Aug
20
2009
MangoBlog 1.4 Released and Important notes
I'm probably late on this one, but mangoBlog v1.4 has just been released. From the changelogs:
What's new in version 1.4
- Revisions of posts and pages are now stored and user can "restore" an older version
- Added a permission for users to not to be able to access the administation (thanks to Seb Duggan)
- Added a replacement for Verity search to search in database directly (this search now includes comments). It is the default search now.
- Plugin settings are now stored in database, which should make it easier to migrate a blog
- TinyMCE editor upgraded
- Configuration file now has placeholders for base path so that directories do not need to be hardcoded in configuration file
- Ability to disable or enable threading
- Plugins made for ColdFusion 8 only can extend org.mangoblog.plugins.BasePlugin without including BasePlugin in their own folder
- Friendly URLs for author archives
Changes in theme tags:
- Added a descending order option for the comments tag
- Enhanced Posts tag to be able to show posts for a given author
- AuthorProperty tag can now output the name of the role of the author
- Added AuthenticatedAuthor tag that allows the theme to know if the current visitor is logged in
Administration:
- Post pagination and search
- Session will be maintained while user is writing a post or page
- Added permission to manage pods and to run blog updates
- Drafts now always "float" to the top of the list
- Ability to remove plugins
- Added "beforeAdminPageContentEnd" event to the bottom of the page edit screen and "beforeAdminPostContentEnd" to the bottom of the post edit screen
- Ability to manually set the post URL (thanks to Seb Duggan)
- Added more functionality to BasePlugin to make it easier to write plugins.
- Plugins can now run their own upgrade method when a new version is installed via the administration
- Paging for authors screen
- Cosmetic changes: Add ons renamed to Plugins, go directly to edit mode after adding a new post or page (thanks to Seb Duggan), changed Pod Manager icon
Updates to new installs:
- Added new plugin that allows keeping the old BlogCFC URLs functional
- Added sample data
- Include CFFormProtect (enabled by default instead of Captchas)
- New default theme called Cutline
- New installs on Railo will now have an error on main page (thanks to Andrea Campolonghi)
Plugins updated:
- formRememberer (included in update)
- CFFormProtect (not included in automatic update)
Bug fixes:
- Solved some compatibility issues with Railo
- Fixed XSS vulnerability (themes need to be updated to take advantage of this)
- Preview link was wrong in future posts
- Comments are now rejected if comments are closed for a post or page
- Error when entering an empty search string
- Error when not using friendly URLs
- and more...
Important:
Now, for those who are using Railo and are updating via admin interface. There is a bug with the mango updater and Railo, Laura (Mango blog's developer) explains:
"This is a known issue with Railo (we should report it, since it is an incompatibility with CF). I thought 1.3.1 included the fix, but apparently not.
Open file components/Updater.cfc and change line 436 from
to:
"
More info can be found here:
Mango 1.4 upgrade bug / Railo 3.1 / Centos 5
comments - Posted by Marcos Placona at 5:21 PM - Categories: ColdFusion | Railo | Mango Blog
