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There have been some major changes to Habari since the last update of the TinyMCE plugin, so I've updated. It's still not perfect, but it works with the newest version of Habari. As usual, if there's anyone willing to take over maintenance and development of the plugin, let me know. I'm happy to give advice, but I'm finding it hard to find the time to put into improving it.

These are the changes in version 0.4, which you can download from my TinyMCE plugin page:

• Updated configuration to work with updated FormUI.
• Play nicely with Monolith.
• Reformat code to meet Habari's code standards.

At the time, I noted the way that more and more information that was once delivered by independent web sites was now being delivered directly by search engines, and that rather than linking out to others, there were strong signs of a trend towards keeping the link flow to themselves.

Is Linking to Yourself the Future of the Web? - O'Reilly Radar I may exist in a bubble¹ but it seems to me that an opposing tension is emerging. Twitter has been used² by many people as a search and question answering service, as has FriendFeed more recently. ...

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<rick_c> when i used wp a lot i used a remote client most of the time. since i'm usually in habari now, i've discovered the reason was i don't like the wp interface. <rick_c> i've even written in my local habari install, then cut and pasted to my wp blog. :)

First, some PHP stuff....

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While work is going on at home, we're staying at our friends' place, just off Brunswick Street. For those not familiar with Melbourne, Brunswick Street is now a renowned eating and shopping street, but when the beloved and I moved here (separately, on average) 20 years ago it was pretty grungy and alternative. Given the change, it's been interesting to be actually living here rather than just passing through. And now, some food reviews. We've been out for breakfast three times so far, and been served four breakfasts. The first was at idi bidi, which is the closest cafe to ...

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Japanese Cherry Blossom was the second theme I ported to Habari, a task I undertook for a friend's band, Bitter Sweethearts. Even for a theme that might have a couple of users, making sure that the theme is up to date with the latest Habari features was taking more time than I wanted to spend, given what should be my priorities (my beloved and, yes, finishing my PhD). So, following the recent release of Japanese Cherry Blossom 0.2, the theme has been relicensed under the ASL 2.0, with permission from the author, April D. Spreeman, and I've ...

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I've done some updating of the Japanese Cherry Blossom theme for Habari and tested it with the latest Habari release. This is mostly a bug fix and clean up release, and there are still things that need doing. Details:

• General code clean up.
• Remove cruft left over from Connections template files.
• Fix assignment of previous posts.
• Improved search.
• Add login form

The beloved and I are now officially living out of suitcases while our house is uninhabitable due to renovations. We're relying on housesitting and friends, so my online life is going to take a back seat for the next three months.

To celebrate the release of Habari 0.5, I've updated the Connections theme for Habari and released version 0.2. As always, comments are extremely welcome. Offers to take over maintenance also appreciated.

Details

• Change the pagination to the theme function, rather than the deprecated Utils function.
• Add next and previous navigation on individual posts.
• Long overdue cleanup of comments, including 'your comment in moderation notice'.
• Correct the atom feeds in the sidebar.
• Optimise tags call.
• Clean up search and fix a bug that occurs when there are no search matches.
• Use $theme->display() templates instead of include() to be friendlier to ...

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I'm extremely happy to say that Habari 0.5 has been released. There are way too many changes to list here, but have a look at the release post for an overview. I think this release is a watershed for Habari, and I'm extremely excited. If you're interested in blogging, please give Habari a spin. We'd love your feedback, and we listen to all sorts of channels.