Drupal 5.0 Beta-1
Drupal 5.0 Beta-1



Drupal released their first beta of the next version of Drupal called 5.0
Some significant changes including a new core theme and a web installer for making it easier to install Drupal. Lots of performance updates too!

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completely retooled the administration page

  • /admin now contains an administration page which may be themed
  • reorganised administration menu items by task and by module
  • added a status report page with detailed PHP/MySQL information

added web-based installer which can:

  • check installation requirements
  • automatically generate the database configuration file
  • install pre-made 'install profiles' or distributions
  • import the database structure with automatic table prefixing
    be localized

System

  • added new default Garland theme
  • added color module to change some themes' color schemes
  • included the jQuery JavaScript library 1.0.2 and converted all core

JavaScript to use it

  • introduced the ability to alter mail sent from system

module system:

  • added .info files for module meta-data
  • added support for module dependencies
  • improved module installation screen
  • moved core modules to their own directories
  • added support for module uninstalling
  • added support for different cache backends
  • added support for a generic "sites/all" directory.

usability:

  • added support for auto-complete forms (AJAX) to user profiles.
  • made it possible to instantly assign roles to newly created user accounts.
  • improved configurability of the contact forms.
  • reorganized the settings pages.
  • made it easy to investigate popular search terms
  • integrated urlfilter.module in filter.module

block system:

  • extended the block visibility settings with a role specific settings.
  • made it possible to customize all block titles

poll module:

  • optionally allow people to inspect all votes.
  • optionally allow people to cancel their vote.

distributed authentication:

  • added default server option.
  • added default robots.txt to control crawlers.

database API:

  • added db_table_exists().

blogapi module:

  • 'blogapi new' and 'blogapi edit' nodeapi operations.

user module:

  • added hook_profile_alter().
  • e-mail verification is made optional.
  • added mass editing and filtering on admin/user/user.

PHP Template engine:

  • add the ability to look for a series of suggested templates.
  • look for page templates based upon the path.
  • look for block templates based upon the region, module, and delta.

content system:

  • made it easier for node access modules to work well with each other.
  • added configurable content types.
  • changed node rendering to work with structured arrays.

performance:

  • improved session handling: reduces database overhead.
  • improved access checking: reduces database overhead.
  • made it possible to do memcached based session management.
  • omit sidebars when serving a '404
  • Page not found': saves CPU cycles and bandwidth.
  • added an 'aggressive' caching policy.
  • removed the archive module.

upgrade system:

  • created space for update branches.
    forms API:
  • made it possible to programmatically submit forms.
    improved api for multistep forms.

theme system:

  • split up and removed drupal.css.
  • added nested lists generation.
  • added a self-clearing block class.
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