Hello to all beta-testers,

As planned in our roadmap for Piwigo 2.3, now comes the time for release candidates with the first of them: Piwigo 2.3.0RC1. This version is for test only, don't install it on your live website.

For those who have followed the beta versions of the previous months, you already know that Piwigo 2.3 brings many new features. For others, you can make up for lost time by reading the previous announcements:

* announcement for 2.3.0beta1
* announcement for 2.3.0beta2
* announcement for 2.3.0beta3

1) Changes

Here follows the list of changes available in version 2.3.0RC1, compared to version 2.3.0beta3:

* [Bugtracker] ticket 2426
* [Bugtracker] ticket 1729
* [Bugtracker] ticket 2427
* [Bugtracker] ticket 1078
* [Bugtracker] ticket 2418
* [Bugtracker] ticket 2420
* [Bugtracker] ticket 2417
* [Bugtracker] ticket 1797
* [Bugtracker] ticket 2027
* [Bugtracker] ticket 2413
* [Bugtracker] ticket 1653
* [Bugtracker] ticket 2410
* [Bugtracker] ticket 2411
* [Bugtracker] ticket 2412
* [Bugtracker] ticket 2409
* [Bugtracker] ticket 2407
* [Bugtracker] ticket 2408
* [Bugtracker] ticket 2405
* [Bugtracker] ticket 2406
* [Bugtracker] ticket 2373

2) Screenshots



The upload form was seriously improved. Among visible improvements, you will find a simpler album selector, maximum filesize and dimensions displayed before you select some photos, a selection button translated in all languages, a progress bar for the whole upload and last but not least, the photos are displayed as soon as they are uploaded, progressively.





The tooltip on thumbnail has been fully redesigned, just like the alternate text ("alt" html attribute), in order to improve search engine optimization and to provide more useful information to your visitors.





The gallery title can be used automatically in the page banner. Easy and convenient.





The "lost password" feature has been rewritten from scratch. The new feature let administrators reset their password without touching directly to the database.





You can merge tags... without losing associations with photos.





Apply permissions on sub-albums.


3) Start your tests

Download Piwigo 2.3.0RC1

Please, try to open a new topic in the beta testing forum for each problem you may encounter.

If you can not install this test release, but you still want to test and help us stabilize Piwigo 2.3, we will provide you a "ready to use" test environment. Just ask.

Have a nice time while discovering Piwigo 2.3 new features!

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The Piwigo Team