4.0.3 Released

We are pleased to announce the third 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.

Fixes and Features

This release is a bug release which contains 8 resolved issues.

• 3151: Global elements: disappear on publish (if not edited)
• 3147: Widget: PDF does not show on the player
• 3142: Playlist Editor: some items are missing the file name
• 3139: Widget: images are not downloaded for a long time or until the player cache is cleared manually
• 3129: Sync: publisher port not sent to the player
• 3145: Widget: DataSet takes too long to update on the player after editing
• 3140: Webpage widget with & in the URL does not work
• 3132: Elements: marquee effect

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.

The minimum versions of Xibo for webOS and Xibo for Tizen that will function with a v4 CMS are v3 R308.

Feedback

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

Overview Guide

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