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CFMBB CHANGELOG

v1.24 - 4/23/2008

DATABASE CHANGE - do this statement manually:

alter table cfmbb_threads modify name varchar(100) null default '';

include/udf.cfm: improved sortQuery() method to protect from abuse attempts
includes/udf.cfm: added bbml support for youtube embedding
includes/bbcode_control.cfm: adjusted for youtube embedding
cfcs/messages.cfc: fixed bug #29 (see cfmbb.riaforge.org)
improved parameterization of url parameters for sorting to prevent errors being generated by spambots
more spambrot protection - don't generate error emails when spambots pass invalid arguments to attachment.cfm and rss.cfm
Added captcha to user registration to prevent help prevent spambots from registering
Added a robots.txt file to prevent search engines from hitting certain pages
modified login.cfm to be more user friendly. Errors now appear in the area that generated them, and anchors are used to scroll automatically to that part of the page.
integrated the MarkItUp editor for editing posts when BBML is enabled.
login form uses CFIMAGE when running on Coldfusion 8+ instead of imagecfc
changed location of thread title in messages.cfm and put it in an H1 tag for improved visibilty to humans and search engines

v1.23 - 8/22/2007

[ENHANCEMENT] integrated imagecfc 2.19 (and moved to cfcs directory)
[ENHANCEMENT] integrated cfopenchat 1.03 (DB CHANGE)
[ENHANCEMENT] integrated cffm 1.17
[ENHANCEMENT] fixed width of div.code style in styles.css to 500px to avoid long code lines from really screwing up the template
[ENHANCEMENT] improved look of subscription notification messages
[ENHANCEMENT] added subjectPrefix setting option
[ENHANCEMENT #25] Added "mail server" setting
[BUG #16 FIXED] isolated problem with page editor
[BUG #18 FIXED] ColdFusion 6.1 issue with Captcha
[BUG #21 FIXED] Subscriptions not working
[BUG #23 FIXED] admin user edit bug
[BUG #26 FIXED] getActiveUserSessions shoud use select distinct
[BUG #27 FIXED] getThreadIdFromMessageId() Method should return a string not a struct
[BUG #28 FIXED] Element THREADNAME is undefined in ARGUMENTS
[BUG FIX] last page of results on members.cfm not shown.
fixed a bunch more unreported bugs
see installation/ directory for database changes.

v1.22 (update 1) - 7/25/2007

fixed bug where subscription on topic entry didn't work
fixed bug where subscription on reply wasn't offered
RSS feeds only include "public" forums and conferences.. attempts to access non-public forums via RSS feed will result in an empty feed - but not an error.
changed files: user.cfc, message.cfc, thread.cfc, conference.cfc, message_edit.cfm, CHANGELOG.TXT

If you downloaded 1.22 prior to 8:45 AM on 7/25/07, you can download the modified files only from the following URL:

http://www.cfmbb.org/cfmbb-1.22_update1.zip

v1.22 - 7/24/2007

bug with toggleSubscription.cfm - generated error if user was not logged in.
post notifications sent to the admin now are in HTML format
added ability to delete a thread and its author at the same time
implemented Google Sitemap - sitemap.cfm
regular subscription notifications sent in HTML format now.
[BUG #14 FIXED] fixed security bug where any user could post to members only forum by providing direct forum ID to message_edit.cfm. This involved adding a new UDF "checkForumMembership" and replacing code in messages.cfm and threads.cfm, as well as added a call to this udf in several places in message_edit.cfm
[BUG #15 FIXED] captcha key sometimes doesn't exist
fixd problem with gravatars (hash must be lower cased!)
fixed bug in profile.cfm where avatar url wasn't being blanked out when user picked "use gravatar"
fixed bug where checkSubscription() method wasn't working (user.cfc)

v1.21 - updates packaged but no release change

[BUG #12 FIXED] corrected logic bug in threads.cfm and messages.cfm relating to members only forums and conferences (3/15/2007)
[BUG #13 FIXED] fixed issue with getActiveUserSessions() in user.cfc that affected mssql and access users (3/15/2007)
fixed bug with removing users from a usergroup (3/15/2007)
fixed reference to timezone.cfc in Application.cfm (it's not "timeZone" it's "timezone")

v1.21 - 3/14/2007

Added code to track active sessions in application scope
Added code to display active sessions and current users logged in in the footer
Numerous updates to Microsoft Access database (see BUG #11)
Bug #11 FIXED - see cfmbb.riaforge.org (MS Access related)

v1.20 (no version change)

BUG #9 FIXED - template problem with admin/page_history.cfm
BUG #10 FIXEd - removed result attribute from cfquery tags in forum.cfc

v1.20 - 3/12/2007

BUG #8 FIXED - administrators couldn't access usergroup forums without being a member of the usergroup.
BUG #7 FIXED - messages.cfm didn't restrict access to messages in forums restricted by user group.
BUG #6 FIXED - groupidfk needed trimming
BUG #5 FIXED - ambiguous column issue in thread.cfc
BUG #4 FIXED - invalid RSS feed throwing errors
BUG #3 FIXED - CFMBB no longer generates error reports when attempting to add/remove invalid users from user groups

v1.20RC - 3/7/2007

MANY DATABASE CHANGES, see "installation" folder
fixed bug where sent items were shown instead of inbox items in pmlist.cfm
added content management module
added custom navigation module
added file management module (CFFM)
integrated CFOpenChat
implemented usergroups and restricted forums
changed querySort function to qrySort (for BD7 compatibility)
Improved installation script.
added optional CAPTCHA to login form.
fixed bug where errors were not being sent via email to the admin
fixed bug in admin and plain theme templates where some links were not absolute.
added view count for threads
centralized subscribe/unsubscribe options in toggleSubscription.cfm
Added "New Topic Notifications" to profile.cfm
User information for the current user is no longer retrieved on every page view it's stored in session and only retrieved from the database if the session expires. toggleSubscription.cfm and profile.cfm both cause the user information to be reloaded from the database.
user.cfc checkSubscription method now takes the user as an argument, and does a query of queries to determine subscription status.
lots of caching added - forum and thread listings are cached in the application scope now.
Denormalized data by added "lastpost" and "msgcount" to forums table. "lastpost" contains a wddx struct containing message id, title, author, and date.
Denormalized data by added "lastpost" and "msgcount" to threads table. "lastpost" contains a timestamp for the last post to the thread.
posts now searchable by author
added "lookup user" form to search page and new private message page.
numerous "minor" changes

v1.11 - 11/4/2006

Added "Send PM" link to thread display (messages.cfm)
sort inbox by date descending by default
recipient field automatically populated now when replying to private messages.
removed version from cfc/settings.ini
Fixed reported bug on admin/settings.cfm page relating to the yesNoInputs() function
BUG #247 fixed: invalid edit user link in messages.cfm
BUG #176 - fixed, relating to unsubscribe and subscribe.

v1.1 - 7/18/2006

Implemented private messaging capability
text and image attachments now displayed instead of forcing download
simplified message editing code (transparent to end user)
Reimplemented moderators - per forum or site wide. Moderators can edit, delete, and approve topics and responses in the forums that they moderate.
added "Announcement" topic type (like Sticky, but more important)
fixed bug with installation process, problem with code in application.cfm
product version in settings.ini is now ignored. version is set in cfmbb.cfc
users now searchable by username and email address in admin

v1.01 - 6/8/2006

BUG #167 FIXED - relating to adding new thread from admin.
BUG #168 FIXED - relating to adding/editing threads from admin.
BUG #171 FIXED - error in login.cfm when invalid email addresses is entered into password reminder form.
BUG #172 FIXED - error in login.cfm when invalid email addresses is entered into account confirmation form.
Changed logic to prevent access to any pages if proper email addresses are not set up in the admin console for the system. Moved logic from forums.cfm to application.cfm. (Should prevent problems like those reported in Bug #170)
removed CFMBB project links from theme files

v1.00 - 5/5/2006

BUG #161 FIXED - error viewing thread (messages.cfm) when thread contains post by deleted user.
BUG #163 FIXED - error viewing search reporting when no searches have been performed - "The argument DAT passed to function tzDateFormat() is not of type date."
BUG #162 FIXED - error adding replies (only affect MSSSQL) updated: message.cfc
added Preview functionality (edit, reply, and new post)

v1.00 RC2 - 4/29/2006

finished a lot of stuff that somehow I forgot to do in RC1. relating to timezones in user admin, profile, and settings admin
disallowed forum creation without any conferences.
forums disabled if settings are not configured properly.
fixed bug in deleteForum() method

v1.00 RC1 - 4/19/2006

Added website and hide_email options to profile
implemented public "Member Directory"
visual modifications to profile page
changes and additions to css for all themes
dates all stored in UTC now and converted back to configured board timezone or user specified timezone. *** Thanks to Paul Hastings and his timezone CFC!!! ***

v0.91 - 4/14/2006

BUG #135 FIXED - added dynamic directory separator to file operations
BUG #136 FIXED - unable to save profile

v0.90 - 4/13/2006

added support for file attachments
modified admin CSS to work more happily with firefox.
BUG #134 FIXED - users unable to edit own posts
fixed unreported bug - cached user info not updated on profile save or message reply.
added gallery avatar support
renamed setCookie UDF to setCFMBBCookie
renamed session_key to cfmbb_session_key
added flag_admin to cfmbb_users table
eliminated groups entirely and all related functions/methods
changed subscription model to phpBB style subscription
fixed unreported bug - confirmation emails not being sent.
fixed entire account confirmation/activation process
eliminated use of session variable for user info

v0.82 - 4/12/2006

unreleased, all changes moved to 0.90

h3>v0.81 - 4/11/2006

changed all tinyint and bit datatypes to smallint for cross database compatibility. Changed all cfqueryparams appropriately.
Added support for postgresql
changed cfmbb_groups.group to cfmbb_groups.groupName to avoid the use of a reserved word as a column name
created separate admin theme, removed admin-related files from other theme directories
BUG #132 FIXED - registration error

v0.8 - 4/10/2006

first public release
drastic modifications from original Galleon codebase

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