Joomla 1.58 patch?

[zigzag]

Hello,
Joomla 1.58 has been released will there be a patch soon?

[floatingworld]

Yes, do you have a time for release?

[LeClerc]

Hallo there!

Joomla 1.5.8 doesn't appear to break without an updated SEF patch (unlike the older versions).  I've had it running with the 1.5.8 upgrade for about a week without any loss of functionality.

[Shackbase]

Raising my hand too..

I read in another post that there were issues with using the 1.5.7 patch on 1.5.8.

--Tone

[thomasjs]

It would be great to have one of the following statements from the developers:
1. The 1.5.7 patch works on Joomla 1.5.8.
2. We will not offer updates any longer.
3. We will only offer commercial update.
Did I miss anything?

Many of us guys out there need such a statement, because we have Joomla and the patch running on our client's website and cannot up.

I know you guys have done a great job, providing the patch for free. I'm sure you had some frustration, because it did not go into the core and now the trouble of updating is with you. I could understand if you don't want to do it any longer.

Please just give us a statement.

[thomasjs]

Yes, I missed something.
4. When will the patch be available?

Meanwhile I checked myself and compared the Joomla versions 1.5.7 and 1.5.8 with the patch for 1.5.7. I found out that the only file of the patch, which was changed by Joomla 1.5.8 is

Code:

/components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php

So what I did is, I simply inserted this change into the patch. After line 60

Code:

$limitstart = JRequest::getVar('limitstart', 0, '', 'int');

insert the lines

Code:

if (!$params->get('intro_only') && ($this->getLayout() == 'default') && ($limitstart == 0))
{
  $model =& $this->getModel();
  $model->hit();
}

I tested this and it worked for me. Please everyone concerned, please also test and report your result here.
This would be a solution for now. But next time, it could be more difficult, i.e. more code changes.

So I still kindly request a statement from the developers.

[MrNick]

thomasjs is correct. There is only one file in the 1.5.8 patch which is also in the SEF 1.5.7 patch: /components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php

Code:

$limitstart = JRequest::getVar('limitstart', 0, '', 'int');

if (!$params->get('intro_only') && ($this->getLayout() == 'default') && ($limitstart == 0))
{
$model =& $this->getModel();
$model->hit();
}

// Create a user access object for the current user

The top and bottom lines being before the 1.5.8 patch and:

Code:

if (!$params->get('intro_only') && ($this->getLayout() == 'default') && ($limitstart == 0))
{
$model =& $this->getModel();
$model->hit();
}

being added by the patch after line 61.

For doing this WinMerge or BeyondCompare are your friends.

Nick

[darkyl]

***ignore this post***

Error was unrelated to sef patch.

[Sirius]

I confirm too , this is the only change.

[ardan]

after doing this, when I want to edit/view an Article on my backend, I only get a blank page..

Something is off !!

[rufuz]

still no response from staff... 13 days have passed since last J! update...

I wrote a very good review on j! extensions dir, mentioning they were quick updating...
also, I purchased the cache component and always had excelent support.
 I  (and others here) will have no problems to switch to a paid version if this means quick updating. Further, it seems right now they are alive in paid section support...

full respect for developers and their hard work!
really, I'm not here to criticize, just to protect my work, too.

at this point I'm asking myself and all of you listening if there is a way to revert a joomla installation without losing functionality, descriptions and keywords setup with the patch ??
this would  be a huge work to do it manually, I've hundreds of articles...

Yes, I'll wait a little bit more, since there are actually no critical security issues (in my case), then I'm really considering it...

 it's sad, but it will be sadder and sadder to be hacked in such long frametimes between j! updates and the patch...

thanks for listening

ricc.

[zigzag]

Have a look here http://www.joomlatwork.com/joomla-components/joomla-v15-sef-patch-extended-version.html 

[rufuz]

Have a look here http://www.joomlatwork.com/joomla-components/joomla-v15-sef-patch-extended-version.html 

uhmm that page does not seem to be linked from any other page, right? is that a sneak? if so, can we buy it?
But

QUESTION: will it be compatible with old sef patch keywords, descriptions... assets?? it seems a completely redesigned comp...

[zigzag]

will it be compatible with old sef patch keywords, descriptions... assets??

I've purchased it and it's excellent, there's a one click converter that takes all the meta from the free 1.5 patch and pulls it into the component so you won't have to redo all your titles and descriptions. Also the custom url repository is back which is brilliant.

[Shackbase]

and this is independent of versions?  In other words, the extended version is 1.5.8 compatible?

Thanks,

--Tone