Archive for the 'Development' Category
Textism Template
It’s in the SVN and over here: http://photostack.org/releases/beta-newest.zip
Check it out!
Nightly Release Testing
PhotoStack needs your help! We’ve got a new version with a bunch of bugs fixed and a bunch of necessary feature added. If this one makes it through your tests, it will be labeled 3.0 stable. Some things you’ll get are EXIF Date extraction, and Ajax Sortable Images along with an assortment of other things.
So, how do you help? Download a nightly release over here: http://photostack.org/releases/nightly/ OR even easier checkout PhotoStack with SVN.
svn co http://photostack.org/svn/photostack/trunk/ ./
Email all bug reports to: beta@photostack.org
And, as soon as this one is labeled stable, I’ll be releasing it along with a very special template. The Textism template will be my treat for you when 3.0 stable is ready to go. So, help me test this out! :)
EXIF Support
The latest svn version of PhotoStack supports, you guessed it, EXIF dates! Soon all your favorite EXIF data will be available for your PhotoStack templating needs. And yes, the fabled Textism layout is bound to make a return… Soon.
A new release should be out in about a week.
FC2 Release
Happy New Year!
Final Candidate 2 is out, a late Christmas gift, if you will.
Download: http://photostack.org/releases/beta-fc2.zip
There are lots of fixes and a few new additions. mod_rewrite is now dealt with automatically (pending permissions) when you switch it on in the control panel. This is one feature I’d really like you to test. It is not supposed to overwrite any part of the .htaccess file, just append.
Also, there are slightly new install directions. You now have to move config.sample.php to config.php before the program will run.
Again, email noel [at] noeljackson [dot] com with bug reports. The bug tracker and official bug email address are going up soon.
Hopefully this one won’t have any major issues and I can get it out as a full release. Thanks for your help everyone!
FC1 Release
UPDATE: I totally forgot to re-enable caching for this release. If you want to turn it on (I’m going to make this a control panel option for fc2) edit index.php and uncomment the lines necessary ($ps->cache_start(); and $ps->cache_end();) Although it should work fine without caching on.
I’m in a rush, as I’m off to Australia in a few hours! But, I really wanted to post FC1 for everyone to download and test. It’s really quite a good release and I’m pretty darn sure all the issues people had are crushed. Remember to do a clean install and send ANY development related issues to noel [at] noeljackson [dot] com (sorry it isn’t a photostack address, but that’s on the way).
Download it over here: http://photostack.org/releases/beta-fc1.zip
Also, the docs are started and sitting over here: http://photostack.org/docs/ If you want to give a help getting them finished, please do! However, as with any wiki, please be courteous when editing them. Karma baby, karma.
svn location
SVN is now over here: http://photostack.org/svn/photostack/trunk/ instead of at the previous URL. Apologies, but I had to start with a fresh repository for the pending release.
P.S. - Docs are 50% finished and the release is close.
Beta r396
Download here: http://photostack.org/releases/beta-newest.zip
Mostly bug fixes, including control panel glitch and a lack of IM support for rotation. Everything else is working wonderfully. Please report any problems you have. This is going to be the “public” beta if all is good.
Also, spread the word! If you like PhotoStack, let your friends, neighbors, and enemies know. :)
Beta r391
Download here: http://photostack.org/releases/beta-newest.zip
The control panel is now fully working, allowing you to edit your config file from the web interface. A bunch of tiny but relevant bugs are squashed (including all the bugs I came across in the comments).
Again, keep the bugs and problems coming. Thank you!
Beta r385
This is now 386, forgot to commit the control panel page in, all is fixed. Re-download as you please.
Download it here: http://photostack.org/releases/beta-newest.zip
It’s got quite a few bug fixes, mostly dealing with entity encoding issues. The organize interface is being perfected. I really urge you to test this release out.
Again, remember that these features are yet to be coded (but will be):
- install.php installer script
- exif date functions
Let me know of any bugs or requests. Thanks for your help.