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- reorganized the administration pages
- search module:
* changed the search module to use implicit AND'ing instead of implicit OR'ing.
- node system improvements:
* replaced the "post content" permission by more fine-grained permissions.
* improved content submission:
+ improved teasers: teasers are now optional, teaser length can be configured, teaser and body are edited in a single textarea, users will no longer be bother with teasers when the post is too short for a teaser.
+ added the ability to preview both the short and the full version of your posts.
- themes:
* replaced theme "Goofy" by "Xtemplate", a template driven theme.
Drupal 4.1.0, 2003-02-01
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- collaboratively revised and expanded the Drupal documentation.
- rewrote comment.module:
* reintroduced comment rating/moderation.
* added support for comment paging.
* performance improvements: improved comment caching, faster SQL queries, etc.
- rewrote block.module:
* performance improvements: blocks are no longer rendered when not displayed.
- rewrote forum.module:
* added a lot of features one can find in stand-alone forum software including but not limited to support for topic paging, added support for icons, rewrote the statistics module, etc.
- rewrote statistics.module:
* collects access counts for each node, referrer logs, number of users/guests.
* export blocks displaying top viewed nodes over last 24 hour period, top viewed nodes over all time, last nodes viewed, how many users/guest online.
- added throttle.module:
* auto-throttle congestion control mechanism: Drupal can adapt itself based on the server load.
- added profile.module:
* enables to extend the user and registration page.
- added pager support to the main page.
- replaced weblogs.module by ping.module:
* added support for normal and RSS notifications of http://blo.gs/.
* added support for RSS ping-notifications of http://weblogs.com/.
- themes:
* removed a significant portion of hard-coded mark-up.
Drupal 4.0.0, 2002-06-15
* replaces the previous "your [site]" links (recent comments and nodes).
* this will ping weblogs.com when new content is promoted.
- added taxonomy module which replaces the meta module.
* supports relations, hierarchies and synonyms.
* speeds up pages for anonymous users and reduces system load.
- added support for external SMTP libraries.
- added an archive extension to the calendar.
- added blogger API support.
- themes:
* cleaned up the theme system.
* moved themes that are not maintained to contributions CVS repository.
- database abstraction:
* changed to PEAR database abstraction layer.
* using ANSI SQL queries to be more portable.
* added support for Drupal authentication through XML-RPC and through a Jabber server.
* added support for modules to add more user data.
* users may delete their own account.
* added who's new and who's online blocks.
- changed block system:
* various hard coded blocks are now dynamic.
* blocks can now be enabled and/or be set by the user.
* blocks can be set to only show up on some pages.
* blogs can be updated.
* teasers (abstracts) on all node types.
* improved error checking and usability changes.
- improved comment module to mark new comments.
- added a general outliner which will let any node type be linked to a book.
- added an update script that lets you upgrade from previous releases or on a day to day basis when using the development tree.
* improved the search system by making it context sensitive.
- various updates:
* changed output to valid XHTML.
* improved multiple sites using the same Drupal database support.
* added support for session IDs in URLs instead of cookies.
* made each cloud site have its own settings.
* modules and themes can now be enabled/disabled using the administration pages.
* usability changes (renamed links, better UI, etc).
- collaboratively revised and expanded the Drupal documentation.
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- various updates:
* added missing translations
* updated the themes: tidied up some HTML code and added new Drupal logos.
* everything is based on nodes: nodes are a conceptual "black box" to couple and manage different types of content and that promotes reusing existing code, thus reducing the complexity and size of Drupal as well as improving long-term stability.
- removed FAQ and documentation module and merged them into a "book module".
- removed ban module and integrated it into account.module as "access control":
* access control is based on much more powerful regular expressions (regex) now rather than on MySQL pattern matching.
- rewrote watchdog and submission throttle:
* improved watchdog messages and added watchdog filter.
- rewrote headline code and renamed it to import.module and export.module:
* added various improvements, including a better parser, bundles and better control over individual feeds.
- rewrote section code and renamed it to meta.module:
* supports unlimeted amount of nested topics. Topics can be nested to create a multi-level hierarchy.
- rewrote configuration file resolving:
* Drupal tries to locate a configuration file that matches your domainname or uses conf.php if the former failed. Note also that the configuration files got renamed from .conf to .php for security's sake on mal-configured Drupal sites.
- added access.module:
* allows you to setup 'roles' (groups) and to bind a set of permissions to each group.
* moved most of the configuration options from hostname.conf to the new administration section.
* allows to assign users editorial/moderator rights to certain nodes or topics.
* allows creation of static (and dynamic) pages through the administration interface.
* groups all available module documentation on a single page.
- added forum.module:
* added an integrated forum.
* allows to display and mail CVS log messages as daily digests.
- added book.module:
* allows collaborative handbook writing: primary used for Drupal documentation.
* added "auto-post new submissions" feature versus "moderate new submissions".
* added preview functionality when submitting new content (such as a story) from the administration pages.
* made the administration section only show those links a user has access to.
* made all modules use specific form_* functions to guarantee a rock-solid forms and more consistent layout.
* improved scheduler:
+ content can be scheduled to be 'posted', 'queued' and 'hidden'.
+ added "access control" to allow/deny certain usernames/e-mail addresses/hostnames.
* improved locale module:
+ added new overview to easy the translation process.
+ added preview functionality for administrators.
+ made it possible to permanently delete stories.
+ W3C validation on a best effort basis.
+ removed $theme->control() from themes.
+ added theme "goofy".
* additional/alternative display and order methods have been added.
* modules can be extended with a "comment system": modules can embed the existing comment system without having to write their own, duplicate comment system.
* story sections make the open submission more adaptive in that you can set individual post, dump and expiration thresholds for each section according to the story type and urgency level: stories in certain sections do not "expire" and might stay interesting and active as time passes by, whereas news-related stories are only considered "hot" over a short period of time.
* you can setup multiple Drupal sites on top of the same physical source tree either by using vhosts or sub-directories.
* all rating logic is packed into a module to ease experimenting with different rating heuristics/algorithms.
- added "search infrastructure":
* improved search page and integrated search functionality in the administration pages.
- added translation / localization / internationalization support:
* because many people would love to see their website showing a lot less of English, and far more of their own language, Drupal provides a framework to setup a multi-lingual website or to overwrite the default English text in English.
- added fine-grained user permission (or group) system:
* users can be granted access to specific administration sections. Example: a FAQ maintainer can be given access to maintain the FAQ and translators can be given access to the translation pages.
- added FAQ module
+ user accounts can be deleted.
+ added fine-grained permission support.
* improved themes:
+ W3C validation on a best effort basis
+ added theme "example" (alias "Stone Age")