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Beta 8 Release Day

After testing two release canidates and months of waiting from the previous big release we have finally decided to present to the public our latest and greatest stable release of Pligg. Beta 8 has so many new features we really don’t even know how we can list them all, so for now we’re recommending that everyone give it a go on our demo site. Not only have we released a new version of Pligg, but we have also released a new Pligg homepage. The new homepage layout is much cleaner and structured to help maximize page space to make finding things easier. Another big move is our new way of serving you the latest files for Pligg. From now on you can get the latest stable version of Pligg from our sourceforge page. I figured that a giant “Download Now” image would be obvious enough to encourage new users to download and install Pligg without much hassle. The new homepage also features a “Featured Pligg Sites” section where we are displaying some of the best Pligg sites out there. The sites presented in this sidebar demonstrate the potential of Pligg and how it can be used in original and creative ways.

The last bit of news is related to the “featured Pligg Sites” area. We will soon be offering front page advertising for Pligg-only sites on Pligg.com for a small fee. The money that Pligg makes off of these front page advertisements will go into the Pliggy bank for future development projects. We will also consider giving free spots to those who have donated time and/or money to the Pligg project in the past. There will be requirements however in order for your site to be posted, but all of those rules will be discused in further detail later on. The basic rule is that the site being featured must be actively running Pligg and have a customized template. More on this later.

Enjoy Beta 8 everyone and get to work with the bug reporting. I have already discovered an error in the admin panel for installations on subdomains, but as of this moment it’s the only moderately big bug.

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Beta 7 Released

Yesterday AshDigg released Pligg Beta 7, a bit ahead of schedule (we were aiming for March 19). The version released is a bit trimmed down from what we were aiming for, but it was decided that it would be best to fix a lot of the bugs that came up with Beta 6’s introduction of Smarty and to get a head start on templating. Not all functions are working just yet, for example sending other users messages, but they will be finished by the next release. The admin panel hasn’t been touched in a while, so that won’t be out until the next big release. The next release will also include the Mollio template as promised. I have been spending most of my spare time working with Mollio and it has been fitting Pligg like a glove. I’ll have more on that later. Today will be a bug day for bug reports and glitch fixes. Make sure that before you ask a question in the forum you search for an answer first. It frustrates us when we see several of the same questions asked over and over again.

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Beta 6.01 Update

AshDigg rolled out an update to Beta 6 to help fix a few bugs and add a few features. This is an essential upgrade because I forgot to include the .htaccess file with the 6.00 release. 6.01 does not include a /libs/dbconnect.php file, so please be sure to grab that from the 6.00 release or if you have a previous install of Pligg you should use your old dbconnect.php file.
Includes

• The .htaccess file
• Support for Gravatars (the user profile page needs some formatting done if anyone has some time)
• Support for /category/{categoryname} instead of the category number.
• Tags are split up so you can click on individual tags for searching instead of having to search all.
• Ability to allow HTML tags (you choose which tags) in a story submission
• This feature has been around, but not really mentioned… When an admin clicks on “Admin: Change the status.” there is a link to “Ban this URL”. This will prevent anyone from submitting another story from that domain. Example: Digg doesn’t allow links from Shoutwire.
• Misc bug fixes.

Download 6.01 Here.

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Beta 6 Released!

Well, it’s finally out there. I’m still not happy with where Beta 6 is when it comes to compatability and features. We are going to start working on a more web standard version of the template with just 2 columns. For now this will help everyone out who wants to get away from the digg layout. There will still be a lot of bugs with this release, after all we are in Beta release still, but they will soon be resolved with yet another template release. I still have to fix the problem form position, enable the magnifying glass image and add the negative vote functionality.
I am also introducing a new pligg.com homepage design. The root page no longer shows Pligg’s demo, instead we feature a nice welcome page with some handy links and news. It will show the latest 3 blog posts, last 3 bug reports, and last 3 forum replies. This will help keep users up to date with the latest information. The main page also links to a FAQ and License page. I will update the FAQ in the future to have tutorials and such.

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