phpns

Thanks for the thanks

Posted by alecwh on Monday June 22, 2009 12:13 pm

Over the last couple of months, I've gotten a few thank-you messages from Phpns users (located in the U.S., China, Brazil, and Egypt). These emails are very encouraging, and worth tons more than you think. Every time I get a simple thank you for managing this project (among others), I honestly smile--it makes my day better. These messages remind me why I'm developing Phpns!

So, in lieu of donations (although, please do if you can), a thank-you email/letter (contact info) would be totally awesome.

That is all, enjoy your day!

2.2.3 patch 3 in the works

Posted by alecwh on Saturday June 06, 2009 11:54 am

I have recently began development on patch 3 for phpns, and I hope I'll have plenty of time to work on it this summer. As a reminder, please report all bugs you find with the system. Any bugs that are submitted reasonably soon will be fixed for this upcoming patch.

Thanks a lot, and please donate (if you can) to minimize hosting/domain costs.

2.2.3 patch 2 released

Posted by alecwh on Sunday March 22, 2009 1:47 pm

I'm happy to release the next patch for phpns, patch 2 for version 2.2.3. This patch fixes various issues that have been found since the last patch released on our launchpad page.

From the CHANGELOG:

• fixed various bugs on Launchpad
  • fixed comment author email period bug
  • SSL (https://) issue fixed
  • fixed undefined function (htmlspecialchars_decode) error
  • emails no longer contain encoded htmlspecialchars
• added auto-hyperlinking in comment text
• various minor bugs fixed

You can get the patch here. To install it, just replace the files on your installation with the files in this patch. Note that not all files will be replaced, only a select few that were changed. You should first install patch 1 before installing patch 2. Please feel free to leave comments for this patch in this post. If you find any additional bugs, please report them to Launchpad!

2.2.3_patch2 in the works

Posted by alecwh on Sunday March 01, 2009 7:48 pm

It's been pretty quiet around here lately, but I'm currently working on a second patch for 2.2.3 (that will be placed atop patch1) to fix a few complaints received on Launchpad. You can expect this patch within the month (or maybe slightly more). Thanks for all of the bug reports, we appreciate everyone still trying to make this project better.

If you've noticed a problem with the phpns software (or any bug like that), you can still get it patched in this release. Just head over to our launchpad page and report the bug. Thanks for this in advance.

Updates soon.

You can track our progress @ https://code.launchpad.net/~phpns-team/phpns/head (our official bzr repository)

Chime in and let us know!

Posted by alecwh on Saturday November 29, 2008 4:28 am

It's that time again. It's the time where I invite all phpns users to post a comment in this article and let us know where and how you utilize phpns!

Last time, nobody really posted, but since we seem to be getting a lot more traffic now (80 unique hits a day!), lets see how it turns out.

You don't need to give a URL, you can just share how you use it!

Site issues

Posted by alecwh on Wednesday August 27, 2008 8:32 pm

We're having a few issues with the main website, for an unknown reason. If you see oddness throughout the site, don't be alarmed. It should be fixed soon!

2.2.3 patch 1 released

Posted by alecwh on Sunday August 24, 2008 11:12 pm

Since the last release, 2.2.3, we've received a decent amount of bug reports that we have fixed. We thank everyone for their help finding these bugs; even though the project is deprecated, we still commit to the repository every now and then with important bug fixes. Patch 1 is the most recent patch to fix a lot of issues with 2.2.3. Remember, this patch is NOT the whole package. It only contains files that have changed since the last release.

To use this patch, simply open it, and dump its contents into your /phpns/ folder. Overwrite the old files.

Download it here.

Once again, if you find any bugs, report them to Launchpad!

Update: download link has been fixed!

2.2.3 released [EOF]

Posted by alecwh on Tuesday July 08, 2008 9:13 pm

The Phpns-team announces the next and final planned version of the project: 2.2.3. This version will be the last planned for the Phpns project, with potential security patches as necessary. Download it by clicking "Download!" on the navigation. The patch can be found here.

UPDATE: Use THIS LINK to download the file!

Featuring (from the CHANGELOG):

• final feature release preparation
  • updated about page, removed invalid support methods
  • emphasized Launchpad project page
• minor bug fixes
• fixed bug with cookie destruction
• CSS fixes (inconsistant message styles)
• spelling and website inconsistancies/mistakes

The Phpns-team (Kyle, myself, and other contributors) sincerely thanks everybody for their work, questions, and support. Since version 1.0 we have been working in our free time to bring our users a stable and powerful content management system, and we don't regret a second of it. The project started as a means of gaining experience with administrating a software project, and that's exactly what it did! It has been a very enjoyable, challenging, fun and frustrating experience. We encourage absolutely anybody to fork/branch the project at Launchpad if they want to continue development.

It doesn't end here; the team will continue to release security patches as necessary. There will be a few changs though. We are officially disabling the forums, mailing lists, and IRC network. To get assistance, you will need to head over to our launchpad website (http://launchpad.net/phpns) and go to the Answers section. We will be notified (via email) of every question asked on that website, and you WILL get a response and assistance.

We hope you have found this project useful. If you feel compelled, please leave us a note via email or a comment in this article. If you have any questions regarding phpns in general (that can't be addressed at Launchpad), email us.

From us to you,

Au Revoir!

P.S. Please feel free to leave comments for the developers below this article!

2.2.2 released

Posted by alecwh on Wednesday June 11, 2008 8:27 pm

The Phpns-team is proud to announce the 2.2.2 release of phpns. This release focuses on some problems using SEF URLs, however, there were other issues that were addressed. 2.2.2 has also gotten an improved design. This release features (CHANGELOG):

• regular small bug fixes
• SEF URLs fixed (problematic characters)
• RSS/SEF URL addition
• help.php fixes and updates
• $phpns['override_sef'] deprecation (introducing $phpns['sef'])
• noticeable GUI improvements
• welcome page implemented
• SEF URL code generation fix

Thanks for all the positive email messages, we love to read them. You can download this release by clicking on the box in the upper left. The patch can be found here.

2.2.1 released

Posted by alecwh on Saturday May 17, 2008 10:45 pm

The Phpns team is happy to present the next version of the system: 2.2.1. This version fixes a few medium bugs that were found in the 2.2.0, along with some minor feature enhancements. From the CHANGELOG:

version 2.2.1 @ May 18 2008 @ 12:00am MT

• minor bug fixes
• notification (email) optimization and fixes
• CSS changes for Firefox 3
• some grammar fixes
• bug affecting SEF URLs (http://phpns.alecwh.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=9&page=1#Item_0, thanks to jbdesignandphoto for the fix)
• help section updates 

The patch can be found at our downloads section. Simply unzip the package, and overwrite all the files in your phpns directory with those in the package. No script needs to be run.

Once again, thanks for all the support. If you find any bugs, please post them at our launchpad website. On a side note, we are currently gearing up to switch to the bazaar VCS for all development. Check back for updates.