Well, it gets old! As flattering as it is, constantly being asked about phpHaze's 1.59 release date does get somewhat annoying; even though as I said it is flattering! It is truly an honor that the few beta testers we do have are so supportive of phpHaze.

So surely it's been too long since I've blogged about phpHaze (or really blogged about anything for that matter) so on to the sneak peak that you all so on to what's coming in 1.59 that wasn't mentioned in the post at my network site.

As you already know, the biggest part of the upgrade will be the User Groups feature which will allow a better type of access control for various parts of your CMS, and this feature is required for the forum module to function properly (expected in 1.59.1).

I have also added some unexpected and unplanned features which were primarily intended for a Client but will be included in the core of phpHaze as well. One feature being an admin panel controlled staff listing, where you can add and update the photos and biographies of various staff members (if any). This is the one and only admin area that technically isnt located in the admin panel (besides plugins and separate modules). When you visit the Staff icon in the admin panel it will redirect you to outside the admin panel to the actual staff page itself which is built in with the admin controls necessary for maintaining the list.

I've also added some nifty features to the Link system in haze; including the ability to submit links, whether your logged in or not -- both protected by CAPCHA image verification. You can also now choose which links are Featured, and these appear directly on the link directory front page.

Among all of these new features, I have made considerable improvements to the Error checking system across the CMS as well as comprehensive updates to the general code structure. I really didn't want to add this many new features in 1.59 because it surely creates too many possible bugs and exploits that will have to be fixed in service releases.

That is all for now, there are many more things to say but I will leave that until the upgrade is released. Lookout for 1.59 Minor Upgrade by the end of this week!