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Release: Hubzilla 5.6

Thu, 13 May 2021 15:55:22 +0000

Mario Vavti wrote the following post Tue, 11 May 2021 12:27:56 +0000

Hubzilla 5.6 Released!

Hubzilla 5.6 has been released. Here is an overview of the most relevant changes:

The registration backend has been rewritten and numerous features added
The account/channel creation has been completely decoupled from the registration process. An account/channel will only be created after the registration has been verified by the registrant and, if configured that way, approved by the admin. The added features include:
- Registration open/close times (default 24/7 open)
- Maximal registrations per day (default 50)
- Maximal registrations from same IP (default 3)
- Registration verification delay (default off)
- Registration expiration time (default 3 days)
- Require invite code (default off)
- Allow invite code (default off)
- Require email address (default on)

The default registration workflow has been simplified
In its default configuration a Hubzilla account can now be registered in two single steps:
- Enter registration details
- Verify registration with the received token
Done.

If registration is configured with email required (default), the verification token will be received via email. Otherwise the registration token will be provided during the registration process. It is advised to configure a verification delay (default off) if no email requirement is configured.

The invite app has been rewritten
Hand in hand with the registration rewrite the invite app has been rewritten aswell. It now allows usage of predefined templates and supports multiple languages.

Redis session backen implemented
PHP session handling can be demanding especially for hubs with many active channels. By default sessions are saved in the database. A while ago an optional filebased session handler has been implemented. Now optionally redis can be used for session handling. Redis is completely in-memory and will likely further improve performance espsecially for big hubs.

How to configure:
Make sure redis is installed and the necessary PHP module enabled. Add the following lines to your .htconfig.php:

App::$config['system']['session_custom'] = true;
App::$config['system']['session_save_handler'] = "redis";
App::$config['system']['session_save_path'] = "/tmp/redis.sock";

The session_save_path can be different depending on your enviroment. In case redis is not on localhost the session_save_path can be configured that way:

App::$config['system']['session_save_path'] = "tcp://1.2.3.4:6379?timeout=2&auth=accesskey";

Performance improvements
With some help from our friends at http://disroot.org we have managed to spot and fix some performance issues. The implemented fixes will slightly improve performance for all hubs. More so if postgres was selected as the database backend.

Bug fixes
Among with other minor bug fixes we managed to spot and fix the cause of bug which under certain circumstances prevented synchronization of wiki items between channel clones.

A big THANK YOU! to all contributors and everybody who is supporting Hubzilla. Special thanks to @NGI Zero open source funding for sponsoring my work on this project.

How to Upgrade

create a backup
execute util/udall from the terminal
review registration settings

Get the Code

Source code: https://framagit.org/hubzilla/core/
Install instructions: https://framagit.org/hubzilla/core/-/blob/master/install/INSTALL.txt

Hubzilla, a powerful platform for creating interconnected websites featuring a decentralized identity, communications, and permissions framework built using common webserver technology.

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Release: Hubzilla 5.4.3

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Tue, 20 Apr 2021 09:50:30 +0000

Mario Vavti wrote the following post Tue, 20 Apr 2021 09:18:21 +0000

Hubzilla 5.4.3 Released!

Hubzilla 5.4.3
- Fix regression in mod notifications (only the last was visible)
- Set Permissions-Policy: interest-cohort=() header by default
- Fix xchans containing a % breaking get_forum_channels()
- Fix webfinger if using a reverse proxy
- Fix regression finding bookmarks
- Fix zot6 hublocs import on channel import
- Fix revision not checked in import_items()

Source code: https://framagit.org/hubzilla/core/
Install instructions: https://framagit.org/hubzilla/core/-/blob/master/install/INSTALL.txt

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Xanthor

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 11:58:50 +0000

Thanks @Mario Vavti. Is there a migration to run in order to fix potential problems which occurred because of issue "zot6 hublocs import on channel import"?

sync

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 12:13:17 +0000

Hello @Mario Vavti. Should clones be re-imported since the hublocs import is fixed?

Mario Vavti

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 13:36:55 +0000

No, if all your locations appear in /locs you should be fine. If not, you can wait for a location sync to happen or press the sync button for an immediate sync.

Hubzilla development: Merging branch air into dev soon

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Mon, 29 Mar 2021 21:16:14 +0000

Mario Vavti wrote the following post Mon, 29 Mar 2021 18:31:46 +0000

Merging branch air into dev soon

In case you don't know what branch air is about: it's an almost complete rewrite of the registration and invitation code by @Hilmar R with many configuration options to prevent spam registrations and a possibility to ease admin approvals by being able to configure open/close time frames.

I think air is more or less ready for merging into dev:

The workflow for most configurations has been simplified (much more work to do here but should be fine for dev)
Security issues resolved (provided passwords have been saved as hex strings)
Timezones issues has been mostly resolved (not sure yet what to do with emails - at the moment we send UTC date/time which is not very friendly because people will have to calculate)
Streamlined default settings (needs more testing and probably minor improvements)

I have had my dev hub running this code for some days now with open registrations (with admin approval) and no email verification (which is not recommended). A one minute registration verification delay and a ten minutes verification time frame has been configured. The result was that non of the bots managed to verify the registration so far...

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Hubzilla: Some statistics

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Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:07:04 +0000

Zotum wrote the following post Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:35:27 +0000

Hubzilla network stats Q1 '21

@Zotum introducing to you latest statistic over #Hubzilla network.

#zotum #statistics #zot #Fediverse

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Reminder: Please update Hubzilla hubs!

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Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:20:01 +0000

Mario Vavti wrote the following post Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:38:26 +0000

Friendly reminder

Support for the legacy zot protocol will be removed from Hubzilla in about four months. Please make sure your hubs are updated to a version > 5.0 by then (preferably to the most recent version).

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Release: Hubzilla 5.4.2

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Mon, 15 Mar 2021 13:07:24 +0000

Hubzilla 5.4.2 has been released. This release contains security fixes, please update asap. For more info on this release, view article.

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DM24: Forum Addon - Version 2.0 Released

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Sat, 13 Mar 2021 20:55:50 +0000

DM42 Hubzilla Addons wrote the following post Sat, 13 Mar 2021 05:32:09 +0000

Forum Addon - Version 2.0 Released

Description

The Forum addon adds a traditional topical forum to the channel on which it is installed.

Challenges solved

The stream based interface of a "group channel" is a good tool for slow moving conversations, but things easily get "buried" in a larger group where a number of threads are created in a day.  This makes it easy to miss important threads or forget about them as they move further and further down the page.  The "Forum Addon" addresses this by creating a more traditional topical interface with each thread assigned to a specific topic and listed only by title.  The table of contents is sorted in the order of most recently commented.

Standard "Group"/"Forum" channels require a separate channel for each group discussion topic in order to target group discussions to interested members.  This increases the number of channels that need to be administered.  It also increases the number of channels users need to track.  The "Forum Addon" allows a single channel to host multiple topics that each has an independent, targetted distribution list. Optionally, users can be permitted to subscribe/unsubscribe themselves to specific topics.

Direct Messages (DM's) to standard "Group"/"Forum" channels are always sent to the group distribution list.  This can cause difficulty or confusion in administerting a group/forum channel as there is no mechanism to distinguish "administrative" messages between a member and the channel owner from messages intended to be sent to the whole group.  The Forum Addon only forwards messages that have an assigned topic to the distribution group.  DM's that do not have a hashtag assigned to a topic only go to the channel owner.  A topic can be assigned using hashtags from a forum member's stream or by using the Forum page which has a pull down of permitted topics.

Easy for forum participants to use

Like standard "Group"/"Forum" channels, posting can be done either on the channel forum page or from the user's own page. In the post form on the forum page, a dropdown is added for the poster to select a topic from the list of topics they are allowed to post to. Users may also post from their own timeline by sending a DIRECT MESSAGE to the forum channel and including an appropriate hashtag which is assigned to the topic. Permission to post can be controlled on a per-topic basis utilizing "privacy groups." Remote posters who do not have permission will have a comment sent back from the forum indicating their lack of permission.

Posts are forwarded using the same basic mechanism used by "Group"/"Forum" channels.

More info: Forum Addon Wiki Pages
See it in action on the DM42 Addons Channel

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Sat, 13 Mar 2021 21:41:00 +0000

DM42 Hubzilla Addons wrote the following post Sat, 13 Mar 2021 21:20:15 +0000

Addon Forum 2.0.1 - BUGFIX

A minor bug was found when displaying topics with more threads than the TOC maximum that prevented the display of all the threads in the topic. This has been fixed. Going to a topic will now display all the threads within that topic.

The new version can be downloaded here.

We expect that, by the time anyone absolutely needs it, pagination will be made available for topics with MANY threads.

hEARt PhoniX

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 06:46:12 +0000

@Grouchy I see it has already been renewed.

Release: Hubzilla 5.4.1

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Wed, 10 Mar 2021 04:16:52 +0000 last edited: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 07:32:53 +0000

Mario Vavti wrote the following post Tue, 09 Mar 2021 19:19:46 +0000

Hubzilla 5.4.1 Released!

Hubzilla 5.4.1
- Fix profile not found if not logged in
- Fix summary not reset on cancel
- Fix summary not saved with autosave draft
- Fix unexpected triggering of buttons when pressing enter in input field
- Fix spanish plural expression
- Fix javascript error if page-end element does not exist

Addons
- Pubcrawl: fix regression in pubcrawl_follow_mod_init()

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Hubzilla 5.2.1 Released!

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Sat, 16 Jan 2021 16:15:44 +0000 last edited: Sat, 16 Jan 2021 16:16:24 +0000

Mario Vavti wrote the following post Sat, 16 Jan 2021 09:40:24 +0000

Hubzilla 5.2.1 Released!

Hubzilla 5.2.1
- Fix attach_upgrade() to catch all broken entries in attach
- Fix collect_recipients() public policy filter for zot6
- Fix leaking of duplicate tasks in queueworker addon

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Zotlabs|Hubzilla 5.2 Released!

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Wed, 13 Jan 2021 13:58:00 +0000

Mario Vavti wrote the following post Wed, 13 Jan 2021 10:30:58 +0000

Hubzilla 5.2 Released!

Undoubtedly the most exciting improvement in Hubzilla 5.2 is the work that has been done on the Files App. Besides that, the ! and !! forum tags have been removed. Also some important bug fixes have been applied along with improvements for some of the addons.

Files App
While rename, copy and move functionality was already available via webdav, those features were still missing in the web frontend. Hubzilla 5.2 enables you to rename, move or copy files directly from the web interface. Also the possibility for bulk file actions has been added. As an extra, file categories were implemented along with a flat, per category, view of files. The files app now also supports downloading of directories and bulk files via zip archives. While rewriting much of the code involved, the performance of the Files App could be improved.
The work on the Files App is supported by the NGI0 Discovery Fund. Thank you for that @Funds privacy tech/open search!.

Removed forum tags
The ! and !! forum tags have been deprecated in version 5.0 and have now been removed. Please post to a forum by selecting it from the ACL selector - the lock icon in the text editor. Alternatively you can also use the @! privacy tag.

Bugfixes
Most notable here was a bug that prevented synchronisation between directory servers. This bug remained undetected for a long time. Directory servers might experience increased activity due to synchronisation catching up. Some issues were fixed to provide PHP8 compatibility. This work is ongoing.

Addons
Improve the queueworker addon for the postgres DB backend. Pubcrawl has been improved for better compatibility with Peertube.

For a more detailed changelog please have a look here.

A big THANK YOU! to all contributors and everybody who is supporting Hubzilla.