What's New

Major upgrades to Campsite are noted by changing the second digit of the version number.  Minor bug fix releases are indicated by changing the third digit (e.g. Major release: 3.3 -> 3.4, minor release: 3.4.1 -> 3.4.2).

Coming soon in version 3.5:

• Custom sorting in the article images list

What's new in version 3.4 "Luca":

• Image thumbnails scalable by pixel width and height on the fly, scaled versions are cached for faster display
• Installation of Campsite in sub-folders possible (e.g. http://domain/campsite/)
  
• Translate article types and display the names in the templates
• Create a custom 404 error page for pages not found
• Administrator content search
• Universal, customizable list of content for administrators and journalists
  
• Search engine optimization now allows to add any combination of article elements and topics in the URL
• Timezone handling optionally overrides server timezone
• Backup and restore controlled via the administrator interface. No shell access required

What's new in version 3.3 "Speedy":

• A major optimization of the code took place; all objects used in the template engine are cached now
  
• New article-field types: switch and numeric
• Better log of all back-end activity
• Pluggable caching mechanism
• Better on-line template editor (Editarea)
• Global setting for resizing images inserted via the TinyMCE editor
• Upgrade of the TinyMCE editor to the latest stable version, with a completely rewritten Paste from Word plugin
• New section delete options
• Enhancements to the Article Type management screens
• Improved management of user permissions
• Usability improvements to the Localizer (progress indicator and highlights to string groups needing attention

What's new in version 3.2 "David":

• Use Ajax to save article screen
• Swap out Xinha for TinyMCE
• Advanced article search
• Ajaxization of WYSIWYG editor
• Article Statistics: Most Commented
• Plugin localizer
• Password strength meter and automatic strong password generator
• Implementation of a blog plugin
• Improvements to the plugins API
• Rewrite the article statistics API to work in real time
• Add static Author field

What's new in version 3.1 "Tomás":

• Implemented a cron jobs installer
• Implemented "all_subtitles" attribute for the article body fields display
• Implemented "topics_count" and "has_topics" attributes for the article object
• Improved the code handling the image upload, not to leave garbage in case of error
• Implemented special values for date, time and date/time types
• Implemented section based permissions for staff users
• Implemented "most read" articles statistics
• Show number of articles in each section screen
• Implemented the first step of the plugins API
• Implement a method to upgrade the database on new install
• Bug fixes

What's new in version 3.0 "Filip":

• The template engine was rewritten in PHP for better performance, more flexibility, easier development, plugin architecture, fewer dependencies and easy install
• The install procedure is much easier thanks to a web base installer
• A caching mechanism for database objects was implemented. This will result in fewer database queries and greater speed and scalability