Version 0.8.6 of b2evolution
Release Notes: This version has been fully internationalized and several l10ns are already included. Security has been improved. The login/registering system has been rewritten. The public interface can now restrict access to protected/private posts based on user login. The bookmarklet and sidebar features have been upgraded to full support of evo features. The regular backoffice and the Blogger API have also been improved. Comment spam prevention (vig-rx syndrome) has been added through a blacklist. This also applies to referrer spam. The codebase has undergone heavy refactoring and gained flexibility.
Other releases
Release Notes: This release has a file manager, mailing lists/subscriptions for new posts and/or new comments, group-based blog permissions with presets for new users, and an enhanced user interface.
Release Notes: Scalability and speed improvements. Browsing capabilities are extended. Trackbacks and pingbacks are shown on the "last comments" page. A Wacko markup plugin and WikiLinks? plugin are added. Referer spam is detected early, and triggers a 403 error. Public statistics are removed to avoid attracting spam. Trying to access public statistics triggers a 410 error. The entire comment text is searched for blacklisted keywords. HTML entities may be used in blacklisted keywords. URL input into feedback is restricted to defeat comment spam. rel="nofollow" is used for feedback author URLs. The antispam blacklist is not displayed by default.
Release Notes: Scalability and speed were improved. The browsing capabilities were extended. Trackbacks and pingbacks are shown on the "last comments" page. The Wacko markup plugin and the WikiLinks? plugin were added. Referer spam is detected early and triggers a 403 error. Public statistics were removed in order to avoid attracting spam. Trying to access public statistics now triggers a 410 error. The entire comment text is now searched for blacklisted keywords. HTML entities may now be used in blacklisted keywords. URL input into feedback was restricted to defeat comment spam. rel="nofollow" is now used for feedback author URLs. The antispam blacklist is not displayed by default.
Release Notes: Security fixes and minor bugfixes were made. Many locales and translations were updated or added. Translations are now available for the following locales: cs_CZ, da_DK, de_DE, es_MX, es_VE, fi_FI, fr_FR, gl_ES, hu_HU, it_IT, ja_JP, lt_LT, nb_NO, nl_NL, pt_BR, pt_PT, sk_SK, sv_SE, th_TH, tr_TR, tr_TR_utf-8, zh_CN, zh_CN_utf-8, and zh_TW. A new skin, called "natural pink", was added.
Release Notes: This version is focused on ease of installation and feature richness. With this release, no config file editing is necessary, as all configuration is handled through the installer or administrative back-end. This release also introduces plug-ins, which allows 3rd-party developers to easily extend the functionality or add additional displays to b2evolution. Several popular text formatting plug-ins have been included, such as Textile, Auto-P, Greymatter, BB code, Texturize, and graphic smilies.
