New Features in version 0.8

Modified 7 May 2006 by Per Cederberg (per)

Note: This document has historical interest only, as it contains a brief summary of the features that were new in Liquid Site version 0.8.

Speed & IE Fixes

Some serious performance improvements have been made by caching permissions and templates. Various stylistic fixes for Internet Explorer now also makes sure that the Liquid Site administration tool looks good in any browser.

ZIP File Unpacking

ZIP files can now be uploaded and unpacked directly, creating a whole hierarchy of files in a single step. This is useful for uploading partial web sites, such as the Liquid Site release documentation.

The new ZIP file checkbox available when adding files.

System Menu

The system menu has finally been filled with content. The restart button is useful for clearing caches and resetting database connections after tampering directly with the database (which one normally shouldn't do).

The buttons in the system view (only for superusers).

Backup

In order to make it easier to transfer domains between Liquid Site installations, a special backup and restore functionality has been added. This can also be used to checkpoint a domain by storing all its content to a single file. For daily backups, however, the whole database and filesystem should be checkpointed.

The backup form where the domain is selected.

Restore

When restoring a backup created as above, various parameters can be adjusted. Among them the new domain name, thereby making it easy to copy a domain through a backup. You can also choose to only store the latest version or to leave everything in the new domain unpublished.

The restore form where various parameters can be modified.