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The Future of OpenStar

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:44:52 -0400

The time has come to think about the future of the OpenStar project and the distribution it provides. With PN8 looming on the horizon some decisions need to be made in order to ensure that we still provide a valuable service to the community but also focus out (unfortunately limited) time and energy on areas where it actually makes sense.

pnFreeChat 1.04 released!

Sat, 03 Mar 2007 14:55:48 -0500

We are pleased to announce the release of pnFreeChat 1.04. pnFreeChat is a module integrating phpFreeChat, an open-source Ajax-based chat solution. This version upgrades the chat module to the latest release (1.0beta9) and improves the users-online block. pnFreeChat is available for download from here.

pnFreeChat 1.03 released!

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 12:58:29 -0500

We are pleased to announce the release of pnFreeChat 1.03. pnFreeChat is a module integrating phpFreeChat, an open-source Ajax-based chat solution. This version upgrades the chat module to the latest release (1.0beta8). pnFreeChat is available for download from here.

OpenStar 4.04 released

Sun, 03 Dec 2006 22:09:36 -0500

pnFreeChat 1.02 released!

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 15:30:17 -0500

We are pleased to announce the release of pnFreeChat 1.02. pnFreeChat is a module integrating phpFreeChat, an open-source Ajax-based chat solution. This version upgrades the chat module to the latest release, adds a whos-online sideblock and has some configuration cleanups. pnFreeChat is available for download from here.

Patch for 0.763 update released!

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:02:22 -0400

We are happy to announce the release of the patch which will upgrade OpenStar to the newest 0.763 PN core version. The patch can be downloaded from here.

pnFreeChat 1.01 released

Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:12:11 -0400

We are pleased to announce the release of pnFreeChat 1.01. pnFreeChat is a module integrating phpFreeChat, an open-source Ajax-based chat solution. This version fixes the config section upgrades the chat module to the latest release and generally seems to be more solid than past versions. pnFreeChat is available for download from here

pnFreeChat 1.0 released

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:47:51 -0400

We are pleased to announce the release of pnFreeChat 1.00. pnFreeChat is a module integrating phpFreeChat, an open-source Ajax-based chat solution. Please note that this module currently does *not* work with Auto-Theme. It does however work with standard PN themes and Xanthia themes. We haven't figured out yet what causes this issue but hope to resolve it in the future.

OpenStar 4.03 released

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:46:33 -0400

OpenStar is a value-added PostNuke distribution which aims to extend the functional coverage of PostNuke by including and integrating 3rd party modules in order to expand the capabilities of the default PostNuke distribution. This release contains almost 200 Fixes and Improvements as compared to the 4.02 release. If you are running a previous version of OpenStar, we advise you to upgrade to this release. Release 4.03 features the following significant news and additions: - Finnish Language Pack Added - French Language Pack Added - New Module: v4bAccounting - New Module: Thumbnail - New Module: WhatsNews replaces pnTresMailer - New Extension: AJAX support package added In addition to the above, a significant number of fixes have gone into our v4bProjects module. While it's still not perfect, the basics now seem to work OK so that it now makes sense to actually report bugs (which we will then fix). HomePage: openstar.postnuke.com Feature-Overview: Features Feature-Overview for Developers: Developers Pages Downloads: Downloads page Support Forum: here

Reporting from PNMeeting 3.0

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:40:58 -0400

Like last year, a good number of PN users and developers met near Stuttgart (Germany) to listen to interesting presentations, talk ideas over and just hang out and have a good time.

Module Generator Updated

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:02:13 -0400

We've updated our module generator (available at here) with a round of fixes. The module generator now generates code which (through the use of conversion script) can run on PN 0.8 MS1. We've also extended it generate all used localization strings so that the ugly language constants don't show up anymore and applied a few minor formatting fixes. We hope that these changes help make the module generator into a useful tool for the PN/OS development community. Please report any bugs on our forums. HomePage: http://openstar.postnuke.com Support Forums: here Module Generator: here

Module Generator Updated

Wed, 08 Mar 2006 10:31:35 -0500

We've updated our module generator (available here) with a round of fixes. The module generator now generates code which is compliant with the latest 0.762/0.8 architecture changes. We've also added the ability to specify your field labels in the module specification which means that you can now have meaningful text for (most) your labels. We hope that these changes help make the module generator into a useful tool for the PN/OS development community. Please report any bugs on our forums.

OpenStar 4.02 released!

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:55:13 -0500

Vereins-Management Modul Wiki eröffnet

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:17:01 -0500

Nachdem auf dem Forum der Deutschen Community Site das Thema Vereinsmanagement auf reges Interesse geführt hat und nun eine Spendensammlung in Gang gekommen ist, haben wir hier ein Wiki aufgesetzt um die Anforderungen an so ein Modul an einem zentralen Ort zu sammlen.

pnMantis 5.0 released!

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 13:49:42 -0500

Like a blast from the past, Cas Nuy has reported back with an updated pnMantis package. It is fully pnRenderd, fixes a few minor annoyances and starting from this version will be located in the directory "pnMantis" (note the capitalization). Please read the readme.txt file for install/upgrade details.

PostNuke Security Advisory 2006-1

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 14:33:05 -0500

This PNSA-2006-01 applies to all versions of the OpenStar distribution: DESCRIPTION PostNuke is an Open Source, open-development content management system (CMS). PostNuke is still undergoing development, but a large number of core functions are now stabilizing and a complete API for third-party developers is now implemented. The PostNuke CMS Development Team was notified by secunia.com about a vulnerability in the adodb database abstraction layer. VULNERABILTIES Arbitrary SQL code execution via adodb (when db-user is 'root' without password) SOLUTION It is recommended that all admins check for the following files and folders and remove them if found: /includes/classes/adodb/server.php /includes/classes/adodb/cute_icons _for_site /includes/classes/adodb/PEAR /includes/classes/adodb/contrib /includes/classes/adodb/session/old /includes/classes/adodb/tests Securing the whole /includes/classes directory from web access provides an extra layer of security, by protecting against potential as-yet undiscovered security risks in libraries. The following .htaccess file, placed in the /includes/classes directory, will secure the directory (Download): order allow,deny deny from all The main packages have been updated, the hash sums for the PostNuke CMS Platinum Edition 0.761a are: PostNuke-0.761a.tar.gz MD5: 0610c53c4bed0311862ccf422a68d6a5 SHA1: 0006f488cdb6ea53e532d9754a88fb17987a3a8c PostNuke-0.761a.zip MD5: e82bd983901e27e44ab8f82cc359dd00 SHA1: 3432699ded203a1b1fb2cdb6b1fab6cdbd367a4a Download from downloads.postnuke.com

Looking for Translators

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 19:41:35 -0500

OK, we've made it through the first few months of our existance without any major mishaps and seem to have quite a few (mostly happy) users out there. As we're planning for the new year we're full of cool ideas. One of things we would like to achieve (and which we can't do on our own) is to make OpenStar available to a wider audience by providing it in more languages. So, if you speak a language other than English or German and would like to contribute to the OpenStar project we would invite you to translate OpenStar to whatever language it is you speak. If you come up with a complete translation to another language we'll adopt your translation packet and make it available for download on the OpenStar site. So if you're interested in helping out in further internationalizing OpenStar, please either PM me, append a comment to this message or use the forum to make yourself heard so we can see how/if we can organize something. Thank you RNG

OpenStar 4.01 released!

Sun, 01 Jan 2006 18:06:56 -0500

OpenStar adopts Integration Modules

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:33:31 -0500

As you may or may not know, Cas Nuy, the developer of many great integration-modules has decided to end his involvement with PostNuke programming. This means that his integration modules are now essentially orphaned and are looking for new maintainers. A few of these modules have found a new home at the OpenStar Project. These modules are either already bundled with OpenStar or have been tested in larger deployments. The specific modules are: pnATutor: ATuror Integration Module pnMatis: Mantis Bug Tracker Integration Module pnSugar: SugarCRM Integration Module These modules will be available from us for Download and we will also take care of their future development/maintainance as required to keep them functioning with future versions of PostNuke.

OpenStar 4.0Gold package update

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 12:37:06 -0500

If you have downloaded any 4.0 Gold packages before Sunday 6-Nov-2005 12:00 (CET), we stronly advise you to re-download the current packages and copy those onto your server. While there are no functional changes (other than 2 minor v4bJournal fixes), we discovered some relatively massive packaging problems which can lead to crashes under certain situations. Due to this issue we decided to rebuild all the download packages with the appropriate packaging fixes. If you need to update such an installed package, you only need to overwrite the existing files with the files from the new 4.0 package. Please realize that these updates do not contain code changes; it is the same code with only the file encoding/formatting being changed.

OpenStar 4.0Gold released!

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 12:23:36 -0500

OpenStar is a value-added PostNuke distribution which aims to extend the functional coverage of PostNuke by including and integrating 3rd party modules in order to expand the capabilities of the default PostNuke distribution. This release contains more than 25 Fixes and Improvements as compared to the 4.0 RC3 release. It should be relatively smooth and stable. Furthermore, this release includes a SQL script to configure OpenStar to run on a server which only provides 8 MB of PHP memory to executing scripts. While this release probably isn't perfect (no software ever seems to be so) it should be solid and has been tested on a number of active sites. As such our advice for people running an older version OpenStar is to upgrade to this version. *Important*: If you have downloaded any 4.0 Gold packages before Sunday 6-Nov-2005 12:00 (CET), we stronly advise you to re-download the current packages and copy those onto your server. While there are no functional changes (other from 2 fixes), we discovered some relatively massive packaging problems which can lead to crashes under certain situations. Due to this issue we decided to rebuild all the download packages with the appropriate packaging fixes. Furthermore, our new AddressBook (v4bAddressBook) should have it's initial bugs fixed and should be ready for real use by now. Also, our v4bJournal module has been ported to pnRender and the OpenStar object architecture and should not be ready for beta-testing.

OpenStar 4.0RC3 released

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:22:28 -0400

We are happy to announce to release of OpenStar 4.0 RC3. With the release of PostNuke 0.760 and our upgrade to this new & improved version, we are bringing you the thrid of the OpenStar 4.0 test releases. This release contains all the OpenStar additions and customizations from the 3.0 release series, upgraded to a PN 0.761 based package with two rounds of fixes thrown in. This release should be fairly smooth and stable. Also contained in this release is our new AddressBook (v4bAddressBook) which should have the initial issues fixed by now. Also included, for the very brave, is a first version of our v4bJournal module upgraded to pnRender and the OpenStar object model. Since this v4bJournal release is brand new, it should only be used for testing. Release News 4.0RC3 features more than 25 fixes and improvements as compared to 4.0RC2. See the changelog for details. Release 4.0RC3 can be downloaded here. Please use the forums for questions and/or suggestions.

OpenStar 4.0RC2 released!

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 19:53:49 -0400

We are happy to announce to release of OpenStar 4.0 RC2. With the release of PostNuke 0.760 and our upgrade to this new & improved version, we are bringing you the second of the OpenStar 4.0 releases. This release contains all the OpenStar additions and customizations from the 3.0 release series, upgraded to a PN 0.760 based package with a round of fixes thrown in. Everything seems to work OK, but you should be aware of the fact that this a second release on a new codebase. This means that numerous issues could be lurking in the depth of our code. While we don't believe this to be the case, you should not use this release on a production site until we can provide you with a (more) stable OpenStar 4.0 release. Release News 4.0RC2 features more than 10 fixes and improvements as compared to 4.0RC1. See the changelog for details. Release 4.0RC2 can be downloaded here. Please use the forums for questions and/or suggestions.

OpenStar 4.0RC1 released

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 11:24:22 -0400

We are happy to announce to release of OpenStar 4.0 RC1. With the release of PostNuke 0.760 and our upgrade to this new & improved version, we are bringing you the first of the OpenStar 4.0 releases. This release contains all the OpenStar additions and customizations from the 3.0 release series, upgraded to a PN 0.760 based package. Everything seems to work OK, but you should be aware of the fact that this a first release on a new codebase. This means that numerous issues could be lurking in the depth of our code. While we don't believe this to be the case, you should not use this release on a production site until we can provide you with a (more) stable OpenStar 4.0 release. Release News 4.0RC1 features more than 30 fixes and improvements as compared to 3.0Final. See the changelog for details. Release 4.0RC1 can be downloaded here. Please use the forums for questions and/or suggestions.

Reminder: Remove XMLRPC from your site!

Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:07:19 -0400

We'd like to remind all admins about the latest PNSA 2005-3 - "Remote Code Injection via XML RPC (third party library used in PostNuke CMS < .760)". If you have not already done this please follow the instructions ASAP - because there are already a couple of defacement reports.