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| author | Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net> |
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| date | Tue, 10 Sep 2002 00:45:46 +0000 |
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| 11 ============================= | 11 ============================= |
| 12 | 12 |
| 13 This has been a fairly major revision of Roundup: | 13 This has been a fairly major revision of Roundup: |
| 14 | 14 |
| 15 1. Brand new, much more powerful, flexible, tasty and nutritious templating. | 15 1. Brand new, much more powerful, flexible, tasty and nutritious templating. |
| 16 Unfortunately, this means all your current templates are useless. Please | 16 Unfortunately, this means all your current templates are useless. Hopefully |
| 17 don't hesitate to ask on roundup-users for help (or complete conversions | 17 the new documentation and examples will be enough to help you make the |
| 18 if you're completely stuck)! | 18 transition. Please don't hesitate to ask on roundup-users for help (or |
| 19 complete conversions if you're completely stuck)! | |
| 19 2. The database backed got a lot more flexible, allowing Metakit and SQL | 20 2. The database backed got a lot more flexible, allowing Metakit and SQL |
| 20 databases! The only SQL database implemented at present is gadfly, but | 21 databases! The only SQL database implemented at present is gadfly, but |
| 21 others shouldn't be a whole lot more work. | 22 others shouldn't be a whole lot more work. |
| 22 3. A brand new, highly flexible and much more robust security system including | 23 3. A brand new, highly flexible and much more robust security system including |
| 23 a system of Permissions, Roles and Role assignments to users. You may now | 24 a system of Permissions, Roles and Role assignments to users. You may now |
| 28 5. We've changed the terminology from "instance" to "tracker", to ease the | 29 5. We've changed the terminology from "instance" to "tracker", to ease the |
| 29 learning curve/impact for new users. | 30 learning curve/impact for new users. |
| 30 6. Because of the above changes, the tracker configuration has seen some | 31 6. Because of the above changes, the tracker configuration has seen some |
| 31 major changes. See below for the details. | 32 major changes. See below for the details. |
| 32 | 33 |
| 33 Please, *back up your database* before you start the migration process. This | 34 Please, **back up your database** before you start the migration process. This |
| 34 is as simple as copying the "db" directory and all its contents from your | 35 is as simple as copying the "db" directory and all its contents from your |
| 35 tracker to somewhere safe. | 36 tracker to somewhere safe. |
| 36 | 37 |
| 37 | 38 |
| 38 0.5.0 Configuration | 39 0.5.0 Configuration |
| 378 | 379 |
| 379 0.5.0 HTML templating | 380 0.5.0 HTML templating |
| 380 --------------------- | 381 --------------------- |
| 381 | 382 |
| 382 You'll want to make a backup of your current tracker html directory. You | 383 You'll want to make a backup of your current tracker html directory. You |
| 383 should then copy the html directory from the Roundup source template that you | 384 should then copy the html directory from the Roundup source "classic" template |
| 384 used to create your tracker, and modify it according to your local schema | 385 and modify it according to your local schema changes. |
| 385 changes. | |
| 386 | 386 |
| 387 If you need help with the new templating system, please ask questions on the | 387 If you need help with the new templating system, please ask questions on the |
| 388 roundup-users mailing list (available through the roundup project page on | 388 roundup-users mailing list (available through the roundup project page on |
| 389 sourceforge, http://roundup.sf.net/) | 389 sourceforge, http://roundup.sf.net/) |
| 390 | 390 |