4.0.12 Released

We are pleased to announce the 12th patch to the 4.0 version of the Xibo CMS. The codename for this version is “Westphal”.

20D/Westphal 3 was a periodic comet with an orbital period of 61 years. It fits the classical definition of a Halley-type comet with (20 years < period < 200 years). It was originally discovered by the German astronomer J. G. Westphal on July 24, 1852.

Overview Guide

Take a look at our latest guide which explores the User experience in v4: Overview of v4 for Existing Users.

Fixes and Features

This release is a bug release which contains 16 resolved issues.

• 3428: Media: Large image thumbnail generation and resizing problems
• 3427: Library upload API returns plain/text instead of application/json
• 3425: Layout Editor: Loader stuck when coming from inline Playlist editor
• 3423: Clock Widget: The alignment of the widget is not maintained when applied.
• 3422: Weather Forecast: Display forecast incorrectly using default CMS coordinates instead of display coordinates
• 3420: Pinned slot with repeat items skips the first item on the next page
• 3418: Replacing media breaks elements
• 3417: Connector: OpenWeather onecall 2.5 EOL
• 3416: Menu Board : Add always sets the folderId to user homeFolderId
• 3412: Editor Viewer: Shift brings background element to top
• 3402: Dataset Static Templates - Column Ordering Not Preserved
• 3397: Mastodon: Static template can not show formatted date
• 3419: Transitions: fly in/out direction is always East
• 3413: Weather stencils
• 3347: Daily Maintenance : Limit number of logs deleted in a single transaction
• 3025: Weather widget units: Option to present units with / symbols

Download:

Please use the links below to download this release:

• Xibo for Docker - Linux / Windows
• Xibo for Apache/Nginx / WAMP/IIS

Visit our Downloads page for all the latest releases.

Install / Upgrade

Instructions for installation/upgrade can be found here.

Please note: it is difficult to get PHP-ZMQ working on PHP8.1 under Windows/IIS; this community post outlines a method for doing so.

Players

We recommend using player software of the same version as your CMS. The latest player software is available here.

Earlier versions of the player will connect to a v4 CMS in legacy mode.

Please note: Xibo for webOS and Xibo for Tizen players require v3 R308 and above to function with a v4 CMS. View the latest player software here.

Feedback

Xibo is built on feedback from our users, community and customers. Please let us know what you think of v4 in the comments.