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  1. Hotaru 1.4 Progress Update

    Just a brief post today to say that work continues on Hotaru 1.4 and a beta will be made available soon for testing.

    The most significant changes are deep in the core code where shibuya246 has made some fantastic progress on a multi-site feature that will enable admins to run multiple Hotaru sites from a single installation. While the bulk of the coding has been completed in 1.4, it's unlikely the "Multi-Site Manager" plugin will be released until later to give us ample time ...
  2. A New Default Theme

    I spent a couple of hours today changing the default theme from the cute, green and white, rounded corners look (complete with firefly), to a rather more serious, black and white look:

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    See a live demo!

    So why the change? For one thing, the original theme didn't validate at W3C because of the CSS rounded corners, so they had to go. Secondly, it's much easier
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