OpenNomic

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: Ergonomic 0.2.3

Notes:
This release contains quite a few bug fixes, 
mostly relating to the incompatibilities between SourceForge and the previous server.  
It should be more robust on all systems.

It also has a number of cosmetic changes, 
and a small update to the security system.

Almost no new functionality has been added since Ergonomic 0.2.2; 
much is planned, but the main system has been our main focus lately.

Changes:
8 Sep 2002
/incs/secure.php      Corrected include() to use $docu_root, instead of assuming current directory


17 Sep 2002
/README/database.txt  Corrected magazine article holders
                      Modified ergo_familiars
                      Changed the name of a sub-area of "Welcome"
/incs/settings.php    Turned on $debug
                      Removed the correction to $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF']
                      Changed database-access variables to constants
/incs/secure.php      Limited cookies to $nomic_hostname
                      Added "Status" header to authorize()
                      Changed database-access variables to constants

20 Sep 2002
/incs/secure.php      Added tricks at the top for inclusion directory and global variable protection
                      Changed "REMOTE_HOST" to "REMOTE_ADDR", which is more widely available
/README/database.txt  Made all fields NOT NULL
                      Changed all the prefixes to prefix_
/incs/settings.php    Changed "README" to "readme", since SourceForge changed the directory's capitalization
/options/work/reset.php Now affects only those tables that start with $nomic_dbprefix
                      (This allows multiple games to use the same database.)
/incs/config.php      Improved the efficiency of TEK and MEE calculations, to avoid errors with no denizens.
/incs/function.php    Changed use of 'diary' session var to 'alert', for consistent function.
/incs/diary.php       Moved the "Add new entry" box to the bottom of the page
                      Removed support for $HTTP_SESSION_VARS['diary']

28 Sep 2002
/incs/secure.php      Changed the session handler to save within the local 'sessions' directory.
                      Fixed a problem with reload(), where it duplicated $nomic_webpath.
/options/signup.php   Fixed a problem caused by giving a NULL description to new denizens.
/incs/fora.php        Fixed an obscure problem involving single quotes in a discussion title.
/options/disperse.php Rearranged lines to fix undefined $Tester_type warning.

8 Oct 2002
/incs/function.php    Added alert_box(), which handles the boxes at the top of the page, or wherever they may be needed.
/incs/pagetop.php     Switched the top of the page to use alert_box().
/incs/config.php      Removed an "index not found" warning found on many pages.
/incs/secure.php      Updated disallow_guests() to use alert_box().
                      Upgraded security by storing password(md5(pass)) in the database, and md5(pass) in HTTP_SESSION_VARS.
/areas/nexus/postoff.php  Updated to use alert_box().
/options/signup.php   Updated to use the new password system.
/options/login.php    Updated to use the new password system.

9 Oct 2002
/options/password.php Updated to use the new password system.
/areas/public/*.php   Updated to use link_page(), particularly since the signup page had moved to /options/.
                      Changed a few informational points.
/incs/secure.php      Fixed a bug in get_level(), caused by differences in MySQL result handling.
/options/*.php        Put plain text at the top into alert_box() for more visual appeal.
/incs/sidemenu.php    Added an extra line between standard options and Role tools.
/incs/settings.php    Changed $debug to the constant allow_debug, which allows $debug to be on for specific denizens.
/incs/prefs.php       Added the first true preference information: $debug is set from $profile['tester'].
/readme/database.php  Added the 'tester' field to the `prefix_codes` table.
/options/work/reset.php  Automatically inserts a message to prime the daily routine.
/incs/24hour.php      Now actually does something every day.  Familiars disabled, but denizens and proposals should work.

11 Oct 2002
/incs/config.php      Added 'areas' to the list of allowed directories, so travelling works for everyone.
/incs/props.php       Removed proposal period shortening for debugging sessions.
/incs/fora.php        Fixed a bug mixing up '&' and '?' in URL encoding.
/incs/pagetop.php     Added a debugging tool for daily routine processing.

12 Oct 2002
/incs/24hour.php      Fixed a bug in the logging of the daily routine, which caused it to perform every time.
/incs/function.php    Changed the logging of database queries to debugging sessions and errors only.

15 Oct 2002
/incs/24hour.php      Included 'props.php', to avoid a fatal error when proposals are open.
/incs/fora.php        Fixed two bugs in the navigation displays.
/options/items.php    Updated create_list() to display only items with non-zero creation energy.
/incs/itemcode.php    Items are now created with zero-length strings for name and descr, instead of NULL.

17 Oct 2002
/incs/props.php       Fixed a minor bug disallowing voting in special cases.

19 Oct 2002
/areas/advocate/artifice.php  Fixed a the table to display only items with non-zero creation energy.
/incs/pagebase.php    Killed the HTTP_SERVER_VARS table from displaying in $debug mode.

21 Oct 2002
/options/login.php    Added a bit of javascript to give focus to the login field, and erase any password.
/incs/parser.php      Changed image formatting to use image: tags, instead of [img]...[/img].
                      Made link parsing much more complex, to handle options and quotation marks differently.
/readme/database.txt  Changed the [img] support in the formatting database to use the new system.
/options/format.php   Added a new line to indicate image support.

22 Oct 2002
/areas/advocate/polling.php  Cosmetic changes, having to do with barely-passed proposals and links to the discussion board.
/areas/advocate/townhall.php  Cosmetic change: adding a descriptor of the page selection to the title.
/areas/industry/toolshed.php  Cosmetic change: put the status change warning into an alert box.
/incs/fora.php        Ordered magazines by 'date', particularly for Ergo Today.