Alchemy 3.4

New Features

MessagesMailer (formerly known as Messages) now inherits from ApplicationMailer
when it is defined.
Adds time based published pages: The public status of a page is now made of two time stamps:
public_on and public_until
Send page expiration cache headers
Adds an +EssencePictureView+ class responsible for rendering the essence_picture_view partial
Adds a file type filter to file archive
Allow setting the type of EssenceText input fields in the elements.yml via settings[:input_type]
Adds support for defining custom searchable attributes in resources
Automatically add tag management to admin module views, when the resource model
has been set to acts_as_taggable.
Automatically add scope filters to admin module views, when the resource model
has the class method alchemy_resource_filters defined.

Notable Changes

Messages mailer class has been renamed to MessagesMailer
Removed the auto-magically merge of Ability classes (#1022)
Replace jQueryUI datepicker with $.datetimepicker
Thumbnails now render in original file format, but GIFs will always be flattened
Pictures will be rendered in original file format by default
Allow SVG files to be rendered as EssencePicture
When using Alchemy content outside of Alchemy, current_ability is no longer
included with Alchemy::ControllerActions to prevent method clashes. If you
need access to current_ability you also need to include Alchemy::AbilityHelper
Asset manifests are now installed into vendor/assets folder in order to provide easy customization
Please don't use alchemy/custom files any more. Instead require your customizations in the manifests.
Removes the default_scope from Language on_site current while ensuring to load languages by code
from current site only.
Removes the Language.get_default method alias for Language.default
Move site select into pages and languages module to avoid confusion about curent site (#1067)
List pages from all sites in currently locked pages tabs and Dashboard widget (#1067)
The locked value on page is now a timestamp (locked_at), so we can order locked pages by (#1070)
Persist user in dummy app

Fixed Bugs

A complete list of changes can be seen at v3.3.0...v3.4.0

Upgrading

As always, upgrading Alchemy is as easy as: