Release 2.4 of Project Blacklight is now available in our new Git flavor! You can find the new improved flavor of Blacklight at http://github.com/projectblacklight/blacklight/tree/v2.4.0 In addition to our move to Git, we have listened to community feedback and have changed the installation process. Instructions for installation are at http://github.com/projectblacklight/blacklight/blob/v2.4.0/README.rdoc . In broad terms, Blacklight now uses a template to get required gems at installation time rather than bundling them in with the code. Besides our debut in Git and the move to a template, here are the changes for release 2.4: Release Notes - Blacklight Plugin - Version 2.4 Bug [CODEBASE-54] - rake gems:install does not work (using template now) [CODEBASE-111] - Ae and Oe ligature characters are not normalized correctly [CODEBASE-131] - Getting error from rails on startup that VERSION is already defined [CODEBASE-134] - Authlogic error [CODEBASE-135] - Fall back on net_http when curb gem is not present when using RSolr [CODEBASE-138] - A copy of ApplicationController has been removed from the module tree but is still active [CODEBASE-160] - why isn't the email and SMS working on demo.projectblacklight.org [CODEBASE-170] - Blacklight logo cannot be over-ridden [CODEBASE-178] - 3 specs fail when run with rake solr:spec ... no idea why [CODEBASE-187] - bookmarking seems to be broken in the latest code Improvement [CODEBASE-87] - Gracefully handle solr errors [CODEBASE-172] - demo - solr config - only build spell dictionaries on optimize, not on newSearcher / firstSearcher New Feature [CODEBASE-3] - exporting to Zotero [CODEBASE-109] - sort by pub date in demo [CODEBASE-182] - Rails "Template" installer instead of ./script/plugin [CODEBASE-183] - Add cursor focus to the search box on the home page [CODEBASE-190] - Cursor focus in search form on home page Task [CODEBASE-51] - Design a basic advanced search UI - see Stanford SearchWorks [CODEBASE-70] - Need a plugin release as well [CODEBASE-114] - demo index should have vernacular displayed [CODEBASE-146] - Change stylesheet link in the HTML to media="all" [CODEBASE-151] - get some dublin core test data [CODEBASE-159] - get test data with call numbers [CODEBASE-173] - marc_mapper.rb - no longer in synch with solrmarc; its presence is confusing. [CODEBASE-176] - get continuous integration working again [CODEBASE-177] - update demo app and readme at projectblacklight.org [CODEBASE-186] - Implement Google Analytics on the main blacklightopac.org site