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The first beta version of Geeklog v2.2.1 is now available for download.

This version of Geeklog now fully supports PHP v7.3. The minimum PHP requirements have changed, they have gone from v5.3.3 to v5.6.4. In part for security reasons, we decided to update the minimum requirements of PHP to v5.6 since this is the only version of PHP v5 that has received any security updates in the last year. The system requirements for installing Geeklog v2.2.1 is now:

• PHP 5.6.4 or higher
• MySQL 4.1.2 or higher (MySQL 5 recommended)
• Postgresql 9.1.7 or later

New major features, improvements and fixes in this version include:

I just wanted to give an update on Geeklogs next release. I was hoping it would happen by the summer but that unfortunately looks not to be the case. We are hard at work on Geeklog v2.2.1 and hope to see the first beta by September 2019.

Some of the new features in Geeklog v2.2.1 include:

• New PHP Session Handling System (move to use PHP built in system)
• A Likes System for articles, comments and plugins (can include likes and/or dislikes)
• PHP 7.2 and PHP 7.3 support
• Updates to the latest library files for CKEditor, jQuery, Uikit, etc...
• Plus more and a large number of bug fixes as well...

Update (2019-06-24): Please note for Geeklog v2.2.1 we plan to up the minimum PHP version required to PHP v5.6.

Geeklog v2.2.0 is now available for download and is the recommended version for all production sites.

New features and fixes in this version include:

• [Feature] Added Uikit 3 framework and new theme Denim_Three
• [Feature] Blocks can now appear in more than just the left or right column. Block Locations can now be added by plugins and themes
• [Feature] New CSS and JS processor to Minify and combine files
• [Feature] ReCaptcha Plugin now included with the Geeklog Install
• [Feature] ReCaptcha Plugin now supports Invisible Captcha
• [Feature] New Passwords must contain a minimum of 8 characters and have at least 1 letter and 1 number
• [Feature] Two Factor Authentication is available for user accounts
• [Feature] You can now require all user accounts to have a verified email address (including remote accounts)
• [Feature] New User Statuses Added (Locked, New Email Required, New Password Required)
• [Feature] Akismet module now included with the SPAM-X plugin
• [Feature] Built in Demo Mode
• [Bug] Fixed After token expired re-authentication returns to a blank page once Authentication is successful
• [Bug] Fixed Switch Language Block (and COM_getLanguageFromURL) to work on a topic page

... as well as a lot of other improvements and bug fixes. The complete list can be found on Github and in the history text file located in the docs directory of this release.

Note: A bug was found in the installer and Geeklog v2.2.0 that causes an error on servers with PHP v5.3 installed. Therefore for Geeklog v2.2.0 you should consider the minimum PHP version to be v5.5 (note added July 19, 2018)