August 2004
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
v1.0b2 Released
The second public beta of Thingamablog v1.0 has been released. This version includes several bug fixes and usability enhancements along with a couple new features such as a "Feed Reader" tab on the Options Dialog. Users now have the option to update the news feeds at a specified interval. In addition, feed items can now be formatted when they are posted to blog entries via a template.v1.0b2 also slightly improves on the performance of the previous beta. The user database now gets loaded in a separate thread, which reduces startup time. The help system and find dialog are now initialized only when they're needed, rather than at startup, thereby further reducing startup time and the memory footprint.
Saturday, August 21, 2004
Non-western characters
Thanks to Taro at the Lazy Lounge Log for pointing out an issue with non-western characters not displaying correctly in certain dialogs.The default "Plastic" Look and Feel uses a hard-coded tahoma font which can't display non-western characters. The work-around is to change the look and feel to anything other than Plastic. The look and feel can be changed from the Options Dialog. (Configure/Options...)
Update: This issue is resolved in v1.0b2
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Translations
A "translation" section has been added to the FAQ for those users that have asked about translating Thingamablog to their native languages.If you'd like to translate Thingamablog and have any further questions, don't hesitate to send an email.
Thingamablog v1.0b1 RELEASED!!!
The first public beta of v1.0 has finally been released! This version includes a whole kitten-kaboodle of new features and enhancements. It might be a good idea to have a cursory glance at the included User Guide to see what's new. The most notable new feature is the integrated news reader which allows you to subscribe to, and make posts from, the RSS or ATOM feeds of your favorite weblogs/websites.For those upgrading from the previous version, please have a look at the Getting Started instructions so you can properly import your 0.9.x blog into the new version.