Announcements

Updating one or many Geeklog sites do not must be an issue. This is how I do the job: I prepare the files with the necessary modifications for a single site, then I upload all files by ftp for a first site. I updated this site using the dedicated script and I check everything works perfectly. Then I repeat this process for each site.

Steps to update your Geeklog CMS

Geeklog 2.1.0 is now available for download.

There are a number of new features and fixes with this version of Geeklog. The major ones include:

• Integrated Caching Template Library original developed by Joe Mucchiello
• Speed increases by added configurable caching support for blocks, staticpages, the topic tree structure and articles
• New OAuth login methods supported (Google, Microsoft, Yahoo)
• New Advanced Editor System that allows developers to easily to add new javascript editors. The CKEditor 4.3.2 is now the default advanced editor for Geeklog
• Updated to jQuery 1.10.2 and jQuery UI to 1.10.3
• Added a Filemanager

The complete list of features and fixes can be found in the history.txt file located in the release under the docs directory. You can also read this article for more information.

Please note: With Geeklog 2.1.0 plugins developed for Geeklog 1.8.2 or older which install and/or access blocks, or access article topics, most likely will be not compatible. If you use any plugins that perform these functions please check with the plugin developer to make sure they are compatible before upgrading Geeklog. If you are not sure about 1 or more plugins and still wish to upgrade your Geeklog website then either disable the plugin(s) or uninstall it. All Core plugins have been updated and support Geeklog 2.1.0

The first beta version of Geeklog 2.1.0 is now available for download.

New features in this version include:

• Integrated Caching Template Library original developed by Joe Mucchiello
• Support for themes to specify a default theme. Default themes template and css files will be used unless they are included in the new theme directory
• Added configruable caching support for blocks (regular and gldefault), staticpages and articles
• Speed increases by caching topic tree structure
• What's Related article block now includes all Topics. Can set length of titles
• Articles now list what Topics they are filed under
• New related_topics autotag. It displays all topics an item belongs too
• New related_items autotag. It displays all other related items based on what topics the defined item belongs too
• Updated Command & Control layout. Plugins can now organized into groups
• New OAuth login methods supported (Google, Microsoft, Yahoo). OAuth supported now includes 1.0, 1.0a, and 2.0 (depends on what the provider supports)
• Javascript and css can now be loaded in a specified order
• Numerous fixes for multi-language support
• Added CKEditor 4.3.2 as the default advanced editor for Geeklog
• New article render which fixes entities etc... from showing up where they shouldn't
• New Advanced Editor System that allows developers to easily to add new javascript editors
• Article, Staticpages Poll and Topic IDs can now be 128 characters long
• User Login page now can be accessed directly without first displaying a login error message
• Fixed deadlock issues with the session table
• Updated Hebrew language files, provided by LWC
• jQuery can now be included in the header
• Updated to jQuery 1.10.2 and jQuery UI to 1.10.3
• Added a Filemanager
• Added timepicker jQuery control

... as well as a lot of other improvements. The complete list can be found in the history.txt file located in the release.

We would also like to put a request out there for translators. If you speak and write another language besides English or Japanese and would like to contribute to Geeklog please join the geeklog-translations mailing list. Translating Geeklog isn't complicated. Instructions can be found on the Geeklog Wiki or simply ask on the translation list.

We would like to encourage you to download this beta version, try it out, and give us your feedback. This is a beta version and it may still contain bugs. If you find any please report them in our Bug Tracker. Depending on what issues are found the development team hopes to have the final release of Geeklog 2.1.0 out by the end of April, 2014.

Geeklog.net also has been updated and is now running Geeklog 2.1.0 Beta 1.