Added four new themes that can be used. They’re pretty neat. As always if you Google “Wordpress Themes” and find one you like, poke me to add it!
The new themes are:
- Cordobo Green Park 2
- LightWord
- Pixel
- Pyrmont V2
They can be found by going to your dashboard and then Appearance -> My Theme. Some have extra options you can customize them with as well, if so a new menu will appear under the Appearance grouping.
Made a couple minor tweaks to some features as well. Hopefully going to get the forum running again soon.
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Finally got off my ass to do this. The database (so posts/settings etc…) and uploads (the stuff you upload to posts) are now backed-up nightly, automatically. A full site backup (everything) is done monthly as well, also automatically.
Noting, I’ve rewritten the visibility options plugin (you probably don’t remember it). If you don’t remember it, that’s cool, but it lets you pick how your blog appears on the collaborative main site.
This update moved the settings, making it so much easier for me to implement, but also meant that blogs have default options when created instead of the old issues where unless you saved your settings you’d not have the options and blah blah blah geek talk.
Yay for progress! Well, at the moment the options don’t do anything aside from saving to the database. But when I finish the new front page design (shouldn’t take long, just hacking the current one) then it’ll be working 
FYI, did you know you can make your own backups? Yep, if you want to ditch this blog or want to save a backup for your own peace of mind just do it through the Tools -> Export page.
EDIT @ 1:16am: Updated the blog list widget in the side bar, this now listens to the options so if you choose to hide yourself it’ll be hidden. This widget can also be displayed on your own blogs, just enable the plugin through the plugins page and then drag/drop the widget on the page.
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Due to issues automatically upgrading BlooLagoo’s backend software I had to reinstall manually. This did cause some issues, and I ended up had to restore everything by hand. NOT FUN!
Your blogs should still be here, I didn’t bring them all back only the ones who had actual posts etc… I do have them all saved though.
To log in you’re going to have to reset your password as the old ones couldn’t be recovered. The email address is whatever you set it as though (need help, poke me!)
Couple of changes, there are more plugins you can choose to install. Also the site is now invite-only, so to have a friend create a blog you’ll have to invite them from your dashboard.
Forums will be down for a while as that requires a reinstall due to user changes.
But it was worth it! Trust me on that
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Welcome to Bloolagoo.org. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
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I know, nothing has happened here for a long time. Right now one common feature nobody realizes that you should enter your blog, go to the Settings -> BlooLagoo options page and you’ve got options on how your blog shows up on the main site! (Unfortunately at the moment you must save at least once for it to work).
If your blog isn’t appearing in the sidebar or anything, that’s because of these silly options.
I’m going to rewrite that script (which was custom created by me!) and make it so they’re on by default. And so they actually work.
Will add some new themes and new plugins, and also change the homepage slightly. It’s going to have the featured blog first and then any extracts later.
Here’s hoping it all goes well
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