BlogHoster Changelog

This page catalogs all the changes we have made in each version of BlogHoster. Items that are in progress are listed in italics.

BH v2.7

Added the ability to resize uploaded images, both upon upload and to existing images, based on a percentage.
Made templates consistent across comments, photo albums etc, which required the replacing of the tag in album.php, friends.php, archive.php, delete_comments.php, edit_comments.phps, previewcomment.php, preview.php, previewentry.php. Updated profile.php to replace <%PhotoAlbumPage%> in template code.
Added various missing tags to the user end Tags and Templates Guide.
Bug Fix: Fixed the problem with some server configs and uploading photos (safe_mode related issue).
Bug Fix: Fixed problem with emails not sending line breaks for email notifications of new comments.
Bug Fix: Emails being sent by the system did not always obey page breaks. Adding the relevant HTML to your email content will now be obeyed.
Comments can now be posted within the user template, rather than the template defaulting to the default template for the system.
Photo Album pages now use the user template, rather than defaulting to the default system template.
Profiles now keep the user template rather than defaulting to the default system template.
Bug Fix: "Remember me" option on user login is now fixed.
Admin can now manually set a user to "verified" status via the admin control panel.
Bug Fix: Fixed problem some server configs experienced with posting comments by adding <%PostCommentPage%> to the relevant database table.
Bug Fix: Fixed a symbol rendering problem with the template "Best Friend".
Bug Fix: Fixed the undefined variable errors some users got in manager_header.php
Added the ability for the weblog name to be listed in the title bar of the blog when viewed in a browser.

BH v2.6

Bug Fix: Solved problem of bounced-back BlogHoster emails being sent to incorrect email address. (admin/admin_emailall.php, admin/admin_useredit.php, manager/add_entry.php, manager/members.php, manager/support_email.php, login.php, post_comment.php, sendlink.php, signup.php)
Bug Fix: Fixed registered user commenting bug. (post_comment.php)
Bug Fix: Fixed spamming through Send Link feature. (sendlink.php, lang/lang_english.php)
Bug Fix: Fixed custom upload folder issue. (manager/uploads.php)
Bug Fix: Fixed security image display on Create Weblog. (manager/create_weblog.php)
Bug Fix: Fixed HTML in Terms and Conditions, single-quote conversion to HTML entity, and other htmlspecialchars_decode() related problems. (functions.php, login.php, signup.php, preview.php, previewentry.php, post_comment.php, sendlink.php, manager/add_entry.php, manager/edit_entry.php, manager/edit_template.php, manager/members.php, manager/support_email.php, manager/support_faq.php, admin/admin_broadcast.php, admin/admin_emailall.php, admin_entryedit.php, admin_groups.php, admin_html.php, admin_useredit.php)
Bug Fix: Fixed adding images to posts (manager/add_entry.php)
Bug Fix: Fixed showing non-verified users in browse users. (browse.php)
Bug Fix: Fixed content default for new entries bug. (manager/add_entry.php)
Bug Fix: Fixed case-sensitive login names. (login.php)
<IfCategoriesAllowed> template tag can now be used anywhere in the user template. (functions.php, manager/support_guide.php, lang/lang_english.php)

BH v2.5

Bug Fix: Fixed problem with posting an image from the Photos and Files area (uploads.php)
Bug Fix: Posting images and podcasts now works correctly. (uploads.php)
Bug Fix: RSS feeds are now enabled by default. (signup.php)
Bug Fix: Moblogging now functions correctly instead of displaying a blank screen. (admin/admin_mobile.php)
Bug Fix: The br tag will now work correctly when used in a comment. (post_comment.php)
Bug Fix: Using single quotes in a comment now works correctly. (post_comment.php)
Bug Fix: A vulnerability in BlogHoster has been identified and fixed. (manager_header.php)
Bug Fix: Categories are now displayed alphabetically on a blog's home page. (functions.php)
Bug Fix: RSS support with subdomain style urls now works correctly. (rss.php)
Bug Fix: HTML tags now work in the FAQ. (support_faq.php)
Bug Fix: Single quotes now work in all of the fields on the user groups page. (admin/users_groups.php)
Bug Fix: Cyrillic characters can now be used for different categories. (manager/entry_cat.php)
PHP can now be used in the top and bottom ads. (functions.php)

BH v2.4

Bug Fix: Fixed problem with HTML in User Group News (admin/admin_groups.php)
Bug Fix: Fixed "From" address in system emails (admin/admin_emailall.php, admin/admin_useredit.php, manager/add_entry.php, manager/members.php, manager/support_email.php, login.php, post_comment.php, sendlink.php, signup.php)
Restored cookie-based login system (signup.php, login.php, header.php, manager/changepass.php, manager/manager_header.php, manager/logout.php, admin/admin_login.php, admin/admin_header.php, admin/user_cookies.php, admin/admin_logout.php, admin/admin_changepass.php)
Replaced SafeHTML class with custom function for protection against XSS attacks (manager/add_entry.php, manager/edit_entry.php, manager/edit_template.php, functions.php)

BH v2.3

Adding anti-XSS protection to BlogHoster. (manager/add_entry.php, manager/edit_entry.php, manager/edit_template.php, SafeHTML class)
Adding pagination to browse page (browse.php)
Fixed moblog entry title issue. (functions.php)
Bug Fix: Fixed possibility of SQL injection attacks. (almost all PHP files)
Replaced cookie-based login system with session-based login system. (admin/admin_changepass.php, admin/admin_header.php, admin/admin_login.php, admin/user_cookies.php, manager/changepass.php, manager/manager_header.php, header.php, login.php, signup.php)
Bug Fix: Solved problem of BlogHoster emails being processed as junkmail by some email providers. (admin/admin_emailall.php, admin/admin_useredit.php, manager/add_entry.php, manager/members.php, manager/support_email.php, login.php, post_comment.php, sendlink.php, signup.php)
Bug Fix: Fixed signup problem when all profile fields have been set to "Invisible on signup". (signup.php)
Improved password retrieval system by adding a security question and answer. (manager/changepass.php, lang/lang_english.php, login.php, signup.php, MySQL database)
FCKEditor incorporated into BlogHoster instead of old WYSIWYG editor (manager/add_entry.php, manager/attach.php, manager/edit_entry.php, manager/entry_image.php, manager/entry_link.php, manager/entry_table.php, manager/entry_tablecell.php, manager/entry_colorselector.php, lang/lang_english.php)
Fixed bad links with subdomains on view profile page. (admin/admin_url.php, functions.php, MySQL database)
Improved the security code image on signup/post comment/create weblog - now more secure with sessions. (signup.php, post_comment.php, functions.php, images/secure.php, manager/create_weblog.php)
Bug Fix: Addressed non-US currency issue in PayPal payment process. (paypal.php)
Bug Fix: Fixed infinite loop when viewing profile for non-existent user (header.php)
Bug Fix: Fixed display problem related to multi-authoring weblogs (manager/index.php)
Improvements made to the installation process. (installsql.php)
Added a global rss feed for the entire BlogHoster installation. (rss_all.php)

Example Portal Pages

Includes three example portal pages complete with images and PHP snippets for listing data.

BH v2.2

Improved security of admin login process.
Reorganized country list and improved performance.
Added diagnostic capabilities to moblogging files.
Bug Fix: Fixed entry listing issue on archvies page, entry page, and blog index page.
Bug Fix: Addressed field validation issue on create weblog page.
Bug Fix: Minor changes made to .htaccess file and functions.php for subdomain URLs.

BH v2.1

Bug Fix: Double usernames in subdomain URLs on some servers.
Bug Fix: Date formatting problem during signup process.
Bug Fix: Fixed problem with previewing entries and comments.
Bug Fix: Moblogging failed on servers with non-standard PHP/IMAP configuration.
Bug Fix: Removed extra HTML tags on album and browse pages.

BH v2.0

Separated header/footer HTML fields for weblog manager and external pages.
Added more date formats.
Added support for subdomain weblog URLs.
Users can now have multiple weblogs.
Weblog owners can add other members (co-authors).
Added photo albums.
Added podcasting (including podcast RSS feed).
Added PayPal integration, customizable payment plans and automated account upgrades.
Improved file uploading system, now includes thumbnails.
Added private message system.
Improved user profile page.
Added member search page, results include thumbnails.
Added moblog (mobile blogging) capability.
Added several new templates.
Added calendar template variables.
Added image upload feature directly on WYSIWYG entry composer.
Improved horizontal menu system and default skin.
Profile fields now linked on profile page, users can be listed by any field.
Added a dashboard-style entry page, visible upon login.

BH v1.21

Bug Fix: Encryption issue fixed through the implementation of PHP's crypt() function.

BH v1.20

Added Trackback Support (sending and receiving).
Added <%EntryAuthorAvatar%> variable.
Added image uploading for avatars.
Added different ads for different user groups.
Added enable/disable account feature.
Added more classes and removed most inline style tags.
Made templates available on a per-group basis.
Bug Fix: Fixed smilies popup error.
Bug Fix: Fixed large-database backup error.

BH v1.12

Improved encryption to work with non-standard character encoding sets.
Bug Fix: Fixed Javascript "window.onload" errors in Mozilla/Firefox.
Bug Fix: Fixed plain-text RSS feed to display full contents of entries.
Bug Fix: Changed archives page to display properly in some windows servers.

BH v1.11

Added improved support for images in the .htaccess file
Removed "Manage Categories" link from add/edit entry page, added to main menu.
Bug Fix: Broken link on Manage Friends page.
Bug Fix: Fixed spacing issue when editing entries with a Mozilla browser.

BH v1.10

Improved example template system (and removal of templates directory).
Improved tip handling with new tip table.
Added custom tips for the custom profile fields.
Added ability to search entries from View Entries page.
Added more search engine friendly title tags.
Added site-feed URL variable <SiteFeedURL>.
Added <Friends> </Friends> containers, with <%FriendUsername%>, <%FriendURL%>, and <%FriendProfileURL%> variables.
Added search-users-by-email capability for admin.
Added the ability for admin to resend verification email to new users.
Added the option of limiting new users to a single email address domain.
Added spam protection for comments (using random image generation).
Added custom homepage URL for admin.
Added announcement box (admin can post an announcement for a specific group which will appear on users' View Entries page).
Added option for admin to disable a group's edit template page.
Created "Links" as a custom profile field viewable on weblog.
Added non-anonymous comments (users can enter a nickname).
Added entry category mod.
Added user interests in profile, linking users by interest keywords.
Added ability for users in certain groups to select their own language.
Added ability for users to see when they are on others' friends list from the Manage Friends page.
Improved cookie security.
Added friends latest entries page.
Improved user listing in admin section.
Improved date format (translatable months).
Bug Fix: Changed mass delete of file uploads to delete files from server.
Bug Fix: Changed mailing list settings to allow up to 30 email addresses.
Bug Fix: Added support for birthdays before Jan. 1, 1970 for Windows Servers.

BH v1.05

Added smilies feature, with 35 default smilies.
Added "Broadcast Entry" page for the administrator.
Added support for servers without magic quotes enabled.
Added multiple image posting from users' "File Uploads" page.
Improved and shortened .htaccess file for subdirectory-style URLs.
Bug Fix: Adding support for birthdays before Jan. 1, 1970

BH v1.04

Added subdirectory URLs for blogs using .htaccess
Added "Remember Me?" feature on login page.
Removed visible passwords from admin control panel.
Added "File Uploads" page for users.
Added gender statistics to "User Statistics" page for administrator.
Added user agreement to new user signup process.
Added randomly generated image for verification code on signup page.
Added Total Logins to admin's quick stats, reorganized page.
Advertisements can now be inserted above and below users' weblogs.
Improved ad insertion - no longer dependent on the presence of HTML tags in the template.
IP addresses now recorded upon user signup.
Added banning features for administrator.
Added <SendThisLink> tag for weblog templates.
Restructured the language pack to reduce load time.
Adding configurable time/date and birthday formats for the administrator.
Removed administrator's manual from admin panel.
Welcome emails now wait until new user's email address has been verified (if enabled).
Added random code to verification link URLs.
Passwords are now fully encrypted.
Admin's Email All Users page now sends emails over multiple page executions.
Added bad word filtering for entries, comments, and profiles.
Added banned IPs field on user General Settings page.
Added pinging features for users.
Added weblog categories, specifiable by the administrator.
Removed allowance for HTML in comments.
Fixed all line-height properties in templates to accomodate large text.
Added user groups.
Bug Fix: When a parent entry is deleted, comments are also deleted.
Bug Fix: Highlighted menu items now use CSS class td.item2 instead of hardcoded color.
Bug Fix: Entry privacy now applies to RSS feeds.

BH v1.03

Added "Email All Users" page for administrator.
Added "User Statistics" page for administrator.
Added "Language Packs" feature for administrator.
Added "New User Welcome Emails" feature for administrator.
Added "New User Email Address Verification" feature for administrator.
Added "Site Feed (RSS)" page for users.
Increased administrator's access log view to 200 logins.
Version number now displayed on admin's summary page.
Updated the administrator's manual.
Removed yourheaderhere.gif from default user-side header HTML.
Bug Fix: Some users could not download a database backup.

BH v1.02

Fixed missing avatar bug on non-index pages.
Added "View Access Log" page for the administrator.

BH v1.01

Added "Banners" feature (automatic HTML insertion on weblogs).
Added "Banner Settings" page for the administrator.
Updated the administrator's manual.