1. improved .htaccess to be more "secure": to keep prying
eyes out
2. rewrote the administration section from scratch using a
modular approach
3. improved the information gathered by error.php - we can
now (hopefully) track what bots are crawling us.
4. fixed a bug in submit.php, fixed a bug in theme zaphod,
fixed a bug in theme marvin.
5. rewrote cron from scratch - it now interfaces with
modules as it should have been from the beginning.
Very cool if you ask me - it can use UNIX/Linux
crontabs.
6. updated widget.inc to be module aware - needs more
work though - maybe this afternoon?
7. updated most modules: small bugfixes, improvements, and
even the documentation
8. removed diary.php and made it a module - you can now
run a drop.org site without a diary system if someone
would prefer so
9. updated all themes to use the new modules where
appropriate
10. added a robots.txt because the error message in the
watchdog become annoying.
11. added the new configuration system (mutliple vhosts
on the same source tree) - use hostname.conf instead
of config.inc
12. removed calendar.inc and made it a module
13. added format_interval() to functions.inc (UnConeD)
14. whatever I forgot ...
site:
- watchdog (rewrite):
+ the collected information provides more details and insights
for post-mortem research
+ input limitation
- database abstraction layer:
+ mysql errors are now verbose and is no longer displayed in a
browser - fixes a possible security risk
- admin.php:
+ updated watchdog page
+ fixed security flaw
- diary.php:
+ fixed nl2br problem
- themes:
+ fixed comment bug in all 3 themes.
- misc:
+ renamed some global variables for sake of consistency:
$sitename --> $site_name
$siteurl --> $site_url
+ added input check where (a) exploitable and (b) possible
+ added input size check
+ various small improvements
+ fixed various typoes
... and much, much more in fact.
- fixed bug in discussion.php
- theme update: comment() now takes 3 arguments:
$comment - an object with comment data
$link - a link to the reply form of that particular
comment
$thread - the subthread of that particular comment
- theme 'marvin' and theme 'zaphod' are updated, theme
'unconed' is left to be done
(suggestion UnConeD)
- Added anchors to comment links to easy comment navigation.
(suggestion UnConeD)
- Fixed duplicate `you voted' after moderating a story.
(suggestion UnConeD)
- Fixed quote bug in administration center.
- Expanded user administration with timezone information.
- Improved the theme system by eliminating the "preview" function.
Let's not make the system more complex then it ought to be.
- Refined watchdog administration.
- ...
- fixed a bug in account.php: the confirmation url is now correct.
- improved error checking + security in diary.php.
- fixed a bug in the html code of theme zaphod.
- improved the date handling: always call format_date().
- expanded account information in administration pages.
- added a new variable $siteurl to ./includes/config.inc.
- added comment moderation to theme zaphod.
- "alter table users add timezone varchar(8);"
- !!! added new timezone feature !!! :o)
by means of better security checks in order to avoid malicious behavior.
In addition, quite some code has been fine-tuned.
However, as a result, every theme will require a small update ...
visual changes:
- removed redundant files user.class.php, calendar.class.php
and backend.class.php.
- converted *all* mysql queries to queries supported by the
database abstraction layer.
- expanded the watchdog to record more information on what
actually happened.
- bugfix: anonymous readers where not able to view comments.
- bugfix: anonymous readers could gain read-only access to
the submission queue.
- bugfix: invalid includes in backend.php
- bugfix: invalid use of '$user->block'
and last but not least:
- redid 50% of the user account system
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- improved the user information page.
- improved the story submission page.
- fixed comments score bug: '.00' --> 'x.00'
- tried fixing the calendar wrapping - UnConeD, is it fixed now?
- provided a link back to the submission queue after having voted
for a story.
- fixed comment subject bug (and security flaw) by replacing
quotes by ".
- updated theme 'zaphod': fixed 2 bugs.
- updated theme 'marvin': fixed 1 bug and improved the layout so
things wrap (hopefully) better in Windows.
- comments have by default no subject pre-set - if no subject is
provided, the user is warned and when a comment eventually got
submitted without a subject, a subject is composed using the x
first characters of the comment's body.
- improved comments on submit.php
- corrected a typo in the FAQ.
UnConeD
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- replace 'article.php' by 'discussion.php'
- comment() still uses old references to account.php: the
parameters you supply to account.php does no longer hold.
You have to update those links to the new syntax.
- commentcontrol() is outdated - copy paste the one of
theme 'marvin' and adjust it to your likings.
- Added a basic implementation of comment moderation
- Updated and renamed my 2 themes: I removed redundant boxes and tried to
work towards simplicity.
- Disabled the other themes as they are broken (I gave you sufficent time
to update them).
- Removed redundant files.
- Added security checks with regard to the usage of HTML tags.
made quite a lot of additions. The most remarkable addition is the
diary server, which I slapped together in less then 40 minutes. Most
of the other changes are however `unvisible' for the user but add much
value to a better maintainability from a developer's objective. Like
always, I fixed quite a number of small bugs that creeped into the code
so we should have a bigger, better and more stable drop.org.
Unfortunatly, some theme update _are_ required:
REQUIRED THEME UPDATES:
=======================
* use format_username() where usernames are used
* use format_date() where timestamps/dates are used
* use format_email() where e-mail addresses are displayed
* use format_url() where url are displayed
* replace 'formatTimestamp' with format_date
* replace 'morelink_*' with 'display_morelink'
[most of these functions are in function.inc or template.inc]
___PLEASE___ (<- this should get your attention ;) update your themes
as soon as possible - it only takes 30 min. to get in sync with the
other themes. Don't start whining about the fact you don't know what
to change ... either eat the source cookie, or ask me to elaborate on
a few changes. Just let me know what's puzzling you and I'll try to
help you out!
TODO LIST FOR NEXT WEEK
=======================
* Add checks for max. text length in textarea's? Is there an HMTL
attribute for this or ...?
* Comment moderation + mojo
* Edit/admin user accounts: block, delete, change permissions, ...
* E-mail password, change password, change e-mail address -> extra
checks and routines to validate such `special' changes.
* Input checking - input filter: bad words, html tags, ...
and sleep, new stuff is finally in drop.org. This is a quite large
and wide-ranging update, which affects almost all of the system files
in one way or another. I fixed quite a lot of bugs and added quite a
lot of new features, mostly administrative tools as these were really
lacking. It's far from finished but it's a start ...
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* URI/URL enhancements to make the URLs more comprehensive and shorter.
* Fixed a bug in submit.php that slipped in during the latest commit.
* Changed a few tidbits on the calendar.
* Fixed a bug in most themes:
$tid --> $cid
COUNT(tid) --> COUNT(cid)
Updated most themes except for UnConeD's.
* Fixed a handful of problems with Jeroen's theme. However, Jeroen's
theme is still not working yet - some features are completly missing,
making the theme not very useful ...
Any known bugs left? If not, I'll head on tonight and add some new
features. I'll probably add basic admin tools to edit articles and
such. Once done, we can start on the comment moderation.
(1) fixed SQL bug in search.php.
(2) fixed SQL bug in discussion.php.
(3) fixed theme-bug in submit.php.
(4) fixed theme-bug in discussion.php.
(5) fixed Dries2-theme: it more or less works now though
I still have to change the look/layout.
Important:
(3) and (4) did fix the i-suddenly-seem-to-log-out behavior.
=========================
Wulp. I did a major upgrade by (a) breaking a lot of stuff and (b) by
re-doing those things in a much better way. I redesigned the stories
and submissions SQL tables, the way they work and the way they co-
operate together.
In addition, I changed the way parameters are passed to
$theme->abstract() and $theme->article(). Instead of passing a
sh!tload of parameters that only cluttered the code and required too
much pre-processing on the engine-side, we now pass a singly object
$story. $story has more variables then the paramaters we used to pass,
so it allows for better theming (if you feel like it).
I'm not finished yet but I decided to upload my changes so you can
start patching and updating your themes: PLEASE update your themes
ASAP! I don't plan making heavy changes like this again, so don't
get intimiated. ;) You mainly have to update article() and abstract()
as well as a minor update of footer():
article(), abstract():
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- use the $story object - see my theme!
- the morelink can now be themed. Currently you can use the function
morelink_bytes() in function.inc to `render' the old morelink. The
idea is to make a morelink_words() or morelink_lines() sooner or
later because "188 bytes in body" is not half as clear as "52 words
in body". Clearly, "52 words" is much more informative. ;-)
footer():
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- in the article-part, you need to update the displayRelatedLinks():
instead of passing it $sid, you need to pass it $story (after you
globaled $story).
Everything should display correct on the following pages:
- main page
- article page (follow a `read more | xxx bytes in bdoy | x comments' link)
- submission queue
Check if they work with your theme: they should as they work fine for
me (theme `Dries') ... If you got stuck, just look at my theme or ask
for a hand on the list!
Hopefully you can update your themes asap. Thanks in advance.
fixed a lot of annoying bugs and boxed whatever there was left to be boxed.
* user.class.php: renamed $user->update() to $user->rehash().
* user.class.php: fixed a typical quote-bug in $user->rehash().
* functions.inc: fixed bug in displayOldHeadlines().
* functions.inc: improved several functions.
* account.php: fixed major bug in showUser().
* account.php: added some extra words to the human-readable
password-generator(tm).
* account.php: boxed ALL functions! Fieuw!
* submit.php: add some general information and guidlines on how to
post submissions.
* config.inc: re-thought the categories to be more generic.
* submission.php: minor changes
* search.pph: fixed minor bug with the author's names.
Woops. I have an exam within 4 hours: back to my books. ;-)
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* Anyone could check sumbit.php, sumbission.php and faq.php for
typoes?
* Anyone could adjust calendar.class.php to fit IE? *huh*huh*
* Don't be scared to hack along (see below)! I'll be working on
the submissions and comments.
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Status of drop v0.10:
(make the system erational' and release it.)
- submissions:
submission queue (75% complete)
submission moderation (75% complete)
- comments:
comment moderation ( 0% complete)
comment administration ( 0% complete)
fixup timestamp mess ( 0% complete)
- user system:
mail password ( 0% complete)
user administation (50% complete)
patch admin.php ( 0% complete)
account confirmation ( 0% complete)
e-mail confimation upon modification of e-mail address
( 0% complete)
- proper handling of forms: text2html, html2text
html2txt, txt2html (10% complete)
bad-word filter (80% complete)
automatic link detection ( 0% complete)
allowed HTML-tag checker ( 0% complete)
- FAQ:
cleanup, disclaimer (50% complete)
- theme:
box everything (100% complete)
running. This means people can submit stories, and moderators can
moderate stories. When a submission reaches a certain positive
threshold (currently set to 2) the submission becomes a story and up
it goes. If a submission reaches a certain negative threshold
(currently set to -2) the submission is dumped.
The fact this is all done by our visitors (without our intervention)
makes it truly spiffy imho. The website can live a life on it's own,
fed by the visitors.
Beware, a lot of work need to be done though ... it's just a first
basic implementation with the core functionality. There are quite
a lot of things that I'll need to change, extend and improve. But
comments, suggestions and ideas are - as always - welcomed.
Please read this log message carefully! It features quite a lot of
important information.
To test the moderation, log in, select theme 'Dries' (the other themes
need a small update) and head by clicking the one and only 'submission
moderation' link. Don't be afraid to submit lame/funny/useless
stories for testing purpose ... as soon we go public, we'll wipe out
the story database. ;-)
WHAT'S NEW?
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* Added 2 new operations to user.class.php to set and retrieve the
user's "history". Very evil but required to avoid people voting
twice.
* Moved dbsave() from account.php to functions.php. In addition, I
added a new function to user.class.php called `save()' that ...
well, saves the object back to the database. It's (IMHO) a better
approach compared to dbsave(): it keeps things organized. ;-)
BUGFIXES:
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* Fixed a (heavy) memory leak in the constructor of user.class.php:
mysql_fetch_array() returns an _associative_ array which made the
constructor `pollute' the object with a lot of useless variables.
* Fixed the slash-problem on the account pages. :-)
* Fixed UnConeD's theme glitch, alas the warning.
* Fixed the e-mail address not showing in the confirmation email
(upon registration).
* Fixed the typical quote and backslash problems in submit.php.
* submit.php now uses the database abstraction layer.
IMPORTANT:
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* You can check the new submission system at:
http://beta.drop.org/submission.php
or by following the `submission moderation' link from my theme.
* UnConeD, Jeroen: you'll need to update your themes to take
advantage of the new function: displayAccount(). This function
will display the `submission moderation' link when a user is
logged on.
* Natrak: you might want to apply the patches in user.class.php
on the other sites using the same user-system.
Dries Buytaert
natrak