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Release Log

Live Blog release log shows what's new, bug fixes, and other changes for each released version.

V4.3.4- 11/07/2023

  • Improved: Performance issue
  • Fixed: Category and tags links not working with hyphen

V4.3.2- 08/02/2021

  • Fixed: Throwing permission error
  • Fixed: Paging issue if filter by Category

V4.3.0- 04/09/2021

  • Fixed: Handle exceptions in handlers

V4.2.8- 09/21/2020

  • Fixed: Issue with rendering blogs with specific category

V4.2.7- 08/19/2019

  • Fixed: Image sorting issue
  • Fixed: Issue with large Comment

V4.2.5- 12/18/2019

  • Fixed: Deleted blog in DNN search issue

V4.2.4- 11/18/2019

  • Fixed: Popular posts not showing
  • Fixed: Data Context dispose issue

V4.2.2- 08/07/2019

  • Fixed: Handle Script injection vulnerability in Search Result
  • Fixed: Remove duplicate urls
  • Fixed: Bug fixed in Google structured data

V4.1.7- 04/11/2019

  • Fixed: Live Campaign integration issue
  • Improved: Handling slugs while import articles

V4.1.5 - 02/11/2019

  • Fixed: Connection field binding issue
  • Fixed: Send Notification issue

V4.1.3 - 11/26/2018

  • Fixed: Connection field binding issue

V4.1.2 - 11/02/2018

  • Fixed: Live Writer compatibility issue
  • Fixed: Pagination issue in post tab

V4.1.0 - 10/05/2018

  • Compatibility: Compatible with DNN 7.4.2
  • Fixed: Multiple instance of scheduler running
  • Fixed: PDF file not showing in browser in Editor

V4.0.8 - 09/12/2018

  • Fixed: Comments conflict issue with Live Campaign
  • Fixed: Remove validation from Tags
  • Fixed: Anonymous user site map issue
  • Fixed: Porto No-widget theme read_more token issue
  • Fixed: Allow comments to anonymous user
  • Fixed: Widget link issue
  • Fixed: UL tag issue in Archives Widget

V4.0.6 - 07/09/2018

  • Fixed: Editing post makes the views count to 0

V4.0.5 - 07/02/2018

  • Fixed: Issue with Live Campaign post

V4.0.4 - 05/24/2018

  • Fixed: Secure folder images upload issue
  • Fixed: Cloud storage images upload issue
  • Fixed: Recaptcha js console issue

V4.0.2 - 05/11/2018

  • Fixed: RSS issue

V4.0.1 - 04/25/2018

  • New: Modern Web Patterns, Unified UI, and DNN Future Ready
  • New: Integration w/Mandeeps HTML Editor
  • New: Integration w/URL Library provides complete control over the URL; including the ability to include/exclude page name
  • New: Integration w/Live Social
  • New: Associate multiple photos with each blog post and display in carousel effect
  • New: Open Graph Meta Tags
  • New: Structured Data
  • New: Modern theme with an approximate “Read Time”

V3.3.1 - 11/17/2017

  • Improved: Performance in widgets
  • Improved: DNN profile pic

V3.3.0 - 2/17/2017

  • New: Search Widget options to index Title, Description, Content, and/or Tags
  • Improved: Search results based on multiple keywords

V3.1.3 - 09/27/2016

  • Fixed: Cross-site scripting vulnerability with blog comment
  • Fixed: RSS feed comes up blank

V3.1.1 - 07/17/2015

  • New: New token introduced _monthnameMMM for showing shorter months
  • New: CSV Import
  • Improved: Improved code thread safety for multiple authors
  • Improved: Implemeted DNN ModuleSearchBase for DNN710-plus

V3.0.5 - 04/19/2015

  • Fixed: Do Not Serve Posts from other Live Blog Modules

V3.0.0 - 10/15/2014

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  • New: Masonry & Timeline Layouts in Recent, Popular, and Featured Posts Widgets
  • Improved: Ability to change publish dates after publishing the post
  • Improved: Months in archives are now shown in descending order
  • Improved: Implemented Widget.xml for widget settings

V2.2.3 - 07/18/2014

  • New: Blogger Import
  • Improved: Facebook authorization
  • Improved: Error handling
  • Fixed: Comment notification was not working
  • Fixed: Embedding module from another module from another portal
  • Fixed: User logs out while viewing the post
  • Fixed: Profile avatar was not working in child portals
  • Fixed: Error when trying to edit Author Settings
  • Fixed: Ability to post on past date

V2.1.4 - 01/24/2013

  • New: Enable/Disable Lightbox option on thumbnail(photo)
  • New: New formatted date tokens
  • Fixed: Profile pic issue with https(secure connection)
  • Fixed: Pager issue with calendar date url
  • Fixed: Post content was not indexing into dnn search index

V2.1.0 - 10/29/2013

  • New: SEO Meta tags
  • Fixed: Handling disqus with apostrophe in the post title
  • Fixed: Comment control was showing [CommentData]

V2.0.5 - 09/13/2013

  • New: Optional token for rendering categories as ul li instead of radtreeview
  • Fixed: Profile avatar was throwing error above dnn6
  • Fixed: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: .CommentForm input:[value=Html]
  • Fixed: Wordpress import was not importing the content because of their api versions
  • Fixed: PublishedDate converted to GMT format and actual path of atom link is replaced by feed link
  • Fixed: User logs out when commenting on the post if module is using default commenting engine in other than default portal

V2.0.2 - 07/30/2013

  • Fixed: Invalid object name "Users"
  • Fixed: Improved SEO as google was indexing duplicated content on paging.
  • Improved: Admin UI Compatibility with jQuery 1.10

V2.0.0 - 07/03/2013

  • New: Live Campaign Integration - Send an email campaign on new blog post
  • New: Add photo to blog post that automatically appears in summary and opens in lightbox
  • New: DNN Social Groups Integration - Automatic post to selected DNN Social Groups in addition to DNN Journal
  • New: Blog Rolls Widget - Show related blog posts using RSS Feeds
  • New: Related Posts - Shows related posts for each article
  • New: Facebook Integration - Automatic updates with new posts
  • New: Schedule posts with automatic Twitter & Facebook update
  • New: DNN avatar (profile picture) integration w/existing gravatar integration
  • New: Author avatar visibility on each post, author's page, and link to author's profile
  • New: [Post:is_featured] flag for CSS styling
  • Improved: RSS Feeds engine now supports ability to return paged data
  • Improved: Disqus support with https (Secure Connection)

V1.8.4 - 7/2/2013

  • Improved: Azure Database & Caching Provider Compatibility
  • Improved: Incrementing post views
  • Fixed: Corrupted response while deleting or editing post from blogging client

V1.8.1 - 4/9/2013

  • Fixed: Not able to edit Live Blog widgets

V1.8.0 - 3/25/2013

  • New: Added read more token to all widgets
  • New: Guid tag in syndication RSS feed
  • Improved:[Module:url]token now available in header and footer template
  • Fixed: LiveBlog Widget showing wrong TabId
  • Fixed: Calendar links were not navigating
  • Fixed: Ignoring indexing of HTTP handlers to search crawlers
  • Fixed: Admin tabs load whole page
  • Fixed: Metaweblog recent post case sensitivity issue

V1.7.8 - 12/6/2012

  • New: Import from DNN Blog version 5
  • Improved: Tags rendering without[RssFeeds]-placeholder
  • Improved: Validated syndication parameters
  • Fixed: Category, Tag Paging issue
  • Fixed: Ordering of post on update
  • Fixed: In LiveBlog Widget posts/categories/tags were not rendering according to count
  • Fixed: Loading issue of search widget
  • Fixed: Compatibility with multiple search modules

V1.7.3 - 8/31/2012

  • New: Datepicker language packs
  • Improved: Live writer integration with Metaweblog
  • Improved: Logged in user based data in Live Writer
  • Improved: Security issues with Live Writer
  • Improved: Improved searching to use fewer SQL queries
  • Fixed: 414 error in Live Blog Widget
  • Fixed: Comment policy error in Metaweblog

V1.7.0 - 8/6/2012

  • New: Sun Blog Module Import
  • Fixed: Meta Web Blog with IOS
  • Fixed: Unable to change publish status from later to draft or now
  • Fixed: Post is schedule for release at a later date, Post Shows under the Categories and Author Count

V1.6.0 - 6/5/2012

  • New: Integration with DNN Journal API
  • Improved: SEO URL's for Unicode Characters
  • Improved: RSS Syndication Handler
  • Improved: Tags are now automatically handled for comma delimited for Live Writer
  • Improved: SEO Url's for Calendar date links
  • Improved: Tags max characters limited to 50 characters

V1.5.1 - 5/21/2012

  • Improved: URL formatting in Tags and Categories

V1.5.0 - 5/14/2012

  • New: Ability to import from Wordpress blog
  • New: Live Blog Widgets module now use DNN 6 PopUps
  • New: [Post:parent_categories] token added to show only parent categories
  • Improved: SEO for links with non-standard characters
  • Improved: Pager links are now dnn friendly
  • Improved: Recent comments widget now show the post title followed by the comment and improved html formatting.
  • Improved: RSS Feeds show only the latest 10 items. ItemCount query parameter has been added to override number of items returned

 

  • Improved: Slug's maximum length has been increased to 255 to match the post's title's length
  • Improved: Post categories are now ordered by category name
  • Improved: Localization of static words such as "posted" in templates
  • Fixed: Changing Live Blog Widget theme removes any saved widgets
  • Fixed: LiveBlogTheme query parameter caching bug
  • Fixed: Recent comments filtered by CategoryId or AuthorId
  • Fixed: On checking the parent category when adding/editing article, all child categories were auto selected
  • Fixed: DNN search url to use absolute post url
  • Fixed: Syntax Highlighter checkbox enables only when "Complete HTML Post" is selected in the Post Summary
  • Fixed: Pingback and track back comments were not handled by settings

V1.4.0 - 3/16/2012

  • New: Automatically tweet new post and/or updates with seamless Twitter integration. Post URL is automatically appended to all tweets.
  • New: Twitter widget. Show your recent twitter updates, live search results, favorite tweets or list of tweets.
  • New: Recent comments widget. Show recent comments and filter based on author, category, and limit words on individual comments
  • New: Popular posts widget. Show popular posts (by number of views) and filter based on author, category, and limit words on individual posts. Option to show description or limited plain text content.
  • New: Shows number of times a post has been viewed
  • New: Export WXR XML file which can be used to import existing comments to Disqus
  • Improved: Codebase completely refactored for optimal performance: reduced number of trips to SQL Server, implemented additional caching, implemented paged data access, and optimized all SQL queries.
  • Improved: User Interface when adding/updating a post for improved user experience.
  • Improved: Ability to use the description or limited plain text content in Recent Posts & Featured Posts widgets
  • Improved: Categories are now rendered using semantically correct HTML markup rather than a table
  • Improved: “Show Blog Name in Page Title” option has been replaced with a template driven page title
  • Improved: Help labels and text has been updated for improved user experience
  • Improved: All authors can now update their posts without searching for it in dashboard
  • Fixed: Error when using AddThis for Social Networking Code
  • Fixed: Comment author information was not being saved correctly in certain environments
  • Fixed: Recently added comments now appear first
  • Fixed: Deleting a parent comment now deletes its nested comments
  • Fixed: Ability to add images to about author editor without being floated to right

V1.3.0 - 3/1/2012

  • New: Search widget - works asynchronously (AJAX)
  • New: Recent Posts Widget can now filter posts based on author & category
  • New: Featured posts widget can now filter posts based on author & category
  • Improved: Calendar Widget is now fully localized
  • Improved: Static text localization
  • Improved: Import routine to support "Featured Posts" when importing from 3rd party modules
  • Fixed: Posts published for future date appear under category or tag view
  • Fixed: Deleted post is still accessible via URL. It now does 301 redirect to blog page
  • Fixed: Token [Post:read_more] was not rendering in widgets
  • Fixed: Incorrect publish date when locale uses date format other than English
  • Fixed: Showing 0 comments when there are no comments
  • Fixed: Ability to select publish date in past

V1.2.0 - 1/31/2012

  • New: Recent posts widget available in Live Blog Widget module
  • New: Featured posts widget available in Live Blog Widget module. Individual posts can be marked as featured
  • New: Read More link appears underneath each post summary
  • New: Automatically captures post views which can be rendered via [Post:views] token in themes
  • New: Dynamic RSS description output based on query parameter
  • New: Import from DNN SpeedBlog Module
  • Improved: Localized paging next and previous links
  • Improved: Calendar widget client side performance
  • Fixed: "LiveBlogController must be called within valid HttpContext" when DNN Search is enabled
  • Fixed: Validation for existing category when updating category name

V1.1.6 - 12/13/2011

  • Fixed: Disqus url parameters
  • Fixed: Rss feeds
  • Fixed: Disqus Comments Url
  • Implement: Widgets Localization

V1.1.0 - 12/2/2011

  • New: Live Blog Widget Module. Allows you to show one or many widgets in any view order separately from the Live Blog module.
  • New: Google Sitemap. Generates blog posts URL Sitemap for submission to search engines.
  • New: Live Writer Excerpt/Description Support. Ability to provide post description (SEO) when authoring a post from Live Writer
  • New: Import from 3rd Party DNN Blog Modules

    DNN Core Blog

    Nukepress Blog

    Ventrian News Articles

  • Improved: SEO - Unique page titles with paging support
  • Improved: RSS Feeds now show complete HTML post and a brief description as summary
  • Fixed: Settings Tab permission issues

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Updated on Tue, 07 Nov 2023 by Ashish Pachori