The version checker is the page that comes up when you click on the "GL Version Test" link from the Admin menu of your Geeklog site. It'll tell you whether your Geeklog install is still up to date - hence the name.

This page has always been a bit bland but then again, there wasn't really much it had to do or display. Still, there was this nagging feeling that it could be made to look nicer. And so we put this up as one of several tasks on OpenHatch. Rouslan Placella picked it up and delivered a shiny new version that has now gone live.

In addition to the all-important information whether or not you need to update your site, the new version also displays a nice visual timeline of the recent Geeklog release history, complete with a helpful "you are here" pointer. And all this is wrapped in a new and much nicer design.

Thanks, Rouslan! Nice work.

Mark Evans informs us that Saif El-Shere reported XSS in the bbcode of the Forum plugin for glFusion. Due to the shared history of the two projects, these XSS also exist in the Forum plugin for Geeklog. The Forum plugin 2.7.4 fixes these issues.

To upgrade from version 2.7.3, you need to replace these 3 files:

• config.php (for the version number)
• functions.inc (for the upgrade code)
• public_html/include/gf_format.php (which contains the actual fix)

Then simply run the upgrade from Geeklog's Plugin admin panel.

Paypal plugin now allows you to sell access to some of the content of your site or to establish management paying members of a club or association.

This new version 1.2 introduces a new type of product, subscritions. This feature allows you to create membership for one or several days, weeks, months or years. Users who subscribe online are automatically added to a group you specify. Group members can then access content reserved for them during the entire period of their membership. Once it is completed, the member is automatically removed from the group.

Many other new features are available with this release. Please refer to the wiki page for more details.

Download paypal plugin 1.2