And hopefully this time really the last release in the pluck 4.5.x series: pluck 4.5.3. This release fixes some (minor) security problems, and includes a new unregister_globals function.

Please upgrade as soon as possible.

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Today, I made a project page for pluck on Launchpad. Launchpad is an all-in-one project-management suite for open-source projects, in some ways similar to Sourceforge. Launchpad offers code hosting, blueprints, bug tracking, and more.

From now on, please report bugs in the bugtracker on our Launchpad-page. You can register your feature requests as a blueprint.

But most important is that know the code is available through a version-control-system (Launchpad uses Bazaar), which means that it'll be a lot easier for other people to help developing pluck. If you'd like to help yourself, please don't hestitate to take a look at our Launchpad page, and maybe register an account and submit a blueprint, or even upload your own branch and submit some code.

Go to our Launchpad page...

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Probably the last release in the pluck 4.5.x series: pluck 4.5.2. This is a bugfix and security release that fixes a local file inclusion security problem, and some other small bugs.

Please upgrade as soon as possible. Get it at our downloadpage.

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Here we are with a new development version: pluck 4.6 beta 1. This is the first time we publicly release a beta-version, and we hope this will be a big success.

Please note that this version is not meant for production sites and should be used for testing purposes only.

What's new?
Pluck 4.6 beta 1 is packed with exciting new features. Without doubt the most important new feature is the new module system. Developers can use this system to easily integrate new functionality in the pluck administrationcenter and website. We'll start writing documentation for developers very soon.

Another new feature that also tries to make the life of a developer a little bit easier, is the new theming engine. Creating a theme was never as easy as in pluck 4.6 beta 1. Documentation for people who are eager to try is already available on the wiki.

We also added some other small features, like password encryption with md5. Next to these new features, we've also done a lot of optimizing and bug fixing: the update-applet now uses curl to check for updates, which is much more secure. We also fixed a number of bugs regarding TinyMCE, and TinyMCE has been updated to brand new version 3. Take a look at the release notes for more information about the changes in 4.6 beta 1.

Known issues

• Upgrading from 4.5(.1) is not yet possible
  
• The blog module is not yet functional, as we still have to start rewriting it
  
• The update-applet indicates a new version is available; this is due to the fact that 4.6 has not yet been released. This problem will be resolved with the release of pluck 4.6 final.
  
• Only English, Dutch and Hebrew languages are available in 4.6 beta 1.

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Work on pluck 4.6 is progressing really fast now, and all scheduled features for 4.6 have been implemented. This means that we won't add any new translation strings to the English language-template, so I just added the pluck 4.6 translation template to the translation center. It's time for the translators to do their job!

The module-system has now been fully implemented, and the album and contact form modules are already fully functional. The blog module is still very buggy and needs a lot of reprogramming and fixing, this will take some more time.

Currently on my todo-list:

• Port and fix blog module
  
• Make update script (for upgrading 4.5 to 4.6)
  
• Write module documentation

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After all these month it's time for another development update. A lot of work has already been done, but there's a lot more to do.

version 4.6
Pluck 4.6 will focus on some very big changes in the core of the system. Most important of course is the new module-system we're creating. This system will allow developers to more easily integrate new functionality with pluck. We hope we can stimulate the development of new, open source modules that later can be put in a module center (also currently under development) on this website.

There's however another very important feature coming up for 4.6: the new theming-engine. The old engine was confusing, and was not very customizable. For version 4.6, we'll create whole new engine that will be a lot more flexible. This engine will also allow simple integration of modules. We'll also attempt to make a theme-converter, to make the step from 4.5.1 to 4.6 less difficult. Please note: your old themes won't work anymore in 4.6.

current state of development
As I said: a lot of work has already been done, but there's a lot more to do. I'm pleased to say the new theme-engine has been fully implemented, but we're not even halfway through the development of the module-function. It's an complex system to design, and we want to make it as easy as possible for users and developers.

On top of it, we're also still working on converting the album- and blog-module into a real module that works using the new module-engine. This is a very time-consuming process.

beta-version
Although we test everything carefully; new features always cause bugs. Version 4.6 will feature so many substantial changes and new code, that we will first release a 4.6-beta version. This version will most certainly contain bugs, and then it's up to everyone who dares to start bug-hunting. This way, we can release a 4.6 version that will have less (and hopefully none at all) bugs.

how long will it take?
We don't know that yet. We certainly won't be ready within two months. Maybe three months, or even four. But, what is most important, we hope to deliver you a pluck 4.6 that has been worth waiting for!

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This is our first post with our new news system. Since the blog on somp.nl is not online anymore, and we need a place to post our development updates etc., we decided we needed a news system. You can now also react on the news items, which is a good thing.

About the development on pluck 4.6: don't worry, pluck is still alive! The unusual long time between 4.5 and 4.6 is caused by the many major new features and rewrites for 4.6. I'll post a more detailed development update very soon.

Have fun with pluck!

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