An advanced editor option is now available as part of the Geeklog 1.4 release. The integration of the FCKeditor which is one of the most popular and well supported OpenSource (LGPL Licensed) HTML editors brings to the web many of the powerful functionalities of desktop editors like MS Word.

A summary of the integration features:

• Advanced Editor is enabled via a setting in the main site config.php
• Enabled for Story Editor, contribute story or comment forms, and Staticpage Editor
• FCKeditor is compatible with most internet browsers which include: IE 5.5+ (Windows), Firefox 1.0+, Mozilla 1.3+ and Netscape 7+.
• Editor Toolbars can be customized and for starters, a more basic toolbar is used for non-admin's for the contribute story form.
• Extensive Editor features like text formatting, tables, link creation and font styles.
• Integrated Image Browser allows images to easily be uploaded and image library maintained.
• Support for uploading assorted file types like zip,doc,xls,pdf,avi,mpg,mpeg,swf,fla

Media Gallery v1.2.1 is a full-featured, integrated Geeklog plugin for providing a full media gallery to your Geeklog installation. Media Gallery has a rich set of features and takes full advantage of the Geeklog features such as security permissions, comments, autotags and more.

v1.2.1 contains many new features, bug fixes and overall improvements, making it a full featured multi-media gallery solution for Geeklog. This release fully supports Geeklog 1.4 and register_globals turned off.

You can get more information and download Media Gallery through the Media Gallery Support site.

READ THE DOCUMENTATION BEFORE UPGRADING, THERE ARE VERY IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS YOU MUST FOLLOW!

Geeklog 1.4.0 is one of the biggest updates in Geeklog's history and introduces the following new features and changes:

• Geeklog now officially works with register_globals = off.
• Ships with FCKeditor (WYSIWYG editor).
• Supports Trackback, Pingback, and pinging weblog directories.
• Remote authentication lets registered users of remote services such as Blogger.com and LiveJournal log into your Geeklog site without having to register.
• New syndication framework that can both read and write feeds in RSS (0.9x and 2.0), RDF, and Atom (0.3 and 1.0) formats.
• The links and polls sections are now plugins and can be disabled, removed, or replaced easily when you don't need them.
• Revamped Admin sections to provide a consistent look and sortable lists.
• New search only returns a specified amount of results per page, thus avoiding the embarrassing timeouts on large databases.
• ... and more.