Blacklight

Blacklight version 2.5 is now available on GitHub. You can find the 2.5.0 tagged release at http://github.com/projectblacklight/blacklight/tree/v2.5.0.

We have taken steps to improve the installation process with a new an improved installer. Instructions for installation are at http://github.com/projectblacklight/blacklight/blob/v2.5.0/README.rdoc. The process for installing the plugin, downloading/installing Solr, and downloading/indexing the test/sample data is all much more streamlined.

Here are the other notable changes for Blacklight 2.5.

Release Notes – Blacklight Plugin – Version 2.5

Bugs

• [CODEBASE-180] – Tabbing around in Blacklight does not show link outlines
• [CODEBASE-196] – Index action of CatalogController using Mash not SolrDocument
• [CODEBASE-204] – Command+Click not opening record links in new tab.
• [CODEBASE-213] – search_field parameter not preserved on sort/per_page change.
• [CODEBASE-223] – RefWorks export of non-ascii diacritics problem.
• [CODEBASE-225] – Sort and per page forms are generating action and controller hidden fields.

New Features/Improvements

• [CODEBASE-98] – Get shareable EAD/MODS data.
• [CODEBASE-136] – Librarian MARC view.
• [CODEBASE-175] – Add cucumber features for show view of the CatalogController.
• [CODEBASE-179] – Blacklight version needs to be clearly identified.
• [CODEBASE-189] – Advanced Search plugin (separate install).
• [CODEBASE-200] – Upgrade version of SolrMarc that we ship with Blacklight to 2.1.
• [CODEBASE-201] – Better handling of Solr errors (More appropriate stack traces/status codes depending on environment).
• [CODEBASE-205] – Rake task for indexing test data to more flexibly execute from the app level and plugin level.
• [CODEBASE-207] – Add new Blacklight logo to plugin’s theme
• [CODEBASE-208] – SolrDocument extensions.
• [CODEBASE-222] – Upgrade to jQuery 1.4.2 | Add jQuery UI 1.8.1.
• [CODEBASE-209] – Make all old jQuery lightboxes use jQuery UI dialogs.
• [CODEBASE-214] – Add :show_in_simple_search option to search_field logic.
• [CODEBASE-215] – Change how we’re supplying facet limits to Solr.
• [CODEBASE-216] – Allow code to add JS, CSS, and other HTML head content, in a loosely coupled way.
• [CODEBASE-218] – Application level ApplicationController needs to require_dependency not require the plugin’s ApplicationController.