This release improves the captcha on the login page.File version.php contains the correct tag for this release. Upgrade Copy the changed files over the existing files. No further action for this release. The new Upgrade tool is still in the development phase: Will become available in a next release.If you use it now: Take sufficient precautions […]
Major Changes Actions by database administrator Upgrading The new and modified files can overwrite existing files Note that some files can be deleted (See Pull Requests for details) The new Upgrade tool is still in the development phase: Will become available in a next release.If you use it now: Take sufficient precautions (e.g. backups). Data loss […]
Overview of > 650 commits since version v2.2.0-beta-1 Major functional improvements: Other improvements: Prerequisites This ABCD version is already tested on PHP 8.4. Will still run on PHP 7.4, recommendation is to upgrade to at least PHP 8.1.Note that Z3950 requires the YAZ extension for PHP. YAZ is not available for every PHP version. Upgrading […]
You know that the current ABCD is maintained in GitHub. Hundreds of commits have improved and extended the code of ABCD.Up til now there was only minimal attention for release management.Since the last release (v2.2.0-beta-1 in 2022) ~850 commits were included and this is too rough. We feel that more regular releases are required.We will […]
Even 21 years after the release of the latest version of Winisis, this software can still be found in some documentation centres. Because it’s not exactly library software, Winisis was used for many years to manage collections. Its obsolescence was the choice of Unesco, the creator of the technology. In 2009, Bireme officially launched ABCD […]
It’s been a while since the last post here on the site, so it’s time to present a rum round-up of the updates made to ABCD in the month of January 2024. One of the biggest changes can be seen in the Reports screen. New functionalities have been added, such as Functional changes Small changes: […]
Since its launch in 2009, the internal Circulation Module of ABCD has been very little used by the community due to the fact that it looks unfinished, however this is not the complete truth. All operations necessary for the correct operation of the Circulation Module were properly programmed, however what was noticed is that the […]
The original version of OPAC ABCD ( Online Public Access Catalog for the ABCD ) was developed with the intention of creating a research tool for the ABCD ISIS databases, but that did not use only the WWW-ISIS language as the iAH application developed by Bireme. OPAC ABCD was completely developed in PHP, a language that, being more popular, […]
Modifications in the database files In file bases/www/epilogoact.pft: Remove the script that sets the current record number/number of records in the Data Entry heading The complete script must be deleted from this file to ensure correct values. In file bases/www/prologoact.pft: Change:<script type=”text/javascript” src=”/iah/js/highlight.js”></script>into Modifications in /dr_path.def Existing dr_path.def files must edited. With a text editor […]
The configuration files (https://github.com/ABCD-DEVCOM/ABCD2/tree/master/zz_installation) for Apache available in the repository provide for the existence of some folders in the root of ABCD. After setting the “ABCD_ROOT” variable, check if all the expected folders are present in your installation. By default, Apache cannot start if any directory is missing, therefore, in addition to renaming the ABCD […]
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