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FUDforum 2.8.1 Released [message #159287]

Thu, 21 May 2009 14:10

naudefj

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Hi,

The final version of FUDforum 2.8.1 is now available and ready for you to download. Besides the impressive array of new features introduced with the first RC release, this release features:

* Better seed data for newly installed forums;
* Two new experimental themes, user_info_left and user_info_right;
* Context sensitive help for all Admin Control Panel pages;
* Ability to skip search index data when backing-up or restoring a forum;
* An LDAP authentication plug-in;
* PostgresQL and SQLite fixes;
* Minor UTF-8 and E-mail enhancements; and
* Various other small usability fixes.

For a full list of changes, refer to the change log at http://cvs.prohost.org/c/index.cgi/FUDforum/timeline

We recently also introduced FUDforum2Go, a pre-installed, self-contained and compact version of FUDforum that can run from a USB stick or CD-Rom. More information about this exciting new addition is available at http://fudforum.org/forum/index.php?t=msg&th=118447

Also note that this is the last release that will support both PHP4 and PHP5. All future releases will only support PHP5 and higher versions.

If you haven't upgraded your forum to FUDforum 2.8.x yet, we highly recommend you do so right now!

Best regards.

Frank

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Re: FUDforum 2.8.1 Released [message #159322 is a reply to message #159287]

Fri, 22 May 2009 19:59

kerryg

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Upgrade went very smoothly; FUDforum's getting easier to use with each successive upgrade. Excellent work!

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Re: FUDforum 2.8.1 Released [message #159370 is a reply to message #159322]

Mon, 25 May 2009 20:46

naudefj

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Here is a screenshot of FUDforum 2.8.1's welcome message (user_info_right theme):

http://cvs.prohost.org/images/7/75/Welcome_message.jpg

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Re: FUDforum 2.8.1 Released [message #159372 is a reply to message #159287]

Tue, 26 May 2009 23:21

mountainfreak
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Downloading seems to be broken.

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Re: FUDforum 2.8.1 Released [message #159381 is a reply to message #159372]

Wed, 27 May 2009 19:55

naudefj

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The server was moved to a new host and everything is not yet sorted out. I trust it will be fixed soon.

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Re: FUDforum 2.8.1 Released [message #159385 is a reply to message #159381]

Thu, 28 May 2009 10:31

naudefj

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The downloads are available again.

Enjoy!

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Re: FUDforum 2.8.1 Released [message #159530 is a reply to message #159385]

Sun, 07 June 2009 16:46

naudefj

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Messages about Russian UTF-8 problems were moved to http://fudforum.org/forum/index.php?t=msg&goto=159529

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Re: FUDforum 2.8.1 Released [message #159731 is a reply to message #159530]

Thu, 18 June 2009 19:29

Shaman

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Only issue I can see is now the default theme puts a large bar across the top with a search field. I'd prefer not to have this. Is it easily editable somewhere, or an option to turn off the field?

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Re: FUDforum 2.8.1 Released [message #159732 is a reply to message #159731]

Thu, 18 June 2009 19:31

naudefj

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You can edit the header template to remove it.
See http://cvs.prohost.org/index.php/Header_and_footer

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Re: FUDforum 2.8.1 Released [message #159733 is a reply to message #159732]

Thu, 18 June 2009 19:57

kerryg

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Hi Frank - I'm probably asking out of ignorance here, but for the sake of those who merely want to *modify* the existing header/footer, but whose skills end at basic HTML - can the header and footer be *commented* internally so the uninitiated know what modifying or deleting a particular section of them does, and where to, say, paste basic HTML inside them?

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Re: FUDforum 2.8.1 Released [message #159735 is a reply to message #159733]

Thu, 18 June 2009 20:22

naudefj

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I guess we can add comments, it will make editing easier. On the downside, it will produce larger pages, consume more bandwidth and make the forum slower.

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Re: FUDforum 2.8.1 Released [message #159738 is a reply to message #159735]

Thu, 18 June 2009 21:37

kerryg

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It's certainly a flip of a coin, with pluses and minuses - greater user-friendliness vs greater efficiency. Perhaps a compromise might be (minimally) commenting only the most-commonly modified files like header/footer?

Or if that will still have too much impact, perhaps it's better to just make a Wiki page with the sections of those files explained?

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Re: FUDforum 2.8.1 Released [message #159740 is a reply to message #159738]

Fri, 19 June 2009 01:00

The Witcher

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There is a lot of merit to this idea.

I have used comments in my headers and CSS since I found out what they were, but have been less than satisfied with the result (other than that it is a simple way to annotate some notes for reference sake). Other methods of annotating what each variable or section does, or applies to such as THIS "biggest hammer approach" have not worked to my satisfaction either.

And unfortunately none of the word processors tried seem to have the functionality to easily remove various comments with out retyping each one, so kerryg's suggestion for a Wiki entry with such comments appeals to me a lot!

Naudefj has already made great strides in improving the usability and user friendly aspects of fudforum and available documentation and it looks like it will only get better from here on so I am not seeing a downside here.

"I'm a Witcher, I solve human problems; not always using a sword!"

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