RememberLogin Plugin
Posted on July 12, 2010, under Plugins and Tags.
Paul Klinkenberg created a plugin that adds a 'remember login' checkbox to the login form, and will automatically log you in later if you checked it. You can read more and download from Paul's blog.
roleSecure Plugin
Posted on July 09, 2010, under Plugins and Tags.
Dave Ferguson has created a plugin that secures pages or posts if you set a custom field while writing the post/page. In addition, it will only secure them if you are not logged in or you have a role that is not allowed reading the post/page. You can read more and download from Dave's blog.
Honeypot Spam Blocker
Posted on July 04, 2010, under Plugins and Tags.
Paul Klinkenberg has created a plugin that uses Project Honeypot to block possible spam. While Honeypot is also used by the bundled cfformprotect plugin, this plugin will completely block the page (not only the comment post) to a possible spammer. You can read more at his blog.
Version 1.5 Released
Posted on June 29, 2010, under Announcements.
Last week, Mango Blog version 1.5 was released. You can find the update in your administration.
It includes bug fixes, leaner error logs and more:
- Added multi-category archives as in archives.cfm/category/news,events
- Updated File Explorer
- Added "asset selector" form field (thanks to Adam Tuttle!)
- Added "countable" form field
- Fixed rendering problems in administration when using Chrome
- Reduced the amount of logging done on plugin failures. Full error logging will only be performed if level is set to "debug" in configuration file.
- Plugins can now add custom panels very easily by adding an xml file.
- Added method to update custom field without incurring into version change.
- Added methods to add custom permissions for plugins
- Fixed issues with IE and pod formatting
- Fixed Revision Manager errors
Custom Field for Page Title
Posted on June 15, 2010, under Plugins and Tags.
Russ Michaels explains how to use custom fields to have two different page titles, one for the menu and one for the main page title. It is a good guide that gives you some ideas on how you can use custom fields for anything that you need to add to a given post or page.
Read more at Russ' blog.
