Pivot 1.40 Beta 2..
13:44We’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!
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.
fourteen comments:
can’t wait to update! very nice.
Whoa, nice work guys! Definitely an update that’s worth installing, great new features!
This does mean I have to redo the tagging functionality and layout on my new design though. I knew I should have waited with customizing the Taggerati extension 
Bramn: it’s mostly compatible with the old taggerati! Just move your extensions/taggerati/tagdata/ folder to pivot/db/tagdata/ and you should be fine!
ps. backup first, though! 
Hmmm….can’t wait…...Only I can’t get the files from sourceforge 
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles..
Niwla: Really? I had no troubles downloading.. Perhaps you can try selecting a different mirror. Perhaps not all mirrors have the new files yet. 
I got the files now…. Perhaps it took a while to spread….
sourceforge is giving me problems too.. will retry a while, but its hicking up there
Majadebij: I’ve added an alternative download link, if SF is giving you a hard time.
Hmm, i get this message when i make a new template:
This action requires the use of POST!
In other words: stop messing about, since you should never see this message in normal use.
I’m so glad you guys have added proper tagging. The taggerati solution always worked so poorly for my uses. Can’t wait to install it.
I had one question about the tagging. How does it handle multiple word tags? Do you need to put an underscore in the tag or is that just for Pivot’s purposes?
Please post support questions to the Support Forum. Thank you!
I get an error when I try to download teh update (can not read file)
Did you try to get the file from here ? This link is also provided in the original message above.
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Pivot 1.40 beta 2
De volgende versie van Pivot staat voor de deur, een goede reden voor mij om eindelijk wat kleine zaken op te lossen voordat ik overga naar deze nieuwe versie. Gelukkig is het pas beta 2, dus ik heb nog even. Maar ik heb de gelegenheid wel gebruikt om wat …
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