excludeFromUpdates

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A new state available in ext_emconf.php of extensions allows administrators and developers to set extensions to be protected against updates. When an extension is updated, but local version contains changes made by administrators that they don’t want to be overwritten, the system wide update will protect the extension set as excluded from updates. To make… Read more »

config.fileTarget

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New setting allows to control how the internal links to files are targeted. For example, config.fileTarget = _blank will open the file in a new window (or tab in most modern browsers). More info: RFC: Feature #6626: config.fileTarget for link target on files http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=6626

USER to USER_INT conversion

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USER content objects are cached with the page. USER_INT object are not. Some plugins may need to operate in both modes, depending on the way they are called, parameters they are issued, or execution path they take. The new option allows to convert the content object into a USER_INT object from USER during execution. Here… Read more »

Redirect options

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When a redirect using the external URL is used, the 302 HTTP status code is used. The new PageTS Config option allows using different codes: TSFE.jumpURL_HTTPStatusCode = 301 Moved Permanently TSFE.jumpURL_HTTPStatusCode = 302 Default – moved temporarily/redirect TSFE.jumpURL_HTTPStatusCode = 303 Other TSFE.jumpURL_HTTPStatusCode = 307 Temporary redirect More info: RFC: Bug #3787: Patch: new option TSFE.jumpURL_HTTPStatusCode… Read more »

File permissions

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A few new options, applied to backend users and backend user groups (through UserTS) give administrators more control over files. options.fileTree.uploadFieldsInLinkBrowser Configures the number of upload fields in the linkbrowser. Default value is 3, but can be set to 0 to forbit uploading through the linkbrowser at all. options.fileTree.denyCreateFolder If set to 1, creation of… Read more »