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Drupal 6.3 and 5.9 released, fixing security issues
Update: Drupal 5.9 has been released to correct a vulnerability that was inadvertantly left in Drupal 5.8.
Drupal 6.3 and Drupal 5.8, maintenance releases fixing problems reported using the bug tracking system, as well as security vulnerabilities, are now available for download. Drupal 6.3 also includes some changes to the installer to prevent file ownership issues on shared hosts; upgrades jQuery to version 1.2.6; improves PostreSQL compatibility; fixes performance issues in search, menu and form API and contains a variety of other small improvements. It should also be noted that the Views for Drupal 6 release candidate requires Drupal 6.3 to run properly.
Upgrading your existing Drupal 5 and 6 sites is strongly recommended. There are no new features in these releases, but we fixed some notable performance issues too. For more information about the Drupal 6.x release series, consult the Drupal 6.0 release announcement, more information on the 5.x releases can be found in Drupal 5.0 release announcement.
AvatarBlocks
The AvatarBlocks module provides a collection of blocks for use on a Drupal social networking site. The avatars act as click-able links to the profile pages for your site's users. A live demonstration is available on the AvatarBlocks Demo site. Complete instructions for installing and using AvatarBlocks can be found in the AvatarBlocks Handbook.
Yes, I am working on a 6.x version.
Travelgrove travel meta-search integration module
http://drupal.org/project/travelgrove
Releasing the first version. Its a little buggy with the 'Garland' theme, but hopefully this can be fixed shortly.
Its a good way to try to monetize existing traffic, similar to how google adsense works, but this is a travel meta search engine (scrapes more than 100 travel sites to find the cheapest tickets). 50% revenue split, PPC, instead of PPS as normally done. Every search produces profit. Almost 1/3rd of all online purchases are travel related or almost 50 billion dollars per year.
I would appreciate feedback, this is the first module, with the help of litwol.
John
Webchick wins best contributor at Google-O'Reilly Open Source Awards
Angela Byron was announced as best contributor at the Google-O'Reilly Open Source Hall of Fame awards July 22nd, 2008. Please comment below if you've received help or have helped webchick help others as a way of demonstrating your congratulations.
Just a few years ago Angela Byron made the fateful decision to wander into #drupal and ask a question. Several years later, her helpful personality has tamed the #drupal developers and made the Drupal community more understanding and compassionate to its users and new developers.
Angela joined the Drupal project in 2005 as a Google Summer of Code student. If there is a way to contribute to Drupal, she does it:
Recruiting
She goes to various conferences and recruits people to join the Drupal community. Especially women. See
Speaking at Women in Open Source event in Los Angeles and women in open source on linux for slides examples and Google Podcast: Women in Open Source.
Documentation
Angie wrote the form API reference just to mention one of her bigger achievements. She is one of the best recruiters for the Drupal documentation team.
Secretary of the Drupal Association
Angie is the acting secretary of the Drupal Association, the non-profit organization responsible for overseeing the success of the Drupal project through raising funds, maintaining infrastructure, and running Drupal events.
GHOP and GSoC
She now leads the Drupal project in Google Highly Open Participation and Summer of Code events.
Coding
Her first patch was a huge one, revamping all our help texts. Subsequent code contributions to Drupal have included numerous extension modules, a theme, and significant core patches for Drupal 5, 6 and 7.
Patch reviewing
Angie is among the most active patch reviewers, meaning she interacts in a constructive way with most of the other people contributing to Drupal.
Training
As a part of her day job at Lullabot, she flys around the world delivering training to groups of people learning how to be Drupal developers and themers.
In the words of others:
Angie is a role model for everyone and an inspiration to work with. Her dedication to quality is contagious, and her passion for inclusion sets the standard for how people should work with each other.
- Robert Douglass, Senior Drupal Advisor, Acquia.
Angie has been a joy to work with, and I appreciate her dedication to the Drupal project. She makes Drupal shine.
-Dries Buytaert, founder of the Drupal project, Drupal Association, Acquia
www.drupalroom.com is launched
We are proud to announce the launching of www.drupalroom.com.
This portal will strive to become a meeting point for all drupal fans. It will be updated daily with the latest news, themes, drupal powered sites and many more. Basically here you will find everything related to drupal.
Everybody is welcome to be a contributor of the site by submitting different articles, themes, or sites you have developed and designed using drupal.
