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Similar to the URL rewriting guide by Adam Tuttle, Mark Aplet has written a guide on how to apply URL rewriting for Mango using ISAPI_Rewrite 3.0.

Posted on August 23, 2008
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I have released version 1.1!

What's new:

• New template tags that allow manipulation of pods
• Initial Pod Manager
  
• Updated Google Analytics plugin
• Updated Form-to-email plugin to work with Captcha
  
• File explorer fix for IE
• Users can create drafts that do not have title or content
• Upgraded TinyMCE editor
  
• Miscelaneous bug fixes

The biggest new feature in the release 1.1 is the ability for plugins to add "Pods" to specific locations in the themes, usually sidebars. In addition, users can choose from the Administration what pods will be shown and in what order. For this feature to work, the theme you use must be "Pod-enabled". I have updated the following built-in themes: Glossy Blue, Nautica 05, Movable Type, and Terra Firma. I will be updating the other themes in the near future. You can read a little bit about Pod-enabling your theme.

As an example of a plugin that creates a pod, I've created the Flickr Widget pod to show Flickr pictures for a specific user and/or tags. If you are upgrading, you can download the plugin by itself. It is also a good example if you are interested in creating Pod plugins.

Posted on June 16, 2008
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I have decided to remove Mango's beta status and call it version 1.0. Besides bug fixes, these are the new features:

• Added user roles and permissions
• New file explorer
• Upgraded TinyMCE editor
• New File explorer plugin for TinyMCE editor
• Ability to create custom post and page edit panels
• Added hooks to let plugin developers add Pods to the admin Dashboard
• Added a simple Statistic pod for the Dashboard
• Users can now be de-activated

The most important feature added is the ability to have user roles and permissions. For example, you are the administrator and you edit the blog settings, skin, etc, but you can give access to the admin to an author so that he or she creates posts, but can't change any of the blog settings.

Enjoy!

Important: if you are upgrading from an older version, read the intructions in the Downloads page.

Posted on April 16, 2008
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Glossy Blue skin turned out to be very popular. I had forgotten, however to have a link "Read More" when showing the abstract of a post in the home page or in the archives. I fixed that and a couple of other small issues and posted the update.

To download the update, you need to login to your administration, go to Settings > Skins, and there you should see a yellow box indicating that there is an update for that skin. It will also show you a link to the download. You can then upload the files to your server (only changed files are included in the download).

Posted on February 09, 2008
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A new beta version has been posted in the downloads. What's changed:

• You can now add or edit posts via Contribute
  
• Akismet plugin added as an alternative (or addition) to Captcha
• New skin: Glossy Blue
• Other minor bug fixes
  

Posted on January 12, 2008
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