[geeklog-cvs] geeklog: Updated documentation
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Sat Oct 31 04:52:51 EDT 2009
changeset 7410:b07ac3dba962
url: http://project.geeklog.net/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/geeklog/rev/b07ac3dba962
user: Dirk Haun <dirk at haun-online.de>
date: Sat Oct 31 09:52:30 2009 +0100
description:
Updated documentation
diffstat:
public_html/docs/english/changes.html | 4 ++++
public_html/docs/english/index.html | 5 +++--
public_html/docs/english/support.html | 8 +++++---
public_html/docs/english/theme.html | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
4 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diffs (147 lines):
diff -r c776e22f2de6 -r b07ac3dba962 public_html/docs/english/changes.html
--- a/public_html/docs/english/changes.html Fri Oct 30 21:13:23 2009 +0100
+++ b/public_html/docs/english/changes.html Sat Oct 31 09:52:30 2009 +0100
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
<li>Minor security enhancement: "Important" cookies (like the session cookies)
are now created with the HttpOnly flag set. This will help avoid some XSS
attacks, provided your browser supports this flag.</li>
+<li>The Migrate option in the install script can now also be applied to an
+ existing database (i.e. you don't need to import a database dump to update
+ your URLs and paths).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bugfixes</h3>
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@
re-open comments on stories that were closed due to this bug, you can use
this SQL request:<br>
<code style="margin-left:2em">UPDATE gl_stories SET commentcode = 0, comment_expire = 0 WHERE commentcode = 1;</code></li>
+<li>The comment speed limit was being ignored.</li>
<li>The admin group for the Static Pages plugin was created with a wrong name
in Geeklog 1.6.0 (fresh installs only).</li>
</ul>
diff -r c776e22f2de6 -r b07ac3dba962 public_html/docs/english/index.html
--- a/public_html/docs/english/index.html Fri Oct 30 21:13:23 2009 +0100
+++ b/public_html/docs/english/index.html Sat Oct 31 09:52:30 2009 +0100
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
<p>Geeklog was originally developed for the Security Geeks web site and was
originally authored by Jason Whittenburg. In early 2001, Jason decided it
was time to devote his time to other things and handed the project over to
-Tony Bibbs. Tony is now focusing on getting <a href="http://www.apteno.net/AptitudeCMS/trac">AptitudeCMS</a> (formerly Geeklog 2), a next generation CMS, off
+Tony Bibbs. Tony is now focusing on getting <a href="http://www.aptitudecms.org/">AptitudeCMS</a> (formerly Geeklog 2), a next generation CMS, off
the ground, while Dirk Haun is now acting as the Geeklog maintainer.</p>
<p>Geeklog is bona fide open-source software and has been released under the
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@
various steps may be over or under explained. It's assumed that you have
some working experience with some form of <a
href="http://httpd.apache.org/">Apache</a> (or IIS), SQL databases (such as
-<a href="http://www.mysql.com/">MySQL</a>), and <a
+<a href="http://www.mysql.com/">MySQL</a> and <a
+href="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/">MS SQL</a>), and <a
href="http://www.php.net/">PHP</a>.</p>
<div class="footer">
diff -r c776e22f2de6 -r b07ac3dba962 public_html/docs/english/support.html
--- a/public_html/docs/english/support.html Fri Oct 30 21:13:23 2009 +0100
+++ b/public_html/docs/english/support.html Sat Oct 31 09:52:30 2009 +0100
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
<p>Want to meet the Geeklog developers and other Geeklog users? Join us on <a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/geeklog">IRC</a>: channel #geeklog on irc.freenode.net.</p>
+<p>If you don't have an IRC client, you can also use the web-based <a href="http://www.geeklog.net/staticpages/index.php/irc-chat">IRC chat</a> option on <tt>geeklog.net</tt>.</p>
+
<p><strong>Note:</strong> The channel is often very quiet. It's usually best to "just ask your question" and be willing to wait a bit for a response.</p>
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@
<h3>Bug Reports and Feature Requests</h3>
-<p>Found a bug? <a href="http://project.geeklog.net/">Submit a bug report</a> on our project website. Of course, you can also submit feature requests or patches there.</p>
+<p>Found a bug? <a href="http://project.geeklog.net/tracking/">Submit a bug report</a> on our project website. Of course, you can also submit feature requests or patches there.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> Before submitting a new bug report or feature request, please do a search first (on the project site as well as on the Geeklog Homepage) to make sure it hasn't been covered before. Thanks.</p>
@@ -55,14 +57,14 @@
<p>Want to develop a plugin or some other add-on? Read the <a href="http://wiki.geeklog.net/index.php/Plugin_Developers_Handbook">Plugins Developer's Guide</a> and join the <a href="http://lists.geeklog.net/mailman/listinfo/geeklog-modules">geeklog-modules</a> and <a href="http://lists.geeklog.net/mailman/listinfo/geeklog-devel">geeklog-devel</a> mailing lists.</p>
-<p>Want to help in Geeklog development? See <a href="http://www.geeklog.net/article.php/developer-resources">this story</a> for suggestions on how to get started. And if you already made a modification, why not <a href="http://wiki.geeklog.net/index.php/Submitting_Patches">submit a patch</a>?
+<p>Want to help in Geeklog development? Here's an <a href="http://wiki.geeklog.net/index.php/Getting_Started">article on how to get started</a>. It has pointers to all the resources you need to know about.</p>
<h2>Security Issues</h2>
<p>The Geeklog developers take security very seriously. Should you need to report a security issue with Geeklog, please email details to <a href="mailto:geeklog-security at lists.geeklog.net" rel="nofollow">geeklog-security(at)lists.geeklog.net</a>. Thank you.</p>
-<p><strong>Note:</strong> Posts to geeklog-security are of course <em>not</em> discarded and you don't (and can't, actually) subscribe to this list. Simply send an email to this address and we will get back to you ASAP.</p>
+<p><strong>Note:</strong> Posts to geeklog-security are of course <em>not</em> discarded and you don't need to (and can't, actually) subscribe to this list. Simply send an email to this address and we will get back to you ASAP.</p>
<p>Also see our <a href="http://www.geeklog.net/staticpages/index.php/GeeklogSecurity">Security statement</a> on the Geeklog Homepage.</p>
diff -r c776e22f2de6 -r b07ac3dba962 public_html/docs/english/theme.html
--- a/public_html/docs/english/theme.html Fri Oct 30 21:13:23 2009 +0100
+++ b/public_html/docs/english/theme.html Sat Oct 31 09:52:30 2009 +0100
@@ -201,16 +201,36 @@
<li>Added an icon, <tt>images/update.png</tt>, to be displayed in the admin's
list of plugins when a plugin needs to be updated. The icon should have the
same size as the "edit" icon (16x16 pixel in the Professional theme).</li>
+<li>The Topic Editor now contains a line displaying the number of stories in
+ the current topic. New variables in <tt>admin/topic/topiceditor.thtml</tt>:
+ <code>{lang_num_stories}</code>, <code>{num_stories}</code></li>
+<li>Added a link back to the story to the "Mail Story to a Friend" form,
+ <tt>profiles/contactauthorform.thtml</tt>. Available variables:
+ <tt>{lang_title}</tt>, <tt>{story_title}</tt>, <tt>{story_url}</tt>,
+ <tt>{story_link}</tt>.</li>
<li>Added a "send copy to myself" option to
<tt>profiles/contactauthorform.thtml</tt></li>
+<li>Added textarea fields for meta description and meta keywords to the Story
+ Editor (<tt>admin/story/storyeditor.thtml</tt>,
+ <tt>admin/story/storyeditor_advanced.thtml</tt>).</li>
+<li>Added textarea fields for meta description and meta keywords to the Topic
+ Editor (<tt>admin/topic/topiceditor.thtml</tt>).</li>
+<li>Added a <code>{remoteservice}</code> variable in
+ <tt>admin/user/edituser.thtml</tt> to optionally display the name of the
+ service a Remote User was using to log in.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h3>Cosmetic changes</h3>
+
+<p>These changes are mostly cosmetic and won't affect the functionality of a
+theme if not applied:</p>
+
+<ul>
<li>Cosmetics: Made the look and layout of the "Send mail to user"
(<tt>profiles/contactuserform.thtml</tt>), "Mail Story to a Friend"
(<tt>profiles/contactauthorform.thtml</tt>), and "Mail Users"
(<tt>admin/mail/mailform.thtml</tt>) dialogs more consistent (alignment,
size of input fields).</li>
-<li>The Topic Editor now contains a line displaying the number of stories in
- the current topic. New variables in <tt>admin/topic/topiceditor.thtml</tt>:
- <code>{lang_num_stories}</code>, <code>{num_stories}</tt></li>
<li>Cosmetics: Fixed the position of the story preview when using the
advanced editor (was slightly shifted to the right, <a
href="http://project.geeklog.net/tracking/view.php?id=963">bug #0000963</a>). Changes to the <code><div id="preview"></code> in
@@ -225,21 +245,10 @@
<tt>admin/common/edit_permissions.thtml</tt>. Introduced new CSS class
<tt>admin-list-smalltable</tt>, which is almost identical to
<tt>admin-list-table</tt> but without the <code>width:100%;</code></li>
-<li>Added a link back to the story to the "Mail Story to a Friend" form,
- <tt>profiles/contactauthorform.thtml</tt>. Available variables:
- <tt>{lang_title}</tt>, <tt>{story_title}</tt>, <tt>{story_url}</tt>,
- <tt>{story_link}</tt>.</tt>
-<li>Added textarea fields for meta description and meta keywords to the Story
- Editor (<tt>admin/story/storyeditor.thtml</tt>,
- <tt>admin/story/storyeditor_advanced.thtml</tt>).</li>
-<li>Added textarea fields for meta description and meta keywords to the Topic
- Editor (<tt>admin/topic/topiceditor.thtml</tt>).</li>
-<li>Added a <code>{remoteservice}</code> variable in
- <tt>admin/user/edituser.thtml</tt> to optionally display the name of the
- service a Remote User was using to log in.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Changes to plugin templates</h3>
+
<p>Note that plugin template files are kept in a directory
<tt>plugins/<i>pluginnname</i>/templates</tt> and not in the <tt>layout</tt>
directory.</p>
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