SocialEngine Self-Hosted 4.8 Released

SocialEngine - Community Software

Good news everyone! We recently released SocialEngine Self-Hosted 4.8 with feature updates and bug fixes.

Following are the notes for the SocialEngine Self-Hosted 4.8.0 release:

Features:

  • Option to hide subscription plans for users after they sign up
  • Upgraded Zend Framework to v1.12.3
  • Improved the robustness of the email queue
  • Improved compatibility with older FFMpeg versions
  • Added bot sign-up mitigation

Bugs fixed:

  • Polls search options
  • Archive_Tar compatibility problems with Self-Hosted v5.5
  • JavaScript injection in the photo albums
  • Some PHP warnings
  • PayPal gateway testing function
  • Quote button in the forum
  • Forum search input placeholder
  • Forum deletion problem
  • Profile-Friends widget problem
  • Image preview size for mobile
  • Video module and SSL
  • Double announcements
  • 404 for /widget
  • Added missing phrases to the translation files
  • Twitter API changes
  • Music sharing in the Activity Feed
  • ReCaptcha for SSL
  • Facebook/Twitter/Janrain sign in redirection
  • Notifications bug when sharing music on the Activity Feed
  • ReCaptcha for sign ins
  • Inbox/notifications breaking after disabling modules

SocialEngine clients can grab the new SE Self-Hosted 4.8.0 code from the client area. Remember to make a *complete* backup of your installation before performing an upgrade. If you’ve made significant custom changes to your source code, remember that they could pose problems during the upgrade process, so enlist a developer to help you if you’re not comfortable with the process yourself.
Reminder, please submit any feature or bug requests for SE Self-Hosted to our public bug and feature request tracker.
I want to thank everyone for their continued enthusiasm for the future SocialEngine.
James
UPDATE: As a reminder we do have an upgrade service available for $150. You can purchase it from your customer account at SocialEngine.