Pixelpost v1.4.3

[tinyblob]

Scaturan, for someone with "a few hundred PixelPost installs" you don't pay much attention.
The v1.4.3 update is a bug fix, it addresses one specific and very important issue with comment spam.

Here's a detailed changelog:
version 1.4.3 - fixed comment spam bug

The dev team are working HARD on the new v1.5 upgrade, trust me on that. I haven't even looked at the documentation, and i'm currently devoting most of my free time to developing for the platform. I personally don't see any issues.

As for patch files versus full package releases. You only need to replace index.php, and update the hash in the includes/pixelpost.php file, it's not a big job.

but where is this documented? there's no changelog.

PixelPost will never reach it's full potential if proper documentation is not made available.

[utok]

I just did a successful update by uploading the pixelpost.php to includes and index.php to the admin folder. Everything is working fine.

I also updated the wallpaper resize mod-- going to go repackage that and upload it.

Thanks for making the fix-- I was really getting spammed a bunch. Hope this stops the assaults.

[tinyblob]

Originally Posted by scaturan

but where is this documented? there's no changelog.

Here's a quote from the pixelpost homepage:

Pixelpost v1.4.3 is now available to download for forum members only. It will be publicly available from the download link here later today (Tuesday, November 22nd). Sorry for the delay.

Basically translated that says you guys on the forum are getting preferential treatment, because it's not finished yet.
There will be a changelog when there is a changelog. But it's unnecessary in the forum release because 1.4.3 exists as a direct response to posts ON the forum.
Plus, the changelog was pretty much the contents of the initial post in this thread. It's a bug fix, the end.

Originally Posted by tinyblob

Here's a quote from the pixelpost homepage:

Basically translated that says you guys on the forum are getting preferential treatment, because it's not finished yet.
There will be a changelog when there is a changelog. But it's unnecessary in the forum release because 1.4.3 exists as a direct response to posts ON the forum.
Plus, the changelog was pretty much the contents of the initial post in this thread. It's a bug fix, the end.

don't pop a vein now.

[blinking8s+]

Originally Posted by utok

I just did a successful update by uploading the pixelpost.php to includes and index.php to the admin folder. Everything is working fine.

I also updated the wallpaper resize mod-- going to go repackage that and upload it.

Thanks for making the fix-- I was really getting spammed a bunch. Hope this stops the assaults.

this really wont help stop the everyday spam that plagues the net, the spam issue this corrects is an injection hijack of the comment form, where the box uses a line break to reach the underlying bcc field, basically hijacking your comment form and using the mail notification it sends to forward to email address it placed int he bcc field...turning your blog into a host for spam going to other people

2 users have been infected, we're doing the best way can to save you from it...

changelog from v1.4.2 to v1.4.3
- a few lines of code were added into the index.php comment form code near line like 250 or something like that (i dont actually know the lines off the top of my head, but i am guessing)...w00t

thats about how complex the known fix was...yet, it's insanely important

[arh_photography]

All - I just uploaded all of the files necessary to install Pixelpost however I'm encountering an error I can't seem to figure out how to fix. When I pulled up the /admin/install.php file on my site, I get the following note: "Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/alechost/public_html/pixelpost/includes/pixelpost.php on line 38". I'm not a code person, so when I pulled up the file in Dreamweaver, line 38 was blank. Any ideas on how to fix this error (probably something very easy, but for a non-coder like me it's perplexing)? I would greatly appreciate any help anyone can offer.
Many thanks,
Alec

[blinking8s+]

Originally Posted by arh_photography

All - I just uploaded all of the files necessary to install Pixelpost however I'm encountering an error I can't seem to figure out how to fix. When I pulled up the /admin/install.php file on my site, I get the following note: "Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/alechost/public_html/pixelpost/includes/pixelpost.php on line 38". I'm not a code person, so when I pulled up the file in Dreamweaver, line 38 was blank. Any ideas on how to fix this error (probably something very easy, but for a non-coder like me it's perplexing)? I would greatly appreciate any help anyone can offer.
Many thanks,
Alec

this isnt an official support section, please post this in Pixelpost Help...

thanks

[arh_photography]

Oops, sorry. I posted in the Help section. Thanks for the direct...

[parl]

So, without trying to sound too blithering,..
Am I to understand that the only two files that need to be over-written for an upgrade from 1.4.2 to 1.4.3 is the main /index.php and the includes/pixelpost.php file?