Serendipity 2.0.1 released

Serendipity 2.0.1 has just been released. This is the first maintenance release which fixes a couple of minor issues, and one security-related issue where improper escaping of category names can lead to a possible XSS attack. This atnly be performed by authenticated editors, so we consider it medium-impact. If you run a multi-user blog with untrusted authors, you are urged to upgrade to the new release. Many thanks to Edric Teo for reporting this issue to us, which could then be fixed within the same day.

Some other notable bug fixes are:

  • Report errors, if inclusion of JavaScript files may throw PHP errors to help in diagnosing an installation
  • Support for user.css backend CSS additions, without needing to edit the 2k11 backend theme.
  • Some JavaScript fixes for the backend, better theme fallback methods.

As usual the complete list of changes can be see in our docs/NEWS-file. Upgrading is simple as always: Download the release, unpack, upload, say hi to our upgrader, done.

Serendipity Camp 2015 and the near future of Serendipity

This weekend marked the first time a couple of developers and users finally shared a room and their faces with each other. We hope this was only be the first time, and will be repeated at least annually.

Our goal for this weekend was to connect names to faces, get to know each other and discuss the past and future of Serendipity. Seen from both viewpoints, users and developers.

Luckily, the kind people of the Linuxhotel in Essen (Germany) have a great offer for OpenSource projects like us: comfortable rooms, food, wifi and a special ambience for a price that is hard to beat. Thanks so much for having us!

Also, the city of Essen was a good middle ground for most of our people to meetup (from left to right):


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