Upon installing the latest version of the blog module, I get the following error when trying to access an archive page (by year in this instance):

Action '2009' isn't allowed on class BlogHolder_Controller

Any ideas?

I am running the latest stable version of SS.

Adrian

I'm experiencing the same error. I've opened an bug ticket.

I have a temporary workaround, that may point to a solution for those with more knowledge.

After line 176 in blog/BlogHolder.php, add the following to the '$allowed_actions' array:

'2009', 
'2008', 

Then 2008 and 2009 become allowed actions and the archive works again.

I've also updated the ticket with this text.

Thanks for finding and posting the work around bruceb!

For people not too experienced with Silverstripe the file to patch is blog/code/BlogHolder.php and make sure to patch the BlogHolder_Controller class and not BlogHolder.

I just commented out the $allowed_actions array altogether. Probably not the best workaround, but it prevented me from having to enter all the existing and future dates.

Commenting out the allowed actions is probably not a good idea. The reason for this update is to patch a security hole and removing the $allowed_actions array presumably reopens it, at least partially.

I wouldn't worry about allowing for future dates. If its a new site just enter '2009'. We can be almost certain that a new version of the blog module will be released before the end of 2009.

I have found a better work around for this problem.

bruceb: 28 September 2009 at 11:13am : "I should mention that I've added 'SearchForm' to the list of allowed actions in blogholder.php as well - otherwise search doesn't work within the blog."

Action added to the allowed actions list.

1) BlogHolder.php (Line 170)
$allowed_actions add 'archive'

...
static $allowed_actions = array(
		'postblog' => 'BLOGMANAGEMENT',
		'post' => 'BLOGMANAGEMENT',
		'BlogEntryForm' => 'BLOGMANAGEMENT',
		'rss',
		'tag',
		'archive',
		'showarchive',
                'SearchForm',
	);
...

2) BlogHolder.php function BlogEntries() (Line 199)

...
else if (Director::urlParam('Action') == 'archive')
			{
				$year = Director::urlParam('ID');
				$month = Director::urlParam('OtherID');

...

3) ArchiveWidget.php (Lines 77 & 80 ) function Dates()

...
if($this->DisplayMode == 'month') {
	$link = $blogHolder->Link() . 'archive/' . $sqlResult['Year']. '/' . sprintf("%'02d", $sqlResult['Month']);
} else {
	$link = $blogHolder->Link() . 'archive/' . $sqlResult['Year'];
}
...

Hey lestatron,

I did all your suggested changes, but they don't work for me. The action seems to be allowed now, but the archive just shows all blog-entries, instead of only the entries of the specified month or year.