Forum:2012 software upgrade

A new version of the SMW and Semantic Forms software has recently (late June, 2012) been installed. I have noticed the following impacts:
 * whenever a new version is installed, the software loses track of the data types of all the properties, causing various things to break. The quick fix is to re-save all the property pages.
 * on a related note, the test for page existence used by showfacts tabs and to find sensor pages breaks. Similarly for the test for showing parents and spouses as links versus buttons. Re-saving all the subpages fixes this (I don't know if the passing of time fixes this one).
 * the datatype code has been changed, so that it is unsuitable for most of our uses: affected properties should be declared as type text instead. I have fixed _sources and _notes at least.
 * Semantic Forms now discard fields which are declared multiple times. I have fixed Form:Person, Form table-general info and Form table-event to remove most duplicates. In the process, I have exposed property:death_causes and property:death_event on the form, and restored the field labels.

Please test the form, and report any errors. Also note any other "funnies" that are observed.

Thurstan (talk) 03:53, July 6, 2012 (UTC)