[phpgrabcomics-announce] phpgrabcomics 1.5 stable is out

[Andres B. <an...@ba...>]

Hi all,
phpGrabComics 1.5 has been tested extensively in the past months with
several beta versions and is now in a stable level.

The new version is including many changes since the last stable version,
that was
released nearly one year ago, and nearly one hundred more comics than
the last beta.

The main changes from the last stable version are:
-increased the performance, thanks to better cache settings, to the use
of jpcache and to a new policy on inclusion of classes. strong access to
the file system was slowing phpGrabComics. more than 300% performance
increase in the more complex pages, less in the simple pages.
-security fixes in the application, to make it more secure in
environments different from the "perfect" environment.
-increased compatibility with different configurations of the
web server.
-full-length documentation is now provided, including a in-depth how-to
for the installation and exhaustive information for the developers.
-installation is easier. not yet as easy as in the first versions of
phpGrabComics, but easier than in the last years.
-correction and update of most of the modules.
-improved implementation of RSS (phpGrabComics is now keeping track of
the last strips, not just of the latest), and implementation of OPML.
this allow an easy access of the RSS from any RSS reader.
-strips include more information on strips, as author and description.

Greg has done a greet job in testing the installation procedure, that
was full of bugs, on working on all of the existing modules and
developing lots of new ones. Thanks, Greg!

Still, as the web sites of comics change quite often, and the comic
strips can appear and disappear quite quickly - this is out of the
control of the developers of phpGrabComics and may mean that you will
soon have some broken modules. You can always download the last beta,
you can download the CVS version or you can download the modules, that
are distributed separately as soon as they are ready.

Hope you will enjoy the news. Feel free to submit your comments, as this
is a good option to help to have a even better stable version.

Have fun,
	Andres

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Andres Baravalle
http://www.baravalle.it

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