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FireBoard 1.0.5 RC2 is released |
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Tuesday, 07 October 2008 |
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Just posted the final release candidate build 1.0.5RC2 on joomlacode.org/gf/project/fireboard/frs/ This is already the best, most stable production build ever. Upgrade today!
Updated change-log: This build contains various SQL and other fixes. FIX Name and username display NEW Recount Category stats also updates name information in messages if name/username setting was changed in config FIX Double encoded auto redirects that conflicted with some injection filters of some hosting providers NEW Optional Code Highlighting FIX Reapply hold status for edited messages in moderated forums/categories FIX Unicode preview NEW RSS feed - optional by thread or by post NEW RSS feed length - select 1 week, 1 month or 1 year NEW Configurable default start page for default_ex template NEW SEF/SEO auto redirect for incoming invalid SEF URL - no more unreachable page 1 with SEF tools NEW bbcode config settings NEW Parser features: trim long URLs (no need for a mambot any longer - can be switched off) NEW auto embed features: convert most youtube and ebay urls into embedded flash player (can be switched off) NEW My Discussions tab for default_ex: See you favorites and all threads you ever replied to Major SQL improvements - Cut 30-40% of SQL calls on Recent Discussions and new My DIscussions tabs Major rework: Forum permissions check re-written. Saves SQL calls and should work all over the board including search. New little feature: You can embed eBay items just like videos inside a user post. We have also added an initial version of a Dev Team Credits page. This will be updated for the final release. New hide and spoiler tag implementation Legacy config file support - in addition to the database config, an old style config file is created Message text tooltips for default_ex on recent discussions and categories Various CSS and template fixes for default_ex - template scales now in various sizes Spoiler tag added to editor toolbar Update category stats after bulk move and delete RSS browser auto detection More bbcode purification for video and ebay tags e.g. in tooltips 1.0.x SEF problem with page ankers fixed Fixed slash in signature fbsession optimizations broken default_ex tabs in IE and Opera fixed Re-written autolink detection - 4 regex collapsed into 1 Multiple selections for deleting smilied and ranks enabled (backend) Fixed parser issue with extra non tag related in text - caused famous doubling of post text Moved topic - ghost message no longer shown in category view Team credits page updated ... and so much more. FYI we have now done over 800 builds for 1.0.5 so far To see a high level list of all changes implemented look here: joomlacode.org/gf/project/fireboard/scms...ment%2F&view=log For detailed install and upgrade instructions please see the new README.txt: joomlacode.org/gf/download/frsrelease/8676/31960/README.txt PLEASE ALSO READ: www.bestofjoomla.com/component/option,co...d,77/id,57822/#57822 Overall we have put several hundred hours into 1.0.5 so far. We have fixed several hundred bugs - from minor to major. This is by far the best release of FireBoard ever. Thanks a lot in your help testing all those pre-builds! Please make sure you share all the versions of products/packages you are using when reporting a problem. Most issues are related to specific versions and are virtually impossible to find without that.
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