Lamb 0.5.0

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Originally written on lamb-releases:

New in this release:

Crossposting from feeds. Support for user themes. A new retro 2024 theme.

I've been able to move the project closer to my vision for a frictionless blog and rss aggregator. #projects #lamb

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    Barrier free super simple blogging, self-hosted.

    New Features

    • Draft post support — posts can now be saved as drafts before publishing
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    • Preload entry form — the new post textarea can be pre-filled via a ?text= query string parameter
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  • Lamb 0.6.0…

    Originally written on lamb-releases:

    The goal for a new feature release for Lamb is 3-5 new features.

    What's Changed

    1. Web-Based Configuration Implementation Developed a web-based settings page to replace the existing config.ini.
    2. Emoji Search Functionality Enhanced the search and tag functionality to support emoji-based URLs.
    3. Fix Slug/Navigation Bug Resolved the issue with slugs in the navigation menu.
    4. Pagination Feature Implemented pagination on the website to enhance content accessibility.
    5. Feed Styles Enhancement. This feature is no longer planned, see #10.

    Full Changelog: https://github.com/svandragt/lamb/compare/0.5.4...0.6.0

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