Ghost

This is the first of a series of weekly alpha builds we'll be releasing as we work towards Ghost 1.0.0.

This release is strictly for development and testing only, and must not be used for production blogs

This alpha contains:

• a complete refactor of the configuration system to use nconf and json files
• a change to use utf8mb4 encoding
• dropped Node.js v0.10 support as the first official 1.0.0 will be after 1st October
• dropped support for postgres (MySQL will be our production default)
• preparations so that Ghost can be installed with our new cli tool

You can read more about our plans for Ghost v1.0 and the v0.11 LTS version in the lts blog post. There's also more information on the alpha page.

You can see the full change log for the details of every change included in this release.

Please read the release blog post for more details.

Highlights

• [Fixed] Typing a space in the search bar no longer completes the search 🔍
• [Fixed] Date migrations for sqlite3/postgres blogs that were running in UTC 🕓
• [Fixed] AMP and previews now work properly when running Ghost in a subdirectory.
• [Fixed] Scheduling now works when blogs are run in a subdirectory ⏰
• [Fixed] Internal tags no longer appear in meta data or RSS feeds.
• [Fixed] More fixes for theme uploads causing unsupported type errors when they shouldn't 🐛
• [Fixed] Uploading over the top of an active theme now correctly reloads the theme & clears the cache 💥
• [Fixed] Issue with lodash when Ghost installed as an npm module.
• [Fixed] Sitemaps were sometimes rendering without any content 🔦
• [Changed] Downgraded missing {{asset}} helpers in themes to a warning so they can still be used with caution.
• And other things...

You can see the full change log for the details of every change included in this release.

Please read the release blog post for more details.

Highlights

• [Fixed] Uploads & imports on Windows - sorry about that 😳
• [Fixed] Memory Leak ☔️ - downgrading bookshelf & knex solves this, we're still looking for the exact culprit
• [Fixed] AMP pages with missing images now fallback gracefully
• [Fixed] AMP doesn't like old-school HTML attributes such as border
• [Fixed] Migrations from <0.7 to 0.10.1 will no longer throw an error
• [Fixed] Cannot find module... config.example error when starting Ghost after upgrading
• [Fixed] Multiple upgrade notifications - one is enough 😜
• And a few other bits & pieces...

You can see the full change log for the details of every change included in this release.

Please read the release blog post for more details.

Note: This release contains breaking changes for custom storage adapters - see https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/wiki/Using-a-custom-storage-module. If you are using a custom storage adapter your blog might not start before you update your custom storage adapter to a newer version, which supports our breaking changes.

Highlights

• [New] AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) - deliver optimised content for mobile users
• [New] Theme upload, download & delete - theme management is now part of Ghost
• [Improved] Deleting a user now clearly highlights any post content that will be deleted
• [Improved] Default referrer policy has changed to no-referrer-when-downgrade - works now in Safari
• [Improved] Cross Browser Support - The editor now works in IE Edge
• [Fixed] Date helper now generates correct published date based on blog timezone
• [Fixed] Internal tags are not shown in sitemap-tags.xml anymore
• [Fixed] Security Issue: Open redirect
• [Changed] Storage adapters now require save, delete, serve, exists methods (Breaking Change)
• And much more...

You can see the full change log for the details of every change included in this release.

Please read the release blog post for more details.

Highlights

• [New] Scheduled posts - tell Ghost to publish your post sometime in the future 🕑
• [New] Configurable blog timezone - super important for making scheduled posts work the way you expect.
• [New] Internal tags (Beta) - use tags for managing content without them appearing in your theme
• [Improved] Install & upgrade process by removing dependency on semver which regularly broke npm
• [Improved] Better error handling for visitors and admin users whilst performing upgrades
• [Fixed] "Access Denied" errors when uploading images
• [Fixed] Editing a post via the API without providing a tags list would delete the post's tags 😱
• [Fixed] Problems running in nested sub-directories, e.g. mysite.com/my/blog
• [Fixed] Session handling on intermittent connections - it should now be easier to stay logged in
• [Changed] Referrer policy changed from origin to origin-when-cross-origin to improve in-site analytics
• [Changed] Node v4 is now the recommended node version for running Ghost 🎉
• And much more...

The full change log contains a list of all changes.

This is a beta release, it exists for testing purposes only :)

• It should not be considered stable
• It should not be used on production environments.

The zip file is a proper 'built' release of Ghost, just like you would get from Ghost.org, so use it with:

• npm install --production
• npm start --production

No grunt tasks are required.

Please note: this beta only works in production mode - the JavaScript files for dev mode are missing.

Install instructions are at http://support.ghost.org/installation

Please see the related issue for details on what is being tested and how to get involved.

Upgrade note:
If you are upgrading from any previous version of Ghost and you use [email protected] you will need to delete your node_modules directory before running npm install --production - see the related issue for more details.

This is a beta release, it exists for testing purposes only :)

• It should not be considered stable
• It should not be used on production environments.

The zip file is a proper 'built' release of Ghost, just like you would get from Ghost.org, so use it with:

• npm install --production
• npm start --production

No grunt tasks are required.

Please note: this beta only works in production mode - the JavaScript files for dev mode are missing.

Install instructions are at http://support.ghost.org/installation

Please see the related issue for details on what is being tested and how to get involved.

Note: this release contains breaking changes to the Theme API, please read the release blog post for more details.

Highlights

• [New] Subscribers (Beta) - enable in labs to collect email addresses from your blog
• [New] Slack integration - notify a slack channel whenever a new blog post is published
• [New] Twitter & Facebook support - add your social profiles to your blog and users, get a meta data boost
• [New] HTTP2 Preload headers - get super speed with CloudFlare
• [Changed] Image uploader - improved editor performance and a smoother upload experience
• [Changed] theme API breaking changes - see here for the details
• [Fixed] Errors in JSON-LD structured data output on blog posts & author pages

The full change log contains a list of all changes.

Note: this release contains a breaking change for some Public API Beta users, as always, please read the release blog post for more details.

Highlights

• [Improved] Static pages now have structured data, just like posts, so they will pass validation for twitter cards and other social media sharing tools.
• [Improved] Relaxed CORS handling, meaning less people should have issues logging in to their blog if their URL isn't configured exactly right.
• [Improved] Draft post slugs (urls) are updated when the title changes, so that you don't get weird half-titles in slugs anymore.
• [Fixed] Static files immediately result in a 404, because trying a filename with a trailing slash on the end is never going to result in a happier ending.
• [Fixed] Incorrect preview link & icon position in the editor making it easier to preview your post by clicking the word "preview" at the bottom of the editor.
• [Fixed] Requesting url as a field from the Posts API didn't return the correct response (Public API Beta).
• [Changed] Trusted domains now require their protocol be included. See below for details (Public API Beta).

The full change log contains a list of all changes.

Please read the release blog post for more details.

Highlights

• [Fixed] Unable to add an existing tag to a new post

And from 0.7.7...

• [Fixed] Node v4 LTS support handles 4.3 and all future v4 LTS versions 🚀
• [Fixed] Settings cache cleared on import, so your blog will now look correct without needing a restart
• [Fixed] Various issues with navigation - the UI behaves better, and you'll no longer get ignored by {{current}} if you forget a trailing slash.
• [Fixed] API serving invalid status codes, which was a potential source of crashes 💥
• [New] The delete all content button now creates a backup file first... just in case 😉
• And much more...

The full change log contains a list of all changes.

Please read the release blog post for more details.

Update: We've spotted a pretty nasty bug in 0.7.7 with saving tags. 0.7.8 will be along shortly...

The full change log contains a list of all changes.

Please read the release blog post for more details.

Highlights

• [Fixed] Getting frequently signed out, especially whilst writing a post.
• [Fixed] Unable to log in to multiple blogs on different subdirectories at the same time.
• [Fixed] No current class in navigation if you missed a trailing slash from the URL.
• [Fixed] Blog titles being treated as numbers and other weird data type issues.
• [Fixed] Horrible errors in the admin panel if the active theme wass missing.
• [Improved] Various CSS and minor UI tweaks, including adding a preview link to the draft saved notification.
• And much more...

The full change log contains a list of all changes.

Please read the release blog post for more details.

Highlights

• [New] from and to attributes added to {{tags}} and {{#foreach}}
• [Fixed] Admin panel slow/unresponsive when navigating or searching with large numbers of posts
• [Fixed] Private blogging correctly disables author/tag rss feeds
• [Fixed] Login in Safari's private browsing mode
• [Fixed] Generation of http vs https urls for meta data
• [Fixed] Sitemaps missing tag images

The full change log contains a list of all changes.

Please read the release blog post for more details.

Highlights

• [Fixed] Tag pages for tags starting with numbers
• [Fixed] Helpers still causing aSyNcId errors when used inside the {{#get}} helper
• [Fixed] ghost.url.api() utility issue with multiple requests
• [Fixed] authentication error on resubmitting setup/two
• [Fixed] broken @last when using {{#foreach}} with limit
• [Fixed] Duplicate URL input field in image uploader

The full change log contains a list of all changes.

Please read the release blog post for more details.

Highlights

• [New] permalinks & posts_per_page now available in themes via @blog
• [New] /shared/ghost-url.js script for accessing the API from external sites
• [Changed] Now returns 404 for nonexistent pages in pagination & RSS
• [Fixed] shortcut keys not working in the editor
• [Fixed] sub-dir being added to navigation urls
• [Fixed] caret jumping around in published date input
• [Fixed] checkbox labels being cut off on mobile
• [Fixed] pagination not working inside the {{#get}} helper
• [Fixed] issue with some theme helpers causing aSyNcId errors

The full change log contains a list of all changes.

Please read the release blog post for more details. This release was brought to you from Singapore.

Highlights

• [New] {{#get}} Helper (Beta)
• [New] Public API access via Ajax in themes (Beta)
• [New] Support for Node v4.2
• [New] Drag & drop reordering for tags in post settings menu
• [New] /edit/ quick URL for tags
• [Improved] tags now shown in admin search results
• [Fixed] Body parser limit increased to 1mb to support larger posts
• [Fixed] Page deletion not updating sitemap-page.xml
• [Fixed] Image and validation issues on tag management screen

The full change log contains a list of all changes.

Bug fixes for 0.7. Please read the release blog post for more details. This release was brought to you from Gatwick Airport.

Highlights

• [New] /edit/ quick URL for authors as well as posts (tags coming soon)
• [Fixed] Editor width display issues in Firefox, IE, and Chrome
• [Fixed] {{current}} not working in navigation
• [Fixed] API validation for post, tag and author slugs being too strict
• [Fixed] Rare bug causing 'A problem occurred on the server' error when signing in after upgrading.
• [Security] Password can no longer be updated via user.edit endpoint
• [Security] ID of user who published post can no longer be overriden.

The full change log contains a list of all changes.

Completely reworked the design & functionality of the admin UI. Please read the release blog post for more details.

Highlights

• [New] New admin interface design
• [New] Admin search for posts & users
• [New] On-boarding flow (for new blogs)
• [Improved] jQuery not included in {{ghost_foot}}
• [Improved] Tags respect the order they are added to a post
• [Improved] {{foreach}} helper upgraded
• [Fixed] {{tags}} & {{author}} not working in next/prev post helpers
• [Fixed] Various RSS url issues
• [Fixed] Upgrade path for very old blogs

The full change log contains a list of all changes.

Bug fixes for 0.6.3. Please read the release blog post for more details.

Highlights

• [Fixed] Caching issues with previews
• [Fixed] Password protection not redirecting to blog
• [Fixed] Multiple owners after import
• [Fixed] Ghost logo linking to wrong URL
• [Fixed] Invite email missing contact email address

The full change log contains a list of all changes.

Adds post previews and password protected blogs. Please read the release blog post for more details.

Highlights

• [New] Post previews
• [New] Password protected blogs
• [New] Custom author templates
• [Improved] Session length is now 7 days
• [Fixed] Word count in editor not counting non-latin chars
• [Fixed] Secure URLs in RSS when accessed via HTTPS
• [Fixed] Autosave causing post to be published
• [Fixed] Admin app errors when active theme missing

The full change log contains a list of all changes.