Napata CMS 1.4.2012 Released

Napata CMS 1.4.2012 is now out. This is the main database-driven script of this project. The main change in this release is that the script now uses PHP's PDO to run all database queries. This is a major improvement since the use of mysql_* functions is not recommended; these functions are deprecated. Additional changes include bugfixes to the rendering engine, addition of a "My Account" link to the ActionLinks bar, a revamped admin area and the inclusion of static pages. Here is the complete changelog:
  1. New: SQL Queries rewritten to use PHP PDO.
  2. Change: "My Account" link introduced.
  3. Fix: Theme fixes.
  4. Change: Method showErrorPage() for error pages.
  5. Fix: Data validation for user query.
  6. New: Parser extension Box tag.(Markup variant)
  7. New: Parser function extended. Arrows syntax, forced line break, Alert, Incomplete, Notice tags methods.(Markup variant)
  8. Fix: Data validation on special pages' queries.
  9. Change: Code cleanup
  10. Fix: Security Fixes.
  11. Change: SQL syntax improved; to improve site performance.
  12. Change: Administration panel improved.
  13. Change: Footer template changes shows Admin Email.
  14. Change: Renamed the Installer Check file to Check.php
  15. New: Check.php checks for register_globals and allow_url_fopen settings too.
  16. New: RevisionMessage() added. Shows the latest page link when a revied page of the same name is accessed.
  17. New: Theme tweaks to pre-installed themes to show the RevisionsMessage.
  18. New: Die Syntax introduced. Syntax format is die{{Your text....}}die. (Markup Variant)
  19. New: Edit summary now shown on the "Revisions" and "All Pages" pages.
  20. New: Update script revamped. You can upgrade your site by pointing your script to the update.php script.
  21. New: Check.php checks for update.php script too.
  22. New: Static pages introduced.
  23. New: Navigation generated dynamically. Navigation items consist of static pages.
  24. New:Action links replace forms on all pre-installed themes.
  25. Change: "Hello World" article replaced by a sample article.
  26. New: Last modified timestamp shown on "All articles" and "Revisions" pages.
  27. Change: Update scripts' queries re-written; queries now use PHP's PDO.
Remember, you can get the script on Google Code as well as Sourceforge.

Napata Flat File CMS 1.2.2012 is out!

This comes approximately 1 month after the release of the script's first release candidate. But that ain't late at all. This release fixes a phoney bug that caused PHP code to display instead of the action links on a web page. Additionally, some other cosmetic changes have been made to the script. Here is the entire changelog for the flat file cms script:
  1. New: Config file added: npt-load.php
  2. Change: Moved $copyright variable to npt-load.php config file.
  3. Change: Added DIRPATH costant to the config. Points to the absolute path to the folders.
  4. Change: Deletion of error_reporting code in some pages. Config file now handles the error_reporting code.
  5. Fix: Fixes to E_NOTICE and E_WARNING errors.
  6. Change: Sidebar styling changes.
  7. Change: Renamed the sidebar heading from "Other Articles" to "Articles".
  8. Fix: Replaced PHP short tags on ActionLinks method to fix display problems of action links.
That is all for now. Remember you can download the latest release both on Sourceforge and Google Code (see the sidebar links on your right). Woohoo! I'm out.

Napata Flat File CMS 1.2rc1.2012 Released

The first release candidate of the text file package of Napata CMS: Napata Flat File CMS 1.2rc1.2012, is now out in the wild.
It is very simple to set up a single page brochure site using this script. Simply unzip the package and upload it to your server.
You can then add other articles to the site using an FTP client or the File Uploads console on the site.
It is as simple as that.

Here are some of the features of this script:
  1. Requires no database.
  2. No installer.
  3. Text files CMS
  4. No administration backend.
  5. Static frontpage.
The project's SourceForge and Google Code pages are:
  1.  http://sourceforge.net/projects/napataflatcms/ 
  2.  http://code.google.com/p/napata-flat-file-cms/
NOTE: This is a release candidate and is meant for testing purposes only. Do not use this on a production site. Nicked a bug? Simply post on the project's Google Code issues tracker [http://code.google.com/p/napata-flat-file-cms/issues/list] or on the project's Sourceforge bug tacker[http://sourceforge.net/p/napataflatcms/tickets/].

Napata Flat File CMS Release Candidate 1 on the Way

I'll be releasing the first release of the minimalist, text file only package of Napata CMS in the coming days. After a week of inspirational coding and running of tests on the script over the scraps of free time I can get, I am happy to say that the result is usable. Remember, this script will not be a detail-to-detail replica of the main, database-driven script (please read this post to get a grip on the design principles of the flat file CMS).

Download Sites for the Script


If you would like to download the script you can get it on both Sourceforge and Google Code. Here are the links to the project pages:

Migrating to PDO and (may be) Create a Text-File Napata CMS

Moving over to PDO? Yup. This will be one of the main, in fact the main objective for the development of the upcoming release of Napata CMS. Ideally, hanging on the deprecated mysql_* functions is not favourable since the PHP developers discourage the use of the MySQL extension (notice the big red notice above this page. And read this post too.) So there it is. It will take me some time re-writing all the queries but at least I do know every bit of code in the application. Hopefully, by the end of the year, I will have released something, plus some release candidates, that fully depend on PDO for querying the database.

What about a Text File Version of the Script?


This is in the pre-alpha stage. Actually, my idea is that of a minimalist version of the script. Actually, I am thinking of it being radically different in it's functionality. It will not have every thing that the main, database-driven script has. It will be a simple, straight-forward script. Dead simple. In fact, I am thinking of it being sort of a Rendering Engine only (no editing interfaces, no relational features between articles, and so on and so on ....). So, well, back to hacking. Wish me some luck in this next effort.

Napata CMS 1.2.2012 Released

The official release of Napata CMS 1.2 is out almost 1 week after I released its first release candidate. Not to bore you in any way, here is the changes I have implemented since the release of 1.2rc1:
1. Fix: NOTICE errors fixed on the index.php page.
2. Fix: NOTICE errors fixes on the prepackaged themes.
3. New: Accessing the editing form now uses GET rather than POST.
4. Fix: Dialog that comes up on reload of the editing form eliminated.
5. Change: Minor changes to the themes.
6. Change: Reverted the home page title from 'Recent Changes' back to 'Home'.
7. Change: Reduced the teaser's word limit to 100 words on the index page.
That is it for now.

Remember, you can get the script's packages (Markdown, Mediawiki syntax and WYSIWYM) on Google Code too.

Update: 10th, September, 2012


I've corrected a little bug on the 1.2.2012 release. The bug was on the editing and create form pages that affected the Syntax Help sliding menu. The latest file is now up online.

Update: 13th, September, 2012


The project's Google Code page has changed. The new project's home can be found at http://code.google.com/p/napata-cms/. My aim here was to make the name more descriptive on the site. Otherwise, nothing much has changed. All future releases of this script will be posted here. Nice!

Napata CMS 1.2.2012: Release Update

I'll be releasing the official Napata CMS 1.2.2012 in the coming days. Nicked some [ter|hor]rible bugs in the release candidate that I uploaded last week plus some numerous E_NOTICE errors in the code. However, the cleanup of the E_NOTICE errors will be an on going effort on my part. So expect some E-NOTICE bugs in this release (they aren't fatal errors). I'll be cleaning them up as the script's development goes on.

Napata CMS 1.2 Release Candidate 1 is out!

Napata CMS 1.2rc1.2012 is out. The first release of the Napata CMS script. This is a release candidate of the upcoming official release of the 1.2.2012. The script comes in 3 packages: Mediawiki/Markup, Markdown and WYSIWYM packages. Here comes the changelog (quite  a long list):
1. Change: Project name change to Napata CMS from 230 CMS.(OK, this was stated on a previous post).
2. User 'Bio' information enabled.
3. Change: Updated the Account Details page. Users can change their bio info and name (full names) too.
4. Change: Pages/posts GET variable changed from "id" to "post".
5. New: function Delete(). This function prevents the deletion of pages which are not revisions.
6. Change: Maximum title length for posts increased from 30 to 50 characters.
7. New: Links automatically detected in the text by parser. (Markup variant)
8. New: MeatCMS theme added to the pre-installed themes.
9.New: MarkItUp, MarkItUp-Markdown and WYMeditor integration.
10.Fix: CSS max-width, min-width constraints on Edit forms.
11.New: Success messages returned after certain events e.g. logging out, update of site settings etc.
12.New: HTMLPurifier library integration.
13.New: TestPostBody() function added. Limits the creation of new revisions to only where a major edit to a post has been done.
14.Change: Minor change to the installer to detect magic_quotes_gpc setting.
15. Fix: Numerous fixes to the file paths server-side inclusions.
16. New: Added a last_modified column to the Articles table.
17. New: Last mofied timestamp on all articles.
18. Change: Fixes to the signedup column structure.
19. New: AuthorData() function ensures that the Editor's name and Last_modified timestamp are shown on normal articles only.
20. Change: Minor changes to the pre-installed themes.
21. New: Articles' last modified timestamps and timestamp column added to the database and themes.
22. Change: Changed signedup column from TIMESTAMP to DATETIME type.
23. New: Added database upgrade script to release 1.2.
24. New: ERROR_LEVEL constant now accepts both named constants or their equivalent integers.

Get it on Sourceforge and Google Code


You can the packages on Sourceforge. Enjoy!
P.S: The Markup releases do not have any "extension" to the filename while the Markdown and WYSIWYM packages have the "MD" and "WYM" words respectively on their zip packages


Update


Nicked a horrible bug on the Markdown package of the release candidate that returned a blank page after editing a post/article. The corrected file is now up for downloading. ;-)

1.2 Release Candidate on the way

I'll be releasing a release candidate for the upcoming 1.2 release of the script some time this week. . This release has some major changes to it starting right from the database layout. Now that is a MAJOR release. Amongst the changes is the addition of an EDITOR (wow!). So watch this space.

P.S: The project's Sourceforge project is here.

Napata CMS: First Post

This is Napata CMS' blog. I'll be moving all 230 CMS future releases to this new project. All future releases of this CMS script will ride on the Napata "brandname"(?). I'll be making the changes to the new project over the coming months. Watch this space. Holla!
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