UTF-8 CuteNews
This is a project based on the popular CMS
CuteNews. CuteNews is very easy to install and use, the coding behind it however is
very buggy.
Since there are no known development plans for CuteNews, I attempt to fix CuteNews' bugs and add some more security options to make CuteNews not only safer, but also more user-friendly.
» Current version: 8b.
Why use UTF-8 CuteNews?
- UTF-8 support UTF-8 CuteNews will display any characters under any charset correctly, because it turns them into HTML entities. No question marks instead of symbols! Users can also search with characters outside of A-Z, which CuteNews does not allow.
- Security Because CuteNews is so popular, it is often the target of hackers. UTF-8 CuteNews has additional security features, such as a function which allows you to ban IP addresses automatically when they send excessive login requests.
- Bug fixes Error messages are pesky. Numerous bugs have been fixed in UTF-8 CuteNews to make your CuteNews experience more enjoyable and to make it a more stable and reliable script. Additionally, all functions which are deprecated in PHP 5.3.0 have been replaced.
- Upgrading Upgrading to UTF-8 CuteNews is very easy and you can keep all of your news, comments, users, templates and settings. On the outside, it looks exactly like the familiar, user-friendly CuteNews 1.4.6, except that it's robuster.
Visit CutePHP.Com if you're unfamiliar with CuteNews and would like to know what it is about.
Download UTF-8 CuteNews
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Download UTF-8 CuteNews v.8b (218 KB) |
» Please see: Upgrading instructions
Most parts of this script are from CutePHP.Com, the original CuteNews license (enclosed in the zip file) also applies to UTF-8 CuteNews. I merely own the changes done based on CutePHP.Com's CuteNews 1.4.6.
UTF-8 CuteNews uses a modified version of GreyWyvern.Com's UTF-8 converter to process foreign characters and is licensed under the BSD licence.
Articles
Some interesting articles for UTF-8 CuteNews users.» UTF-8 CuteNews & security
» Customizing languages
» Password-protecting articles
Contact
If you are encountering problems with UTF-8 CuteNews or have suggestions and/or comments, you can contact me through the ways below. Please post a new topic in the CutePHP.Com support forum if you are having trouble installing, running or upgrading the script as a forum will help more than one person alone.- CutePHP.com forum: A helping community in case of trouble. I can be found under the name (lKj) thereon.
- Contact me via my contact form.
ChangeLog
Version 8b (Mar 13 2010)A fix for a security flaw has been included in the UTF-8 CuteNews 8b .zip. Thanks to Stephan for reporting! Overwriting show_news.php, show_archives.php and search.php will get rid of the bug.
Version 8b (Nov 08 2009)
This update contains fixes for security holes and bugs which were mostly found by Andrew Horton from MorningStar Security as well as a handful of bug fixes. The full details can be found in the change log (link below).
» See all changes in version 8 & older