Here’s some of what’s new:

• Theme Customizer with Previewer
• Flexible Custom Header Sizes
• Selecting Custom Header and Background Images from Media Library
• Better experience searching for and choosing a theme

And some of the under-the-hood changes:

• New XML-RPC API for external and mobile applications
• New API for registering theme support for custom headers and backgrounds
• Performance improvements to WP_Query by splitting the query (Please test!)
• Internationalization improvements (improved performance and locale support)
• Performance and API improvements when working with lists of installed themes
• Support for installing child themes from the WordPress Themes Directory

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One important point is worth mentioning here, however: Django 1.4 is, as covered in the release notes, the last official release of Django which will support Python 2.5. When Django 1.5 is released, the minimum Python version required will be 2.6 (see this recent post for some more details on what that means), though you’ll still be able to use Django 1.4 — during its security support lifecycle — if you need Python 2.5 support.

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Yii Framework version 1.1.9 has been released. In this release, included nearly 60 enhancements and bug fixes.

For the complete list of changes in this release, please see the change log and important feature additions. And if you plan to upgrade from an older version to 1.1.9, refer to the upgrade instructions.

In the following page, we briefly introduce some of the changes in this release.

More convenient way to define through AR relation

Active Record though option was introduced in 1.1.7 but syntax wasn’t convenient so we decided to make it more definitive. Current syntax is the following:

'comments'=>array(self::HAS_MANY,'Comment',array('key1'=>'key2'),'through'=>'posts'),

In the above array(‘key1′=>’key2′):

• key1 is a key defined in relation specified in through (posts is this case).
• key2 is a key defined in a model relation points to (Comment in this case).

through can be used with both HAS_ONE and HAS_MANY relations.

For more details and examples refer to Relational Query with through.

Scope support for Model::relations()

You can now use scopes when defining AR model relations such as

'recentApprovedComments'=>array(self::BELONGS_TO, 'Post', 'post_id',
    'scopes' => array('approved', 'recent')),

In case of a single scope you can specify a single scope with a string instead of array.

Ability to join AR models on a specific keys

It is now possible to build AR relations on PK->FK specified instead of relying on the schema defaults so you can specify AR relation like the following declaration for Day model:

'jobs'=>array(self::HAS_MANY, 'Job', array('date' => 'target_date')),

In the case above Day can have multiple Jobs but these aren’t related usual way. We’ve specified relation key in form of array(‘fk’=>’pk’). That means it will generate SQL like

SELECT * FROM day t
JOIN job ON t.date = job.target_date

Ability to override core classes using Yii::$classMap

There was an ability to pre-import classes and use them without explicitly importing or including since 1.1.5. Now using the same technique you can override Yii core classes with your own ones.

jQuery team released version 1.7.1 before thanksgiving , new version mainly fixes some bugs, you can get through the following address:

• http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7.1.min.js
• http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7.1.js

jQuery 1.7.1 Change Log

Ajax

• #10723: jqXHR.always() returns a Promise instead of a jqXHR object

Attributes

• #10724: $(document).text() always returns an empty string
• #10773: removeAttr is fragile for edge cases

Build

• #10630: Fix focus-related test failures to resolve Swarm failures

Core

• #10616: Type coersion not done for -1 in .eq
• #10646: Have jQuery.error throw instanceof Error object
• #10682: Creating DOM elements with $(‘ ‘) leaks memory and skips the fragment cache
• #10687: jQuery calls the AMD define() global function too early
• #10690: isNumeric

Css

• #10733: remove uses of jQuery.each in css module in favor of a for loop

Data

• #10675: Use internalKey shortcut instead of jQuery.expando

Effects

• #10669: .animate() no longer animates percentage(%) width
• #10750: A “null” in the data object can cause an error in stop

Event

• #10676: wheelDelta not added to mousewheel event anymore
• #10701: Problems with submit forms using submit function
• #10704: special.handle method should fire under origType name
• #10705: off bug event name parser
• #10712: Triggering blur with live bind broken
• #10717: A triggered load bubbles up to window
• #10791: Delegated Events fail on SVG elements
• #10794: .triggerHandler should not .preventDefault()
• #10798: live(“submit”) and .submit() would cause unobtrusive ajax live to fire twice
• #10844: .delegate() on submit doesn’t work when form contains input with name “id”

Manipulation

• #10177: index of callback function in .wrap is always 0
• #10667: HTML5 Support in .wrapAll() does add a “:” to element
• #10670: rnoshimcache probably not constructed correctly
• #10812: passing empty object to .before() or .after() throws exception in IE7

Misc

• #10691: remove all occurrences of the “equals” and “same” function in the unit tests`

Support

• #10629: IE is much too sensitive concerning the fake body. Explore cleaning up support.js to avoid any future crashes.
• #10807: Non-ascii apostrophe in comment

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Pligg CMS 1.2.0 is available. The version adds some important security updates, many bug fixes, optimized code, and a few new features. Some of the changes are listed below in an abbreviated changelog highlighting some of the most important updates. We highly recommend that you update your Pligg CMS website as soon as possible to avoid exploits from previous security holes that have now been patched.

1. Security fixes
2. Exclude disabled users from Top Users
3. Fixed the “Edit user data” admin feature
4. New weight parameter for modules, allowing modules to control what order they are called in.
5. Search groups by group name
6. The Tag Cloud page is now disabled when you have tags turned off site-wide
7. Human check (anti-spam) module fixes
8. Localized a few new phrases
9. Add feature to subtract a value of user score for removing a story vote
10. You can now use PHP in page content.
11. Left open HTML tags in the story content area will now be automatically closed.
12. Users can now select a site language file from their edit profile page. This will only change the Pligg language file, not the content being submitted to the site.

• Streaming
• Reversible Migrations
• Assets Pipeline
• jQuery as the default JavaScript library

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Read more Rails 3.1.0 has been released!

Emoinstaller is an application that allows Facebook users to more easily express the context of their Facebook chat instant messages by using emoticons.

Boasting a clean and simple interface; Emoinstaller is a new Windows application that provides additional high quality emoticons for use in Facebook chat conversations.

The software application allows users of Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome to send and receive hundreds of additional emoticons in Facebook chat messages.

Emoinstaller is compatible with Windows XP, Vista and 7.

According to Daniel Offer, Managing Director. “It’s now easier than ever to express ones mood in Facebook by using these new Facebook chat emoticons.”

When a user visits Facebook.com, Emoinstaller conveniently places a small monkey icon in each instant message window. Clicking on this icon allows users to select an emoticon to accompany their Facebook chat message. Users of Emoinstaller are able to choose from fourteen categories and three sizes (small, medium and large).

“Emoinstaller is branded and personified by ‘Emo’ the monkey,” said Operations Director, Henrik Larsson. “Emo has been designed to represents that Emoinstaller is a fun, simple and personality expressing Facebook application.”

In short, Emoinstaller has been developed with the belief that chatting with friends should be an immersive and fun-filled experience.

Key features of Emoinstaller include:

• Hundreds of Emoticons – Over 900 emoticons in a variety of styles, there is something for everyone – young or old.
• Fourteen Categories of Emoticons – From Love to War and from Animals to Words, we’ve got all the Facebook emoticons you can think of and more!
• Various Sizes of Emoticons – Use traditionally small, medium or large emoticons – it’s your choice!
• Animated Emoticons – Animation gets your Facebook messages noticed.
• Simple Interface – Add an emoticon to your message with a single click.
• Multi-Browser Support – Emoinstaller supports Internet Explorer (version 8 or above recommended), Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.

Emoinstaller can be downloaded for free from http://www.emoinstaller.com

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