Revision history for newslog.cgi

Version 1.4.0 Jan 19, 2001

    - Fixed several typos in the documentation.
    
    - Reduced the screen size of the editor to make it fit on low resolution
      screens (800x600 and smaller).
      
    - HTML fragment identifiers are now added to each news entry to make 
      them easy to link to from other HTML documents. Links such as:
      https://yoursite.com/newsarchive/2000-May-news.html#2000May12-20:35
      will provide direct access to a news items posted at that specific
      time and date.

    - Added a new option to the configuration file that controls the sort
      order of the archived news index page. The monthly old news files
      may now be sorted in ascending or descending order.

    - Added a new option to the configuration file that allows each user to
      specify a time zone adjustment. Users may now have time/date stamps 
      that match the server time zone or any other time zone desired.

Version 1.3.0 March 5, 2000

    - Fixed a minor bug in the archive index page sort order and made the
      datesorter function slightly faster.
      
    - Added the capability to post news items to a mod_virgule user diary
      page in addition to the local news page. This function is only useful
      for advogato.org members at present and is likely to be replaced in a
      future version by a general XML export capability. 

Version 1.2.0 February 3, 2000

    - The newsFile is created automatically the first time the program
      is run. Previous versions required manual creation of this file.

    - Replaced the $tmpfile config variable with $tmpDir. The program will
      now handle naming the tmp files in such a way as to prevent name
      collisions when there are multiple simultaneous users.

    - Added a changelog (who would have thought a program this simple
      would need one...)

    - Changed the font on the archive index page to be more readable.
    
    - Fixed a problem with variable scope that was causing some variables
      to assume incorrect values when multiple users on the same server
      were simultaneously switching between the preview and edit screens

    - Replaced "require" with "do" to force configuration files to be
      reloaded with each use of the editor under mod_perl. Maliciously
      specifying a file that is not perl code as the configuration file
      will now result in immediate termination of the program and logging
      of the offending file name in the httpd error log.  Thanks to Gleicon
      S. Moraes <gleicon@engebras.com> for noticing this problem.

    - Fixed assorted minor variable scope issues that were causing warnings
      under mod_perl (I think it's finally 100% mod_perl safe now, even 
      with multiple users).

    - Removed the redundant version number variable from the config file.

    - Added a section to the README file with several suggestions for
      restricting access to authorized users only.  Thanks to Michael 
      Stevens <mstevens@imaginet.co.uk> for pointing out this need
      and providing an excerpt from his httpd.conf file.

    - Corrected a Y2K bug that caused news archives from 1999 to appear
      after archives from 2000 or later when sorted. This bug only affects
      users who were using the program prior to Y2K.


Version 1.1.0 December 30, 1999

    - Moved configuration parameters into seperate file to make upgrading
      to new versions easier. 
      
    - Multiple config files are now allowed by specifying the desired file
      in the URL.

    - Added file size in bytes to news archive index page.

    - Changed a few variable names to improve code readability.
    
    - Reworded comments in configuration section.
    
    - Additional mod_perl fixes. Should work okay with one user.

Version 1.0.1 November 13, 1999

    - First public release of source code.
    
    - Minor fixes to allow use under mod_perl.

    - News archive index now sorts months in correct date order.
    
    - Added meta tags to example headers to force page refreshes.

Version 1.0.0 May 5, 1999

    - Initial release