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GuppY 4.6.4 corrects a security failure recently discovered on versions 4.6.1 and higher. Users of these versions are advised to upgrade immediately.

For additional information and instructions to check and improve the security of your GuppY installation, please read the release announcement.

SilverStripe 2.1.1 is a maintenance release, containing a few bug fixes and a number of small improvements.

To learn more, please refer to the release announcement and the related changelog.

According to Wikipedia, Halloween did not become a holiday in the United States until the 19th century, when the migration of nearly two million Irish following the Irish Potato Famine brought the holiday to the United States.

Halloween is in fact believed to have originated in Ireland, where pre-Christian Celts had an autumn festival, called Samhain. That night the division between the world of the living and the otherworld was blurred so spirits of the dead and inhabitants from the underworld were able to walk free on the earth.

Also Scottish emigration from the British Isles, primarily to Canada before 1870 and to the United States thereafter, brought the Scottish version of the holiday to each country.

Halloween is now the United States’ second most popular holiday (after Christmas) for home and yard decorations: jack-o’-lanterns, scarecrows, witches, orange and purple string lights, foam tombstones and gargoyles contribute to this unique holiday climate.

Happy Halloween!

Lifetype 1.2.5 is the latest maintenance release of the 1.2 branch.

“Continuing with the trend started in the 1.2 branch, Lifetype 1.2.5 delivers a couple of minor new features and some polish under the hood, specially concerning the API.

We have noticed that as of late, there has been a somewhat remarkable increase of support issues and bug reports related to the API, so it finally seems like users and developers have started to realize the potential of the fully-featured and documented API that you get with Lifetype.”

For details, please read the release announcement.

RunCMS 1.6 offers more speed, more features, and a new look and feel.

Speed improvements result from a revised caching system which saves SQL queries, from a new mechanism for user login and logout, and from optimization of XoopsTree which saves additional SQL queries on sites with many categories.

New features for developers include new classes, template support in core, inclusion of Snoopy and Prototype libraries, and extended mod_rewrite support.

The new presentation features include a new Halloween theme, and the capability to create your own design for the admin area.

For additional information, please read the release announcement.