Open Blog 1.2.0 released

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Kami

After a few weeks of work I'm happy to announce that Open Blog 1.2.0 is finally here.

Due to a lack of free time and short timeframe some major features were left out and are moved to the next release (Open Blog 1.3.0), but don't feel disappointed since this release still introduces many new and cool features (among small bug fixes of course)!

Here is just a short list of some of them:

- Mobile / PDA version of Open Blog - a special version made to be viewed on your mobile phone or PDA
- iPhone version of Open Blog - a special version made to be viewed on your iPhone or iPod Touch
- Admin panel tooltips - making admin panel even more easy and friendly to use
- Automatic user agent recognition - Open Blog can automatically detect if you are viewing the blog from a mobile phone, PDA, iPhone or iPod Touch
- Wordpress migrator - migrating from Wordpress with just a few clicks (currently it has been only tested with Wordpress 2.7)
- Captcha for guests - this prevents spam bots from flooding your blog
- Multiple categories support - a single post can be in an unlimited number of categories
- Post tags - now you can tag your post with an unlimited number of tags
- Post publish date - you can set the post publish date in the feature and the post won't be visible until this date
- Sticky posts - sticky posts are always displayed first

The full list can be found in the changelog.

Here is just a sneak peek of what can be found in this release:

- Admin panel tooltips:



- Captcha for guests:



- Open Blog viewed on mobile phone (Opera Mini):



- Open Blog viewed on iPhone:



If you are too lazy to read the list or you just want to see it for yourself don't hesitate and visit the demo!

Updated guides (including the one which describes how to upgrade from Open Blog 1.1.0 to 1.2.0 and how to migrate from Wordpress to Open Blog) can be found on the support page and Open Blog 1.2.0 can be downloaded from the downloads page.

If you have a problem or just want to say thank you, you can visit the "official" Open Blog thread located on the CodeIgniter forums or contact me via email (bugs can be reported using the bug tracker).

Sincerely,
Tomaž