Blog · publishing since 2008
Release announcements, version previews, security advisories, and the occasional detour — written by the team building Blesta.
Blesta 3.0 development update: a ground-up object-oriented rewrite with a redesigned Client Overview, drag-and-drop staff widgets, and hex-based color themes.
A first peek at the Blesta 3.0 admin design: the client Services box with a changeable color theme, status icons, and a layout that scales to your browser.
How Blesta 3.0 secures data for decades: RSA public-key encryption for stored credit cards, optional private-key passphrases, and AES for module data.
Liquid Web sent their sought-after Hero action figure to Blesta HQ, and we documented his stay with a lighthearted photo shoot around the office.
Blesta 3.0 adds two-factor authentication with TOTP and Mobile-OTP one-time passwords, backported to 2.5, protecting accounts even if a password is reused.
A look at the office vending machine's habit of eating money and dangling snacks, and a very relatable post-it note left for the vending machine guy.
Blesta 3.0's API design: building on the minPHP MVC framework yields an automatic RESTful API exposing all public model methods, in JSON, XML, and more.
minPHP is released: a lightweight, open source MVC PHP framework under the MIT license from the makers of Blesta, and the foundation for Blesta 3.0.
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