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Posted about 3 years ago
The oldish Glossary Plugin is re-released. The code is re-developed, but the database stays the same for now. See latest developments or demo yourselves with a large grossary. The plugin is intended to create glossaries for your site, whilst your ... [More] content can be enriched with links to known glossary entries. Multiple subjects are supported and a autotag lets you choose which subject to use for a certain text. Make sure you have users added to the glossary.admin and/or glossary.edit security groups. Glossary catches the userID that submits a term, and the userID that edits a term. Along with a timeStamp. Categories can be defined which work site wide. Configuration is still old-fashioned; find them in config.php. Available languages are English and German (with thanks to Alexander Schmacks). Usage. Browse the Glossary; select a category, or a subject, or a letter. Admins may select additionally contributing authors, or a time period. The list display all found terms in a abbreviated form, and when less that 2, their full details. Submit a new term and make sure the correct subject / category is et for the term. The plugin will check them uniqueness. The same term can appear is a different category or a different subject. Edit the Term as often as you like. The lookup in your content is dynamic and shows immediately the new meaning(s). Browse your content and see the links appear that are created by the lookup. Don't forget to insert the autotag or apply the proposed hack. The links to the glossary entries uses a title attribute to be shown in a dropdown. Hoovering on the link will do. You can download the Glossary plugin from here . [Less]
Posted over 4 years ago
Here is a list of the latest plugins to receive updates since the release of Geeklog v2.2.1sr1. Some of these plugins will require this version. Please note, we will continue to add to this list as plugins are released. Autotags Plugin v1.1.3 ... [More] (Released 2020-04-18) Nettools Plugin v2.1.3 (Released 2020-04-19) Open Graph Protocol [OGP] Plugin v1.2.1 (Released 2020-04-21) Downloads Plugin v1.2.3 (Released 2020-04-21) Media Gallery v1.7.2.3 (Released 2020-06-08) vThemes Plugin v1.6.1 (Released 2020-04-23) FAQ Plugin v1.2.0.1 (Released 2020-04-26) Geeklog Usage Stats [GUS] Plugin v1.7.6.1 (Released 2020-04-28) Messenger Plugin v1.9.5 (Released 2020-06-08) Forum Plugin v2.9.4 (Released 2020-05-12) Here is a list of updated plugins expected to be release in the next few months: Ban Plugin v2.0.3 These updated plugins support PHP 7.0+ and also contain new features and bug fixes as well. Please visit the download page of the specific plugin to find out more information. The plugins above can also be found on Github in our Geeklog Plugins Repository. Updated: 2020-04-22 - Please note, that the new reCaptcha Plugin included with Geeklog v2.2.1 is not compatible with how the old reCaptcha plugin determines whether to display the reCaptcha or not on a page. This means older versions of plugins like the Forum that uses reCaptcha will either have to be updated to version 2.9.4 or the older plugin's code will have to have a small manual update (only if you want the reCaptcha to be used). See this Forum post for more information on the code you need to add to your older plugins if you want it to continue to use reCaptcha with it. For a list of plugins that where updated after Geeklog 2.2.0 was released back in June of 2018, please see the article titled: Geeklog Plugins that Support v2.2.0. All of these older plugins will work with Geeklog v2.2.1 as well. Ban Plugin v2.0.2 FAQ Manager Plugin v0.9.1 Menu Plugin v1.2.7 Search Word Ranking Plugin v1.2.1 Tag Plugin v0.6.2 Language Selection [Langsel] Plugin v1.0.1 Developers if you have a plugin which supports Geeklog v2.2.1 which has not been included in the list above please comment on this article to give us more information, and we will add it in. Remember you can also submit an article (and upload the file) about your plugin and after review (and editing if required) we will post it on Geeklog.net. [Less]
Posted over 4 years ago
Geeklog v2.2.1sr1 is now available for download and is the recommended version for all production sites. This is a security update for Geeklog v2.2.1 with a few fixes and improvements as well. This is a complete tarball, to be used for fresh ... [More] installs and upgrades from all previous releases. There was 14 closed issues for this version of Geeklog which resulted in 68 code commits and 214 changed files. The important new features, improvements and fixes in this version include: [Security] [NA] XSS issue with the Plugin Admin interface (reported by Netsparker.com) [Security] [NA] Issue with the comment library (reported by Netsparker.com) [Feature] [#1016] Staticpages can now be set individually if they will appear in the search results or not [Bug] [#1043] Fixed hardcoded table names in upgrade for Geeklog v2.2.1 [Bug] [#1043] Fixed issue where the install would fail in some cases because it did not know where the system directory was [Bug] [#1046] Fixed Users can only be set to certain statuses by Admins [Bug] [#1048] Fixed related Articles are Missing From the Article Page [Bug] [#1049] Fixed Print Pages for Articles and Staticpages javascript crashing issue [Bug] [#1058] Fixed URL Routing for Articles that could cause errors in some cases. Also disabled multiview by default for Apache servers in the htaccess file ... as well as a few 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. To expand on the functionality of your Geeklog website, check out the list of plugins that support this version. [Less]
Posted almost 5 years ago
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 ... [More] 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. In the next month or so we plan to release a number of updated 3rd party plugins that include bug fixes, support for PHP v7.3, and support for the latest Geeklog v2.2.1 features (where needed). This includes: Autotags Ban Downloads FAQ and FAQMan Forum (current version still will work with Geeklog v2.2.0) GUS Media Gallery Menu Messenger Net Tools Searchrank These plugins can be found on Github in our Geeklog Plugins Repository. Most are currently in testing and have close to final code. Feel free to test these updated plugins and provide any feedback. Note: Make sure your 3rd party Geeklog plugins are updated to the latest version as they are required to use the function COM_createHTMLDocument. This replaces the functions COM_siteHeader and COM_siteFooter. If you are unsure if a plugin supports Geeklog v2.2.0 then either disable it before the Geeklog Upgrade, or uninstall the plugin. Remember if you would like to chat with any of the community one of the best place to reach us is on Gitter in the Geeklog room. [Less]
Posted about 5 years ago
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 ... [More] 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. [Less]
Posted about 5 years ago
The third beta version of Geeklog v2.2.1 is now [file:file_geeklog-2.2.1-b3 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 ... [More] 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. [Less]
Posted about 5 years ago
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 ... [More] 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. [Less]
Posted about 5 years ago
The second beta version of Geeklog v2.2.1 is now [file:file_geeklog-2.2.1-b2 available for download]. Since the Geeklog v2.2.1 Beta 1 release, there have been 67 Commits and 234 file changes. If you are currently testing Beta 1, please update to ... [More] this version for testing as there has been a lot of fixes to Geeklog and the Install. 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. [Less]
Posted about 5 years ago
The second beta version of Geeklog v2.2.1 is now available for download. Since the Geeklog v2.2.1 Beta 1 release, there have been 67 Commits and 234 file changes. If you are currently testing Beta 1, please update to this version for testing as ... [More] there has been a lot of fixes to Geeklog and the Install. 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. [Less]
Posted about 5 years ago
The first beta version of Geeklog v2.2.1 is now available for download. 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 ... [More] 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 New major 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. [Feature] Automatically generate image/icon for Users. [Feature] A configurable Likes and Dislikes system that also supports plugins. [Feature] Switch to RichFileManager since original Filemanager is depreciated (and has been removed). [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. Around the final Geeklog v2.2.1 release (before and/or after) we plan to release a number of updated plugins to support the new Geeklog version and PHP v7.3. This includes: Autotags Ban Downloads FAQ and FAQMan Forum (current version still will work with Geeklog v2.2.0) GUS Media Gallery Menu Messenger Net Tools Searchrank These plugins can be found on Github in our Geeklog Plugins Repository. Most are currently in testing and have close to final code. Feel free to test these updated plugins and provide any feedback. 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 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. Remember if you would like to chat with any of the community one of the best place to reach us is on Gitter in the Geeklog room. [Less]