Revolution 2.2.2 Performance, Fixes + Some Wizardry

Posted by on May 02, 2012  | Tags: revolution, release | Comments (10)

Today we released MODX Revolution 2.2.2 which includes a number of important fixes, some minor—yet always welcome—performance improvements, and 2 new wizards to make it easier to create User and Resource Groups.

In case you missed it, in 2.2.1, we added a new user setting that gives a user unrestricted access to the installation called Sudo user. This setting means an account cannot get locked out of the site while creating Access Policies for other Site Administrators and users. With tremendous power comes tremendous responsibility; you should use the Sudo user setting wisely. Read more about Sudo users from MODX Senior Developer Mark Hamstra.

If you're using MODX Revolution and have not upgraded to 2.2, it has been one of biggest releases to date. With the Manager interface refinements, other additions including Media Sources and the release of the Articles add-on, now is the time to upgrade to this latest version. For details on the major features read the complete MODX Revolution 2.2 announcement for more details.

Here are the highlights of the 2.2.2 release:

  • New wizards for creating User and Resource Groups
  • xPDO change to improve performance, specifically with getResources
  • Upgrades from commandline no longer require all settings in the config file
  • Added User duplication for the easy creation of Users and to preserve settings
  • New prompt to login to regain access to work in progress after timeout
  • Improvement to URL handling
  • Further performance enhancements via xPDO method changes.
  • For more detail read the Complete Changelog

We encourage you to try out MODX Revolution 2.2 and share your experiences with others. Here are the important links to get you on your way:

MODX is only as good as it is because of many individual community members and users that take the time to report issues and request new features. Make sure you read the documentation, post feedback and share your successes in the MODX community forums.

If you are really interested in mastering MODX you can buy the book. MODX: The Official Guide by Bob Ray is available now.

On behalf of the entire MODX Team,
Thank-you!

About
Jay is the Director of Marketing and Communication. His mission is to spread and grow MODX through our amazing Community, our Partners, media and beyond. He spends a lot of time getting to know the people using MODX and how they use it.  Jay started with MODX while running his small web development and marketing company and has a background in Marketing and Management. He lives with his wife Tracy and daughter Georgia in a small riverside town on the South Shore of Nova Scotia.

http://www.jaygilmore.ca

10 Comments


  1. Ross Sivills
    May 02, 2012 at 02:18 PM
    Nice job guys, the new features look really good.

    Installed without a hitch!

    Cheers,
    Ross

    1. Alexander Trust
      May 03, 2012 at 07:06 PM
      Why is the article reading 3rd of April? Is this a bug in the May section?

      1. Jay Gilmore
        May 03, 2012 at 08:10 PM
        Alexander,

        Thanks for catching it. It was an oversight from duplicating a previous release post and a legacy date field we sometimes use to manually set the article dates.

        1. Alexander Trust
          May 04, 2012 at 07:12 AM
          Was a bit disturbing at first. Because twitter mentioned a new release and then the article showed 3rd of April. :)

      2. neil yamit
        May 04, 2012 at 04:42 AM
        Great work guys!

        Installed it with the same 'core.transport.zip' error I've been experiencing. Solved by the same workaround posted in the forum.


        1. Jay Gilmore
          May 04, 2012 at 05:52 AM
          Thanks for the kudos Neil. Sorry about the problem though. Could you email me at jay at this domain to point me at the forum thread you are discussing. It this is continued behavior a workaround suggests a bug in need of a fix.

          1. aesop1
            May 05, 2012 at 05:47 PM
            Workaround link? I can't find it in the forum.

          2. Hannes Letsch
            May 04, 2012 at 09:41 AM
            Thanks for the update!

            Unfortunately, I've found a few errors: SimpleSearch (php divide error), Peoples (no output), Migx ... several snippets don't work like they did before.

            1. Jay Gilmore
              May 04, 2012 at 09:53 AM
              Hannes,

              Could you please detail your issues in the Revolution thread at http://forums.modx.com along with any errors? This will help us understand the issues and direct possible bugfixes in either the add-ons or modx.

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