We are proud to announce that the latest version of KBPublisher (v4.0) is now available. We have added some much-requested features and improved existing ones.
New modules and features
Version history
- KBPublisher now keeps a history of all changes you make to the content of an article
- You can view earlier versions and compare them against the current version to see what has changed
- You can roll back to earlier versions
Autosave
- Recovery data for articles can be autosaved, so that if anything goes wrong, you don't lose your work
Comment notifications
- New article comments notification for comment posters and for article subscribers, so that you can now be notified when someone posts a comment on an article
Multiple roles
- Users can now be assigned to multiple roles
- We have made it easier to add users to roles
Export (available as a plugin)
- New export functionality allows you to export all or part of your knowledgebase to PDF or HTML format
- Ideal if you want to create a user manual or place some of your content elsewhere
- Visitors can export articles in the Public Area, or admin can export them in Admin Area for specified roles, allowing them to tailor exports to specific audiences
Import
- You can now import glossary items from an external source
Added support for searching
- Searching in new file types, including Microsoft Office 2007/2010 documents and Open Office documents
Spy directory feature
- You can now automatically add files uploaded to the server to the knowledgebase
- Directories checks daily
Auto Authentication
- Users logging in via remote authentication can now be set up to log in without without submitting a login form
Logs and statistics
- Statistics for the knowledgebase, Now you can see which are the most/least viewed articles, how many times a file has been downloaded, which articles users subscribe to, and more
- Usage statistics are now shown as a graph, as well as in a table
- New email subscription log shows what mails are scheduled and sent
- New search log shows what words are used in search queries
Improved items
- Improved usability for assigning roles for to users, entries and categories
- Improved rating system. You can now rate using the 5 stars system, rather than just helpful/not helpful
- Improved rating comments. Comments can now be added for any rating, not just for negative comments
- Improved reports. Chart added to reports
- Added bulk actions for feedback, comments and rating comments
- Added setting to "Send to friend" letter to be able to set from any FROM email address
- Added preview feature when editing article
Fixes
- Fixed issue with local images (http://...) and pdf generation
- Fixed issue with wrong "Use SMTP Auth" settings when saving email settings
- Fixed issue with wrong action/advanced URL in search form when using "by page" navigation
Notes
- Support for PHP 4 has been discontinued in this release. Please consider upgrading to PHP 5.
Upgrading
- Instructions for upgrading your current version can be found here.
- Please do not use option 3 for the upgrade (replacing modified files only).
