Introduction

When creating an addon, you first want to decide what minimum version of c5 will be required to run your addon. If your answer is something like "I am on the last bleeding cutting edge of c5," then you just don't need this howto.

Now, if you are concerned by offering this addon to the most people, then let's go on a version tour.

Version Differences

Version Numbering

First of all, you might want to understand how Concrete5 numbers its versions by reading the Version Numbering Guide. After reading that you understand that we will only consider the Generational and Primary version number (that is X an Y in 5.X.Y.Z), since the Maintenance Update Version is only here for well … maintenance reasons and will not bring or delete any feature c5 you might need.

We will limit the matrix to versions currently available in the download section of Concrete5.org. I may update this howto from time to time to add missing features.

The following is based on the release notes from http://www.concrete5.org/private/updates/version_history

Events

on_page_view

on_before_render

on_render_complete

on_user_change_password

on_user_update

package level on_start() call

on_group_update

on_group_add

on_page_get_icon

on_page_output

on_user_validate

on_user_logout

on_user_activate

on_user_deactivate

on_before_job_execute

on_job_execute

on_job_install

on_job_uninstall

on_composer_publish

on_composer_save_draft

on_composer_delete_draft

on_block_load

closure support for events (require PHP 5.3+)

on_file_added_to_set

on_get_countries_list

on_get_states_provinces_list

on_file_removed_from_set

on_page_urlify

on_page_body_index

3rd libraries shipped

ADODB 5.02

jQuery 1.2.6

jQueryUI 1.5.2

TinyMCE 3.0.9

ADODB 5.07

jQuery 1.3.2

jQueryUI 1.7.1

TinyMCE 3.2.2.3

Secureimage 1.0.3.1

ADODB 5.10

jQuery 1.4

TinyMCE 3.3

TinyMCE 3.3.9.2

jQuery 1.4.2

jQueryUI 1.8.4

TinyMCE 3.3.9.3

jQuery 1.6.2

jQueryUI 1.8.14

jQuery Forms 2.82

Secureimage 2.0.1beta

TinyMCE 3.4.6

jQuery 1.7

jQuery 1.7.1

JQueryUI 1.8.16

Zend::Currency

Bootstrap 2

SimplePie 1.3.1

that can be summarized as :

3rd Party Libs	5.0.0	5.1.1	5.2.1	5.3.1	5.3.2	5.3.3	5.4.0	5.4.1	5.4.2	5.5.0	5.5.1	5.5.2	5.6.0	5.6.1
ADODB	5.02			5.07			5.10
jQuery	1.2.6			1.3.2			1.4	1.4.2	1.6.2	1.7	1.7.1
jQueryUI	1.5.2			1.7.1				1.8.4	1.8.14		1.8.16
TinyMCE	3.0.9			3.2.2.3			3.3	3.3.9.2	3.3.9.3	3.4.6
Secureimage	KO	KO	KO	1.0.3.1						2.0.1b
jQuery Forms									2.82
Zend::Currency	KO	KO	KO	KO	KO	KO	KO	KO	KO	KO	OK	OK	OK	OK
Bootstrap 2													2
SimplePie														1.3.1

Helpers :

JsON

Captcha

Marketplace

Rating Attribute

Page Selector

form/color

form/user_selector

html/v2

Interface

image helper crop ability

security

ajax

Features

Localization

TinyMCE Fixes

User/Group Deletion

Cheap Hosting support

GoDaddy fixes

Events Support

Area Block Limit

Custom thumbnails size

Guestbook Captcha

PageType deletion

PageList/ItemList framework

Customizable Themes

Marketplace Intergration

Global Tracking Code

"Featured" page in PageList

Signin as other users

Dashboard subpages in nav

dialog "element" syntax support

c5 consolidated custom logs

New c5 interface

Integration with PicNik.com editor

File Versionning

File Sets

Star Files

Files Metadata

Alternate File Storage Location

File API

c5 help system

ScrapBooks

OpenID

IP Banlist

PageList pagination

C5 indexing framework (MySQL fulltext search)

Automatic Block CSS and JS loading

page_not_found support

custom templates for global blocks

Block Types always removable

Logs filterable by type

multiple scrapbooks

"Page Type Icons" FileSet

robots.txt embeded in c5 distribution

Logging in rederect to the wanted page

Files "Date Added" and "Active Version"

Exclude From Nav in PageList

Package::uninstall() support

File, Page and User Attributes unified Framework

Native storage for attributes

Address attribute for users

Addon Upgrade support

Timed groups

Mail Importers POP3 support

Private Messaging

PHP 5.3 support

PHP 5.1 support

Builtin PHP Zip usage

Layout engine

Task Based Permissions

Zend_Cache usage

Files Stats

File Type Attribute

Permissions on Scrapbooks

SSL/TLS smtp support

Block::validate() support

Addon localization support

Jobs support in packages

elements support in packages

Areas/Blocks Custom designs via Design Engine

File "Originally Added To" field

Blog related Blocks

nav_target custom attribute

dates localization

Composer

PHP 5.4.3 deprecation compat

5.5 like new interface

Stacks

white labelling support

Attribute Sets

Content Exporter Format (XML)

Global Areas in themes

Dashboard blocks

concrete5 new js dialog

dashboard elements can be added in packages

builtin image editor

New Permission system

Group rights combinations

Group Sets

Fine grained permissions

New Workflow system

Mobile support

New SEO Manager

Versionnable Page Themes property

Versionnable Page Types property

Html Tab based comparison for pages

Garavatar support

Log "user" entry

Packaged theme override

New Page Cache Library

Behaviors

setAttribute refresh cache

Group Selector

$appVersionRequired in addons

Loader::element local search first

Advanced Permissions fixed

addHeaderItem remove duplicates

Dialog css classes split from core

inc() search in local template

c5 content encoding fix

Area::getTotalBlocksInArea()

ENABLE_DELEVOPER_OPTIONS

BlockController::getCollectionObject()

IE6 warning to users

autoload css/js fix for simple blocks having only view.php

addHeaderItem() support in BlockController::edit and add

getTemporaryDirectory() stays in files

Color Picker works with IE7/8

event::extend() multiple hooks for one event type

BlockView::getThemePath() fix

ccm.sitemap js and css load through helper

Loader::model() ltakes local files first

Loader::library() takes local files first

Loader::packageElements() takes local files first

EMAIL_ADDRESS_REGISTER_NOTIFICATION

EMAIL_ADDRESS_REGISTER_NOTIFICATION_FROM

MailHelper::replyTo()

BlockView::getBlockPath() takes local files first

Loader::controller() takes local files first

Automatic Block Add/Edit template

get() and post() default parameters

Stack::display()

FormHelpers::label miscFields support

max/max Width/Height for editor support

Color Picker UI consistent with 5.5

css()/javascript() uniqueness param

BASE_URL_SSL constant

__call() controller task support

dashboard eleements install_post in package

including t2() localization function

SITEMAP_APPROVE_IMMEDIATELY

ENABLE_TRANSLATE_LOCALE_EN_US

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