Release history for the ETD-db distribution ----------------------------------------------------------------- 12/18/99 - version 1.00, Initial Release -- 03/11/99 - version 1.01 Included minor fix to installation script -- 04/20/99 - version 1.02 Included another minor fix to installation script, corrected a few minor inconsistencies, and added an $institution field to aid in customizing various messages. -- 05/05/99 - version 1.03 Included a bunch of small fixes for broken URLs, etc. -- 04/03/99 - version 1.04 Fixed a problem with cookies and restrictive "path" settings... -- 09/07/00 - version 1.5 Finally packaged up and released the version of the software we've been using for over a year! The new version includes: - Separate language files which offer a central place to edit the wording of the web interfaces - Improved design for all interfaces, especially the submission interface - Improved standards compliance for the HTML output of all scripts (special thanks to Icab, which can be found at http://www.icab.de/) - Improved documentation for developers, including updated installation and customization instructions. - Many, many other improvements at all levels, honestly I forget all the new features... :) -- 09/07/00 - version 1.5 (test release 5) - fixed problems with file sizes - fixed problems with ETD-search/search not linking the author name to the full record - fixed problems with duplicated drop-down field on ETD-search/search - fixed problems with duplicated field in ETD-review/view_etd -- 12/20/00 - version 1.6a - Installed and tested latest release on our "live" system - fixed problem with selected fields being duplicated on author title page - fixed problem with author "change file availability" script -- 10/05/01 - version 1.7 - fixed embarrassing problems with the installation script. - added a complete translation of the language files into German, created by the ETD-Team at the Universitdtsbibliothek of Gerhard-Mercator-Universitdt Duisburg: Petra Heine: p-he@duisburg.uni-duisburg.de Ute Holte: u-ho@duisburg.uni-duisburg.de 11/29/01 - version 1.7a - Fixed problems with links to files in review, maint, and withheld interfaces. 02/15/02 - version 1.7b - Fixed problem with "notice" mail messages 02/22/02 - version 1.7c - Added sample reports 03/29/04 - version 1.8 - Numerous bug fixes (see ChangeLog) - Removed NDLTD OAI scripts from the ETD-db distribution. The OAI scripts are now available at http://rocky.dlib.vt.edu/~lming/etdsoftware/ Last Updated 03/29/04 by Lance French =========