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v30.0.01 Nam Chung

“ Nam Chung (Chinese: 南涌; pinyin: Nán Chōng) is an area in the north eastern New Territories of Hong Kong, west of Luk Keng and to the southwest of the Starling Inlet (Sha Tau Kok Hoi), opposite Sha Tau Kok. In 1951, one of Hong Kong’s last known South China tigers, now known as the “Nam Chung Tiger” was involved in an “attack on a pig” near Nam Chung village, a reminder of Hong Kong’s wild and diverse ecological legacy - via The Last Tigers of Hong Kong by John Saeki ” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nam_Chung

Headlines

Added a new Calendar module to manage events and participants
Updated the timetable to display Calendar events and custom layer ordering
Added a new Student Alerts module to manage automatic and manual alerts
Added the option to create custom Student Alerts in School Admin
Catalan, Japanese and Portuguese are now available interface languages
Increased minimum system requirements to PHP 8.0 and MySQL 8.0

Read the full Changelog

Release Notes

Marking a milestone release and 15 years of development, Gibbon v30 includes two new core modules, both designed to improve school communication and workflow: Calendar and Student Alerts. This release also includes improvements to the Timetable UI, a new Pastoral heading in the main menu, a photo history to store user images from previous years, tools for admins to troubleshoot user accounts, and a host of other improvements.

Gibbon v30 is a recommended update for current installations. Our thanks to Ali Maharramli for his help to analyze and identify security improvements for Gibbon. Information about our security policy can be found on our GitHub repository.

Gibbon Foundation

The development of Gibbon is enabled by the Gibbon Foundation, a non-profit body that oversees the development, maintenance and long-term health of the Gibbon open source project.

If your organisation values what Gibbon offers, please consider supporting our work by becoming a Foundation Member or making a one-time donation. Learn more here.

Translation

Gibbon v30 also brings three new languages to production: Catalan, Japanese and Portuguese. Our continued thanks go out to our hard working Gibbon translators: powered by their efforts, Gibbon is now available in 29 languages. If you would like to volunteer to translate Gibbon into your language, please email support@gibbonedu.org.

Important Notes for v30.0.01

Gibbon requires a minimum PHP version of 8.0 and MySQL version of 8.0. Please check to ensure your server supports this requirement. Gibbon v30 supports up to PHP 8.3, which is currently the highest recommended version.
Always backup your files and database before upgrading.
See the Updating Gibbon guide for detailed steps.

Developer Notes

Our Gibbon Development Road Map includes our GitHub branch, project board and future release dates. Take a look at https://docs.gibbonedu.org/development/gibbon-road-map.

Cutting Edge Code

If you would like to run the very latest, not-necessarily-stable cut of Gibbon, you can get it from our GitHub repo. Please be sure to read the Cutting Edge section of our Installation Guide before using any of these files.