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• EditRowPlugin 3.0.1 fixes a minor bug with editing when not logged in
• DownloadZipPlugin 1.0.0 lets you download all attachments in one zip (on topic or web level)
• NewUserPlugin 2.30 fixes creating user profiles on foswiki-1.1.4
• CommentPlugin released for testing. Major rewrite no longer uses save script. Permits commenting without requiring CHANGE permission.
• SpreadSheetPlugin 1.1.5 fixes LEFT and ABOVE which were returing C0 and R0 - Row/Column 1 are first, not 0.
• WorkflowPlugin 1.12.4 fixes an error that prevented any edit change to a topic under workflow control
• LdapContrib 4.33 works around a core bug where ListIterators fail on degenerated lists
• DBCachePlugin 4.10 implements TopicTitles protected by access rights
• NatEditPlugin 5.20 adds support for WorkflowPlugin
• MetaCommentPlugin 1.10 adds backwards compatibility to older foswiki engines; fixes index handler for SolrPlugin; fixes js error with newer jquery libraries
• NatEditPlugin 5.10 improves wysiwyg integration
• JsonRpcContrib 1.20 fixes perl dependencies and adds redirectto url parameter similar to the standard foswiki rest handler
• DBCachePlugin 4.00 implements DBPREV and DBNEXT to reference neighbour documents in a search query
• DBCacheContrib 10 Jan 2012 brings performance improvements by simplifying the code
• FilterPlugin 2.08 allows to properly count list items without rendering them
• FlexWebListPlugin 1.61 fixes setting format strings to the empty string
• WorkflowPlugin 1.12.3 fixed performance issue editing topics that are not under workflow control
• EditChapterPlugin 4.20 now uses jquery-ui modal dialogs
• TopicDataHelperPlugin 1.1.4 fixes perl 5.12+ warnings
• All default Foswiki extensions updated to the versions shipping with Foswiki release 1.1.4
• LdapNgPlugin 4.00 adds caching of %LDAP queries
• LdapContrib 4.32 fixes deep recursion when adding AdminGroup to AdminGroup
• DatabasePlugin 2.1 fixes a bug preventing the use of a remote ConfigSource
• ActionTrackerPlugin 2.4.8 has custom CSS fixed in sent mail
• EditRowPlugin 3.0.0 - handles much bigger tables
• JSCalendarContrib 1.5.0 - reverts changes that were incompatible with Foswiki date formats.
• HolidaylistPlugin 2.0 now comes with a more professional look & feel
• FindElsewherePlugin 2.2 fixes incorrect linking of email addresses and support for %MACROs in the look elsewhere webs
• JSCalendarContrib 1.4.2 fixes Tasks.Item11195 - dates decrement in timezones with negative gmt offsets
• JQGridPlugin 2.02 fixes %SEARCH connector
• StringifierContrib 2.10 comes with several utf8 fixes; now ready for an utf8-only setup
• LazyLoadPlugin 1.10 fixes dependencies on jquery.metadata
• JQPrettyPhotoContrib 1.10 upgraded to latest prettyPhoto version
• WebLinkPlugin 1.10 makes dependency to DBCachePlugin optional
• MediaWikiTablePlugin 1.31 fixes integration of mediawiki syntax by using a rendering handler rather than a macro handler
• FilterPlugin 2.07 fixes processing topics using SUBST
• SetVariablePlugin 2.0 allows setting preference variables using view templates now
• TablePlugin 1.3.5 Fixed bugs with mod_perl, fastcgi, and with url param validation
• ActionTrackerPlugin 2.4.6 bugfix release
• JQGridPlugin 2.0 comes with latest jqgrid now; adds ability to format cells using jquery.tmpl
• StringifierContrib 2.00 adds support for OpenDocument and Staroffice documents
• EditChapterPlugin 4.10 adds proper locking of topics in edit chapter mode
• EditChapterPlugin 4.02 fixes dependency on jquery-ui to make simplemodals draggable/resizable
• SlideShowPlugin 2.1.4 has been released. It closes the possibility to inject javascript in URLs so all should upgrade to this version even if you do not use the plugin much
• IfDefinedPlugin is now deprecated since 2.01
• FlexPaperPlugin 2.00 flash-based pdf previewer upgraded to flexpaper-1.4.5
• EditChapterPlugin 4.01 cleans up start-stop markers properly now
• FlexFormPlugin 2.50 fixes rendering +value formields and adds new $origvalue parameter
• FilterPlugin 2.06 fixes perl rookie error init'ing the split param
• ExplicitNumberingPlugin 1.6.2 fixes compatibility calling non-official internal apis
• EditChapterPlugin 4.00 makes sectional edits modal
• DBCachePlugin 3.70 fixes indexing of newly created web
• DBCacheContrib works around some oddities of the plugin api
• AliasPlugin 3.04 fixes some compatibility issues
• AttachmentListPlugin 1.5 adds sorting on attachment comments
• RandomTopicPlugin 2.0 modernized and improved
• JSCalendarContrib 1.4 formats the date according to the JSCALENDARCONTRIB_FORMAT setting and adds support for more date formats
• JasmineBddContrib adds Jasmine javascript unit testing framework to Foswiki
• HyphenatorContrib 2.0 comes with hyphenator-4.0.0 now: 30% faster processing
• ListMeUpPlugin: Lets you manipulate lists via REST.
• ControlWikiWordPlugin 1.4 fixes issue where words in STOPWIKIWORD list are not always blocked
• EasyMacroPlugin 1.23 fixes problems constructing the easy-macro call
• FilterPlugin 2.05 fixes parsing zeros in lists
• TagMePlugin adds SolrPlugin integration - so you can faceted search on tags, and a command line tag adder
• EditRowPlugin 2.2.5 handles synchronous edit conflicts
• BibliographyPlugin 2.2.2 fixes display problems for installations using UTF-8, international charsets
• GaugePlugin 1.2 fixes the plugin on some releases of GD, and corrects the broken IMG tags that were banjaxing IE
• EditRowPlugin 2.2.4 fixes the textarea cell type, and has a minor fix for interactive row dragging
• PublishPlugin 2.3.1 lets you template the publish history, and define macros in the publish form; very handy for version numbers etc.
• JQGridPlugin 0.90 supports arbitrary grid connectors now
• ClamAVScanPlugin 1.1: Added compatibiility for Foswiki 1.0
• HyphenatorContrib 1.01 recognizes language tags using underscores as well as hyphens
• TopicCreatePlugin 1.6: Can now use Macros in parameters
• AvatarPlugin 1.0 - socialize your foswiki: add libravatar, gravatar or PersonalInfoAddOn Avatars to your topic histories
• EditRowPlugin 2.2.2 fixes authentication when single-cell editing, and adds more control over usage of JS
• HyphenatorContrib 1.0: hyphenate wiki content using javascript
• ImageGalleryPlugin 6.0: adds lazy loading, supports prettyphoto frontend
• LazyLoadPlugin 1.0: defer loading images
• InfiniteScrollContrib 1.1 fixes multiple local scrolls on the same page
• ClamAVScanPlugin 1.0.1: Scan attachments and topic data with clamd prior to save
• InfiniteScrollContrib 1.0: create infinte scrolling layouts
• CompareRevisionsAddOn 1.1.6 fixes an invalid Foswiki configuration issue for ApacheLogin users
• EditRowPlugin 2.2.0 has a number of usability improvements as well as bug fixes
• JQueryPlugin 4.10 comes with a bunch of improvements; fixes several FF4 related issues.
• PublishPlugin 2.2.1 released; fixes a number of problems with output formats (special thanks to Diab Jerius for providing patches)
• BookmakerPlugin 1.0.3 released; fixes multiple BOOKLIST calls in a single topic
• SoapPlugin 2.0 implements caching; comes with its own version of SOAP::Lite heavily patched
• ActionTrackerPlugin 2.4.4 bug fix release fixes a minor problem when EXTRAS includes a select field
• EditRowPlugin 2.1.4 bug fix release fixes a couple of minor problems
• KinoSearchContrib: 1.30 bug fix release prevents the index from failing when a bad WEBFORMS preference is set
• MetaCommentPlugin 1.00 finally released. lean and stable code using JsonRpcContrib
• JsonRpcContrib 1.10 fixes multi-valued parameter handling
• TinyMCEPlugin: 1.1.9 update ships TinyMCE 3.3.9.4
• TopicCreatePlugin: 1.5 provides better performance and documentation updates
• FormPlugin: 2.0 adds inline validation, besides a complete code rewrite
• VarCachePlugin: 1.0 release now stores the cache in the work area and has an increase in performance
• RackPlannerPlugin: 1.1 released with performance update and code fixes
• GaugePlugin: 1.1 released with updated documentation and code fixes using official API's
• BibliographyPlugin: 2.2.1 more tolerant of whitespace/capitilisation variations and Foswiki 1.1 compatibility
• ApprovalPlugin: 1.1 bug fix release with Foswiki 1.1 compatibility
• JsonRpcContrib 1.0 initially released: a JSON-RPC interface for Foswiki
• AntiWikiSpamPlugin 1.1 with whitelist capability, and other fixes
• MetaCommentPlugin 0.92 fixes error in regular expression
• EditRowPlugin 2.1.3 has fixes for EDITCELL and select
• ActionTrackerPlugin 2.4.3 fixes the date picker in action edit forms
• ChartPlugin 1.6.0 brings support for inverting data ranges, and a number of bug fixes
• MetaCommentPlugin 0.91 released: fixes some encoding problems
• BatchUploadPlugin 1.13 released, now compatible with Foswiki 1.1.x
• JQPrettyPhotoContrib 1.00 initially released, integrates yet another lightbox clone
• FilterPlugin 2.04 released, fixes SUBST removing everything after the last match
• DBCachePlugin 3.61 released, fixes empty sections being confused with non-existing sections
• DBCacheContrib released, improves default settings and documentation for better out of the box performance
• AutoTemplatePlugin 2.00 released, allows to set rules for edit and view templates using preference variables
• NatEditPlugin 4.50 released, using a modal dialog for preview; save+continue is done in the background async'ly now
• ImagePlugin 2.40 released, improves caching and cropping of thumbnails
• BookmakerPlugin 1.0.0 released, makes capturing sets of pages for inclusion in a book a total breeze!
• TocPlugin 2.1.0 released, integrated with BookmakerPlugin
• PublishPlugin 2.2.0 release with a number of bugfixes and support for BookmakerPlugin
• BuildContrib create_new_extension script rewritten to support using an existing extension as a template, so it's much easier to add BC support to existing extensions
• LinkedInPlugin v1.0 released - share topics on LinkedIn, and auto-display LinkedIn profile info on User topics.
• JSTreeContrib 1.0.7 release; lightweight package for the jquery jstree plugin
• MathModePlugin 4.02 released: finally catched up to foswiki packaging standards
• FlexFormPlugin 2.40 released: adds some handy new features - fixes some important bugs
• TablePlugin 1.129: various small fixes
• BlogAddOn 1.9.0: improved display of summaries, including optional summary picture
• UpdateAttachmentsPlugin 2.0 released for Foswiki 1.1
• JEditableContrib 1.7.1 packages the excellent jQuery jEditable module
• BlogAddOn 1.6.0: improved filter interaction for categories, tags and authors
• NatEditPlugin 4.33 fixes insert table feature for IE7+8
• BlogAddOn update with simplified user picture integration, publishing date, closing and hiding of comments, tags and a specific rss feed
• EditRowPlugin - major new release supports edit-by-cell and drag-and-drop row moving
• DebianRepositoryPlugin - upload .deb files and get a Debian repository created automatically for you (just released first version)
• ActionTrackerPlugin now uses JQueryPlugin for an improved user experience, and a number of long term bugs are fixed too.
• TinyMCEPlugin update to 3.3.9.3 & WysiwygPlugin update with i8n, encoding fixes
• SolrPlugin 1.10 fixes properly cleaning up outdated attachments; docu how to use iwatch; fixes titles of facet values
• LdapContrib 4.31 now implements all of GROUPINFO found in latest foswiki engines
• TwistyPlugin 1.6.11 fixes compatibility with latest JQueryPlugin
• ContributorsPlugin rewritten to provide both topic specific list of authors, and a global wiki-wide author query
• ChartPlugin 1.5.2 fixes a bug in connection with subwes.
• JQueryPlugin 4.00 now comes with jquery-1.4.3
• FlexPaperPlugin 1.00 integrates a flash-based document viewer
• SolrPlugin 1.03 fixes solr-based WebChanges and SiteChanges using PatternSkin
• LdapContrib 4.21 fixes a glitch where IDs weren't extracted from the cache db appropriately
• SolrPlugin 1.02 and StringifierContrib 1.20 fix issue installing them via configure
• NatEditPlugin 4.30 fixes compatibiltiy with newer foswiki engines
• LdapContrib 4.20 adds workaround using it on 1.0.x engines as well as improved name clash resolution
• WebLinkPlugin 1.0 initial release: link to webs, not only topics
• TimeCalcPlugin 1.2 Plugin that can calculate dates based on working days. Create an entire business schedule in a topic and let the plugin calculate milestones based on the critical path.
• SolrPlugin 1.01 fixes integration with PatternSkin
• LdapContrib 4.12 fixes two urgent bugs, i.e. when using it together with kerberos sso
• JQGridPlugin 0.3 various fixes; preliminary support for editing DataForms? inline
• MimeIconPlugin 1.0 initial release: give it a filename - get back a nice icon
• SolrPlugin 1.0 released: enterprise faceted search for foswiki
• LdapNgPlugin 3.10 adds include and exclude parameters to %LDAP macro
• GenPDFPrincePlugin 1.31 fixes issue with older perl versions in some distros
• LdapContrib 4.11 adds some more help to debug ldap issues
• GenPDFPrincePlugin 1.30 fixes issue with incomplete image data
• RedDotPlugin 3.00 improves usability and compatibility
• AutoTemplatePlugin 1.11 adds eases templating ChangePassword, SiteChanges, WebIndex
• AliasPlugin 3.03 fixes use of internal api
• LdapContrib 4.10 fixes various utf8 and normalization problems
• DBCachePlugin 3.60 released. Fixes virtual hosts issue, update handlers, moves ATTACHMENTS macro to new TopicInteractionPlugin
• ControlWikiWordPlugin 1.3 released. Fix issue with corrupted attachment tables, other minor improvements.
• ActionTrackerPlugin 05 Nov 2010 released. Fixes issue with eating newlines in 1.1 and now works in all time zones
• VirtualHostingContrib 0.2.0 released - bug fixes and performance improvements
• JHotDrawPlugin 29 Oct 2010 version - fixes problem saving in Foswiki 1.1 and problems when validation is not strikeone
• TwistyPlugin 1.6.8 - fixes problem with working in Internet Explorer
• WikiDrawPlugin - new javascript only drawing and image annotation plugin created
• JQueryPlugin 3.74 released fixing code bug.
• KinoSearchContrib 1.27 - updated for Foswiki 1.1.0
• ZonePlugin 3.1 - please use this one together with the latest JQueryPlugin (>=3.73) on a Foswiki 1.0.x
• MoreFormfieldsContrib 0.01 initial release
• MultiTopicSavePlugin - 1.7 released. Fixes problem with single quotes and html tags. Prevents guests from editing and saving
• FullCalendarPlugin first release - a Web 2.0 calendar application
• HijaxPlugin new release - offers default ajax integration for many Foswiki actions
• JoomlaUsersContrib updated to add autologin using the joomla 1.5 remember me cookie
• DBCachePlugin 3.50 released - adds support for MetaCommentPlugin, various fixes
• VirtualHostingContrib 1.1 released - first public release!
• SqlPlugin 1.01 released - fixes sorting of columns; adds logging of actions
• FilterPlugin 2.03 released - fixes it for upcoming foswiki-1.1
• SoapPlugin 1.0 released - ready for production
• FlexFormPlugin 2.31 released fixed rendering hidden formfields when creating a new topic
• FlexFormPlugin 2.3 released - several fixes and enhancements
• CalDAVPlugin 1.000 released - use CalendarPlugin and HolidaylistPlugin with events read from a corporate calendar
• HolidaylistPlugin 1.031 released - now compatible with EditTablePlugin, and loads much more efficiently
• CalendarPlugin has a new release; more efficient loading for topics without calendars, and a variety of bugfixes
• BibliographyPlugin 2.0.1 re-write: clickable [refs], slightly faster, informative warnings
• RegexCacheSearchPlugin released: faster searches by caching previous results
• AliasPlugin 3.02 fixes issues with ADDTOZONE/ADDTOHEAD in alias definition topics
• FilterPlugin 2.02 released - fixes handling of standard escapes
• FlexFormPlugin 2.2 released - now allows to control formfields based on their attributes
• GenPDFPrincePlugin 1.2 released - added content-disposition header; documented interplay with ZonePlugin on a foswiki-1.0.9
• JQGridPlugin 0.2 released - working towards an easy grid integration for structured data
• WorkflowPlugin updated - new history and access control features, and better control over edit cancellation
• FormPlugin updated - recommended update
• PasswdUserContrib released; support for passwords in /etc/passwd
• FreeMarkerPlugin released - more flexibility with FreeMarker templates
• SoapPlugin 0.6 now supports nested argument structures
• LocalCityTimePlugin 2.0 released - embed the local time in different cities into topics
• XmlRpcContrib 1.0 released ... adds an XML-RPC hub to foswiki
• TinyMCEPlugin experimental version uploaded for those having trouble with IE6 and latest NatSkin
• NativeSearchContrib 1.2 released; support for Foswiki 1.1 (no changes for earlier Foswiki releases, so no need to update)
• BeautifierPlugin 1.0 released: Initial port to Foswiki
• LocalTimePlugin 1.1 released: Now compatible with mod_perl2.
• DirectedGraphPlugin 1.8 released: Now compatible with mod_perl2 & GraphViz? 2.26
• SqlPlugin initial release ... interface sql databases using wiki apps
• TopicCountPlugin released. Write %TOPICCOUNT% to get the number of topics in a web.
• JQueryPlugin v3.42 released ... works around upgrade hassles
• JQueryPlugin v3.40 has been released ... upgraded jquery-ui, improved locale support, externalized grid and fullcalendar modules, being released as JQGridPlugin and JQFullCalendarPlugin so that they can continue on their own trajectory
• FlexFormPlugin v2.11 release ... fixes an urgend bug, please upgrade
• SoapPlugin v0.5 release ... rewrite of serializer for more flexibility in wiki apps; fixing UTF8 handling
• Extensions Testing web added for experimental extensions
• ChartPlugin released which fixes "insecure dependency" error for certain combinations of perl/gd/cpan
• ControlWikiWordPlugin 1.1 - Resolve issue with Stop words matching word prefixes
• SoapPlugin initial release ... write wiki apps connecting SAP
• PatternSkin v.4.0.7.2 released. Fixes printing in Firefox 3.6
• TablePlugin 1.0.46 released. Fixed sorting of decimal numbers and numbers with strings, like "20 cups".
• JQueryPlugin 3.30 released ... upgrades of validate and a bunch of bugfixes all over the place.
• FlexFormPlugin 2.1 improves ability to extract allowed and default values for a formfield
• FlexFormPlugin 2.0 adds even more control over formfields, i.e. overriding type and size properties
• GenPDFAddOn 1.1 released. Improved hierarchy support, improvedimage handling, many other changes.
• DirectedGraphPlugin 1.7 released: Improved SVG image support, auto size calcuation for antialiased images
• TopicLockPlugin released: Adds a 1-click function to lock down topics.
• DelayMacroPlugin. Tired of $dollarquot and $percnt in SEARCH? This plugin will make your life much easier.
• JQTablePlugin released - browser sorting for tables using jQuery, and browser table formatting compatible with TablePlugin should you need it.
• JQueryPlugin 3.2 release ... comes with jquery-1.4.2 now, better file compression, improved foswiki integration of modal dialogs
• TagMePlugin - This venerable plugin has a new experimental javascript UI (see screenshots), while active development continues over at TagsPlugin
• ModifyLoginPlugin 1.0 New plugin that converts user login to upper or lower case. Useful when using case insensitive login scheme
• ControlWikiWordPlugin 1.0 - Stop unwanted WikiWords, and autolink non-standard words.
• RenderTableDataPlugin 2.0 ... First Foswiki release.
• ZonePlugin 1.2 ... added BackwardsCompatibilty flag, improved docu, optimized zone heuristics
• NatSkin 3.97 ... fixed packaging problems - made dependency to ImagePlugin optional
• PerlPlugin: sick of %CALC? Use perl scripts instead! PerlPlugin 1.1.2 now has improved debug and trace support
• MultiTopicSavePlugin. New plugin released which allows the user to submit updates to the dataform in multiple topics in one single edit/submit cycle.
• There is a new Test Extensions web being tested - See Sandbox/Beta?
• ZonePlugin v1.1 released ... tries to be more careful not to break configure while monkey-patching Foswiki's internals
• WidgetsSkin updated with 46 new styles, more MT4 compatibility and improved theme browser.
• AliasPlugin 3.01 released ... compatible with different versions of foswiki
• StringifierContrib 1.10 released ... don't crash on password protected XLS files
• RtfContrib 2.0 now comes with a native language support in RTF templates
• RedDotPlugin 2.02 released .. now ships minified and gzip'ed files, using ZonePlugin
• MetaCommentPlugin 0.2 initial release ... easy commenting system supporting linear as well as threaded commenting
• MediaWikiTablePlugin 1.21 released ... now ships minified and gzip'ed files, using ZonePlugin for faster page loads
• ImagePlugin 2.30 released ... implements an imagetooltip jQuery plugin thingy
• GenPDFWebkitPlugin 1.0 released ... comes with wkhtmltopdf-0.9.1
• ImageGalleryPlugin 5.10 released ... supports JQueryPlugin's slimbox frontend now
• FilterPlugin 2.01 released ... now works on foswiki/trunk
• EditChapterPlugin 2.10 released ... now works on foswiki/trunk as well
• EasyMacroPlugin 1.22 now works on foswiki/trunk as well
• DBCachePlugin 3.40 released ... improvements needed by latest NatSkin
• NatSkin 3.96 released
• AutoTemplatePlugin: 1.1 fixes order web.topic names are checked against rules
• NatEditPlugin 4.21: fixes edit and settings dialogs on PatternSkin
• JQueryPlugin 3.10: added livequery, improved foswiki intergation, documentation, uses new ZonePlugin to improve page load time
• TwistyPlugin: bugfixes in jquery module, shipping minified & compressed css and js now
• ZonePlugin: improves page load time by optimizing html
• PermLinkPlugin: Added compatibility for Foswiki 1.0.x
• JQueryPlugin 3.00: new additions, e.g. masonry, fullcalendar, fluidfont, jquery-1.4.1
• TablePlugin bugfix release to correct problem with initdirection in mod_perl or Fast CGI environments
• UpdateInfoPlugin converted to Foswiki
• TinyMCEPlugin bugfix release, including application of heading/normal formats
• BlackListPlugin released with 8 bugs fixed and a new feature so banning of IP addresses expires
• TocPlugin released for Foswiki
• AutoTemplatePlugin released, forking AutoViewTemplatePlugin by implementing RulebasedViewTemplates
• PerlPlugin released, supports execution of in-topic scripts written a constrained perl subset
• TagCloudPlugin: improved rendering using logarithmic normalization of term counts
• MirrorWebPlugin released, lets you mirror a web with filtering, for example for publishing topics without revealing restricted content
• RtfContrib 1.0 initial release: generate RTF from Foswiki content
• LdapContrib 4.0 for big ldap directories
• NatSkin / NatSkinPlugin 3.95 released: various css and template fixes
• SetVariablePlugin fixes use in persistent perl envs
• FormQueryPlugin documentation updated, and tested against latest DBCacheContrib
• NatEditPlugin release fixes interaction with TinyMCEPlugin; some usability improvements in modal dialogs
• LdapNgPlugin 3.01 released
• ImagePlugin 2.20 adds zoom parameter for better thumbnailing
• GenPDFWebkitPlugin 0.21 released
• FlexWebListPlugin 1.50 released
• FilterPlugin release fixes potential deep recursion and adds a tokenize feature to FORMATLIST
• DigestPlugin initial release
• AliasPlugin got a major rewrite
• DBCacheContrib and DBCachePlugin updates
• EditChapterPlugin v2.04 fixes issues with wysiwyg
• use FlotChartPlugin for really nice jquery based graphs
• EasyMacroPlugin v1.2 released, fixes issues under fastcgi
• EasyMacroPlugin bugfix release v1.11
• OrphansPlugin has been ported.
• DpSyntaxHighlighterPlugin has had a nice visual update and supports a number of new languages
• WorkflowPlugin now supports multi-way forking of topics controlled by the workflow
• NuSkin has been ported to Foswiki, with updates for the most recent jQuery.
• EasyMacroPlugin has been released. This plugin allows to write Foswiki macros in pure TML
• YouShallHaveNoOtherLoginsBeforeMePlugin has been released. This plugin is perfect for paranoid admins who want to make sure, that users are logged in only once at a time.
• FirebugLitePlugin gives non-Firefox browsers the famous developer tool. It has been updated and is now also easier to activate only when you need it.
• JHotDrawPlugin: A new version that works with CSRF protection has been released. It also has improved user dialog and is faster at saving.
• ChartPlugin: A new version with a small bugfix has been released
• ExternalLinkPlugin has been ported to Foswiki. This plugin adds a visual indicator to external links, so users can distinguish outgoing links from site links
• TweetOnSavePlugin has been released. This plugin updates twitter (or identi.ca) status upon topic save or creation. Plugin is an alpha version.
• FootNotePlugin has been released. It enables you to add footnotes using {{ this syntax }}
• LightboxPlugin has been ported to Foswiki. It is set of Javascript and CSS files that provides improved image viewing functionality. When a user clicks on the image, the full size image will display without advancing the browser to a new page.
• AutoViewTemplatePlugin has gotten a major update in its documentation. This plugin will be in the default set in Foswiki 1.1.0

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