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Man, it has been a good couple of days for those of us in Habari land.
Yesterday we added two more commiters to the project, Ali Al-Wasity and Michael Heilemann. They both have been doing amazing work on Habari, and it is a real sign of our commitment to the meritocratic model that we extended membership to them.
Read the rest »“…Habari is object-oriented. Habari supports database independence. Habari uses an MVC model to separate templates from logic. Habari supports multiple template engines. Habari has a database schema that was designed for efficiency from day 1. Habari has a different kind of community supporting it, one where people who show the ability, willingness, and responsibility to act within the community get the power to do so. This is the iceberg tip.”&mdash Owen Winkler
Although we didn’t make it into Google’s Summer of Code this year (although we were told we made the short list), that doesn’t mean that we have abandoned the idea of mentoring young coders.
The Habari Community has announced our Summer of Collaboration 2008. We might not have any money to give you, but we do have one of the most inviting communities you are likely to find on the internets.
Read the rest »Today the Habari Community is proud to announce the immediate release of the third major version of our blog software.
0.3 contains over 100 bug fixes and enhancements as well as the beginnings of our admin redesign. Many hours of work were put into this release by the Commiter pool, and more importantly the community that has grown up around Habari.
Read the rest »Sam Ruby, Mr. RSS, pointed out that WordPress 2.3 ‘dexter’ has added “full atom 1.0 support, including the publishing protocol” which is a major accomplishment, trust me. We added Atom 1.0/APP support to Habari in November 2006 and it was a laborious task.
The spec is an ever shifting landscape and worse still, there aren’t many platforms that implement the protocol correctly. One thing that I noticed in Mr. Ruby’s article was that he played some kind of role in the WP implementation. We (being Habari) would love to have some recommendations on our Atom implementation. We are not silly enough to think we have it nailed perfectly.
Read the rest »I will be speaking at the Ohio Linux Fest, in Columbus Ohio this Septmeber. General admissions to the Fest is free, so if you are within driving distance, you should definately come.
This years Fest is special, and not because I am speaking. It was at OLF 2006 that Scott, Owen, Rich and I gathered around a table at Bucca de Beppo and birthed the project that would become Habari, next generation blogging">the Habari Platform
Read the rest »It has been a long time coming, but I am very proud to announce that the Habari Community is releasing our second major release, 0.2.
This new version contains tons of new stuff, and many contributions from the community. You can read the official announcement on the project site, and download the newest release at the usual place.
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