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General > Visual Log 2.1.0 Beta 1 Released

We are pleased to announce that the latest version of our Visual Log (VLog 2) CMS Software is not available for Download. Just Download Visual Log to get the latest version of if you're an existing user get the 2.1.0 Beta 1 Upgrade

This is a comprehensive new Minor version of Visual Log which introduces a number of new/completely rewritten features including:

Completely new JavaScript Core Libraries to provide full AJAX support and better integrated Scripting of Visual Log
Improved Blogging
- Inline Comments and Subscriptions powered by AJAX
- Link Integrity integrated with the Blog Editor
- Better Blog Entry Preview
- More informative Subscriber alerts
- More management of Comments now possible
- Version History for Blog Entries
Editor Rewrite
- Completely rewritten JavaScript support for Editor to make the Editing experience far better
- Better integration of Link Integrity Checker and Correction with continued Editing
More Tagging Features
- Ability to click on Tags and see a summary of all Content with that Tag
Improved User Accounts
- Ability to disable User Accounts
- Option to have the Quick Actions bar displayed on all pages
New Version History System
- Generic System which provides History for both CMS Content and Blog Entries
Completely rewritten Link Integrity Checker
- Now able to validate links to External Websites
- Validates Image Sources as well as Links
Some minor tweaks to CMS Features to provide more effective management and presentation
Real time live Layout Editing with instant page update via AJAX
Usual Bug Fixes and Efficiency Improvements
Some improvements to how aspects of the GUI and Site perform

Please be aware that this is a Beta version and while there are no major issues we have identified during our 6 week live testing of the software on this and a couple of other websites there are some minor browser specific issues with a particular Admin feature. Please see the Vlog 2 Issues page for details of this.

Developers may be interested to note that the source is now available through the Visual Log Subversion Repository which is part of our Visual Log on SourceForge offering.