By Thomas Esders
Although the TYPO3 developers clearly write down all changes, it is not very easy to understand and comfortable for people who just want to know the interesting changes. This document aims to give you a short sum-up.
Intended Audience
This document is made for all TYPO3 users who would like to have a short overview of what is new or has changed in the new TYPO3 release version 3.8.1.
Update Notices
The following things are important if you upgrade from TYPO3 3.8.0 to 3.8.1:
Make sure, that you clear all cached images in typo3temp. This can be done by using the option “typo3temp” -> “statistics” in the startscreen of the Install Tool in the backend.
If you have set config.baseURL = 1 in your setup, you must change this to a string (i.e. config.baseURL = http://www.yourdomain.org/) before you upgrade to TYPO3 3.8.1
If you have edited the files in typo3conf via Install Tool, make sure you delete all the backup files named like “filename.php~”.
For further and up to date information make sure to check http://wiki.typo3.org/index.php/TYPO3_3.8.1
Fixes
The GMENU_LAYERS and TMENU_LAYERS and image rollovers now work with Opera browsers. See TSref (http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/doc_core_tsref/) for details.
The "addQueryString" property for the typolink class adds all parameters of
the current URL to the link. This property was implemented in TYPO3 3.8.0 and is now working properly. See TSref (http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/doc_core_tsref/) for details.The parameter "config.disableImgBorderAttr" disables the border attributes in image tags. This parameter was implemented in TYPO3 3.8.0 and is now working properly. See TSref (http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/doc_core_tsref/) for details.
Because of a bug in TYPO3 3.8.0, the return path for emails could not be set, even if it was explicitly forced using $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['SYS']['forceReturnPath'] in the Install Tool. This version fixes this.
In TYPO3 3.8.0 there was a bug regarding the rendering of the "classical", table-based IMGTEXT-Objects. In Mozilla/Firefox/Opera browsers centered images and images positioned to the right all stayed on the left side. With Internet Explorer however, the alignment was correct. This was due to the fact that in TYPO3 3.8.0 the concept of using the align-attribute for the enclosing divs has been abandoned, as this attribute is deprecated for XHTML-strict doctypes. This bug has been fixed. For details see Bug #1115 at http://bugs.typo3.org.
