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Bluetrait 1.2.1 is now available for download.

This version contains some bug fixes and better spam filtering:

• Fixes to posts with the same name posted on the same day.
• Small fixes to the plugin class
• Fixed file uploading on mac os
• Better spam filtering, now with more options
• Some code clean up

Here is a screen shot of the new spam filtering options.

Bluetrait 1.2.0 is now available for download.

This version contains some major updates and fixes security issues:

• A security issue was found in the trackback function (lack of mysql_real_escape_string). This was only an issue if trackbacks were turned on (off by default).
• Support for plugins has been added (this shall receive more functionality in the next versions).
• Dynamic admin panel links
• General bug fixes and speed increases
• The posting section has had an update to make it easier to use
• Future posting
• your-comments can display other users comments for admin users

We recommend all users upgrade to this version.

Update (for users updating): Some changes have been made to the WYSIWYG editor. It is recommended that you clear your browser cache after you have upgraded Bluetrait.

The next version of Bluetrait (1.2) has had the admin panel links system redesigned. This has been done for a number of reasons:

1. Clean up the links for users who do not have permissions to certain pages (don’t display links that the user cannot access).
2. Allow plugins (should be ready for the next version) to quickly and easily add/change the links bar without modifying core files.

So the current links bar in Bluetrait 1.1 looks like this:

  
Let’s say a user of level 0 clicks the File Upload button. They would see this message:

 
So how are the users meant to know what areas of the site they have access to?
 
The next version of Bluetrait fixes this. A user of level 0 will now see a links bar that looks like this:

 
So this should make Bluetrait easier to use for users who register to the site.

Now on to plugins. An API has been created to allow plugins to modify the links bar. Here is what the links bar looks like with two plugins enabled.

Notice the number next to Comment Moderation button and the extra button at the end of the bar.

Plugins can also modify the lower links bar.

The links bar code needed to be completely rewritten to support these features, and we’re happy to say that the load time hasn’t increased noticeably (we’re talking thousandths of a second here) and in some cases has decreased.

So we hope you like these changes.

If you're running Bluetrait 1.1 or higher you'll need to update your time settings as daylight saving has started (for example in Australia the time setting should now be +11).

This setting can be found on the General Settings page.

Bluetrait version 1.1.1 is now out. This version includes some small bug fixes that were found in 1.1.0.

This version has some fixes required for a few new futures that will be seen in the next month or so.

Because this is a small update I've put together a zip of changed files to upgrade version 1.1.0 to version 1.1.1. Please note that this zip ONLY upgrades version 1.1.0.

Full Download
Bluetrait 1.1.0 to 1.1.1 Upgrade

Release Notes [PDF] for version 1.1 can now be downloaded.

I've updated the screen shots to show what version 1.1 looks like. This page should now work in 1024x768 too.

Bluetrait 1.1.0 can now be downloaded.

The following has been changed since version 1.0:

• FCKeditor can now be used for editing comments
• Password reset function (disabled by default)
• Basic time zone support
• General overall style update
• Upgraded to FCKeditor 2.3.2

The full changelog can be found here.

We've setup two mailing lists.

bt-support is designed for users who need help/are interested in installing and setting up Bluetrait.
bt-developers is designed for people interested in developing/extending Bluetrait (APIs, core code etc).

To subscribe send an email to the follow address (or links to subscribe to both):

• bt-developers-subscribe@bluetrait.org
• bt-support-subscribe@bluetrait.org

Version 1.1 is currently under way. For those interested the following features should be included in the next release:

• FCKeditor can now be used for editing comments
• A password reset (forgot password) function is now built in
• PDA Style sheet for the admin panel
• We've updated the main admin style sheet to look even better
• The config page will allow for certain changes to be made (uploading text config file)
• Some general bug fixes
• Removed the need for magic_quotes (PHP 6 is meant to do away with this function anyway)
• Time zone support (I haven't decided on the extent of this yet)

There is no planned release date at this stage and there should be some more changes before version 1.1 is released.

Let us know if you're interested in seeing any new features included.