Cotonti Update 0.6.4 2009-10-15

Another monthly update brings you latest patches and fixes available for stable Cotonti branch. Changes in this version from 0.6.3 include:

• Flawless HTML parsing support
• A fix for tags output
• A fix for PFS links
• A fix for advanced permission management
• A fix for possible security flaw in users list
• Request source type for sed_import()

You can download the latest version here.

Cotonti Skin Competition Is Over 2009-10-13

Today we have received the last votes and opinions on the three skins which were selected for the final round of the competition. It was a spectacular race because nobody really knew which skin would take over. Every single point from the jury was very significant. However, now it is time to take a deep breath because here are the the winners and their prizes:

• The Grand Prix goes to Stamatis 'Stam' Kritikos and his SymiSun* 03. It means that this skin will become the new default skin in Cotonti Siena 0.7.
• The 1st prize and $170 goes to MeDBejoHok for his outstanding Veronese.
• The 2nd prize and $100 is deserved by Dmitri Beliavski a.k.a. Kort for his high quality entry Cryo.
• The rest 3 guys who took part in the 1st round will get $20 each for their effort and wish to help our community and CMS to develop.

Devamını Oku

Skin Competition - Round 2 (Final) 2009-10-10

The first round of Skin Competition is now over and it has clearly outlined 2 things:

• We have 3 obvious leaders.
• Web polls are not perfect for such contests.

So we decided to combine the Jury vote with Community vote and go for Round 2.

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Skin Competition Voting is On! 2009-10-05

Everyone in our community has waited for it for quite long and eventually Cotonti Skin Competition Web Vote has been launched! There are 6 skins to choose from. Not so much, but we choose quality over quantity. You can evaluate the skins by visiting live demos and then vote for one you like most.

Go to The Web Vote

The winner of the web vote will get $170 and the title of "Cotonti Skin Competition '09 Winner". The second place is granted $100 and we will give $70 for the third place.

In the meanwhile 10 members of our community and Team will give their marks to these skins, considering layout, code quality and infrastructure. And the winner of the Jury Prize becomes a new standard skin since Cotonti 0.7.0.

Cotonti Genoa 0.6.3 Is Available 2009-09-15

This update contains fixes for 14 non-critical bugs in: forum post anchors, RSS, cache, user birthdate, polls, comments, extra fields, new post indication, magic_quotes_gpc, e-mail links, XSS and CSRF protection. Keep your Cotonti stable and up2date!

Download page

Cotonti Genoa 0.6.2 Update 2009-08-16

An 0.6.2 update is now available. It contains bug fixes only, so this update is recommended to everyone. What has been changed:

• Fixed bugs in: polls, extra fields, category counters, user birthdates, update checker, new posts on forums, XSS and CSRF protection.
• XTemplate 2.2 with better cache and less RAM use

Go to Download page
Don't forget to check updates in Skin Competition and help us to make more people involved!

New IRC Chat 2009-08-05

Not many people use the chat, probably because it was Java. Which mostly sucks.

So I have looked around for a while and found a new solution.

Ajax IRC Client and a new server that hosts it up easy for use. So with just a simple Iframe we have Ajax IRC chat now.

What this means is that anyone can easily use the IRC chat now, i've also included a simple popup link, to open a window with it.

http://www.cotonti.com/chat

Enjoy!

Cotonti Genoa 0.6.1 released! 2009-07-31

As you can see we have changed versions a bit, so that now Genoa branch is 0.6.x and Renaissance is 1.0.x. We hope it causes no confusion and lets you know we are not so far from 1.0 as it was supposed before.

This release solves most problems which were found in 0.0.6 (which in fact was 0.6.0, that is why so many changes and so much confusion). Now your Cotonti site should run much smoother.

What's new in this version:

• New version checking admin.php (will notify you of Cotonti Updates)
  
• XTemplate 2.1 with structure cache and better compatibility with 1.0
  
• Support for multiple ratings on the same page
  
• A button to select all PMs
  
• Radio buttons for extra fields and a few extra fields improvements
  
• BBcode editor for user text in user profiles
  
• Fixed bugs with: XTemplate, FTP links, extra fields, user birthdates in future, category structure sorting, referers, polls, news and more
  
• Code optimization and more caching to improve performance
  

Visit Download page and update as soon as possible.

Other good news is that Cotonti Skin Competition will stay open for a bit longer. Works are accepted up to the end of August. The voting week is from September 1st and the results are coming on 8th.

Cotonti Server Move 2009-07-27

First off if your seeing this your DNS has propagated to the new site!

I know this move was a kinda ninja and stealthy, but its for the best!

The team had some slight advanced notice of upcoming move but not when. Previously we was hosted on my shared host, but clearly we have outgrown that, and sometimes having long sql/execution times related to the server. So thanks to Trustmaster, we are on his dedicated server which is located in Germany/Frankfurt.

So there should be much improved performance with executions and such and no worries of a bloated server.

Some people may see improved access speeds and download speeds. Hopefully no one has any decreased speeds due to a new server location.

Sorry if we caused any inconvenience.

Thanks and Enjoy!

Cotonti Skin Competition 2009-07-20

Cotonti is an agile website engine with rich history and new capabilities arising every release. We like it for its clarity, reliability and speed. But how about more unique layouts available? Let's give this CMS a fresh look and handy controls!

You can do that by entering the skinning contest in 2 nominations at once. First one is web vote: visitors will vote for their favorites and top 3 skins will get a bunch of dollars in addition to their titles. The second nomination is jury prize: if you win it, your skin will become a new default layout of Cotonti with your name and a link to your site shown at the bottom of thousands of pages online!

If you are not a skin maker but would like to support this contest and new skins to emerge, you can make a donation which will be added to the prize.

For more details please visit Cotonti Skin Competition Terms page.
If you have some questions, feel free to ask them in Contest thread on forums.

Submission is open from July 20 to August 20. Then there will be a week for a web vote. Hurry up!