Elgg 1.9: What to Expect?

Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 September 2012 07:07 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Saturday, 29 September 2012 12:00

Elgg 1.9 is going to be released in September. It is going to have better notifications. However what can we expect? Will plugins written for elgg 1.8 still works in elgg 1.9? Will you get support? In this article I will cover all those questions.

Elgg 1.9 will experience few changes. All themes written for elgg 1.8, which do not extend or modify the default notifications system.

Plugins are also going to be fully compatible with elgg 1.9 Tidypics for elgg 1.8 will remain compatible with elgg 1.9

Upgrading process will not require deleting folders this time. Instead, upgrade will be very easy. You are going to be able to upgrade using softaculous. This new upgrade, as well future, will be available in our servers to you to apply.

Important: Warning for Elgg 1.7.1 to 1.7.11 users

Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 October 2011 05:46 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Wednesday, 19 October 2011 12:01

This is just a warning post for our users who have Elgg 1.7.1 to 1.7.11 versions installed in our servers: releases 1.7.12 and 1.7.13 have critical bugs, and are not recommended by the Elgg developers and community. More gory details after the jump…