2024 Nov 13
A new version for a year that is slowly drawing to a close.
Fundamental work continues on the code, but does not call into question the current eco-system — no incompatibilities to be expected, apart from those already known — plugins and themes.
Backend continues to be slightly revised, for greater coherence and unity, in parallel with the reworking of the code.
A few bugs corrected.
To sum up, in theory everything's going well!
2024 Aug 19
By Franck
A maintenance release that fixes two bugs (one of which is blocking) in media insertion and page management.
2024 Aug 13
A new version for this quarter and to celebrate Dotclear's 21st birthday!
A major overhaul of the code, which will continue for several more versions, but which will not call into question the current ecosystem — no incompatibilities to be expected, apart from those already known — of plugins and themes.
The backend has been slightly revised to make it more coherent and unified, and this is also in progress at the same time as the code is being reworked.
A few bugs fixed.
In short, it's still moving and it's going to be fine!
2024 May 17
A small maintenance release that fixes a problem with the template engine in certain configurations and corrects the behaviour of outgoing links to the documentation.
2024 May 13
The new version has been available since this morning.
On the programme are a few minor fixes (including a security vulnerability, which isn't too bad, though), and a fair amount of tweaking to the look'n'feel of the administration, which I hope you'll find more polished and coherent than before.
And then 'one more thing', which I find hard to do without in my development and testing work, is the quick access to menu items .
How do you use it?
Type the : key (which may be changed) and if you're not in an input field, this will position the cursor in the search field, where you can then type the first few letters of the menu item you're looking for, and ... you'll soon understand the rest ;-)
A little tip: type : and the ⏎ key (enter) and you'll see the dashboard.
Finally, if you currently have version 2.29 installed, this is the first time you'll see the new update dashboard coded by JcDenis in action ;-)
Happy installing/updating!
2024 Feb 13
After several complicated versions for plugins and themes, this version 2.29 does not break compatibility for everything that was adapted for 2.28.
There are quite a few new features, but they are lighter than in previous versions. Of particular note is a new dashboard dedicated entirely to managing updates, which will help to better separate update-related processes from the rest of the code and avoid a complete multi-blog crash. You'll see it in action in the next version.
New features :
2023 Nov 19
Inevitably, we look everywhere, test a thousand times, and then a small typing error creeps into the well-oiled cogs and so this morning a small maintenance version with some light visible effect.
Yes, again :-)
PS: You should use safe-mode (as described in previous post) if you upgrade from 2.27.3 or lower version.
2023 Nov 15
The new version for the festive season.
We strongly recommend that you perform the update in rescue mode, which will then allow you to update the plugins that need updating.
If some plugins have no updates available, we advise you to temporarily deactivate them (in rescue mode) and then check their operation one by one (one re-activation at a time) in normal mode.
If you have trouble logging in after the update, delete the associated cookies before refreshing the login page.
It's essentially the internal code (the engine) that has been modernized, something we had already started with the latest Dotclear 2.27 and which is now complete, at least for the PHP code. We'll now be able to concentrate on new functionalities; more on that when the time comes.
On the visible side, we've added full support for the Avif format for images, alongside the already-supported JPEG, WebP, PNG and Gif, and we've fixed a number of small, more or less annoying bugs.
Don't forget the forum if you have any difficulties (comments are not for that), and in the case of more technical problems we may advise you to open a ticket.
2023 Aug 31
A new version that corrects a few problems encountered with installation, plugin and theme dependency management, the password recovery procedure, flat export and when certain widget settings were incorrect.
2023 Aug 22
2023 Aug 14
Inevitably, we look everywhere, test a thousand times, and then a small typing error creeps into the well-oiled cogs and so this morning a small maintenance version with no visible effect.
2023 Aug 13
As is often the case, we'd planned for the best, but along the way we've become reasonable again, given our respective availabilities, with a few visible improvements and, above all, a lot of invisible work to modernize the code and get rid of old stuff.
This quarter, version 2.27 introduces theme previews with the blog's current content, which can be useful for a visual check before activating a theme, and we've added and completed (with the help of translation engines) a few languages; but above all, this version is the last to support PHP 7.4 and PHP 8.0.
We therefore advise you to switch to PHP 8.1 or PHP 8.2 if you wish to continue upgrading in the future. Note that not doing so will not prevent you from using 2.27 for a long time to come - it's up to you.
Finally, we'd like to wish DotClear a happy 20th birthday with a capital C, as Olivier wrote in his announcement post (in French)!
2023 Jun 4
By Franck
A small maintenance release, as is customary after a major release, to resolve a few problems encountered since then.
The next major release (2.27) is scheduled for mid-August, which will also be the occasion to celebrate Dotclear's 20th anniversary, and you should know that this version will be the last to still support PHP 7.4.
Starting with 2.28, which will be released at the end of the year (mid-November a priori), you'll need at least PHP 8.1 to run.
You can already prepare for this by switching to this version, or even better to 8.2, as Dotclear has been supporting it well for several versions now!
2023 May 13
A new version which update should pass without major problem for most of you.
Nothing extraordinary this time, mostly small improvements here and there, and it is especially on the side of the code that the main thing has been done because for the first time since the first version of Dotclear 2, the Clearbricks library is no longer part of it, or rather has been integrated directly into the code of Dotclear.
It was also the occasion to reinforce the unit tests and the static analysis of the code (with PHPStan, PSalm and Rector) which will continue to be progressively modernized (there is quite a lot left).
A new theme is under development and it should, if possible, be part of the next major release — which will also mark Dotclear's 20th anniversary —, but as we've often said here: "It will be when it is ready!".
Moreover, the redesign of the administration architecture is under study, in particular to benefit from the latest HTML and CSS possibilities. There might be some breakage, but we'll try to limit the damage, as usual.
Have a good update!
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