Pixaria Gallery and AssetDeck versions 3.9.3 are now available for all registered users. This update includes the addition of an automated sitemap generator for galleries and more reliable downloading of very large files (over 100MB). The upgrade also includes a number of database improvements designed to provide better support for extended and non-Latin character sets for languages like Polish, Russian and Czech.
Please be sure to check the release notes before upgrading to make sure you're aware of all the changes. Don't forget that, as always, the change log contains details of all the files that have been modified since version 3.9.2.
Registered users can download the update from the 'My Support' website using a license code and e-mail address. If you do not know your license details, please send an e-mail to [email protected].
PermalinkA very serious, zero-day security vulnerability has today been revealed in PHP that can allow anyone to view the source code of any PHP files on a server. The bug which is only present in CGI mode PHP enables anyone to view the source code of a PHP file by adding ?-s after the file name in a web browser window.
At the present time, the only fix for the bug is to install a manual patch to the PHP software which is a highly technical process.
In the meantime, until a formal fix for this bug is available and to ensure your site is secured against attack, please consult this PHP CGI security fix guide which will walk you through the process of adding a rule to the default Pixaria .htaccess file which will prevent the exploit on your server.
It's important to note that this vulnerability is not an issue with Pixaria Gallery or AssetDeck and will affect any site with PHP in CGI mode irrespective of what web applications are installed.
PermalinkDuring the last two weeks, the Pixaria Gallery and AssetDeck documentation has been updated and a number of new articles have been added to expand the amount of information available.
New articles cover subjects including user registration and login processes, Active Directory and LDAP authentication, gallery creation and management and email customisation. In addition to the new content, the layout of the documentation landing page has been improved to provide more information about each article and to organise articles more logically by subject type.
To make it easy to keep up to date with documentation changes, there is an RSS feed for the documentation website. Don't forget too that the documentation is fully searchable using the search form on the right hand side of all documentation pages.
If you use the documentation regularly and would like to see more topics covered, please get in touch with areas you would like more information about.
PermalinkFollowing yesterday's upgrade a small number of users have reported issues with corruption in three PHP scripts included in the upgrade package and an issue has been identified where some MySQL database server types are not correctly upgraded after installing the new version. To address these issues, version 3.9.2 is now available, a small update that fixes the damaged files and implements a fix for incorrectly upgraded databases.
Please be sure to check the release notes before upgrading to make sure you're aware of all the changes. Don't forget that, as always, the change log contains details of all the files that have been modified since version 3.9.1.
Registered users can download the update from the 'My Support' website using a license code and e-mail address. If you do not know your license details, please send an e-mail to [email protected].
PermalinkI'm delighted to announce the immediate availablility of Pixaria Gallery and AssetDeck versions 3.9.1. This release includes some major new features including support for manually adding custom icon, thumbnail and preview images to files in AssetDeck and customisable resizing options for non-paid image downloads in both Gallery and AssetDeck.
Customisable non-paid download sizes have been a long requested feature and now, these can be configured in the admin download settings control panel. Download options are automatically made available to users in the front end provided they have permission to access non-paid, original resolution files.
For users of AssetDeck, this upgrade includes an important new feature in the form of support for adding custom icon, thumbnail and preview images to all types of files even those which don't normally have image previews such as office documents, text and zip files. Adding alternate preview images can be done from the file edit screen in the admin area
The alternate media capabilities in 3.9.1 will be extended to include video previews in a forthcoming update.
Also new in this upgrade is a landing page for completed purchases with instructions for accessing downloads and support for affiliate code tracking, colour sampling directly from images in the admin file edit screen and a beta version of a Latin American Spanish admin localisation (thanks to Jose Angel Murillo).
For full details of the new features, changes and bug fixes in version 3.9 please be sure to check the release notes before upgrading to make sure you're aware of all the changes. Don't forget that, as always, the change log contains details of all the files that have been modified since version 3.8.
Registered users can download the update from the 'My Support' website using a license code and e-mail address. If you do not know your license details, please send an e-mail to [email protected].
PermalinkPixaria 3.9.3 Released
Monday, May 7, 2012
PHP Security Vulnerability
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Documentation Updates
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Minor Update 3.9.2
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Pixaria 3.9.1 Now Available
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
ArsTechnica Review Lightroom 4
Monday, April 2, 2012
Pixaria 3.9 Now Available
Monday, March 5, 2012
Admin Localisation Coming Soon
Friday, March 2, 2012
Pixaria 3.8 Now Available
Monday, February 20, 2012
Pixaria Design Services
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
