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    <title>News and Announcements</title>
    <description>Official notices from the Hotaru team. This forum is intended to keep you up-to-date on Hotaru's progress.</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2023 04:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Download Hotaru Cms Core</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2023 00:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/download-hotaru-cms-core.6964/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (shibuya246)</author>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/forums/installation-specific-questions.41/" class="internalLink">Link to Installation Questions</a><br />
<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/forums/general-troubleshooting.3/" class="internalLink">Link to General Troubleshooting</a><br />



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		<blockquote class="quoteContainer"><div class="quote"><b>Requirements</b><br />
Hotaru CMS has been tested using PHP 5.2.5 ~ 5.4.2 and MySQL 5.0~<br />
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<b>Instructions</b></div><div class="quoteExpand">Click to expand...</div></blockquote>
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</div><a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/resources/hotaru-cms-core.4/" class="internalLink">Read more about this resource...</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>New home page for Hotaru CMS</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2015 12:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/new-home-page-for-hotaru-cms.2219/</link>
      <guid>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/new-home-page-for-hotaru-cms.2219/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (shibuya246)</author>
      <dc:creator>shibuya246</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Along with the release of Hotaru CMS v.1.5.x the home page has also now been updated<br />
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<a href="http://hotarucms.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">http://hotarucms.org/</a><br />
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<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/new-home-page-for-hotaru-cms.2219/" class="internalLink">New home page for Hotaru CMS</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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      <title>Download Hotaru Cms Version 1.6.0</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2014 21:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/download-hotaru-cms-version-1-6-0.7531/</link>
      <guid>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/download-hotaru-cms-version-1-6-0.7531/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (shibuya246)</author>
      <dc:creator>shibuya246</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[v.1.6.0 now officially released<br />
<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/resources/hotaru-cms-core.4/" class="internalLink">http://forums.hotarucms.org/resources/hotaru-cms-core.4/</a><br />
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<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/download-hotaru-cms-version-1-6-0.7531/" class="internalLink">Download Hotaru Cms Version 1.6.0</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>43</slash:comments>
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      <title>Innodb Database Engine For Better Performance</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/innodb-database-engine-for-better-performance.7555/</link>
      <guid>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/innodb-database-engine-for-better-performance.7555/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (shibuya246)</author>
      <dc:creator>shibuya246</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The InnoDB engine for MySql is now the default engine and the preferred choice for most operations. The install script of Hotaru has been using the older MyISAM engine for some time now going back to when Hotaru CMS was first developed.<br />
<br />
From Version 1.7 all tables except the Posts and Comments tables will be set up initially with InnoDB instead of MyISAM. The Posts and Comments may still use MyISAM as they have full text searching requirements which are not available with InnoDB yet.<br />
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Here...<br />
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<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/innodb-database-engine-for-better-performance.7555/" class="internalLink">Innodb Database Engine For Better Performance</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Ratings In Forum - We Need Your Help !</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2014 01:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/ratings-in-forum-we-need-your-help.7550/</link>
      <guid>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/ratings-in-forum-we-need-your-help.7550/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (shibuya246)</author>
      <dc:creator>shibuya246</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I have moved quite a number of the plugins to the Resources section of the forum and also now most of the themes. The core of Hotaru CMS is also in the Resource section.<br />
<br />
I would like people to give <b>ratings</b> to the plugins, themes and core to help us promote Hotaru.<br />
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When you give a <b>rating</b>, the results turn up on Google and also in the admin dashboard<br />
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This helps others find us which makes us a bigger community.<br />
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Please <b>rate</b> the resources and...<br />
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<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/ratings-in-forum-we-need-your-help.7550/" class="internalLink">Ratings In Forum - We Need Your Help !</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Old Themes Now Working On Latest Version</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2014 08:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/old-themes-now-working-on-latest-version.7547/</link>
      <guid>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/old-themes-now-working-on-latest-version.7547/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (shibuya246)</author>
      <dc:creator>shibuya246</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Since Version 1.5, a number of old popular themes like<br />
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Yonda<br />
HotaruFiltr<br />
Lounge<br />
Fluffy<br />
Yahoo Buzz<br />
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<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/forums/themes.34/" class="internalLink">http://forums.hotarucms.org/forums/themes.34/</a><br />
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were not working properly on the latest version of Hotaru CMS. This had prevented some users from upgrading to the latest version of Hotaru.<br />
<br />
In this version 1.6.5 release of Hotaru CMS a number of those issues have been addressed and old themes should now work as before. Can you please test them out and let us know if there are any...<br />
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<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/old-themes-now-working-on-latest-version.7547/" class="internalLink">Old Themes Now Working On Latest Version</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Hotaru CMS 1.4.2 Released</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2014 05:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/hotaru-cms-1-4-2-released.1282/</link>
      <guid>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/hotaru-cms-1-4-2-released.1282/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Nick)</author>
      <dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hotaru 1.4.2 is available for download. This version is a minor maintenance release.<br />
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~~~~~~<br />
If you&#039;re new here and wondering what exactly Hotaru CMS is, think of it    as &quot;Wordpress without blogging&quot;. If Wordpress didn&#039;t do blogging by    itself, you&#039;d need plugins to do it for you. And if you had to make    plugins, you wouldn&#039;t be limited to just blogging. You could make    plugins for any kind of site, whether a blog, a social network, an    online shop, etc. That&#039;s Hotaru CMS, a...<br />
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<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/hotaru-cms-1-4-2-released.1282/" class="internalLink">Hotaru CMS 1.4.2 Released</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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      <title>Resources Section</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/resources-section.7544/</link>
      <guid>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/resources-section.7544/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (shibuya246)</author>
      <dc:creator>shibuya246</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I have been converting some of the plugins over from general forum thread to the Resource Section of the forums, so we can download them easier and also use the data as an API into the back end of everyones Hotaru CMS admin dashboard.<br />
<br />
More and more of the plugins will be converted over in the next few weeks<br />
<br />
<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/resources/" class="internalLink">http://forums.hotarucms.org/resources/</a><br />
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<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/resources-section.7544/" class="internalLink">Resources Section</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Admin Theme Updates</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/admin-theme-updates.7534/</link>
      <guid>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/admin-theme-updates.7534/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (shibuya246)</author>
      <dc:creator>shibuya246</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I have been updating the admin theme and also adding the ability to download plugins directly from the admin dashboard. This will be released in the next version. I am using this forum as the API link to get the version number updates and transfer the zip files as well.<br />
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If you do not have an active account on these forums, you will need one to make the downloads work. Please make sure you have an active account here asap.<br />
<br />
Here are some screenshots showing the updates...<br />
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<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/admin-theme-updates.7534/" class="internalLink">Admin Theme Updates</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Memcache and Hotaru CMS testing for v.1.6.0</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/memcache-and-hotaru-cms-testing-for-v-1-6-0.2269/</link>
      <guid>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/memcache-and-hotaru-cms-testing-for-v-1-6-0.2269/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (shibuya246)</author>
      <dc:creator>shibuya246</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I have added memcache as an option to the core of Hotaru CMS and am looking for a few sites that want to test it. If successful this will be standard in the v.1.6.0 Hotaru CMS version which is planned for release by the end of this month.<br />
<br />
Currently I have memcache running on <a href="http://ipadrank.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">http://ipadrank.com</a> in debug mode and am displaying the stats at the botom of the page. I have added a counter showing the number of cached queries in addition to the db queries.<br />
<br />
I have set my cache...<br />
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<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/memcache-and-hotaru-cms-testing-for-v-1-6-0.2269/" class="internalLink">Memcache and Hotaru CMS testing for v.1.6.0</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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      <title>Hotaru CMS 1.5.0 RC6</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2014 06:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/hotaru-cms-1-5-0-rc6.2183/</link>
      <guid>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/hotaru-cms-1-5-0-rc6.2183/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (shibuya246)</author>
      <dc:creator>shibuya246</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Final one before release<br />
Unless anything major comes up, the release will be very close to this<br />
<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/showthread.php?1998-Download-Hotaru-CMS-1-5-0-RC6" class="internalLink">http://forums.hotarucms.org/showthread.php?1998-Download-Hotaru-CMS-1-5-0-RC6</a><br />
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<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/hotaru-cms-1-5-0-rc6.2183/" class="internalLink">Hotaru CMS 1.5.0 RC6</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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      <title>Link to hotarucms.org</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2014 16:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/link-to-hotarucms-org.854/</link>
      <guid>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/link-to-hotarucms-org.854/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (shibuya246)</author>
      <dc:creator>shibuya246</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It is great to see a lot of new users of Hotaru, and many people taking part in the forums, both asking questions and helping to answer them. This last week the forums have been busy and I have seen a good mix of new to established users.<br />
<br />
We have made some good progress on the core development of Hotaru and now have close to 100 plugins available for use. The number of themes is picking up too and feedback is good.<br />
<br />
Thanks to all who have helped.<br />
<br />
<b>If you are not sure what you can...</b><br />
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<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/link-to-hotarucms-org.854/" class="internalLink">Link to hotarucms.org</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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      <title>Download Hotaru CMS 1.5.2</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 06:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/download-hotaru-cms-1-5-2.2258/</link>
      <guid>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/download-hotaru-cms-1-5-2.2258/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (shibuya246)</author>
      <dc:creator>shibuya246</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[v.1.5.2 now officially released<br />
<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/showthread.php?2257-Download-Hotaru-CMS-1-5-2" class="internalLink">http://forums.hotarucms.org/showthread.php?2257-Download-Hotaru-CMS-1-5-2</a><br />
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<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/download-hotaru-cms-1-5-2.2258/" class="internalLink">Download Hotaru CMS 1.5.2</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Download Hotaru CMS 1.5.2 (RC1)</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/download-hotaru-cms-1-5-2-rc1.2253/</link>
      <guid>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/download-hotaru-cms-1-5-2-rc1.2253/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (shibuya246)</author>
      <dc:creator>shibuya246</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[RC1 for Hotaru CMS v.1.5.2 now ready for download<br />
<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/showthread.php?2252-Download-Hotaru-CMS-1-5-2-(RC1)" class="internalLink">http://forums.hotarucms.org/showthread.php?2252-Download-Hotaru-CMS-1-5-2-(RC1)</a><br />
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<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/download-hotaru-cms-1-5-2-rc1.2253/" class="internalLink">Download Hotaru CMS 1.5.2 (RC1)</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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      <title>Hotaru CMS 1.5.2 beta</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/hotaru-cms-1-5-2-beta.2250/</link>
      <guid>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/hotaru-cms-1-5-2-beta.2250/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (shibuya246)</author>
      <dc:creator>shibuya246</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A beta version of Hotaru CMS v.1.5.2 has been released and is available for immediate download<br />
<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/showthread.php?2249-Download-Hotaru-CMS-1-5-2-(Beta1)&amp;p=13554" class="internalLink">http://forums.hotarucms.org/showthread.php?2249-Download-Hotaru-CMS-1-5-2-(Beta1)&amp;p=13554</a><br />
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<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/hotaru-cms-1-5-2-beta.2250/" class="internalLink">Hotaru CMS 1.5.2 beta</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>User Signin Plugin Update</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 06:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/user-signin-plugin-update.2215/</link>
      <guid>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/user-signin-plugin-update.2215/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (shibuya246)</author>
      <dc:creator>shibuya246</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[2 important plugins got an update just now<br />
The User Signin plugin and the Stop Spam plugin<br />
<br />
Both of these plugins may need you to remove them from your installed list and then put them back in the list, although a simple on/off may be enough<br />
<br />
<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/showthread.php?334-User-Signin-0-8" class="internalLink">http://forums.hotarucms.org/showthread.php?334-User-Signin-0-8</a><br />
<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/showthread.php?231-Stop-Spam-0-6" class="internalLink">http://forums.hotarucms.org/showthread.php?231-Stop-Spam-0-6</a><br />
<br />
There is a known CSRF error message coming up on the user registration page. That is being looked...<br />
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<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/user-signin-plugin-update.2215/" class="internalLink">User Signin Plugin Update</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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      <title>Bookmarking plugin updated to 0.6</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/bookmarking-plugin-updated-to-0-6.2202/</link>
      <guid>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/bookmarking-plugin-updated-to-0-6.2202/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (shibuya246)</author>
      <dc:creator>shibuya246</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The bookmarking plugin was updated here<br />
<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/showthread.php?809-Bookmarking-0-6" class="internalLink">http://forums.hotarucms.org/showthread.php?809-Bookmarking-0-6</a><br />
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<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/bookmarking-plugin-updated-to-0-6.2202/" class="internalLink">Bookmarking plugin updated to 0.6</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Hotaru CMS 1.5.1</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2013 19:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/hotaru-cms-1-5-1.2198/</link>
      <guid>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/hotaru-cms-1-5-1.2198/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (shibuya246)</author>
      <dc:creator>shibuya246</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[New version mainly for php5.2 users is out<br />
This is not a critical update for those who have installed v.1.5.0<br />
<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/showthread.php?2187-Download-Hotaru-CMS-1-5-0" class="internalLink">http://forums.hotarucms.org/showthread.php?2187-Download-Hotaru-CMS-1-5-0</a><br />
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<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/hotaru-cms-1-5-1.2198/" class="internalLink">Hotaru CMS 1.5.1</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Download Hotaru CMS 1.5.0</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 07:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/download-hotaru-cms-1-5-0.2188/</link>
      <guid>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/download-hotaru-cms-1-5-0.2188/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (shibuya246)</author>
      <dc:creator>shibuya246</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[New version of Hotaru CMS v.1.5.0 is now officially out<br />
<br />
<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/showthread.php?2187-Download-Hotaru-CMS-1-5-0" class="internalLink">http://forums.hotarucms.org/showthread.php?2187-Download-Hotaru-CMS-1-5-0</a><br />
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<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/download-hotaru-cms-1-5-0.2188/" class="internalLink">Download Hotaru CMS 1.5.0</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Recent Code Updates</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 23:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/recent-code-updates.2040/</link>
      <guid>http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/recent-code-updates.2040/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (shibuya246)</author>
      <dc:creator>shibuya246</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[v.1.5.0 is almost ready to be released, but after a long period of no updates, a lot of last minute things are being included in the release which is holding it up a bit. The main things we are looking at right now are making sure that bootstrap will work with the default theme as well as not altering the other themes that have been created for Hotaru CMS. It is possible some minor edits to these themes may be required, but we are testing many of them to try and limit the problems.<br />
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Plugins...<br />
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<a href="http://forums.hotarucms.org/threads/recent-code-updates.2040/" class="internalLink">Recent Code Updates</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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