Pivot 1.40 Beta 2..

We’ve released Pivot 1.40 beta 2. Please note that this is a beta release, so it might contain smaller or larger bugs. If you’re not comfortable using beta software please wait a short while until we can release 1.40 final as a stable release.

The major things that are new in this version are:

We've added Tagging functionality. (tagclouds, tagpages, tags for each entry)
Major improvements to the Registered Visitors functionality.
We have a new set of default templates.
You can format the output of the search results to your liking.
Popups now use Thickbox to display the images.
The things that were new in Pivot 1.40 beta 1.
And lots more smaller enhancements and bugfixes. See our changelog.

If you're new to Pivot you should get the full version below and read here on how to get started.

There are two upgraders. One for if you're upgrading any version from 1.0 to 1.30 RC, and one for upgrading 1.30 final and higher. If you're currently running 1.40 beat 1, you can use the latter.

If you're upgrading follow these steps:

Get the updater that's appropriate for what you're running currently.
Extract the files on your computer.
Make a backup of your website. (really)
Upload all the files overwriting the ones already present.
Download the upgradechecks tool, unzip it, and upload to your pivot folder.
Open pivot/upgradechecks.php in your browser and see if you have to make any changes.
Log in to your Pivot, and do the following:
- Rebuild the index.
- Go to Administration » Weblogs, and click through your weblog so, the weblog configuration is updated.
- Add [[thickbox:head]] to the <head> section of your templates, if you want to use the new thickbox popups.
- Rebuild all pages.
Enjoy your brand-new Pivot!

Alternatively you can use our Pivot Setup script, which takes care of the installation/upgrading. Read about it here: Pivot Setup.

The Files are here, on our Sourceforge page:

If sourceforge isn't working as it should, you can also get the files here.

As you can see above we have new Default Templates. And they're very slick, if we say so ourselves. Here are three screenshots of different portions of the templates:

You can see the templates in action here: pivotlog.net/templates/
There are two variants, a two column layout and a three column layout. And they come in three different color schemes.

Tip: We've heard about people (mainly on OSX) who've had their FTP programs wipe the folders clean before uploading. Make sure that doesn't happen to you. And if it does, you'll be glad you made that backup like we told you to.

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