PHP File Manager | Ajax | FileRun :: Change log

February 03, 2012 (121211 to 010212)

• New Features:
  • Touch Mobile User Interface - a new user interface has been added for iOS and Android mobile devices. It can be accessed by appending "touch" to the FileRun installation URL. For example: http://demo.filerun.com/touch/. Users can download files, upload (Android only), delete, preview with third-party services and create WebLinks.
  • Folder Notification System - users can choose to be notified about actions performed in particular folders. This adds a new option named "Notifications" in the folder contextual menu.
  • Create New Files - next to the "Upload" button there is a new option that can be used to create new files using third-party services. Image files can be created with Pixlr and word documents with Zoho Writer. More options will come with the future updates.
• Improvements:
  • Folders can be shared under different names. This can be used for providing a more descriptive name to the share, without having to rename the actual folder. The option is available under the sharing panel's new tab named "Options". The anonymous sharing option has also been relocated there.
  • The custom actions (Zoho, Pixlr, Google Docs Viewer, etc.) can be disabled without having to rename the folders. This will make installing software updates easier. See http://docs.filerun.com/index.php?title=Hiding_options_from_the_%22Open_with...%22_menu for more details.
  • Roles can no longer be created without specifying a home folder template path.
  • The activity log search results can be now saved as a CSV file in the user's home folder. (The option is not available to independent admin users as it may expose sensitive information.)
  • New "Control Panel » System configuration » User Login and Registration" option named "Force users to change their passwords after recovery.".
  • Added new variables for the "home folder template" paths: {NAME}, {EMAIL} and {COMPANY}. The variable names are now case insensitive.
  • "Google Docs Viewer" is now avaialble also for the following file types: "XLS", "XLSX", "PPTX", "PSD", "DXF", "SVG", "PS", "EPS", "XPS"
  • "Pixlr" is now available also for "BMP" and "PXD" file types.
  • "Zoho Viewer" is now available also for the file types "PDF", "TXT" and "WPD".
  • The user interface preferences (window size, view type, grid columns) are now saved using HTML5's "localStorage" if the browser supports it. This will prevent useless cookie data to be transfered from the client to the server with each HTTP request. It should significantly decrease the network traffic generated by the FileRun users.
  • Added compatibility with Joomla 1.7. The plugin file "/path-to-filerun/customizables/auth/joomla/Joomla 1.7.x_FileRun_Authentication_Integration.zip" needs to be installed in Joomla.
  • The "Upload" permission is no longer enabled by default when sharing folders.
  • The files size is now displayed in the filename tooltip, so you don't need to switch to list mode to check a file's size.
  • Paths to shared folders in the activity log are now displayed better, with the user's name and the share name.
  • The control panel window height depends now on the browser' size
  • The custom actions windows have now the same size as the user interface. The same for the windows opened by the "Preview" file context menu.
  • Scribd, Google Docs Viewer, Pixlr and Bing KML viewer will now use HTTPS if the FileRun installation is accessed by HTTPS
  • The text from the file comments can now be selected and copied to clipboard
  • Adding or removing a WebLink to a folder updates the folder's icon instantly.
• Fixes:
  • The "Regular" upload method will now upload files even if files with the same name already exist. If file versioning is disabled, the files will not be overwritten.
  • When creating an admin user, it is now required to select at least one group if the admin has the permission to add users. The admin needs a group for adding the users to.
  • Admin users cannot be granted role administration permissions if a home folder template is assigned.
  • Independet admin users can now set "Home folder template" to roles. The paths will be relative to the independent admin's home folder.
  • Added missing file from previous update. Thumbnails should be now properly displayed for image files when browsing a WebLinked folder.
  • Editing files trough shared folders now logs the action under the user who edited, not the owner of the share.
  • The users' name is now properly saved in versioning list when editing a file.
  • Files edited using third-party services are now marked for the file indexing process.
  • Fixed small security risk related to the file commenting system.
  • Fixed problem with e-mailing password protected weblinks and the configured e-mail notification.
  • Removed the user name from the e-mail notification template "actions.tpl.txt", as in some cases the name doesn't match with the e-mail recipient's name.

December 13, 2011 (070711 to 121211)

• Main Changes:
  • The "Classic" and "Flash" upload methods have been replaced by a single upload method named "Regular". This upload method allows the upload of large files regardless of the server configuration and it shows the transfer progress. It works in a similar way as the "Java" method, by uploading larger files in smaller pieces.
    • "Google Chrome" and "Mozilla Firefox" use HTML5 and can upload file by either selecting or drag&drop. It should work fine with files up to 4GB.
    • "Microsoft Internet Explorer" and "Apple Safari" use Flash and can upload files only by selecting. Files are read into memory before uploading so the max upload size depends on the user's computer performance. A delay might also be noticed between clicking the "Upload" button and the start of the file transfer. This delay is proportional to the file's size. There is also a 2GB limit from the Flash technology.
    Please note that this upload method does not support resuming interrupted uploads and for files larger than a few hundreds of megabytes the "Java" method is still the recommended. After the software update, the "Regular" upload method will be set as the default upload method.
  • The "Drag&drop" upload method has been renamed to "Java". A big "Select files" button has been added, to help the MacOS users affected by the Java drag&drop problem. It also no longer requires the PHP configuration directive "session.use_only_cookies" to be set to "Off".
  • When attaching a WebLink to a folder, there is now the option of allowing the visitors to upload files inside the linked folder. An "Upload" button will appear on the WebLink's page. Please note that this upload method is limited by the server's configuration, so we don't recommend it for receiving files larger than just a few megabytes. To allow people to send you large files, create user accounts for them, so they can use FileRun's proper upload methods.
  • Major code optimization for faster loading and better performance in the browser. If PHP has Zlib support (on Windows is enabled by default, on other platforms PHP needs to be complied with "--with-zlib") the JavaScript will be compressed from 940KB to 230KB and the CSS from 140KB to 23KB. (Note for developers: the Sencha ExtJS framework has been upgraded to 3.4 and the use of Prototype has been dropped.)
• Other Improvements:
  • PDF files can now be opened also with Crocodoc.com, as an alternative to Google Docs Viewer and Scribd iPaper.
  • Option to require the user to change its password. It will show the "Change password" form on every access, until the user changes the password. The option is available in the add/edit user form, after the password field.
  • The minimum length of user-defined passwords can changed from the configuration file ($config['app']['min_password_length']). The default value is 4.
  • The username is no longer case sesitive, so users are no longer required to use a particular case for logging in. Please note that the password will continue to be case sensitive.
  • Added support for SSL for importing attachments from e-mail accounts.
  • Added SSL support for the SMTP account used for e-mail notifications. To enable it, set "tls://" in front of the SMTP server hostname (for example: "tls://smtp.gmail.com", with port 465, for using a Gmail account)
  • The e-mail address used for sending notifications can now be set from the control panel (System configuration » Interface options). The address is now also added by default as BCC for the users signup notification.
  • A html page can be shown before the actual file download for WebLinks. This page can be used if you wish to display a copyright message or other information. It can be enabled from the configuration file by setting "$config['app']['weblinks']['show_page_before_download']" to "true". The HTML template file used for this page is located at "/path-to-filerun/system/modules/weblinks/sections/default/html/pages/download.html". (Please note that enabling this will prevent the existing WebLinks to be used directly for embedding media in web pages, as the URL will no longer point directly to the file, but to this page instead.)
  • Added a new column for the list of files. It is named "New" and it shows if the file has been modified or created since the user's last login. This is to be used with the detailed view, as with the thumbnail view there is small graphic indicator in the corner of the file's icons. This column is hidden by default, so you need to use the "Columns" menu to make it visible.
  • When adding a new user account, the permissions are now checked by default as most of the time it's easier to remove permissions than add.
  • The e-mail notification cron job that is being used for sending multiple notifications in the same e-mail message now goes trough all logged actions until it either reaches the end or it sends notifications to 20 different e-mail recipients. This prevents notifications from being sent with a delay because of other logged actions which do not trigger any notification.
  • Files can now be moved (by drag&drop) to shared folders that allow uploading.
  • Added file type description and icons for ".ai", "dll" and "eml" files.
  • Added {NAME} variable name in the roles "Home folder template" field. It is automatically replaced by the user's name.
  • Improved the French translation, thanks to Olivier G.
  • Improved the German translation, thanks to Konrad B.
• Fixes:
  • Fixed the MP3 playback from folders with non-English characters in their names.
  • When sharing a folder and changing its settings afterwards no longer sets the share as anonymous if the user did not checked the option.
  • Fixed issue causing the "Java" upload method to place the uploaded file in the previously selected folder when the user click "Upload" and drops the files very quickly.
  • The user's password is no longer sent encrypted when an admin user is creating his account and the use of encryption has been configured.
  • The link for activating the account upon singup is automatically hidden if the "E-mail account confirmation links." is not enabled or when the "New accounts require admin activation." option is enabled.
  • Signing up for multiple accounts with the same e-mail address is no longer allowed by FileRun.
  • Fixed zipping files when folder folders are using UNC paths.
  • Fixed WebDAV date format which was not standards-compliant.
  • Fixed problem related to bowsing empty folder via WebDAV.
  • Fixed problem caused by custom charsets with WebDAV.
  • Generating a short URL with "bit.ly" no longer triggers the WebLinks's e-mail notification.
  • Double-clicking on files inside the "Trash" folder no longer triggers the file preview.
  • Fixed problem with the e-mail nofitications showing the wrong user name (when multiple actions happen at the same time).
  • The plain text preview no longer requires the "mbstring" PHP extension. Although it will use it, if available, for converting the text to UTF-8.
  • Other minor fixes.

July 11, 2011 (190411 to 070711)

• Improvements:
  • UNC paths can now be used for user's home folders, for accessing folders shared via a Windows network. (Always use forward slashes, for example: //hostname/sharename/)
  • Independent admin users can now add groups and roles with names already used by other independent admin users.
  • The users can now reset their passwords even if encryption is being used in the system. A link gets sent to the user's e-mail address, that can be used to receive a new password. The new e-mail template file "/path-to-filerun/customizables/emails/reset_password.tpl.txt" can be edited for customizing the message.
  • WebLinked folders now display thumbnails for supported file types.
  • Files and folders can now be uploaded using the drag & drop applet also by browsing instead of by dragging and dropping. It can be useful for Firefox 3 users on Apple computers, which suffer from a Java/Firefox bug that prevents dragging and dropping. The option can be enabled inside "Control Panel » System configuration » Interface options"; click the "(options)" link next to the "Drag & drop" method and enable the "Show file selection button" option.
  • Added partial Czech translation, thanks to Josef S.
  • Improved German translation, thanks to Konrad B.
  • Added support for Zoho's new HTTPS-only API. Please note that the API key needs to be set again after installing the update, inside the file "/path-to-filerun/customizables/custom_actions/zoho/app.php" and "/path-to-filerun/customizables/custom_actions/zoho_view/app.php"
  • Files locked by deleted users are now automatically unlocked by FileRun.
• Fixes:
  • Fixed bug that was making the shared folders to appear multiple times under all users with shares.
  • The independent admins users are no longer seeing all other users in the system when a particual group or user is selected in their "May see" permission list.
  • Fixed issue with the space quota notification cron script.
  • Fixed the search results file name display on systems using custom character encoding.
  • Moved the buttons in the folder properties panel, so that they are accessible even when using a translation that uses longer words.

April 19, 2011 (250211 to 190411)

• Improvements:
  • Added support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.
  • Users can now be prevented from only reading or only writing file comments. They can also be allowed to add comments to files, even though they have the "User cannot move, rename delete, etc.." permission option checked.
  • Users can also be prevented now from zipping and downloading folders, although they can download individual files.
  • The activity log can now be search for keywords. This can be used for finding actions related to a particular file path.
  • Metadata changes are now added to the activity logs. Admin users can see how the users changed the metadata values.
  • The e-mail notification cron script is now processing 30 logged actions at a time until it finds an action for which is needs to send an e-mail notifications. This prevents delays in sending notifications when the cron script exection interval is longer.
  • Files can be hidden by type, also from users assigned with particular roles. See "http://docs.filerun.com/index.php?title=Hiding_file_types_for_certain_users_or_groups" for more details.
  • Improved Finnish translation, thanks to Markku V.
  • Added Traditional Chinese (Taiwanese), thanks to OP S.
  • Added e-mail notification template file for the "File previewed" action.
  • Admin users (not the independent ones) can also check and create users' home folders now, as long as the superuser did not set a template path for these admin users.
  • Added control panel option for displaying only deactivated user accounts.
  • The "action name" in the e-mail notification messages gets now translated to the default configured language.
• Fixes:
  • Fixed problem with editing files trough shared folders using third-party online services.
  • Fixed problem with return characters not showing in the message sent when files were being sent by email.
  • Fixed problem with question marks being replaced with # signs inside file comments.
  • Fixed the "Space quota info" option for independent admin users.
  • Fixed filename when downloading a previous version of a file.
  • Fixed mime type for DOCX files. This was preventing Internet Explorer from opening these files properly.
  • Forced Internet Explorer to prompt the user for saving PDF files, instead of trying to open them, to avoid various browser problems.
  • Fixed URL encoding issue preveniting group names containing the & character from being displayed properly.
  • Fixed PHP warning in the activity logs, related to failed "Send by email" actions.
  • Fixed various character encoding issues related to non-English languages.
  • Fixed third-party preview for office documents for when FileRun is configured to use a character encoding other than UTF-8.
  • Fixed PHP 5.3 related error: "Fatal error: Function name must be a string in /system/classes/locale.lib.php on line 177"
  • Fixed minor display issue causing account titles not to be displayed when adding a new e-mail account to import files from.
  • Fixed label and field widths in the weblink panel for when the German language is selected.
  • Fixed various other rare and minor issues.

March 02, 2011 (291210 to 250211)

• Improvements:
  • A new FileRun installation kit can now be downloaded, to be used with PHP version 5.3.X. "Zend Guard Loader" PHP extension will be required instead of "Zend Optimizer".
  • Added Bing KML viewer as an alternative to Google Earth.
  • When a user has access to a folder trough multiple sharing rules, the share permissions are now combined. For example, if the user is part of two groups and a folder is shared as download-only with one of the group and the same folder is shared with the other group as upload-only, the user will be able to both upload and download files from the shared folder.
  • Improved the Spanish translation (thanks to Pablo P.).
  • Improved the German translation (thanks to Konrad B.).
  • The messages sent when sending files via e-mail are now in HTML format. (Setting "$config['app']['email_notification_format']" to "text", inside the configuration file, will set this back to plain text format) The list of attached WebLinks includes now the file sizes and expiration dates (if one was set).
  • The monthly traffic quota usage reset date is now displayed inside "Control Panel » Tools » Traffic quota usage". It can also be manually reset.
  • Added option for hidding certain file types for particular users or groups. See "http://docs.filerun.com/index.php?title=Hiding_file_types_for_certain_users_or_groups" for more details.
  • Added file type icons for: KML, DWG, DMG and Ds_Store
• Fixes:
  • Read-only users can no longer add or remove comments.
  • Sending files by e-mail as WebLinks is no longer possible for the users that don't have both "Download" and "WebLink" permissions.
  • The "Get notified on downloads" option works now also when the "Fancy WebLinks" option is not enabled.
  • The "Search" folder context menu option is now displayed also for the read-only users.
  • Fixed problem preventing WebLinks to be sent correctly via e-mail.
  • Fixed bug setting the "Anonymous" option automatically to "On", when sharing folders.
  • Fixed "Content-length" HTTP header for thumbnails, to allow the images to be displayed fast and correctly in all browsers.
  • Dragging and dropping files from your home folder to an anonymously shared folder is possible now.
  • Improve the preview of WMV video files.
  • Fixed bug regarding saving file changes via WebLinks. The feedback for Zoho API has also been improved.
  • The "Open with" file context menu option is now displayed also for the read-only users, to allow the users to use the custom actions that have been enabled for them.
  • Improved IP/proxy detection.
  • The PDF documents are no longer forcing the browser to save them, to allow them to be displayed inside the browser, when technically possible.
  • The "Comment" file context menu option is no longer displayed inside the shared folders without commenting permission.
  • The metadata fields and fieldsets are now sorted alphabetically.

December 29, 2010 (160910A to 291210)

• Improvements:
  • Sharing folders can now be done anonymously. The anonymously shared folders will appear on the same level as the user's home folder, using a regular folder icon. Can be used to assign more than one home folder to the users.
  • FFmpeg, if installed on the server, can now be used to generate thumbnails for various video file types.
  • The Apache large file download workaround (described here) has now been added also for the WebLink downloads. Until now it was available only for downloading files trough the user interface.
  • Managing user groups is now easier as multiple users can be added or removed from a group by editing the group, instead of editing each user account individually.
  • Added control panel tool for viewing users traffic usage.
  • Added control panel tool for importing user accounts from CSV (comma separated values) files.
  • The panel for sending files by e-mail offers now the possibility of customizing the options used for the automatically created WebLinks.
  • Added history autocomplete for the e-mail addresses used for sending files to.
  • Added control panel option for setting an URL address for a logo image to be displayed on the login form. The option is available under the "Interface options" group of settings.
  • Added control panel option for setting a welcome message to be displayed on the login form. The option is available under the "Interface options" group of settings.
  • The custom file actions, such as "View it with Vuzit/iPape", "Edit with Snipshot", etc, are now grouped in the contextual menu under a new option named "Open with..".
  • Removed the "Quick Link" contextual menu option as deemed less useful.
  • Various small improvements to the FLV/MOV player.
  • The control panel list of roles is now showing also the users using the roles. Links have been also added, to quickly access the settings of a particular user account.
  • The character ":" can now be used on servers that are not running MS Windows for the operating system.
  • The signup e-mail message is now sent even if the new user doesn't have to activate his account using the link. This can be used for customizing a welcoming e-mail message.
  • Added option for forcing WebLinked files to download instead of opening inside the browser. A list of extensions can be defined in the configuration file, like this: $config['app']['weblinks']['force_download'] = array("txt", "jpg");
  • When adding or editing an user account, the home folder path is automatically checked when leaving the field, to avoid setting invalid paths.
  • Adding a new e-mail notification rule for the action "New user registration" for a group configured to be assigned to the newly registered users is now working for sending notifications to additional e-mail addresses.
• Fixes:
  • Fixed bug unsharing all sub folders when a parent folder was unshared.
  • Fixed bug preventing the metadata search to function.
  • Added workaround for Safari on Mac OS to be able to use the drag&drop uploading more than once per session.
  • The "Download" option is no longer displayed in the folders contextual menu when the user doesn't have download permission. Attaching "WebLinks" to folders is also no longer possible in this case.
  • Fixed downloading files with percent characters in their names using the Apache download workaround.
  • Fixed character encoding options for properly sending e-mail messages using non-English characters.
  • Changing one user's home folder path will now automatically remove the shares and Web Links created by the user, to avoid having shared folders and Web Links that cannot be controlled.
  • Fixed issue with thumbnails not showing from the first time.
  • The temporary files created by the search indexing process now have the "txt" file extension, to help the converters that are using extensions instead of parameters for defining the file types.
  • Folders can no longer be hidden from the superuser.
  • The MySQL connection has been changed to non-persistent. To enabled the persistent connection you can set "$config['db']['persistent']" to "true" inside the configuration file.
  • The Omnisecure authentication plugin has been updated to work with the latest Omnisecure version.
  • Fixed playback issue for WMV files.
  • The e-mail notification system is now processing a maximum of 30 actions entries at a time, to avoid timeouts.
  • Added privacy HTTP header as a workaround for MS Internet Explorer cross-domain IFRAME issue.
  • Added workaround for MS Internet Explorer (Flash+Cache) bug affecting MP3 playback.
  • Added small fix for the Joomla authentication plugin single-sign-in functionality.

September 18, 2010 (020710A to 160910A)

• New features:
  • Added support for FileRun Sync. Get the new desktop tool here: http://www.filerun.com/sync
  • New option for editing "JPG", "GIF", "PNG" and "PSD" image files. "Edit with Pixlr.." uses www.pixlr.com online service.
    No API key is required or any other configuration, but you will need to move the file "crossdomain.xml", after installing the update, from the FileRun installaton folder to the root of your domain name, to allow Flash player to load the image from your site.
  • Options for browsing all pages of a PDF document when opened with the internal file preview tool. Viewing PDF documents with the internal preview tool requires ImageMagick to be enabled.
• Improvements:
  • When using the internal preview tool, image previews can be zoomed in by clicking the new toggle button available on the bottom-left corner of the preview window. Large images can be scrolled by clicking and dragging the image inside the window.
  • Custom actions can now be enabled for users without download permissions, even inside shared folders. We don't recommend using this option when is important to prevent the user from saving the previewed files to their computers.
  • The folders contextual menu is now displayed also for read-only users, to allow them to download folders (in Zip archives).
  • The "custom_action-name::JSconfig['loadingMsg']" option can be added for displaying a message while the custom action popup window is loading.
  • You can now create custom actions that appear the contextual menu even when selecting more than one file, by setting "custom_action-name::JSconfig['multiple'] = true".
  • Added button vor verifying the ImageMagick path, inside "Control Panel » System configuration » File preview and thumbnails".
  • Improved Dutch and German translations. (We thank the contributors.)
  • WMV video preview is now using WebLinks, to help "Windows Media Player Plugin" work with other browsers.
  • E-mail notification templates: the user's information is now avaiable trough "{$info.userInfo}" inside the template file "/path-to-filerun/customizables/emails/actions.tpl.txt".
  • The visitors' IP addresses are now logged, when downloading WebLinks.
  • The list of groups is now ordered aplhabetically, inside the Control Panel.
  • The action of previewing a file is now recorded to the users activty logs.
  • Files and folders can now be renamed by changing only the letters' case.
  • Setting "$config['app']['count_uploads_as_traffic'] = true;" inside the "/path-to-filerun/customizables/config.php" file, will make the users uploads count towards their traffic quotas.
  • The handling of custom character sets has been improved. If you need the non-English filenames to look the same in the file system, when accessing the folders via FTP (for example), you can change the charset from UTF-8 to a charset suitable for the language you are using (inside "/path-to-filerun/customizables/config.php"). This will however prevent you from having different filenames in different languages.
• Fixes:
  • Fixed problem with uploading files when the user was logged using the "Keep me logged in" option. This was affecting the users only after their PHP sessions was expiring.
  • Fixed problem with the file indexing system. The file paths were missing a trailing slash, limiting the searching start point to the home folder. The files would need to be reindexed for the problem to be corrected.
  • Fixed WebDAV error preventing the access to shared folders.
  • Fixed problem that was causing hidden files (".htaccess" files for example) to be included when Zipping and searching folders.
  • The character set used for sending the e-mail notifications has been set to UTF-8 ($config['app']['encoding']['convert']['toHTML']['to']) to improve the display of non-English characters.
  • Added two missing permission options inside "Control Panel » System configuration » User Login and Registration" related to the new users registration.
  • The ImageMagick resource usage limitation option is no longer enabled by default, to preserve compatibility with older versions.
  • The upload button is no longer enabled inside shared folders, when the user account doesn't have permission to upload files.
  • Fixed minor JavaScript bug that was causing the "Read comments" permission checkbox in the sharing panel to be incorrectly unchecked when the panel was loading for the first time.
  • Fixed minor issue with the image preview tool. Files with special characters where not displayed properly when FileRun was configured for a charset different than UTF-8.
  • Fixed bug with "Sniphot" saving the modified versions of the files as new files inside the users home folders, instead of replacing the original files.
  • Fixed JavaScript error inside "Control Panel » Users » Username » Space quota info".
  • Fixed WMV, SWF and MPG file preview scripts compatibility with "short_open_tag" set to "On".
  • Fixed minor bug inside an e-mail notification template file, causing user names to be confused when one user was adding a comment to other user's file.
  • Temporary files created when archiving files are now automatically deleted when the user logs out.
  • Minor fix related to the navigation links displayed when browsing a folder trough a WebLink.

July 02, 2010 (260410A to 020710A)

• New features:
  • Added preview for KML/KMZ Google Maps/Earth files.
• Improvements:
  • Added solution for downloading very large files on servers that do not allow long execution time for PHP/CGI scripts. Requires Apache web servers with "mod_rewrite" module enabled (most hosting services have it) and it is not enabled by default. Click here to read how to enable it.
  • Folders can now be shared without any permission. The users will only be able to see the contents of the folder, without being able to download, upload or make changes.
  • Aded the ability to make changes using online services to files inside shared folders.
  • The drag&drop java applet is now signed, to avoid security warnings.
  • Improved transfer speed for the drag&drop uploading.
  • Added new option "$this->JSconfig["replaceDoubleClickAction"]" to custom actions. Setting it to "true", will make the action be executed when double-clicking the associated files, no matter what is configured in the control panel for the double-click action.
  • Updated list of file types compatible with Zoho Viewer: "doc", "docx", "xls", "xlsx", "ppt", "pptx", "pps", "odt", "ods", "odp", "sxw", "sxc", "sxi", "rtf", "html", "csv". The preview for these files is now handled by default with Zoho viewer.
  • Added special "ALL" recipient in "Control Panel » Notifications", to notify all users about an event. The users need to have an e-mail address configured and the "Notifications" option checked.
  • Improved file integrity protection when moving folders.
  • General code optimization for improved loading time.
  • Improved Spanish translation.
  • Hidden "Edit" and "Save" links displayed by "Zoho Viewer".
  • The generated short URLs for WebLinks are now saved in the local database. If a short URL is available, it will be used when clicking the "E-mail" button, instead of the regular URL.
  • Overwritting files inside shared folders requires both "Upload" and "Alter" permissions. With only "Upload" permissions the files need a different name.
  • Added suport for PHP installations with tokenizer disabled.
• Fixes:
  • Fixed interface bug causing folders to appear twice after moving them.
  • Fixed filename display issue with the flash upload mode.
  • Fixed issue with selecting the language on the login form.
  • Fixed issue with persistent logins.
  • The "WebLink" and "E-mail -> Quick Link" contextual menu options are no longer displayed inside shared folders when the user doesn't have permission to create WebLinks.
  • The users created by an independent admin user, using a role, are no longer able to see all other users avaialble in the system.
  • Fixed compatibility of the drag&drop upload mode with the latest Java version.
  • Fixed JavaScript error on the password form of the protected WebLinks.
  • Fixed the "cron/reindex_files.php" command line script.
  • Removed dropdown icon from the logout buttton when user doesn't have the option of changing its password.
  • Changed confusing message "Folder empty." to "There are no files in this folder."

April 26, 2010 (100210A to 260410A)

• New features:
  • Added Chinese translation.
  • The default/thumbnail view is now showing small icons attached to the files, indicating which files have been recently uploaded, which files have comments or WebLinks.
• Improvements:
  • The main toolbar options have bigger buttons now and a few buttons were rearanged for a cleaner user interface.
  • The metadata options can now be hidden/disabled for certain users. This option can be set to users trough their roles as well.
  • Read-only users can now use the online services (Google Docs Viewer, Scribd iPaper, etc.) for previewing files.
  • The "Tools" toolbar item has been removed and "Import e-mail attachments" option was moved inside the upload window. It can be disabled from "Control Panel » System configuration » Interface options".
  • The file comments are now loading in a popup window. This is allowing the user to check the comments of multiple files at the same time.
  • The MP3 player has been improved. It now shows a playlist, allowing you to play all the MP3 files from a certain folder.
  • The list of users with shared folders is now sorted alphabetically.
• Fixes:
  • Fixed issue that was allowing one user's WebLinks to be affected by the actions of another user.
  • Fixes bug preventing users with space quotas from uploading files inside shared folder.
  • Fixed filesize display issue on files larger then 2GB, on 32bit servers.
  • "Metadata" and "Comment" contextual menu options are now displayed only when there is only one file selected.
  • Fixed bug causing the search indexer to use a different encoding than UTF-8.

February 10, 2010 (141109A to 100210A)

• New features:
  • Option of vieweing "pdf", "tif", "tiff", "ppt", "doc" files with Google Docs Viewer.
  • Option of vieweing "pps", "ppt", "pdf", "odp" and "sxi" files with Zoho Viewer.
  • Russian translation.
• Improvements:
  • Added ability of creating weblinks on shared files and folders. (The weblinks will be automatically removed if the folder will no longer be shared.)
  • Search files by metadata value without selecting a particular metadata field.
  • The "Comments" folder-sharing option was split into "Read comments" and "Add comments" permissions.
  • Added option for generating short URLs for Web Links (Example URL: "http://bit.ly/aUIhc8").
  • Zoho documents can be opened even if the FileRun installation is not accessible via the Internet. (Changes cannot be saved though.)
  • The "preview" contextual menu option for "doc" files now uses Scribd iPaper.
  • Drag&drop proxy information is now stored in cookies not in the session, so you don't have to configure it each time you restart the browser.
  • You can choose which independent admin user will manage the newly registered users by appending its user ID to the FileRun installation URL like this: "http://demo.filerun.com/?puid=123"
  • Pressing "Enter" key on the WebLink password form it will submit the form.
• Fixes:
  • Fixed problem with multiple consecutive e-mail notifications.
  • When uploading files to a shared folder, the space quota of the user who shared the folder is taken into consideration and the upload is prevented if the user doesn't have free space available.
  • Fixed MP3 playback for files with non-ASCII filenames.
  • Users can move personal folders to shared folders only if the shared folders have both "upload" and "write" permissions.
  • Fixed JavaScript error preventing the folder downloading to work when French language was selected.
  • Fixed JavaScript error preventing the drag&drop uploading to work when French language was selected.
  • The "Unzip" context menu option is now displayed only for "zip" files in a shared folder. The "Zip" context menu option is no longer displayed for "zip" files, in shared folders.
  • Text preview is now converted to UTF-8.
  • Fixed multiple minor translation issues.

November 16, 2009 (110909A to 141109A)

• New features:
  • Added mobile user interface for accessing FileRun using smart-phones. Only file upload and download are the supported operations at this time. To access the interface append "/m/" to your FileRun installation URL (Example: http://www.your-site.com/filerun/m/).
  • Added support for FileRun DropBox and FileRun HotFolders desktop applications.
  • Added preview support for MPEG (.mpg) video files. Requires Apple's QuickTime browser plugin.
• Improvements:
  • You can now allow or prevent certain users to change their passwords. The permission can be set trough roles as well.
  • When sharing folders or e-mailing files you can now search for existing users, instead of browsing the groups. Useful if your system has a lot of users.
  • Improved error handling with the drag&drop upload mode.
  • The Scribd iPaper document preview can now work even if your server is not accessible via the Internet. Please note that the file "app.php" needs to be reconfigured after installing the update.
  • If your FileRun installation doesn't have dirrect access to the Internet, you can now configure a proxy server to be used for downloading FileRun updates.
  • Zip archives that contain files with non-ASCII names (containing multibyte characters) can now be displayed and extracted correctly. A list of expected character sets needs to be configured for this though. Please check this page for more information.
  • Added the option of setting a predefined list of values for a metadata field. A dropdown option will be displayed instead of the text input.
  • The "Metadata" administrative section was moved under "System configuration".
  • The "File space quota usage" tool can now be used also by other admin users. The tool will display information only on the users the admin is allowed to manage.
  • Activating and deactivating a user account is now added in the admin's activity log, so e-mail notifications can be configured for the action.
  • The encryption used for the users passwords can now be customized. This feature can be useful when you import the users information from an existing database that keeps the passwords hashed. Please read here how to set this up.
  • Added BCC field to the "signup_email.tpl.txt" e-mail notification template.
  • Sharing folder actions are now logged ("folder_shared.tpl.txt" e-mail notification template file was added).
• Fixes:
  • Fixed JavaScript error preventing the Internet Explorer users to access a password protected weblink.
  • Fixed drag&drop upload issue preventing folders to be uploaded correctly on Linux servers.
  • Fixed drag&drop upload issue preventing files with Chinese filenames to be uploaded correctly.
  • Deactivated user accounts can no longer login even if a third-party authentication plugin is used.
  • Various WebDAV fixes.
  • Fixed bug allowing independent admin users to see all other system users.
  • E-mails were not getting sent by the comand line quota level tool.
  • The "E-mail > Quick Link" contextual menu is now disabled as it should be when the user doesn't have permission to create weblinks.
  • Fixed bug preventing MP3s with quotes in their file names to be played.
  • Fixed issue preventing folders to be deleted or moved on some Windows servers.
  • The randomly generated password users receive when they signup is no longer encrypted if a password encryption is configured.
  • Fixed logs archiving option's compatibility issue with PHP version 5.0.x .

September 11, 2009 (240709A to 110909A)

• New features:
  • Files partially uploaded using the drag&drop mode can now be resumed, even after closing the browser.
  • Added file space quota usage overview tool.
  • Added the option of automatically notify users about reaching their space quota limits.
  • Users can now receive e-mail notifications also when their files are being commented by the other users.
• Improvements:
  • Added contextual menu option "View it with iPaper..", allowing the following file types "pdf, ps, doc, docx, ppt, pps, pptx, xls, xlsx, odt, sxi, ods, sxc, txt, rtf" to be viewed online using "http://www.scribd.com/ipaper".
  • Added contextual menu option "Preview" which should be used to open the preview window when a different action is set for double-clicking the files.
  • Custom actions ("View it with Vuzit/iPaper", "Edit with Snipshot", etc.) are no longer available if the user doesn't have download permissions.
  • Hidden folders are highlighted for the user who hide them from other users.
  • Added new file list column "Date Created", showing the file's creation/upload date.
  • Search results can now be sorted by filename or by path.
  • The WebLinks now include the files names and the use of Apache "mod_rewrite" can be enabled from control panel for prettier URLs.
  • The "{ADMUSERNAME}" variable can now be used in the "Home folder template path" to be automatically replaced with the admin's username. Useful for organizing users folders while managing independent admin users trough roles.
  • Added the option of encrypting the users passwords (password recovery will no longer be possible with this option enabled). Check the documentation site for informtaion on how to set this up.
  • Completed the Italian translation (thanks to Marco De Bortoli).
• Fixes:
  • Fixed multiple IE8 interface problems.
  • Fixed WebLinks download limitation to allow more than one downloads.
  • Fixed problem introduced by the previous update, affecting the WebDAV interface.
  • Fixed bug in the e-mail notification system that was sending login notifications instead of the selected "Account deactivated".
  • Previewing files is no longer avaialble for users without download permissions, to prevent them from downloading the files. (Thumbnails will still be displayed.)
  • Fixed problem preventing the download/upload traffic from being properly logged towards users' quotas.
  • Fixed small bug, keeping the "May see" option still displayed when a role was selected for the user.
  • Fixed JavaScript error when canceling Flash upload.
  • Fixed JavaScript error while trying to add a new SMTP account for importing e-mail attachments.
  • Fixed error preventing FileRun from running while the "intl" (Internationalization Functions) PHP extension was enabled.

July 24, 2009 (130509A to 240709A)

• New features:
  • Added ability to WebLink folders.
  • Multiple e-mail notifications can now be received in a single e-mail message.
  • Added option to receive e-mail notifications when files are being downloaded trough WebLinks.
  • When setting up admin users, you can now choose which administrative sections he can access.
• Improvements:
  • Added ability to search in shared folders.
  • Independent admin users can now be allowed to interact with other users.
  • Superuser is now the only user who can see, edit or create other admin users.
  • Admin users can create or delete groups only if they have the permission of managing all groups.
  • Users can now be automatically notified when shared folders are made available for them.
  • The e-mail notification templates have been improved and optimized for receiveing information about multiple actions in the same message.
  • Added new contextual menu option for files allowing you to create a WebLink that should be sent using your default e-mail program.
  • Added support for PHP's "short_open_tag = Off". This is available only for new software packages so turning the setting to "Off" will break the FileRun installation.
  • Failed upload actions are now logged, to help identify and troubleshoot software configuration issues.
  • Documents uploaded into a folder that belongs to multiple users are now included in each user's search index.
  • Added script for indexing documents uploaded in FileRun folders by other means (FTP, SMB, etc.)
  • Completed German translation (Thanks to Mirco Schnarwiler).
  • Accessing FileRun trough a special URL can make it automatically open a specified folder.
  • The default document viewer was set from Zoho to Scribd.
• Fixes:
  • Fixed bug breaking the ability of editing a role after setting a space quota.
  • Improved thumbnails for some layered PSD files.
  • Added workaround for IE8 bug that was making comments pane to hide its contents.
  • Fixed issue that was breaking the display of the files list on Darwin operating systems.
  • Corrected URL problem that was breaking the e-mail attachment importer.
  • Fixed Session/Cookie authentication issue breaking the drag&drop upload mode.
  • Fixed search indexing error hang issue.
  • Fixed filesize sorting problem on Linux servers.
  • Saving snipshot edited files now closes the popup and reloads the files list.
  • The "Tools" menu option is no longer showed if empty.
  • The size of downloaded previously zipped files was not saved in the activity logs.
  • Prevented admin users from deleting their own accounts.
  • The "May see" option is now hidden, as it should be, when a role is selected for the user.
  • The IE download workaround popup has been disabled for the "download zipped" action.
  • The "Keep me logged in." login option is no longer displayed when a custom authentication plugin is used.
  • Creating WebLinks in shared folders using the "E-mail" form is no longer allowed.
  • Shared folders that are no longer available (deleted/moved/renamed by other means) are automatically unshared.
  • Fixed bug preventing files and folders with "," characters to be zipped.
  • Fixed bug preventing files to be e-mail to selected FileRun users.

May 13, 2009 (090409A to 130509A)

• New features:
  • Ability of viewing documents with Vuzit.com service. (Please note that you need to signup for a private API KEY!)
  • Ability of editing images with Snipshot.com service.
  • Ability of easily integrating web services to view or manipulate various document types.
  • Ability to download folders by zipping them on the fly.
  • Option to disable the file versioning system, to save storage space.
• Improvements:
  • Interrupted downloads can now be resumed. This is also available for the WebLinks downloads, which can also be downloaded using download managers.
  • Improved the speed of file downloads up to a couple of times.
  • Added support for zipping and unzipping large files, avoiding PHP's memory limitations.
  • Replaced the "Image browser" tool with the double-click image preview. Previews automatically resize based on the popup size.
  • Added option for automatically including the self-registered users in certain groups or setting a certain role for them.
  • Editing documents with Zoho no longer interferes with the weblinks that are set for the files.
  • Added option to display the contextual menu when double-clicking a file.
  • The automatic user deactivation occured when the maximum number of login attempts is reached is now added to the activity logs, so the admin can set an e-mail notification for it.
  • Thumbnails of images and documents are now cached by the browser, for instant loading. The thumbnails are refreshed only when the files size or last modification date changes.
  • A broken image icon is now displayed for the image file for which the thumbnail could not be generated.
  • Renamed "Edit" to "Edit with Zoho.." and changed the option's icon.
  • Added loading animation for the image popup previews.
  • Added loading indicators for thumbnails.
  • Image previews generated with ImageMagick are now automatically rotated according to the digital camera's orientation.
  • Popup windows are no longer allowed to get their title-bar outside the browser window in such way so that they cannot be moved or closed.
• Fixes:
  • Fixed medium security vulnerability.
  • Fixed low security "Cross-Site Scripting" vulnerability.
  • Added protection against "Session Fixation" security attacks.
  • Removed padding displayed when the language selector is hidden on the login page.
  • Added error message for zipping empty folders.

April 09, 2009 (110309A to 090409A)

• New features:
  • Added ability to view SWF Flash movies.
  • Added ability to copy folders.
  • Added the option to automatically disable the user account after a defined number of failed login attempts.
• Improvements:
  • Added workaround for Internet Explorer's issue that prevents the user from downloading files without reloading the page.
  • FileRun now displays loading messages while performing file management actions.
  • Prevented the WebLink password from showing in the URL when submiting the form.
  • The following variables can be used for the user's home folder path template: {email}, {name}, {company}, {description}. Any filesystem illegal character will be automatically removed. Please note that these variables are available only for the user signup process.
  • Added automated focus on the username field when loading the login page.
  • Added "Reset" button to the classic upload form, to help clearing the file fields.
• Fixes:
  • Fixed security issue allowing users to signup although the option has been disabled from the control panel.
  • Upload button is now hidden when the user doesn't have write permissions.
  • The admin users are now prevented from deleting roles that are currently assigned to user accounts.
  • The folder sharing feature now works properly.
  • The folder hiding option didn't worked because of one file not being replaced correctly by the previous update.
  • Fixed problem with files being added to the zip archives with their folder tree.
  • The space and traffic quotas were not displayed correctly on IE7 after last update.
  • Hiding folders for groups now works properly.
  • The license information is now displayed in the control panel.
  • Fixed issue preventing the use of email addresses containing dashes as sender, when sending files by email.
  • Cached thumbnails are now getting deleted with the files.
  • Previous versions are now deleted when you permanently delete a file from trash.
  • The interface remains maximized if it is configured from the control panel. Even when the browser windows is resized.

March 11, 2009 (090209A to 110309A)

• New features:
  • Preview DWF (Autodesk Design Web Format) files with Autodesk Freeweel web service.
  • Select FileRun users and groups to e-mail files to.
  • Ability of customizing file preview or adding support for new file types.
  • Admin users can now hide sub-folders from users.
  • Added ability to search files by their comments.
  • Arhive current activity logs.
• Improvements:
  • Added support for Google Chrome browser.
  • Interface changes:
    • The interface was simplified, making more easy to figure out how to upload a file or create a new folder.
    • The top-right refresh button is also refreshing the folders list.
    • The "New folder" button also shows the contextual options for the currently selected folder.
    • The interface window is now automatically maximized if it doesn't fit the browser window.
    • The "send files by e-mail" window and WebLinks panel have been improved and are now loading only once per session.
    • Selecting a shared folder automatically expands it.
    • Sorted list of shared folders.
    • Removed the close button from the main window. Pressing the escape key will no longer hide it.
    • All root folders are now reloaded after a trash item is restored.
    • The users names are now highlighted in the "deleted from" path.
    • Moving a file or a folder now shows an arrow icon instead of the "+" sign.
    • Dragging a file into its current folder is now prevented.
    • Replaced icon for the "Deleted files" tree item.
    • Reorganized some of the control panel options.
  • Added control panel configuration for choosing what action is performed when double-clicking a file.
  • Added control panel option for setting the interface window's default size.
  • Made the embedded FLV/MOV video player resizable with the window.
  • Hidden "Deleted Files" folder for read-only user accounts.
• Fixes:
  • Medium severity security issue.
  • The Flash upload mode was uploading the previously browsed folder, instead of the current one.
  • Files can now be moved from personal folders to shared folder with "Upload" permission enabled but "Move/Rename/Delete" permission disabled.
  • Fixed SQL error message displaying inside the classic upload window.
  • Fixed a couple Safari interface issues.
  • Fixed bug preventing FileRun to e-mail files with foreign characters in their names.
  • The "deleted from" field now shows the entire path for files deleted from shared folders.
  • The folder icon is now displayed correctly inside the "Deleted Files" folder.
  • The default file view mode setting now works.
  • Deleted files: The original path is showed correctly even if it contains foreign characters.
  • Fixed bug preventing the admins from creating new metadata filetypes, fieldsets and fields when MySQL is running in strict mode.
  • Added a couple of missing translation keys.
  • Improved detection of server's port, when 80 default HTTP port is not used.

February 9, 2009 (070109A to 090209A)

• New features:
  • Ability to watch FLV and MOV video files without downloading them.
• Improvements:
  • You can now preview files by double-clicking them instead of opening a pane. Multiple files, even from different folders, can now be viewed at the same time.
  • The file type icons have been replaced with nicer onces.
  • Added "System configuration" option to hide the language menu and select the default language.
  • Added new grid column that shows the files' current version.
  • If you are running LigHTTPD web server, or Apache with the "mod_xsendfile" enabled, you can configure FileRun to use a special feature which improves the download permformance. To enable this setting you only need to set "$config['enable_x_sendfile']" to "true" inside the "customizables/config.php" file.
  • The superuser ("admin") can now unlock files locked by other users.
  • The upload window prevents now the user from changing the folder durring the file transfer.
  • Addded ability to customize a template for the body of the e-mail message that gets sent when the user is sending files by e-mail.
  • Interface cookies are automatically deleted from users' browsers after a software update.
  • Improved the software update system.
  • "user_added", "user_edited" and "user_deleted" events have been added to the list of logged activities.
  • Thumbnails are now replaced with icons when GD extension is not enabled or the image files are corrupted.
  • Back-slashes used for the home folder paths are now automatically replaced with forward slashes.
• Fixes:
  • Improved file size reporting on Windows, for files larger than 5GB.
  • Added backwards compatibility with Java version 1.4 for the drag&drop upload mode.
  • Flash upload was placing the file inside the home folder instead of the selected shared folder.
  • Foreign characters are now displayed correctly inside the drag&drop upload mode.
  • Fixed flicker of drag&drop upload cancel button.
  • Refresh folder option is now disabled when the "Deleted files" folder is selected.
  • The loading animation of the tree was removed to avoing getting it stuck.
  • "New folder" toolbar option was disabled when browsing a shared folder with write permissions.
  • Fixed bug preventing FileRun to delete to files larger than ~1GB from the trash folder.
  • Control panel: Admin users are now prevented from accidentaly deactivating their own user accounts.
  • Search: The filename search function works now correctly with PHP version 4.
  • Users without the permission to create WebLinks can no longer send files by email as WebLinks.
  • The users registration no longer displays the password in the activity logs.
  • The "BCC" fields in the email notification templates are now handled correctly.
  • Fixed problem preventing FileRun to install successfully with MySQL running in strict mode.
  • Fixed zip filename when downloading multiple files in a sigle zip while German language is selected.
  • The English version of the "Uploading..." word is no longer translated in Romanian when English language is selected.
  • Disabled drag&drop upload debugging action which was causing a JS error on Internet Explorer browsers.
  • Fixed bug showing message "Failed to set new URL" when uploading files.
  • Fixed bug preventing the metadata system to function properly with MySQL running in strict mode.
  • Fixed JS error "console not defined" (both d&d and flash).
  • Fixed interface bug having the search and sharing panels confusing the selected folder.
  • The upload window is now automatically closed after an upload using Flash mode.
  • Failing to upload using classic and flash upload modes now provide a reason message.
  • Fixed interface bug that was changing the current path after creating a new folder.

January 7, 2009 (301008A to 070109A)

• Improvements:
  • Drag&Drop upload mode:
    • Added HTTPS support.
    • Added NTLM proxy support.
    • Improved Linux support.
    • Added HTTP authentication support.
    • Added custom HTTP port support.
    • Added the ability to increase the upload chunk size (to decrease overall upload time on less responsive web servers).
  • User Interface:
    • Added buttons for refreshing the current folder structure and as an alternative for showing the contextual folder menu.
    • The "Folders" pane can now be hidden by the users.
    • The view mode (thumbnails or detailed) is now preserved between sessions.
    • Added versioning sub menu option for better usability.
    • Improved usability of the folder sharing panel.
    • Added versioning feedback on file upload overwrites.
    • Files deleted from shared folder are now displaying their original location.
  • Admin Interface: changed icons to recognize admin and deactivated user accounts.
  • Folder Sharing: the list of shared folders is now alphabetically sorted.
  • Multilanguage: most of the untranslated keys were added to the translation files.
  • Performance: space quota is now calculated only when required by the performed action, to avoid unnecessary load.
  • Functionality: When restoring deleted files, FileRun is now trying to recreate the original location.
• Fixes:
  • Users can now alter files locked by themselves.
  • Users can no longer restore or delete previous file versionins when the file is locked by somebody else.
  • Users without proper permissions cannot send files by e-mail anymore.
  • Fixed bug that was preventing new user roles to be added when running MySQL in strict mode.
  • Fixed major security issue allowing ilegal access to the server's files.
  • Flash upload mode wasn't working on Firefox 3.
  • Flash upload mode JavaScript error on IE 7.
  • Fixed minor cross-site scripting security issue.
  • Added workaround for PHP bug causing ImageMagick to hang before generation all requested thumbnails.
  • Fixed MySQL error when moving files to folders containing single quotes in their names.
  • Folder was dissapearing on rename or folder creation failure.
  • Fixed bug preventing FileRun to log when a user uploads a file in another users' folder (configured using a role).
  • Multilanguage file comments are now displayed correctly.
  • Corrected icons for PPT file types.

For the list of changes made before 2009, please contact us.
The automatic software update system was introduced on January 17, 2008.