Download the latest release for your operating system. Stop running your writefreely service, replace all files in your installation with the ones in the archive, and then start your writefreely service again.
No additional steps are needed to upgrade from v0.9.0. Follow the instructions in each previous #release if you're upgrading from an earlier version.
Fix future-dated posts being immediately federated when moving from Draft to blog (#76)
Fix excessive space between paragraphs inside blockquotes
Minor Changes
Navigating to a non-existent invite ID now shows “Page not found” instead of “Server error”
On Export page: “zip” option now shows “txt” instead
Remove unused references to files.writeas.org resources
Admin-Facing Changes
Improve admin navigation
Move “About” and “Privacy” page editing off the dashboard to a new dedicated section
Add the ability to change “About” and “Privacy” page titles
Add Admin Dashboard link in backend navigation
Upgrading from v0.8.x
Download the latest release for your operating system. Stop running your writefreely service, replace all files in your installation with the ones in the archive, and then start your writefreely service again.
Now make sure your database is backed up, and update it with writefreely --migrate.
No additional steps are needed to upgrade from v0.8.x. Follow the instructions in each previous #release if you're upgrading from an earlier version.
Developers
If you are running a custom build, note that there were style changes in this release. Run make ui to generate the latest stylesheets.
Admin account isn't created correctly with —config (#71)
Use correct go get command in documentation
Admin-Facing Changes
Fix —create-user usage error message
Trivial Changes
Fix Write.as link in README
Upgrading from v0.8.0
Download the latest release for your operating system. Stop running your writefreely service, replace all files in your installation with the ones in the archive, and then start your writefreely service again.
No additional steps are needed to upgrade from v0.8.0. Follow the instructions in each previous #release if you're upgrading from an earlier version.
Now it's even easier to run a private / invite-only community, with user invites. Admins have a new user_invites setting that can enable invite link generation for all users, admins only, or no users at all (the default). If enabled, users can create invite links to let others sign up for your WriteFreely instance, even if public registration is closed. Invite links can each be set to expire, or optionally have a maximum number of uses.
Support automated database migration with writefreely --migrate (T509)
Support configuring resource directories (T560 / #63)
Upgrading from v0.7.x
Download the latest release for your operating system. Stop running your writefreely service, replace all files in your installation with the ones in the archive, and then start your writefreely service again.
Now make sure your database is backed up, and update it with writefreely --migrate.
No additional steps are needed to upgrade from v0.7.x. Follow the instructions in each previous #release if you're upgrading from an earlier version.
Developers
If you are running a custom build, note that there were style changes in this release. Run make ui to generate the latest stylesheets.
Contributors
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release!
Today's #bugfixrelease is a non-critical update for anyone currently running WriteFreely — you can skip it if you haven't been affected by any of the issues below.
You'll want to upgrade to this version if you're running WriteFreely on Windows, as it fixes a server error that prevents a blog's customize page from rendering (#61). With this fix, WF should be stable enough to run on Windows.
You'll also want to upgrade if you weren't able to successfully configure a single-user blog, whether backed by MySQL or SQLite, due to a database error (#59).
Fixes
Fix blog customize page not rendering on Windows (#61)
Initialize database during config step for single-user instance (#59)
Upgrading from v0.7.0
Download the latest release for your operating system. Stop running your writefreely service, replace all files in your installation with the ones in the archive, and then start your writefreely service again.
No additional steps are needed to upgrade from v0.7.0. Follow the instructions in each previous #release if you're upgrading from an earlier version.
Happy New Year! We took some time over the holiday season to relax a bit, slow down, and pause the weekly updates. But our first release of 2019 is here, featuring plenty of bug fixes (especially for SQLite users) and more admin tools as we prepare for our v1.0 launch.
Speaking of which — if you run your own instance, we're looking for your feedback on what features should make it into v1.0! We want to make sure we include everything you need to run your personal blog or writing community, so let us know over on the forums. Now for the updates:
Features
User Management
Admin user creation. Admins can now create a normal user from the command-line with: writefreely --create-user username:password
Users List (T553). Get an overview of all the users in your community with the new user list for admins. This is the foundation for future moderation features.
Changes
Use an en dash in the title of posts that are written in German, instead of em dash (#1)
Now you can build writefreely without SQLite support. To include support, compile with the sqlite build tag (this is the default with all make commands)
Blog names starting with a number now have an ActivityPub avatar
Fixes
Prevent creating users with invalid usernames via command-line (#49)
Fix metadata update for draft posts on single-user instances (#50)
Fix “Database user or password not set.” error when starting SQLite-backed instances (#54)
Fix user creation process hanging on SQLite-backed instances (#53)
Fix tagged post query on SQLite-backed instances (#55)
Fix ActivityPub follows on SQLite-backed instances (#56)
Upgrading from v0.6.0
Download the latest release for your operating system. Stop running your writefreely service, replace all files in your installation with the ones in the archive, and then start your writefreely service again.
No additional steps are needed to upgrade from v0.6.0. Follow the instructions in each previous #release if you're upgrading from an earlier version.
Developers
Some style changes were made in this version. If you are running a custom build / fork, run make ui to generate the latest stylesheets.
Today we're excited to launch our new service, WriteFreely.host! This is a fully-managed hosting service for anyone who wants to start their own writing community, powered by our software.
Instead of going through the technical work of installing WriteFreely yourself, with this new service we set up and host your site for you — that means we take care of maintenance, backups, and constant upgrades — all for one low monthly cost. To get started, all you need is a domain name.
Once you're up and running, you can choose what your community is about. Write your own about page and privacy policy through the admin control panel; Choose how many lightweight blogs everyone in your community gets; Enable federation to let your writers share their posts to the fediverse; Turn on the Reader to showcase everyone's work in one place.
You can also try out a demo to see what a WriteFreely community looks like!
To get this service off the ground, we're taking 50% off the normal rate for our first several customers. There are only a few spots left, so if you've ever wanted to start your own blogging community, now is a great time to get started!
You no longer need MySQL / MariaDB to store data for your instance! Just select SQLite during the configuration process to use it instead of the MySQL driver.
Take a break from writing to see what others on your instance have written! Admins can now turn on the Local timeline option in the Admin panel ([app] local_timeline in config.ini) to enable this for both writers on your instance and the wider public. The local timeline functions just like Read Write.as — it includes an RSS feed, and is opt-in. Writers can start publishing their work on the feed by going into their blog settings and choosing the Public visibility option.
More changes
Ability to create admin user from the command-line with: --create-admin username:password (T544)
Specify non-default configuration file to use with various commands via new -c [filename] flag
Host highlight.js and MathJax locally, instead of on CloudFlare (T551)
Upgrading from v0.5.x
Download the latest release for your operating system. Stop running your writefreely service, replace all files in your installation with the ones in the archive, and then start your writefreely service again.
No additional steps are needed to upgrade from v0.5.x. Follow the instructions in each previous #release if you're upgrading from an earlier version.
Contributors
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release!