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    Posts by Ian Styx

    Serendipity Styx 4.1.1 release

    10 Apr 2023

    N° 2023/03 - The Serendipity Styx 4.1.1 release php8.2

    4.1.1 - A quick Bugfix Release

    Quickly after Serendipity Styx 4.1.0 release yesterday an odd type issue was found, resulting in a blank page.

    Styx 4.1.1 fixed

    • An incorrect integer value: ‘’ MYSQLI_SQL_EXCEPTION for PHP versions 7.4 and 8.0 setting config vars (i.e. changing templates)

    Check out the ChangeLog for details, or even read the commit history for more. See download.

    Serendipity Styx 4.1.0 release

    09 Apr 2023

    N° 2023/02 - The Serendipity Styx 4.1.0 release php8.2

    4.1.0 - A Maintenance Spring Edition - For M.

    Serendipity Styx 4.1 revision will be the last update supporting the PHP 7.4 Series. Some more and really 😎 improvements were made again! Styx 4.1 has ironed out several bugs and other inconsistencies and is pretty much a good maintenance release, with an Easter-Egg.

    Styx 4.1.0 faces

    • Improves the handling with some NEW (edge-cased) configuration options
    • Added NEW MediaLibrary selection fields
    • Improves language descriptions of several options or buttons
    • Some resolved fixes and found oddities related to MYSQLi multi-byte search or unsupported OPENSSL_VERSION session-based authentication timer
    • Improves the [ pure ] theme for additional search result head titles by comments and staticpages
    • Removes the limitation of GIF image(s) to Variation(s) converts
    • Improves the MediaLibrary to follow given paging for per item Variation delete or re-/build actions
    • Improves the entryproperties plugin by added NEW configuration option, to automatize the cache-entries confirmation dialog for the next pages after the 1st confirm
    • Upgrade some template and core assets
    • Added the new [ b53 ] Work-In-Progress [ WIP ] theme for long awaited and promising bootstrap 5.3-alpha3 assets

    Check out the ChangeLog for details, or even read the commit history for more. See download.

    Happy Birthday Miss S

    29 Mar 2023

    N° 2023/1 - 20 years of Serendipity

    🎂 Still living… and better than ever ❗


    Its time to give an update of development and the future plans for Serendipity.

    Upcoming Serendipity Styx 4.1 revision will be the last update supporting the PHP 7.4 Series, while next 4.2 will require PHP 8. Needless to say, recommended to use is the latest PHP 8.2 revision which allows to use all features Serendipity Styx already supports. Styx 4.1 has ironed out some bugs and other inconsistencies and is pretty much a maintenance release, but also improves the handling with some new configuration options,  MediaLibrary selection fields and better language descriptions.

    Serendipity Styx will have to check for a new Rich Text Editor (WYSIWYG), since the current CKEditor 4 Series has an end-of-life scheduled for 2023. The excellent new CKE 5 Series is something totally different and would require a total rebuild and split for current textarea usage on Serendipity side, which seems to be a no go. Other "CMS" out there do face the same issue and probably the most are going to change to TinyMCE.

    Further plans for Serendipity Styx will see a refactoring of the current language system to UTF-8 only and maybe even move away from current constant only usage. Time will tell.

    Now, lets have a deep look in the miraculous mirror of futures…

    ’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
    Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
    All mimsy were the borogoves,
    And the mome raths outgrabe …

    👉 Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll. 🧞

    Serendipity Styx 4.0.1 release

    31 Dec 2022

    N° 2022/10 - The Serendipity Styx 4.0.1 release php8.2

    4.0.1 - Minor End Year release

    Move on into 2023! HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎆 to you all!

    Styx 4.0.1 comes with

    • Improved permalinks pattern
    • Improve P-Word search request colliding with P-Page uriArguments for routing
    • Improve spamblock maintenance cleanspam reasons for type REJECTED
    • Update templates asset jQuery lib to v.3.6.3
    • Fix some warnings, continued removal of MSIE conditions and other minors

    Check out the ChangeLog for details, or even read the commit history for more. See download.

    Serendipity Styx 4.0.0 release

    08 Dec 2022

    N° 2022/09 - The Serendipity Styx 4.0.0 release php8.2

    4.0.0 - New Major Version

    Finally the new major 4.0.0 release has rounded. Thanks for any help with our last public pre releases. Some more and really 😎 improvements were made again! So today - with the new public release of shiny new PHP 8.2 - we shift this fully compatible Serendipity version.

    Styx 4.0.0 finalizes with

    • Improved plugin html nugget areas for markupeditor/type assignments
    • Some resolved fixes and found oddities related to configurations or plugins
    • Improved the [ pure ] theme comments area in special for the dark theme mode and the used font
    • Upgrade some template and core assets
    • Please read all other 4.0… blog post announcements for more

    Check out the ChangeLog for details, or even read the commit history for more. See download.

    Ian Styx (ophian)Maintainer

    John Ian Styx has more than 20 years of experience in the IT market as a developer and from 2003 as a Serendipity lover.

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