v1.4

[blinking8s]

v1.4 official release
currently supported release version

Demo: http://blinking8s.com/temp/dev/pixelpost/v1.4/
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Admin Demo: http://www.blinking8s.com/temp/dev/pixelpost/v1.4/admin/
Username: admin
Password: admin

please be respectful if you wish to upload and test the admin out, feel free to try anything though, just use common sense about the content
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Download Pixelpost 1.4:
http://www.pixelpost.org/releases/pixelpost_1.4.zip

Special thanks to the dev team for doin an awesome job on all the fixes and new features included with 1.4

[Anonymous]

My Pixelpost is Running in 1.4 ... (I'm testing now)

Thank you...

[Joe[y]]

is it necessary for those of us running the 1.4 beta to update to this 'stable' version?

[Anonymous]

YES you need to upgrade. copy files and read the upgrade txt

Ramin
(Raminia not logged in)

[Anonymous]

Guys,

Nice work on the upgrade! (I was only thinking tonight, god I hope v1.4 isn't too soon, as I've been hacking my PHP up a fair bit*). Seriously, a new version's a lot of work, and I'm sure this version's going to kill it!

What I'm wanting to know is a change log or added features to v1.4.

I HAVE been trying to find it listed somewhere on here, but just can't.

*From making it all CSS to modifying the comments to changing the EXIFing. Basically I want the features of v1.4 with my hacks.

Thanks and Congrads again!

--Wadem

[Anonymous]

I've found:-

GMT offset
Mulitple Categories support
E-mail address on comments
Archive added

Anything else?

[raminia]

Yes! it's a long list I'll post it here, lots of new stuff!

Pixelpost version 1.4

Change log from Version 1.3 to Version 1.4

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Pixelpost www: http://www.pixelpost.org/

Version 1.4beta:
Developer Team:
Ramin Mehran, Connie Mueller-Goedecke and Robert Prouse
Version 1.1 to Version 1.3: Linus

Contact: pixelpost@pixelpunk.se
Copyright (c) 2004 shapestyle graphic design + code <http://www.shapestyle.se>
License: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html


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Our whishes: Please test this beta-version and report in the Betatest-Forum!
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The Major Changes:
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- Included almost all bug fixes of v1.3 with refreshed addons.
- Included Upgrade script for v1.3 users and information how to upgrade from
former versions
- Full Unicode (UTF-8) support, no more strange characters
- More security with better security measures.
- Password recovery feature is now available.
- Crop tool is added for creating selective thumbnails both when posting a new entry and
editing an old entry.
- More than one image a day is supported now
- Multi-category support compatible with v1.3 multi-cat.
- Cleaner RSS/ATOM feed support (also autodetect-feature in the Header-Links for RSS and ATOM)
- Improved performance with database usage.
- Now templates are valid CSS and valid HTML.
- Supports more languages:
Dutch
English
French
German
Italian
Persian
Portugues
Spanish
Swedish
- Improved usabiltiy of admin panel: more informative and user-friendly.
- now more ways to integrate new templates:
all you need to do is add a new template and you can link to it without changing the code
- PixelPost now offers better EXIF-support as it doesn't rely on PHP-EXIF-functions anymore,
"exifer version 1.5" is included instead of that and offers better and more extensive information

Minor Changes or more information:
==================================

1- valid CSS and CSS separated from code and from template-files
By this it is easier to edit the layout of your templates

2- UTF-RTL: This template-family is aimed for the use where reading-direction is right-to-left
and not left-to-right
We work to increase the CSS-file for these templates even more to delete all visual "bugs"
which still exist

3- More languages supported and more content in the language-files

4- Pixelpost is fully standard-compliant with RSS-Feed and ATOM-Feed,
as the image-templates offer AUTODETECT for that code in the header
(Firefox opens a small orange symbol if he detects something like that).
In addition, all of default templates of Pixelpost have the link to the ATOM-FEED.

5 - Selective Crop of thumbnails with 12CropImage tool is added

6- CSS, using Underscores which caused problem with Netscape browser, is eliminated

7- Calendar addon is fixed

8- Multi category indexing of photos ist now availabe by default.
Fully compatible with multi-category feature in the modification section by Mark.

9- Page-by-Page archive v0.6 is added with multi category support (v1.4 special)

10- email field is added to comments.
Now you can have the email of the person who commented you photo
This email is visible only in the admin panel

11- Layout of admin panel is substantially improved.
Thumbs now appear in some larger window in admin>> images list.
Thumbs are shown in comments along with url and email of the person
who commented the photo and link to the image.

12- CSS of admin/index.php is now out of the main file.
Now it is easier to change the layout of admin panel

13- Now users can select between HTML and plain text notification emails on comments.
HTML notification email provides the thumbnail of the commented image.

14- Now you can post photos based on the local timezone of your time, not the server's time.
By default the timezone of yours is set to the timezone of the server in the
installation process.
You can overwrite timezone offset simply in the in admin panel / options.

15- all language files are updated.
Two new language variables for singular and plural 'category' are added
New language files are added (see the list above)
Please check whether these files are complete (some still contain some english
text). The language-files are prepared for better language-support, concerning
months-names and weekdates-names

16- If no exif-information exists at all, no "$lang_flash_not_fired" - information
will be printed

17- Pixelpost is tested with windows NT servers and no major problem up to now.

18- Now you can upload images at the same minute with no confusion in thumbs.

19- uploaded images get a timestamp-prefix now, so no danger of overwriting existing
photos with the same file-name

20- Now user can post an entry in three different ways:
- post immediately
- post to a specific date
- post to the next of the last post.

21- Some serious security issues with v1.3 is resolved in v1.4 and this version is more secure.

22- DB access is improved by setting index columns and keys.

23- The admin panel is now more informative and user-friendly.

24- Full upgrade script integrated in the install.php for v1.3 users.

25- more flexibibility for templates:
If a template designer includes header.html or footer.html,
those files will be put at the beginning and end of every template.
This makes designing sites with common headers, navigation and footers easy.
Everything will work fine even if you don't have or want to use the headers/footers.

26- Better flexibility to add existing pages to your Photoblog:
It is not necessary anymore to hack index.php to integrate these pages, about-pages
for example.
So now, all you need to do is add a new template and you can link to it without changing
the code.
For example, add about_template.html and it will be loaded by index.php?x=about.
Add info_template.html and you can link to it by index.php?x=info.
This way, different templates can provide different templates and everything should work.
Of course, certain tags are still only set based on the standard template you are viewing.

28- Password recovery. Now when you forgot your password for Pixelpost there is no need
to panic. Just submit the email address you have set in the admin panel and you'll
receive a new password.

29 - SITE-TITLE and EXIF-information is available now in the comment-popup

30 - comment-popup will work better in browsers (when PopUp-windows are allowed)

31 - extended possibilities by integrating a new standard-folder: includes
the pixelpost-configuration file is now located here as well as the
markdown- and the exifer-files

32 - PixelPost now comes with the GNU General Public License, see /doc/gpl.txt

33 - PixelPost comes now with a collection of "powered by.." graphic files,
located in the /includes/folder

34 - the templates now contain the exact width- and height- information as there
are new tags for this. So the templates can be designed more flexible

35 - Corrected all bugs in BETA version and two tags are added: <IMAGE_NOTES_CLEAN>
<IMAGE_THUMBNAIL_NO_LINK> <IMAGE_CATEGORY_PAGED> <SITE_BROWSELINK_PAGED>

36 - GNU licence document added to /doc/-directory as "license.txt".

37 - added the nice pixelpost.png-s to the /include directory.

38 - Paged archive addon now validates.

39 - Copy folder now assigns the first category for every image it adds.

40 - When deleting a comment it does double check if it is an accidental click or not!

41 - Now Pixelpost warns when templates are missing and it do similar things for missing
language files .

42 - Category link tags now have customizable format. Added two new columns for start
and ending chateres and with a drop box in the admin panel and a custom formating
edit box there.

43 - Now the first category by 'id' value is checked by default.

44 - Now user cannot delete the first category (default: id=1).
Thus, this category can be renamed only.

45 - RSS / ATOM is valid even when users use HTML tags in the image note.

46 - now in the default templates, when user click the add comment hyperlink the page
moves down to the commenting section. very clean.

47 - The EXIF infromation of exposure is now more readable and clean.

48 - index.php now calls admin/admin_index.css, not necessary to have a CSS in the main folder.

Not included:
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Comment-Spam-Protection: this will be at hand soon, probably as an easy to integrate ADDON!

[reflejandome]

I have upgrade to 1.4 and all works fine (at the moment ) :D . I only have to modificate some parts of the template.

You can see it at http://photoblog.reflectingmyself.com

Version 1.4 is fine :D

P.D. Any idea to a 2 languages photoblog ?= thx

[GeoS]

P.D. Any idea to a 2 languages photoblog ?= thx

Add some variable to URL which will be switcher between langs and leave cookie with user choice. Basing on this cookie you can serve to him correct lang template.

[Anonymous]

MY GOD. Who's been a busy set of people!!!! :twisted:

My minor changes are pale!

That's an amazing version release!

I'll be upgrading ASAP!


Thanks,
Wadem

[astroflux]

you guys are awesome! upgrading now (from 1.4 beta to 1.4)

thanks! :lol:

[raminia]

Oh I forgot to edit it properly.
that change log is from v1.3 to v1.4 and not
v1.4 beta:) I corrected the above post :wink:

[Parka]

Hi!, I don't speak english very well, so excuse me if I don't express myself correctly...
I've worked very hard in my photoblog (it's here (http://yai.enlaparra.net)), doing deep changes in the templates, the index.php file, etc., and now I see you released a new version, and I suppose I have to do all the changes again... buff! :S! my question is: ¿are the security issues in 1.3 version so important that I MUST upgrade right now? I can't stand in front of my screen 3 more weeks again tunning the new version xDD
Help me please :P

Saludos a todos y un abrazo.
Thanks: Parka.

[Connie]

saludos!

well, if you want more than one image a day, you should upgrade
if you want more than category for one image, you should upgrade
if you want a better encoded, encrypted password, you should upgrade
if you want to have password recovery, you should upgrade

but you must not change all your templates as the existing tags are still there!

it's up to you
if you are satisfied with version 1.3, why not?

[Parka]

yeah, you're right, I shouldn't worry about templates... but... but my hacks!! xD oh, my holy holy hacks...
It's all I'm not experienced on php, and since I begun with pixelpost I've learnt a lot because of reading the php docs and asking everybody over all the forums over the world xD to hack my pixelpost to adjust it to my needs..., but it's cost a lot of days "making the monkey"...

But... damn! I'll try the 1.4v out and evaluate wich one I like more...
xD
Thank you de todas formas.
See you!

[Connie]

Parka,

I really enjoy seeing so much people increasing their PHP-knowledge because they are attracted by this script

but: the script was meant to work from the box and to be so easy....
and so many people start to hack it.

I think the best would be not to hack and modify but to use ADDONS in the future so it won't be too difficult to update!

good luck y mucho suerte! (<= is this right?)

Connie

[Parka]

I'll remember what you say next time, so everything will be easier ^^
Thank you very much.

P.S.: the correct way would be: "Mucha suerte".
See you!

[GeoS]

@Parka: If you want find all hack which you've done try to use some soft called DIFF. It's made for software developers and it's for finding differences between parts of code.

Unpack oryginal PP 1.3, start diff with it and your current PP. At the end you'll get all hacks you've made.
Thanks to that it should be easy to add them to PP 1.4 (if they are necessary) :)

[bite me!]

I'm trying to upgrade now, from 1.3 to 1.4, but I'm stuck at the 3rd line allready....

open the pixelpost.php of your PixelPost 1.3 - installation, take the database-information
from there and enter it into the \includes\pixelpost.php

Be sure to enter the same "table-prefix" which you used for your 1.3-installation !!!!

for example:
"$pixelpost_db_prefix = "pixelpost_"; // table prefix, leave as is unless you want to install multiple blogs on the same database"

Where / how do I have to change this in the index.php...?

Thanx for your help

[palabok]

this looks great guys! thanks for all of your hard work, it is very much appreciated :D

when i find some time, i'll try the upgrade out.

[raminia]

I'm trying to upgrade now, from 1.3 to 1.4, but I'm stuck at the 3rd line allready....

open the pixelpost.php of your PixelPost 1.3 - installation, take the database-information
from there and enter it into the \includes\pixelpost.php

Be sure to enter the same "table-prefix" which you used for your 1.3-installation !!!!

for example:
"$pixelpost_db_prefix = "pixelpost_"; // table prefix, leave as is unless you want to install multiple blogs on the same database"

Where / how do I have to change this in the index.php...?

Thanx for your help
all in pixelpost.php
in version 1.3 this file was in admin directory and in v1.4 it is inside includes directory

[kingkool68]

I was just looking through the new features and I noticed on the Test blog there is a section that says "NEWS or infos" I looked through the admin pages and couldn't figure out how you would change the "NEWS or infos" part. Is it like a little blog like feature? I don't quite understand it or how to use it. Great work pixel post team! You guys sure do kick some serious ass!

[bite me!]

Ok. Found everything. This is what happens:

Error: Access denied for user: 'mystic-de-sign_com@wmphpp02.st2.lyceu.net' (Using password: YES)


Don't know what it means.. uploaded 1.3 again (thank god i made a back up...)

[Anonymous]

u used wrong usernam/password and in the file and that's it. Do not use this thread again for the problems you face. use proper forum. upgrade with care. if you do it correctly all will be ok.

[Parka]

GeoS: so really thank you ;) you're right, it must be the only way if I want to recover all my hacks... so thank you for your tip, and good nite.
See you!

[Anonymous]

Upgraded to 1.4 seemlessly!

Thanks guys.

--WadeM