Chaos CMS Changelog

Project: STN-Labz/Chaos

Maintained By: The Chaos CMS Dev Team

Last Update: 2025-11-01T01:50Z

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An open, transparent log of all development within the Chaos CMS

A Note: The the Bug Tracker is live and a feature_request module is now available for registered users.

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v.1.3.0 - Dev

Type: Release Development

Summary: Adding pre established features that we suspended.

Added

• Mailer configuration and test it in Admin. Writes to {project_root}/data/mailer.json

• Methods in /app/router.php to move home and post to /app/modules/ because they are core to this CMS, and render them correctly.

Fixed

• mailer.log saving to the wrong location (/app/logs/mailer.log -> /{project_root}/logs/mailer.log).

• Re established core/mailer configuration in admin->mailer.

• repaired /app/lib/render.php because render markdown file and render json file were not firing correctly.

• Changed admin->posts to write to /app/modules/posts/data instead of /public/modules/posts/data.

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v1.2.9 - Not Released

Type: Bug fixes

Summary: Repairing found issues

Added

• /app/admin/views/register.php because it was missing

• admin route to allow registration

• Plugin routing for automatic detection and inclusion

Fixed

97d7 Registration link missing if "registration_open": true & missing /admin?action=register

2b9d Settings not writing the correct flag in data/site_settings.json

46bd Plugin Loader not functioning, corrected via a loader in the router

2c17 Post in Admin, resolved the "unknown" author issue and add the authors name to the post table view.

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v1.2.8 - Release

Type: Release prep

Summary: Prepared for version release

Added

• My Account

• Delete account under my account

• Example Module

• Example Plugin

• Example (minimal) Theme

Fixed

• 8804 Ordering of h's (h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6) because it has be be largest to smallest (h6,h5,h4,h3,h2,h1) to prevent overlap in /app/lib/render.php

Removed

• Al development content and cleaned up themes for distro

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v1.2.7 - Post + Users

Type: Core enhancements

Summary: Membership and Blogging/Posts.

Added

• Post creation in MarkDown(md), HTML or JSON formats from admin

• Post front end module updated for updated data scheme

• Users in the admin, My Account (/account) coming soon.

• Markdown H's (h2, h3, h4)

Fixed

• long awaited format changes from just JSON

• simpleton approach to users

Changed

• improved front-end posts module routing

• improved front-end module posts flow & appearance

• improved member management from previous versions

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v1.2.6 - Global Markdown Rendering

Type: Core enhancement

Summary: Unified MarkDown rendering across the CMS ecosystem.

Added

• Full Markdown rendering in core, admin, pages, and modules.

• .md file routing for pages and modules.

• Official Documentation file (this file) /changelog

• page output for JSON, HTML, PHP Code, or MarkDown (md) in admin

Fixed

• c3e5 MarkDown Bold

• 87f5 MarkDown Italic/Emphasis

• ed90 Site Wide/Global Markdown Rendering

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v.1.2.5 - Plugin System Introduction

Type: Feature Release

Summary: Plugin Architecture established for modular extensions.

Added

• Plugin loader support and lifecycle hooks (plugininit, plugineregisterroutes, pluginshutdown).

• Plugin manifest format (manifest.json) for meta data and dependencies.

• Integrated with /app/lib shared libraries.

Changed

• CMS Bootstrap updated to include optional plugin discovery

• Simplified routing for module vs. plugin separation.

Fixed

• Incorrect dependency resolution during admin startup.

Removed

• Hardcoded plugin paths from earlier test builds.

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v1.2.4 - Admin & Routing Optimization

Type: Maintenance

Summary: Routing and pretty URL's, admin modifications.

Added

• early-stage admin modularization for cleaner UI.

• Core route caching for fast load

Changed

• Refactored bootstrap.php to streamline environment setup.

• Moved page saving to a unified structure (JSON/HTML/MD/PHP)

Fixed

• Pages saving to incorrect directory (/public/modules/posts/data).

• Admin access blocked during maintenance mode.

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v1.2.3 - Sentinel Integration Prep

Type: Security/Integration

Summary: Prepping for future security measures.

Added

• Sentinel Plugin hooks (allow/deny,tools,modules, placeholders)

• Configuration via config.json

Changed

• Rolled api-config.json into single config.json.

Fixed

• Missing helper functions in API flush routines

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v1.2.2 - Core Routing Stability

Type: Maintenance

Summary: Because housework must be done....

Added

• Route error handling and logging improvements.

Changed

• Reduced redundant core calls during bootstrap

Fixed

• Infinite redirect oop in /login route.

• Missing redirect_to() utility restored.

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v1.2.1 - Initial Public Beta

Type: Initial Major Release.

Summary: First structured Chaos CMS release under the STN-Labz ecosystem.

Added

• Dynamic routing system for pages and modules.

• Core libraries (/app/lib) established.

• Admin Dashboard and authentication established.

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