1.31

Release notes.

Update process

Before updating to this version, backup your database first.

After checking out the tag, run the following commands in the project's root folder.

sail artisan migrate
sail artisan db:seed
sail artisan cache:clear
sail artisan entity:assets

The last command is to migrate entity files, links and aliases to the new database structure

1.30

Release notes

1.28

Dashboard and calendar improvements.

Check out our blog for full list of changes.

1.26 - Laravel8, PHP8

This update requires >=PHP8.0 and updates the Laravel framework to version 8, along with a plethora of other components.

This update also moves the Kanka repos from @ilestis to the Owlchester organisation.

Full release log

1.25 - Boosted campaign custom sidebars, live attributes

This update introduces custom sidebars for boosted campaigns, live attribute editing, a new number attribute, and more. Read the full release notes on our blog

Warning

This is the last version of Kanka to run on PHP 7.4. All future updates will require PHP 8.0.

1.24 - User profiles, Bulk entity creation

Full release notes on our blog.

1.23

Updating

git pull
php artisan migrate
php artisan character:families

The last one is important for ensuring that created characters with families are migrated to the new database structure.

FontAwesome 6 kits

We've removed our hard-coded fontawesome kit in this update, and bundled a light version of it for self-hosting. However, if you do have a fontawesome 6 kit, you can plug it in by adding the following to your .env file

FONTAWESOME_KIT=your-fontawesome-kit-unique-code

More info

Full release notes on our blog

1.22.1 - Journal Authors

When updating to this version, execute the following console command after the database migration to migrate your journal authors to the new structure.

php artisan journal:author

More info on our blog.

1.20 - Multiple races for characters, gallery permissions, new copy options

After running migrations, run

php artisan characters:races

To switch to the new multi-race character database schema.

More info on our blog.

1.19 - Pinned organisation members

Update script

git pull
php artisan migrate
php artisan entities:type_id

Restart your queue workers if they are running in the background.

Full release notes on our Blog.