Version 1.0.2 has been released.

Changelog:

• Adding an output of the last blogs since last visit. There is currently no link to it, but it is available at blog/view/last_visit_blogs.html
  
• Fixing a bug in the blog_delete_user function (forgot to include the constants file).
  
• Correcting a lot of entries in the permissions language file.
  
• Adding a new function to the plugins class to make it easier to add to the to-do list in the plugins class.
  
• Allowing the option for each style to have access to the plugins system. If a file named style_plugin.php exists in the style directory it will be loaded when somebody accesses a blog with that style. This allows style authors to make changes to the output data for their specific style and make styling much more flexible and powerful.
  
• Fixing 2 bugs when adding/editing a poll.
  
• Fixing another bug in attachements while editing a comment.
  
• Adding a new style named Coda. This was copied and modified from the wordpress style on http://coda.co.za/blog/
  
• NOTE FOR TRANSLATORS: 1 new language field has been added in the mods/blog/view.php file and the acp/permissions_blog.php file has been re-done.
  
• To update from 1.0.1 follow the instructions in contrib/update/101_to_102.xml.

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