Koken

Koken is a CMS (content management system) specifically crafted for artists and photographers, that makes image and video management a breeze.

It includes all the features of a classical CMS, but with more focus on managing files and especially images.

Koken should be a perfect fit for online portfolios and product catalogs.

What is new in this release:

• UPDATE:
• Speed up the creation of album archives.
• FIXED:
• Slow loading images on some hosts without loopback support.
• Album navigation, use arrow keys between albums and shift + arrows for images.

What is new in version 0.22.10:

• UPDATED:
• The video player library.
• FIXED:
• Empty contact form submissions when labels contain quotes.
• Library thumbnails' width not being restricted in Firefox.

What is new in version 0.21.7:

• UPDATED:
• The video player library.
• FIXED:
• Empty contact form submissions when labels contain quotes.
• Library thumbnails' width not being restricted in Firefox.

What is new in version 0.21.2:

• FIXED:
• Email delivery fixes when using built-in PHP mailer.

What is new in version 0.20.3:

• FIXED:
• Intermittent upload errors from Lightroom plugin.
• koken:asset path fix for some Windows servers.
• Resolve issue that caused Pulse plugins to stop working in 0.20.
• Image downloads are now forced as downloads instead of showing in the browser.

What is new in version 0.20.2:

• FIXED:
• Cache performance tune-ups.
• Resolved issue that removed pages saved as drafts from the Text listing.
• Modifying essay dates to p.m. times now working properly again.
• Fixed trash loading issue.

What is new in version 0.20.1:

• FIXED:
• Resolved image rendering issue introduced in 0.20 when using certain versions of the GD2 image processor.
• koken:asset path fix for some servers.

What is new in version 0.19.0:

• NEW:
• URLs can now be edited after items have been created.
• Sort criteria may now be assigned directly to content and published without using site filters.
• FIXED:
• Theme settings scope issue in Site that prevented some settings from being assigned properly.
• Lightbox loading spinner visibility issue when viewing the lightbox in fullscreen mode.

What is new in version 0.18.4:

• UPDATED:
• Updated the set console icon.
• Theme setting reset buttons now display confirmations to help avoid accidents.
• FIXED:
• Type wrap rendering issues in Chrome 39 / Windows resolved.

What is new in version 0.18.3:

• Fixed missing upload progress indicator.

What is new in version 0.18.0:

• NEW:
• Tags can now be deleted system-wide.
• Numerous console UI updates for improved HiDPI / Retina display.
• Added a k-link-lightbox-loading class and event when items are clicked that load the lightbox.
• now supports a "share" parameter for easier linking to social media services.
• UPDATED:
• Button added to the theme settings panel to drop recent edits and revert a draft theme to its live state.
• Several optimizations to improve API response times.
• Image publishing speed optimizations with managing ICC color profiles.
• FIXED:
• Resolved API rendering issue for errors.
• Retain image metadata setting on some installs.
• Set current link JavaScript fix for sites using HTTPS.
• Issue that prevented Settings values from updating under certain conditions.

What is new in version 0.17.4:

• UPDATED:
• Store tab can now be expanded for easier browsing.
• Improved ImageMagick/GraphicsMagick performance.
• Better text point size in lightbox landscape view.
• Show text/caption is now enabled by default for Library content inserted into essays/pages.
• FIXED:
• Reloading of body CSS classes when back button is used in pjax themes.
• Intermittent blank screens when double-clicking links in pjax themes.
• Class assignment when using the back button in pjax themes.
• Flush Pillar issue that caused uneven grid column widths in themes like Axis 2.
• koken:load tag ordering when limit_to is used.

What is new in version 0.17.2:

• FIXED:
• Ordering for koken:previous in album category listings.
• Resolved issue that caused the tag autocomplete input to stop working after editing a few item tags.
• Tag output for albums in Timeline listings.
• Animated GIF processing fixes for Imagick, ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick.
• Resolved Site settings panel issue when using numeric ID-based URLs.
• Some installs did not fully complete the upgrade process for 0.17. This release should fix those installs and prevent that from happening in the future.

What is new in version 0.17.0:

• UPDATED:
• Under-the-hood improvements to tags and categories.
• FIXED:
• Fixed issue where embedded images from Instagram, Flickr, etc in essays/pages could be displayed larger than their original dimensions.
• Image profiles are properly retained when using GD image processing library.
• Nested toggle arrow display issue in Firefox resolved.
• Notification now successfully displays when a save is committed after clicking the Inspector panel's edit view.
• Slideshows displaying featured albums in random playback order are now ordered properly.
• Resolved Pulse linking issue on mobile devices.

What is new in version 0.16.2:

• FIXED:
• .htaccess corruption when clearing system caches on installs where the site root has been moved.
• Resolved display issues with rotated photos.
• Incorrect content showing when using Koken with the IIS webserver on Windows.
• Image generation on old versions of PHP/GD2.

What is new in version 0.16.1:

• FIXED:
• ImageMagick when not compiled with OpenMP support.
• Pulse slideshows with only one image were not displaying properly in 0.16.0.
• GPS metadata now working properly again.
• Theme/plugin downloads from the Koken Store on some hosts.
• Essay preview link fix for installs without URL rewriting enabled.

What is new in version 0.16.0:

• NEW:
• Swipe support added to Pulse for touch-enabled screens.
• The image processing library can now be changed in Settings > Image publishing.
• UPDATED:
• Responsive images only request a new image if the element's size increases.
• Pulse content event data now returns object for current image's parent album.
• RSS feeds updated to support content modules.
• FIXED:
• Resolved a issue that caused video controls to malfunction when all videos are unlisted.
• Added threshold to Pillar to prevent images from being moved indefinitely for similarly sized columns.
• Resolved layout issue in Text toolbar when using a retina display.
• Issue that caused Europe/Moscow timezone to revert to Asia/Dubai.
• Styling fixes for datepicker and colorpicker.

What is new in version 0.15.0:

• NEW:
• "Read more" functionality for essays.
• Beta support for the GraphicsMagick image processing library.
• UPDATED:
• Koken now intelligently detects if two requests are generating the same cache and if so, other requests wait for the first to complete. This improves server resource usage when several visitors are viewing new content.
• FIXED:
• Resolved issue where links to albums couldn't be assigned to library images inserted into essays and pages.
• Site rendering hooks are now fired separately for the lightbox to prevent plugins conflicting with the lightbox functionality.
• Reset scrollbar when selecting media to be inserted into Text.
• Share menu not opening on some touch devices.

What is new in version 0.14.5:

• FIXED:
• Boolean shortcode settings now save properly when switching back to false.
• Scaling issue with koken:background and retina displays.

What is new in version 0.14.3:

• FIXED"
• .htaccess issues on older versions of Apache.
• Login issues for some installs.
• URL customization in Settings > Site publishing.
• Trash loading.
• Publish modal in Text not closing when clicking cancel.
• Firefox display problem with sets in the insert media sheet select.

What is new in version 0.14.2:

• FIXED:
• Improved string escaping to prevent errors in custom CSS.
• Resolve filtering issue that breaks plugins that handle code insertions.

What is new in version 0.13.3:

• UPDATED:
• Confirmation notifications now appear when editing tags assigned to albums.
• FIXED:
• Resolved issue with pillar-based themes not functioning correctly in Safari 5.0 specifically.

What is new in version 0.13.0:

• NEW:
• Date editing now available when multiple items are selected.
• Library content sidebar now shows what album(s) that item is a member of.
• UPDATED:
• Lightbox interface improvements.
• Added keyboard shortcut (Cmd/Ctrl-I) to open the Import Content sheet in the Library.
• FIXED:
• Lightbox links are not applied to sets.
• In previous versions, deleted albums would sometimes appear in the timeline.
• Current navigation class names in themes that use pjax/turbolinks and have multiple navigation lists.

What is new in version 0.12.6:

• SECURITY:
• Fixed directory traversal vulnerability. Thanks to Roland Koch for reporting.
• NEW:
• Double-clicking album covers opens that cover in single view.
• UPDATED:
• Responsive images with 1:1 ratios now use cropped presets to save storage space.
• FIXED:
• Character encoding for UTF-8 IPTC keywords.
• oEmbed fixes for the Spotify plugin.
• Image scaling fixes.
• Password reset messaging improvements.
• Issue with Share > Embed menu positioning and not being able to close.
• Resolved conflicts with the lightbox and the Image Protector plugin.

What is new in version 0.12.5:

• FIXED:
• Issue where body styles from parent page would be picked-up by the lightbox.
• Unnecessary modal warnings when publishing changes to Madison 2 / Regale 2.
• Import button not disabling after click allowing it to be pressed multiple times.
• Resolved issue with some browser extensions that would prevent the Koken Store from loading.
• Better error messages for info.json syntax errors.
• Resolved issue with Library multiselect not working when plugins were actived.
• Character encoding for images with UTF-8 IPTC data.

What is new in version 0.12.4:

• FIXED:
• Issue that would cause grid view themes like Madison 2 and Regale 2 to show duplicate images.
• Issue where long album titles would cause the import button in the upload sheet to disappear.
• Issue with long page titles in the Site > Edit links sheet.
• Maintain global upload visibility default when importing via drag and drop.

What is new in version 0.12.3:

• FIXED:
• Lightbox when opening from a Pulse slideshow on non-root Koken installations.
• Resolved issue with social media icons not appearing in the lightbox when used with certain themes.
• More dependable theme/plugin installations and upgrades on some hosts.
• Embedded media in themes that use pjax.
• k-nav-current fixes for custom links.

What is new in version 0.12.2:

• FIXED:
• Keyboard navigation now works properly in 0.12.
• Resolved console errors when attempting to activate certain themes.

What is new in version 0.12.1:

• Fixed:
• Failed Koken updates when using PHP 5.2.

What is new in version 0.11.3:

• FIXED:
• Essay topics now properly removed when the topic album is moved to the trash.
• YouTube oEmbed fix to ensure embedded video is the largest version available.
• Issue that caused Chrome to crash when loading the Library, especially when using Chrome on Windows.

What is new in version 0.11.2:

• FIXED:
• Older items not showing up in trash.
• Image generation on some installs with Imagick.
• Request limit fixes for Site5.
• JavaScript issue on non-rewrite installations.

What is new in version 0.11.1:

• Fixed:
• Bindings error when changing settings in Site.

What is new in version 0.10.6:

• Resolved compilation error that caused some Library image listings to break in 0.10.5.

What is new in version 0.10.4:

• Added is_cover content variable to detect whether an image inside an album is assigned as one of the album's covers.
• More generous lazy loading so that content just outside of the current view is loaded when possible.
• Content properties for Library images may now be used inside koken:featured_image.
• Resolved issue with album content not appearing in the timeline RSS feed.

What is new in version 0.10.2:

• FIXED:
• Month display in Library when using Firefox.
• Category listing for individual items were incorrectly showing all categories.
• Encoding fix for UTF-8 information in IPTC/EXIF data.
• Text editing issue that could cause one item's data to overwrite another page or essay.
• Resolved conflict with album names that matched core labels.
• Contextual links when viewing content inside an unlisted album.

What is new in version 0.10.0:

• Timeline content view that presents a unified stream of the most recently published content, albums and essays. Includes new templates for timeline.lens and date.lens.
• Top-level tag and category browsing. Supporting templates include tags.lens, categories.lens, tag.lens and category.lens.
• Pagination of albums, essays and content within tag and category archives added so that context is retained.
• Added koken:discussion_count tag to display comment counts outside of the page displaying the discussion.
• Added timeline.rss feed.
• Added a Clear System Cache button to the Settings>System. This flushes the site and API caches for troubleshooting purposes.
• Console plugins can now be remotely updated so you're always up to date.
• Expand size option added to Pulse. Automatically expands and contracts the height of the Pulse slideshow to the native aspect ratio of the content it displays.
• Independent filter added to the Library. This filters your current view to display any images or videos that haven't been added to a collection.
• Assign new tag input now displays a drop-down offering existing tags as a shortcut.
• Drafts of published essays are now automatically saved in Text.
• Added new koken:select tag for displaying a dropdown containing linked lists of data.
• Added new koken:dates tag to display monthly archival links for the timeline, albums, content and essays.

What is new in version 0.9.5:

• UPDATED:
• Autocompletion when adding new tags.
• Koken now recognizes images from external media embeds and uses them for featured images in essays and pages.
• All themes - Support for element.
• IDs added to meta listings for easier targeting.
• Regale/Observatory - Improved column reflow for mobile devices.
• FIXED:
• Resolved remaining issues with link label editing.
• Several fixes for the insert media sheet in Text.
• Close button issue when opening an album in the lightbox.
• Resolved several issues with the add tags drawer.
• Draft essays no longer show in category listings or album topic data.
• Add link to current page now working when linking to an category archive.
• Boulevard - Pagination fixes for albums with more than 100 items.
• Boulevard - PJAX fix for easier customization of album.lens.

What is new in version 0.9.4:

• Fixed:
• Resolved an issue with link label editing.
• Calendar fixes when changing the published date in Text.
• Boulevard - Positioning fixes when custom logos are used.
• Madison - Mobile menu fixes when the viewport size changes.
• Ensure all dates in RSS feeds conform with RFC-822.
• Ensure console JavaScript is served as UTF-8.

What is new in version 0.9:

• UPDATED:
• All themes - Updated twitter card to use the large image summary card for essays with featured images.
• FIXED:
• Resolve upload errors when marking images as unlisted.
• Custom source attributes in koken:pulse.
• Workaround for servers with older versions of the PCRE library.
• .htaccess fix for servers without mod_headers enabled.
• koken:load fix for filter:category.
• Several timezone fixes.

What is new in version 0.8.5:

• NEW:
• Added url_encode option to Lens output tags.
• UPDATED:
• Facebook and Twitter social button code updated with improved markup.
• Slideshows may now be inserted into essays and pages again.
• Share data in all themes are now url encoded to prevent character parsing issues.

What is new in version 0.8.4:

• Resolved a caching issue that was causing updates to not show on the published site.

What is new in version 0.8.2:

• UPDATED:
• Better error handling to alert the user to API and database connection issues.
• Added variables that print the absolute path to an album's primary cover at preset sizes.
• Improvements to social media metadata output.
• FIXED:
• Transparent PNG fix when GD image library is in use.
• Fixed linking to album for media inserted into essays or pages.
• Regale theme: Fixed album cover width issue on mobile devices.
• Modifying the album content order now works as expected.
• Better encoding for inserted code in essays and pages.
• Resolved issue with infinity loading and front pages in some themes.
• Lightbox linking working properly again in Pulse.

What is new in version 0.8.1:

• Resolved a caching issue that was causing updates to not show on the published site.

What is new in version 0.8.0:

• Better link formatting
• Custom content labels
• Set covers, improved cover management
• Lens template tag and variable updates
• GPS support
• Code embedding in essays/pages
• Social sharing and Twitter Cards support
• External image embedding in essays/pages
• Disqus plugin and discussions
• Improved Madison navigation for mobile devices
• Easier custom templates
• Essay autosaving

Requirements:

• PHP 5.2 or higher
• MySQL 5 or higher
• PHP's GD or ImageMagick extension