BlogCFC 5.1 Released

I'm happy to announce the release of BlogCFC 5.1. This release adds some very cool features including a simple content management system. This "mini" CMS allows for content editing outside the blog system. This is a great way to build supporting pages for the blog. Along with the CMS changes, here are some of the other changes:

  • Subscriptions now require validation. I had a lot of fake email addresses in my database and this will help clean it out.
  • You can now send an email to your subscribers. This lets you create a newsletter or just communicate with your subscribers.
  • Some clean up to the administrator. I added AJAX to the entry editor using Adobe's Spry technology.
  • Gravatar support in the comments. Gravatar is a cool technology, but the server sucks. There may be something to replace it soon though...

As always, you can download from the project page, and donations to the wish list appreciated. (Especially if it's Prey!)

So why haven't I updated this blog to 5.1? My blog is a mess. Truly, it is. I'm working on a new version now with a completely new design. All I have to do is get some of the side content down, and thankfully that is a lot easier now.

Enjoy!

Comments (23) Jul 14, 2006 8:14 PM Views: 4714

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I guess you've been busy as I see you have other releases.

Thanks Ray. Installation update went well.
# Posted By Gary Funk | 7/14/06 11:49 PM
As an FYI the MySQL script is missing the field: `verified` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0' in the tblblogsubscribers table. Also, I loaded the script on MySQL 5.0 and have not seen any problems other than the missing field above.

Thanks again,
Jason
# Posted By Jason Daiger | 7/15/06 1:32 AM
Thanks again. I made the alterations to allow for DB username and password properties in all the files; if they are useful let me know.
# Posted By James Holmes | 7/15/06 3:16 AM
Jason, I accidentally added it to users, not subscribers. It is fixed in SVN (will be in 5 mins), and I'll be making a 5.1.001 release this weekend.

James. Email me the mods. I'll consider it for my next "big" release.
# Posted By Raymond Camden | 7/15/06 5:27 AM
Thanks as always, for sharing you're proverbial <cftoybox /> with us.

Your willingness to share your work is a continual inspiration to Robert, Conrad, and I and we hope to be pitching in with our own work soon.

Take Care,
Mike.
# Posted By Mike Kelp | 7/15/06 12:52 PM
No problem Mike, glad you like it.
# Posted By Raymond Camden | 7/15/06 3:51 PM
I get a error after installation?

"usecaptcha is not a valid property."

any ideas...
# Posted By tom hanson | 7/15/06 10:41 PM
Did you correctly update your INI file? CAPTCHA has been in since 5.0.
# Posted By Raymond Camden | 7/16/06 4:37 PM
Very cool application. I ran into one issue where links at the beginning of comments would extend beyond the width of the right menus and destroy the layout structure. This was fixed by adding div {word-wrap: break-word;} beneath body {background-color: #c0c0c0;} in style.css.

-Carl
# Posted By Carl | 7/19/06 3:05 PM
Ray,

I encountered the following error when submitting my first entry from the admin section:

Date:    7/21/06 1:00 PM
Script Name: /fde/admin/entry.cfm?id=0
Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060508 Firefox/1.5.0.4
Referer: http://63.135.103.158/fde/admin/entry.cfm?id=0
Message: access denied (coldfusion.tagext.GenericTagPermission cfschedule)
Type: coldfusion.runtime.CfErrorWrapper

Any idea what I am doing wrong? My website is hosted at CrystalTech.

Thanks for this great tool!

Raphael.
# Posted By Raphael Anzenberger | 7/21/06 3:05 PM
They blocked cfschedule it appears. I only use cfschedule for entries in the future. Did you set it up as such?
# Posted By Raymond Camden | 7/21/06 3:07 PM
I really like the abstracted text area - I just dropped in TinyMCE with absolutely no drama whatsoever.
# Posted By James Holmes | 7/22/06 10:01 AM
If you write up what you did, I'd post it to blogcfc.com. (I don't mean you, I mean email me and I'll post it, crediting you.)
# Posted By Raymond Camden | 7/22/06 10:03 AM
Do you have an upgrade path. I have an older version that I have been using for the past 9 months, and I don't want to start over. I like some of the new features ...

Thanks
# Posted By Paul Bailey | 9/24/06 3:11 PM
You would need to carefully read the readme.txt file.
# Posted By Raymond Camden | 9/24/06 9:22 PM
Take a look at this error. I can't make it work on HostMySite shared account. Do you have any idea why?

http://www.viaromania.eu/blog/
# Posted By Adrian | 10/15/07 2:00 PM
Are you using MySQL? If so - what db type?
# Posted By Raymond Camden | 10/15/07 2:04 PM
Yes, I am using mySQL 5.0.22
In the config file I have blogDBType=MYSQL
Administraton area works perfect.
# Posted By Adrian | 10/15/07 2:09 PM
What do you have in the CF Admin?

Btw - you know this blog is for BlogCFC 5.1. I assume you are using 5.9.
# Posted By Raymond Camden | 10/15/07 2:10 PM
I don't have access to CF Admin.
It is a shared hosting evn. with ColdFusion 8, MySQL 5 Database.
# Posted By Adrian | 10/15/07 2:17 PM
You need to speak to your host then. Ensure they are using the MySQL 4/5 DSN, not the MySQL 3 dsn.
# Posted By Raymond Camden | 10/15/07 2:43 PM
I don't have access to CF Admin.
It is a shared hosting evn. with ColdFusion 8, MySQL 5 Database. http://www.oyunlarkeyfi.com
# Posted By oyun | 4/12/08 4:28 AM
Then you need to contact your host Oyun.
# Posted By Raymond Camden | 4/14/08 9:24 AM
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