Just wanted to wish Michel a very happy 24th birthday. Thank you so much for b2. The bloggin' world would not be the same without it. ^_^

daynah @ 18:42:13 987
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Problem: There's a security hole in gm-2-b2.php and blogger-2-b2.php in the 0.6.1 release.

Solution: Delete these files once your blog conversion is done, or edit them.

A fixed release will come shortly, and the CVS will be updated.

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Ontopic:

• Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little are leading the new WordPress branch of b2, that is going to become the new official branch once they get a release out. If you want to help with WordPress, don't hesitate to contact either of them!
• This website will get a minimalist redesign soon. A lot of sections are going away, including the "powered by b2" list. That list hasn't been updated for months on end, and with only 592 weblogs it makes it look like b2 isn't used by as many weblogs as it really is. Judging from the emails I get and the forums' activity, I estimate there are around 2000 b2 weblogs. This is a great accomplishment for me, and for everyone who supported me and the project.
• The "recently updated b2" lists will disappear from the main page and wait for a maintainer to get back on the front. If you feel that you're up to the task of processing emails to add websites to this list, please email me and I'll give you the keys to the list's admin section if I feel that you are serious enough.

Now for the offtopic banter:

• I am still jobless. My evil plans to conquer the world, that kept me busy for the past months, have been put to an temporary halt. This is the cause of much troubles in my personal life.
• I am slowly but steadily redesigning my own website. I'm not opening the doors until I have more than just a weblog to show for it. By the way, the redesign will be based on standards as usual, but will also look different on everyone's computer.
• With some of the money that I made by taking over the world (a small piece of it, for starters), I bought a digital camera, and proceded to photograph various things. I hope to get better at it than I am at PHP.
• The current state of RSS is scaring me.
• Elvis says hi!

Now for some shameless promotion of my beginner photographs:
michelv.deviantart.com (gallery)
michel v @ 02:38:51 318
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Michel was last seen more than two months ago. A lot of people, like myself, is looking for him.
If anyone has any information about him, please share it.

In any case, please stop testing stuff here.
Thanks!
Ricardo @ 02:03:31 335
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While all browsers support Last-Modified and ETag headers properly, MSIE seems not, it wouldn't let you refresh a page generated by b2 0.6.1. And that sucks, I know.
Here is the fix: clickie!
(This fix will be included in the releases asap.)
michel v @ 20:33:14 106
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b2 0.6.1 is out, waiting for you to download it!
What's new:

• TrackBack 1.1 (adds compatibility with newer MT versions' TrackBack).
• RSS 1.0 (b2rdf.php) and 2.0 (b2rss2.php) feeds. For those who upgrade, writing to b2rss.xml is still supported but you're encouraged to just use b2rss.php.
• b2 now generates Last-Modified and ETag headers based on your last post's date (very useful for aggregators).
• Improved paged presentation when using next_post() and related tags.
• Clearer PingBack excerpts
• Various bugfixes, as usual.

Also, w.bloggar 3 is out too!
michel v @ 01:27:22 310
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As some of you may have noticed, the calendar may show October 27th twice on some timezones.
This bug is there because of daylight savings, but there's a fix for it!
(Needless to say, that fix will be in the next version.)
michel v @ 00:12:26 216
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b2 v0.6 is out !
It halts a serie of pre-releases, fixing pretty much all the remaining bugs.
As usual, downloads are on Sourceforge.

What's new:

• right-click bookmarklet for Windows IE users: just check your profile for this option
• various bugfixes: no more pingback glitches, file upload dialog now checks for duplicate files (and renames them accordingly), ...

Now all the work has shifted to 1.0 !
By the way, there's no big difference between 0.6pre5 and 0.6, so you only need to upload the new files (except the empty config and your templates, of course).

Update at 2:40 (gmt+1):
There was a last-minute bug in this release, that I just fixed.
For those who already downloaded 0.6, no need to re-download it, just apply this fix.
michel v @ 00:13:42 217
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b2 v0.6pre5 is out !
Check out the b2 downloads on Sourceforge for the release.

What's new:

• TrackBack support (not MT's standalone trackback)
• Pingback support: Pingback is a new way to put the 'web' in 'weblogs', as it allows your blog to automatically notify other pingback-enabled blogs that you linked to them in an entry
• some new template tags
• many bugfixes

...and more than could be listed
michel v @ 01:14:21 259
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I'm at a stage where I have to decide whether to support old versions of PHP, with all the tricks and limitations this would involve, or use new features from PHP 4.1.x and newer.

So I need you to answer this important poll about which PHP version you're using.
Thanks in advance !
michel v @ 23:57:09 206
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Tim Conner just released version 1.3 of BlogApp, a Mac OS X blog client, now with support for the b2 API (note: you need a little tweak in b2 for that, that will be fixed in the next b2 release).
I really wish I had a Mac with OS X
michel v @ 16:08:21 880
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Thanks to Mort's recent code contribution to b2, the next b2 release will support PingBack.
For those interested to help me test it, grab b2 from CVS and give these features a try.
michel v @ 00:41:34 237
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I wrote a small hack to list out the categories with their corresponding posts. It's nothing big, but it may be useful for those who use b2 for galleries, tutorials, and such. b2-include/b2template.functions.php is the only file that needs to be edited.

Discussion
Example
Download File
daynah @ 05:12:42 425
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For greater convenience (and, let's be honest, to save my bandwidth), the downloads have been moved to Sourceforge.

Talking about bandwidth, big thanks to the nice people who proposed hosting and lots of bandwidth, but I've already found a webhost
michel v @ 20:40:30 069
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updated b2 archives hack

click.. i will take good suggestions but i dont have enough time to make sure everyone has it working on their site. if you like challenges, go install it. eek.. it's not really that hard actually. but in the past, there seem to be a few customization problems. just discuss them in the forum like you did =)
dodo @ 22:02:56 127
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I'm coming up with an implementation of TrackBack in b2. Since MT developers only explained about post-to-post TrackBack, I could only get that part to work so far since I don't know how post-to-category or category-to-category TrackBack would work.
Anyway, I finally got it to work: now tidakada.com is trackback-able and can trackback other blogs !
michel v @ 00:39:09 235
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There's was a security bug in b2 up until now. It allows very nasty things, so you are advised to:

UPDATE TO 0.6pre4 NOW !

Downloads are there.
michel v @ 03:39:24 360
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There seems to be a little problem with the b2 update list, I'm looking into it. It should be fixed soon.

EDIT: it's fixed !
michel v @ 14:51:42 827
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b2 0.6pre4 is out !
It's in the /releases directory.
What's new: b2mail lets you post entries via email, popup comments are now in default template, and the xmlrpc interface has been improved for use with the upcoming wbloggar 3.
What's fixed: various comments/categories link issues, and then more bugfixes all around. All files are now in Unix newlines format, as opposed to DOS newlines. Categories now list all posts.
You can check the CVS server for exact changes in the code.
michel v @ 18:41:43 987
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My webhost, Tranquil Hosting, is now offering special blog hosting plans starting at $5/month.
And they would install b2 for you, so check them out !

Also toast and tea issued a cool articles on weblogs with a nice bit on b2, and they sell blog hosting too !
michel v @ 20:52:32 078
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From my personal blog:

It's been more or less a terrible month.
To make a long story short, suffice to say health problems, depression, and lost contacts have brought me down for all that time.

Sorry for the inconvenience, and for being absent on the support forums for that time. I'll try to get back to you all as soon as possible.
michel v @ 19:02:31 001
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