Mahara Update 1.7.3 released

Mahara 1.7.3  Stable releases are fit for general use. 

Mahara is an open source e-portfolio system with a flexible display framework. Mahara, meaning ‘think’ or ‘thought’ in Te Reo M?ori, is user centered environment with a permissions framework that enables different views of an e-portfolio to be easily managed.

Mahara also features a weblog, resume builder and social networking system, connecting users and creating online learner communities.

Changes Details

• Unset deleted institutions as parent authority to other institutions
• For private profiles, hide all profile information from logged-out users
• Bug – Make sure user has permission to publish artefacts
• Bug – Check if the block instance belongs to the view
• Bug – Add alt and title tag for blocks
• Bug – Add missing lang string for warning
• Bug – Fix permissions of group area
• Validate $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’] before using it
• Stop empty resume birthdate from auto-filling to Jan 1, 1970
• LDAP support for LDAP URLs with non-standard ports
• Bug – Missing lang string for group page with clean URL
• Bug – Rss images rendering too large in external feed block
• Bug – Fix for pagination when in edit blockinstance doing search
• Fix display of the name of the sharing group on the Group Participation report
• Reduce false positives in syntax checket for unbracketed SQL tables.
• Correct Mahara 1.7 version number
• Bug – New fix for the YouTube issue
• admin/upgrade.php: Make installer jump to the bottom of the page when install is done
• Bug – Returning red colour to the ‘cron is not running’ message
• Bug – Revert “Add protocol to Youtube iframe code”
• view/view.php: Squelch a “headdata already sent” warning
• Bug – Fix “Loading” message issue.
• Update PREG_CLASS_SEARCH_EXCLUDE to latest from Drupal 6
• Bug – Add protocol to Youtube iframe code

Fixed Bugs

Security issues

• Arbitrary image download
• User supplied $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’] can be used for injections
• Not checking ownership of blocks before editing them

Other issues

• Make profile information not avaialble for public when not shared
• The embedded iframe filter doesn’t support scheme-relative URLs such as “//youtube.com” (now used in the YouTube and Vi$
• Pager in search in a block doesn’t work
• After installation, make the installer “jump” to the “Continue” link at the bottom of the page
• When an auth instance is deleted, disable it as a parent authority
• LDAP support for non-standard port LDAP Urls
• Reduce false positives in syntax checker for unbracketed SQL tables
• Alt tag in the artefact chooser panel only says “Preview”
• Some RSS feed channel images are rendered too large in External feeds block
• Missing lang string for group page with clean URL
• Missing lang string for existing URL on allowed iframes
• Uploading a file – “Loading” message remains
• “Cron is not running” not displayed in red anymous
• Page view throws headdata warning, if group submissions enabled
• Undefined variable $id in group/report.php
• Internal search ignores ‘KATAKANA-HIRAGANA PROLONGED SOUND MARK’

More Information

• Try Online Demo:
  Mahara (Softaculous external link)
  Mahara Changelog (Official website, external link)

• Start Mahara
  In order to use Mahara you need a domain name (ex. yoursite.com) and web hosting service.
  If you don’t have a domain name Register a Domain Name.
  To install Mahara choose one of our hosting plans. (all our packages includes Softaculous).

• Hosted Mahara
  Contact us if you don’t need a domain or hosting service, and want to use Mahara anyway.

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