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+author: Gareth Rees
+comments: true
+date: 2014-08-29 09:30:00+01:00
+layout: post
+slug: release-0-19
+title: Release 0.19
+---
+
+We've just released [Alaveteli 0.19](https://github.com/mysociety/alaveteli/tree/0.19)!
+
+## The highlights
+
+This release we've been working on making Alaveteli easier to [install]({{ site.baseurl }}docs/installing/).
+
+* We've overhauled the [manual install guide]({{ site.baseurl }}docs/installing/manual_install/) to be much more comprehensive.
+* The [email setup guide]({{ site.baseurl }}docs/installing/email/) has updated instructions for Exim and Postfix, and adds some extra troubleshooting tips.
+* We've improved the [generators](https://github.com/mysociety/alaveteli/blob/0.19/lib/tasks/config_files.rake) for some of the config files and added [more](https://github.com/mysociety/alaveteli/blob/0.19/config/nginx.conf.example) – and [better](https://github.com/mysociety/alaveteli/blob/0.19/config/httpd.conf-example) – examples for ones we can't generate yet.
+* Developers can now pick one of the [supported operating systems](https://github.com/mysociety/alaveteli/blob/0.19/Vagrantfile#L63) to use for their Vagrant VM.
+
+We've also made some great improvements to the framework.
+
+* Added responsive stylesheets! We've made this the default, but you can configure whether they're used or not in `config/general.yml`.
+* Support for the Portuguese locale.
+* Improved search term highlighting.
+* The Public Body Stats page can now be made available to your users.
+* Added a Rake task for cleaning up holding pen events (`rake cleanup:holding_pen`).
+* Added searching of bodies by their short name.
+
+You can see the full list of highlights and upgrade notes in the [changelog](https://github.com/mysociety/alaveteli/blob/rails-3-develop/doc/CHANGES.md).
+
+Thanks to everyone who's [contributed](https://github.com/mysociety/alaveteli/graphs/contributors)!