* small changes to make it look better (?).

* Boxed the FAQ (--> looks better now) and made various changes to the FAQ
  content.  The only thing left to `box' are the `account setting'-pages.

* Moved ban.php to admin-new.php: this will feature the new admin pages
  (under development).  I'll slowly keep adding stuff to admin-new.php
  and one day we'll be able to replace admin.php with admin-new.php: I
  am just making preparations and `pre-processing' some stuff so we'll
  have something to work from. Remind that the rewrite of admin.php is
  sheduled for v0.20.

* Boxed submit.php - whew, it's a pain to edit all those print statements.
* Fixed quite a lot of HTML-bugs in the HTML code generator and cleaned up
  the generated coded quite a lot.

=> much better now :)

* Changed a few things to make development easier without breaking things
  to the outside world.  It's a first step towards improving the submission
  queue.

* More important (to the theme babies): instead of passing individual
  parameters I'm considering to pass an object.
    $theme->abstract($story->aid, $story->informant, $story->time,
     stripslashes($story->subject), stripslashes($story->abstract),
     stripslashes($story->comments), $story->category, $story->department,
     $morelink);
  would become:
    $theme->abstract($story);
  What do you guys think about pushing this trough?  It would be much better
  and would give extra `power' to the themes.

* Fixed minor glitch.  More updates after my exam tomorrow.
  (http://beta.drop.org/submission.php)

Hoeray!  I have a first core version of submission moderation up and
running.  This means people can submit stories, and moderators can
moderate stories.  When a submission reaches a certain positive
threshold (currently set to 2) the submission becomes a story and up
it goes.   If a submission reaches a certain negative threshold
(currently set to -2) the submission is dumped.

The fact this is all done by our visitors (without our intervention)
makes it truly spiffy imho.  The website can live a life on it's own,
fed by the visitors.

Beware, a lot of work need to be done though ... it's just a first
basic implementation with the core functionality.  There are quite
a lot of things that I'll need to change, extend and improve.  But
comments, suggestions and ideas are - as always - welcomed.

Please read this log message carefully!  It features quite a lot of
important information.

To test the moderation, log in, select theme 'Dries' (the other themes
need a small update) and head by clicking the one and only 'submission
moderation' link.  Don't be afraid to submit lame/funny/useless
stories for testing purpose ... as soon we go public, we'll wipe out
the story database.  ;-)


WHAT'S NEW?
-----------
* Added 2 new operations to user.class.php to set and retrieve the
  user's "history".  Very evil but required to avoid people voting
  twice.
* Moved dbsave() from account.php to functions.php.  In addition, I
  added a new function to user.class.php called `save()' that ...
  well, saves the object back to the database.  It's (IMHO) a better
  approach compared to dbsave(): it keeps things organized. ;-)


BUGFIXES:
---------
* Fixed a (heavy) memory leak in the constructor of user.class.php:
  mysql_fetch_array() returns an _associative_ array which made the
  constructor `pollute' the object with a lot of useless variables.
* Fixed the slash-problem on the account pages. :-)
* Fixed UnConeD's theme glitch, alas the warning.
* Fixed the e-mail address not showing in the confirmation email
  (upon registration).
* Fixed the typical quote and backslash problems in submit.php.
* submit.php now uses the database abstraction layer.

IMPORTANT:
----------
* You can check the new submission system at:
    http://beta.drop.org/submission.php
  or by following the `submission moderation' link from my theme.
* UnConeD, Jeroen: you'll need to update your themes to take
  advantage of the new function: displayAccount().  This function
  will display the `submission moderation' link when a user is
  logged on.
* Natrak: you might want to apply the patches in user.class.php
  on the other sites using the same user-system.

Minor updates:
* Fixed a minor alignment glitch.
* Aligned the code to look nicer.
* Please make it scale well in IE.

  * Temporary bugfix to fix a problem with UnConeD's theme.  Don't worry,
    it's because some changes I made ... which should be fixed now.

Note:
  * Btw, has someone bothered to scale the calendar.class.php to fit nicely
    in IE (Windows)?  Please do. ;-)

Updates:
 * Streamlined the database abstraction layer a bit (it's not much yet) and
   integrated it in most of the functions of `functions.inc'.

Updates:
 * Fixed (hopefully) the bugs earlier reported by Jeroen.  :o)
 * Revamped the code to be more efficient as well as easier to use and
   maintain.

Updates:
 * Various small changes to account.php including a SQL table movement:
   'testusers' -> 'users'.  As a result, user.class.php and article.php
   needed patching as well.  Hopefully I didn't break anyting.  ;o)

* admin.inc will include all admin related help-functions including the
  already present header() and footer() functions.

* databases.inc is a new file that will serve as a database abstraction
  layer.  My new files already take advantage of the abstraction layer
  though no attempt is made to port the existing files: this is sheduled
  for a future v0.40 release (see http://beta.drop.org/docs/roadmap.php).
  Anyway, with the abstraction layer it should be theoretically possible
  to run drop on top of every database, even on top of a home-brewed
  file-based system.  *wink-to-UnConeD* ;-)

* Implemented ban-capabilities, a first step towards an admin-friendly user
  system:
   - you can add and remove wild-carded e-mails from the banlist.
   - you can add and remove wild-carded hostnames from the banlist.
   - you can add and remove wild-carded usernames from the banlist.
   - you can add and remove wild-carded profanity from the banlist.
   - you can browse all bans according to their category: see ban.php.

* Boxed search.php: looks a lot, lot better now.  %-)
* Side-note: 2 exams down, 3 to go

IMPORTANT PATCH:
----------------

* Altered the theming system to follow the naming convention of class files.
  theme.class has been renamed to theme.class.php!
* I fixed the default theme and my own theme, but none of the others themes
  for your convenience...  This means *you* have to rename your theme on CVS
  by (a) removing it from CVS and (b) adding it back with a its new name:
  'theme.class.php'.
    For the clueless:
    mv theme.class theme.class.php
    cvs remove theme.class
    cvs add theme.class.php
    cvs commit theme.class.php
* Sorry for breaking things ... try to fix it asap and everything will be
  OK. ;)

* Enhancement: protect the themes/-directory (and subdirectory) from
  prying eyes.

* Bugfix: you can actually search the stories now without being slapped by
  a MySQL error.  huh, huh.

* Bugfix: the `story submission'-form is no longer toasted due to the new
  user system.

* Enhancement: removed themes/list.php by integrating it directly into
  account.php.  list.php was just being clumpsy and did simply not
  belong in the themes/-directory.

month and year in the header of it.

doesnt look good in NS.

I think this looks a bit better.

* Quick patch to fix a problem.  I'm at my gf's place
  running windows on a good ol' slow modem.

Bugfixes:
---------
* Fixed a few bugs in account.php - saves Natrak some time.
  I only fixed the obvious, very small bugs reported today.

Enhancements:
-------------
* Made the default theme a setting in config.inc.  You can now easily
  change the default theme.  It's a much nicer approach with more
  flexibility.  When working on your theme, you set your theme to be the
  default theme.  In addition, with a small scripting tric in config.inc
  we could automatically set the default theme to the most popular theme
  (according to the user table), or we could periodically cycle (round
  robin) through all themes: say every week a new default theme.  I truly
  think that's better. :-)
* Adjusted config.inc, theme.inc and account.php in order to do so.
* I have some remarks with regards to config.inc, but I think I'll share
  those later in a seperate mail.

* Tiny bugfix: oops, a typo.

  rendering a calendar less expensive.
* Added a function displayCalendar($theme, $active_date) to functions.inc.
* Adjusted index.php so it would support URIs formated like
  "?date=$unix_timestamp".
* Integrated the calendar in my personal theme: themes/Dries/theme.class.
  If you want to include the calendar in your theme, check the code in my
  $theme->footer(): global $date and call displayCalendar($theme, $date).

Check the main page at http://beta.drop.org/ with theme 'Dries' to see it
yourself!

this is the good one.

because i still have to check out some table problems with that navigation
bar.

browser, but now the Status box show in 9pt too and I dont want that, does
anyone know how to break out a stylesheet so you still can assign font sizes
within the body, without them being overruled by the stylesheet?