Right on the heels of the glFusion v1.0.1 release,  we are pleased to announce the release of Chameleon v2.0.0 for glFusion.  Chameleon v2.0 leverages some of the new features of glFusion's Site Tailor plugin, including cascading menus and logo management.  Now you have the option of multiple layouts and styles with the flexibility of an online menu editor.   This will be the final release of Chameleon.  All of the Chameleon functionality / flexibility will be moved into Site Tailor and Nouveau with the next milestone release of glFusion.  If you have any suggestions on features or enhancements, please post them in the glFusion Development Forum.

Some of you might have noticed the plugin called glPopMail in the subversion repository for glLabs.  This plugin is currently under development, and when finished will be a full fledged email client  for use with glFusion, and Geeklog. I am pleased to announce that the plugin is now in an installable state. I am looking for people to grab a copy from the subversion repository and give it a try and send us feed back via the glLabs tacker. This plugin needs a lot of work so the more input I get the better it will be. Click the read more link for current feature information, and what works or does not work.  Download glPopMail ALPHA now and give it a test.

I am curious to see what version of PHP folks are using to drive their glFusion or Geeklog sites.  As most of you probably know, the PHP Foundation officially dropped support for PHP4 on December 31, 2007.  I know several hosting providers have started the migration to PHP5, but I don't have a good feel for how many have actually implemented a PHP5 solution.  The reason why this is such an important question is that PHP5 offers many new features and capabilities that we would like to use, but we need to understand if a PHP5 only version of glFusion would prevent many people from running it.  There is a poll on the right where you can select which version you are running.  I would appreciate everyone answering the question, the more responses we get the better informed we'll be.  Don't panic if you are running PHP4 right now, nothing is going to change immediately, but you might want to check with your hosting provider to find out their plans for moving to PHP5.

The gl Labs Community is pleased to announce that glFusion v1.0.0 is now available for download.  glFusion is built on the foundation of Geeklog v1.5.0, and brings new style and functionality to your new or existing Geeklog-based site.  Pre-installed plugins include: CAPTCHA, Bad Behavior2, Media Gallery, Forum, and FileMgmt.  glFusion doesn't stop at just packaging things together, there are several enhancements under the hood that bring improved performance, scalability, and usability.

Additional features of glFusion are:

• Template Caching Library - Significantly improves the performance of your site.
• Instance Caching - This caches items such as What's New and the Forum Centerblock, which greatly reduce the number of SQL queries needed to load a web page. This allows your site to render faster and provides a much smaller server load.
• Integrated MooTools JavaScript Library – Powering new Web 2.0 features in glFusion.
• Improved FCKeditor Integration - Now your theme's styles are available in the editor giving you a true WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) editor.
• Improved HTML Filtering - You no longer need to define each and every HTML attribute that is allowed, instead you can use the pre-packaged 'use_safe_html' which provides all the necessary vulnerability removal without the hassle of defining all the allowed HTML styles.
• Full XHTML Compliant Site - This includes all the pre-installed plugins too!
• Improved Upgrade Experience - glFusion reads the old config.php to pre-populate site name, slogan, DB, etc.
• Calendar and Links plugins integrated with CAPTCHA – You asked for it, we listened!
• New Site Tailor Customization Plugin - Exclusive to glFusion, Site Tailor allows you to edit and customize your navigation menu items and colors.  You can also manage your header logo with the online logo management screen, reducing the need to edit .thtml and .css files manually.

For more information on installing or upgrading Geeklog v1.5.0 and below to glFusion, please Read More...