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It has long been an issue that custom page types were opaque to Reason users: what they did, how one managed their data. We're proud to announce one step towards…

As of April 14, 2011, jQuery UI 1.8.11 is distributed in Reason, and can be added as a head item and used in a module in a similar way to…

Many modules that show images can now be configured to present those images at custom sizes. In all cases, image sizes are configurable through page type parameters. Read on for a list of the updated core modules, information about how to control image sizing, and how you can build image sizing into a custom module.

We have added the ability to generate arbitrarily-sized images from images that have been uploaded to Reason. A link now appears in the image preview page that directs users to…

We have created a new folder within the core/local split called config. The intent is to provide a space to configure components of Reason while also providing access to the…

The Reason page_types.php defined a global variables called _reason_deprecated_page_types. The contents were a mixed bag of page_type and module names. The code that used this variable (content_managers/minisite_page.php and scripts/view_page_types.php) treated…

Generic3 can have terrible performance when multiple relationship filters are applied to a page. I have committed two changes today which should help the situation.

1. generic3 will automatically cause mysql…

Developers now have the option of seeing live benchmarks for the init and run phase of any module. This can be very useful for optimizing pages and for debugging purposes.

As…

The thor class and reason forms have previously supported a specially named button called "reset" that would serve as a reset or clear button for a form.

Support for this special…

Form pages extended ContentModule instead of EditableContentModule, and so inline editing was not available for the page content area of form pages. This has now been resolved so that inline…

Reason 4 Beta 8 was released on April 9, 2010. This post names some of the major changes, provides some links to more details and svn revision numbers.

There is a new admin module in town, called "Review Changes." It allows you to see what was added, changed, or deleted in a given timeframe. For Reason administrators, you…