Changelog (new threads)

2008-09-04

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:49:25 +0000

Secretly introducing the Master Administrator role within wikis. More details later, but fragments already present in My Account and Site Manager.
Fixed a few bugs introduced by yesterday's addition of the new, hopefully rarely used, "Delete Account" option.

2008-09-03

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:25:47 +0000

Added new "delete account" option — available in MyAccount » Account Settings. Some people have been requesting this feature, so here it is. Think twice!

2008-09-02

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:59:21 +0000

Internal support for "pro" accounts, cosmetic changes to your Site Manager are coming.
Ultracool "Page Autonumbering" feature that lets you save pages in a given category and they automatically get a numbered, e.g. issue:1, issue:2 etc. See more in your Site Manager under "Autonumbering of pages". Use it to build bug/issue trackers, todo lists and much more!

2008-09-01

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:56:07 +0000

Applied a workaround to fix InternetExplorer bug that returned random errors when trying to access files on private wikis over SSL (https://).
A few security improvements.

2008-08-26

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:50:03 +0000

Vastly improved anti-session-stealing solutions.
Changed session cookies on custom domains — now each custom domain has its own session cookie name and hashed session_id. This 1. increases the security, 2. fixes the problem when people are using overlapping custom domains with wikidot (e.g. example.com and wiki.example.com) — there could have been problems with logging in.
Fixed a but with InternetExplorer requiring you to "accept unsecure elements" on www.wikidot.com when accessing over https://
Started experiments with pingbacks — more details later.

2008-08-22

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:41:26 +0000

Fixed a major server issue with connection to cache servers randomly timing out which could lead to cache inconsistency.

2008-08-21

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:40:55 +0000

Fixed some SSL warnings in Internet Explorer about insecure elements when logging in (CSS-related).
Improved authentication process so that "bind to IP address" log-in option now works fine when there is an proxy between user and Wikidot.

2008-08-18

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:15:50 +0000

Finally fixed issues with cross-domain authentication.
Fixed issues with permissions to access files on private wikis.
New login & create account flow (now you are redirected to our main website for authentication).
Added SSL to logging in and creating account to improve security and privacy.

2008-08-14

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:51:31 +0000

Fixed a problem when uploaded images embedded (through [[image]] tag) on private wikis were sometimes not visible due to problems with cookies. The problem was affecting Internet Explorer and Safari.
Fixed some minor cross-domain authentication issues with Firefox (result of improper caching).

2008-08-13

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:48:25 +0000

With SSL connection the karma icons are now server over https (was causing an alert in Internet Explorer).
Added new (native) embed pattern for Google Maps.
New icons in the editor — finally after 2 years! Big thanks to Squark.

2008-08-07

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:34:30 +0000

Fixed the patterns for the following embeds: Google Gadgets, Widgetbox
Added new patterns for code to be used within [[embed]]...[[/embed]] tags: Flickr videos, Ohloh snippets, Vimeo videos, Picasa webalbums, JS-Kit ratings, DailyMotion videos, Revver videos, Playlist.com music player, Blip.tv videos, Voicethread slideshows, Slideboom slideshows, TeacherTube videos, Schooltube videos, Alexa traffic ratings. (all links lead to the snippets.wikidot.com wiki with lots of useful solutions and examples)

2008-08-07

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:58:19 +0000

Fixed text escaping in sites tag cloud and TagCloud module (e.g. d&d becomes d&d in the XHTML source).

2008-08-05

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:33:57 +0000

Changelog resurrection — it will be populated frequently again with every change at Wikidot.com.
_template pages now can process formatting tags (like %%author%%) — see the documentation.
A few more recognized embedded codes — this time for WoW fans who want tooltips for their items/quests from WOWDB of Wowhead, see the example. More new embeds are on its way.
Improved caching of the TagCloud module.
Added clickable tags for the ListPages module (via the tagTarget attribute and %%tags%% element).

2008-06-03

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:31:03 +0000

Improved server's infrastructure:
- separate www server for static files (js, css, images etc.)
- fixed ddos detection (had too many false positives)
- better service reliability
Fixed displaying of anonymous avatars.
Easier karma promotion.

Small bugs fixed till 2008-05-28

Sat, 24 May 2008 11:25:29 +0000

We have recently fixed many small bugs not yet mentioned in this changelog. This includes:

allowing users to upload HTML files. They are served from different domain. This is important for security reasons. The whole process of redirection is transparent for users
fixing blank templates appearing in template list
fixing privacy bug with FrontForum module that used to allow user to display forum threads from private sites

2008-05-23

Fri, 23 May 2008 05:14:27 +0000

Named URLs (e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(board_game) link name]) now support parenthesis and single-quotes inside URLs.
The same for source URLs in [[iframe URL]] elements.
Page titles in the NewPage module are now preserved.

2008-05-14

Wed, 14 May 2008 14:28:12 +0000

New templating system — one can now easily define how pages within categories are presented. More info here.

2008-01-16

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:06:55 +0000

Issue with cross-domain sessions:
For some time there was a problem keeping the session cross-domain. If you were trying to log-in on a wiki hosted on a custom domain your browser could enter and "endless reload loop". Now it is solved, but in some cases you might need to clear the cookies on the custom domain if you experience problems with logging in.

2007-11-26

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:42:24 +0000

last week we have been trying to fix all the problems that appeared after moving Wikidot to new servers. since we had to rush with migration, some bugs were inevitable, but we were working hard to fix them all.

software upgrades after moving the server to a new datacenter
fixed avatar uploads, [[gallery]] items and MIME types for uploaded files
fixed typographical quotes bug

2007-11-03

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:37:41 +0000

new SimpleToDo module introduced
users can now change their screen names, but max twice; available under My Account » Profile » Change screen name
fixed login issues for custom domains
email lists experimentally launched for selected wikis, soon for everyone
minor fixes