As many of you have noticed, the latest version of BlogHoster was not released as we had anticipated. We ran into several critical issues during programming and we are working through those before we can release the software to our users. Unfortunately, we our programming resources are stretched to the limit right now and there just aren't the necessary resources available to properly finish the programming behind the 3.0 upgrade.

That said, BlogHoster v3.0 is still in the plans at some point in the future. A lot of programming work has already gone into the project and we intend to finish the upgrade when we are able to. We greatly apoligize for the delay in the release of v3.0. Those of you that have submitted feature requests and suggestions, we greatly appreciate your input. We are trying to incorporate as many of these suggestions as possible into the launch of 3.0 which will be as soon as possible.

Last month we mentioned that we had a new development team working on a fresh release of BlogHoster for the near future. I am excited to let you all know that the new version of BlogHoster (v3.0) is expected to be released later this month. We have been hard at work adding new features and fixing some performance and security issues from the current version of BlogHoster and we are testing many of these new features out right now.

Keep checking back throughout the month as we will be adding new information about the features that will be included in BlogHoster v3.0 in anticipation of its release. If there is a parrticular feature that you would like to see included, please send us a support ticket with your suggestion.

We're happy to announce that BlogHoster product support and development will be headed by a new project manager effective this August, 2009. In an effort to improve product features and support, Splashpress Media has appointed Justin Scarborough as the new project manager for BlogHoster.

This change in management should result in far improved product support and faster implementation of product fixes and upgrades. Justin and his team will work hard to ensure your support issues are answered as quickly as possible. We are also working on a new release of BlogHoster that will have some great new features and performance enhancements.

Good news to BlogHoster users. Version 2.8 has been released, and is now available for download in the client area. The changes and fixes in this version include:

• Fixed ticket #7: Templates are left aligned in Firefox and Safari (Tunnel, Mexican Sunset, Aphid, Best Friend and Binder)
• Fixed ticket #8: Avatar border is not properly displayed in Firefox and Safari (Tunnel, Mexican Sunset, Aphid, Best Friend and Binder)
• Fixed ticket #1: Problem with apostrophe in the category
• Resolved ticket #2 as invalid bug: Password changed when moving user to another group
• Fixed ticket #6: No line breaks in the confirmation email
• Fixed ticket #10: Custom Profile Fields do not work
• Fixed ticket #11: Warning messages on admin_users.php
• Fixed ticket #12: Warning messages in user's pages

Version 2.8 also has six new templates designed by Design Disease, which we have named Aquamarine, Torn Paper, Clean & Clear, Wallpaper, Spectrum and Rose.

Current users can download the 2.6 to 2.8 upgrade from the client area, while a full version is also available for download to new licensees, or current users who wish to do a full reinstall.

We're happy to announce that BlogHoster is under a new management team effective this November, 2008. Still under parent company Splashpress Media, the new team is now headed by J. Angelo Racoma and Randy Nivales.

Angelo manages the network's creative and marketing aspects, while Randy heads web development. Both have been previously involved in developing, running and marketing large-scale hosted blogging services, so we are assured that the new team has experience and can apply best practices to the management, development and support of BlogHoster.

A new version is in the works, and several new design templates have been uploaded. We will be announcing exciting changes soon. But for now, we are focusing on improving support for the existing userbase.

We've just recovered from a hard disk failure at our current host, which means we've lost much of the data from the last 9 months on our website. This does not affect the product or customer data/information but you will notice we have lost updates on this website and any news during this time. We're now buying redundancy for the website to avoid this happening again. In other news work continues on a new update 2.8 and behind the scenes our laboratories of code monkeys continue to conjure up magic for the eventual release of Bloghoster v3.0!

We have some big news to share, BlogHoster has some new owners! Splashpress Media has taken the reigns and their developers have been getting into the BlogHoster code for the last week. We want to hear from you over at the forum - what features do you want to see? What bugs have you found? How can we make BlogHoster even more awesome? What is the square root of 3,578?

In the spirit of fighting spam, piracy, and improving customer support, we have converted the message forums into a searchable knowledgebase. This database of questions, answers, and discussions about BlogHoster is only fully available to BlogHoster clients. The knowledgebase also contains extra tools and resources such as customer-made modifications and templates. If you have encountered an issue with your BlogHoster installation, be sure to search the knowledgebase before submitting a support ticket - it's likely that your issue has already been addressed.

We have released BlogHoster 2.6. This update includes more necessary bug fixes and updates that will improve the overall performance of your BH installations. Most importantly, we've fixed the spam/security related problems that have been reported recently. For those of you running older versions of BlogHoster, you can download the 2.6 update from the client area.

The BlogHoster 2.5 update has been released. This update includes a number of long-awaited bug fixes and updates that should have all of your BH installations running more smoothly. Special thanks to all the BH admins that contributed fixes to this version, and to Stirling for putting everything together. A fresh forum will be created for this version, and some of the old forums will be archived.

We've just released the BlogHoster 2.4 patch. This update should fix the issues that have popped up since the 2.3 update as a result of the new features we added. Be sure to make a backup of your files when you update, and also be sure to correctly replace your files on your server. No update.php is necessary, so this should be a simple update for everyone.

On behalf of Charlotte and myself, I'm thrilled to announce that 2.3 is finished and ready to be installed for your eager blogger denizens. Thanks especially to Charlotte's sweat and blood, this upgrade contains a number of long-awaited fixes and improvements. I'll likely get carpel-tunnel syndrome if I type them out here, so I'll just refer to the changelog. The new 2.3 zip and the 2.2->2.3 upgrade zip are available for download from the client area - get them while they are hot!

Due to popular demand, some of the forums within the BlogHoster Community have been made private. Only licensed BlogHoster customers will have access to these forums. If you are a current customer and want to gain access, please login to the client area and update your profile.

We have created a zip containing three example portal templates and posted it as a free download in the client area. Our hope is that these will help BH admins create their own customized portals. These three examples are fully compatible with any version of BlogHoster 2. The PHP and HTML is kept seperate and is fully commented to make customizations a bit easier. We hope this helps you all continue to improve your BH-powered communities. Be sure to read through the readme!

We've released BH 2.2 this evening, along with an update package for those of you still running BH 2.1. This update contains fixes for most of the issues reported on the discussion boards. We hope you enjoy the new version - we will continue to bring you our best!

The leap between BH 1.21 and 2.1 was huge. BH 2.1 is a completely new product, with a dizzying number of new features, database changes, and so forth. We have released the long-awaited 1.21 -> 2.1 update script, which is downloadable within the client area.

The next version of BlogHoster, along with an update zip, has been released. This upgrade will fix the bugs found in the initial 2.0 release, and should help those of you with subdomain URL issues. Next, we will be working on the 1.21 to 2.1 upgrade script. Stay tuned!

Our team is happy to announce that the long-awaited BlogHoster 2.0 has been released. This is the largest update we have ever made, including an entirely new frontend, multi-weblogs, and dozens of other features that have been requested by the BH community. The full 2.0 zip file is now available for download in the client area, but the 1.21 -> 2.0 update script has not yet been created. When this becomes available, we will post it in the client area as well. We are amazed by the amount of feedback we have received from the BH community during the development and beta testing of BH 2.0, and we are very happy to see BH evolving into such an interesting project.

The BH team has just released v1.20 along with the v1.12 to v1.20 update script. Many of you will be pleased to know that this update adds the much requested trackback capabilities and uploadable avatars. Also, among other additions, advertisement HTML can now be different among your various user groups and individual user accounts can be suspended.

I am proud to announce that we've released BlogHoster v1.1, including an update package for those of you that are running v1.05. This update includes a number of new features, including entry categories, interest keywords, email address, user links, spam protection for comments, several bug fixes, and many other highly requested additions.

We were recently notified of a mention of BlogHoster in the April/May edition of the Web Host Industry Review. The text reads: "Webligo recently released BlogHoster, software designed to enable web hosts to employ blog hosting services. The latest version comes with several new features, including user groups, subdirectory URLs, file uploading, pinging, email address verification, weblog categories, banning, word filtering and improved advertisement insertion." (P. 10)

Today, the 200^th BlogHoster license was purchased. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have purchased BlogHoster since its first release last December. Your unwavering support and constructive criticism have helped BlogHoster become what it is today.

We are happy to bring you BlogHoster v1.05. In this version, we've included fixes for all known issues as well as several new features. Easy update instructions have also been released for v1.04 users.

Webligo Developments has formed a partnership with Chitika, Inc., a leading context-driven online advertising network. Chitika's BlogContext service gives BlogHoster administrators the ability to place contextually-targeted advertisements on their users' weblogs. Because only ads that are relevant to the weblogs' content are shown, this model generates extraordinary response rates. Also, unlike competitor ad networks, Chitika's BlogContext can even syndicate ads through your users' RSS feeds. We are confident that BlogContext will be useful to BlogHoster customers.

After a thorough four weeks of taking suggestions from the BlogHoster community and creating new features, the development team is proud to release BlogHoster v1.04. Dozens of new features and improvements have been included in this version, making it our most extensive update yet. Among the new features are user groups, subdirectory URLs, file uploading, pinging, email address verification, weblog categories, banning, word filtering, improved advertisement insertion, and more. An update script will be released for v1.03 users within the week.

We are delighted to report that an article about BlogHoster appeared in today's Pasadena Star News. The article, titled "Blogging Brainiacs," gives a very brief overview about the product and the beginnings of our company. It also detailed the case study we are planning with the University of Redlands over the next several months.

The BlogHoster website is now complete, and the discussion boards are online. Feel free to register and begin posting your questions, suggestions, modifications, etc. Additionally, you can now order BlogHoster directly from this website. We are also excited to bring you RSS feeds and a number of other great features in the new version (v1.03) released today. Have a look at the changelog for details on all of the new features included in v1.03.

BlogHoster v1.02, the first purchasable version, has been released. The package now includes complete installation instructions and an install script which walks you through the installation process. BlogHoster can be ordered from Webligo.com. BlogHoster has a very strong development future - we plan to continue creating new features as the program becomes more popular. You can keep track of the changes we make between versions with our changelog.

The development of BlogHoster v1.0 has ended, and testing has begun. We plan to add several features before the official release.