This is a difficult question since so much is new! I have added the following (not in order):
- The number of posts has been added to the modular category list e.g. General [10].
- The newly added mod_rewrite tools have been improved with more rewrites. This makes these URLs more SEO friendly
- Adding a new post to a category is easier than ever, and the interface is no longer complicated by many input fields
- The new settings panel allows you to maintain settings without needing to change the files
- Pages, categories, posters and tags now all redirect to the newly implemented rewritten URLs. Instead of using ?poster=test BalfBlog uses /poster/test/
- Security improvements
- Prepared statements with MySQL and PHP
- Search improvements to make the search work like Google's search engine
- TinyMCE can be customised
- The whole of BalfBlog has been developed to be widget-based/modular. Choose to use some of the built-in widgets including the BalfBlog sidebar widget and the categories widget and style them as you like. But of course you don't even have to bother with them, since that's what it's all about.
I'm finally done with my dissertation and whilst the last few months have been a disaster for my health (well, technically not, it's been more of a disaster for the NHS and messing up their own diagnosis), my dissertation is, in my eyes, one of the greatest things I have ever produced! I'm nearly finished my degree too so I can have a relaxing few weeks to recover from everything and get back to a bit of stress-free normal life.
The new BalfBlog version 2.0.1 will be released next week. Currently the main features that have been added have been added for the ClickIt blog to improve it, since I am currently working on that at the moment as my main project.
The following have been added:
- Security improvements
- Better use of mod_rewrite to make URLs work better
- Search improvements now mean that you can join words together using "" e.g. "windows 8" would search for the exact term windows 8 and not each word individually
- Dashboard improvements
- A new settings panel
- Add your own items to the TinyMCE editor! You can now define your own items for the TinyMCE editor.
- A new system to update your blog automatically (Linux and Mac based servers only)
This will be the last update of April so I'm trying to make it somewhat significant. April and the end of March have been the most significant months in the development of BalfBlog. I hope you enjoy the next update as much as I am!
