GetSimple Blog

[johnstray2001]

Version 3.4.3 is now available on Extend.

This version includes the following changes:

Feature Enhancements:

• [#095] A few minor imrovements to the RSS generator:
  • <description> now respects the excerpt length setting.
    
  • Added <content:encoded> tag to include the full text including html of the post.
    
  • Added <pubDate> tag to each post in the feed.
    
  • Added <generator> tag to the <channel>.
    
• [#102] Minor enhancements to the Posts Management page:
  • Search button is now hidden when there are no posts in the database.
    
  • The search field is now shown by default when listing the results of a search. Allows use of the 'Cancel' button to clear a search.
    
  • When showing the results of a search and no posts were found, a new message is now displayed instead of the default no posts message.
    
  • Covnerted no posts message to use the <h5> tag instead of <strong>, added centre alignment and fixed missing closing tag. <h4> used for notice on no search results.
    
  • The page navigation container box is now hidden when there are no posts on the page.
    
  • Category Admin Page: Removed the uncecessary 'Or Cancel' button in the 'Add Category' box
    
  • Added unversal alignment layouts and properties for the search box on the posts admin page and the add category box on the category admin page.
    

Bug Fixes:

• [#097] Fixed unprotected quotes in Russian language file.
  
• [#098] Fixed critical error where adding a node to the settings xml would fail because an array was given when a string was expected.
  
• [#100] Fixed "Search Engine Suicide" bug where the meta description of a multi-post page would contain the excerpt of the last post on the page.
  
• [#105] Corrected a spelling error in a variable name in versionCheck.php.
  
• [#106] Removed a runaway closing </p> tag on the Post Editor page.
  

Core Code Changes:

• [#090] Implemented a function that will read, reorder, then write the plugins.xml file so that the 'user-managment.php (MultiUser)' plugin will work as expected.
  
• [#109] Rewrote the class constructor function: Added check for missing or redundant settings in the settings file and update if required.
  

Languages:

• [#099] Updates to the Russian language file thanks to f30d0r.
  

Note: I have decided to forego the re-creation of the blog as SimpleBlog and instead focus on adding new features and fixes to the existing GetSimple Blog. This is due to the fact that I don't have as much time as I would like to be able to put into this project, so I decided that this would be more efficient. As a result of this decision, a number of older Feature issues on the GitHub page have been re-opened with the aim of adding as many as I can to the next major release (v3.5.0). A release date has not yet been set, but I will do my best to get as much as possible done within the next six months.

Stay tuned for a major new feature in 3.5.0 : PureBlog!