This is the first issue of Chevereto Tiempos, a monthly recap for all-things Chevereto. We build these notes taking in consideration announcements, user submitted tips, and tech news around self-hosting and related software products.
# V4.0.0.beta.5
The new beta is available, check the release notes and the release announcement to learn more.
💖 This beta introduces new beautiful theme palettes for and more user interface improvements. It includes the brand new XR Debugger.
# V4.0.0.beta.6
Chevereto V4.0.0.beta.6 has been announced. We are getting close to production-ready release, stay tuned.
# XR Debugger
We've created a lightweight PHP debugger at chevere/xr which is now built-in in Chevereto V4. This will dramatically improve how users debug Chevereto installations, making any code editing and troubleshooting easier to resolve.
😎 This debugger is Free Software and it can be used in any PHP 8 project.
# RFC
We got the following requests for changes (previous months included). 👍 Do us a big one for and provide your vote to drive development.
- Use webp as the default format
- images merge function
- API for new images
- DSGVO/GDPR conformity request 2021
- Add site logo to header login page
- Add 'Private' to Page visibility
- Add report system
- Selectable choice of social share buttons
- Scales and compresses uploaded image files & Watermarks them if desired
- Make album/categories selection drop down searchable
- Do not block banned users from accessing the public section of the website
- Paid user version
- Change the display of uploaded photos in the admin panel
- option to select multiple categories!
- Allow SMTP without credentials
# Community Tips
# cPanel issues
👏 Our legendary @ashkir from nickpic has warned us about a serious libPNG issue affecting cPanel based servers.
💡 Save yourself from cPanel hell by using our universal VPS provisioning script at chevereto/vps.
# MySQL issues
👏 Don @madlaxcb has provided a guide that will came handy for all those having issues when migrating database.
# Thanks for reading!
Hope you have enjoyed this recap. If you have any interesting tip or link to share about Chevereto go to our community and join the conversation.