Merge branch 'develop'

# Conflicts:
#	CHANGELOG.md
#	RELEASE.md
#	install/changes/2.7.2.txt

Author: dleffler

.gitignore

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-
-# Excludes all files within the ./ files directory
-#/files/*
-
-# Excludes the site's configuration file
-/framework/conf/config.php
-/conf/config.php
-
-# Excludes cache files
-/tmp/*
-
-# Excludes Eclipse Project files
-.buildpath
-.project
-
-# Excludes NetBeans Project files
-/.settings/
-
-# Excludes PHPStorm Project files
-/.idea/
-
-.gitignore
-.mailmap
-
-phpdoc-*
-
-# Always include .htaccess files
-!.htaccess
+
+# Excludes all files within the ./ files directory
+#/files/*
+
+# Excludes the site's configuration file
+/framework/conf/config.php
+/conf/config.php
+
+# Excludes cache files
+/tmp/*
+
+# Excludes Eclipse Project files
+.buildpath
+.project
+
+# Excludes NetBeans Project files
+/.settings/
+
+# Excludes PHPStorm Project files
+/.idea/
+
+.gitignore
+.mailmap
+
+phpdoc-*
+
+# Always include .htaccess files
+!.htaccess
+/.run/

ABOUT.md

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 ----------
 
-Copyright (c) 2004-2023 OIC Group, Inc.
+Copyright (c) 2004-2025 OIC Group, Inc.
 
 ## Introduction
 

CHANGELOG.md

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 ---
 
-Copyright (c) 2004-2023 OIC Group, Inc.
+Copyright (c) 2004-2025 OIC Group, Inc.
 
 ## Changes
 
 For a more detailed changelog visit [https://github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/commits/master](https://github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/commits/master)
 
 ---
 
+Version 2.7.2
+-------------
+
+### Address issues in v2.7.1 and Prepare for v3.0.2
+
+- compatible with PHP v7.4.x, v8.0.x, v8.1.x and v8.2.x
+  - deprecated support for PHP v5.6.x, v7.0.x, v7.1.x, v7.2.x and v7.3.x still exists
+  - initial support for PHP v8.3.x and v8.4.x
+- adds better metainfo for forms and records
+- adds feature to add dates to an existing event
+- adds new blog dates calendar view
+- adds invisible reCaptcha option
+- adds multi-column form controls
+- adds optional titles for containers to help sorting modules
+- adds sort items feature to dropdown control form editing
+- removes auto updating tables on eql restore to prevent timeouts
+- fixes several warnings/issues with PHP v8
+- fixes and tweaks many issues in previous versions
+
 Version 2.7.1
 -------------
 

CREDITS.md

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 ----------
 
-Copyright (c) 2004-2023 OIC Group, Inc.
+Copyright (c) 2004-2025 OIC Group, Inc.
 
 ## Exponent CMS, Credits
 

INSTALLATION.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ----------
 
-Copyright (c) 2004-2023 OIC Group, Inc.
+Copyright (c) 2004-2025 OIC Group, Inc.
 
 Installation of Exponent CMS 2.0
 --------------------------------

OPTIONAL.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ---
 
-Copyright (c) 2004-2023 OIC Group, Inc.
+Copyright (c) 2004-2025 OIC Group, Inc.
 
 ## Optional Features
 
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ If you are running an older version of PHP, you may need to use an older PDF Lib
 
 **mPDF is the preferred library.** We currently support five (5) versions:
 
-v8.1.4 is the newest version supported
+v8.2.5 is the newest version supported
 
-- [mpdf81v271.zip](https://sourceforge.net/projects/exponentcms/files/Add-ons/mpdf81v271.zip/download)
-  This uses the mPDF v8.1.4 library which has been customized for Exponent.
-  This requires Exponent CMS v2.7.1 or later. Works with PHP v5.6 to v8.2
+- [mpdf82v272.zip](https://sourceforge.net/projects/exponentcms/files/Add-ons/mpdf82v272.zip/download)
+  This uses the mPDF v8.2.5 library which has been customized for Exponent.
+  This requires Exponent CMS v2.7.2 or later. Works with PHP v5.6 to v8.4
 
 v8.0.17 is supported
 
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ v5.7.4 is the oldest version we support
 
 domPDF was the first supported PHP based library. We currently support four (4) versions:
 
-**v2.0.3 is the newest version supported**
+**v3.0.1 is the newest version supported**
 
-- [dompdf2v271.zip](https://sourceforge.net/projects/exponentcms/files/Add-ons/dompdf2v271.zip/download)
-  This uses the domPDF v2.0.3 library which has been customized for Exponent with a fix for thumbnails.
-  This package requires Exponent CMS v2.7.1 and later and PHP v7.1 or later.
+- [dompdf3v272.zip](https://sourceforge.net/projects/exponentcms/files/Add-ons/dompdf3v272.zip/download)
+  This uses the domPDF v3.0.1 library which has been customized for Exponent with a fix for thumbnails.
+  This package requires Exponent CMS v2.7.2 and later and PHP v7.1 or later.
 
 v1.2.2 is the previous version which began at v0.8.0
 
@@ -92,12 +92,11 @@ v0.6.2 is an older version, it is the first PDF library we supported
 HTML2PDF differs from the previous two libraries in that is uses a second 3rd party
 library (TCPDF) to perform the actual PDF creation. This appears to the be the slowest engine.
 
-**v5.2.7 is the newest version supported**
+**v5.2.8 is the newest version supported**
 
-- [html2pdf5v271.zip](https://sourceforge.net/projects/exponentcms/files/Add-ons/html2pdf5v271.zip/download)
-  This uses the HTML2PDF v5.2.7 library which has the configuration customized for Exponent. It requires
-  the TCPDF v6.4.4 PDF engine which is included in this package. This package requires Exponent CMS v2.7.1
-  or later. Requires PHP v5.6 to v8.2.
+- [html2pdf5v272.zip](https://sourceforge.net/projects/exponentcms/files/Add-ons/html2pdf5v272.zip/download)
+  This uses the HTML2PDF v5.2.8 library which has the configuration customized for Exponent. 
+- This package requires Exponent CMS v2.7.2 or later. Requires PHP v5.6 to v8.4.
 
 v4.6.1 is the previous stable version, though it is possible that earlier versions back to v4.5.0
 may also work if installed correctly.
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ installing the [Kint](https://github.com/kint-php/kint) PHP library. Simply plac
 into the /external folder (for v1 & v2 extract into the /external folder to create a subfolder).
 The feature is auto-activated by this installation.
 
-- v3.3.0 to v5.0.6 (/external/kint.phar), (requires Exponent CMS v2.6.0patch2 or later)
+- v3.3.0 to v6.0.0 (/external/kint.phar), (requires Exponent CMS v2.6.0patch2 or later)
 - v2.2 (/external/kint-2.2/) is the last 2.x version,
 - but v1.1 (/external/kint/) is also supported
 
@@ -147,6 +146,9 @@ the /external folder which creates an subfolder named 'iless'. You must also man
 
 #### php-autoprefixer
 
+Though this option is still available, it is NOT recommended since it slows down page loading when a new 
+stylesheet must be built! 
+
 Exponent CMS includes built-in .less and .scss stylesheet compiling support. Stylesheet library developers
 often expect their stylesheets to be pre-compiled on the server then run through a binary post-css processor.
 Our PHP based solution allows this to take place within Exponent. Adding this option will cause the less/scss 
@@ -156,5 +158,5 @@ This library also requires the [PHP-CSS-Parser](https://github.com/sabberworm/PH
 library.  Simply extract our complete package into the / (root) folder and it will be automatically recognized.
 
 - [php-autoprefixerv260.zip](https://sourceforge.net/projects/exponentcms/files/Add-ons/php-autoprefixerv260.zip/download)
-  This uses the php-autoprefixer v1.4 library with PHP-CSS-Parser v8.4.0 library which has been customized
+- This uses the php-autoprefixer v1.4 library with PHP-CSS-Parser v8.4.0 library which has been customized
   for Exponent due to the unique file structure required. This requires Exponent CMS v2.6.0 or later.

README.md

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 ----------
 
-Copyright (c) 2004-2023 OIC Group, Inc.
+Copyright (c) 2004-2025 OIC Group, Inc.
 
 For installation information, please read the [INSTALLATION.md](INSTALLATION.md) file.
 

RELEASE.md

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 ----------
 
-Copyright (c) 2004-2023 OIC Group, Inc.
+Copyright (c) 2004-2025 OIC Group, Inc.
 
 ## Release Information
 
 For a complete list of the changes made from release to release, see the [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md)
 
-## 2.7.1 - February 2023
+## 2.7.2 - January 2025
 
 ----------
 
-### Finalize PHP v8.1 and initialsupport for PHP v8.2 stricter standards. Also addresses issues in v2.7.0 and Prepares for v3.0.0.
+### Finalize support for PHP v8.2. Also addresses issues in v2.7.1 and Prepares for v3.0.2.

TODO.md

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 ----------
 
-Copyright (c) 2004-2023 OIC Group, Inc.
+Copyright (c) 2004-2025 OIC Group, Inc.
 
 ## To Do List