[LON-CAPA-admin] New Testing Version Released 2.0.99.0

[Lars Jensen]

Hi Guy,

After upgrading, I noticed that the front page logo's still have 
problems, now both in Firefox and IE. Please see http://schubert.tmcc.edu/

Lars.

Guy Albertelli II wrote:
> Hi Lars,
> 
> 
>> Is jsMath 2.0 in the new version?
> 
> Yep
> 
> version 2.4b is in there.
> 
>> Lars.
>>
>> Guy Albertelli II wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> New Testing Version 2.0.99.0 Released
>>>
>>> I wouldn't suggest putting this on any production servers. But I would
>>> really appreciate any testing people could do.
>>>
>>>
>>> Notable Changes:
>>> - <numericresponse> only allows numbers now (used to allow an odd
>>>    subset of numeric expressions)
>>> - <formularesponse> easier to work with when doing variableless expressions
>>> - lonnotify  - DC can now send normal emails to classes of users to notify them of important events
>>> - server timezone added to dates and times
>>> - Switch server link no longer requires re logging in
>>> - slots work with .problem
>>> - hand graded problems now use the grading queue idea
>>> - Bridge Task no longer need slots, have a better looking 'Done'
>>>    output, revamped randomiztion allows for <instance> disabling,
>>>    have usable CSTR mode
>>> - new response type <customresponse>
>>> - <externalresponse> is fully functional
>>> - <displayduedate> can be formatted now
>>> - printing of duedates understands parts
>>> - can import BB6 pool and assement questions
>>> - interface for slot mangement (editing, creating, deleting)
>>> - selection interface improvements to printing for other users
>>> - messages better about rembering which course they belong to, 
>>>    and can sort by associated course
>>> - courses can setup restrictions to what metadata values a user can
>>>    specify for a portfolio item
>>> - print screen presents list of recently created printouts
>>> - can search and include NSDL resources
>>> - search has better default sorting
>>> - printing <table?s should look better
>>> - Match::Complex and Math::Cephes::Matrix availble in problem safe space
>>> - whatsnew is faster and can be configured for what information it
>>>   shows
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> To install this update:
>>>
>>> 1) You will need to be running Fedora Core 2 or 3 or 4, RHEL ES 4, Suse 9.2
>>>
>>>
>>> 2) If running Fedora, use yum to update your machine and then install the
>>>       LONCAPA-prerequisites (if not already installed).
>>>
>>> yum update
>>> yum install LONCAPA-prerequisites
>>>
>>>     If running SuSe, use you to update your machine.
>>>     if running RHEL, use up2date to update your machine.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 3) Download the new LON-CAPA tarball from
>>> wget http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-2.0.1.tar.gz
>>>
>>> and untar it
>>>
>>> tar xzvf loncapa-2.0.1.tar.gz
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 4) Run the UPDATE script as root
>>> cd loncapa-2.0.1
>>> su
>>> ./UPDATE
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 5) restart the Lon-CAPA system services
>>> /etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol stop
>>> /etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol start
>>>
>>> 6) restart the webserver:
>>>
>>> Fedora/Red Hat Enterprise:
>>> /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop
>>> /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start
>>>
>>> SuSe:
>>> /etc/init.d/apache stop
>>> /etc/init.d/apache start
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----NOTES
>>> 1) Many questions are answered at http://help.lon-capa.org
>>> 2) Defects reports, and enhancements requests can be entered at
>>>    http://bugs.lon-capa.org
>>> 3) Mailing lists can be joined and left at http://mail.lon-capa.org
>>>
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