views 6.x-2.0-beta4

This is the last beta release. Depending on the number of new bug reports generated, the first RC should be just around the corner.

There is still a bug in Drupal core to do with view-specific themes. See http://drupal.org/node/241570 for more information.

Changes since DRUPAL-6--2-0-BETA3:

• #261007 (by pl2): Do not show administrative links on views if Views UI is not enabled.
• Show override status on all fields/filters/etc; shorten status message and provide link to help explaining it.
• #262026: Add information about what the popular content view requires.
• #262032: Remove extra check_plain on taxonomy term filter options
• backlinks view should be disabled by default.
• #262673: users_roles tables was not being joined properly, causing filters and arguments for roles not not always work right.
• #261418: Make sure views cache is invalidated whenever the menu is rebuilt to catch some situations.
• #262820: Minor fixes to php validate code plugin
• #261977: (by hass) String fixes.
• #261755: (by Moonshine) Give more options for displaying dev info.
• Check for broken displays so that we do not whitescreen with them
• #261660: Incorrect strpos messed up breadcrumbs
• #262604: Add more error info to ajax failure messages.
• #261384: Upload description was not getting parent options and thus had no label.
• #261152: Some fixes to making taxonomy term filters cooperate properly with each other.
• #261301: Recent comments default view should include "in moderation = false" filter.
• #262049: Rename CSS files so that theme css overriding doesn't destroy Views' CSS inadvertantly
• Fix for minor relationship bugs revealed by nodequeue work
• Minor js fix found while testing nodequeue
• Some code re-org to reduce the weight of views.module
• #254657 by Crell: Support for simple, single level grouping.
• Some refactoring of how handlers are handled, particularly with their default options. This is an unfortunately widespread change and will affect modules utilizing the API.
• #258491 by KarenS: A base argument handler for dates.
• #258491: Allow plugins to hide the floating edit links.
• #263084: Automaticaly remove leading and trailing "/" from path since it is invalid.
• #259018: Checkbox to lock/unlock the operator. Partially by neclimdul
• Don't let the value leave a lot of space for the operator if there is no operator on the filter form
• #260137: Send the view object through db_rewrite_sql so that other modules can intelligently decide what to do if they do/do not want to interfere with the view query.
• #264204: Clarify offset form item.
• #264282: Check for errors before doing foreach on an item that might not be an array when breaking 1,2,3
• Remove the "installing views" install message which is confusing.
• #263556 by mfb: Fix broken complex searches
• #265442 by aclight: return FALSE instead of NULL to the menu system when an argument does not validate.
• #265536: Fix a fatal error when relationships are removed.
• #234798: Ensure list of default views is an array from cache.
• #265910: Restore "access all views" permission from Views 1.
• Utility to make it easier to get handlers off of a display
• Add an extra link to style settings since they can be a little difficult to find.
• Add setting to let query be above or below live preview, defaulting to below; more users are likely to be interested in the actual view than the query.
• Methods to deal with the back references causing Views to leak memory.
• Introduce new "unformatted" summary style which can do inline.
• Revert obnoxious background color on popover links.
• Allow hover links to be turned off, and modified.
• Add a hook for query information, plus add timing info to the block.
• Keep original args as $view->original_args in an attachment
• Improved handling of broken fields.
• Modify $view to only use handlers for the field items, since it cares a lot more about the handlers than it cares about the actual storage of the field items. This could have implications for modules, particularly date and calendar.
• Views exporter tool to easily export multiple views at once.
• Blocks should recuse themselves if they have no results, no empty text, and "even empty" is not set for the style plugin.
• Revamped export functionality. This is a less verbose export that takes advantage of the newer options/defaults system so that it does not have to export quite as much data. Also a tool to export multiple views simultaneously.
• I used definition instead of options. Oops.
• #269151: Node type inadvertantly did not have a sort handler
• #266763: convert.inc fixes from KarenS
• Since Views is no longer using dpr(), ensure "access devel information" before printing views debug messages.
• #267457: Ensure exposed filter options remain in feed URLs (and "more" link URLs as well)
• Add a checkbox to completely disable javascript so that there is a fallback for people who are having js troubles.
• Add a help page describing how to use the templates.
• Major documentation update.
• Clarify that the PHP Code argument default plugin just wants a single value.