The History of BlogWatcher
Version 1.0
- Basic Blog aggregation - allows you to add blogs, and it tells you which have changed since last check
Version 1.1
- Added Share & TAG watching
- Site appearance makeover by Dale, to the grey with green/red borders.
- Made a primitive user creation system
Version 1.2 (current)
- Redirected post-account-creation site to login site
- Added cookie-login safety measures
- Added the Blog Watcher news feed to every new member
- Made a real about page
Version 1.3 (working on)
- Bug fix: corrected the tags, so they don't always load the cached data. (Denley)
- Bug fix: updated the old-style tag-add form so it's like the others(Denley)
- Bug fix: corrected the user remembering to not log users out too soon (Tom)
- Bug fix: corrected FAQ link to ASX (Jack)
- Bug fix: caching errors when adding new blogs & tags fixed (Jack)
- Bug fix: empty feeds still showing up in the table (Pat)
- Timed caching (updates only if > X mins since last check)
- Feed automation for common blog providers (adds feed from username)
- Clicking on a feed should set it to viewed
- SQL-safe all database connections to prevent attacks
- Custom blog & tag ordering
- Changed buttons to hrefs (the ones which should be)
PENDING:
BUG fixes:
- Make styling more IE-friendly (JAmes)
- Fix the password-changing caching when incorrect passwords are given (Dwayne)
- I'm sure there are many more, I'll add them as I (or you) find them
TODO list:
- encrypt passwords internally, allow password resetting and more characters to be in the password
- Make a real help page
- Speed up page loading more (if possible)
- Fix css styles (a bit)
- Allow user to choose blog-cache timelimit (default is 15 mins)
- Change update page to have select box, not three checkboxes
- Add javascript client-side error-checking for some forms
- Add multiple css styles, allowing users to chose their favourite.
- Make a feature-request and bug-reporting process
- Javascript add-feed button
- More options, less time wastage, better graphics...have a suggestion? email me!
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Security and php/html assistance by Jack (Vic)
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