--- title: "Release Notes – Version 5.9400 (25 September 2017)" source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/guide/installation/release_notes/release_notes_version_5.94.html last_updated: 2026-08-07T17:09:54+10:00 tokens: ~3395 --- # Release Notes – Version 5.9400 (25 September 2017) | Description | ID | Date | Version | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **Fixed:** Quick Links block being empty in the [document-view](../../../reference/glossary/document-view.md). To fix this – view a PSML document, then close the Quick Links block and reload the page. | 641841 | 25 Sep 2017 | 5.9400 | | **Modified:** get started page to check if a username already exists. | 642044 | 25 Sep 2017 | 5.9400 | | **Fixed:** “No template” error when accepting an invitation to join a group. | 642024 | 25 Sep 2017 | 5.9400 | | **Modified:** the insert XRef page to browse the folder of the current document by default. | 641443 | 8 Sep 2017 | 5.9400-beta-5 | | **Fixed:** problems editing images markup in the PSML source editor. | 641442 | 6 Sep 2017 | 5.9400-beta-5 | | **Fixed:** empty sections allowing a fragment to be added, even when lockstructure="true" or edit="false" Replaced “Add a new fragment” button with “add fragment” icon on the right. | 641346 | 5 Sep 2017 | 5.9400-beta-5 | | **Fixed:** upload / resolve image error – “target is not an image" when overwriting images with an upper case extension or the upload package contains `META-INF` files. | 641489 | 5 Sep 2017 | 5.9400-beta-5 | | **Allowed:** new characters, '`=`' and '`&`' in fragment IDs. | 637551 | 5 Sep 2017 | 5.9400-beta-5 | | **Upgraded:** to Tika 1.15 to fix indexing errors with PDFs and DOCX files. | 626302 | 4 Sep 2017 | 5.9400-beta-5 | | **Reduced:** default `maxIndexingSize` to 10MB and `slowIndexingSize` to 1MB to stop “out of memory” errors when indexing large DOCX files. | 641338 | 1 Sep 2017 | 5.9400-beta-5 | | **Modified:** move replies feature to move comments created after the moving comment. | 641309 | 30 Aug 2017 | 5.9400-beta-4 | | **Added:** the black triangle for use in pharmaceutical regulatory documents to the "Select special character" dialog in CK editor. Unicode Character 'BLACK DOWN-POINTING TRIANGLE' (U+25BC) | 640998 | 29 Aug 2017 | 5.9400-beta-4 | | **Fixed:** scrolling not available on upload confirm dialog. | 640330 | 23 Aug 2017 | 5.9400-beta-4 | | **Fixed:** "Lock obtain timed out: ... write.lock" error occuring when searching or updating an index, when the existence of too many indexes has forced an index to close. | 640995 | 23 Aug 2017 | 5.9400-beta-4 | | **Added:** the following new services: POST /groups/\{group\}/markdown GET /members/\{member\}/discussions/find GET /discussions/find GET /members/\{member\}/groups/\{group\} /groupfolders/forpath PATCH /members/\{member\}/groups/\{group\} /groupfolders/\{groupfolderid\} DELETE /members/\{member\}/groups/\{group\} /groupfolders/\{groupfolderid\} GET /members/\{member\}/groups/\{group\}/groupfolders POST /members/\{member\}/groups/\{group\}/groupfolders GET /groups/\{group\}/members/sendactivation GET /groups/\{group\}/search GET /groups/\{group\}/search/predicate GET /groups/\{group\}/search/facets GET /members/\{member\}/projects/\{group\}/search GET /members/\{member\}/projects/\{group\} /search/predicate GET /members/\{member\}/projects/\{group\}/search/facets GET /members/\{member\}/checkusername **Deprecated:** the following services: POST /groups/\{group\}/groupfolders PATCH /groups/\{group\}/groupfolders/\{groupfolderid\} GET /groups/\{group\}/groupfolders/forurl GET /groups/\{group\}/groupfolders GET /groups/\{group\}/autocomplete/\{field\} GET /groups/\{group\}/autosuggest/fields GET /groups/\{group\}/images/find POST /groups/\{group\}/images/find POST /members/\{member\}/groups/\{group\}/uris /\{uri\}/xrefs/\{xrefid\}/archive POST /members/\{member\}/groups/\{group\} /uris/\{uri\}/xrefs **Modified:** the existing services: Added `types` and `context` parameters. GET /members/\{member\}/comments/find Added `types` and `context` parameters. GET /comments/find Added `types`, `contentrole` and `context` parameters. GET /members/\{member\}/tasks/fin Added `types`, `contentrole` and `context` parameters. GET /tasks/find Changed default `sharing=true`. GET /members/\{member\}/groups/\{group\} /groupfolders/\{groupfolderid\} Allowed reset password token. GET /members/\{member) Added `markdown` parameter. POST /members/\{member\}/groups/\{group\} /uris/\{uri\}/fragments Changed XML root to ``. DELETE /members/\{member\}/groups/\{group\} /uris/\{uri\}/fragments/\{fragment\} Added `fields` parameter, changed fuzzy search and set XML root to ``. GET /groups/\{group\}/autocomplete Added `fields` and `filters` parameters and use new XML search format. GET /groups/\{group\}/autosuggest Projects or apps using deprecated services should be updated. Any code that uses services that have been modified, should be updated. | 640377 | 18 Aug 2017 | 5.9400-beta-3 | | **Fixed:** error when uploading and overwriting metadata properties for non-PSML documents. | 640106 | 14 Aug 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Fixed:** blank URL field when inserting an image from another group. | 637972 | 11 Aug 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Added:** new search services with support for boolean operators, wildcard and flexible (drill sideways) facets, ranges and collating results from multiple groups: GET /groups/\{group\}/search GET /groups/\{group\}/search/predicate GET /groups/\{group\}/search/facets GET /members/\{member\}/projects/\{group\}/search GET /members/\{member\}/projects /\{group\}/search/predicate GET /members/\{member\}/projects/\{group\} /search/facets | 635145 | 11 Aug 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Modified:** image search page as follows: changed to full term instead of prefix search (consistent with group search page)added ability to select which fields to search inadded filters for last modified, size, format, label and no. of times usedadded drill sideways (flexible facets) to filtersadded image preview and display of full metadata when image is clicked | 623410 | 11 Aug 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Modified:** group search page as follows: added ability to select which fields to search inmoved all filters from left hand block to main content areareplaced location filter with a bread crumb bar which allows access to all foldersadded drill sideways (flexible facets) to filtersmodified 'Add filter' to show all metadata and property fields for the current search (not just for the results displayed) | 638739 | 11 Aug 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Stopped:** indexing content in XML files larger than `maxIndexingSize` global property. | 639004 | 7 Aug 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Fixed:** etag on `/groups/{group}/discussions` service not being updated when comments are archived. | 640037 | 7 Aug 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Allowed:** adding or moving comments to personal group on internal URIs whenever member can view URI. Comment cannot be shared with other groups as this could grant extra privileges. | 639080 | 1 Aug 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Fixed:** clearing `docid` on upload not updating document cache or last modified date. | 638956 | 28 Jul 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Restricted:** character set of new usernames to letters, numbers, full stop, underscore or hyphen with at least one non-number. Existing usernames with other characters will still work but will need to be updated when member details are edited. | 513444 | 25 Jul 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Fixed:** send mail service returning an error when there are no recipients. | 638911 | 25 Jul 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Deprecated:** support for Internet Explorer 8. | 638311 | 24 Jul 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Modified**: the index as follows: Removed the following fields: `psmodifieddate-numeric` `pspara-*` `psgraphicsrc`Added the following fields: `pswordcount` `pspagecount`Added `psancestor` field for comments and tasksAdded workflows to the index with `pstype=task`, `pssubtype=workflow` and `pstaskdefintionid` set to the ID of the latest comment (they are not indexed as comments).Modified `psinline-[name]` `psmetadata-[name]` `psproperty-[name]` so that if `name` ends with `-date` it will be indexed as a date, if it ends with `-text` it will be tokenized and case-insensitive.ISO date – `yyyy-mm-dd` – is currently the only supported format. Any projects or apps using the fields: `psmodifieddate-numeric` `pspara-*` `psgraphicsrc` will need to updated to use their replacements: `psmodifieddate` `psblock-*` `psimagesrc` | 634828 | 24 Jul 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Fixed:** [markdown](../../../psml/elements/element-markdown.md) parser inserting quoted block inside preformatted block. | 635891 | 18 Jul 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Removed:** old ant-library and related code from the publisher. Any ANT scripts referring to code under the following folder will need to be modified: template/default/ant-library | 638611 | 18 Jul 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Added:** options to insert a new fragment in the target document when creating an XRef . Markdown can be used to format the content of the new fragment. | 637655 | 17 Jul 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Modified:** the default value of the manual title and reverse title when creating an XRef. Content is processed from the start of the `
` to the start of the XRef and looking for the following markup: `[heading/@prefix] heading``section/title``section/@title` Where none of these occur in the current section, the default is to leave the fields blank. | 624136 | 17 Jul 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Fixed:** move file error when using `ps:process` ANT task with metadata files in `META-INF` folder; `docids` and and titles being stripped from ``. | 637653 | 10 Jul 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Modified:** CK editor as follows: Changed “Styles” and “Normal” menus to “Character” and “Paragraph”.Changed “Formatted” to “Preformatted” and “Block Styles” to “Block Labels”.On right click menu changed “Add label x” to “Add block x” and “Add inline x”. | 637512 | 30 Jun 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Added:** help help and eye preview icons at the top right of every comment / task / workflow text box where **markdown** formatting is supported. | 623671 | 30 Jun 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Replaced:** the **Admin** \> **Group** folders page with a new **Sharing** page. This page displays all folders “shared to” and “shared from” the group. It allows new folders to be shared and group properties, '`shareDocumentEdits`' and '`shareXrefsWithTarget`' to be edited. These properties have been removed from the **Config group** page. Sharing settings are now applied automatically, with no manual intervention required. A 'Sharing' action on folders in the Document browse page has been added. There is now no way to add shared folders that are not owned by a group (aka 'non default' folders). These folders may still work but are deprecated and projects using them must be modified to use editable shared folders instead. | 634914 | 30 Jun 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Added:** a preference for embedded, over transcluded, content when processing ambiguous XRef targets in `` ANT task. | 623767 | 27 Jun 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Modified:** move “comment with replies” feature to remove old groups from the replies as well as add the new ones. | 637136 | 20 Jun 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Added:** validation of `level="metadata"` PSML files on upload including an error if they are outside the `META-INF` folder. | 635062 | 19 Jun 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Fixed:** database error viewing a document with more than 2000 fragments that have edits. | 635638 | 19 Jun 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Fixed:** Quick links block branches not opening when in the document view page. | 634847 | 14 Jun 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Allowed:** edits with unresolved XRefs and added an attribute `unresolved-xrefs="true"` on the `` XML for the service. | 626330 | 14 Jun 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Fixed:** Project files import on PageSeeder and publisher so that it will list the files before importing to overwrite and will provide an option to cancel. | 635247 | 14 Jun 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Modified:** the Publish configs and Member configs pages on the publisher to have the same format as the Document config page. | 626138 | 13 Jun 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Fixed:** CK editor adding the wrong number of `` elements when adding a new column to a table that has no existing `` elements. | 635166 | 13 Jun 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Modified:** the duplicate document feature so that if the original has a docid and there is no existing `original-docid` metadata property then it adds an `original-docid` metadata property with docid as it's value to the new document. | 635307 | 13 Jun 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Fixed:** some XRef link titles disappearing when edited by defaulting `@title` to the existing content when `@display="manual"` and `@title` is missing or empty. | 635152 | 7 Jun 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Fixed:** task/workflow notification defaulting to `'normal'` when previously assigned and possible problems clearing priority and assigned fields. | 634810 | 4 Jun 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Added:** support for the following attribute on the `ps:config` ANT task: `load-default` - Whether to load the default properties from PageSeeder (only applicable if script is run within PageSeeder publisher) - default is `"true"`. | 634755 | 4 Jun 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 | | **Improved:** layout manager security by removing support for `group:`, `member:`, `xlinkid:` environment variables in `config.xml`. Any projects that use custom layout config.xml containing group:, member:, xlinkid: will need to be updated. | 635150 | 31 May 2017 | 5.9400-beta-2 |