b2evolution 0.8.5.3-beta is available. You can download it here.

Here are some highlights for this release:

• Complete b2evo bookmarklet and sidebar;

• You can now switch to another blog in the middle of a post and preserve all your current edits (uses javascript);

• Comment spam prevention (vig-rx syndrome): blocks comments and posts containing blacklisted URLs (if you have had vig-rx posting on your blog, you know why you need this ;) ) This also applies to referrer spam.

• New post statuses: protected, private and deprecated
• New login/registering system. You can login directly on whichever function page you want. b2edit.php, b2browse.php, b2stats.php, etc… pick the backoffice homepage you prefer.
• New template functions: user_login_link(), user_register_link(), user_logout_link(), user_admin_link(), user_profile_link()
• Passwords are now stored encrypted in the database (by Swirlee)
• Security pacthes (by Sakichan)
• Smilies are now displayed in their correct chosen order. They are not displayed when they are deactivated.
• $allow_cross_posting = 0 will disable cross posting among multiple categories.
• Stats summary.
• Fully configurable directory structure. Spread b2evo all across your site! ;)