I hope everyone is enjoying time with friends and family during the holiday season. It's been a good year and hopefully 2006 will be even better!!

It's been a while since I posted anything but I just wanted to let everyone know that I am still around. If you had a question posted in the forum I have responded to all of them.

I am almost moved into my house and as soon as the rest of my items arrive from the shipping company I can try to resume my normal life.

Thanks...

chris

If you were having trouble with your account please try it again. Also try resending the activation email if needed. Let me know if you still experience problems.

Thanks...

chris

Thanks to all those that have given Blogg-X a shot and left some feedback. I apoligize for my offline status for the last few days. I am currently in phase 2 of my move back to the US and haven't had any net access. Now I am currently using dial-up which is pretty painful after getting used to DSL. Hopefully in the next few weeks I will get my life back to normal and fix a few things and start working on the other features that have been requested.

For those that are having problems with accounts on the site I will look into this. It's most likely caused by the convergence of the Joomla! and SMF board login. I will have to track the problem down. Thanks for being patient.

Also for those of you now using Blogg-X please let me know and I will again link to your site on the frontpage.

Thanks...

After 1000 downloads of the previous versions of Blogg-X I am happy to announce the latest beta version. This version has changed alot, mainly the removal of the JDBC requirement that was restricting many people from trying out the program.

This version is based on XML-RPC and has greatly simplified the settings required for it to work.

Additional features have also been added, for example the option to edit and delete posted content. For all the new features, screenshots, and other information check out the link below.

Click here for the main page.

Click here to view the CHANGELOG.

Click to download. Mac     Win

If you have any problems please post them into the forums here.

Enjoy...

Blogg-X version .80 Beta has been released to a few private testers. As soon as I have gotten some initial feedback in and no major problems I will be putting out the public beta. A major PHP code problem was identified by my friend Rob at combateffective.us. Hopefully there are no other problems as major as that. Keep watching here for additional information.

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Progress is still slowly being made with the next version of Blogg-X. I'm sorry it's been slow but I have been on vacation and away from the computer alot. Anyway here is some information on the latest progress.

The ability to remove and edit previous posts has been added. Now you can correct those spelling errors a little easier. I can also confirm that this version is still compatible with Mambo and of course is compatible with Joomla! 1.0.3. I have a few minor annoyances that I am still working out, but I have decided to initiate a feature freeze in order to get the code cleaned up and the last few problems ironed out so everyone can get their hands on it a little sooner.

Hopefully soon I will have the download available.

Thanks...

Just a quick update on how things are going. I have Blogg-X working entirely with XML-RPC and am now at the point where I am adding in features requested by users. Here are the features currently completed:

1. Option of frontpage posting

2. Option of posting in plain text

3. Test connection button tests for valid connection and username and password.

4. Setup now only requires publisher/admin username and password and the website url.

To those unfamiliar with XML-RPC let me try to explain it. First its a web services programming scheme designed for client server application development. With Blogg-X there is now a mambot that is loaded via Joomla! that acts as the server portion and does most of the database updates just as Joomla! itself does. The client portion of Blogg-X is the java application that runs from the desktop and communicates with the server.

What does this mean for users? The greatest advantage is all sites running Joomla! can now use Blogg-X. The second is the simplified setup from the previous version of Blogg-X. Now all that is needed is the username and password of an admin or publisher on the site. Third advantage is that the passwords are sent from the client to server via an MD5 hash, meaning the password is not sent in clear text. This just adds a bit of security. Also I have designed the server to check the sent password from the client against the password stored in the Joomla! database and only allow updates if they match. This should make things a little more secure as well.

I will post another update when I have progressed a little further. I am also going to be sending out my current test version to a couple private beta testers to get some initial feedback.

Thanks...

The website conversion to Joomla! has almost been completed. I had some problems converting the forum but hopefully I have gotten it all straightened out. If you are a member and are having problems logging in please let me know. You may also try the "forgotten password" link to see if that fixes your problem.

I have also opened back up the guest comment access but with the addition of the security image. Hopefully this will stop the automatic spamming stuff.

If you find anything else that doesn't work in the next few days please let me know.

Thanks...

I am converting the site over from Mambo to Joomla! in the next few days so the site my be unavailable at times. I am going to do my best to preserve the forum data and all member data but am not making any promises.

All the downloads will still be available at the Joomla! developer site.

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