4.0.6 Released

We are pleased to announce the sixth 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.

Marquee effect

Based on your feedback, the marquee effect on Elements did not achieve the desired result in v4, so it has been replaced with a dedicated template called "Articles shown in a marquee".

Fixes and Features

This release is a bug release which contains 34 resolved issues.

• 3264: Users: Grid throws unexpected error when user has no homepageId set
• 3263: Dashboards: Media Manager throws unexpected error for non super admin users
• 3262: Layout Import: an image layout does not show the image
• 3261: DataSet Column : SQL lock when changing heading of a column with listContent
• 3259: DataSet Columns : Grid paging is broken
• 3256: RSS Ticker: Title and Description marquee needs to be able to render like in v3
• 3253: Global elements group: Hide slot component
• 3252: Layout Editor: Selecting widget in a zone not working
• 3250: Layout Editor: Adding provider images is broken
• 3248: Layout Thumbnail: Items on a Canvas don't appear in thumbnail previews
• 3247: Position of elements is wrong after grouping
• 3246: Element status not updating for Required elements
• 3243: Upgrade: 3.3 to 4.0 fails on player software migration - missing foreign key
• 3240: Layout Preview: Weather or dataset elements are not properly shown in preview
• 3235: Ad Campaign: Setting the Target Type to Impressions results in an error
• 3233: Changing data slot shouldn't reload element data
• 3231: API: access tokens expire early
• 3230: XMDS: faults fail to record if the reason is greater than 255 characters
• 3229: RSS Ticker: Duration per item is not working in preview
• 3220: Dataset Rich text editor snippets don't update
• 3215: Sessions - Logout doesn’t appear to work
• 3195: Text flashes on-screen once and then disappears when a weather widget is also present
• 3154: Elements Marquee: speed issue on android
• 3257: Elements: Multiple widgets v2
• 3244: Elements: Multiple widgets of the same type in canvas
• 3242: Logs: user option not found pollutes logs
• 3241: Elements: this widget isn't enabled
• 3234: RSS Ticker: add a static template to easily design a marquee
• 3232: RSS Elements: Remove new lines option for content
• 3224: Sample Data: When to show?
• 3239: Widgets: scaling not working correctly for elements
• 3238: Widget: elements using "pin data slot" no longer work
• 3237: Widget: weather does not work on older devices due to ES6 syntax
• 3135: RSS Ticker (static): not possible to easily add a separator between marquee items

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.