MODX Revolution 2.2.5 Improves on Caching and Media Sources

MODX Revolution 2.2.5 has recently been released and includes over 150 commits designed to provide a number of fixes and improvements to the content management system. Fixes and improvements of note include improved Media Source function, Caching enhancements and a handling to prevent blank pages occurring on some older hosting environments.

The Media Source is a feature in MODX Revolution, where one can specify the "source" of media in their MODX installation.  A source can be many types - from the file system itself, to an Amazon S3 bucket, to a Flickr album. MODX provides two source types with the core installation: the file system and Amazon S3 bucket integration. Other sources can be made by creating Media Source Drivers, or by downloading them from Package Management.

Some of the highlights to the changes in Revolution 2.2.5 release include:

• Media Source fixes with Elements and Static Elements
• Corrected Media Source errors with modParser->getElement()
• Corrected Media Source errors with static element paths
• Optimized cache refresh query, big boost for sites with large Contexts, on MySQL 5.1 or earlier as well as addition cache fixes.
• Support added for environments not supporting flock causing blank pages due to corrupted cache files
• Correction of various Resource editing bugs related to changing template
• ResourceGroup restricted TV's losing value when edited by users w/o access
• Form Customization rules now applied when changing Template
• Changing Template no longer unsets Empty Cache for Resource

A more complete changelog can be found at GitHub. If you're using MODX Revolution and have not upgraded to 2.2, it has been one of biggest releases to date. With the Manager interface refinements, other additions including Media Sources and the release of the Articles add-on, now is the time MODX is recommending that you upgrade to this latest version.

Revolution 2.2.5 is available for download from the MODX.com website. If you're a user of the MODX Cloud Beta, you may want to take a look at the original release announcement about upgrading to Revolution 2.2.5 as a MODX Cloud user.