Mango 1.4 Released

A new version has been released. The mayor features are post and page revisions, database search, working better in a cluster or cloud environment and Railo compatibility.

Some of the new features and improvements:

  • Revisions of posts and pages are now stored and user can "restore" an older version
  • Added a permission for users to not to be able to access the administation (thanks to Seb Duggan)
  • Added a replacement for Verity search to search in database directly (this search now includes comments). It is the default search now.
  • Plugin settings are now stored in database, which should make it easier to migrate a blog and use in a cluster environment
  • Configuration file now has placeholders for base path so that directories do not need to be hardcoded in configuration file
  • Ability to disable or enable threading
  • Post pagination and search in administration (dedicated to Mark Drew)
  • Session will be maintained while user is writing a post or page
  • Added permission to manage pods and to run blog updates
  • Drafts now always "float" to the top of the list
  • Ability to remove plugins
  • Ability to manually set the post URL (thanks to Seb Duggan)
  • Added more functionality to BasePlugin to make it easier to write plugins. 
  • Plugins can now run their own upgrade method when a new version is installed via the administration
  • Added new plugin (works for new installs only) that allows keeping the old BlogCFC URLs functional
  • New installs include CFFormProtect
  • New Cutline theme that includes many new features
  • Solved some compatibility issues with Railo
  • TinyMCE editor upgraded
  • Many bug fixes and cosmetic changes

You can read more in the release notes. More information regarding the changes to come.