Change Log

Change log

This is where you will find the recent changes made to Silex. You can also look at the detailed list of all commits here.

Jun 2015

features

• new social and SEO features in the settings pannel
• support links to pages (#!page-*) and links to anchor (#*)
• better preview
  • use responsize
  • auto refresh on save
  • open the current page
  • save before preview
• notifications in chrome and firefox

quality of the generated websites

• save pretty (readable) HTML
• no more inline CSS styles in the HTML
• code cleanup (removed old jquery libs)

UI

• display an alert when updating to the latest version
• z-index: no more automatic z-index changes, added menu for move to front / back
• better drag / drop (better precision and improved UI)
• new HEAD tag editor
• workspace UI improvements (size and resize of the pannels)
• added switch button for apollo mode in the properties

contributions

• @christian-bromann
• @rrrene

other improvements

• optimized undo/redo: it is almost instantaneous
• Add docs badge to README
• improved the google chrome app version
• better backward compatibility system
• bug fixes

Dec 2014

• UI design change to black, contribution by @camilleghirne
• wording and adjustments
• improved sessions management
• reworked the settings panel

Nov 2014

• dockable dialogs (css, js, html)
• fixed drop zone issues
• improved drag/drop/resize
• removed editable jquery plugin
• better tracking
• keyboard arrows to move selection

Oct 2014

• neocorp64 contribution - fixed typo
• updated unifile version and other npm dependencies
• google closure advanced optimizations
• better error handling
• allow Silex websites to be embedded in iframes
• better scroll and focus management during edition
• improvements on the UI

Sept 2014

• undo/redo
• help links and better wording
• better keyboard shortcuts
• Michele Martone contribution with Functional tests: more tests, better structure

Aug 2014

Features

• added pixlr
• updated cloud explorer
• updated unifile
• better shortcuts
• silex is now served at the root of the domain name, and the website is in a separate repository

Bug fixes

• fixed backward compatibility of publication path
• fixed scroll issues, in chrome and firefox
• fixed styles in text editor not always visible
• fixed float in position and update display while dragging

Code quality

• sessions stored in files instead of includedd in the cookies
• updated all npm packages to latest versions
• better readme
• refactored dialogs
• removed monitoring tools which should be in the bootstrap
• handle errors for calls to /silex/tasks/ route which does not exist
• updated npm packages (qs had a security issue) + debug method for nodejs
• standard json instead of funky one everywhere in the app

Jul 2014

Features

• added seo description tag
• updated cloud explorer to the latest version

Bug fixes

• improved publication algorithm
• clean up website html markup
• fixed pageable-plugin-created css class of the stage appears in the css classes
• prevent file with image urls like url('&quote;
• fixed background color with opacity throws a js error

Code quality

• removed useless warnings
• fixed errors with phantomjs auto tests
• fixed functional tests in chrome
• functional tests for save, insert and publish

June 2014

bug fixes

• fixed bugs which prevent images to show up
• fixed "iframe can not be dragged when youtube player in it"

features

• changed tabulation order in property pane, propery pane bugs
• updated cloud explorer
• fixed folder selection, and file extensions filter

code quality

• code cleanup
• fixed functional tests
• fixed npm, grunt and errors when running Silex in local
• added monitis and newrelic monitoring

silex website

• added tags
• favicon

May 2014

bug fixes

• heavy websites publication

features

• new version of cloud explorer, with new UI
• loading while loading a new website

code quality and doc

• refactored to a better mvc design pattern
• website loaded in an iframe instead of div
• new website
• support for newrelic monitoring

April 2014

bug fixes

• support for google chrome automatic translation

features

• updated unifile version, with FTP support

code quality and doc

• refactored functional tests with webdriver.js
• closure linter and compiler as submodules
• fixed build warnings
• cleanup

March 2014

bug fixes

• many bug fixes in publication algorythm
• page names starting with number or with a question mark

features

• seo properties alt and title
• added background image size options
• link editor support for deeplinks (internal page links)
• allow HTML anchors in addition to deep links
• downlaods silex static files to dropbox when publishing a site
• added an error message when trying to open a non-editable website

Feb 2014

bug fixes

• fixed bugs and inconsistencies in firefox
• fixed bugs and inconsistencies in IE
• fixed publish settings popin
• fixed stage size on mobiles and when trying to put an element under the main container

features

• multi selection
• desktop notifications for chrome
• improved UI and stability
• added waffle.io badge
• new links in the help menu
• a css class is applyed to active links
• docs folder in the source, with contributors, roadmap etc

code quality and doc

• more functional tests
• docs and new silex site

Jan 2014

bug fixes

• CSS/UI display bugs
• text editor background color should be the same as the text field bg color
• body size in front end (when the viewport is smaller than the site)
• text links formatting is blue with underline
• scroll combo box and backgroundAttachment style
• better QOS/user actions tracking
• remove focus from UI text fields when you click on the stage (used to cause many strange behaviors in editors and to interact with shortcuts)

features

• added js editor and css editor
• copy / paste
• added inline style editor (css of the selected element in apolo mode)
• added css class name of the selected element (apolo mode)
• added predefined styles in the text editor (Title, quotes...)
• better silex.me temporary landing page
• basics of backward compatibility management
• basics for page transitions and
• images background transparent by default
• text field overflow (when text is too long, scroll bars appear)
• added code to make silex a chrome app https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/silex-live-web-creation/pjapkdalpbohjofmdibkcgkkhohakcje?hl=en

code

• more functional tests
• build on heroku and travis, so the compiled js and css files are not versioned anymore

Dec 2013

bug fixes

• file extension validator
• use Silex in local while offline
• add comp, take scroll into account
• text editor in ff
• publication for URLs with non ascii chars

features

• keyboard shortcuts
• changed size of new website
• lorem ipsum button in text editor
• user does "publish" when there is no publication path set => warning before opening settings pannel
• google fonts in the text editor - contribution of Yannick Dominguez

code

• code refactoring
• cleanup repo
• source mapping
• better grunt file
• added make file...