Umbraco 4 RC2 is out

Monday, January 19, 2009 by Administrator

It’s for real - Umbraco 4 RC2 is out. As we’re approaching the final release date it’s all in the details now. We’re so happy and proud that after three months of intense testing no show-stopper bugs have been found. Umbraco 4 will be the most polished and tested Umbraco release ever and with this release candidate we’re finally revealing how it’ll end up looking – yes, we’re introducing a new consistent scheme:

umbraco4_rc2

We’ve also done yet-another massive clean-up in all client markup, images and JavaScript which means even faster load times, cleaner code and compatibility with all modern browsers: Microsoft IE7, Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Firefox and Opera. Sticking with client code we’ve also upgraded jQuery to the just released version 1.3 and after some initial quirks it’s working and screaming.

TinyMCE3 is also integrated beautifully with the new umbraco UI with Link, media and macro handling receiving the final polish and “Send to Translation”, the overlooked feature in Umbraco, finally has its own room plus an improved UI, Workflow and a handful of bug fixes.

Finally the Member section have gone through a well-deserved round of TLC so the Umbraco UI also support creating, editing and deleting members stored in 3rd party systems as well as maintaining Roles.

Full changelog, upgrade instructions and download on codeplex

10 comment(s) for “Umbraco 4 RC2 is out”

  1. Gravatar ImageDirk Says:

    Amazing work guys!

    I'm downloading now as I need this for a client of mine.

    Keep up the good work folks!

    Regards,
    /Dirk

  2. Gravatar ImageWarren Buckley Says:

    I should be updating our clients site that we are currently developing later, today.

    Great work as usual, keep it up :)

    Warren

  3. Gravatar ImageJesper Ordrup Says:

    Amazing work!

    I'll try upgrading a couple of client sites tomorrow.

  4. Gravatar ImageKim Løwert Says:

    Great work Guys

    It looks absolutely fantastic. I'll test some Nitros on this release as on Thursday so they can be ready for the final release.

    Keep up the good work :o)

    Kim

  5. Gravatar ImagePaul Marden Says:

    I've got to say, this one doesn't feel much like a release candidate to me. There's no installer -- at least for upgrades (copy some files, execute some SQL), and it hasn't resolved a painful, but trivially solvable bug that was reported during in RC1 and marked as closed (http://www.codeplex.com/umbraco/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=20341). It could be because I'm upgrading an upgraded site, but it wasn't as painfree as I'd expect from the last RC before the full release.

  6. Gravatar ImagePer ploug hansen Says:

    Copying over files is how upgrading a site is done... Msi's are only for new sites.

    The sql is for sites upgrading from an earlier v4 version and is what is to be expected during a beta release cycle.

    How does the release itself feel? Is there anything we could do better there? We're all ears :-)

  7. Gravatar ImagePetr Snobelt Says:

    **Great work**

    Thank you

  8. Gravatar ImagePaul Marden Says:

    Per -- ok point made about upgrading a site. But I've got to say the release is feeling buggy. Which is as one would expect for beta software. But I've found RC2 to have the same bugs that I experienced in RC1, plus some more. Maybe this is a conversation to have offline Per -- feel free to email me. pmarden at orcare dot com.

  9. Gravatar ImagePer Ploug Hansen Says:

    mail send paul :)

  10. Gravatar ImageThomas Gravgaard Says:

    Can't wait to upgrade our site from 3 to this shiny new thing. :)

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