* $wgLogAutocreatedAccounts controls whether autocreation of accounts is logged
to new users log.
* $wgAllowImageTag can be set to true to whitelist the <img> tag in wikitext.
+* (bug 12797) Add $wgGalleryOptions for adjusting of default gallery display
+ options
+* $wgAllowUserCssPrefs option allows disabling CSS-based preferences; which can
+ improve page loading speed.
* (bug 22858) $wgLocalStylePath is by default set to the same value as
$wgStylePath but should never point to a different domain than the site is
on, allowing skins to use .htc files which are not cross-domain friendly.
research into its user experience implications.
* Added $wgJQueryVersion, $wgJQueryMinified and $wgJQueryOnEveryPage (true by
default) to configure loading of jQuery by MediaWiki
+* XmlFunctions.php has been removed. Use the Xml or Html classes as appropriate
=== New features in 1.17 ===
* (bug 10183) Users can now add personal styles and scripts to all skins via
User:<name>/common.css and /common.js (if user css/js is enabled)
* (bug 22748) Add anchors on Special:ListGroupRights
-* (bug 21981) Add parameter 'showfilename' to <gallery> to automatically apply
- the names of the individual files within the gallery
-* (bug 12797) Add $wgGalleryOptions for adjusting of default gallery display
- options
-* $wgAllowUserCssPrefs option allows disabling CSS-based preferences; which can
- improve page loading speed.
+* (bug 21981) Add parameter 'showfilename' to <nowiki><gallery></nowiki> to
+ automatically apply the names of the individual files within the gallery
* Future-proof redirection to fragments in Gecko, so things work a little nicer
if they fix <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516293>.
* Support git:// and mms:// protocols by default for external links
* (bug 20976) "searchmenu-new-nocreate" message now displayed when when there
is no title match in search and the user has no rights to create pages.
* (bug 23429) Added new hook WatchlistEditorBuildRemoveLine
+* (bug 18488) Added maintenance script refreshCategoryCounts.php
+* (bug 22844) Added support for WinCache object caching
=== Bug fixes in 1.17 ===
* (bug 17560) Half-broken deletion moved image files to deletion archive
without updating database
* (bug 22666) Submitting user block form with an invalid user name no longer
throws an error
-* (bugs 22665 and 22667) User '0' can now be unblocked and have its block
+* (bug 22665, bug 22667) User '0' can now be unblocked and have its block
settings changed
* (bug 22606) The body of e-mail address confirmation message is now different
when the address changed
* (bug 23422) mp3 files can now be moved
* (bug 23448) MediaWiki:Summary-preview is now displayed instead of
MediaWiki:Subject-preview when previewing summary
+* (bug 23426) The {{REVISIONMONTH}} variable is now zero-padded and added new
+ variable {{REVISIONMONTH1}} when unpadded version is needed.
+* Special:Userrights didn't recognize user as changing his/her own rights if user did not capitalize first letter of username.
+* (bug 23507) Add styles for printing wikitables
+* (bug 19586) Avoid JS errors in mwsuggest when using old browsers such as Opera 8.
+* (bug 23563) Old skins now support $wgUploadNavigationUrl and take into account upload rights.
+* (bug 1347) Render \phi in math using images, in order to create consistent and correct render results.
+* (bug 16573) Render \epsilon in math using images, in order to create consistent and correct render results.
=== API changes in 1.17 ===
* (bug 22738) Allow filtering by action type on query=logevent
* (bug 22290) prop=revisions now outputs "comment" field even when comment
is empty, for consistency with list=recentchanges
* (bug 19721) API action=help should have a way to just list for a specific module
+* (bug 23458) Add support for pageid parameter to action=parse requests
+* (bug 23460) Parse action should have a section option
+* (bug 21346) Make deleted images searchable by hash
+* (bug 23461) Normalise usage of parameter names in parameter descriptions
+* (bug 23548) Allow access of another users watchlist through watchlistraw using token and username
=== Languages updated in 1.17 ===