Release Notes - Version 1.8

1.8.2-e

• Removed the dated introductory notice blocks from Legal and Privacy.
• Made collection tables and prefaces use all available page width for every role.
• Applied full-width table containers and introductory blocks across public pages.
• Restored the visible record-level Bookmark/Bookmarked button for signed-in users.

1.8.2-d

• Added public legal.php and privacy.php pages; the old .html addresses

redirect to their PHP replacements.

• Added Legal notice, Privacy policy, and FOI Cloud links to the shared footer.
• Restored shared-password contributor IDs while retaining registered-account

status and unique-password controls.

• Authentication email now uses the site mailbox as sender and envelope sender,

with a fallback call and honest delivery-failure feedback.

Note: lettered builds such as 1.8.1-a are trivial polish builds and are not documented as separate release-note entries.

1.8.2

• Replaced the document-centric Upload label with New record across contributor navigation and forms.
• Added a unified Edit records page for choosing any collection.
• New records may use uploaded PDFs, an external primary-source URL, or both.
• Record ID is now explicitly required and server-validated in every collection, including Other FOI and Documents.

1.8.1

• Renamed visible Favourites language to Bookmarks while keeping the existing favourites.php and internal/favourites.csv storage.
• Added collection-row checkboxes for all visitors.
• Added selected-row CSV export and print tools for all visitors.
• Added visible star Bookmark/Bookmarked row buttons and bulk “Bookmark selected” for signed-in users.

1.8.0

• Promoted the 1.7 production-candidate branch to 1.8.
• Merged the advanced-search work from the 1.5 test branch.
• Added SQLite FTS5 search support with multi-word AND search, Boolean operators, quoted phrases, ranked excerpts, prefix matching, and typo-tolerant fallback.
• Added CLI tools to rebuild and test the search index: tools/rebuild_search_index.php and tools/test_search.php.
• Kept the 1.7 public-account, role, Bookmarks, contributor, curator, and admin features.

1.7.4

• Added confirmed public accounts, password confirmation, and email-confirmation messaging.
• Added the signed-in user left task panel with Bookmarks, Request Contributor role, and Logout.
• Added first Bookmarks support in collection tables and favourites.php.
• Integrated the latest 1.6 public design into the account/role branch.

1.6.13

• Summarizes the 1.6 line: cumulative assigned roles, admin as superuser, contributor/curator/admin tooling, contributor left task panel, portal-native document processing, batch upload improvements, related-record suggestions, sortable contribution review, sync-status filtering, user manual, minimalist search-first public viewing, global header search, and empty-collection guidance.

1.5.1-test

• Advanced-search test branch using SQLite FTS5 over canonical CSV metadata and optional extracted PDF text.
• Added ranked snippets, Boolean/phrase/prefix queries, typo-tolerant fallback, and search-index rebuild/test tools.
• This work is now merged into 1.8.

1.4.20

• Summarizes the 1.4 line: centralized shared repositories under /r, root index CSV support, /etc public route for Other Documents, self-hosted PDF.js, secure image/CSV/XLSX previews, public API and RSS groundwork, richer upload/edit workflows, cited sources, related evidence, topic/concern taxonomy, curator superuser controls, and public design refinements.

1.3.5.0

• Summarizes the 1.3 line: four file-based collections, shared PHP upload/edit/collection renderers, public metadata search, contributor authentication and CSRF hardening, public JSON API foundation, local curator synchronization support, portal identity cleanup, and related-review upload support.