tcms/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to Ty Clifford's Content Management System are documented here.

2026-07-05

Added

• Added api.php for .env username/password authenticated remote management of content, media uploads, and comments.
• Added a native AppKit macOS 12+ client under macclient/ for editing posts/pages, uploading media, moderating comments, local autosave, and optional remote draft autosave.
• Added Mac client post/page list pagination with configurable per-page counts.
• Added Mac client media pagination plus native image preview and audio/video playback.
• Added Mac client editor-screen media upload with automatic Markdown/shortcode insertion.
• Added Mac client Media context-menu actions to copy a file URL or a ready-to-paste Markdown embed.
• Added Mac client confirmation sheets for saving drafts, publishing, updating, and deleting posts/pages.
• Added Mac client editor spell-check and auto-correct options.
• Added a Mac client Update action for saving existing posts/pages without changing their current draft/published status.
• Added a public post lightbox slideshow for images, native videos, video embeds, and direct media links within the same post.
• Added a declared shortcode parser with PHP-array/JSON configuration, including [youtube=<id>] and [video poster=<poster> file=<file>].
• Added lone-embed.php as the generated HTML5 video player target for video shortcodes.

Changed

• Simplified API and Mac client authentication to .env username/password only, removing token-based auth.
• Rebranded the native Mac client bundle and menus to TCMS.
• Fixed Mac client resizing, maximized editor text reflow, startup layout refresh, guarded undo/redo behavior, keyboard focus traversal, and standard Command-key shortcuts including Settings and Update.
• Fixed Mac client Update so edited Markdown is read from the live text storage and stale save responses no longer overwrite the editor.
• Expanded the API content save endpoint to accept markdown, content, or body payload fields for editor content.
• Blocked direct web access to .env and the macclient/ source folder through .htaccess, with matching .env protection in the local PHP router.

2026-07-04

Added

• Created a fresh PHP, SQLite, JSON, and Markdown blog CMS with Bludit-style bl-content/pages/<slug>/index.txt content folders.
• Added pretty URL routing through .htaccess, RSS feed output, sitemap output, search, pagination, categories, tags, archives, static pages, and social link rendering.
• Added a dark-neon default theme with visitor-selectable light mode and accent colors: green, blue, red, pink, purple, and orange.
• Added CLI content management through cli/blog.php for creating, updating, deleting, listing, rebuilding, moderating comments, editing site settings, managing social links, and reading stats summaries.
• Added SQLite-backed comments with moderation, captcha, and honeypot protection.
• Added human-readable CSV visit stats designed for spreadsheet import.
• Added subdirectory install support through base_path, base_url, route parsing, and base-aware URL generation.
• Added cli/import-bludit.php for importing Bludit content from a local server directory, preserving publish dates, modified dates, static pages, statuses, categories, tags, authors, cover metadata, page order, uploads, page-local files, and best-effort comments.
• Added trusted post/page rendering for raw HTML, iframes, JavaScript, and executable PHP inside Markdown .txt content.

Changed

• Replaced the previous Bludit application tree with a purpose-built CMS while keeping copy-friendly Bludit-style content storage.
• Updated default branding to Ty Clifford's Content Management System.
• Expanded pagination controls to show Previous, up to 10 page numbers around the current page, Next, and a per-page summary.

Verified

• Smoke-tested core routes, feed, sitemap, search, static pages, assets, comments, stats, and subdirectory loading with the local FrankenPHP runtime.
• Tested the Bludit importer with a synthetic local Bludit directory, including dry-run and real import cleanup.