The current version 0.9.0.8 "Oslo" is pretty stable. We will however release a new version codenamed "Madrid" shortly.

The main purpose will be to provide more language packs in the main distribution.

To all translators: please update your language files as much as possible for this release.

There are two language files to translate:

• The application messages.POT : latest version here
• The install help static.POT : latest version here

The translation howto is here. Anyone feel free to start a new translation or update one that has not been updated in a while.

For those of you updating directly on the CVS ( Ronh! ;) ), please make sure that you work on the "v-0-9" stable branch and not on the main development branch. Only changes in the "v-0-9" branch will make it into the release!

Ah yes... we might also introduce some slight cosmetic changes in this release ;) (what do you think?)

I'll be off for a few days. There's so much happening in the forums right now that I'd really like to stay and iron out any remaining issues on 0.9 . However, I really have to leave here. So I'll work twice as much on b2evo next week when I'm back! ;)

Anyway, there's some great stuff you can check out in the next few days:

• The long-awaited-but-finally-alive-since-Graham-thankfully-took-it-over Skin Site is opening in public beta. Check it out! And if you've got some cool skins you've been working on, please submit them and let the world know! :yes:
  
   

• As announced previously, blueyed's MT migration script should be available shortly, just let him recover some sleep :P Check out the forum topic on MT-to-b2evo.

-François.

With all the frustration about MT3's licensing conditions, we've been asked a lot about a migration tool from MT to b2evo... just like many other blogtool makers I guess ;)

The bad news is that right now, we can't offer much more than our brand new version 0.9 and some cut & paste... :-/

The good news is that we're working on a migration script. You'll have it in less than two weeks... at most! :D I'd promise it for tomorrow if we hadn't already rescheduled so much of our normal lives to arrange for the timely release of the 0.9 beast! :roll:

For the last year, b2evo has been designed as a Free, Open-Source, GNU GPL alternative to MT. We have already included all the bells and whistles you might expect as an MT user, so trust me, the migration script is going to be there too! :yes:

Okay everyone, version 0.9 is nearly complete and the language files are now considered stable.


Now would be a good time to start translating if you want your language to be up to date in the release.


Version 0.9 is packed with new code, and that also applies to interface strings. There are 50% more strings than in 0.8! So there's no time to waste! :>>


If you wish to translate but don't know how to get the latest version from CVS, you can contact me directly.


Update: Please note there is now a second lang file for the install help files, see http://forums.b2evolution.net/viewtopic.php?t=1139

From now on, b2evolution will have no more even/odd release distinction.


It won't even have an alpha/beta/RC/final classification.


We will try to issue releases on a regular schedule, all of them being fairly functionnal. See Roadmap & Unified Process on the Wiki for more.


So there will probably be more releases as there have been last year. However it is illusory to state in advance how stable a release is going to be... unless we go through very long test cycles, which we obviously cannot afford.


Thus, the downloads page will now give extended information about each release, especially how stable it has proven to be.


You can help us with this goal, just by telling us how comfortable you feel with each new release once you have used it for a while.

Antispam Deluxe is probably one of b2evo 0.8.7’s greatest new features. Everything you need to sweep out referer and comment spam from your blog.

First, of course, you can delete any lousy referer or comment with a single click. But there’s much more!

When you identify a spammer URL in your stats or your comments, you can click on the "ban" icon next to it. This will 1) erase *all* referers and comments that use that URL and 2) record that URL in a blacklist so that new spam attemps promoting this URL get automagically blocked! Nice? Wait, there’s still more! :!:

You can automatically report that newly banned URL to a centralized blacklist on b2evolution.net… and download updates reported by others! This way, you get spam signatures and block them before they even reach your site! B)

Finally, if you feel some downloaded blacklisted URL or keyword is blocking legitimate sites, you can easily remove it from your local blacklist.

Please note: By using b2evolution.net’s central antispam blacklist (reporting spammers to the central blacklist and/or updating your local blacklist from the central list), you agree to be bound by the following terms of service: