OK, I couldn't sleep so I figured I'd do a quick release tonight! ;)

b2evo 1.10.1 "Orlando" is "Miami" with a handful of little fixes. It would have been a shame to hold these back any longer.

Download here!

Quick run down of changes:

• Email notifications for comments now include a link that positions the browser directly on the new comment for quicker editing/deleting. (fplanque)
• HTML Checker can be configured to allow style="" attributes. (Yabba)
• More XHTML Strict when requested. (Yabba)
• Skin code cleaned up a little bit (100% backward compatible).
• jQuery now gets shipped with b2evo in /blogs/rsc/js/jquery.min.js. It gets included in all backoffice pages. (this time for real - blueyed)
• Made trackback completely silent when disabled, for even less spam.
• Fixes
  
  • Fixed fatal error, if ini_set() is disabled
  • Some more little fixes reported by our devoted testers in the Forums. Thank you! :)

This is the version that runs b2evolution.net. It is a stable version actually. But since I'm only half awake, I'm going to play it safe and label it beta for now ;)

-François.

PS: The 1.10 series are definitely the last 1.x before 2.0.

b2evolution 1.10 "Miami" has been released.

You can download it here.

This is a beta version but as it is built on top of the super stable version 1.9.3, we're pretty confident that it is stable already. However there have been enough antispam core changes to warrant this a beta label just in case some side-effects would appear.

This version contains features we could easily release without waiting for 2.0. So why wait? ;)

There are 3 main improvements in this version:

• It blocks even more spam than before! You should probably upgrade for that alone! ;)
• It looks better, especially with the new Miami Blue skin.
• It adds new features by way of new bundled plugins, especially: YouTube videos, code highlighting and XML sitemaps.

As always, we included as many little bug fixes as possible.

Upgrading will be fairly easy as the skins from version 1.9 will work on version 1.10 also. And the skins from version 1.8 will require only minor adjustments, if they need some at all.

There is no diff file. We only do diffs for minor upgrades. This one requires to follow the normal upgrade procedure outlined in index.php inside of the ZIP file.

Longer list of changes:

• Antispam filtering on private/email messages.
• Improved spam defeating methods.
• "Contact the admin" link on all skins.
• New bundled plugins :
  
  • Added Sitemaps plugin(blueyed, fplanque)
  • Added Code highlight plugin (yabba, fplanque)
  • Added Video plug plgin (fplanque)
  • Updated Quicktags plugin (fplanque)
• New bundled skins :
  
  • Added l33t_gray skin (demented kitty)
  • Added Miami Blue skin (miami condo real estate)
• Bug fixes :
  
  • Fixed logging of refering spam (when spam refs are not blocked)
  • Fixed group permissions
  • Fixed "Undeclared entity error" with the htmlchecker, e.g. if " " got used. (blueyed)
  • Locales have been standardize to ISO-3166
  • Additional bug fixes.
• Developer stuff:
  
  • Standardized Meta robots handling with robots_tag(); set $robots_index and $robots_follow to NULL if you want to completely with a plugin. Set them to true within a plugin to have them handled by the core.
  • Added hooks: FilterItemContents, UnfilterItemContents (fplanque)
  • Improved hooks: LoginAttempt, MessageFormSent. (blueyed)
  • Less javascript required for toolbars.

b2evolution version 1.9.3 "Rainforest" has been released.

Download b2evolution 1.9.3 here.

1.9.3 "Rainforest" addresses the following issues:

• Fixed "basic antispam de-activates itself".

• Fixed inclusion of sub-categories in item list (e.g. ?cat=1).

• Fixed handling of formats in pre-rendering content. You should delete the cache from the "Tools" menu after upgrading.

• Some more minor fixes.

Almost all fixes have been done by Daniel (blueyed) with a bit of Yabba too ;)

This is not a critical release. If you haven't noticed any bug in 1.9.2 yet, you probably don't need to upgrade. However, upgrading from 1.9.2 to 1.9.3 is just a matter of replacing a couple of files. You can find these files in this diff ZIP: upgrade-1.9.2-to-1.9.3.zip

Needless to say, this release is even more stable than 1.9.2 and this makes "Rainforest" the recommended version to use at this time.

coming next...

Most of the development efforts are on version 2.0-alpha but there is still a pretty long way to go before we include everything we need in that one.

In the meantime there will be a 1.10-alpha release, including some additional plugin functionality.

Once again we have two sister releases: 1.8.7 "Tokyo" and 1.9.2 "Kyoto".

They both include additional security enhancements over the previous versions.

Although the addressed issues are not very likely to be exploited in a meaningful way, we still recommend that you upgrade for maximum security.

Version 1.9.2 "Kyoto" irons out the glitches remaining in the 1.9.x branch and we now consider 1.9.2 to be our new stable release. You may want to take this opportunity to upgrade to 1.9 if you're still using 1.8.x or an older version.

Download here!

We also have packages which only contain modified files:

• upgrade-1.8.5-to-1.8.7.zip
• upgrade-1.8.6-to-1.8.7.zip
• upgrade-1.9.1-to-1.9.2.zip

Upgrade instructions from 1.8.x to 1.9.x: http://manual.b2evolution.net/Upgrade_from_1.8.x_to_1.9.x

Only December the 2nd and we already have 2 new releases this month! It may seem as we can't get enough releases out the door. But these ones are for your security, so...

It is extremely strongly advised you upgrade!

Download here!

These releases patch the security issue discovered this week in 1.x releases. (If you are running version 0.9.1 or 0.9.2 you are not affected, but it would still be a good idea to upgrade.)

Those versions are codenamed after Anne & Chris who were the first two users reporting the issue. Thanks to both of you as well as to all other users who have helped identifying and fixing this issue in such a short delay.

These versions also include additional security measures, just in case. Sort of having two locks on your door instead of one.

Bonus in version 1.8.6 "Anne": Yearly archives are back. You can display all posts for 2005 with your-blog-url?m=2005

Bonus in version 1.9.1-beta "Chris": a few little bug fixes that make this version less of a beta than 1.9.0 ;)

Version 1.9.0 is now available for download on SourceForge.

This has been in the works for quite a few months now and includes many new features. Enough good features to make you feel like it's Christmas before Christmas! But don't take our word for it. Go check it out! :D

It is a beta version but if you're not afraid of occasionally patching a quirk or two, it is probably stable enough to be run on production (we do so on several sites).

Otherwise, the rock stable version 1.8.5 is still the recommended stable release.

Translators: this new version includes new strings. Now would be a good time to update your language packs and send them in! ;) New translations or alternative translations to existing ones are welcome too!

New features you may like include:

• Enhanced stats (fplanque)
• Different item edit views: simple, advanced (blueyed, fplanque)
• Cleaned up blog management (fplanque)
• Visual skin selector (fplanque)
• Filemanager: basic image preview while browsing (blueyed)
• Post contents get pre-rendered and cached at edit time in order to speed up complex displays. The cache data gets invalidated automatically, e.g. if a plugin gets updated. However, just in case, there's a "Delete item cache" action in the "Tools".
• Ping services are now implemented as plugins with b2evolution.net and Pingomatic included. There is also a "Generic ping plugin" which can be used for common RPC ping services. (blueyed)
• Different modes of hitlog/session pruning: per page, as cron job or "off" (fplanque, blueyed)
• Bonus template for standalone contact form. (fplanque)
• Enhanced user interface
• Enhanced handling of locale dateformats (especially when editing posts with other date format chars than "d", "m" and "Y"/"y") (blueyed)
• "Time difference" can now handle values like "1.5" hours. (blueyed, balupton)
• Fixed displaying yearly archives (fplanque)

Plugin enhgancements include:

• Enhanced smilies plugin (Yabba)
• Plugins can get localized/translated (blueyed)
• Plugin name and short description of installed plugins can be edited by the admin (blueyed)
• Plugins should not use a constructor anymore, but the PluginInit() method instead. The previous AppendPluginRegister() method has been "renamed" to PluginInit(). (blueyed)
• Plugins can be grouped (see Plugin::group and Plugin::sub_group) (balupton, blueyed)
• Added b2evo_Callbacks Javascript object to help plugins interact with the textarea and each other (blueyed)
• Optimized expensive queries in calendar plugin (fplanque)
• Added events/hooks: Logout, DisplayTrackbackAddr, GetCronJobs, ExecCronJob
• Added hook RenderItemAsText, removed general RenderItem
• Added hooks DisplayItemAsHtml, DisplayItemAsXml and DisplayItemAsText;
  removed general DisplayItemAllFormats (blueyed)
• Added hook ItemApplyAsRenderer for lazy renderers, which asks the Plugin
  if it wants to get added or removed as a renderer (blueyed)
• Added hooks GetProvidedSkins and DisplaySkin, so a Plugin can register skin handlers, e.g.
  for displaying something like Google Sitemaps (blueyed)
• Added hook ItemSendPing: gets called, when pinging for new items (blueyed)

And for more details about additional fixes and improvements, please refer to /doc/changes.html within the downloaded ZIP file.