Dotclear

We've fixed quite a few bugs here and there and tweaked a few nuts and bolts, but rather than give you an austere list, we'd prefer to focus on what could potentially cause malfunctions:

First change: the dcCore::app() argument is no longer supplied as a parameter to the spam filter constructor (SpamFilter::__construct())¹. If you have developped such a filter, please modify it accordingly and publish a new version.

Second change: for themes based on the dotty template set, the pagination of pages resulting from a search is now the same as for other contexts. This may have an impact on installed themes.

Third change: the search widget now uses a search type input field. This may have an impact on appearance, depending on your theme's CSS style sheet.

To sum up, it's nothing too major and shouldn't break your blog, even if there may be some changes in appearance.

Bug fixes include :

• Fixed drag'n'drop for category ordering.
• The media list in a directory is no longer sorted twice, which will have a performance impact.
• Plugin installation and updating should work better.
• Media alignment with CKEditor is now visible during editing.

For the rest, I refer you to the changes file, which gives a fairly exhaustive list of what's been done.

And finally, a big up to the team behind the scenes, especially JcDenis, Gérard, Philippe, Tomek and Noé².

It's like reading a book all over again with this new version for the new year, which is off to a slow start.

We've continued the in-depth work on the code, but without calling into question the current ecosystem — 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 fixed, including three small potential security issues.

In short, it's not a revolution, but it's working well!

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!

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!

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!

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.

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.