v14.12.0

New Features

• Support server side color schema preference, reduce flash of the screen when auto switch to dark theme
• Admin portal now indicates whether IndexNow service is configured
• Posts can now be unpublished and return back to draft state
• Lazy load captcha image to enhance security and prevent time out
• Preview support for social links

Updates and Fixes

• Add cool down time to reduce 429 error in IndexNow service
• Fix reading time calculation in Japanese language
• Fix umlaut display issue by decoding HTML entities

Note

• Database Upgrades: Automatic database upgrades currently support only SQL Server. If you use a different database, please refer to Deployment/mssql-migration.sql to create your own migration script.

v14.11.0

New Features

• Japanese language support
• Dark mode is now supported in Admin portal

Updates and Fixes

• Update and fix a few translation errors

Note

• Database Upgrades: Automatic database upgrades currently support only SQL Server. If you use a different database, please refer to Deployment/mssql-migration.sql to create your own migration script.

v14.10.0

New Features

• IndexNow Support: Implemented support for IndexNow to improve SEO.
• Estimated Reading Time: Added estimated reading time for blog posts to enhance user experience.
• Gravatar Integration: Users can now choose to use Gravatar as their profile picture in Admin settings. This feature has moved out of experimental status.
• Mention Source Display: The source of webmentions or pingbacks is now displayed in the Mention history for better clarity.

Updates and Fixes

• Navigation Bar Icon Color: Fixed the issue with the admin portal navigation bar icon color.
• Route Link Generation: Resolved the problem where servers with German regional settings were generating incorrect route links.
• 404 Error Handling: Fixed the handling of 404 errors in the Webmention protocol.

Note

• Database Upgrades: Automatic database upgrades currently support only SQL Server. If you use a different database, please refer to Deployment/mssql-migration.sql to create your own migration script.

v14.9.0

New Features

• Add LaTeX rendering support in blog posts
• Add German translation #812
• Improve dark mode styling
• Experimental: allow user to use Gravatar as profile image (Experimental:UseOwnerEmailAsAvatar flag, bool)

Updates and Fixes

• A few UI design fixes
• Replace jQuery with vanilla JavaScript
• Improve accessibility
• Remove 'Indian Curry' theme
• Pingback and Webmention are now forced not to be allowed from and to localhost to ensure security

Note

• This version of Moonglade removed jQuery dependency, if your custom pages use jQuery, please migrate them manually.
• Automatic database upgrades currently support only SQL Server. If you use a different database, please refer to Deployment/mssql-migration.sql to create your own migration script.

v14.8.1

New Features

• Configurable email API key header name
• Improved overall accessibility and SEO
• Archive list now starts from the top left of the page for better aesthetics

Updates and Fixes

• Optimized query performance for blog posts
• Enhanced captcha code security in specific cases
• Code editor: Added support for 'Nginx' and 'Puppet' languages
• Code editor: Removed support for 'Ruby' and 'Visual Basic (.NET)' languages
• Updated code highlighter (highlight.js) to the latest version
• Improved readability of pre/code blocks
• Fixed display errors in dark mode
• Corrected translation errors in some language packs
• Removed QR code generation from blog posts as modern browsers have this feature built-in

Note

Automatic database upgrades currently support only SQL Server. If you use a different database, please refer to Deployment/mssql-migration.sql to create your own migration script.

v14.7.1

New Features

• Admin Menu Update: The admin menu now follows the Microsoft Fluent Design System, providing a more modern and intuitive user experience.
• Automatic Database Schema Migration: Moonglade can now automatically migrate database schemas when upgrading to a new version. This feature supports all versions starting from v14.1.0. Currently, only SQL Server is supported, but more database targets will be added in future releases.

Updates and Fixes

• Self-Hosted Editors: TinyMCE and Monaco Editor are now self-hosted instead of being served from a CDN, improving reliability in various network conditions.
• Consistent Captcha Fonts: Linux deployments now display the same font for captcha images as Windows deployments, ensuring a consistent user experience across platforms.
• Default Time Zone Setting: The default time zone setting during new setups is now set to UTC, promoting a standardized time reference.
• Azure Deployment Location: The default deployment location in Azure has been changed to West US, optimizing regional performance.
• Monitoring Upgrade: Migrated from App Insights to Azure Monitor with OpenTelemetry for enhanced monitoring and observability.
• HTTP Header Fixes: Fixed several middleware issues where correct HTTP headers were not being retrieved.
• Performance Optimization: Various performance improvements have been implemented to enhance overall system efficiency.
• .NET Patch: Updated .NET to version 8.0.8, ensuring the latest security and performance enhancements.

v14.6.0

New Features

• Update design to better fit modern screen sizes
• Display abstract for posts in admin portal
• Disable auto-lowercasing of query strings
• Post abstract that is manually written will not be limited to only 400 characters long
• Add pronouns settings

Update and Fixes

• Show environment warning in console instead of page top
• Update AzureQuickDeploy.ps1 to use P0V3 SKU by default
• More strict China detection on production environment to comply with regulations in China

v14.5.0

New Features

• Support the "Webmention" protocol

Update and Fixes

• Bump Monaco editor to latest version
• Bump TinyMCE to latest version
• Bump .NET runtime to latest version
• API resilience improvements
• Logging improvements
• A few UI design improvements
• Change default days of showing warning for post slug modification to 3 days

Upgrade from Previous Version

SQL Server

Run migration script in ./Deployment/mssql-migration.sql

-- v14.4.1 - v14.5.x

ALTER TABLE Post DROP COLUMN IsOriginal
GO

ALTER TABLE Post DROP COLUMN OriginLink
GO

EXEC sp_rename 'Pingback', 'Mention'
GO

ALTER TABLE Mention ADD Worker NVARCHAR(16)
GO

UPDATE Mention SET Worker = N'Pingback'
GO

Other Databases

I don't have knowledge of MySQL and PostgreSql. Please refer to SQL Server migration script and do it yourself.

v14.4.1

New Features

• Local account authentication is changed to one single account only
• Users can view local account login history
• Deployment behind Azure Front Door will see X-Azure-FDID header value in the about page of admin portal

Update and Fixes

• Logging enhancement for post, page, tag, category, friend link operations
• Remove .bmp format from default image extensions list
• Deprecate MetaWeblog API support
• Deprecate old password hashing method
• Deprecate NUglify library
• Migrate data accessing infrastructure to ardalis/Specification
• Remove default CSP rules for IIS, adding CSP is now fully under user's control in web server platforms
• Geo location HTTP header name is now x-geo-match to further decouple with Azure
• Bump .NET to 8.0.5

Upgrade from Previous Version

SQL Server

Run migration script in ./Deployment/mssql-migration.sql

-- v14.3.x - v14.4.1
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[LoginHistory](
	[Id] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
	[LoginTimeUtc] [datetime] NOT NULL,
	[LoginIp] [nvarchar](64) NULL,
	[LoginUserAgent] [nvarchar](128) NULL,
	[DeviceFingerprint] [nvarchar](128) NULL,
 CONSTRAINT [PK_LoginHistory] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED 
(
	[Id] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON, OPTIMIZE_FOR_SEQUENTIAL_KEY = OFF) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO

DROP TABLE [LocalAccount]
GO

EXEC sys.sp_rename 
    @objname = N'Category.RouteName', 
    @newname = 'Slug', 
    @objtype = 'COLUMN'
GO

IF EXISTS (
    SELECT 1
    FROM sys.columns c
    JOIN sys.objects o ON c.object_id = o.object_id
    WHERE o.name = 'Post' AND c.name = 'InlineCss'
)
BEGIN
    ALTER TABLE Post DROP COLUMN InlineCss;
END;
GO

Other Databases

I don't have knowledge of MySQL and PostgreSql. Please refer to SQL Server migration script and do it yourself.

v14.3.3

New Features

• Add zh-Hant language support
• New email notification API, decouple with Azure to let user have the ability to create their own API besides Azure

Update and Fixes

• Remove "Sort By" dropdown selector
• Remove IP rate limiting feature, it should be managed by WAF
• Upgrade to TinyMCE 7.0
• Patch .NET to 8.0.3

Upgrade from Previous Version

If you are using Email notification, please migrate to the new email API and add configuration in appsettings.json

"Email": {
    "ApiEndpoint": "",
    "ApiKey": ""
}