First final Symbio release - yay!
Because of problems with the automatic installation package on various servers, only the manual installation package is distributed. Automatic installation might return in the future, when I find the solution to the problems.
SymbioDocs, the Symbio documentation system, was introduced. As a result, installation instructions have been removed from the package.
Full theming support is now a fact. Just about every bit of the pages can be customized. Note that the help popup uses the system template, which is not customizable.
Language selection was introduced. Language files for Dutch and English are included, and more will be added soon.
The script URL and resource URL can now be set in the control panel. Woops!
Pre-1.0 themes are not compatible with this new release. Remove the templates directory before you install version 1.0, as it is now obsolete. Themes are stored in the themes directory from now on. Upgrading your theme to version 1.0 shouldn't be too much of a hassle; for instructions, please consult the appropriate section of the documentation.
You can keep the config/setup.txt file from the previous version, but you'll have to log into the control panel right after you've installed the new version, and choose the default language.
The long-awaited control panel is now included in Symbio. You'll need to make sure all directories in the script directory and their files are writable (chmod 777) before using the control panel.
If you've changed the system templates in the system directory, I recommend reverting to the original ones (which are obviously included in the archive).
The site-specific variables from common.pl are now stored in setup.txt in the config directory, so there's no longer need to edit any of the scripts.
The smiley code should now be bug-free. I also added smiley tooltips, so you can just move your cursor over an image to find out how to insert it into your post, as well as for users who have images turned off but not smileys.
You can now use a different link for articles with no comments or one comment.
Strikethrough has been added to text styling.
A few minor bugs have been fixed.
Upgrading from previous versions should not pose any direct problems. It's safe to install this version to the original install directory. If upgrading from beta 1, you may want to remove the four text files in the templates directory, since these are no longer used by Symbio.
Symbio will probably not work unless you change comments/index.cgi in index.cgi on line 271 to $scripturl/index.cgi. In addition, you might want to change tblcommenthelp on line 206 to ${basictitle}commenthelp to keep other sites from interfering with your help window and vice versa. I really goofed things up here guys, sorry.
Symbio now comes in both an easy installer package and a manual installation package, for more experienced users and those who encounter problems with the installer. The installer will have you running Symbio in no time (if successful), but for now, using the manual installation package might be a wiser choice.
The templates directory is now divided into separate directories, each representing a theme. For now, only one theme is included: the default, called basic.
It is recommended that you make a new directory with the files for your personal theme instead of editing the default files. To make sure it doesn't get overwritten when upgrading in the future, you can prefix its name with an underscore or another character, since the themes that will be available in the future will always have names composed of strictly alphanumeric characters.
All known issues from the first release have been resolved.
Upgrading from the previous version should not pose any problems. It's safe to install this version to the beta 1 install directory. You may want to remove the four text files in the templates directory, since these are no longer used by Symbio.
If you choose to host Symbio on a different server than the pages on which you want to use comments, you will need to use installation option 2 from the usage.html file.
If your server has a strict cgi-bin configuration, you will not be able to view the usage.html file from within that directory. In this case, just open the file on your computer.
In this case you will also have to move the system.css file in the css directory to an accessible location, and update the system/head.txt and templates/head.txt files appropriately. In addition, you will have to move the img and smileys directories and look for <img> and <input type="image"> tags in help.pl and index.cgi to update their src attributes.
Your server might not recognize index.cgi as the default index file. In this case, edit index.cgi as follows:
Change line 89 to
Change line 224 to
Change line 279 to
URL being the URL that is already there
To change the appearance of your comment windows, edit the 4 text files in the templates directory. Editing the system templates in the system directory and the system stylesheet in the css directory is not recommended, unless you have got a strict cgi-bin configuration.
The form to add a comment cannot be changed using templates yet, but you can edit the HTML in index.cgi if desired.
The appearance of the comment link on your pages cannot be changed using templates yet, but you can edit the code in index.cgi on line 275 if desired.