Development

The objective of the Microsoft SQL (MSSQL) port is to provide another database alternative to MYSQL to take advantage of SQL server in business environments where Mysql may be a barrier to entry. The goal was to provide the ability for GL1.4.0 to work in either Mysql or MS SQL server with zero code changes required to be done by the end user. The version(s) of SQL supported are SQL 2000 and above, including the MSDE.

An example plugin that was created to show an approach to isolate the database layer from the application logic can be found here in the downloads library.

I have worked with GeekLog for a few years now and I have developed a number of custom plugins for several sites. For quite some time I have been thinking about releasing a few public versions of a few of the plugins. At the same time a new site for this has been created.

So the first two plugins to be released at PluginCMS are FAQ 1.0.1 and GL-Utility 1.0.1.

I am pleased to announce 749, the latest release in the stable branch of Media Gallery. This release is designed to replace the previous v1.2.6 stable release. Media Gallery v1.4 has been in development for the past 5 months and has gone through 17 development release cycles to insure all features and functions work as they should.

Media Gallery v1.4 brings a large number of new features, increased stability, scalability and speed. Some of the new features include: