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Additional requirements :
- PHP: 8.1+ (not tested with lower versions)
Give you users a way to further express themselves in their own personal area!
This is a beta! Please report all bugs / issues / suggestions!
I may have missed something permission wise / option wise / logic wise so please point these out!
Please do not use on a live environment for now! Unless you're brave for beta testing purposes.
Features (as of 1.0.0 Beta 1):
Blog Creation :
Blog View :
Blog Post View :
Blog Editor :
Version 1.0.0 Bêta 2 :
Updates:
Version 1.0.0 Bêta 4 New Features :
- Reactions! Users can now react to blog posts (styling pending)
- Upgrade steps have been added for 1.0.0 Beta 4 so you should be able to upgrade like normal.
Télécharger V1.0.0 Bêta 4 : Version 1.0.0 Bêta 5 Compatible xenforo 2.3 :
This addon is now 2.3 compatible! The addon will remain compatible with XenForo 2.2 until the addition of JavaScript is ever required for this addon.
An abundance of styling changes have been made to bring the UI inline with XenForo standards with 98/99% of that being contributed by @Old Nick !!
New features :
Télécharger V1.0.0 Bêta 6 Hotfix 1 : Version 1.0.0 Beta 7 :
- With this release the Blogs addon no longer supports 2.2.x and only 2.3.x
New features
- Fixed bug on install/upgrade due to accidentally naming two different table keys the same string.
Télécharger V1.0.0 Bêta 7 Hotfix : Version Bêta 8 :
This will be the last beta release for this add on as I have now implemented all MVP features that I wanted for a gold release. If any bugs are reported after this release they will be fixed in a Release Candidate, otherwise the next release will be the gold version.
New Features
Draft Posts - Blog posts can now be stored as a draft post and can be saved for until they are ready for the public to see.
Blog Limit - Admins can now set a limit to the number of blogs that can be created. Right now this is a global setting but will see changes over time to make it a on basis user group / user permission.
Minimum XF Version - The addon.json file now defines a minimum XenForo version needed for this addon, which is 2.3.
Télécharger V1.0.0 Bêta 8 Hotfix : Télécharger V1.0.0 Bêta 8 Hotfix 2 : Version 1.0.0 Release Candidate 1 Bug fixes :
1.0.0 Gold release is here!
Changes from Release Candidate 2:
New Features :
Télécharger V1.2.1 : Version 1.2.2 Bug fixes/Feature :
Télécharger V1.2.3 : Version 1.3.0 New features :
- PHP: 8.1+ (not tested with lower versions)
Give you users a way to further express themselves in their own personal area!
This is a beta! Please report all bugs / issues / suggestions!
I may have missed something permission wise / option wise / logic wise so please point these out!
Please do not use on a live environment for now! Unless you're brave for beta testing purposes.
Features (as of 1.0.0 Beta 1):
- Allow users to create blog(s)
- Users can create blog posts which utilizes the XenForo attachment system
- Blog posts will appear in search results
- Blog post drafts
- Future Post (choose a date and time for a blog to post automatically)
- A better blog post handling page for blog owners
- Comments
- Multiple blog owners
- Admin panel for handling blogs and blog posts
- Reactions
- Follow a blog
- Tags
Blog Creation :
Blog View :
Blog Post View :
Blog Editor :
Version 1.0.0 Bêta 2 :
Updates:
- Uninstall steps added so that the addon can be removed safely.
- Blog posts last edit date will now update properly and displayed properly on a blogs view page.
Version 1.0.0 Bêta 4 New Features :
- Reactions! Users can now react to blog posts (styling pending)
- Upgrade steps have been added for 1.0.0 Beta 4 so you should be able to upgrade like normal.
Télécharger V1.0.0 Bêta 4 : Version 1.0.0 Bêta 5 Compatible xenforo 2.3 :
This addon is now 2.3 compatible! The addon will remain compatible with XenForo 2.2 until the addition of JavaScript is ever required for this addon.
An abundance of styling changes have been made to bring the UI inline with XenForo standards with 98/99% of that being contributed by @Old Nick !!
New features :
- Schedule Posts - Blog owners may now schedule a post to not post until a specified date and time!
- Watch a Blog - Users can now watch blogs and receive alerts whenever a new blog post has been made!
- Fixed a bug where anyone could make a blog post on any blog even if they did not create it.
- Fixed a bug where the blog_post_count_total column would be updated on a edit to a blog post causing the number to not stay in sync with the actual amount of blog posts in a blog.
- Fixed a permission bug with canEdit when for both blogs and blog posts which allowed anyone to edit a blog post.
- Fixed an install bug where a column was not being created properly with the correct type.
- Fixed a bug where when editing a blog instance it would just create a brand new blog with the changes and leave the original alone.
- Fixed a bug where blog post owners were able to react to their own content
- Comments! - Blog Posts will now automatically create a thread that will serve as the discussion home of a blog post in any forum specified in the blogs settings.
- All previous blog posts that were created before this release will have threads created for them on upgrade, if this fails I will try to get a hotfix out as soon as possible with a tool added to run this same function from the ACP.
- For this beta release you will initially need to go into your settings and select a forum even though it looks as if one already is, this will be fixed in the next release.
- Cover Images - Blog Posts will now take the first attachment inserted into a blog post and use that as the cover image on the blog view!
- With this new feature the styling for blog posts on the blog page have been changed back to not showing bb code in their snippets to align with how XenForo handles article posts.
- Sharing! - Blog Posts can now be shared same way that regular posts can.
- Scheduled Posts
- Blog Owners now have a separate view for their scheduled posts so that they are not cluttered in with their visible posts.
- Scheduled Posts can now have their scheduled post time changed
Télécharger V1.0.0 Bêta 6 Hotfix 1 : Version 1.0.0 Beta 7 :
- With this release the Blogs addon no longer supports 2.2.x and only 2.3.x
New features
- Reports - Users can now report blog posts to get moderator/admin attention
- What's New Page - Blog Posts have been added to the what's new page with a widget that can be placed in the main overview
- User Profile View - Blog Posts are now listed on a users profile page as a place to find all of their posts no matter which blog
- Default forum for comment threads not being chosen on install has now been fixed, this will now use your first available forum option that is a discussion type forum for comments unless changed in the addons settings
- Fixed bug on install/upgrade due to accidentally naming two different table keys the same string.
Télécharger V1.0.0 Bêta 7 Hotfix : Version Bêta 8 :
This will be the last beta release for this add on as I have now implemented all MVP features that I wanted for a gold release. If any bugs are reported after this release they will be fixed in a Release Candidate, otherwise the next release will be the gold version.
New Features
Draft Posts - Blog posts can now be stored as a draft post and can be saved for until they are ready for the public to see.
Blog Limit - Admins can now set a limit to the number of blogs that can be created. Right now this is a global setting but will see changes over time to make it a on basis user group / user permission.
Minimum XF Version - The addon.json file now defines a minimum XenForo version needed for this addon, which is 2.3.
Télécharger V1.0.0 Bêta 8 Hotfix : Télécharger V1.0.0 Bêta 8 Hotfix 2 : Version 1.0.0 Release Candidate 1 Bug fixes :
- member_list_macros template modification: Removed usage of canViewResources and replaced with canViewBlogs
- member_macros template modification: Removed usage of canViewResources and replaced with canViewBlogs
- Blog posts that are scheduled with a date in the past now throw an error saying to choose a date in the future
- Removed instances of Resource reviews in blog_post_view
1.0.0 Gold release is here!
Changes from Release Candidate 2:
- New error popup for selecting a date/time in the past when scheduling a post
- Blog options and Permissions have been re-ordered to appear at the bottom of their respective pages to follow standards (no longer at the very top of each page).
New Features :
- Approval Queue - Both blogs and blog posts can now be required to be approved before being visible to the public, until approved they may only be visible to the blog owner and staff. There are two different ways to require blog post approval, either in the addon's settings page or as a user group permission.
- Tags - Blog posts can now have tags added to them! Tags will be the main way to handle "categories" for the foreseeable future. Tagging must be enabled for your site and user group permissions must be given for users to be able to tag their blog posts.
- Added new page, Your Blogs - A user can now view all of the blogs they own in order of their latest blog post date.
- Fixed a bug where a users blog count was not being handled properly on blog deletion, causing issues when a user "reached" the blog limit defined in the addon's settings.
- Fixed a bug where a blog would not have its blog post count updated properly on blog post deletion.
- Fixed bug where thread would not be created when a blog post was changed from draft to visible ("post now") making it so the blog post could not be viewed.
- Phrases added for hard coded strings
- Reaction list not showing list of users that reacted
- Blogs not showing up in search on creation
- Better blog post comments handling - Comments now have a global toggle. If turned on new blog posts will be created with comment threads, if turned off no comment threads will be created. Any blog posts with comment threads before the option is turned off will keep their threads/comments.
- Blog creation limit - Is now handled by a user group permission rather than a global addon setting. Admins can now set a limit based on a users group to better accommodate for higher ranked members / memberships!
- More entries from... - The blog post view will now show 5 different random blog posts at the bottom of the page from that specific blog post author.
- Fixed error on blog post view when a comment thread is not available any longer not allowing anyone to view said blog post.
- Added blog posts to advanced search page, this was missed when addon was original released with search functionality.
- Blog header images are now deleted when blogs are deleted
Télécharger V1.2.1 : Version 1.2.2 Bug fixes/Feature :
- Blog posts are now deleted when their respective blog is deleted. Since this was not being handled properly before a new feature in Tools > Rebuild caches has been created "Cleanup blog posts that were not removed on blog deletion". This will go through all blog posts in your database and if it finds one that doesn't have a blog anymore it will delete that blog post. After you run this tool it is required to run the "Rebuild user blog post count totals" cache tool as well to have proper blog post counts displayed.
Télécharger V1.2.3 : Version 1.3.0 New features :
- Blogs can now be soft or hard deleted rather than just hard deletions
- Blog posts can now be soft or hard deleted rather than just hard deletions
- Blog header images can now be deleted on blog editing
- Comment threads can now have an automatic post made when a blog post is soft/hard deleted
- Attachments are now properly handled upon deletion
- Phrases added for hard coded strings
- Inline moderation tools added for blog posts
- More blog posts from author div block below blog posts has been changed into a widget
- New cron job added to make sure blog post counts stay in sync with only visible blog posts
- and more that I can't remember right now due to this devishly long dev cycle for this version...
- Preview not working when creating a new blog post
- Comment thread being created even though the option is turned off when a scheduled blog post goes live
- New similar blog posts widget that can be displayed on the blog post view template/page. This feature requires you to have XenForo Enhanced Search installed and working to use.
- Blog posts now appear properly on social media that was due to a typo in a template
- Blog posts that are edited now retain their original posting date
- Added in og:image and description to hopefully make Facebook and other crawlers/parsers happy
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