Tripal in 2.0-rc1 Change Log

  1. Fixed various spelling errors, improved inline code documentation and fixed many bugs in core code and templates.
  2. The “Search Data” views present in Tripal 1.1 are now available in Tripal 2.0
  3. The directory structure for template files has been simplified.
  4. Core code and templates files now use the new API functions.
  5. Sequences on feature pages now appear on a single page.
  6. Bulk Loader template creation workflow has changed slightly.  Site developers now add template name prior to template construction.
  7. Join handlers are now supported in the Views Integration.
  8. Legacy MViews can no longer be created. Although legacy views will still work. The Schema API format must be used for new MViews.
  9. Site admins can now customize the titles and URLs for all content types.
  10. Tripal now manages default vocabularies for all Chado tables with a foreign key relationship to the cvterm table. Site admins can use the web interface to set which vocabularies are used by default.
  11. Organism images no longer disappear.
  12. The display of administrative messages can now be hidden by setting the proper Drupal permissions.
  13. The sidebar Table of Contents (TOC) that appears on each page is now customizable. Site admins can rename, reorder or hide items on the TOC on a per node basis or per content type.
  14. Tripal 1.1 supported use of CCK fields (now called content fields in Drupal 7) for adding custom entries to the content sidebar (called the TOC in Tripal 2.0).  These fields are now supported in Tripal 2.0
  15. Improved error reporting and logging. Error messages now appear in web server logs.
  16. Drupal blocks are no longer supported. They will be redesigned and re-added at a future date.
  17. FASTA loader no longer over runs the memory for large sequences.
  18. The OBO loader now supports use of relative paths for defining location of OBO files.
  19. Development of naming and argument standards for Drush commands.  Major Drush commands have been converted to the new names.  But older commands still work.
  20. Minor changes to some API functions to ensure naming and argument standards.