This release has a file manager, mailing lists/subscriptions for new posts and/or new comments, group-based blog permissions with presets for new users, and an enhanced user interface.
Scalability and speed improvements. Browsing capabilities are extended. Trackbacks and pingbacks are shown on the "last comments" page. A Wacko markup plugin and WikiLinks? plugin are added. Referer spam is detected early, and triggers a 403 error. Public statistics are removed to avoid attracting spam. Trying to access public statistics triggers a 410 error. The entire comment text is searched for blacklisted keywords. HTML entities may be used in blacklisted keywords. URL input into feedback is restricted to defeat comment spam. rel="nofollow" is used for feedback author URLs. The antispam blacklist is not displayed by default.
Scalability and speed were improved. The browsing
capabilities were extended. Trackbacks and
pingbacks are shown on the "last comments" page.
The Wacko markup plugin and the WikiLinks? plugin
were added. Referer spam is detected early and
triggers a 403 error. Public statistics were
removed in order to avoid attracting spam. Trying
to access public statistics now triggers a 410
error. The entire comment text is now searched for
blacklisted keywords. HTML entities may now be
used in blacklisted keywords. URL input into
feedback was restricted to defeat comment spam.
rel="nofollow" is now used for feedback author
URLs. The antispam blacklist is not displayed by
default.
Security fixes and minor bugfixes were made. Many
locales and translations were updated or added.
Translations are now available for the following
locales: cs_CZ, da_DK, de_DE, es_MX, es_VE, fi_FI,
fr_FR, gl_ES, hu_HU, it_IT, ja_JP, lt_LT, nb_NO,
nl_NL, pt_BR, pt_PT, sk_SK, sv_SE, th_TH, tr_TR,
tr_TR_utf-8, zh_CN, zh_CN_utf-8, and zh_TW. A new
skin, called "natural pink", was added.
This version is focused on ease of installation
and feature richness. With this release, no config
file editing is necessary, as all configuration is
handled through the installer or administrative
back-end. This release also introduces plug-ins,
which allows 3rd-party developers to easily extend
the functionality or add additional displays to
b2evolution. Several popular text formatting
plug-ins have been included, such as Textile,
Auto-P, Greymatter, BB code, Texturize, and
graphic smilies.
