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An updated version of Linkwalla is hosted at Google Code

http://code.google.com/p/linkwalla/

Change List:
* Made sure the linkwalla settings xml file is hidden from the browser
* Special thanks to David Wong (http://dkkw.com/) for the suggestion

To upgrade from version 1.05:
* In your current instalation replace the following file with the same files from Version 1.06: lwFunctions.php

Change List:
* Delicious and agnoli passwords are encrypted and can be edited using the Settings page
* Bug fixes for PHP 5.2

To upgrade from an earlier version on linkwalla:
* In your current instalation replace the following files with the same files from Version 1.04: lwFunctions.php, lwSettings-edit.php, item-act.php
* Use the settings page to re-enter your delicious and/or magnolia login information

The main feature is the inclusion of a username in addition to a password. See the release notes for more detail and information on how to upgrade.

Hi. Here's a new release based on code submitted by David Futcher/Bobbocanfly. It's improved the installation process. I've also improved the RSS feed in recent releases.

At last. Linkwalla 1.0 is out. The main new features are an installer and a settings editor. Linkwalla is easy to use, so my object was to make it easy to get started.

ALMOST to 1.0. This release improves the coding a bit and fixes some bugs that had cropped up.

New features:

* Flickr integration. If you link to a page in Flickr linkwalla will insert the image on that page (you can remove it when you edit the link).
* Updated the del.icio.us API to use their new secure service.
* The link list now uses the xFolk microformat.

New in this release

* Better permalinks (now based on an id, rather than their position in the XML document)
* Add links to ma.gnolia
* Allow for 'links' with no URL - so you can add regular blog entries with no links

Closing in on 1.0!!

New features:
* An individual page for each link to serve as a permalink and improve search engine indexing
* Seperated configurations from the lwFunctions file to make upgrades easier

For Upgraders:
- Copy the "configuration" information from the top of your existing lwFunctions.php file and paste it into the new lwConfig file.
- Delete the old lwFunctions file and replace it with the new one.

Minor changes:

* Add the XML-ain't writable warning to the Add page
* Encode URLs that are displayed for proper validation
* Better seperation of JavaScript from HTML

Found and fixed a couple of bugs.

Fixed two bugs:

- A javascript bug prevented the archives links from working in Internet explorer.

- A bug in the HTML uoput of link descriptions.

Major
* Add, edit and delete inline (uses Ajaxy effect)

Minor
* If the last link from a month is removed, destroy that xml file
* Have an error message appear if the XML file is not writeable. currently it's just that nothing happens.
* The form gets to long to fit into the lightbox when delicios is is clicked
* Move div with id=page to the head and foot php
* Make it so that monhtly archive links can work even if JS is trned off (Restore URLs that work, then remove them with the javascript on page load)
* Purely decorative styles are together at the bottom of the CSS to make it easier to adapt... read more

A release with several minor but important changes:

* Fixed fairly major bug - URLs were not encoded when saved
* Make the layout of the links less of a table and more like blog entries
* Pruned unused CSS classes and IDs
* RSS link in header
* If there is no delicious username entered, the option for delicious links doesn't appear

This release uses AJAX in the interface to make moving between monthly archives easier. It's very smooth (I think). Enjoy!

I just added linkwalla 0.8.1, which contains an important bug fix to a bug that has existed since version 0.7. The only file changed is 'item-edit.php', so if you are using linkwalla 0.8 you can replace just that one file.

What's new in linkwalla 0.8?

I added in markdown.php, an external PHP function that converts the text used in link descriptions to HTML. See http://www.michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/

Monthly archives are now created. Previous versions of linkwalla saved your links in one big list. This works for a while, but at time goes on the list gets unwieldy. With monthly archives the front page shows your last 20 links, and there links to monthly archives, so I can see all of the links I added in September, for example, on one page.

The other reason for moving to monthly archives, is that the links are saved in monthly XML files, instead of one big honking XML file. This means linkwalla won't slow down over time. I hadn't experienced any slowness in 0.6, but I knew that eventually as added hundreds of links, the file would slow down.... read more

Things at linkwalla will be a little slow during Fall 2005. The next improvements planned are monthly archives of links, creating a unique URL for each link as it's own page or as achor on archive page, and improved documentation. I'm always happy to hear suggestions as well, of course.