list options have been integrated into a single plugin, with options added to set the available styles for each.

Spellchecker

An option to use the internal Browser spellchecker (where available) has been added and set as the default spellchecker. IE8 & 9, which do not have a built in spellchecker, will use the Google Spellcheck option by default.

An option has also been added to select and order the languages for the Google Spellchecker as this service supports a set number of languages.

Installation and Updating

Updating to JCE 2.2.9 from existing JCE 2.x versions can be done using the JCE Updater, or the Joomla! Update Manager in Joomla! 2.5. Alternatively, follow the Installation Instructions for a new install or update.