Dotclear

Dotclear can easily be installed on regular shared hosting environments and provide a simple blogging tool which you 100% control and have full-blown access to.

Created and published years ago, the platform has seen some adoption, but this newer version will definitely inspire and bring in more users, mainly thanks to its easier administration panel, mobile support and revamped code.

Dotclear is a good tool to have around, especially if your presence on the Internet doesn't requires a full-blown site, portfolio or portal-like features.

Just install and start posting your thoughts right away.

What is new in this release:

• This new version introduces a new mechanism to cope with module dependencies (plugins for this release and will be declined for themes soon), also includes the Breadcrumb plugin that some of you already use, updates the CKEditor editor and the jQuery library, and fixes lots of bugs et somes minor cosmetic issues.

What is new in version 2.8.1:

• This new version introduces a new mechanism to cope with module dependencies (plugins for this release and will be declined for themes soon), also includes the Breadcrumb plugin that some of you already use, updates the CKEditor editor and the jQuery library, and fixes lots of bugs et somes minor cosmetic issues.

What is new in version 2.7.5:

• A new maintenance release which fixes two potential XSS vulnerabilities.

What is new in version 2.7.4:

• A maintenance release with some bugfixes and improvements.

What is new in version 2.7:

• Drag'n'drop on the admin side on touch screens is now possible;
• Can activate protection against clickjacking in the blog settings;
• Comments preview is now optional (see Blog settings);
• Hidden folders (with a name starting with a dot) are now hidden in the media manager.

What is new in version 2.6.4:

• This maintenance release includes fixes for two potential security defaults on XML-RPC system and on media manager.

What is new in version 2.6.3:

• This maintenance release includes fixes for two potential security defaults on XML-RPC authentification and on category ordering.

What is new in version 2.6:

• An admin console adapted to all screens
• A retractable menu
• A permanently available search function
• A contextual help for each page
• Items organization in the global menu
• Maintenance and backups

What is new in version 2.5.3:

• It features bug fixes, improved antispam filter management (to better address the ongoing plague polluting our favorite blogs), and a few minor improvements here and there, such as the newly implemented transparency for the thumbnails of PNG images.

What is new in version 2.5.2:

• A number of bug fixes and technical and ergonomic improvements.

What is new in version 2.5.1:

• Bug fixes.
• Cosmetic improvements.
• A better quality of thumbnails in the media manager.

What is new in version 2.5:

• 2 security issue coming from the multiple files upload system.

What is new in version 2.4.4:

• Mostly a bugfix release.

What is new in version 2.4.3:

• Just a couple under the hood enhancements.

What is new in version 2.4.2:

• Fixed XSS vulnerabilities.

What is new in version 2.3.1:

• Some internal clean-up for development files that were preventing a clean upgrade under unusual circumstances.
• Localisation problems have been corrected for our new dashboard system.
• Cleaning and refining for some CSS & JS files.
• There were a problem with the user preferences in the import/export module. This has been corrected.
• Can now configure the email address used to send password reminders.
• A potential security flaw has been fixed + some others security tightening.

What is new in version 2.3:

• An admin backend refresh, harmonization and new icons;
• More accessible forms;
• A new handling of user preferences;
• A new safe mode, for those cases where a plugin locks the user out;
• A new configurable side menu.

What is new in version 2.2.2:

• This quick update has been made necessary because of a bug blocking new installations.

Requirements:

• PHP 5 or higher
• SQLite, PostgreSQL 8+ or MySQL 4.1+ with InnoDB
• SPL
• simplexml and domxml
• ob_ function support
• mbstring
• iconv
• utf8 support on preg_ functions