Quicksilver Forums

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Release Name: 1.1.5

Notes:
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== Quicksilver Forums v1.1.5 ==
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=== Installation ===
 1. Upload all files, overwriting any existing files

 2. If your server allows it, CHMOD the following files and directories to 755
    or, if you have problems, 777.
    ./
    ./attachments/
    ./avatars/uploaded/
    ./databases/
    ./skins/
    ./settings.php

 3. Go to the install directory in your browser
 4. Follow the instructions
 5. Delete the install directory

=== Upgrading ===
 Upgrading is done in the same way as installing. Make sure you select the
 "upgrade" option. Before upgrading, make a note of your current MercuryBoard
 or Quicksilver Forums installation version: you will need it to correctly
 upgrade.

 You may want to make a note of the values of $set['db_host'], $set['db_name'],
 $set['db_pass'], $set['db_user'] from your old settings.php. These may be
 required to upgrade. After upgrading, you may need to use some of the board
 maintenance features in the admin control panel.

 Please note on upgrading the upgrade script will set the skin to default
 (previously known as Candy Corn) for all administrators. This is so you can
 still login and access Admin CP. Many templates have been added so any
 skins for Mercuryboard 1.1.4 or older will need significant changes.
 See http://quicksilverforums.com for more information

=== Requirements ===
 Quicksilver Forums works with PHP 4.2 or higher. PHP 5 is also supported.
 MySQL 3.22 or higher is required. Quicksilver Forums works on any operating
 system and web server combination.

 If you experience a problem and you meet these requirements, please report it
 as a bug. The latest versions of PHP and MySQL are recommended to keep
 Quicksilver Forums running its fastest and safest.

=== License ===
 This software is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). For the
 terms of the license, see the file docs/license.txt included in this
 distribution. The license is also available in many languages at
 http://www.gnu.org

=== How You Can Help ===
 If you know PHP and MySQL, and would like to help develop Quicksilver Forums,
 then feel free to modify the board and join the discussion at 
 http://quicksilverforums.com or contact <qsfdev at lists dot berlios dot de>.
 If you know a language in addition to English and would like to translate,
 your help is also welcome.

 Feature requests and bug reports are also very important to us. We have
 created forums at our site for this kind of information.

=== Support ===
 If you're sure you've read the above information, and it simply will not work,
 visit http://quicksilverforums.com for support


Changes:
Bugfixes for 1.1.4:

* [font] and [color] code is not being sanitized properly.
* BUG #2799: Fixed attachment bug where the index page was appended to the file output.
* BUG #3053: SQL injection vulnerability in HTTP_USER_AGENT
* BUG #2644: P3P Compact privacy header added - hopefully to solve IE6 login issues.
* BUG #1210: Navigation tree for moved subforums does not reflect move.

Bugfixes in official 1.1.5 CVS branch:

* New members are unable to register.
* Removed the hardcoded styling from the $botformat variable.
* Guest account must have a level > 0 to view the board.
* Editing a post redirects to the first page of the topic, despite position of post edited.
* Post icon is not changeable when editing a post.
* Fixed skinning permission problems, well mostly anyway.
* Better checking of email addresses (was too strict previously)
* Administrators email not visible by default
* New registrations get bad email link
* No more endless "Re: Re: Re: Re: ...." in private message replies.
* Database connection error check in index.php is called too late if not working.

New features and modifications for 1.1.5:

* Added CubaLibre's "Add HTML Template" mod.
* Added a "Delete HTML Template" mod.
* Language support for AdminCP. Translations needed.
* AdminCP is fully skinnable. Addition of several new templates for the AdminCP.
* Added Ragnarok's "spider display" modification.
* Added Geoff's "recent topics" modification.
* Added ibarcode's adminbar modification.
* AdminCP timezone selection from list instead of obscure number.
* Added RSS Feed module.
* Board admins can pick their own custom title now via the member controls.
* Skins now exported and imported from within the skins directory.
* Database backups are now saved in and restored from the databases directory.
* Forum convertors have been mostly integrated into the installer.
* Installer broken up into smaller chunks due to memory limit boundaries(!)
* All images the skins/images directory converted to PNG format. Javascript included for IE5+ correction.
* Links inside posts use rel="nofollow" to discourage spamming
* Subforums count towards parent category/forum topic and reply counts
* Subforums considered in showing parent category/forum last post
* Subforums can be created that behave like subcategories.
* General input validation code added.
* Board location URL calculated during installation.
* Support for optional modules which can be enabled/disabled in the AdminCP.
* More CSS control over quote box style.
* ISO822 Date formatting added to mbdate() function. Used by RSS feeds.
* <ELSE> now allowed in templates in addition to <IF>
* Private message preview
* Show ToS for newly registering users
* FAQ added - Jonathan West <jon@quicksilverforums.com>
* Can selectively delete private messages
* <MODLET> tag now available to templates to allow including code on any template
* Guests and new registrations have their language detected from the browser
* Suckerfish style menu used in admin CP
* Full Dutch translation
* Full Swedish translation
* improved speed in calculating dates 'today' and 'yesterday' - Matt
* Registration prompts to agree to Terms of service
* IP addresses stored as integer rather than varchar (save space)
* debug link hidden from non-admins
* FAQ added to documents
* Automatic detection of guest language 
* Rss reader in Admin CP to alert of new releases or other important annoucements
* Full timezone handling including daylight savings
* New skin by http://www.misterpink.com.au/
* Skin icons by http://www.famfamfam.com/
* Fixes to handling of [patch] [code] and [php] tags
* Fixed error where permissions were defaulting to full
* Fixed error where you could not export a skin that included zero byte files
* Sets skin to 'default' for administrators up upgrading
* Full Slovak translation