(SOLVED)Is there a list of changes between 3.7.1 and 3.7.3?

[marius-ciclistu]

Hi,
Some of us run osclass with changes to the theme /core files and when it comes to update to the latest version, it seems difficult to remake those changes as it takes a lot of time/tests.

A list of changes would ease the job when updating, even if this list contains only the fixes for vulnerabilities and bugs, leaving aside the upgrades.

Thank you.

[Aficionado]

I think you can do that using Github for Osclass core.

I'm not an expert with features of Github but i do know people that do that.

For Themes, use Code Compare or WinMerge freeware software.

[marius-ciclistu]

Thank you.
With github I resolved a bug regarding the alerts, if I remember right, that is not in the 3.7.3 and was in 3.7.1 (Conejo was the author).
I'm not an addict whith the updates, but at least the vulnerabilities must be resolved from time to time.

[_CONEJO]

https://github.com/osclass/Osclass/compare/v3.7.1...v3.7.3

But I suggest not to modify the core and use plugins instead, 99,99% of the time it could be solved by a plugin. And if you really need to modify the core, if you expose your case, why you need it, the user-case, etc etc, we could accept the change into the core.

[marius-ciclistu]

Thank you for the link.
If I expose my case some of the payed plugins would lose their purpose... and I don't want to "harm" the income of the guys that worked and deserve to sell the plugins. And regarding ft_min_word_len =4 , my site searches for even 1character words with some modifications in theme and core files.

Recently I had to update a joomla website because of some vulnerabilities, and I asked this to prevent those cases, as you said in the forums at a certain point that 3.7.3 has no known vulnerabilities.

I could install a fresh osclass 3.7.3 and remake the +50 (without  css /sass)modifications to it, but that takes a lot of time.


Edit. From changelog, if there are no vulnerabilities fixes yet, there is no point in updating yet, in my case anyway.
Thank you again.

[_CONEJO]

Thank you for the link.
If I expose my case some of the payed plugins would lose their purpose... and I don't want to "harm" the income of the guys that worked and deserve to sell the plugins. And regarding ft_min_word_len =4 , my site searches for even 1character words with some modifications in theme and core files.

Recently I had to update a joomla website because of some vulnerabilities, and I asked this to prevent those cases, as you said in the forums at a certain point that 3.7.3 has no known vulnerabilities.

I could install a fresh osclass 3.7.3 and remake the +50 (without  css /sass)modifications to it, but that takes a lot of time.

Then, what you want to achieve it doable with plugins, without modifying the core.

You should also start using git, so you could cherry pick and keep track all of the changes, and apply them automatically instead of manually modifying the files

[marius-ciclistu]

You are right, but I'm not yet at that level to create plugins.
Regarding the git, I'll try to learn how to deal with it.
Thank you for osclass script. It is a big opportunity for me to learn more by modifying it.

[SmaRTeY]

Apologies for being off-topic now but I can't keep quiet.
Out of experience, Osclass IS a great script once you get the hang of it.
Thanks to Osclass I have learned php (still learn) and I also still like to play around with it on an almost daily basis.
I try to improve things or come up with cool additions in either plugins or simply by sharing it here in forums. Sometimes I come up with something which is already taken care of and then I have to re-analyse to figure out why I missed it haha

In short, Osclass is just a great script imo, still being improved and modernized and most important of all it does the job it is supposed to do! We might not be as popular as Wordpress but I know Wordpress also and NO WAY I would start a classifieds website using Wordpress. Osclass is the place to be!! Yes there are some good others as well but those are way more commercial.
Osclass offers all basics to start a nice classifieds website. And I believe it still has great potential!

I see how enthousiastic you are in the forums and it makes me smile, I think you're 'hooked' like myself and some die hard others

You are right, but I'm not yet at that level to create plugins.
Regarding the git, I'll try to learn how to deal with it.
Thank you for osclass script. It is a big opportunity for me to learn more by modifying it.

[marius-ciclistu]

SmaRTeY you are right. That is why I like to give answears to others if I know, and that is why i shared the code for using osclass with ft_min_word_len=4 while being able to search one character word. This was my first big modification to the script and I  couldn't have done it without the help of others that shared knowledge on web.
Also I'm paying attention to not disturb the payed plugins with my posts.
Thank you.

[SmaRTeY]

Cool, in case you want to create your own plugins and you haven't seen this doc yet, it's the basics and very easy to understand once you also take a look at the free (or payed) plugins at the same time
https://doc.osclass.org/How_to_create_a_plugin

SmaRTeY you are right. That is why I like to give answears to others if I know, and that is why i shared the code for using osclass with ft_min_word_len=4 while being able to search one character word. This was my first big modification to the script and I  couldn't have done it without the help of others that shared knowledge on web.
Also I'm paying attention to not disturb the payed plugins with my posts.
Thank you.

[marius-ciclistu]

I saw it, but the fact that I saw many times plugin conflicts in these forums, made me modify the osclass files directly. Anyway I have a simple osclass with basic functionalities like mass item prolongation, expired/active items display, alerts showing by searched word in user dashboard-and when de user deletes that alert, the alert email field changes to 'deleted' in admin so I can filter them and delete them and so on. Many of these functionalities have plugins, some free some payed, but i rather not use them.

EDIT: and my osclass sends only 1 email/hour, even if in that hour expires 1 or 100 ads, 1 hour AFTER the ad expired.

[SmaRTeY]

Well, there's a lot of ways how to use the script but one thing is for sure, the more changes you create in core files the less easier it gets to maintain when Osclass updates it's code. Therefor you can best use additional functions in your functions.php in your theme folder in my experience and some core changes you can not do in an easy other way so you do have to keep track of your changes.

[marius-ciclistu]

I have a .txt file with all  the changes I've made, but until now 3.7.1 has no vulnerabilities so it's fine.

[SmaRTeY]

I use both a 'Maintenance' file and keep track in files themselves which seems to work out best in my case.
I enter (default) comment (tag) in files I change including reason and saving old code so when doing a file compare it's easy to decide what to do.

I have a .txt file with all  the changes I've made, but until now 3.7.1 has no vulnerabilities so it's fine.

[marius-ciclistu]

Yes, but that exposes the php code (anyway oc is opensource but.. if I don't know it all, better not take the risk.)