For the adventurous (and Windows Home Server-owning) types amongst you there a link at the bottom of this post to a pre-release of the next version of Whiist.

Because this version features a lot of changes I’m going to wait a few days until I’m sure there are no obvious bugs lurking before I update the main page. I’m pretty sure this version is already good to go, but Whiist now has a lot of users so I figure I should be a little cautious before unleashing anything too drastic

The change log is here, but the biggest addition is the ability to create private websites that are only accessible to users of your Home Server.

From the property page of a website you can use the new security tab to set the site to private and then select which users from your Windows Home Server are allowed access. When visiting the site users will prompted for a password and must enter their Windows Home Server username/password before being allowed access.

Aside from the security features a lot of the work in this version was behind the scenes to either support upcoming features or improve existing functionality. While there probably won’t be much new here to Wow you, hopefully everything that’s there is now a little nicer. (although don’t worry Judge, I still plan to redo much of the way that Links are managed!).

If anyone needs me I’ll be desperately trying to record videos and fill in the forms before the Code2Fame deadline on Friday