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14 May 2003

Technorati 0.92 is out. Here’s what’s new.

  • (New) Added an optional configuration variable for a prefered XML parser.
  • (New) Added an optional configuration variable to disable the cache.
  • (New) Added an optional configuration variable to display debug information.
  • (New) Added an optional configuration variable that forces XML::Simple to use a specific XML parser.
  • (New) TechnoratiLinkCreated tag now accepts date formating arguments.
  • (New) Plugin attempts to correct some common XML mistakes like unescaped ampersands. Thanks to Jacques Distler for the patch.
  • (Change) The Expressions plugin is now optional. If it is installed, MT tag attributes will be processed for embeded tag expressions.

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