Discuss Joomla! 3.7.2

[pe7er]

Here you can discuss about the release of Joomla 3.7.2

See Announcement: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=950953

[james_mc]

Here you can discuss about the release of Joomla 3.7.2

See Announcement: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=950953

Hi, the question is not directly about Joomla 3.7.2. However, hope you can help. Currently, we have Joomla 3.7.0. And need to upgrade. It takes every time certain effort to upgrade the version. And if we don't do it - we have constant hack attacks. Is it possible to get protection against such attacks without keep constantly upgrading.

[toivo]

Currently, we have Joomla 3.7.0. And need to upgrade. It takes every time certain effort to upgrade the version. And if we don't do it - we have constant hack attacks.

You need to follow the announcements and upgrade. If you already have 3.7, you should have done the security update immediately: https://www.joomla.org/announcements/re ... lease.html

Go to the 3.x Security forum and study the sticky posts. There are also extensions like Admin Tools and services like myJoomla.com that are very useful.

[sozzled]

@james_mc: "constantly updating" is somewhat relative. My guess, however, is that J! 3.7.2 is fairly stable and unlikely to change much over the next few weeks (although I could be mistaken)

J! 3.7.0 contained a security problem that, if exploited, could cause serious consequences for the uninformed/naive/wishful-thinkers. Details of that security exploit have been publicised and, therefore, it's only a matter of time before we see "Help! My J! 3.7.0 site has been hacked". And what would those people expect will be our response?

Yes, it's possible to "patch" these security problems (there are a couple of files that need to be amended) but I'm not going to throw inflammable liquid on the fire and explain, publicly, how to do that. The most straightforward approach is to update your J! 3.7.0 site to J! 3.7.2 (spend the 10 minutes it takes) and do the job properly. Then again, it's your site and you can do what you want.

[AlghieriDDracul]

Hey realy nice work guys!

I can't use 3.7.1 because this corrupts the Installation of the JCE Editor with blank Pop Up's!
I can't install 3.7.2 because then it corrupts my FAQ Area build up with slider accordions : sliders-v7.1.1!

I like it seen security issues fixed!
But by now it seems like shoot the bastard approaching he coul'd possibly be a burgler! ......

Now i tried to find just one simple inline article sollution, because with every update there are less possibilities so I think I may send my customers some hand outs by Pony Express..... At least ther I could be shure that they are able to see some FAQ!

[toivo]

I can't use 3.7.1 because this corrupts the Installation of the JCE Editor with blank Pop Up's!

You need to update the extensions, too. If you any extensions have issues, please report them to the developers.

[Hosni]

Dear All,

As part of our new project, we are still comparing to choose between the major CMS providers and as per last cmsmatrix.com comparison we found out that below features still not yet available, kindly help us identify whether if the following features became available now as per the latest release so we can notify the cmsmatrix team to update their record.
Under system requirements features we have Root and Shell access - Under security features we have Audit trail, Kerberos Authentication, NIS Authentication, NTLM Authentication, problem notification, sandbox, and SMB Authentication - Under Support features we have Certification program - Under Ease of use features we have drag and drop content, site setup wizard, style wizard , undo and Zip archives - Under Performance features we have database replication and static content export - Under Management features we have clipboard, content staging, package deployment,workflow engine - Under Interoperability features we have WAI compliant and WebDAV support and under the built-in applications we have the following features HTTP proxy and in/out Board Matrix and My page Dashboard.

Please help us identify whether the mentioned features are available now with the latest release.

Your usual support is much appreciated.

Thanks ahead

[james_mc]

Currently, we have Joomla 3.7.0. And need to upgrade. It takes every time certain effort to upgrade the version. And if we don't do it - we have constant hack attacks.

You need to follow the announcements and upgrade. If you already have 3.7, you should have done the security update immediately: https://www.joomla.org/announcements/re ... lease.html

Go to the 3.x Security forum and study the sticky posts. There are also extensions like Admin Tools and services like myJoomla.com that are very useful.

Thank you. Got it

[granddju]

Hi there,

I did the upgrade from joomla 3.7.0 to Joomla 3.7.2. However after the upgrade, the links from some menu items where broken leading to an error 404 forbidden access.

By looking carefully, I noticed the & character in the url instead of (or not understood as) the & character (which works if I edit the url).

I went back to joomla 3.7.0 as a temporary fix to run the website.

Any clue of the problem here?

Best,

[JB2U]

In the user>permissions>offline access has disappeared. I only noticed this when starting a new site from scratch. The ones updated from previous Joomla versions have kept the settings I previously set for users that I want to grant offline access. Why has this easy and useful option disappeared? How do you set offline access in Joomla 3.7.2?

Any help would be appreciated. Better still can this be sorted out in 3.7.3 asap?

Many thanks.

[sozzled]

@JB2U: see https://docs.joomla.org/Help37:Users_Debug_Groups (this is a new feature for J! 3.7.x)

[JB2U]

@JB2U: see https://docs.joomla.org/Help37:Users_Debug_Groups (this is a new feature for J! 3.7.x)

@sozzled - thanks for the reply.

I figured it out .... I thought that was the way to configuring it. Turns out it isn't - you still have to go to Global Configuration, permissions, etc. I guess I was thinking the new feature was even more amazing than it is!

[sozzled]

In the user>permissions>offline access has disappeared. ... How do you set offline access in Joomla 3.7.2?

The method you may have been accostomed to didn't "disappear" in J! 3.7.x (at least, as far as I can tell); the means to allow offline access is performed with the Global Configuration settings (see https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:Access_Con ... guration_2).

You're right: the new Joomla advanced permissions report in J! 3.7.x simply displays what each user/usergroup can access.