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Monday, November 5, 2007

How to upgrade The Radio 8.1 release does not include a new application file to upgrade. You just need to update Radio.root.New features and fixes New feature: This release includes the previously released beta for Atom support for the Radio news aggregator.New preference: You can now change the sort order using a new preference from the default to display the oldest news items first.New macro: radio.macros.linkToStyleSheet that you can use this new macro to link to a CSS file instead of directly including the style sheet in each page.Bug fix: Four scripts changed from nested tables to paragraphs: radio.macros.cloudLinks, radio.macros.statusCenter, radio.macros.statusMessage, radio.macros.supportCenter.Bug fix: Corrected the HTML generated for some of imagesin radio.macros.blogroll, removing the valign atribute from the img tag since it's not HTML/XHTML compliantBug fix: Three text area changes to make themes a bit easier to create. The title box, URL box and URLs to ping box all changed to 55 columns wide. That one box would sometimes cause the entire left or right column to appear beneath the bodytext.Modified the newMediaObject MetaWeblogAPI RPC handler to make Radio check if a new media object is an image. If so, place it in the images directory. If not, put it in the gems folder.Bug fix: Added the name of the form for several macros to prevent the form from posting and loosing all of the text entered. radio.html.editTextFile, radio.macros.newStory and radio.shortcuts.editorNew feature: Radio's built-in News Aggregator supports RSS Auto-Discovery. This means you can subscribe to an HTML page, and if it has a suitable element in its , the aggregator will subscribe to the RSS feed it points to.New feature: Links for Blogroll, RSS and Subscriptions which generates a sensible set of links in the heads of the home page HTML.New tool: Weblog NeighborhoodNew callbacks: Two new weblog post form callbacks that make it easy for Radio developers to add their own form elements to the weblog post form on the desktop website home pageNew feature: The comments feature was updated to include a link back to the original post when viewing the comments for a postNew macros: radio.macros.previousDayLink and nextDayLinkBug fix: A fix was released for a bug which happened when making the first post in a new month, when using the Titles and Links feature.New macro: radio.macros.commentOnThisPageNew feature: Monthly and weekly archives lets you maintain monthly and weekly archive pages for your Radio weblog.Bug fix: A fix was released for a bug which would cause some HTML entities to be doubly decoded when Radio's aggregator reads the feedNew tool: RSS ExplorerNew feature: Support in the aggregator for the RSS elements skipHours and skipDays.New feature: Mail-From-AggregatorBug fix: Set of fixes to radio.weblog.drawCalendarNew feature: Callbacks for Writing RSS files to make it possible for scripters to write callbacks that add namespace elements to feeds that are created by RadioNew feature: Support in the aggregator for the RSS 2.0 comments element.New feature: Depending on the proxy server's configuration, Radio may not be able to connect with hosts inside the local network without first turning off Radio's proxy server support. The proxy exceptions feature allows you to specify domain names and/or IP address ranges which are not accessed through the proxy server.New feature: Support for RSD a new format that allows weblog software like Radio UserLand or Manila to tell a tool how to create and edit postsNew feature: TrackBack for RadioNew feature: Redirecting an RSS feed using an XML level redirect.New feature: Support for GUID element in RSS 2.0 feedsNew feature: XML-RPC Interface for the Aggregator: an interface that makes it possible to create user interfaces for UserLand's engine in any language or environment.New feature: Backup and restore your weblogNew feature: Purchase additional storage space for your Radio weblog.New feature: WYSIWYG editing in MozillaNew feature: Added comment notification via email.Previous Changes 8.0.8 change notes are here.[Radio UserLand Messages]8:50:23 AM

Re: Radio UserLand 8.1 release. Also, comment moderation and other improvements went into beta last week. If you are comfortable testing the software before a general release, you can join the Radio-Dev mail list.