{"id":11718,"date":"2017-09-11T19:19:41","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T23:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gravityhelp.com\/?p=11679"},"modified":"2018-06-01T18:37:15","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T18:37:15","slug":"gravity-forms-v2-3-beta-2-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gravityforms.com\/gravity-forms-v2-3-beta-2-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Gravity Forms v2.3 Beta 2 Released"},"content":{"rendered":"Gravity Forms v2.3 Beta 2 is now available via the <a href=\"\/my-account\/downloads\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">downloads<\/a> page. It is only available via automatic update if you previously installed Gravity Forms v2.3 Beta 1.\r\n\r\nVersion 2.3 is a feature release that includes a variety of enhancements and improvements. A complete rundown of the features, enhancements, and changes can be found below.\r\n<div class=\"alert_blue\">This is the first time Gravity Forms has ever made such a major change to the database schema so we want to ensure that every site is upgraded successfully without any loss of entry data. To avoid potential issues we advise all customers to test this version before the final release and report any issues.<\/div>\r\nNow is the time for 3rd party developers and customers who have implemented customizations that may be impacted by these changes to be testing and readying changes in preparation for the final release of Gravity Forms v2.3 via automatic update.\r\n<h2>Gravity Forms v2.3 Highlights<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Improved accessibility: tabindex attribute is now suppressed unless enabled via the shortcode or gform_tabindex filter.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Select All choice added to <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/checkboxes\/\">Checkbox Field<\/a> to easily select\/deselect all choices.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Multiple form export files can now be imported at once using the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/importing-a-form-into-gravity-forms\/\">Import\/Export tools<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Introduced support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openssl.org\/\">OpenSSL<\/a> encryption.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Deprecated support for <a href=\"http:\/\/php.net\/manual\/en\/book.mcrypt.php\">Mcrypt<\/a> encryption.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Added Notifications setting for defining CC email to Email Notification. Enabled using the new <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/gform_notification_enable_cc\/\">gform_notification_enable_cc<\/a> filter.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Updated the included <a href=\"https:\/\/harvesthq.github.io\/chosen\/\">Chosen JS library<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/drop-down\/#appearance\">enhanced Drop Down field UI<\/a> to the latest version.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<h2>Upgrading to v2.3<\/h2>\r\nThe database upgrade process will be completely automatic and transparent and you won\u2019t need to intervene. If your site or multisite network has a large number of entries (100k+) then, depending on your server resources, you may find the migration takes a long time to complete. If you have any questions or see any errors, please open a support ticket so we can help you.\r\n<h2>Note for Developers<\/h2>\r\nThe database schema has changed in v2.3 to improve performance and scalability. If you have any code that accesses the Gravity Forms tables directly you will need to update your table and column names. Any existing code that uses <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/getting-started-with-the-gravity-forms-api-gfapi\/\">Gravity Forms API<\/a> functions (GFAPI) will not be affected.\r\n<h2>Gravity Forms v2.3 Beta 2 Changelog<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Added a dismissible admin message while upgrading.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Updated the upgrade process to fail form validation while upgrading. The form is now displayed.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Updated site registration to minimize changes of API request getting blocked by Armor.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Fixed the upgrade process for multisite.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Gravity Forms v2.3 Beta 2 Rest API v1 Changelog<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Deprecated GFCommon::encrypt() and GFCommon::decrypt().<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Added multisite support to GF_Background_Process.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div class=\"alert_blue\">For a complete list of all the changes included in Gravity Forms v2.3 Beta 1, see the <a href=\"\/2-3-beta-1-released\/\">release announcement<\/a>. <strong>Once you have installed and activated Gravity Forms v2.3 Beta 1 or Beta 2 you will have access to beta release updates via automatic update.<\/strong><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gravity Forms v2.3 Beta 2 is now available via the downloads page. It is only available via automatic update if you previously installed Gravity Forms v2.3 Beta 1. 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