WordPress vs Textpattern

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WordPress and Textpattern are two of the most well known blogging platforms out there. Each has its own share of advantages and disadvantages as well as supporters and critics. Both have a great user base and power many wonderful websites! In this article, I shall attempt to provide a comprehensive comparison of both WordPress and [...]

Textpattern CMS 4.4.1 released

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A new version of Textpattern CMS has been released. Version 4.4.1 takes care of a security vulnerability that was present in previous versions so upgrading is highly recommended. From the announcement: All versions prior to TXP 4.4.1 were open to CSRF attacks; pronounced sea-surf. While it’s out of scope in this article to discuss what [...]

Textpattern CMS 4.4.0 released: focus on security

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A new release of Textpattern (news) is available. This version has a focus primarily on security and introduces a number of new changes to the way passwords are handled as well as general security fixes. Some excerpts from the release announcement: If you are running an Apache web server, rename the .htaccess-dist file in the [...]

Textpattern CMS 4.3.0 released

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A new release of the popular open source CMS, Textpattern, has been made available. This release is said to be the last before the release of 5.x. There are a number of changes to this release including items removed and new features added. The full outline of changes is available here: http://textpattern.com/weblog/349/textpattern-cms-430-released

CMS Critic Recommends… September Edition

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It’s that time again where we post our recommendations to various questions that are posed to us over the month. This month we’re going to provide you with options to consider if you are looking to start your own blog or small business website. Most of the systems we recommend below start off as blog [...]

It’s official. Textpattern CMS 4.20 is available.

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Minutes after posting our previous entry entitled “Textpattern 4.20 released?” the announcement is up on the Textpattern website. The new Textpattern features a very nice new admin theme called Remora. It’s not active by default, but it is an option from the back-end and for those who are looking for a dropdown menu based admin [...]

Textpattern 4.20 released?

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Although not announced yet, download links on the Textpattern website now point to a 4.20 release. We’re not sure if this is an intentional change or an official release yet but in an attempt to download the 4.08 release we noticed that the links now point to what appears to be an official 4.20 release [...]

Textpattern has released version 4.0.8

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You heard it right, a new maintenance release fixing bugs and glitches has been released by Textpattern. You can read about the specific fixes at the Textpattern website. Here are some additional resources for Textpattern enthusiasts: Textpattern featured sites – This area of their website highlights specific sites based on Textpattern that have done well. [...]