KnowledgeTree 3.7 Community Edition Release Candidate

From KnowledgeTree Document Management Made Simple

KnowledgeTree 3.7 Community Edition Release Candidate is an update of our last community release - KnowledgeTree 3.6.1-Community Edition (public release).

NOTE: KnowledgeTree 3.7 Community Edition Release Candidate is a pre-release of KnowledgeTree 
3.7 Community Edition. The latest, stable, production-ready version of KnowledgeTree Community Edition is KnowledgeTree 3.6.1-Commercial Edition. 

Overview

KnowledgeTree 3.7 Community Edition Release Candidate is the latest version of the KnowledgeTree Document Management System server, and the first release built on Zend Server, our new, integrated software stack installer. This version also provides a new Setup Wizard that guides you through the configuration of KnowledgeTree, for installs and upgrades, so that your system is set up and ready to use as easily as possible.

Important Notes:

• This release is intended for testing purposes only and should not be used in a production environment
• Upgrade installers from previous versions will only be available with the final KnowledgeTree 3.7 Community Edition release
• Upgrade installers will be provided for upgrades from the Release Candidate to the Final Release of KnowledgeTree 3.7 Community Edition

Release Date: November 2009

Platform Requirements

• See the KnowledgeTree Platform Requirements page for details.
• KnowledgeTree Instant View requires Adobe Flash Player 9 or 10.

What's New

• Zend Server-based Stack

The stack installed version of KnowledgeTree 3.7 Community Edition RC now uses the new Zend Server-based stack – a complete Web Application Server from Zend Technologies.

Zend Server includes Zend’s own enterprise-grade, tested and certified version of PHP, and it includes Zend Optimizer, a toolset for optimizing and extending the capabilities of PHP. Zend Server is purpose-built for running and managing PHP applications that require a high level of performance, reliability, and security.

Running KnowledgeTree on Zend Server significantly enhances performance, and updates and patches for security and stack issues come directly from Zend. Additional levels of commercial support and services are also available with the purchase of each Zend Server license.

On Linux, server-based installers in RPM and DEB packages allow you to easily install and maintain the stack using standard package management technologies.

On Windows, the Zend stack allows KnowledgeTree to be installed and supported on Windows 2008 Server and IIS 6 and 7 (see below).

• New PHP-based Setup Wizard

KnowledgeTree's new PHP-based Setup and Configuration Wizard allows easier configuration of your system. This new Setup Wizard significantly changes the way Knowledge is installed and configured for both stack and source-only installs and upgrades. For stack installs, the new one-click installer configures the underlying platform; then, when KnowledgeTree starts the first time, the web-based Setup Wizard walks you through the configuration and optimization of your system so that is set up and ready to use.

For source installs, the Setup Wizard automates the process of configuring your system, and removes the need for command line interaction. The wizard creates the KnowledgeTree database, loads passwords, and performs dependency checks. If errors are detected, it offers suggestions on how to fix them.

For more information about the new Zend Server stack installer, and the new Setup Wizard, see our new Wiki-based 
KnowledgeTree Installation and Upgrade Guide.

• Microsoft IIS 6 and 7 Support

Previous versions of KnowledgeTree only supported installation to Apache. The new stack installer allows you to choose whether you want to install KnowledgeTree to Apache, or to an IIS server.

• New Document Property (Metadata) Fields

Date, Multi-Select, and Large Text - KnowledgeTree provides many built-in document property types, and in version 3.7 we have added date fields, large free-form text fields that support more than 255 characters, and a new field type that allows the administrator to set up multi-select lists.

• Document Thumbnails

Thumbnails is a document preview functionality that allows you to hover over a magnifying glass icon to see a thumbnail image of the document. Document Thumbnail imaging is available in KnowledgeTree's web interface, from the folder list, and in the Document Details view.

• Draft CMIS Web Services Interface

This first iteration of our new AtomPub interface allows easier integration of KnowledgeTree with other applications, and is compliant with 0.61 of the draft CMIS specification. CMIS is a proposed web services standard aimed at improving interoperability between different content management systems. Read more about KnowledgeTree's CMIS implementation ...

• OpenSearch Interface

OpenSearch is a collection of simple formats for the sharing of search results. OpenSearch helps search engines and search clients communicate requests and syndicate results. KnowledgeTree now has an OpenSearch interface so that search results generated within KnowledgeTree can be used by other applications.

• Improved Indexing of Microsoft Emails

Indexing of Microsoft email messages is significantly improved in KnowledgeTree 3.7, allowing efficient search within the content of emails uploaded to the KnowledgeTree repository.

Bug Fixes

KTS-4520 Setup Wizard :: Change license to GPL v 3

KTS-4519 Change license to GPL v 3

KTS-4515 The Start Menu and Desktop shortcuts in Win Vista 32bit fail to launch KnowledgeTree

KTS-4499 Permissions error on initial login of KT after install with script Ubuntu 8.04

KTS-4495 Permission not set for the config path

KTS-4488 Upgrade installers: The port for KT should be the port that was entered with during the installation.

KTS-4466 Hardcoded text on the MSI is misleading

KTS-4461 Webroot is set to the IIS default : /inetpub/wwwroot

KTS-4459 The URL is wrong when attempting to open KnowledgeTree from the Desktop shortcut.

KTS-4458 The colour scheme on the first pages pf the install shield is not in keeping with the expected KnowledgeTree colour scheme

KTS-4456 The icon for KT in the Start Menu is given as a Zend icon

KTS-4455 The Support info for KT in the Add/Remove section is wrong

KTS-4454 The icon for KnowledgeTree in the Add/Remove section on Windows appears to be a Zend icon

KTS-4452 The EULA in the MSI is version 2.3 while it has to be 2.4

KTS-4440 Open Office (version 2) preventing Universal Installation Script from completing successfully

KTS-4407 Function for storing non-base64 files required by CMIS document content functionality missing

KTS-4406 KT Email plugin is not enabled by default & no error returned by webservice on attempting to use KT Email plugin

KTS-4379 Document email url is incorrect

KTS-4350 CLONE -Can not select any group/ role when adding notification to workflow state (SUP-2069)

KTS-4349 Individual notification of file deletion upon folder deletion

KTS-4345 Documents viewable through KTAPI by user who does not have permissions

KTS-4342 KTCoreSelectionWidget doesn't manage multiple selection when not in simple_selection

KTS-4338 CLONE -Copied folder renames to '1' (SUP-1977)

KTS-4335 Negative z-index on dashlet title bars causes bars to be hidden when pageBody has a background

KTS-4319 The KnowledgeTree logo is stretched or distorted.

KTS-4295 tmp directories grow to massive size

KTS-4255 CLONE -Sorting by creator in Document View doesn't work (SUP-1803)

Known Issues

• KTS-4505: 'Import from Server location' does not work when IIS user does not have read access to location

This issue has been found to occur on Windows 2008 64-bit with IIS, and may also occur on Windows 2003 64-bit with IIS. A Windows security feature prevents KnowledgeTree's 'Import from Server Location' from working unless permissions on the folder are set to allow 'read' access to the IIS user (IUSR), or when 'Everyone' has the 'read' permission on the folder.

• KTS-4500: Initial MySql services not started during script install RHEL

This issue requires an additional step in the installation procedure for the simple script install on Redhat Enterprise Linux - the additional step has been added to this procedure.

• KTS-4512 PostScript document indexing not functioning on RHEL and Ubuntu because of missing pstotext binary

• KTS-4465: Error 1721 when attempting to run KnowledgeTree MSI on Windows Vista and Server 2008

On Microsoft Windows Vista and Server 2008, in order to install Zend Server, you need to turn off UAC (User Access control). See the following wiki entry for a workaround to this issue - Windows Installer Permissions

• Search on deleted, unarchived documents returns incorrect results

Search criteria isDeleted 'True' and isArchived 'False'. Related call: KTS-4205

• Cross site request forgery and Web-based applications

Be aware that most web-based applications, including KnowledgeTree, may be vulnerable to cross-site-request-forgeries (CSRF). CSRF is entirely different to XSS – whereas CSRF exploits the trust a server places in a user, XSS exploits the trust a user places in the server. CSRF attacks are difficult to determine because the HTTP request containing the attack is sent by a trusted user. To reduce the risk of CSRF attacks, we strongly recommend that KnowledgeTree system administrators familiarize themselves with the issue of CSRF, and take the necessary precautions to protect their KnowledgeTree installations from such attacks.

• Zend Server Security Warning in Internet Explorer 7 & 8

See the following article - Windows: Internet Explorer Blocking Zend Server

Installing 3.7 Community Edition

Full instructions for installing and upgrading KnowledgeTree 3.7 may be found in the new Wiki-based KnowledgeTree Installation and Upgrade Guide. Download links are also available in this Guide, specific to your chosen installation / upgrade type.

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