release &mdash; WriteFreely https://blog.writefreely.org/tag:release A clean, simple publishing platform made for writers. Write together, and build a community. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 19:20:14 +0000 Version 0.16 https://blog.writefreely.org/version-0-16?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[WriteFreely v0.16 is finally here, and it brings a ton of improvements, especially for the fediverse! We've also fixed some long-standing issues, like hashtags on instances backed by MySQL 8.0.4+. Download v0.16.0 now, and read on to see what’s new in this version. !--more-- Fediverse Likes You can now see how many people have "liked" your post from the fediverse! If your blog has federation enabled, readers in the fediverse can "like" your posts, and now they'll show up on WriteFreely as a simple count on your blog post (visible only to you). Improved Articles in the Fediverse WriteFreely posts now look even better across the fediverse, especially on microblogging platforms like Mastodon and Threads. Now these platforms (and any others that support the preview or summary fields on long-form Articles) will show an excerpt of your post along with a link to it. On ActivityPub platforms like Ghost that already support long-form Articles, your WriteFreely posts will come through in their full glory, as always. Fediverse Creator Tag We've added support for the fediverse:creator tag, which will show another fediverse profile (such as your Mastodon account) alongside your WriteFreely posts. To add this tag to your posts, go to your blog's Customize page, and under Verification, re-enter your fediverse handle (e.g. @you@your.instance), and save your changes. Then, on your Mastodon instance, go to Edit Profile Verification tab, and add your WriteFreely instance domain under the Author Attribution section. Then you're all set! User-Facing Changes Fix broken links in drafts loaded with "load more" (#1054) by @vtyeh in #1103 Support ActivityPub Likes by @thebaer in #1122, #1459 Add Archive page by @thebaer in #1128 Fix edit link missing on mobile browser (#358) by @sahilmulla in #1134 Fix ActivityPub following from Ghost by @thebaer in #1373 Fix hashtags on MySQL 8+ (#615) by @thebaer in #1461 Add preview property to Articles by @thebaer in #1374 Support exporting email subscribers list by @thebaer in #1258 Display fediverse:creator header tag on posts by @thebaer in #1253 Fix post signature showing up on blog's Post Not Found page by @thebaer in #1483 Fix error when moving publish post to draft (#1166) by @snullp in #1237 Use official WriteFreely docs for all help links by @thebaer in #1482 Admin-Facing Changes Support SMTP email configuration by @thebaer in #1131 and by @jbgi in #1153 Docker for Production by @leo9800 in #1038 Fix two error messages: user create and user create --admin by @DonPiotr in #1127 Fix admin/user pagination (#363) by @snullp in #1165 Allow sending emails from EU Mailgun domains (fix #944) by @freesteph in #1155 Developer-Facing Changes Fix WriteFreely build not starting on older OSes (#1064) due to glibc issue by @sahilmulla in #1116 Fix post update API response in text/plain, rather than JSON (#867), by @Anish-Parkhi in #988 Add link to the nanos unikernel package repository by @eyberg in #1247 Fix security context getting removed on AP collection endpoint by @thebaer in #1372 Add build for macOS arm64 by @thebaer in #1129 Bump to Go v1.23 by @thebaer in #1458 Fix builds for v0.16 release by @thebaer in #1460 Dependencies and minor fixes Switch to gosimple/slug from writeas/slug by @thebaer in #1047 Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.24.0 to 0.28.0 by @dependabot\bot\] in [#1062 Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.26.0 to 0.39.0 by @dependabot\bot\] in [#1061, #1365 Bump github.com/fatih/color from 1.16.0 to 1.17.0 by @dependabot\bot\] in [#1036 Bump github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql from 1.7.1 to 1.8.1 by @dependabot\bot\] in [#1034 Bump github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday from 1.0.26 to 1.0.27 by @dependabot\bot\] in [#1035 Bump github.com/urfave/cli/v2 from 2.27.4 to 2.27.6 by @dependabot\bot\] in [#1316 Bump github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 from 1.14.21 to 1.14.28 by @dependabot\bot\] in [#1362 Upgrading from v0.15.x or earlier Download the latest release for your operating system and architecture Stop running your writefreely server Replace all files in your installation (except for the keys directory) with the ones in the archive Update your database by running: writefreely db migrate Start your writefreely server again If you're upgrading from a much earlier version, follow the instructions in each previous release. New Contributors Thank you to all who contributed to this release! @leo9800 made their first contribution in #1038 @sahilmulla made their first contribution in #1116 @Anish-Parkhi made their first contribution in #988 @vtyeh made their first contribution in #1103 @DonPiotr made their first contribution in #1127 @freesteph made their first contribution in #1155 @eyberg made their first contribution in #1247 @jbgi made their first contribution in #1153 Raw Changelog: v0.15.1...v0.16.0 #WriteFreely #release]]> WriteFreely v0.16 is finally here, and it brings a ton of improvements, especially for the fediverse! We've also fixed some long-standing issues, like hashtags on instances backed by MySQL 8.0.4+.

Download v0.16.0 now, and read on to see what’s new in this version.

Fediverse Likes

You can now see how many people have “liked” your post from the fediverse! If your blog has federation enabled, readers in the fediverse can “like” your posts, and now they'll show up on WriteFreely as a simple count on your blog post (visible only to you).

Improved Articles in the Fediverse

WriteFreely posts now look even better across the fediverse, especially on microblogging platforms like Mastodon and Threads. Now these platforms (and any others that support the preview or summary fields on long-form Articles) will show an excerpt of your post along with a link to it.

On ActivityPub platforms like Ghost that already support long-form Articles, your WriteFreely posts will come through in their full glory, as always.

Fediverse Creator Tag

We've added support for the fediverse:creator tag, which will show another fediverse profile (such as your Mastodon account) alongside your WriteFreely posts.

To add this tag to your posts, go to your blog's Customize page, and under Verification, re-enter your fediverse handle (e.g. @you@your.instance), and save your changes. Then, on your Mastodon instance, go to Edit Profile > Verification tab, and add your WriteFreely instance domain under the Author Attribution section. Then you're all set!

User-Facing Changes

Admin-Facing Changes

Developer-Facing Changes

Dependencies and minor fixes

  • Switch to gosimple/slug from writeas/slug by @thebaer in #1047
  • Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.24.0 to 0.28.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #1062
  • Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.26.0 to 0.39.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #1061, #1365
  • Bump github.com/fatih/color from 1.16.0 to 1.17.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #1036
  • Bump github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql from 1.7.1 to 1.8.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #1034
  • Bump github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday from 1.0.26 to 1.0.27 by @dependabot[bot] in #1035
  • Bump github.com/urfave/cli/v2 from 2.27.4 to 2.27.6 by @dependabot[bot] in #1316
  • Bump github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 from 1.14.21 to 1.14.28 by @dependabot[bot] in #1362

Upgrading from v0.15.x or earlier

  1. Download the latest release for your operating system and architecture

  2. Stop running your writefreely server

  3. Replace all files in your installation (except for the keys directory) with the ones in the archive

  4. Update your database by running:

    writefreely db migrate
  1. Start your writefreely server again

If you're upgrading from a much earlier version, follow the instructions in each previous release.

New Contributors

Thank you to all who contributed to this release!

Raw Changelog: v0.15.1...v0.16.0

#WriteFreely #release

]]> https://blog.writefreely.org/version-0-16 Fri, 29 Aug 2025 19:35:48 +0000 Version 0.15.1 https://blog.writefreely.org/version-0-15-1?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Our latest version of WriteFreely is out now! This is a minor update, but with some important bug fixes, especially around navigation and federation. Note: The official release binary will not work on older systems, e.g. Ubuntu 18.04 or earlier. See #1064 for more information and a way to work around it. Download v0.15.1 now, or read on to see what’s new in this version. !--more-- User-Facing Changes Fix "subscribed" date not showing in Subscribers list by @elkcityhazard in #883 Ensure "Import posts" always shows in nav bar by @snullp in #878 Fix certain image formats in posts not getting extracted by @tkngaejcpi in #930 Fix Admin and Invite links never showing on Reader nav by @thebaer in #893 Correctly show 404 page on /sitemap.xml on multi-user instances by @thebaer in #1024 Fix following from GoToSocial and Takahe (#661) by @CDN18 in #1000 Admin-Facing Changes Fix OAuth for applications requiring clientid and clientsecret during code exchange by @CDN18 in #1001 Developer-Facing Changes Bump Go from v1.19 to v1.21 by @thebaer in #1025 Fix version number and healthcheck for Docker image by @claabs in #874 Add linux/arm64 platform support for docker by @CDN18 in #933 Fix Docker healthcheck with wget by @claabs in #894 Dependencies and minor fixes Fix follow handle in nodeinfo by @thebaer in #1050 Update Phabricator URL in docs and PR template by @thebaer in #1023 Bump github.com/stretchr/testify from 1.8.4 to 1.9.0 by @dependabot in #927 Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.20.0 to 0.22.0 by @dependabot in #982 Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.21.0 to 0.24.0 by @dependabot in #1014 Bump github.com/gorilla/sessions from 1.2.2 to 1.3.0 by @dependabot in #1013 Bump github.com/gorilla/schema from 1.2.1 to 1.4.1 by @dependabot in #1010 Bump github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql from 1.7.1 to 1.8.1 by @dependabot in #984 Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.22.0 to 0.26.0 by @dependabot in #1011 Bump github.com/fatih/color from 1.16.0 to 1.17.0 by @dependabot in #997 Bump github.com/urfave/cli/v2 from 2.27.1 to 2.27.4 by @dependabot in #1026 Upgrading from v0.15.0 Download the latest release for your operating system and architecture Stop running your writefreely server Replace all files in your installation (except for the keys directory) with the ones in the archive Start your writefreely server again Upgrading from v0.14.0 or earlier Before restarting writefreely, make sure your database is backed up, and then update it with: writefreely db migrate Follow the instructions in each previous release if you're upgrading from a much earlier version. New Contributors @elkcityhazard made their first contribution in #883 @snullp made their first contribution in #878 @claabs made their first contribution in #874 @tkngaejcpi made their first contribution in #930 @CDN18 made their first contribution in #933 #WriteFreely #release]]> Our latest version of WriteFreely is out now! This is a minor update, but with some important bug fixes, especially around navigation and federation.

Note: The official release binary will not work on older systems, e.g. Ubuntu 18.04 or earlier. See #1064 for more information and a way to work around it.

Download v0.15.1 now, or read on to see what’s new in this version.

User-Facing Changes

  • Fix “subscribed” date not showing in Subscribers list by @elkcityhazard in #883
  • Ensure “Import posts” always shows in nav bar by @snullp in #878
  • Fix certain image formats in posts not getting extracted by @tkngaejcpi in #930
  • Fix Admin and Invite links never showing on Reader nav by @thebaer in #893
  • Correctly show 404 page on /sitemap.xml on multi-user instances by @thebaer in #1024
  • Fix following from GoToSocial and Takahe (#661) by @CDN18 in #1000

Admin-Facing Changes

  • Fix OAuth for applications requiring client_id and client_secret during code exchange by @CDN18 in #1001

Developer-Facing Changes

  • Bump Go from v1.19 to v1.21 by @thebaer in #1025
  • Fix version number and healthcheck for Docker image by @claabs in #874
  • Add linux/arm64 platform support for docker by @CDN18 in #933
  • Fix Docker healthcheck with wget by @claabs in #894

Dependencies and minor fixes

Upgrading from v0.15.0

  1. Download the latest release for your operating system and architecture
  2. Stop running your writefreely server
  3. Replace all files in your installation (except for the keys directory) with the ones in the archive
  4. Start your writefreely server again

Upgrading from v0.14.0 or earlier

Before restarting writefreely, make sure your database is backed up, and then update it with:

writefreely db migrate

Follow the instructions in each previous release if you're upgrading from a much earlier version.

New Contributors

#WriteFreely #release

]]> https://blog.writefreely.org/version-0-15-1 Sat, 05 Oct 2024 20:06:11 +0000 Version 0.14 https://blog.writefreely.org/version-0-14?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Our next release is here, with a ton of improvements and fixes from the last year! Download v0.14.0 now, or read on to see what’s new in this version. !--more-- Major Features Fediverse verification (#771) Verify that your WriteFreely blog on fediverse platforms like Mastodon! Simply go to your blog's Customize page under the Verification section, and enter your fediverse handle or URL. It will place an invisible tag on your blog, so the other platform can verify that the blog is yours. You can also insert a rel="me" link in your blog bio. Contact Page (#772) Admins on multi-user instances can add a Contact page, so members and visitors know how to get in touch. Add your email address, fediverse handle, or any other method you want people to know to reach you! User-Facing Changes Show post excerpt in stats list when no post title (#540) Log user out when authenticated as deleted user (#483) Make 404 error message friendlier (#521) Remove rel=nofollow on single-user blogs (#314, #482) Support filtering blog posts by language (#508, T805) Direct users to Contact page on 500 server error (#684, #772) Minor Changes Remove mention of Coil on Customize page (#720, #765) Admin-Facing Changes Support custom instance-level stylesheets with static/local/custom.css file (#533) Support running on Unix socket (#543) Catch and output directory walking errors (#620, #621) Fix segmentation fault related to DNS (#675, #691) Fix insertion failure for certain OAuth providers (#516, #618) Support using MySQL without a password (#568, #770) Developer-Facing Changes Fix cross-compilation (#565, #597, #703) Strip debugging information (#638) Correctly respond to application/ld+json requests (#564, #766) Fix monthly active user stats (#769) Code cleanup (#728, #729, #730) WriteFreely now requires Go v1.19 or later to compile Bump github.com/manifoldco/promptui from 0.8.0 to 0.9.0 (#554) Bump github.com/gorilla/sessions from 1.2.0 to 1.2.1 (#562) Bump github.com/fatih/color from 1.10.0 to 1.15.0 (#563, #670) Bump github.com/gorilla/csrf from 1.7.0 to 1.7.1 (#560) Bump docker/build-push-action from 3.0.0 to 5.0.0 (#586, #717, #759) Bump docker/login-action from 2.0.0 to 3.0.0 (#587, #711, #760) Bump docker/metadata-action from 4.0.1 to 4.6.0 (#589, #716) Bump github.com/stretchr/testify from 1.7.0 to 1.8.4 (#591, #709) Bump github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 from 1.14.6 to 1.14.17 (#594, #708) Bump github.com/urfave/cli/v2 from 2.5.1 to 2.25.7 (#596, #723) Bump github.com/go-ini/ini from 1.66.4 to 1.67.0 (#605) Bump github.com/writeas/web-core from 1.4.1-0.20220118212728-0da0bcaf018e to 1.5.0 (#657, #737) Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9 to 0.13.0 (#672, #749, #754) Bump github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday from 1.0.21 to 1.0.25 (#666, #705, #736) Bump github.com/dustin/go-humanize from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1 (#644) Bump github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql from 1.6.0 to 1.7.1 (#617, #692) Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.9.0 to 0.15.0 (#721, #738, #753) Bump github.com/guregu/null from 3.5.0+incompatible to 4.0.0+incompatible (#556) Bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 (#750) Upgrading from v0.13.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 then update it with: writefreely db migrate No additional steps are needed to upgrade from v0.13.x. Follow the instructions in each previous release if you're upgrading from an earlier version. New Contributors Thanks to everyone who contributed to this WriteFreely release! @lpar made their first contribution in https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely/pull/610 @clarfonthey made their first contribution in https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely/pull/543 @ilteriseroglu-ty made their first contribution in https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely/pull/597 @zer-far made their first contribution in https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely/pull/638 @eli-oat made their first contribution in https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely/pull/521 @Timshel made their first contribution in https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely/pull/618 @lstellway made their first contribution in https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely/pull/752 @testwill made their first contribution in https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely/pull/728 #WriteFreely #release]]> Our next release is here, with a ton of improvements and fixes from the last year!

Download v0.14.0 now, or read on to see what’s new in this version.

Major Features

Fediverse verification (#771)

Verify that your WriteFreely blog on fediverse platforms like Mastodon! Simply go to your blog's Customize page under the Verification section, and enter your fediverse handle or URL. It will place an invisible tag on your blog, so the other platform can verify that the blog is yours. You can also insert a rel="me" link in your blog bio.

Contact Page (#772)

Admins on multi-user instances can add a Contact page, so members and visitors know how to get in touch. Add your email address, fediverse handle, or any other method you want people to know to reach you!

User-Facing Changes

  • Show post excerpt in stats list when no post title (#540)
  • Log user out when authenticated as deleted user (#483)
  • Make 404 error message friendlier (#521)
  • Remove rel=nofollow on single-user blogs (#314, #482)
  • Support filtering blog posts by language (#508, T805)
  • Direct users to Contact page on 500 server error (#684, #772)

Minor Changes

  • Remove mention of Coil on Customize page (#720, #765)

Admin-Facing Changes

  • Support custom instance-level stylesheets with static/local/custom.css file (#533)
  • Support running on Unix socket (#543)
  • Catch and output directory walking errors (#620, #621)
  • Fix segmentation fault related to DNS (#675, #691)
  • Fix insertion failure for certain OAuth providers (#516, #618)
  • Support using MySQL without a password (#568, #770)

Developer-Facing Changes

  • Fix cross-compilation (#565, #597, #703)
  • Strip debugging information (#638)
  • Correctly respond to application/ld+json requests (#564, #766)
  • Fix monthly active user stats (#769)
  • Code cleanup (#728, #729, #730)
  • WriteFreely now requires Go v1.19 or later to compile
  • Bump github.com/manifoldco/promptui from 0.8.0 to 0.9.0 (#554)
  • Bump github.com/gorilla/sessions from 1.2.0 to 1.2.1 (#562)
  • Bump github.com/fatih/color from 1.10.0 to 1.15.0 (#563, #670)
  • Bump github.com/gorilla/csrf from 1.7.0 to 1.7.1 (#560)
  • Bump docker/build-push-action from 3.0.0 to 5.0.0 (#586, #717, #759)
  • Bump docker/login-action from 2.0.0 to 3.0.0 (#587, #711, #760)
  • Bump docker/metadata-action from 4.0.1 to 4.6.0 (#589, #716)
  • Bump github.com/stretchr/testify from 1.7.0 to 1.8.4 (#591, #709)
  • Bump github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 from 1.14.6 to 1.14.17 (#594, #708)
  • Bump github.com/urfave/cli/v2 from 2.5.1 to 2.25.7 (#596, #723)
  • Bump github.com/go-ini/ini from 1.66.4 to 1.67.0 (#605)
  • Bump github.com/writeas/web-core from 1.4.1-0.20220118212728-0da0bcaf018e to 1.5.0 (#657, #737)
  • Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9 to 0.13.0 (#672, #749, #754)
  • Bump github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday from 1.0.21 to 1.0.25 (#666, #705, #736)
  • Bump github.com/dustin/go-humanize from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1 (#644)
  • Bump github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql from 1.6.0 to 1.7.1 (#617, #692)
  • Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.9.0 to 0.15.0 (#721, #738, #753)
  • Bump github.com/guregu/null from 3.5.0+incompatible to 4.0.0+incompatible (#556)
  • Bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 (#750)

Upgrading from v0.13.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 then update it with:

writefreely db migrate

No additional steps are needed to upgrade from v0.13.x. Follow the instructions in each previous release if you're upgrading from an earlier version.

New Contributors

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this WriteFreely release!

#WriteFreely #release

]]> https://blog.writefreely.org/version-0-14 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 20:05:07 +0000 Version 0.13.2 https://blog.writefreely.org/version-0-13-2?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[After a long break, our next release is finally here! This includes some important bugfixes, plus minor improvements and updates. Download v0.13.2 now, or read on to see what’s new in this version. !--more-- User-Facing Changes Fix Gopher collections query (#501) Fix date format in anonymous posts (#503) Use relative URLs for static assets (#505) Fix external user ID recording for Gitea OAuth (#514) Fix blog monetization updates when using SQLite (#495) Ensure link URLs and image alt text don't get included in the slug (T329, #520) Improve keyboard navigation Admin-Facing Changes Fix crash on empty post title Developer-Facing Changes Upgrade bluemonday from 1.0.5 to 1.0.21 Upgrade ini pkg to v1.66.4 Ignore post created date when empty on publish Release updates NOTE: There is a blocking bug with our upstream tool, xgo, that helps us cross-compile WriteFreely: techknowlogick/xgo#155. Because of this, we'll only release linux-amd64 builds for the foreseeable future. Upgrading from v0.13.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 v0.13.0. Follow the instructions in each previous release if you're upgrading from an earlier version. Contributors Thanks to everyone who contributed bug reports, code, and code review to this release! @thebaer @StJudeWasHere @egon0 @gytisrepecka @lt3Dev @viasux @clausecker #WriteFreely #release]]> After a long break, our next release is finally here! This includes some important bugfixes, plus minor improvements and updates.

Download v0.13.2 now, or read on to see what’s new in this version.

User-Facing Changes

  • Fix Gopher collections query (#501)
  • Fix date format in anonymous posts (#503)
  • Use relative URLs for static assets (#505)
  • Fix external user ID recording for Gitea OAuth (#514)
  • Fix blog monetization updates when using SQLite (#495)
  • Ensure link URLs and image alt text don't get included in the slug (T329, #520)
  • Improve keyboard navigation

Admin-Facing Changes

  • Fix crash on empty post title

Developer-Facing Changes

  • Upgrade bluemonday from 1.0.5 to 1.0.21
  • Upgrade ini pkg to v1.66.4
  • Ignore post created date when empty on publish

Release updates

NOTE: There is a blocking bug with our upstream tool, xgo, that helps us cross-compile WriteFreely: techknowlogick/xgo#155. Because of this, we'll only release linux-amd64 builds for the foreseeable future.

Upgrading from v0.13.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 v0.13.0. Follow the instructions in each previous release if you're upgrading from an earlier version.

Contributors

Thanks to everyone who contributed bug reports, code, and code review to this release!

@thebaer @StJudeWasHere @egon0 @gytisrepecka @lt3Dev @viasux @clausecker

#WriteFreely #release

]]> https://blog.writefreely.org/version-0-13-2 Fri, 11 Nov 2022 18:07:53 +0000 Version 0.13.1 https://blog.writefreely.org/version-0-13-1?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[This release fixes issues that were mostly introduced in our last release, v0.13. Most critically, it fixes a database lock bug that caused SQLite-backed instances with the Reader enabled to become unresponsive — so we recommend that admins of these instances absolutely upgrade to this version. Download v0.13.1 now, or read on to see what’s new in this version. !--more-- User-Facing Changes Fix title rendering as list item (#470) Remove additional slash in /feed/ redirect Don't include image alt text in post description metadata (#306) Fix SQLite-backed instances locking up (#467) Fix backslashes added to list items in Classic editor (#480) Admin-Facing Changes Return error when generic OAuth provider doesn't return a user ID, and prompt admin to add mapuserid (#469) Fix "Collection.hostName is empty!" log on Stats page (#468) Upgrading from v0.13.0 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 v0.13.0. Follow the instructions in each previous release if you're upgrading from an earlier version. Developers If you are running a custom build: we made changes to UI components that need to be compiled. Run this to compile everything: make ui Contributors Thanks to everyone who contributed bug reports, code, and code review to this release! @stayinside @bandicootdancing @PeterCxy @DaarkMoon @poVoq @Tealk @thebaer @mkyos #WriteFreely #release]]> This release fixes issues that were mostly introduced in our last release, v0.13. Most critically, it fixes a database lock bug that caused SQLite-backed instances with the Reader enabled to become unresponsive — so we recommend that admins of these instances absolutely upgrade to this version.

Download v0.13.1 now, or read on to see what’s new in this version.

User-Facing Changes

  • Fix title rendering as list item (#470)
  • Remove additional slash in /feed/ redirect
  • Don't include image alt text in post description metadata (#306)
  • Fix SQLite-backed instances locking up (#467)
  • Fix backslashes added to list items in Classic editor (#480)

Admin-Facing Changes

  • Return error when generic OAuth provider doesn't return a user ID, and prompt admin to add map_user_id (#469)
  • Fix “Collection.hostName is empty!” log on Stats page (#468)

Upgrading from v0.13.0

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 v0.13.0. Follow the instructions in each previous release if you're upgrading from an earlier version.

Developers

If you are running a custom build: we made changes to UI components that need to be compiled. Run this to compile everything:

make ui

Contributors

Thanks to everyone who contributed bug reports, code, and code review to this release!

@stayinside @bandicootdancing @PeterCxy @DaarkMoon @poVoq @Tealk @thebaer @mkyos

#WriteFreely #release

]]> https://blog.writefreely.org/version-0-13-1 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 18:17:05 +0000 Version 0.13 https://blog.writefreely.org/version-0-13?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Hello again! 👋 After a long absence, we’re pleased to release WriteFreely v0.13 today! This one includes a new rich editor, generic OAuth support, Web Monetization support, and a ton of small improvements. Besides that, this is one of our last releases before version 1.0! Download v0.13 now !--more-- Major Features Classic editor (T727) If plain text and Markdown aren't your thing, now you can get a more "classic" writing experience with the Classic editor! This features more of a What You See Is What You Get interface that doesn't require the learning curve of Markdown. However, behind the scenes, posts are still saved as Markdown, so you can always switch between the Classic and standard editor. Admins can enable this option by setting editor = classic in the [app] config section. Gopher Support (T559) Give your audience a old-school, lightweight way to read posts on your WriteFreely instance, via the Gopher protocol! Enable it with the new gopherport config value in the [server] section. When it’s enabled, multi-user instances will show all Public blogs at gopher://[host]:[gopherport]/. Gitea and Generic OAuth Provider Support (#293, #317, #405) We’ve added more ways for users to authenticate with your WriteFreely instance, via Gitea or any generic OAuth 2.0 provider! Our generic OAuth provider support in particular gives you the chance to use WriteFreely alongside a range of applications that hold your users, from Mastodon to Nextcloud to Keycloak. Web Monetization Support (T773) Writers can now accept micropayments for their work via the proposed Web Monetization standard, and even publish exclusive content behind a paywall. Admins can enable this by setting monetization = true in the app] section of their config, or changing the setting in their admin panel. This is just the start as we look to give readers more ways to financially support writers — read more about this on the [Write.as blog. ActivityPub Notes (#220) Now, WriteFreely is more friendly to microblogs! If a post doesn’t have a double-line-break in it, it’ll be sent to the fediverse as a Note, rather than an Article. If you’d prefer to always send Notes, admins can set notesonly = true in the [app] config section. Account deletion (T319) It’s now easy for users and admins to quickly delete account data from WriteFreely via the web! Admins can access this option from their Admin Dashboard, and users can access it from their Account Settings page, if admins have configured Open Account Deletions (via the Dashboard or config file: opendeletion = true under the [app] section). Post Signatures (T582) This enables users to add a signature to all blog posts, and update it from a single location (the blog's Customize page). User-Facing Changes / Fixes Optimize Drafts retrieval (#295) Support AP-style mentions of centralized social media accounts (#319) Show warning in editor when local draft is out of date (#41) Allow footer and header elements (#326) Set pad light / dark theme based on system settings (#196) Improved blog management navigation (#371) Fix silenced user post visibility (#374) Automatically resize CSS editor (T708) Stop private and protected blogs from federating (#403) Fix following from Mastodon with Authorized Fetch enabled (T820) Fix language metadata gets reset to English after editing a post (#280) Support logging out of password-protected blogs (T492) Always show post actions on mobile devices (#309) Include images as attachments in ActivityStreams data (#442) Fix .md file import from Safari (#334) Fix Custom CSS editor not working well on touchscreen devices (#452) Support Drafts list paging (T401, T696) Support title-only posts (#464) Minor Changes Support number+letter hashtags Use a bigger font size for h2 (#217) Ignore "collation mix" errors in GetCollectionRedirect() (#318) Make dropdown navigation menus more accessible (#355) Fix removal of query parameters on youtube embed links (#328) Truncate lede at question mark (#316) Fix double HTML-encoded meta tags (#340) Fix header spacing on pinned posts (#385) Fix unable to edit posts titled "Tags" (#305) Set SameSite=None on session cookie (#443) Make language highlighting matching case-insensitive (#429) Admin-Facing Changes Remove “No to!” log (#311) Support encrypted database connections (#297) Fix docker-compose (#407, #139, #323) Fix Docker repository does not exist (#416) Support user deletion from web interface (T319) Support Unicode domain names (#457) Developer-Facing Changes Add CORS header to public APIs (#327) Support slug parameter when publishing a post (T811) Return a url property on Publish a Post endpoint Support setting description at user registration Performance / Backend Move WriteFreely repo from writeas org to writefreely (#451) Move MathJax library from submodule to single file (#176) Improve static file serving with Cache-Control header (#322) Use HTMLContent field in RSS feed (#418) Remove writeas/nerds/store pkg dependency (#445) Bump github.com/gorilla/feeds from 1.1.0 to 1.1.1 Bump github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror from 1.0.0 to 1.1.1 Bump github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday from 1.0.2 to 1.0.5 Bump github.com/stretchr/testify from 1.6.0 to 1.7.0 Bump gopkg.in/ini.v1 from 1.55.0 to 1.62.0 Bump github.com/guregu/null from v3.4 to v3.5 Bump github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql from 1.4.1 to 1.6.0 Bump github.com/writeas/import from 0.2.0 to 0.2.1 Bump github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 from 1.10.0 to 1.14.6 Bump github.com/gorilla/schema from 1.0.2 to 1.2.0 Bump github.com/manifoldco/promptui from 0.3.2 to 0.8.0 Bump github.com/urfave/cli/v2 from 2.1.1 to 2.3.0 Bump github.com/fatih/color from 1.7.0 to 1.10.0 Upgrading from v0.12.0 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. Now make sure your database is backed up, and update it with: writefreely db migrate Finally, generate a new encryption key needed for this release (you can ignore messages about removing existing keys): writefreely keys generate No additional steps are needed to upgrade from v0.12.0. Follow the instructions in each previous release if you're upgrading from an earlier version. Developers If you are running a custom build: we made changes to site styles and added a Javascript dependency that needs to be compiled (prose.js). Run this to compile everything: make ui Contributors Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release! @gytisrepecka @thebaer @RJ722 @ketudb @pascoual @Dar13 @shleeable @joicemjoseph @dariusk @Obayanju @qwazix @Antolius @colin-axner @conor-f @VV-EE @mostfunkyduck @Dak425 @cjeller1592 @x4e @robjloranger Support WriteFreely Until now, WriteFreely has been funded entirely by Write.as, a small software company started by Matt Baer. As we grow, we want WriteFreely to develop into a project that can stand more on its own, independently from Write.as. So to help with this, we’ve started setting up separate financial infrastructure for the project. If you’d like to help fund development and basic project infrastructure, you can now contribute directly to the project on Open Collective or GitHub. Thank you! #WriteFreely #release]]> Hello again! 👋 After a long absence, we’re pleased to release WriteFreely v0.13 today! This one includes a new rich editor, generic OAuth support, Web Monetization support, and a ton of small improvements. Besides that, this is one of our last releases before version 1.0!

Download v0.13 now

Major Features

Classic editor (T727)

If plain text and Markdown aren't your thing, now you can get a more “classic” writing experience with the Classic editor! This features more of a What You See Is What You Get interface that doesn't require the learning curve of Markdown. However, behind the scenes, posts are still saved as Markdown, so you can always switch between the Classic and standard editor. Admins can enable this option by setting editor = classic in the [app] config section.

Gopher Support (T559)

Give your audience a old-school, lightweight way to read posts on your WriteFreely instance, via the Gopher protocol! Enable it with the new gopher_port config value in the [server] section. When it’s enabled, multi-user instances will show all Public blogs at gopher://[host]:[gopher_port]/.

Gitea and Generic OAuth Provider Support (#293, #317, #405)

We’ve added more ways for users to authenticate with your WriteFreely instance, via Gitea or any generic OAuth 2.0 provider! Our generic OAuth provider support in particular gives you the chance to use WriteFreely alongside a range of applications that hold your users, from Mastodon to Nextcloud to Keycloak.

Web Monetization Support (T773)

Writers can now accept micropayments for their work via the proposed Web Monetization standard, and even publish exclusive content behind a paywall. Admins can enable this by setting monetization = true in the [app] section of their config, or changing the setting in their admin panel. This is just the start as we look to give readers more ways to financially support writers — read more about this on the Write.as blog.

ActivityPub Notes (#220)

Now, WriteFreely is more friendly to microblogs! If a post doesn’t have a double-line-break in it, it’ll be sent to the fediverse as a Note, rather than an Article. If you’d prefer to always send Notes, admins can set notes_only = true in the [app] config section.

Account deletion (T319)

It’s now easy for users and admins to quickly delete account data from WriteFreely via the web! Admins can access this option from their Admin Dashboard, and users can access it from their Account Settings page, if admins have configured Open Account Deletions (via the Dashboard or config file: open_deletion = true under the [app] section).

Post Signatures (T582)

This enables users to add a signature to all blog posts, and update it from a single location (the blog's Customize page).

User-Facing Changes / Fixes

  • Optimize Drafts retrieval (#295)
  • Support AP-style mentions of centralized social media accounts (#319)
  • Show warning in editor when local draft is out of date (#41)
  • Allow footer and header elements (#326)
  • Set pad light / dark theme based on system settings (#196)
  • Improved blog management navigation (#371)
  • Fix silenced user post visibility (#374)
  • Automatically resize CSS editor (T708)
  • Stop private and protected blogs from federating (#403)
  • Fix following from Mastodon with Authorized Fetch enabled (T820)
  • Fix language metadata gets reset to English after editing a post (#280)
  • Support logging out of password-protected blogs (T492)
  • Always show post actions on mobile devices (#309)
  • Include images as attachments in ActivityStreams data (#442)
  • Fix .md file import from Safari (#334)
  • Fix Custom CSS editor not working well on touchscreen devices (#452)
  • Support Drafts list paging (T401, T696)
  • Support title-only posts (#464)

Minor Changes

  • Support number+letter hashtags
  • Use a bigger font size for h2 (#217)
  • Ignore “collation mix” errors in GetCollectionRedirect() (#318)
  • Make dropdown navigation menus more accessible (#355)
  • Fix removal of query parameters on youtube embed links (#328)
  • Truncate lede at question mark (#316)
  • Fix double HTML-encoded meta tags (#340)
  • Fix header spacing on pinned posts (#385)
  • Fix unable to edit posts titled “Tags” (#305)
  • Set SameSite=None on session cookie (#443)
  • Make language highlighting matching case-insensitive (#429)

Admin-Facing Changes

  • Remove “No to!” log (#311)
  • Support encrypted database connections (#297)
  • Fix docker-compose (#407, #139, #323)
  • Fix Docker repository does not exist (#416)
  • Support user deletion from web interface (T319)
  • Support Unicode domain names (#457)

Developer-Facing Changes

  • Add CORS header to public APIs (#327)
  • Support slug parameter when publishing a post (T811)
  • Return a url property on Publish a Post endpoint
  • Support setting description at user registration

Performance / Backend

  • Move WriteFreely repo from writeas org to writefreely (#451)
  • Move MathJax library from submodule to single file (#176)
  • Improve static file serving with Cache-Control header (#322)
  • Use HTMLContent field in RSS feed (#418)
  • Remove writeas/nerds/store pkg dependency (#445)
  • Bump github.com/gorilla/feeds from 1.1.0 to 1.1.1
  • Bump github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror from 1.0.0 to 1.1.1
  • Bump github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday from 1.0.2 to 1.0.5
  • Bump github.com/stretchr/testify from 1.6.0 to 1.7.0
  • Bump gopkg.in/ini.v1 from 1.55.0 to 1.62.0
  • Bump github.com/guregu/null from v3.4 to v3.5
  • Bump github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql from 1.4.1 to 1.6.0
  • Bump github.com/writeas/import from 0.2.0 to 0.2.1
  • Bump github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 from 1.10.0 to 1.14.6
  • Bump github.com/gorilla/schema from 1.0.2 to 1.2.0
  • Bump github.com/manifoldco/promptui from 0.3.2 to 0.8.0
  • Bump github.com/urfave/cli/v2 from 2.1.1 to 2.3.0
  • Bump github.com/fatih/color from 1.7.0 to 1.10.0

Upgrading from v0.12.0

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.

Now make sure your database is backed up, and update it with:

writefreely db migrate

Finally, generate a new encryption key needed for this release (you can ignore messages about removing existing keys):

writefreely keys generate

No additional steps are needed to upgrade from v0.12.0. Follow the instructions in each previous release if you're upgrading from an earlier version.

Developers

If you are running a custom build: we made changes to site styles and added a Javascript dependency that needs to be compiled (prose.js). Run this to compile everything:

make ui

Contributors

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release!

@gytisrepecka @thebaer @RJ722 @ketudb @pascoual @Dar13 @shleeable @joicemjoseph @dariusk @Obayanju @qwazix @Antolius @colin-axner @conor-f @VV-EE @mostfunkyduck @Dak425 @cjeller1592 @x4e @robjloranger

Support WriteFreely

Until now, WriteFreely has been funded entirely by Write.as, a small software company started by Matt Baer. As we grow, we want WriteFreely to develop into a project that can stand more on its own, independently from Write.as. So to help with this, we’ve started setting up separate financial infrastructure for the project.

If you’d like to help fund development and basic project infrastructure, you can now contribute directly to the project on Open Collective or GitHub. Thank you!

#WriteFreely #release

]]> https://blog.writefreely.org/version-0-13 Fri, 11 Jun 2021 17:15:08 +0000 Version 0.12 https://blog.writefreely.org/version-0-12?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[We're excited to release WriteFreely v0.12, our biggest update yet! This version comes with a ton of great features for communities and organizations, and officially moves WriteFreely into the beta stage -- just a few steps away from version 1.0. Besides our new features and performance improvements, this update also includes plenty of contributions from new members of the community! Thank you to everyone who helped out, whether you contributed code or tested our release candidate! Major Features ActivityPub Mentions (T627) Enable more interaction with your posts by mentioning users on Mastodon, Pleroma, and other ActivityPub platforms! Users on instances with federation enabled can now insert @handle@their.instance to mention someone. You might use this to write a long response to someone in the fediverse, or even mention your own microblogging account, so that replies to your blog post also notify you there, where you can continue the conversation. New Admin Dashboard (T694) We've redesigned the admin dashboard to be a little easier to navigate, and generally more user friendly. It now includes an overview of stats for your instance, dedicated pages for app settings and monitoring, and more details on what each configuration option does. We've also made it easier for admins to get to the "Invite people" page. OAuth 2.0 Support (#225) Now you can authenticate with your WriteFreely instance via OAuth! This is perfect for WriteFreely communities that are set up to accompany other platforms. We support three providers so far: GitLab, Slack, and Write.as. Reader Filter Updates (#269) Now the Reader will show the most recent 250 public posts, instead of only the last three months of public posts. This should be much more fitting for most WriteFreely instances. Plain Text Import Now you can import plain text files to publish them as posts on WriteFreely. User-Facing Changes / Fixes Show dates on blog posts (T669, #276) Show post publish dates in local time (T670) Fix HTML entities in Draft descriptions (#248) Add Drafts explanation (#248) Fix post deletion on Pleroma (#233) Make user management + Reader pages consistent in their design (#262) Fix image metadata extraction (#266) Add syntax highlighting aliases: js, jsx, html (#270) Lightly style tables in posts (#194) Send users to Login page by default on private instances (#274) Fix pagination on last page of blogs using "Novel" display format (#272) Show 503 Service Unavailable page when server under high load (#284) Remove extraneous @context fields to fix Friendica federation (#299) Minor Changes Require authentication for accessing editor (#245, #255) Fix 500 on invite links with invalid characters (#250) Tell search engines not to index invite URLs (#268) Hide Reader footer link when unauthenticated on private instances (#274) Admin-Facing Changes Support Varnish use on ActivityPub endpoints (#180) Fix automatic certificates (#228) Automatically check for WriteFreely updates (T572) -- enable with update_checks = true in config Support account deletion via command-line for non-federated instances (T319 / #202) Support sign in via Write.as Support sign in via Slack (T710) Support sign in via GitLab (#277) Refactor command-line commands (#261) Developer-Facing Changes Add /api/markdown endpoint for generating HTML from Markdown Add ARM64 build (#213) Support OAuth 2.0 as client application (#225) Add stylesheet cache busting script and use it on official WF release (#288) Performance / Backend Improve resource use for federation (#249) Fix memory leak from gorilla/session library (#133) Upgrading from v0.11.x and v0.12.0rc1 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 db migrate No additional steps are needed to upgrade from v0.11.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 the following command to generate the latest stylesheets: make ui Contributors Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release! Development @thebaer @robjloranger @qwazix @yalh76 @ngerakines @techknowlogick @shleeable @nkoehring @paddatrapper @cjeller1592 Documentation @cjeller1592 Bug reports @barbrastreisand @wakest @judges119 @laBecasse @misaka00251 @OliverViking @mrvdb @darddan @wiwie @annando WriteFreely]]> We're excited to release WriteFreely v0.12, our biggest update yet! This version comes with a ton of great features for communities and organizations, and officially moves WriteFreely into the beta stage — just a few steps away from version 1.0.

Besides our new features and performance improvements, this update also includes plenty of contributions from new members of the community! Thank you to everyone who helped out, whether you contributed code or tested our release candidate!

Major Features

ActivityPub Mentions (T627)

Enable more interaction with your posts by mentioning users on Mastodon, Pleroma, and other ActivityPub platforms! Users on instances with federation enabled can now insert @handle@their.instance to mention someone. You might use this to write a long response to someone in the fediverse, or even mention your own microblogging account, so that replies to your blog post also notify you there, where you can continue the conversation.

New Admin Dashboard (T694)

We've redesigned the admin dashboard to be a little easier to navigate, and generally more user friendly. It now includes an overview of stats for your instance, dedicated pages for app settings and monitoring, and more details on what each configuration option does. We've also made it easier for admins to get to the “Invite people” page.

OAuth 2.0 Support (#225)

Now you can authenticate with your WriteFreely instance via OAuth! This is perfect for WriteFreely communities that are set up to accompany other platforms. We support three providers so far: GitLab, Slack, and Write.as.

Reader Filter Updates (#269)

Now the Reader will show the most recent 250 public posts, instead of only the last three months of public posts. This should be much more fitting for most WriteFreely instances.

Plain Text Import

Now you can import plain text files to publish them as posts on WriteFreely.

User-Facing Changes / Fixes

  • Show dates on blog posts (T669, #276)
  • Show post publish dates in local time (T670)
  • Fix HTML entities in Draft descriptions (#248)
  • Add Drafts explanation (#248)
  • Fix post deletion on Pleroma (#233)
  • Make user management + Reader pages consistent in their design (#262)
  • Fix image metadata extraction (#266)
  • Add syntax highlighting aliases: js, jsx, html (#270)
  • Lightly style tables in posts (#194)
  • Send users to Login page by default on private instances (#274)
  • Fix pagination on last page of blogs using “Novel” display format (#272)
  • Show 503 Service Unavailable page when server under high load (#284)
  • Remove extraneous @context fields to fix Friendica federation (#299)

Minor Changes

  • Require authentication for accessing editor (#245, #255)
  • Fix 500 on invite links with invalid characters (#250)
  • Tell search engines not to index invite URLs (#268)
  • Hide Reader footer link when unauthenticated on private instances (#274)

Admin-Facing Changes

  • Support Varnish use on ActivityPub endpoints (#180)
  • Fix automatic certificates (#228)
  • Automatically check for WriteFreely updates (T572) — enable with update_checks = true in config
  • Support account deletion via command-line for non-federated instances (T319 / #202)
  • Support sign in via Write.as
  • Support sign in via Slack (T710)
  • Support sign in via GitLab (#277)
  • Refactor command-line commands (#261)

Developer-Facing Changes

  • Add /api/markdown endpoint for generating HTML from Markdown
  • Add ARM64 build (#213)
  • Support OAuth 2.0 as client application (#225)
  • Add stylesheet cache busting script and use it on official WF release (#288)

Performance / Backend

  • Improve resource use for federation (#249)
  • Fix memory leak from gorilla/session library (#133)

Upgrading from v0.11.x and v0.12.0rc1

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 db migrate

No additional steps are needed to upgrade from v0.11.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 the following command to generate the latest stylesheets:

make ui

Contributors

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release!

Development

@thebaer @robjloranger @qwazix @yalh76 @ngerakines @techknowlogick @shleeable @nkoehring @paddatrapper @cjeller1592

Documentation

@cjeller1592

Bug reports

@barbrastreisand @wakest @judges119 @laBecasse @misaka00251 @OliverViking @mrvdb @darddan @wiwie @annando

#WriteFreely

]]> https://blog.writefreely.org/version-0-12 Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:30:01 +0000 Version 0.11.2 https://blog.writefreely.org/version-0-11-2?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[This version fixes some regressions introduced in our last major release, particularly around #federation. We highly recommend that all admins upgrade to this version, especially if you're on v0.11.x. On that note: want to help us test WriteFreely before future major releases? We'd love your help! Let us know over on the forum. User-Facing Changes / Fixes Fix Announceing posts via ActivityPub (#212) Fix id property in collection posts' ActivityStreams data (#214) Remove false "programmer error" log (#216) Fix password-protected blog rendering (#221) Fix silenced password-protected blog quirks Fix wrong errors returned when looking up non-existent paths (#215) Upgrading from v0.11.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 v0.11.x. Follow the instructions in each previous #release if you're upgrading from v0.10.0 or earlier. Contributors Thanks for contributing to this release! @robjloranger @cjeller1592 WriteFreely]]> This version fixes some regressions introduced in our last major release, particularly around #federation. We highly recommend that all admins upgrade to this version, especially if you're on v0.11.x.

On that note: want to help us test WriteFreely before future major releases? We'd love your help! Let us know over on the forum.

User-Facing Changes / Fixes

  • Fix Announceing posts via ActivityPub (#212)
  • Fix id property in collection posts' ActivityStreams data (#214)
  • Remove false “programmer error” log (#216)
  • Fix password-protected blog rendering (#221)
  • Fix silenced password-protected blog quirks
  • Fix wrong errors returned when looking up non-existent paths (#215)

Upgrading from v0.11.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 v0.11.x. Follow the instructions in each previous #release if you're upgrading from v0.10.0 or earlier.

Contributors

Thanks for contributing to this release!

@robjloranger @cjeller1592

#WriteFreely

]]> https://blog.writefreely.org/version-0-11-2 Wed, 18 Dec 2019 03:26:37 +0000 Version 0.11 https://blog.writefreely.org/version-0-11?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Today we're excited to release WriteFreely v0.11! This is a huge update that includes many fixes and improvements, built-in automatic, free SSL certificates, support for our command-line client, and more moderation controls for multi-user instances. Besides all of these improvements, this update come just over a year after our very first release, v0.1. Keep an eye out for a future post about the last year in review -- a lot has happened! Get the lastest release now (you'll notice it's v0.11.1), or jump into the updates below. Major Features Automatic SSL certificates from Let's Encrypt (T542) It's now even easier to start up a WriteFreely instance with free, automatic certificates from Let's Encrypt. With the application facing the public internet (i.e. not behind a reverse proxy), you can set a few configuration values to have WriteFreely generate the certificate for you. For new instances, choose Production, standalone Secure (port 443), auto certificate during the interactive setup process. For existing instances, set autocert = true and tlscertpath = certs (see config documentation for more information). WriteFreely Command-Line Interface We've released our first official WriteFreely client along with this version: wf-cli! This is a simple command-line-based tool for publishing to one or many WriteFreely instances. It's perfect for tech-savvy users who don't want to leave their terminal window or anyone looking to build WriteFreely publishing into their desktop writing workflow -- and it's available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and anywhere else you can build a Go application. User-Facing Changes / Fixes Prevent transliterated slugs from exceeding character limit (#137) Don't consider posts unpublished when they have a title (#138) Blog 404 pages are now styled like the rest of the blog (T493) Fix missing hostname when publishing via API and support WriteFreely CLI (#144) Fix various minor issues with single-user instances (#145) Support audio HTML element (#147) Fix future pinned posts showing in navigation (#158) Fix false logged-in state on failed login Fix title attribute getting stripped on abbr elements (#184) Add helpful instructions on invite links when logged in (T690) Publish to user's blog by default, instead of Drafts (T697) Fix blog URLs in CSV export (#205) Include Reader link in site-wide navigation while logged in Make header navigation on user and non-authenticated pages consistent Minor Changes Fix go-sitemap-generator overriding GOMAXPROCs (#86) Log server software and version on startup (#168) Fix crash on some duplicate ActivityPub follows (#159) Admin-Facing Changes Support setting a default visibility for all blogs (T675, #148) Support toning down WriteFreely promotion (T676, #149) Support using an alternative editor template (T677) Support customizing Reader page (T684) Support resetting user password from web-based UI (T695) Fix tar bomb on install (#160) Developer-Facing Changes Add make build-arm7 Remove dependency on github.com/gogs/gogs/pkg/tool (#182) API endpoints will now honor Accept: application/json headers (not only Content-Type) (#178) Experimental / In-Progress Work User Silencing (T661) Now instance admins can silence problematic users to make their writing inaccessible to the world and prevent further publishing. This strikes a balance between preventing further abuse and making reversible moderation decisions, as users will still be able to log in to their account and access their data. This is still experimental, as it needs more extensive testing. Please report any bugs you find and give us any feedback you have on this feature! Reader-centric instances (T681, #157) As part of our new Write.as for Teams service, we're experimenting with an alternative configuration for admins that want their site to be more focused on the collective work of its writers, rather than on individuals. It's meant for businesses, organizations, and institutions that want to create more of a shared blog than provide individual blog hosting. It sets the Reader view as the home page, uses blog templates with global navigation, and has hashtags search across all public blogs. This functionality is not at all finalized, and subject to change drastically without notice. We don't recommend enabling this in your configuration unless you're merely curious or want to provide feedback (which we highly encourage!). Upgrading from v0.10.0 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. Now make sure your database is backed up, and update it with writefreely --migrate. No additional steps are needed to upgrade from v0.10.0. 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 for contributing to this release! @robjloranger @OddBloke WriteFreely]]> Today we're excited to release WriteFreely v0.11! This is a huge update that includes many fixes and improvements, built-in automatic, free SSL certificates, support for our command-line client, and more moderation controls for multi-user instances.

Besides all of these improvements, this update come just over a year after our very first release, v0.1. Keep an eye out for a future post about the last year in review — a lot has happened!

Get the lastest release now (you'll notice it's v0.11.1), or jump into the updates below.

Major Features

Automatic SSL certificates from Let's Encrypt (T542)

It's now even easier to start up a WriteFreely instance with free, automatic certificates from Let's Encrypt. With the application facing the public internet (i.e. not behind a reverse proxy), you can set a few configuration values to have WriteFreely generate the certificate for you.

For new instances, choose Production, standalone > Secure (port 443), auto certificate during the interactive setup process.

For existing instances, set autocert = true and tls_cert_path = certs (see config documentation for more information).

WriteFreely Command-Line Interface

We've released our first official WriteFreely client along with this version: wf-cli! This is a simple command-line-based tool for publishing to one or many WriteFreely instances. It's perfect for tech-savvy users who don't want to leave their terminal window or anyone looking to build WriteFreely publishing into their desktop writing workflow — and it's available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and anywhere else you can build a Go application.

User-Facing Changes / Fixes

  • Prevent transliterated slugs from exceeding character limit (#137)
  • Don't consider posts unpublished when they have a title (#138)
  • Blog 404 pages are now styled like the rest of the blog (T493)
  • Fix missing hostname when publishing via API and support WriteFreely CLI (#144)
  • Fix various minor issues with single-user instances (#145)
  • Support <audio> HTML element (#147)
  • Fix future pinned posts showing in navigation (#158)
  • Fix false logged-in state on failed login
  • Fix title attribute getting stripped on <abbr> elements (#184)
  • Add helpful instructions on invite links when logged in (T690)
  • Publish to user's blog by default, instead of Drafts (T697)
  • Fix blog URLs in CSV export (#205)
  • Include Reader link in site-wide navigation while logged in
  • Make header navigation on user and non-authenticated pages consistent

Minor Changes

  • Fix go-sitemap-generator overriding GOMAXPROCs (#86)
  • Log server software and version on startup (#168)
  • Fix crash on some duplicate ActivityPub follows (#159)

Admin-Facing Changes

  • Support setting a default visibility for all blogs (T675, #148)
  • Support toning down WriteFreely promotion (T676, #149)
  • Support using an alternative editor template (T677)
  • Support customizing Reader page (T684)
  • Support resetting user password from web-based UI (T695)
  • Fix tar bomb on install (#160)

Developer-Facing Changes

  • Add make build-arm7
  • Remove dependency on github.com/gogs/gogs/pkg/tool (#182)
  • API endpoints will now honor Accept: application/json headers (not only Content-Type) (#178)

Experimental / In-Progress Work

User Silencing (T661)

Now instance admins can silence problematic users to make their writing inaccessible to the world and prevent further publishing. This strikes a balance between preventing further abuse and making reversible moderation decisions, as users will still be able to log in to their account and access their data.

This is still experimental, as it needs more extensive testing. Please report any bugs you find and give us any feedback you have on this feature!

Reader-centric instances (T681, #157)

As part of our new Write.as for Teams service, we're experimenting with an alternative configuration for admins that want their site to be more focused on the collective work of its writers, rather than on individuals. It's meant for businesses, organizations, and institutions that want to create more of a shared blog than provide individual blog hosting. It sets the Reader view as the home page, uses blog templates with global navigation, and has hashtags search across all public blogs.

This functionality is not at all finalized, and subject to change drastically without notice. We don't recommend enabling this in your configuration unless you're merely curious or want to provide feedback (which we highly encourage!).

Upgrading from v0.10.0

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.

Now make sure your database is backed up, and update it with writefreely --migrate.

No additional steps are needed to upgrade from v0.10.0. 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 for contributing to this release!

@robjloranger @OddBloke

#WriteFreely

]]> https://blog.writefreely.org/version-0-11 Fri, 15 Nov 2019 11:08:44 +0000 Version 0.10 https://blog.writefreely.org/version-0-10?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Today we're happy to release WriteFreely v0.10, one of our largest updates yet. This is a pretty important release for us. It brings together improvements driven by our thoughtful community and features that'll help us take the next step into our future -- namely, one where WriteFreely helps organizations and groups effortlessly communicate via simple, open source tools. For anyone running WriteFreely, this means more control over your community, starting with more customization in this version and better moderation in the next. Really, this is just the start. Let's jump in. Major Features Fully Private Instances (T576) Communities looking for more privacy can now start up WriteFreely instances meant only for internal use. Just enable the private config value to make all blogs and content accessible only to authenticated users in your instance. NOTE: this is a breaking change! This changes behavior for existing instances with the private config value already set to true. If you have it set, you should verify that the new behavior is what you want. Landing Page Customization (T565, T574) Now admins have two new ways to customize their multi-user instance: Editing your landing page. Now you can change the content of your landing page from the Admin dashboard, including the banner text to the left of the signup form and the optional text below. Changing the landing URL. For anyone who doesn't want to use their normal landing page -- such as with closed or invite-only instances -- this lets you set the URL that unauthenticated users go to when they first come to your site. For example, you might send them to your About page (/about) or your public Reader (/read). User-Facing Changes / Fixes Add Lithuanian translation (writeas/web-core#3) Fix changing RTL setting back to LTR from web UI (#103, #110) Fix federation with pubgate (#100, #111, #116) Include pinned posts in JSON export (#112) Include post title in exported txt files (#114) Fix same-size 1st- and 2nd-level headings on blog index (#82) Fix post deletion logic needed for WriteFreely CLI (#117) Fix C syntax highlighting (#124) Fix default background-color not set (#132) Fix inconsistent naming / icons on post metadata page Admin-Facing Changes Landing URL is now editable (T574) The private config option now makes an instance readable only by registered, authenticated users (T576) New upgrade script The --config command now automatically initializes the database, removing the need for --init-db during setup Specify which part of the app configuration you want to edit with the new --sections flag, e.g. writefreely --config --section="app db server" Landing page is now customizable (T565) Developer-Facing Changes Fix lessc installation on macOS and CentOS (#97, #99) MathJax library is now a git submodule instead of directly included The writefreely.Serve() func has been split out into multiple functions Flag handling has moved out of the writefreely pkg to cmd/writefreely/main.go Upgrading from v0.9.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 v0.9.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! @dariusk @gytisrepecka @robjloranger @joyeusenoelle @sandrockcstm @qwazix @mrvdb WriteFreely]]> Today we're happy to release WriteFreely v0.10, one of our largest updates yet.

This is a pretty important release for us. It brings together improvements driven by our thoughtful community and features that'll help us take the next step into our future — namely, one where WriteFreely helps organizations and groups effortlessly communicate via simple, open source tools.

For anyone running WriteFreely, this means more control over your community, starting with more customization in this version and better moderation in the next. Really, this is just the start. Let's jump in.

Major Features

Fully Private Instances (T576)

Communities looking for more privacy can now start up WriteFreely instances meant only for internal use. Just enable the private config value to make all blogs and content accessible only to authenticated users in your instance.

NOTE: this is a breaking change! This changes behavior for existing instances with the private config value already set to true. If you have it set, you should verify that the new behavior is what you want.

Landing Page Customization (T565, T574)

Now admins have two new ways to customize their multi-user instance:

Editing your landing page. Now you can change the content of your landing page from the Admin dashboard, including the banner text to the left of the signup form and the optional text below.

Changing the landing URL. For anyone who doesn't want to use their normal landing page — such as with closed or invite-only instances — this lets you set the URL that unauthenticated users go to when they first come to your site. For example, you might send them to your About page (/about) or your public Reader (/read).

User-Facing Changes / Fixes

  • Add Lithuanian translation (writeas/web-core#3)
  • Fix changing RTL setting back to LTR from web UI (#103, #110)
  • Fix federation with pubgate (#100, #111, #116)
  • Include pinned posts in JSON export (#112)
  • Include post title in exported txt files (#114)
  • Fix same-size 1st- and 2nd-level headings on blog index (#82)
  • Fix post deletion logic needed for WriteFreely CLI (#117)
  • Fix C syntax highlighting (#124)
  • Fix default background-color not set (#132)
  • Fix inconsistent naming / icons on post metadata page

Admin-Facing Changes

  • Landing URL is now editable (T574)
  • The private config option now makes an instance readable only by registered, authenticated users (T576)
  • New upgrade script
  • The --config command now automatically initializes the database, removing the need for --init-db during setup
  • Specify which part of the app configuration you want to edit with the new --sections flag, e.g. writefreely --config --section="app db server"
  • Landing page is now customizable (T565)

Developer-Facing Changes

  • Fix lessc installation on macOS and CentOS (#97, #99)
  • MathJax library is now a git submodule instead of directly included
  • The writefreely.Serve() func has been split out into multiple functions
  • Flag handling has moved out of the writefreely pkg to cmd/writefreely/main.go

Upgrading from v0.9.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 v0.9.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!

@dariusk @gytisrepecka @robjloranger @joyeusenoelle @sandrockcstm @qwazix @mrvdb

#WriteFreely

]]> https://blog.writefreely.org/version-0-10 Tue, 02 Jul 2019 02:58:01 +0000