Geeklog v2.2.1 is now available for download and is the recommended version for all production sites.

This version of Geeklog now fully supports PHP v7.3. The minimum PHP requirements have changed, they have gone from v5.3.3 to v5.6.4. In part for security reasons, we decided to update the minimum requirements of PHP to v5.6 since this is the only version of PHP v5 that has received any security updates in the last year. The system requirements for installing Geeklog v2.2.1 is now:

• PHP 5.6.4 or higher
• MySQL 4.1.2 or higher (MySQL 5 recommended)
• Postgresql 9.1.7 or later

There was 141 closed issues for this version of Geeklog which resulted in 714 code commits (with over 4,000 changed files). The major new features, improvements and fixes in this version include:

• [Feature] Geeklog now uses PHP built in support for sessions.
• [Feature] Structured Data directly integrated into Geeklog along with plugin support. Includes initial support for Breadcrumbs, Articles, and Static Pages.
• [Feature] For users without a photo you can now automatically generate user image/icon/avatar from Username.
• [Feature] A configurable Likes and Dislikes system that also supports plugins.
• [Feature] A switch to RichFileManager since the original Filemanager is depreciated (and has been removed).
• [Feature] Can create a News specific XML Sitemap for Google News Publishers
• [Feature] Convert any remote account to local account.
• [Feature] EU Cookie Consent added to all themes.
• [Feature] Staticpages Plugin template and PHP pages now support Geeklog Search.
• [Improvement] Themes now have version numbers to enable better support detection
• [Improvement] Multiple Geeklog Install Package improvements.
• [Improvement] The Denim, and Denim_Three themes now display user photos with comments.
• [Bug] Fixed saving of permissions for users when you have security groups within security groups.
• [Bug] Fix for Duplicate Usernames & Usernames with Trailing Spaces.
• [Bug] Fixed Geeklog User Group Assignments which were not correct on new installs.

... as well as a lot of other improvements and bug fixes. The complete list can be found on Github and in the history text file located in the docs directory of this release.

The fourth beta version of Geeklog v2.2.1 is now available for download.

Since the Geeklog v2.2.1 Beta 3 release, there have been 17 Commits and 124 file changes. If you are currently testing Beta 1, 2 or 3, please update to this version for testing as there has been a lot of fixes to Geeklog and the Install. We are hoping this will be the last beta release with the next release being the final release of Geeklog v2.2.1, just in time for the year 2020.

Please see the article Geeklog v2.2.1 Beta 1 for information on the new features, improvements, and fixes from Geeklog v2.2.0. It also explains how you can help out and get in contact with us if you have any questions.

We would like to encourage you to download this beta version, try it out, and give us your feedback. Please note this version is not meant for live production sites. This is a beta version and it may still contain bugs. If you find any please report them in our Bug Tracker on GitHub.

Depending on what issues are found the development team hopes to have the final release of Geeklog v2.2.1 out close to the end of December this year.

The third beta version of Geeklog v2.2.1 is now available for download.

Since the Geeklog v2.2.1 Beta 2 release, there have been 72 Commits and 339 file changes. If you are currently testing Beta 1 or 2, please update to this version for testing as there has been a lot of fixes to Geeklog and the Install. We are hoping this will be the last beta release with the next release being the final release of Geeklog v2.2.1, just in time for the holidays.

Please see the article Geeklog v2.2.1 Beta 1 for information on the new features, improvements, and fixes from Geeklog v2.2.0. It also explains how you can help out and get in contact with us if you have any questions.

We would like to encourage you to download this beta version, try it out, and give us your feedback. Please note this version is not meant for live production sites. This is a beta version and it may still contain bugs. If you find any please report them in our Bug Tracker on GitHub.

Depending on what issues are found the development team hopes to have the final release of Geeklog v2.2.1 out in December of this year.