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Big Medium 2.0.1

Josh Clark — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:23:30 UT

Big Medium 2.0.1 is now ready for your enjoyment and delectation, offering a bevy of bug fixes for your favorite content management system. The update addresses control-panel compatibility problems with Firefox 3 and Safari 3.1, funky navigation issues in Internet Explorer 7, and several other issues.

Go get it

Download the latest version of Big Medium here.

The download package includes complete installation instructions, including notes for upgrading from previous versions of Big Medium.

Shortcut instructions for upgrading from 2.0 are provided below. (If you’re upgrading from a version prior to 2.0, please follow the full installation instructions in the download package; along the way, those instructions include special notes for upgrading.)

The nitty gritty

Here’s what’s new in this update:

Fixed a bug that prevented content edit fields from appearing in Firefox 3 and Safari 3.1.
Fixed a bug that made it impossible to delete sections from the “section structure” page in Firefox 3 and Safari 3.1.
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused navigation bars to prevent nearby text from being clicked or selected in Internet Explorer 7; the same bug also occasionally caused the horizontal scroll bar to appear in Internet Explorer.
Link images now correctly open a new window for external links when the new-window preference is selected in the site’s HTML preferences.
Fixed a bug that prevented site search from returning any results if the path_info plugin was installed.
After deleting items from the image, document, media or people libraries, any pages that contained those items are now rebuilt automatically.
Fixed a bug that prevented some site preferences from being copied when cloning a site.
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused a page’s list of version edits to appear in non-chronological order on the edit screen.
Fixed a bug that allowed sections to be displayed in <%sections%> widget even when the “suppress content in parent sections” option is checked.
The <%images%> widget now properly returns nothing at all if no images to display (previously returned an empty div).
When displaying a library image in the control panel, a link to the original image size is now always displayed; this was inconsistent in previous versions.
Fixed a crashing bug when displaying search results on servers running Perl 5.8.0.
Fixed a crashing bug that occurred when you tried to copy a website to the server’s root directory from the “Site URLs & Directories” page.
Fixed a crashing bug for servers that do not have Perl’s URI module installed.
When deleting custom display preferences in the section properties screen, the confirmation dialog now reminds you to rebuild pages.

Upgrading from Big Medium 2.0?

If you’re upgrading from v2.0, you can update to the new version by following the instructions below. (If you’re upgrading from a version prior to 2.0, please follow the full installation instructions in the download package; along the way, those instructions include special notes for upgrading.)

To upgrade from v2.0:

1. Set your FTP client to “plain text” or “ascii” mode.

2. Upload to `moxiebin/Modules` directory:

BigMed (directory and all contents)
BigMed.pm
HTML (directory and all contents)
URI (directory and all contents)
`URI.pm

3. Upload to `moxiedata/support/assets` directory:

bm-ie.js

4. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/cp_templates` directory:

wi_prompt_slider.tmpl

5. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates` directory:

base.css

6. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates/HTML` directory:

wi_links_generic.tmpl
wi_search.tmpl

7. Update the `bmadmin/index.html` file with your site’s `moxiebin` URL.

Open bmadmin/index.html in a text editor and follow the instructions in the file to update the two marked URLs with the full URL to your server’s moxiebin directory.

8. Upload to `bmadmin` directory:

index.html
js (directory and all contents)

9. Run the updater

Browse to the bm-update.cgi file in your site’s moxiebin directory. For example:

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/moxiebin/bm-update.cgi

10. Clear your browser cache, and ask other Big Medium editors to do the same.

This completes the update from v2.0.

Tags: bigmedium

Updated: Big Medium 2: The Complete Guide

Josh Clark — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:09:17 UT

I’ve just updated the Big Medium 2 book with some minor changes and clarifications.

Big Medium 2: The Complete Guide is a comprehensive guide for writers, editors, designers and administrators. The new edition includes these changes:

There’s a new “Quick Start” section in Appendix A, “Installing Big Medium,” that provides a compressed set of installation instructions. It’s a useful quick reference for old hands who have installed Big Medium before and just need a checklist to get going.
The diagram of the <%navigation%> widget’s HTML structure and styles has been updated and corrected in Chapter 10, “Widgets.”
The PDF book has always been thoroughly cross-referenced with links to related sections; alas, those links had no visual cues, so they weren’t obvious. All links are now colored and underlined, web-style. One exception: The book’s table of contents is not underlined, but you can still click any item to go directly to that page.

Go get it

Big Medium 2: The Complete Guide: Download the free PDF

Tags: bigmedium, pdf

Updated: PDF Documentation for Prototype 1.6.0

Josh Clark — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:06:34 UT

Updated: PDF Documentation for Prototype 1.6.0

Attention JavaScript developers: I've just updated the PDF of the official Prototype.js API documentation to include all of the new features in version 1.6. Be sure to check out the introductory chapter that highlights the additions and changes since Prototype 1.5.

Tags: javascript, pdf, prototype

Big Medium 2.0: Your new website editor is here

Josh Clark — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:16:46 UT

After more than a year of thorough beta-testing over 60 test releases, I'm thrilled to announce the official release of Big Medium 2.0. I invite you to take it for a ride and discover how much fun you can have editing a website.

What is it?

Big Medium is a website editor (or "web content management system") that lets you manage entire websites from your browser.

For web designers, Big Medium offers design freedom and doesn't impose cookie-cutter layouts. If you bring basic to intermediate HTML/CSS know-how, Big Medium can manage just about any design you throw at it.

For editors and businesspeople, no HTML knowledge is required. Enter your text, images, podcasts and document downloads into Big Medium's editor, and the software automagically adds the necessary links and pages to your site.

What's new

The new version shares Big Medium's original spirit of friendly, humane software, but it's otherwise a whole new app from the ground up. The new interface is polished and elegant, and the features go deep. Here are just a few of the highlights from the 100+ new features in Big Medium 2:

Image galleries and slideshows
Automatic image sizing
Basic version control and edit history
Site search
Scheduled publication
Podcasting
Visitor comments
WYSIWYG CSS style editor
Streamlined template editing and sitewide templates
Section-specific privileges for content editors
Copy content between sites
Unlimited subsection depth
Share/reuse images and documents

For more, check out the feature overview and screenshots. Got questions about what Big Medium can do? Check out the FAQ.

They like it!

Since the release of the first public beta of Big Medium 2, I've released 60 updates and plowed through more than 1000 features, changes and bug fixes. Over 100 intrepid beta testers put the software through its paces, many of them powering their production sites with the new Big Medium. Here are just a few of their comments:

"Big Medium is a joy to use."

"This is by far the most amazing software anyone can buy for under $10,000."

"This is certainly restoring my excitement about web development."

"I always wanted someone to do a program like this. Simple, elegant and effective."

"This is the greatest CMS software I have ever seen."

"Beautiful interface. Installed with absolutely no problem. I AM IMPRESSED."

And hey: Thanks!

In the last year, I've received daily suggestions and feedback from enthusiastic beta testers and other members of the Big Medium faithful. You folks have been generous with your ideas, support and encouragement, and I couldn't have made this software without you. It's for you and by you.

Sincerely, thanks. Now go get it.

Tags: bigmedium

Big Medium 2.0 Release Candidate 6: "Fashionista"

Josh Clark — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:30:43 UT

The “Fashionista” update is the sixth (and, I hope, final) release candidate for Big Medium 2. The new version adds four new designs to Big Medium’s theme library, plus a variety of changes and bug fixes.

For more info on what’s new in this version, see the complete list of changes below.

As noted in previous release announcements, Big Medium now requires Perl 5.6.1 or higher; if you’ve been running Big Medium on a server with Perl 5.6.0 or earlier, you’ll need to upgrade your Perl installation in order to continue. Not sure what version you have? Download the compatibility checker from the system requirements page.

Four New Themes

Although the main goal of Big Medium is to allow designers to automate their own highly original custom designs on behalf of their clients, Big Medium 2 comes with several design themes to help non-designers get started. This version adds four new themes, rounding out Big Medium’s starter-kit of six varied designs.

Here’s a quick glimpse of the latest additions to Big Medium’s wardrobe.

Bitter Sweet: A lime-flavored layout, with special thanks to Viktor Persson of Arcsin for creating and licensing the original design.

Effervescence: A bright and bubbly design for a high-energy online identity.

High Gloss: A rich but restrained design featuring subtle highlighting effects.

Jetsetter: A sky-high design with a cosmopolitan look and a friendly feel.

Try It On

Download the latest version of Big Medium here.

The download package includes complete installation instructions, including notes for upgrading from previous versions of the Big Medium 2 beta.

Shortcut instructions for upgrading from 2.0rc1, rc2, rc3, rc4 or rc5 are provided below. (If you’re upgrading from 2.0b52 or earlier, please follow the full installation instructions in the download package; along the way, those instructions include special notes for upgrading.)

The Nitty Gritty

Here’s what’s new in this update:

New Features

Added four new themes to Big Medium’s theme library:

Bittersweet: A lime-flavored layout, with special thanks to Viktor Persson of Arcsin for creating and licensing the original design.
Effervescence: A bright and bubbly design for a high-energy online identity.
High Gloss: A rich but restrained design featuring subtle highlighting effects.
Jetsetter: A sky-high design with a cosmopolitan look and a friendly feel.

Changes

Setting the auto-publish time for a page, announcement or tip with a time in the past now backdates the publication date to that time; the publication status is also set to “published” if necessary. (The auto-publish time remains available only to publishers, webmasters and administrators.)
The rich-text editor now trims any empty paragraphs at the end of submitted text.
Widows are now prevented in the <%headline%> widget (a widow is a single word that is left dangling on its own line, separated from other words in the headline).
For sites with the “Include content/detail page title in breadcrumbs” option selected, Big Medium no longer displays the current page title if it is exactly the same as the current section title. This was commonly the case for section pages and, while technically correct, resulted in a double title that looked like a mistake.
Removed <%related%> from the default homepage template, since homepages do not have related links.
Updated the “Newsprint” theme
- Removed <%related%> widget from the theme’s section page, since section pages don’t have related links.
- Added improved styles for the subheadings (when enabled).
- Added 1px pad to bottom of columns to enforce proper layout when a column is empty.
The class name for the homepage navigation menu is now bmn_sec-__HOME to fall in line with the __HOME value that is returned by <%sectionslug%> for the homepage. (If you have custom styles for the homepage navigation, you’ll need to update them to reflect this change.)
Added “rebuild all pages” link to confirmation message after applying a new theme.
Email-this-page and status-update emails now convert ~ tildes in URLs into “%7E” to accommodate buggy URL handling in Mail for Mac OSX Leopard.
Changed some default preferences:
- Link elements are now: Headline, description.
- A line break is now inserted before link description if there is one.
- Related links are no longer included with links.
- Number of links in <%links%> is now 10.
- Number of links in <%latest%> is now 5.

Bug Fixes

Fixed bug that caused last page of search results to redirect directly to the final search result URL if that last page consisted of only one result (i.e. for searches with a number of results ending in one: 11, 21, 31, 571, etc).
Fixed a bug that prevented a custom template file for search results (wi_search_result.tmpl) from being loaded properly from the moxiedata/templates_custom directory.
Search-results page breadcrumbs now formats properly (was just the “search results” title; now includes link to home page, too.)
Fixed bug that prevented Sendmail’s -f “forge” flag from being set on outgoing email; bounced messages are now properly returned to the sender in the “from” address instead of to the Big Medium server.
Fixed rare crashing bug in the media library and in Big Medium’s image thumbnailer for Windows servers that do not support Perl’s IPC::Run module.
Fixed XHTML validation error under “XHTML strict” mode in <%search%> widget.
Fixed a rare and inconsistent crashing bug with message “Unrecognized line: foo@bar.com” when parsing email form fields on Perl 5.8.0 servers.
Fixed bug that caused the theme library to slip out of “new site” mode when applying a theme to a brand new site if you clicked on a theme category tab. This meant that pages were not built for the new site as they normally would be after applying the theme.
Fixed bug that caused the setup wizard layout to be displayed when previewing a theme for a new site, even long after completing the setup wizard.
Fixed bug in theme library that prevented the confirmation message from displaying after applying a theme whose assets directory is not present.
Fixed a typo in email alerts for page changes.
Added missing breadcrumbs to the main tag page and to the news gadget page.

Upgrading from Big Medium 2.0rc1, rc2, rc3, rc4 or rc5?

If you’re upgrading from v2.0rc1 or v2.0rc2, v2.0rc3, v2.0rc4 or v2.0rc5, you can update to the new version by following the instructions below.

1. Set your FTP client to “plain text” or “ascii” mode.

2. Upload to `moxiebin/Modules` directory:

BigMed.pm
BigMed (directory and all contents)
HTML (directory and all contents)
Mail (directory and all contents)

3. Upload to `moxiedata/support/assets` directory:

bm.js
bm-ie.js

4. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates` directory:

base.css
_navcss (directory and all contents)
JS (directory and all contents)

5. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates/HTML` directory:

_home.txt
wi_content.tmpl
wi_content_image.tmpl
wi_htmlhead.tmpl
wi_navigation.tmpl
wi_oneclick.tmpl
wi_search.tmpl

6. Upload to `bmadmin` directory:

css (directory and all contents)

7. Set your FTP client to “automatic” or “binary” mode.

8. Upload to `bmadmin/themes` directory:

_general (directory and all contents)

9. Run the updater

Browse to the bm-update.cgi file in your site’s moxiebin directory. For example:

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/moxiebin/bm-update.cgi

This completes the update from 2.0rc1, rc2, rc3, rc4 or rc5.

Tags: beta, bigmedium

Big Medium 2.0 Release Candidate 5: "Rhinoceros"

Josh Clark — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:24:02 UT

The “Rhinoceros” update is a bug-fix update and the fifth release candidate for Big Medium 2 (we’re getting close!).

Get after it

Download the latest version of Big Medium here.

The download package includes complete installation instructions, including notes for upgrading from previous versions of the Big Medium 2 beta.

Shortcut instructions for upgrading from 2.0rc1, rc2, rc3 or rc4 are provided below. (If you’re upgrading from 2.0b52 or earlier, please follow the full installation instructions in the download package; along the way, those instructions include special notes for upgrading.)

The Nitty Gritty

Here’s what’s new in this update:

Changes

Changed default font in the Newsprint theme to Arial instead of Helvetica due to Arial’s superior handling of accents and non-western characters on Windows.
Clicking news-gadget images now opens a new window when the new-window option is selected (previously did this only for the link text).
Search-result links now try harder to display some form of description text even if the page has no primary text content.
Link widgets now display document icons next to links for document downloads, audio/video media and podcast media (this was previously done only within content pages, now extended to link widgets).
Added Real Audio filetypes .ram and .rm as acceptable upload types.
A basic stylesheet is now generated for all new sites, allowing sites to display the image lightbox and other effects correctly even if they never have a theme applied to them.

Bug fixes

Fixed bug that prevented deleted pages from being properly removed from the search index, causing the overall number of search results to be displayed incorrectly, along with odd paging of results (e.g., “displaying 1-3 of 39 results”).
Fixed dropdown-menu bug in IE7 that caused text adjacent to vertical dropdown navigation to be unclickable.
Fixed bug that could cause the legacy-site importer to crash when importing announcements that include accents and non-western characters.
Fixed issue under some ImageMagick installations that generated thumbnail images with permissions such that the web server could not display them.
Adjusted the Cup o’ Joe theme to:
- prevent column slippage in Internet Explorer when center-column content is wider than the column itself
- improve Safari’s vertical alignment of drop-down menus
Fixed style issue that caused the invisible “skip navigation” link in the <%navigation%> widget to be less than invisible on some site layouts.
Fixed bug that could cause accents and non-western characters in some Markdown text to be displayed incorrectly on servers running Perl 5.8.0.
Fixed bug that prevented the modification date of library documents from updating after replacing the document file, when the filename of the new file is the same as the original.

Upgrading from Big Medium 2.0rc1, rc2, rc3 or rc4?

If you’re upgrading from v2.0rc1 or v2.0rc2, v2.0rc3 or v2.0rc4, you can update to the new version by following the instructions below.

1. Set your FTP client to “plain text” or “ascii” mode.

2. Upload to `moxiebin/Modules` directory:

BigMed.pm
BigMed (directory and all contents)
HTML (directory and all contents)

3. Upload to `moxiedata/support/assets` directory:

bm.js
bm-ie.js

4. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates` directory:

base.css
_navcss (directory and all contents)
JS (directory and all contents)

5. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates/HTML` directory:

wi_content.tmpl
wi_content_image.tmpl
wi_htmlhead.tmpl
wi_navigation.tmpl
wi_oneclick.tmpl

6. Upload to `bmadmin` directory:

css (directory and all contents)

7. Set your FTP client to “automatic” or “binary” mode.

8. Upload to `bmadmin/themes` directory:

_general (directory and all contents)

9. Run the updater

Browse to the bm-update.cgi file in your site’s moxiebin directory. For example:

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/moxiebin/bm-update.cgi

This completes the update from 2.0rc1, rc2, rc3 or rc4.

Tags: beta, bigmedium

Big Medium 2.0 Release Candidate 4: "Cub Reporter"

Josh Clark — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:13:17 UT

The “Cub Reporter” release candidate for Big Medium 2 adds the “Newsprint” design to Big Medium’s theme library and fixes several bugs. The Newsprint theme features a compact, efficient presentation for high-volume news and magazine sites, packing lots of content into a clean and clear design while carving out space for advertising, if that’s your bag.

The “Newsprint” design theme.

This brings the tally for Big Medium’s theme library to... two! Yep, count ‘em: two design themes. Never fear, there are more themes on the way for the final release of Big Medium 2, just a few weeks away. Although the main goal of Big Medium is to allow designers to automate their own highly original custom designs, the final version will come with a handful of useful themes to help non-designers get started. Stay tuned.

For more info on what’s new in this version, see the complete list of changes.

Complete list of changes

Get the scoop!

Download the latest version of Big Medium here.

The download package includes complete installation instructions, including notes for upgrading from previous versions of the Big Medium 2 beta.

Shortcut instructions for upgrading from 2.0rc1, rc2 or rc3 are provided below. (If you’re upgrading from 2.0b52 or earlier, please follow the full installation instructions in the download package; along the way, those instructions include special notes for upgrading.)

The Nitty Gritty

Here’s what’s new in this update:

New features

Added Newsprint design to the theme library (“Layout>New Theme”).

Changes

Added a “skip navigation” link to <%navigation%> and <%subnavigation%> widgets. These links are hidden in most browsers but enhance accessibility for vision-impaired site visitors.
Added Windows Vista fonts to the style editor’s list of Windows fonts.
Improved the markup for dropdown menus to eliminate a one-pixel gap that sometimes appeared below menus in Internet Explorer.
<%content%> widget no longer builds any html at all if there’s no content to display.
Added metadata <link> tag to the <head> tag of all pages to point to the homepage URL for improved accessibility in alternative browsers.
Shuffled order of the main “Layout” menu screen to reflect the order in the dropdown menu. Added “Save theme in library” panel to this screen.
Updated installation instructions to clarify info for configuring the maintenance script on Windows servers.

Bug fixes

Fixed bug that prevented the style editor from working in Internet Explorer when editing a site at a domain other than the one where Big Medium is installed.
Fixed bug that prevented batch upload from working correctly on the “individual” tab of the library editor’s batch uploads page.
Fixed bug that allowed <select> pulldowns to obscure dropdown menus in Internet Explorer 6.
Fixed a bug that prevented the “suppress links to the current page” feature from working correctly.
<%tagcloud%> widget now suppresses tags that contain only unpublished or inactive pages.
Fixed bug that caused the edit menu to reset the content type you’re browsing when entering a new display filter. Entering a new title/section filter now maintains the current content type (e.g., announcements, tips or page subtypes) instead of resetting to the “all” view for “pages.”
Fixed crashing bug (“wide character” error) when editing some Markdown files in servers running Perl 5.6.1.
Fixed a rare crashing bug that occurred when submitting a badly formatted directory URL to, e.g., the Big Medium setup wizard when JavaScript is disabled or there’s a missing/corrupted JavaScript file in the bmadmin directory.
Fixed bug that caused text-format info (“RichText,” “Markdown”, “RawHTML”) to creep into page titles when page description was selected as one of the title elements in HTML preferences.
Fixed a bug that prevented external links on images from properly opening in a full-size window when the “open external links in new window” option is selected.
Fixed a bug that caused one-click editing links to open the Big Medium control panel in a too-small window.

Upgrading from Big Medium 2.0rc1, rc2 or rc3?

If you’re upgrading from v2.0rc1 or v2.0rc2 or v2.0rc3, you can update to the new version by following the instructions below.

1. Set your FTP client to “plain text” or “ascii” mode.

2. Upload to `moxiebin/Modules` directory:

BigMed.pm
BigMed (directory and all contents)
HTML (directory and all contents)

3. Upload to `moxiedata/support/assets` directory:

bm.js
bm-ie.js

4. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates` directory:

base.css
_navcss (directory and all contents)

5. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates/HTML` directory:

wi_content.tmpl
wi_content_image.tmpl
wi_htmlhead.tmpl
wi_navigation.tmpl
wi_oneclick.tmpl

6. Set your FTP client to “automatic” or “binary” mode.

7. Upload to `bmadmin/themes/_general` directory:

newsprint (directory and all contents)

8. Run the updater

Browse to the bm-update.cgi file in your site’s moxiebin directory. For example:

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/moxiebin/bm-update.cgi

This completes the update from 2.0rc1, rc2 or rc3.

Tags: beta, bigmedium

Now Available: 12th Beta Edition of Big Medium 2: The Complete Guide

Josh Clark — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:12:52 UT

I’ve just updated the Big Medium 2 book with some minor changes and clarifications.

Big Medium 2: The Complete Guide is a comprehensive guide for writers, editors, designers and administrators. It runs about 200 pages. The new edition includes these changes:

Chapter 10, "Widgets," adds a note to the <%sectionslug%> entry that the widget inserts __HOME on the homepage and other top-level pages that have no section slug. (This behavior is new in version 2.0rc4.)
Appendix A, "Installing Big Medium," adds additional detail to the instructions for configuring the maintenance script on Windows servers.

Go get it

Big Medium 2: The Complete Guide: Download the free PDF or order a bound copy.

Tags: beta, bigmedium, pdf

Big Medium 2.0 Release Candidate 3: "Fish and Chips"

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:31:03 UT

The “Fish and Chips” update is a bug-fix update and the third release candidate for Big Medium 2.

Complete list of changes

Get after it

Download the latest version of Big Medium here.

The download package includes complete installation instructions, including notes for upgrading from previous versions of the Big Medium 2 beta.

Shortcut instructions for upgrading from 2.0rc1 or 2.0rc2 and for upgrading from 2.0b50, b51 or b52 are provided below. (If you’re upgrading from a version prior to 2.0b50, please follow the full installation instructions in the download package; along the way, those instructions include special notes for upgrading.)

The Nitty Gritty

Here’s what’s new in this update:

Fixed bug that could cause crash in search results page when the homepage's utility template contained UTF-8 characters.
Fixed bug that could cause occasional crashes when building pages with Markdown-formatted text and UTF-8 characters.
Fixed bug in copy-to-site feature that left the old publication date in place when setting the copy of a published page to unpublished status. (The updater script also cleans this up by resetting these pages' incorrect publication times.)
Fixed bug that could prevent an import from completing for sites with duplicate filenames for document downloads.
Fixed invalid HTML syntax in one-click editing toolbar for Windows servers.

Upgrading from Big Medium 2.0rc1 or 2.0rc2?

If you’re upgrading from v2.0rc1 or v2.0rc2, you can update to the new version by following the instructions below.

1. Set your FTP client to “plain text” or “ascii” mode.

2. Upload to `moxiebin/Modules` directory:

BigMed.pm
BigMed (directory and all contents)
HTML (directory and all contents)

3. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates/HTML` directory:

wi_htmlhead.tmpl
wi_oneclick.tmpl

4. Run the updater

Browse to the bm-update.cgi file in your site’s moxiebin directory. For example:

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/moxiebin/bm-update.cgi

This completes the update from 2.0rc1 or rc2.

Upgrading from 2.0b50 or later?

This update’s changed files are scattered far and wide throughout the installation, so you may find it simplest simply to follow the full installation instructions in the download package (along the way, those instructions include special notes for upgrading).

However, if you’re determined to upload only the changed files, and if you’re upgrading from v2.0b50, b51 or b52, you can update to the new version by following the instructions below. (For earlier versions, follow the full installation instructions in the download package; along the way, those instructions include special notes for upgrading.)

To upgrade from v2.0b50, b51 or b52:

1. Confirm the language setting for your site(s)

Your site’s language setting is in the “Documents and Page Header” screen of HTML preferences. The default is English. If your site is in a different language or if you have otherwise changed this setting, make sure that it is set to the correct language.

2. Set your FTP client to “plain text” or “ascii” mode.

3. Upload files to `moxiebin` directory:

Upload all moxiebin files except for the Modules and plugins directories. Be careful not to remove or replace bm-setup.pl.

4. Set permissions on `moxiebin` files.

This is for Unix servers only. (On Windows? Skip ahead to step 4.)

Set permissions on all files in the moxiebin directory, except for bm-setup.pl, to chmod 0755. Leave bm-setup.pl permissions as-is.

5. Upload to `moxiebin/Modules` directory:

BigMed.pm
BigMed (directory and all contents)
CGI (directory and all contents)
HTML (directory and all contents)
Lingua (directory and all contents)
Log (directory and all contents)
Text (directory and all contents)

6. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/cp_templates` directory:

screen_editor_menu.tmpl
screen_help_markdown.tmpl
screen_libeditor_menu.tmpl
screen_moderate_menu.tmpl
shell_cp_bottom.tmpl
wi_pagenav_menu.tmpl
wi_themes_preview.tmpl

7. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates` directory:

base.css
HTML/_tool_print.txt
HTML/wi_htmlhead.tmpl
HTML/wi_oneclick.tmpl
HTML/wi_search_result.tmpl
HTML/wi_search.tmpl
JS (directory and all contents)
RSS/wi_short_description.tmpl

8. Upload to `moxiedata/support/assets`:

bm.js
lightbox_sm.js

9. Upload to `bmadmin/css` directory:

bigmedium_cp.css

10. Upload to `bmadmin/js` directory:

bigmedium_cp.js
bm-editor.js
bm-theme.js

11. Upload to `bmadmin/wysiwyg/editor/dialog` directory:

fck_paste.html

12. Change your FTP client to “automatic” or “binary” mode.

13. Upload to `bmadmin/img` directory:

bmcp_default_theme.jpg
favicon.ico

14. Upload to `bmadmin/themes` directory:

_general (directory and all contents)

15. Run the updater

Browse to the bm-update.cgi file in your site’s moxiebin directory. For example:

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/moxiebin/bm-update.cgi

This completes the update from 2.0b50 or later.

Tags: beta, bigmedium

Big Medium 2.0 Release Candidate 2: “Homeward Bound”

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:36:51 UT

The “Homeward Bound” update is a bug-fix update and the second release candidate for Big Medium 2.

As noted in the previous release announcement, Big Medium now requires Perl 5.6.1 or higher; if you’ve been running Big Medium on a server with Perl 5.6.0, you’ll need to upgrade in order to continue. Not sure what version you have? Download the compatibility checker from the system requirements page.

Complete list of changes

Get after it

Download the latest version of Big Medium here.

The download package includes complete installation instructions, including notes for upgrading from previous versions of the Big Medium 2 beta.

Shortcut instructions for upgrading from 2.0rc1 and for upgrading from 2.0b50, b51 or b52 are provided below. (If you’re upgrading from a version prior to 2.0b50, please follow the full installation instructions in the download package; along the way, those instructions include special notes for upgrading.)

The Nitty Gritty

Here’s what’s new in this update:

Changes

Search results no longer display pages that have the “suppress all links” option selected in the page’s display preferences.
The <%htmlhead%> widget now supports the png and gif formats for favicon images (previously, only ico was supported). If a file named favicon.ico, favicon.png or favicon.gif are present in the site’s homepage directory, Big Medium includes markup to point browsers to the file.

Fixes

Fixed a crashing bug that could happen when building or saving pages for sites under very specific circumstances (specifically: sites without full-text news feeds and with one or more pages assigning non-image media files (documents or audio/video files) set to appear with links).
Fixed bug that prevented media search (images, documents and a/v files) and related-link search from working properly in the page-edit screen.
Fixed a bug that could prevent the updater or page-builder from completing, instead displaying an error message related to utf8_heavy.pl.

Upgrading from Big Medium 2.0rc1?

If you’re upgrading from v2.0rc1, you can update to the new version by following the instructions below.

1. Set your FTP client to “plain text” or “ascii” mode.

2. Upload to `moxiebin/Modules` directory:

BigMed.pm
BigMed (directory and all contents)

3. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates/HTML` directory:

wi_htmlhead.tmpl

4. Run the updater

Browse to the bm-update.cgi file in your site’s moxiebin directory. For example:

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/moxiebin/bm-update.cgi

This completes the update from 2.0rc1.

Upgrading from 2.0b50 or later?

To upgrade from v2.0b50, b51 or b52:

1. Confirm the language setting for your site(s)

2. Set your FTP client to “plain text” or “ascii” mode.

3. Upload files to `moxiebin` directory:

Upload all moxiebin files except for the Modules and plugins directories. Be careful not to remove or replace bm-setup.pl.

4. Set permissions on `moxiebin` files.

This is for Unix servers only. (On Windows? Skip ahead to step 4.)

Set permissions on all files in the moxiebin directory, except for bm-setup.pl, to chmod 0755. Leave bm-setup.pl permissions as-is.

5. Upload to `moxiebin/Modules` directory:

BigMed.pm
BigMed (directory and all contents)
CGI (directory and all contents)
Lingua (directory and all contents)
Log (directory and all contents)
Text (directory and all contents)

6. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/cp_templates` directory:

screen_editor_menu.tmpl
screen_help_markdown.tmpl
screen_libeditor_menu.tmpl
screen_moderate_menu.tmpl
shell_cp_bottom.tmpl
wi_pagenav_menu.tmpl
wi_themes_preview.tmpl

7. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates` directory:

base.css
HTML/_tool_print.txt
HTML/wi_htmlhead.tmpl
HTML/wi_search_result.tmpl
HTML/wi_search.tmpl
JS (directory and all contents)
RSS/wi_short_description.tmpl

8. Upload to `moxiedata/support/assets`:

bm.js
lightbox_sm.js

9. Upload to `bmadmin/css` directory:

bigmedium_cp.css

10. Upload to `bmadmin/js` directory:

bigmedium_cp.js
bm-editor.js
bm-theme.js

11. Upload to `bmadmin/wysiwyg/editor/dialog` directory:

fck_paste.html

12. Change your FTP client to “automatic” or “binary” mode.

13. Upload to `bmadmin/img` directory:

bmcp_default_theme.jpg
favicon.ico

14. Upload to `bmadmin/themes` directory:

_general (directory and all contents)

15. Run the updater

Browse to the bm-update.cgi file in your site’s moxiebin directory. For example:

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/moxiebin/bm-update.cgi

This completes the update from 2.0b50 or later.

Tags: beta, bigmedium

First Big Medium 2 Release Candidate: “Lost and Found”

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:30:08 UT

I’m pretty outrageously happy to share the first release candidate for Big Medium 2. While still a test version, this update represents the first feature-complete “I think it’s done” release.

The “Lost and Found” update adds site search to Big Medium, giving your visitors fast, accurate access to your site’s entire archive. There’s also a significant requirements change: Big Medium now requires Perl 5.6.1 or higher; if you’ve been running Big Medium on a server with Perl 5.6.0, you’ll need to upgrade in order to continue.

Complete list of changes
Download and installation info

Seek and ye shall find

Big Medium’s new built-in search engine uses some crafty algorithms to find what you’re looking for, fast. But let’s leave the math to the geeks (that would be me). All you need to worry about is dropping the new <%search%> widget into your page templates where you want the search form to appear.

Well, okay, there’s one other thing you need to worry about. Big Medium tunes its search index based on the language in which your site is published. Specifically, it uses the site’s language setting (in the “Document and Page Header” screen of the site’s HTML preferences) to determine this. If you’re upgrading from a previous version of the Big Medium 2 beta, check this setting to make sure that it is correct before you upgrade (English is the default language).

For more details about Big Medium’s search engine, check out the entry for <%search%> in the “Section Navigation, Search and Tags” section of Chapter 10, “Widgets,” in the freshly revised Big Medium 2 book.

Overdone overflow is over

Now that search is built-in, it’s also no longer necessary for large sites to build links to every... last... page.... Until now, Big Medium has always built as many pages of links as necessary to link to every page. For sites with thousands of pages, that’s meant hundreds of pages of “overflow” links -- pages that only the most neurotically dedicated visitor would ever be likely to browse. Alas, that was the best that Big Medium could do to surface the entire archive.

With today’s release, the entire archive is available via search, making this spate of overflow pages unnecessary. Big Medium now sets a default limit of five overflow pages per section. You can edit this setting in the “Links” preferences of the site’s HTML preferences. For large sites, this new setting should result in memory savings and a lighter server load, not to mention saved disk space.

Big Medium now requires Perl 5.6.1

Up until now, Big Medium 2 has worked with Perl 5.6.0, but I just couldn’t swing it anymore (Perl 5.6.0’s support for Unicode, the web’s international alphabet, is chockablock with bugs).

If your server software has been updated anytime in the past five years, you should be in good shape. However, if your server is still running a Perl version older than 5.6.1, you might gently suggest to your hosting company that they consider upgrading Perl to a more modern version.

Release the hounds!

Download the latest version of Big Medium here.

The download package includes complete installation instructions, including notes for upgrading from previous versions of the Big Medium 2 beta.

Shortcut instructions for upgrading from 2.0b50, b51 or b52 are provided below. (If you’re upgrading from a version prior to 2.0b50, please follow the full installation instructions in the download package; along the way, those instructions include special notes for upgrading.)

The Nitty Gritty

Here’s what’s new in this update:

New features

Added site search. Use the <%search%> widget to display the search form on the site. The form controls may be styled via the style editor.
Added “Limit Overflow Pages” preference to the “Links” screen of HTML preferences. This lets you choose how many pages of overflow links to build for each section that has more links than can fit on the main page. The default is five overflow pages.
Added “Add byline line break” and “Add description line break” to let you specify adding extra line breaks to linsk if a byline or description are present.
Images now appear in RSS feeds even when the full-text option is turned off. In that case, a single link image is displayed along with the description text, if the page has any link images (preference is given to the spotlight image).

Changes

Perl 5.6.1 or later is now required to run Big Medium 2.
Added more discipline to Big Medium’s Unicode handling, for improved support of international languages. This should address reported intermittent problems with non-Western characters and some symbols and punctuation on servers running Perl 5.6.1.
Modest performance and memory savings for saving/retrieving data from disk.
Rearranged order of the Layout control-panel menu.
Updated the “Cup o’ Joe” design theme for prettier display of the search form.
Added image styles to the default print template so that images align properly.
Modest performance increase for copying unpublished content to other sites.
Added a period to the default byline link text.
Imported legacy sites now have their background image changed to a theme-friendly URL.
Changed guid in RSS feeds to new format so that it does not resemble a URL (search engines were trying to index it).
Added Cache-Control:no-cache http header to all control-panel pages for additional prevention of page caching.

Fixes

Fixed bug that caused Internet Explorer 7 to refuse to open pages under certain vague and mysterious conditions that somehow involved Flash animations in the page.
Fixed bug that prevented the link URL from being honored by the <%images%> widget (it always showed the enlarged image instead of taking you to the specified link).
Fixed bug that prevented changes to the <%morelinks%> styles in the style editor.
Fixed bug that could sometimes leave behind an orphaned section page after deleting that section from the site.
Adjusted overflow page navigation to prevent overlap with surrounding elements in Internet Explorer.
Fixed bug that could cause Flash and some other page elements from displaying on preview pages and in the style editor.
Fixed bug that prevented the theme library from returning you to the same theme category after applying a new theme.
Fixed bug that prevented custom styles created in the style editor from being saved when adding a new theme to the theme library.
Fixed bug that could cause the site importer to resume its import at an incorrect stage if you restart an import several times on the same site.
Fixed bug that caused site cloning to fail if the original site contained invalid preferences (for example, if a plugin with custom preference settings was installed and subsequently removed).

Upgrading from 2.0b50 or later?

To upgrade from v2.0b50, b51 or b52:

1. Confirm the language setting for your site(s)

Your site's language setting is in the "Documents and Page Header" screen of HTML preferences. The default is English. If your site is in a different language or if you have otherwise changed this setting, make sure that it is set to the correct language.

2. Set your FTP client to “plain text” or “ascii” mode.

3. Upload files to `moxiebin` directory:

Upload all moxiebin files except for the Modules and plugins directories. Be careful not to remove or replace bm-setup.pl.

4. Set permissions on `moxiebin` files.

This is for Unix servers only. (On Windows? Skip ahead to step 4.)

Set permissions on all files in the moxiebin directory, except for bm-setup.pl, to chmod 0755. Leave bm-setup.pl permissions as-is.

5. Upload to `moxiebin/Modules` directory:

BigMed.pm
BigMed (directory and all contents)
CGI (directory and all contents)
Lingua (directory and all contents)
Log (directory and all contents)
Text (directory and all contents)

6. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/cp_templates` directory:

screen_editor_menu.tmpl
screen_help_markdown.tmpl
screen_libeditor_menu.tmpl
screen_moderate_menu.tmpl
shell_cp_bottom.tmpl
wi_pagenav_menu.tmpl
wi_themes_preview.tmpl

7. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates` directory:

base.css
HTML/_tool_print.txt
HTML/wi_search_result.tmpl
HTML/wi_search.tmpl
JS (directory and all contents)
RSS/wi_short_description.tmpl

8. Upload to `moxiedata/support/assets`:

bm.js
lightbox_sm.js

9. Upload to `bmadmin/css` directory:

bigmedium_cp.css

10. Upload to `bmadmin/js` directory:

bigmedium_cp.js
bm-editor.js
bm-theme.js

11. Upload to `bmadmin/wysiwyg/editor/dialog` directory:

fck_paste.html

12. Change your FTP client to “automatic” or “binary” mode.

13. Upload to `bmadmin/img` directory:

bmcp_default_theme.jpg
favicon.ico

14. Upload to `bmadmin/themes` directory:

_general (directory and all contents)

15. Run the updater

Browse to the bm-update.cgi file in your site’s moxiebin directory. For example:

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/moxiebin/bm-update.cgi

This completes the update from 2.0b50 or later.

Tags: beta, bigmedium

Now Available: 11th Beta Edition of Big Medium 2: The Complete Guide

Josh Clark — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:14:05 UT

I’ve just updated the Big Medium 2 book to reflect the features and changes introduced by today’s release of Big Medium 2.0rc1 “Lost and Found.”

Big Medium 2: The Complete Guide is a comprehensive guide for writers, editors, designers and administrators. It runs about 200 pages. The new edition includes these changes:

Chapter 9, “Templates”: Edited the “HTML Template Types” section to note that the utility template is also used to handle search results.
Chapter 10, “Widgets” includes several changes:
- Added more details to the “What about archives?” sidebar in the Links section.
- Added entries for the new “add byline line break” and “add description line break” preferences in the Links section.
- Corrected typo in the CSS selector for styling the <%morelinks%> widget.
- Added entry for the new “limit overflow pages” preference setting in the widget entry for <%overflow%>.
- New entry for <%search%> in the “Section Navigation, Search and Tags” section.
Appendix A, “Installing Big Medium” includes several changes:
- Updated server requirements to include Perl 5.6.1.
- Added bm-search.cgi to the list of files to upload to the moxiebin directory.
- Added caution not to delete the moxiedata/search directory when upgrading to a new version of Big Medium.
- Added note to the maintenance-script section to explain that the script also manages search indexing.

Go get it

Big Medium 2: The Complete Guide: Download the free PDF or order a bound copy.

Tags: beta, bigmedium, pdf

Big Medium 2.0b52: "Party Dress"

Josh Clark — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:26:22 UT

The “Party Dress” beta update fixes a crashing bug in yesterday’s 2.0b51 “Carbon Copy” release that could prevent Big Medium’s version updater from completing the upgrade under certain circumstances.

This version contains all of the same new features and fixes as the previous version but with the additional fix for the updater.

If you have already successfully upgraded to Big Medium 2.0b51, you can skip this version.

Grab your party dress

Download the latest version of Big Medium here.

The download package includes complete installation instructions, including notes for upgrading from previous versions of the Big Medium 2 beta.

Upgrading from 2.0b50?

If you’re upgrading from v2.0b50, you can update to the new version by following the instructions below. No need to install this version at all if you are already running v2.0b51. (For versions prior to 2.0b50, follow the full installation instructions in the download package; along the way, those instructions include special notes for upgrading.)

To upgrade from v2.0b50:

1. Set your FTP client to “plain text” or “ascii” mode. Upload to `moxiebin/Modules` directory:

BigMed.pm
BigMed (directory and all contents)

2. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/cp_templates` directory:

screen_help_markdown.tmpl
shell_cp_bottom.tmpl
wi_themes_preview.tmpl

3. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates` directory:

JS (directory and all contents)

4. Upload to `moxiedata/support/assets`:

bm.js

5. Change your FTP client to “automatic” or “binary” mode. Upload to `bmadmin/img` directory:

bmcp_default_theme.jpg

6. Upload to `bmadmin/js` directory:

bigmedium_cp.js
bm-theme.js

7. Upload to `bmadmin/wysiwyg/editor/dialog` directory:

fck_paste.html

8. Run the updater

Browse to the bm-update.cgi file in your site’s moxiebin directory. For example:

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/moxiebin/bm-update.cgi

This completes the update from 2.0b50 or later.

Tags: beta, bigmedium

Big Medium 2.0b51: "Carbon Copy"

Josh Clark — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:47:02 UT

The “Carbon Copy” beta update is all about sharing your site’s genetic code with other sites (or at least, um, its HTML and CSS code). This update adds site cloning, allowing you to create a new site as an identical copy of another site in your system. Also: You can now save your custom site design as a theme that can be applied to other sites. Plus: Lots of other miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

Complete list of changes
Download and installation info

Site Cloning

What’s more cuddly than a clone? Friends, isn’t it time that you got your very own? Breathe easy, the magic of Big Medium lets you do just that. The new “Clone This Site” feature in Big Medium’s “Settings” menu allows administrators to add new sites by cloning an existing Big Medium site.

The clone has all of the properties of the original site: The same section structure, design templates, theme style sheet, and preferences. You can also optionally choose to copy all of the original site’s content and user privileges.

Use clones for site backups, for “sandbox” sites to experiment with template changes, or to create a network of related sites that share the same design... your own clone army.

For the details, check out the “Cloning a Site” section of Chapter 15, “Managing Multiple Sites” in the Big Medium book.

Add your own themes to the theme library

The new “Save Theme in Library” feature lets administrators add a site’s custom design to Big Medium’s theme library. The theme can then be applied to other sites in your Big Medium installation.

Designers and web hosts can build a library of custom themes for their customers. Managers of site networks can use custom themes to quickly apply design changes across the network.

These saved themes are also portable, so you can also share your own custom themes with other Big Medium installations.

For more, check out the “Add Your Own Themes to the Library” section of Chapter 8, “Themes and Site Designs” in the Big Medium book.

Go forth and multiply

Download the latest version of Big Medium here.

The download package includes complete installation instructions, including notes for upgrading from previous versions of the Big Medium 2 beta.

Shortcut instructions for upgrading from 2.0b50 are provided below. (If you’re upgrading from a version prior to 2.0b50, please follow the full installation instructions in the download package; along the way, those instructions include special notes for upgrading.)

The Nitty Gritty

Here’s what’s new in this update:

New features and improvements

New “Clone This Site” feature lets you create new sites with the same design, preferences and section structure of another site in the system. You also have the option to copy content and user privileges from the original site.
New “Save Theme in Library” feature lets you save a site’s master templates and style settings as a theme so that you can apply the design to other sites. Bonus: These saved themes are portable so that you can share your custom themes with other Big Medium installations.
Custom preferences for tag links let you customize the display of links on tag pages (they previously followed the preferences of the homepage’s <%links%> widget). These preferences are located in the new “Widget:taglinks” panel of the “Links” HTML preferences.
Images in links generated by the news gadget are now hot-linked.
Modest performance improvements when building search-engine sitemap files.
All popup/preview windows are now resizable and include the location field, status bar, scrollbars and toolbars for improved accessibility.
The Markdown cheatsheet now includes notice that, when adding your own HTML to Markdown text, you should not indent the opening or closing tags of the enclosing block-level element.
Content deletion is now logged in the system log.

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that could cause severe slowdowns when saving or building large sites whose page directory URLs are not within (or the same as) the homepage directory.
Fixed a bug that could cause a miscellaneous item (image, document, author) to stop appearing on pages after you remove the last instance of a tag from the site (effectively deleting the tag from the site).
Fixed a bug that prevented the Markdown cheatsheet window from sizing properly.
Fixed a bug that allowed links to appear in the spotlight position of a section page even when the “suppress on section pages” option is selected, if the “suppress on parent pages” option is also selected.
Improved “Paste from Word” function in the rich-text editor to better detect single line breaks (it was previously treating them as full paragraphs).
Fixed a bug on tag pages that inserted an incorrect URL for pages with the “suppress on homepage” option checked.
Fixed a bug that allowed pages from inactive sections to be displayed on tag pages.
Fixed a bug that caused imported leggacy sites to display image-based navigation incorrectly for individual sections if no rollover image was provided for that section.
Fixed tool links to work properly with URLs with query strings (specifically, for compatibility with a plugin that promotes compatibility with the Google News spider).
Fixed a bug that caused an unfriendly error message if Big Medium encountered problems processing an image.
Improved cleanup of uploaded image files if there’s a problem processing the image for resizing.
Removed unused code from the bm.js JavaScript file used in public sites.
Fixed a bug in the legacy site importer that could cause the cryptic “inappropriate ioctl for device” error message to appear under certain conditions.
Fixed a bug that left some orphan data in the system when deleting items from the media libraries.

Upgrading from 2.0b50?

If you’re upgrading from v2.0b50, you can update to the new version by following the instructions below. (For earlier versions, follow the full installation instructions in the download package; along the way, those instructions include special notes for upgrading.)

To upgrade from v2.0b50:

1. Set your FTP client to “plain text” or “ascii” mode. Upload to `moxiebin/Modules` directory:

BigMed.pm
BigMed (directory and all contents)

2. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/cp_templates` directory:

screen_help_markdown.tmpl
shell_cp_bottom.tmpl
wi_themes_preview.tmpl

3. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates` directory:

JS (directory and all contents)

4. Upload to `moxiedata/support/assets`:

bm.js

5. Change your FTP client to “automatic” or “binary” mode. Upload to `bmadmin/img` directory:

bmcp_default_theme.jpg

6. Upload to `bmadmin/js` directory:

bigmedium_cp.js
bm-theme.js

7. Upload to `bmadmin/wysiwyg/editor/dialog` directory:

fck_paste.html

8. Run the updater

Browse to the bm-update.cgi file in your site’s moxiebin directory. For example:

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/moxiebin/bm-update.cgi

This completes the update from 2.0b50 or later.

Tags: beta, bigmedium

Now Available: 10th Beta Edition of Big Medium 2: The Complete Guide

Josh Clark — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:46:31 UT

I’ve just updated the Big Medium 2 book to reflect the features and changes introduced by today’s release of Big Medium 2.0b51 “Carbon Copy.”

Big Medium 2: The Complete Guide is a comprehensive guide for writers, editors, designers and administrators. It runs about 200 pages. The new edition includes these changes:

Chapter 8, “Themes and Site Designs”: Added sections on saving, removing and sharing your custom themes.
Chapter 9, “Templates”: Added a new section, “Good hygiene with your external files.” This section recommends keeping all files for your custom design in a single directory, to make it easier to save your design in the theme library.
Chapter 10, “Widgets”: Expanded the entry for the <%sitemap%> widget to explain cases when Big Medium will not build a search engine sitemap.
Chapter 15, “Managing Multiple Sites”: Added a new section, “Cloning a site.”
Appendix A, “Installing Big Medium”: Added caution not to delete the bmadmin/themes/_custom directory when upgrading to a new version of Big Medium.
Appendix D, “Editing Text with Markdown”: Added a notice that, when adding your own HTML to Markdown text, you should not indent the opening or closing tags of the enclosing block-level element.

Go get it

Big Medium 2: The Complete Guide: Download the free PDF or order a bound copy.

Tags: beta, bigmedium, pdf

Global Moxie - Projects

Big Medium 2.0.1

Go get it

The nitty gritty

Upgrading from Big Medium 2.0?

1. Set your FTP client to “plain text” or “ascii” mode.

2. Upload to moxiebin/Modules directory:

3. Upload to moxiedata/support/assets directory:

4. Upload to moxiedata/templates/cp_templates directory:

5. Upload to moxiedata/templates/site_templates directory:

6. Upload to moxiedata/templates/site_templates/HTML directory:

7. Update the bmadmin/index.html file with your site’s moxiebin URL.

8. Upload to bmadmin directory:

9. Run the updater

10. Clear your browser cache, and ask other Big Medium editors to do the same.

Updated: Big Medium 2: The Complete Guide

Go get it

Updated: PDF Documentation for Prototype 1.6.0

Big Medium 2.0: Your new website editor is here

What is it?

What's new

They like it!

And hey: Thanks!

Big Medium 2.0 Release Candidate 6: "Fashionista"

Four New Themes

Try It On

The Nitty Gritty

New Features

Changes

Bug Fixes

Upgrading from Big Medium 2.0rc1, rc2, rc3, rc4 or rc5?

1. Set your FTP client to “plain text” or “ascii” mode.

2. Upload to moxiebin/Modules directory:

3. Upload to moxiedata/support/assets directory:

4. Upload to moxiedata/templates/site_templates directory:

5. Upload to moxiedata/templates/site_templates/HTML directory:

6. Upload to bmadmin directory:

7. Set your FTP client to “automatic” or “binary” mode.

8. Upload to bmadmin/themes directory:

9. Run the updater

Big Medium 2.0 Release Candidate 5: "Rhinoceros"

Get after it

The Nitty Gritty

Changes

Bug fixes

Upgrading from Big Medium 2.0rc1, rc2, rc3 or rc4?

1. Set your FTP client to “plain text” or “ascii” mode.

2. Upload to moxiebin/Modules directory:

3. Upload to moxiedata/support/assets directory:

4. Upload to moxiedata/templates/site_templates directory:

5. Upload to moxiedata/templates/site_templates/HTML directory:

6. Upload to bmadmin directory:

7. Set your FTP client to “automatic” or “binary” mode.

8. Upload to bmadmin/themes directory:

9. Run the updater

Big Medium 2.0 Release Candidate 4: "Cub Reporter"

Get the scoop!

The Nitty Gritty

New features

Changes

Bug fixes

Upgrading from Big Medium 2.0rc1, rc2 or rc3?

1. Set your FTP client to “plain text” or “ascii” mode.

2. Upload to moxiebin/Modules directory:

3. Upload to moxiedata/support/assets directory:

4. Upload to moxiedata/templates/site_templates directory:

5. Upload to moxiedata/templates/site_templates/HTML directory:

6. Set your FTP client to “automatic” or “binary” mode.

7. Upload to bmadmin/themes/_general directory:

8. Run the updater

Now Available: 12th Beta Edition of Big Medium 2: The Complete Guide

Go get it

Big Medium 2.0 Release Candidate 3: "Fish and Chips"

Get after it

The Nitty Gritty

Upgrading from Big Medium 2.0rc1 or 2.0rc2?

1. Set your FTP client to “plain text” or “ascii” mode.

2. Upload to moxiebin/Modules directory:

3. Upload to moxiedata/templates/site_templates/HTML directory:

4. Run the updater

2. Upload to `moxiebin/Modules` directory:

3. Upload to `moxiedata/support/assets` directory:

4. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/cp_templates` directory:

5. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates` directory:

6. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates/HTML` directory:

7. Update the `bmadmin/index.html` file with your site’s `moxiebin` URL.

8. Upload to `bmadmin` directory:

2. Upload to `moxiebin/Modules` directory:

3. Upload to `moxiedata/support/assets` directory:

4. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates` directory:

5. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates/HTML` directory:

6. Upload to `bmadmin` directory:

8. Upload to `bmadmin/themes` directory:

2. Upload to `moxiebin/Modules` directory:

3. Upload to `moxiedata/support/assets` directory:

4. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates` directory:

5. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates/HTML` directory:

6. Upload to `bmadmin` directory:

8. Upload to `bmadmin/themes` directory:

2. Upload to `moxiebin/Modules` directory:

3. Upload to `moxiedata/support/assets` directory:

4. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates` directory:

5. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates/HTML` directory:

7. Upload to `bmadmin/themes/_general` directory:

2. Upload to `moxiebin/Modules` directory:

3. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates/HTML` directory:

3. Upload files to `moxiebin` directory:

4. Set permissions on `moxiebin` files.

5. Upload to `moxiebin/Modules` directory:

6. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/cp_templates` directory:

7. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates` directory:

8. Upload to `moxiedata/support/assets`:

9. Upload to `bmadmin/css` directory:

10. Upload to `bmadmin/js` directory:

11. Upload to `bmadmin/wysiwyg/editor/dialog` directory:

13. Upload to `bmadmin/img` directory:

14. Upload to `bmadmin/themes` directory:

2. Upload to `moxiebin/Modules` directory:

3. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates/HTML` directory:

3. Upload files to `moxiebin` directory:

4. Set permissions on `moxiebin` files.

5. Upload to `moxiebin/Modules` directory:

6. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/cp_templates` directory:

7. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates` directory:

8. Upload to `moxiedata/support/assets`:

9. Upload to `bmadmin/css` directory:

10. Upload to `bmadmin/js` directory:

11. Upload to `bmadmin/wysiwyg/editor/dialog` directory:

13. Upload to `bmadmin/img` directory:

14. Upload to `bmadmin/themes` directory:

3. Upload files to `moxiebin` directory:

4. Set permissions on `moxiebin` files.

5. Upload to `moxiebin/Modules` directory:

6. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/cp_templates` directory:

7. Upload to `moxiedata/templates/site_templates` directory:

8. Upload to `moxiedata/support/assets`:

9. Upload to `bmadmin/css` directory:

10. Upload to `bmadmin/js` directory:

11. Upload to `bmadmin/wysiwyg/editor/dialog` directory:

13. Upload to `bmadmin/img` directory:

14. Upload to `bmadmin/themes` directory: