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[ This is a test blog, with posts about the development of b2, and comments ]
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30.09.02
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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03.07.02
The 0.6pre3 release has been updated, to include support for Syndic8 and RSS auto-discovery, in default templates and b2-generated RSS. Also, the RSS now displays the <language> tag (set $rss_language='' in the config, check here for possible values).
If you already upgraded, here are the updated files: b2.php, index.php, b2rss.php, b2functions.php.
You can grab the new files' source from the new /source directory, which saves you the trouble of re-downloading a zip file 
michel v @ 21:08:50 089
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20.03.02
If you're a Blogger user who would like to switch to b2 but is afraid of having to re-taylor your blog's design from scratch; or if you would like to use a Blogger template from one of the sites that provide them, here's something that may be of interest for you: a Blogger-to-b2 template converter.
It's just in beta stage, and still has some things lacking in the conversion of permalink links, but it's functionnal. I've tested it with various default Blogger templates and it worked like a charm.
It will be in the /releases directory soon for you to test. In the meanwhile, you can paste your Blogger template here and copy the generated b2 template.
Please tell me (comment here) if you see any bugs or things that could be improved.
michel v @ 09:48:17 658
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04.12.01
I would think that any essential PHP code in templates should be 'filtered' out by b2 in template editor, except the usual author/e-mail/comment tags. This saves a lot of potential damage to an edited file. When saving the template, b2 checks if the necessary code has been put in place; if not, it does just that but only if one or more author/e-mail/comment tags have been put in the file (to prevent any disasters from occuring should one be just editing a casual file).
Otherwise, it would also be wise to follow the Blogger way. b2 can process the filename (which is put as a preference) and accordingly format the tags. I think this is very much slower and harder to fix than the first one suggested.
ian @ 07:50:10 576
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09.11.01
The form to submit comments from the admin area is not up-to-date with the one that's on the templates here. Please do not post comments from the admin area, as it would show you errors, and post your comment at the time of the server, which is unlikely to be what you want. Sorry for the inconvenience.
michel v @ 19:14:39 051
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The Forums are back. They were down a day for the upgrade to PhpBB 2, and now they look and feel much better and intuitive. I also took down that remaining dayzero.org link, so if you try to go there it will redirect you to the new url.
As for how the development and user-preferences are going, they're in a haze right now, as I'm searching for a clean way to implement all of these, without the database looking like it's been hacked 25 times. Features count, but a clean database design helps too.
I'm waiting for my friend to finish his redesign of CaféLog.com and maybe I'll base the new UI on it.
Or I can do templates: don't like the UI ? Change the template ! Maybe.
And as a reminder, what you see when you log in here, is an incomplete thing, filled with unknown bugs and inconstistencies, and well known problems that will be fixed in time. It is in no-way intended to be released as it is. Heck, it still has every filename bear 'b2' at the beginning, and that will change too.
My computer's cooling fan is reaching the 110 decibels, so I'll go out now (self-reminder: kick that thing, it always helps).
michel v @ 18:39:44 027
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17.10.01
Ian, I don't really see the problem you're telling us about... Is_writeable() is the perfect function for that kind of check, and I just installed a fresh b2 on a folder in tidakada.com and could update the templates just fine...
michel v @ 00:36:07 233
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14.10.01
No, we aren't sick of b2 on Lynx because that browser doesn't even support tables. And if I was to test everything on Lynx too it'd be a big big overhead, for no real benefit overall except the sheer satisfaction of not hearing Ian's complaints about b2 in Lynx. Also FYI the buttons work on IE, only not on IE Mac.
I fixed the templates bug in the releases, along with the 'blah' bug at install.
michel v @ 12:07:27 713
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08.10.01
Important bugfix on v0.5 : if you downloaded b2-v0.5-20011005, and found a problem with numerous slashes in your post, either re-download it and change your b2templates.functions.php file, or follow these steps:
Open b2templates.function.php in a text editor, and look for line #135. Replace this line:
echo $postdata["Content"];
with this one:
echo stripslashes($postdata["Content"]);
And that's it, no more extra slashes.
michel v @ 02:08:21 297
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06.10.01
I fixed some updated versions of the template tags in 0.5.1 so it wouldn't cause errors in your existing pre-0.5.1 templates.
The readme has been updated too, and I'll freeze code landings tonight, leaving only fixes, which means there should be a 0.5.1 release sometime this weekend (for me 'weekend' is sunday+monday).
michel v @ 20:08:58 047
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28.07.01
verbosus was right on that one about linkage. i wonder if michel can create rdf dump files as well. i think i fare pretty well on that one. rdf is basically like a face for a structure. almost like templates, but better.
the ui is also very mac os x-ish. almost, i might add. b2mac 0.7, the final version of b2mac, has been completed. it was a very non-intuitive application. it took after realbasic and photoshop, which both rely on palettes. maybe it was a little too functional, which shouldn't be the case for a one-trick pony.
after this, i will start work on the successor on b2mac, which is based on realbasic (a less powerful coding tool), and will have toolbars like those you see in eudora. anyone who wishes to contribute cool icons may send them my way at [email protected].
any cheesy names for b2mac's successor can be sent here as well. thank you.
Updated: Okay, for the sake of manners in the world, it's Antonio. 
ian @ 16:33:19 898
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21.07.01
wonderful! I absolutely ADORE this new b2 interface! adore! the only thing left is of course, changing of templates from b2, instead of editing the index.php file.
ian @ 17:23:10 932
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19.07.01
1. Oops, I forgot to type "delete b2install.php after the installation" in the Readme, I agree.
2. The Templates feature will be skipped until it's actually coded.
3. The admin e-mail bug is mysterious...
michel v @ 18:29:22 978
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Very strange, michel. i haven't checked all the features of b2mac yet because there's no template feature when i worked on it. now i have admin mode on monkey.dayzero, but two things have happened:
1. the admin e-mail address refuses to change to anything else other than [email protected]. feature?
2. templates not implemented yet -- or an easy way to implement changes to the blog.
i'll hope it'll be fixed when b2 0.4 is out.
ian @ 16:50:54 910
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11.07.01
Oh in case it wasn't specified, you can code different templates for a single blog, to have different styles, or to cope with different browsers. Here's this b2 test-blog in the original style, and here's a simple style I just coded in a hurry to test the new date & time template tags. These news tags have optional custom time formatting, so you can have different time formats on different templates.
michel v @ 20:01:50 042
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19.06.01
Today I've worked on search-engine friendly URLs for the archives, but it seems most stuff can be done only with some Apache configuration, something most potential users wouldn't be allowed to do on their servers... Anyway I'm not giving up on this.
Also, some template routines are showing, and that's a big thing to do to make templates customizable by Joe Newbie. I don't want to have these horrible things you can see on GreyMatter...
Tomorrow there might be a zip with a simple template, but it won't be the definitive template.
Some stuff in the Options and the Profile areas have been done but not uploaded yet.
And I'm going to bed ! Phew.
michel v @ 02:41:17 320
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