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Kyle leaves the Phpns-team

alecwh — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:30:06 -0500

I got an email this morning from Launchpad letting me know that Kyle Osborn has left the Phpns-team, and no longer has commit access to the repository. Kyle has worked with Phpns since mid-development of version 2, and has been a huge help ever since. He has contributed to the code-base, released many patches and fixes for various bugs, and overseen the project during my absences.

I sincerely thank Kyle for all the work, time, and dedication he's put into the project. Phpns has definitely benefited from his contributions.

Thanks Kyle!

2.2.3 released [EOF]

alecwh — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:13:12 -0500

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!

2.2.3 release date set

alecwh — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:46:28 -0500

The Phpns-team has planned the next release of Phpns for: Wednesday July 9, 2008.

The release will focus on some small bugs found, along with a bug concerning cookie distribution and destroying. This release will likely be the last planned version of phpns, not counting security patches. More on this later.

Update: We pushed the release two days, we had some unfinished work that we didn't fit into the schedule. Look forward to it!

2.2.2 released

alecwh — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:27:31 -0500

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.

2.2.2 release date set

alecwh — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:54:23 -0500

The Phpns-team has set the release date for 2.2.2: Friday June 13, 2008.

This version will focus on much needed SEF URL fixes and optimization, along with the regular bunch of small fixes. We recommend upgrading, even though there will be no security fixes (as of now).

Fixed download link

alecwh — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:40:26 -0500

Wupps - we just fixed a problem with the download link in the upper left corner. Sorry about that!

Switching to the bazaar CVS

alecwh — Sat, 17 May 2008 23:03:14 -0500

The Phpns-team has decided to switch to the bazaar CVS, which tracks modifications we make to the code. Previously, we used "git" which didn't work out; we had problems with the git hosting website, and the program - while powerful - is somewhat complicated to use. After some experimentation, we decided to use bazaar, which has worked great for about a week now!

Launchpad, which currently tracks software bugs in the Phpns software, offers free bazaar hosting! If your have objections, or ideas, please leave a comment below.