Automatic Upgrade to 1.4.1 Released
Version 1.4.1 has been out for some time, but it never made it to the automatic upgrading system. I've finally added it so that you will find the upgrade notice in your blog.
Changes:
- Added sorting order for posts
- Fixed some issues with the Environment tag
- Added the attribute sortOrder and ifNotHasCustomField to the PageProperty tag
- Fixed issue with Authors archives
Mango Blog session at the ColdFusion Unconference
Tomorrow I will present Mango at the ColdFusion unconference taking place at MAX
The session will be at 4:30pm. I hope to see you there!
"Mango Blog Skinning Start to Finish", with Sidney Maestre
The ColdFusion Meetup on Thurs. Sep 24, 6:00pm US ET will have Sidney Maestre presenting , "Mango Blog Skinning Start to Finish". This presentation will focusing on taking a WordPress theme and adapting it for use in Mango Blog. The focus will be the mango tags and mango extra tags used in themes. The techniques in this presentation can also be applied to your own designs as well.
I'll be attending to help him out with any question that the audience may have.
Recorded meeting URL: http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/p29652303/
"Mango Blog Basics", with Sidney Maestre
The ColdFusion Meetup on 6pm (US EDT) on Thursday Sep 10 will have Sidney Maestre presenting , "Mango Blog Basics". This is a follow-on to his talk of a couple of weeks ago where we had some technical difficulties. He has also taken the opportunity to split the talk in two, with this basics talk and a "Mango Blog Skinning Start to Finish" to follow in a couple of weeks.
I'll be attending to help him out with any question that the audience may have.
Meeting URL: http://experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetup/
Mango 1.4 Released
A new version has been released. The mayor features are post and page revisions, database search, working better in a cluster or cloud environment and Railo compatibility.
Some of the new features and improvements:
- Revisions of posts and pages are now stored and user can "restore" an older version
- Added a permission for users to not to be able to access the administation (thanks to Seb Duggan)
- Added a replacement for Verity search to search in database directly (this search now includes comments). It is the default search now.
- Plugin settings are now stored in database, which should make it easier to migrate a blog and use in a cluster environment
- Configuration file now has placeholders for base path so that directories do not need to be hardcoded in configuration file
- Ability to disable or enable threading
- Post pagination and search in administration (dedicated to Mark Drew)
- Session will be maintained while user is writing a post or page
- Added permission to manage pods and to run blog updates
- Drafts now always "float" to the top of the list
- Ability to remove plugins
- Ability to manually set the post URL (thanks to Seb Duggan)
- Added more functionality to BasePlugin to make it easier to write plugins.
- Plugins can now run their own upgrade method when a new version is installed via the administration
- Added new plugin (works for new installs only) that allows keeping the old BlogCFC URLs functional
- New installs include CFFormProtect
- New Cutline theme that includes many new features
- Solved some compatibility issues with Railo
- TinyMCE editor upgraded
- Many bug fixes and cosmetic changes
You can read more in the release notes. More information regarding the changes to come.
Review by Ben Forta: "Mango Blog Is Truly Impressive"
Ben Forta has written a review about his own experiences with Mango Blog.
The blog is fast, looks good [...], and the Administrator tool is superb.
I am more than impressed with the code and how extensibility and flexibility were thought of and built in from the very beginning.
I am very happy about this very positive review. Thank you, Ben!
