I've made a few improvements to the new release:
- Central config file (bblog.conf)
- New and improved archive system
- Permanent links
- Sidebar links manager
- Theme switcher
Additionally, you can also specify how many entries you want to show on the main page, the timestamp format, Charset, Language, the default editor, and a couple of other goodies. The gripe I've heard the most, so far, is that people want to change the default editor and had to go through the script and change every instance of vi. Well, that's fixed now, you can specify which editor you want to use in bblog.conf and be done with it.
The archive system and the permalinks are tied pretty closely together. Basically, you just add, delete or modify entries as you see fit and the archives work automagically.
The sidebar links manager allows you to group links by category and then specify in which order those categories will appear in your sidebar. There's really not much more to it than that. Check out the menu selection, see if it makes sense, if not email me and tell me how to write it where it makes sense.
The theme switcher (hopefully) will make it very simple to switch between different themes from within the menu. Basically, if a theme is packaged correctly and unpacked in the theme directory, it will be available in the menu. Simple as that.
For the next release I hope to add a syndication feed but I'm not sure on what format. Should I use RSS, RDF or Atom? I don't see the point in implementing all three and I don't want to maintain them all either. I guess I could code them as plugins or something for the people who just have to have one, but seriously, can't we agree on a format and just stick to that one?
There will be some bugfixes and code cleanup I'm sure, but so far, everything works for me at home on my Debian box and at work on Mac OSX. Your milage may vary.
Posted by Phil McClure in Project Release on September 04, 2004