Another update, another patch

First of all, if you log in and try to administer your blog you will notice that the administation buttons are gone. In layouts/Layout.vm, change the line invoking the DefaultStripe fragment to #DefaultStripe($stripe.cssName $stripe.listName).

Second, in the top navigation, change the <span class="nav user"> tag to contain only the following code:

#foreach($linkTo in $navigationList.getNav("UserActions"))
#if($velocityCount > 1) | #end
#navbutton($linkTo.getLink($data,$link) $linkTo.label) 
#end

This will allow plugins to change the user action links, without needing to change the template itself.

Third, there is a new template tool handling security with the name $securityTool. You can replace all calls to ACLs and all permission checks with this tool. Supported operations include:

$securityTool.canEditThisPost
$securityTool.isBlogAdmin
$securityTool.isBlogEditor
$securityTool.isBlogAuthor

Improvements to the system include:

• Blog URLs have been shortened by removing the prefix /blog/. A redirect is in place that leads to the new addresses.
• A new Root Blog has been introduced that contains the aggregate of all other blogs. This also allows for the themeing of the aggregate blog. URLs without a blog are redirected to the root blog.
• By default, links produced by the system are relative to the site, not absolute. This should lead to somewhat shorter load times on link-heavy pages, and actually implement permalinks, and allowing cookie-less operation.
• The AdminBlog and AdminSite sideboxes should by default show only those actions that the current user can perform.
• Improved compatibility with Internet Explorer due to buttons that would not respond.
• RSS feeds with Unicode characters are working again
• It is possible to view a summary of a whole year by visiting the year link on the location bar. A monthly view is on the works.