Lessn More

The Future of Lessn More

Sat, 30 Sep 2017 16:48:36 -0700

Hi, it’s Alan, the maintainer of Lessn More. Over at my main blog, I have written about the future of Lessn More as I see it.

Please give it a read if you are a Lessn More user.

Also, please take the responsibility of running your shortener seriously. If you share short URLs in public, then you have a responsibility to keep your shortener running or you will be breaking parts of the Internet by introducing busted links.

Keep posted for some upcoming improvements to Lessn More.

Announcing v2.5.1

Wed, 27 Sep 2017 22:51:44 -0700

Lessn More 2.5.1 has been released.

Upgrading

As always, grab it from Github.

https://github.com/alanhogan/lessnmore

Only /-/pages/stats.php changed in this release.

What’s New?

Fixes JavaScript and the Back button on the stats page when on HTTPS.

Announcing v2.5.0

Wed, 27 Sep 2017 22:27:53 -0700

Lessn More 2.5.0 has been released.

Upgrading

As always, grab it from Github.

https://github.com/alanhogan/lessnmore

Please replace the files on your site with those in the dist/ folder (keeping your config file). Add the new constant RANDOM_SLUG_LENGTH to your config.php. Be sure you get the new random_compat folder in /-/library if you are not on on PHP 7 or newer.

What’s New?

Big news! Now you can configure Lessn More to generate random slugs of a desired length instead of incremental, guessable slugs. This means you will generate URLs like /8RTvaN, /Nvb3QP instead of /a, /b, /c, if desired.
The link in LM's header now points to your main admin page, and the update check info in the footer will always link to the LM project home page.

Announcing v2.4.0

Sun, 17 Sep 2017 04:17:48 -0700

Lessn More 2.4.0 has been released.

Upgrading

As always, grab it from Github.

https://github.com/alanhogan/lessnmore

Just copy over all the files in dist/ to your web server’s root (or wherever you previously installed Lessn More). Skip or delete install.php.

What’s New?

Users logging in over HTTPS will be authenticated with a cookie that will not leak out over HTTPS
Cookies are now set with HTTP_ONLY, which means rogue JavaScript cannot steal your authentication cookie
There is now a LOG OUT button
Lessn More now checks for an updated version of itself whenever you use the web interface. (You still have to manually upgrade!)

Announcing v2.3.0

Wed, 13 Sep 2017 20:14:18 -0700

Lessn More 2.3.0 has been released.

Upgrading

As always, grab it from Github.

https://github.com/alanhogan/lessnmore

You only need the new /-/index.php for this upgrade. Optionally, add the new PROTOCOL_OVERRIDE constant from config-example.php into your config.php.

What’s New?

Lessn More will now return http: or https: short URLs to match the current protocol your server is responding to, by default. You can manually specify your preferred protocol in config.php.
Lessn More lets you shrink non-Web URIs now, too, such as ftp: or magnet:.

Announcing v2.2.0

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:35:00 -0700

Lessn More 2.2.0 has been released. Apologies for the delay.

Upgrading

As always, grab it from Github.

https://github.com/alanhogan/lessnmore

To upgrade from an earlier version of Lessn More, just upload the latest copy of Lessn More to your server. Skip or delete install.php.

Note that since v2.2, there is only a config-example.php file in the distribution, and no config.php file. You will not need to take care to avoid overwriting your existing config.php file, but do take care not to replace the whole /-/ folder and your config.php file; please make a backup copy of it before upgrading.

What’s New?

Better stats page.

More compatible with sqlite (see #7).

Other small fixes and improvements.

Supports a custom timezone in config.php.

Special thanks to Matt Wiebe for a lot of these changes.

Testers Wanted

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 06:03:48 -0800

I will be releasing a modest update of Lessn More soon, and it would be enormously helpful if anyone with a Postgres or SQLite setup were willing to help me test it.

Please drop me a line via https://alanhogan.com/contact if you are interested.

Announcing 2.1.0

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Lessn More 2.1.0 has been released.

As always, grab it from Github.

https://github.com/alanhogan/lessnmore