Core Releases

5.7.4.2 fixes a number of important bugs in 5.7.4, including infinite redirects on certain servers, an inability to use the trailing slash setting, asset caching bugs and more. It also includes a number of edit mode improvements and improvements to the update system, and is recommended for anyone running 5.7.

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5.7.4.1 fixes a number of important bugs in 5.7.4, including broken dialogs on Windows servers and an inability to edit your site while asset caching is enabled. It is highly recommended for all users of 5.7.

Full 5.7.4.1 Release Notes

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5.7.4 Release Notes

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Our first big release of 2015, 5.7.4 is our biggest since launching 5.7 last year. 5.7.4 includes

  • A new help system, with guided walkthroughs, multiple videos and more.
  • Much improved conversation block support, including better support for non-logged-in users, notifications on new messages, new message moderation, better conversation display in the Dashboard including contextual menu for acting on messages, Gravatar support.
  • Our rich text editor, Redactor, is updated to version 10. We now include an undo/redo plugin, special characters palette plugin and better lightbox support.
  • Better and safer dashboard updating
  • Improvements to mobile editing
  • 5.6 features return: File manager success dialog window dialog (much improved interface); Add block for page area menu
  • 20+ other improvements
  • 100s of bug fixes and developer updates

This is the second release candidate to 5.7.4. This release candidate fixes some installation issues with hosts that don't have multibyte strings installed, tweaks some of the new help guides, improves newsflow on mobile devices (and in general) and fixes a number of other small items.

Our first big release of 2015, 5.7.4 is our biggest since launching 5.7 last year. 5.7.4 includes

  • A new help system, with guided walkthroughs, multiple videos and more.
  • Much improved conversation block support, including better support for non-logged-in users, notifications on new messages, new message moderation, better conversation display in the Dashboard including contextual menu for acting on messages, Gravatar support.
  • Our rich text editor, Redactor, is updated to version 10. We now include an undo/redo plugin, special characters palette plugin and better lightbox support.
  • Improvements to mobile editing
  • 5.6 features return: File manager success dialog window dialog (much improved interface); Add block for page area menu
  • 20+ other improvements
  • 100s of bug fixes and developer updates

Our first big release of 2015, 5.7.4 is our biggest since launching 5.7 last year. 5.7.4 includes

  • A new help system, with guided walkthroughs, multiple videos and more.
  • Much improved conversation block support, including better support for non-logged-in users, notifications on new messages, new message moderation, better conversation display in the Dashboard including contextual menu for acting on messages, Gravatar support.
  • Our rich text editor, Redactor, is updated to version 10. We now include an undo/redo plugin, special characters palette plugin and better lightbox support.
  • Improvements to mobile editing
  • 5.6 features return: File manager success dialog window dialog (much improved interface); Add block for page area menu
  • 20+ other improvements
  • 100s of bug fixes and developer updates

concrete5 5.6.3.3 is a maintenance release fixing a few bugs and some minor security vulnerabilities. This release is recommended for all users of concrete5 5.6 and earlier.

5.6.3.3 Release Notes

Available for immediate download. As always, thanks to community member Remo for all his hard work maintaining concrete5 version 6, and for all contributors of code that made it into 5.6.3.3.

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5.7.3.1 improves the experience of using the design controls for blocks and areas, adds scroll wheel support to the Google Maps block, enables easier installation on a wider variety of setups and fixes lots of bugs, including some major ones with the page type composer form editing interface. It is highly recommended for all concrete5 5.7 users.

Full 5.7.3.1 Release Notes

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5.7.0 Release Notes

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Concrete5 5.7.3 is a big update to 5.7. Itintegrates the 5.6 Internationalization add-on with a number of improvements to the old code base, making Concrete5 a great way to run a multilingual website. Additionally, it adds back functionality to page types including default permissions and attributes, makes it possible to change page types of existing pages and adds the ability to duplicate page types. The sitemap has been improved as well, with particular attention paid to the add page experience from the sitemap. A large number of bugs have been squashed has well.

Full 5.7.3 Release Notes

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5.7.0 Release Notes

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It's just too hard to start playing with concrete5 when you visit concrete5.org.

We're launching this new SimpleSite hosting as a way to provide instant demos of the latest stable version. If people want to keep them and host as is for $15/mo we're happy to support that. If they want to upgrade to a standalone concrete5 install, or graduate away to a budget host, we're happy to make that happen as well.

Here's some guidelines for what we're needing out of themes that might be included.

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concrete5 5.7.2.1 is another big update to 5.7. Itfixes lots of bugs, enables linking in the feature block, improves grid framework support, adds Zurb Foundation grid support for theme developers, improves and fixes public profiles and much more. It is highly recommended for Concrete5 users.

Full 5.7.2.1 Release Notes

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5.7.0 Release Notes

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