Stable release download

The current version of Typo requires Ruby on Rails 1.2.* and Ruby 1.8.4, along with a compatible database. You do not need to use SQLite or Mongrel to use typo, those are just the default requirements for the gem. If you don't want the defaults and want to use some other combination like MySQL and fastcgi, use the -f or --ignore-dependencies flags to ignore those dependencies (for example, sudo gem install -f typo) and read the docs on how to configure Typo for your database and webserver.

The easiest way to install Typo is to use the Typo .gem file:

  $ sudo gem install typo
  $ typo install /some/path

If you don't have root access on your hosting server, then try this instead:

  $ export GEM_PATH=~/gems
  $ gem install -i ~/gems typo
  $ ~/gems/bin/typo install /some/path

Alternately, you can download tar or zip files directly from Rubyforge

Tested themes download

Give your brand new Typo intallation a shiny coat. Lots of great themes were submitted to the Typo Theme Contest. Most of those themes have found a permanent home in the Proofread Typo Theme Catalog. Themes there are kept up to date and in sync with Typo releases.

2007-03-11 Typo 4.1

Typo 4.1 adds more features and some bugfixes.

2006-08-17 Typo 4.0.3

Typo 4.0.3 has more bugfixes.

2006-08-10 Typo 4.0.2

Typo 4.0.2 is a security release. Install it alongside Rails 1.1.6.

2006-08-09 Typo 4.0.1

Typo 4.0.1 includes a number of bug fixes. The installer has been substantially improved. This version of Typo requires Rails 1.1.5, which fixes a substantial Rails security bug.

2006-07-21 Typo 4.0.0

Typo 4.0.0 is finally available. New features:

• A new installer and a Typo .gem file. Run gem install typo and then typo install /some/path to install Typo.
• Text filter plugins, including easy inline Flickr image support and syntax highlighting for code.
• Enhanced feed support. Atom 1.0 and RSS 2.0 are both supported. Atom 0.3 has been removed. Both feed types have better UUIDs. There are also per-tag, -category, and -author feeds. Most pages have their own content-specific feeds available via feed autodiscovery.
• Tags. The 'keywords' field in the Typo admin UI (as well as many blog editors) has been commandeered to provide tagging for Typo. Tags are separated by spaces (just like Flickr). If you want to include a space in a tag, then use quotes.
• Improved spam management. There's a "Feedback" tab in the admin interface that lists all comments and trackbacks so they can be bulk-deleted. In addition, Typo can now use Akismet for spam filtering.
• File uploads. You can now upload images and other content directly from the admin UI.
• Podcast support (experimental).
• Email and/or Jabber notification of new content, including comments and trackbacks.
• Support for posting articles with a future posting date. Pre-posted articles don't appear on the blog or feeds until their posting date passes.
• A new cache system that automatically times out stale entries. Several types of content, including the Flickr sidebar, will automatically cause the page to be rebuilt every few hours to ensure freshness.
• Better theme support. Some of this was back-ported to Typo 2.6.0.
• A redirect table to help users migrating to Typo. You can enter new URLs into the Redirect table and Typo will look there whenever it doesn't recognize a URL. So you can move from Movable Type-style permalinks to Typo-style permalinks without losing the perma- in your links.
• Cleaner migrations.
• Rails 1.1 support. Rails 1.1.4 is strongly recommended. Rails 1.0 won't work at all.
• Improved sidebar support, with a cleaner API and more built-in sidebars.
• Google sitemap support.
• Gravatar support for comments.
• Comment previews.
• Markup help for comments, articles, and pages.