A client-side blog tool written in Python. It features categories, auto-ftp, three different markups for entries supported, archives and rss feeds auto-generated, flexible templating and macro system. Plugin system with emailer, spell checker, etc.
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This release has a lot of bugfixes and changes. Hopefully I've remembered the important ones. * Fixed a bug with categories and the unicode wxPython * Added the Themes plugin by Stewart Midwinter [#]_ * RSS feeds can be generated for all the categories, by Davy Mitchell * Firedrop now saves user data in the users home (checking sensibly for directories where it has write permissions) * Now includes support for the `Haloscan <http://www.haloscan.com/>`_ comments system. * Addition of the Firedrop2 banner by Stewart Midwinter. Plus other code improvements and bug fixes.
Version 0.2.1 2006-03-30 -------------------------- A bugfix release. * Removed mistaken dependency on `pythonutils <http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/pythonutils.html>`_ * Fixed bug where cancelling the new site dialog would still report that the site was created Version 0.2.0 2006-03-26 -------------------------- * Firedrop will now start up by opening a default site. * You can set the default site using the GUI. * Main file name changed to ``firedrop.pyw`` * ConfigObj is now used to edit all the config files. * Full support for all style elements (e.g. underline, bold) in four major markup formats: ReST, Sextile, Textile, Markdown (plus HTML). * New entries are created in a separate dialog that takes care of the markup. * Links are available to websites for the markup styles. * You can reset the app to a null site, and/or delete all entries. * You can force a full build of your site, or just update your site. * You can now create sites serving Article Collections or Items Lists (e.g. FAQs) in addition to Weblogs. * Firedrop2 now runs on Mac OS X and Linux in addition to Windows. * You can view logfile contents using the GUI. * Documentation has been updated to reflect these changes. And lots more... These features were implemented by `Stewart Midwinter <http://www.midtoad.org>`_.
This new release has been made possible by the hard work of `Stewart Midwinter <http://www.midtoad.org>`_. The changes and new features include : * Firedrop will now start up by opening a default site. * You can set the default site using the GUI. * Main file name changed to ``firedrop.pyw`` * `ConfigObj <http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configobj.html>`_ is now used to edit all the config files. * Full support for all style elements (e.g. underline, bold) in four major markup formats: ReST, Sextile, Textile, Markdown (plus HTML). * New entries are created in a separate dialog that takes care of the markup. * Links are available to websites for the markup styles. * You can reset the app to a null site, and/or delete all entries. * You can force a full build of your site, or just update your site. * You can now create sites serving Article Collections or Items Lists (e.g. FAQs) in addition to Weblogs. * Firedrop2 now runs on Mac OS X and Linux in addition to Windows. * You can view logfile contents using the GUI. * Documentation has been updated to reflect these changes. There is a roadmap for future releases on the `Firedrop2 Trac Site <http://firedrop2.python-hosting.com>`_.
Code modified so that wxfiredrop.py and wxfiredrop.pyw can be run outside of the distribution. Full documentation overhaul, including tutorial.
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