XDForum

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: XDForum 2.00

Notes:
FIRST TIME INSTALL

Create a folder called xdforum in your <WordPress Directory>\wp-content\plugins directory.

You should have the following directories:

<WordPress Directory>\wp-content\plugins\xdforum

Upload all the files into this directory. In the zip they are zipped underneath the xdforum folder. DO NOT upload that folder UNLESS you upload it into the plugins directory. While mileage may vary, generally not using the xdforum directory will cause issues.

Login to the Admin section of WordPress and ACTIVATE the plugin.

You MUST then save your settings in the MANAGE tab, you will see an option for XDForum.

Save you STYLE next. These two steps will install the required tables into your database.

Next, create a Group and a Forum. Without these XDForum won't work. Actually, it will but you won't be able to post anything.

UPGRADE

De-activate the XDForum plugin.

Upload the files into the xdforum folder. Delete ALL old files first.

Activate the plugin.

Go to the MANAGE tab and then hit utilities.

Backup the existing tables first. While XDForum has been designed to upgrade the database it's better to be safe then sorry.

Go to the SETTINGS tab and save your new settings. Do the same in the STYLE tab.

XDForum will upgrade your database for you and you are now ready to use XDForum 2.

THEMES

Themes are now supported via SMARTY. Please feel free to use the default template. We are endeavouring to add more themes.

If you wish to share them please update the details so XDForum knows the name of you theme and DO NOT use the folder name default, this is reserved for the default theme.

LANGUAGE SUPPORT

Language support is coming and being tweaked. We have Finnish, Italian and Ducth in the works and they will be released soon. Want to help? Leave a message in the Forum on http://www.xdweb.net

Changes:
XDForum Release Notes:

Version 2.00 - 03/15/2007

	* Now works on WordPress 1.5x to 2.1.1.
	* Fixed the .htaccess/"Page Not Found" error. Works now, really, forever!
	- Split code into files to allow better maintenance.
	- Streamlined the file size, removed the bloat.
	- Upgraded TinyMCE to version 2.0.8.
	- Upgraded FCKEditor to Version 2.3.2, Build 1082.
	- Upgraded the Editor options. BBCODE is now always enabled but you can only use Quicktags, TinyMCE or FCKEditor.
	- Added Slug option. You can now change the default Pretty URL directory from xdforum to whatever.
	- Added a check for the Slug option to ensure it doesn't use a Slug reserved for another page.
	- Added Uninstall ability.
	- Added Database Backup for XDForum.
	- Added Restore ability to XDForum.
	- Added Delete ability to a stored Backup.
	- Added option to turn Avatars off.
	- Added Thread Renaming option to the Admin area.
	- Added Thread Deletion option to the Admin area.
	- Added Thread Move option to the Admin area.
	- Added Thread Deactivation option to the Admin area (soon to be phased out).
	- Added Post Edit option to the Admin area.
	- Added option to allow WordPress Posts to be cross-posted to a selected XDForum Forum as a new Thread.
	- Added option to customise the link displayed in the WordPress post pointing to the XDForum Thread.
	- Added Themes to XDForum. Now allows you to upgrade your site without having to hack the code to retain your 
	  layout.
	- Added Smarty for Template parsing.
	- Added Jump-To-Post. All Posts now create a link directly to them regardless of Page or position.
	- Added HTML Purifier to ensure Posts create XHTML 1.0 Transitional output. Also catches malicious code and tags 
	  not closed.
	- Added Style area to the Admin section. Handles colour output and Theme XDForum theme selection.
	- Added Profile link to Usernames. Does not display the Profile if the user is NOT logged in.
	- Added hook to allow Language Translations. All text is now Translated (we think all anyway).
	- Added Sidebar Show Date option. Can be set on or off and also has it's own setting for the date format. 
	- Fixed XHTML 1.0 Transitional compliant, same as WordPress.
	- Fixed Quote output.
	- Fixed Avatar deletion issue. Avatar is now deleted when the user changes it or removes it.
	- Fixed Double Post issue. Now catches the posts and will not re-submit them.
	- Fixed Double Topic issue. Now catches the Topic post and will not re-submit it.
	- Fixed Quotes in the Latest Post Excerpt in the Sidebar. Now shows the post and not the Quote.
	- Fixed Latest Post Sidebar issue when you make a Post. Doesn't need to be refreshed to display the "real" last 
	  post.
	- Fixed get_bloginfo('wpurl') issue as per recommendation by jillij (http://www.jillij.com/), thanks.
	- Fixed Quote feature, works again.
	- Tweaked HTML output in the Admin area, just some house cleaning.
	- Tweaked the Admin area to display changes or errors as does WordPress (box with fading colour).
	- Tweaked Search output. Better layout, link back to the Forum and searches Post by Guests.
	- Tweaked the Profile page, more options. Uses WordPress values applicable to keep the data and editing in one 
	  place.
	- Tweaked Quote output. Now displays a different colour in the box to help see what is and isn't a Quote.
	- Tweaked Pretty URL output.
	- Tweaked the code with some basic optimization.

Version 1.49 - 12/12/2006

	- This release is meant to fix the problems with the WP2.1 where they changed some of the database related 
	  variables.

Version 1.48 - 12/12/2006

	- Added option to select Search Highlight colours in the xd forum admin page.
	- One updated the highlight colours will display in the selection box fields.

Version 1.47 - 12/12/2006

	- Fixed an issue where the Display Last post in the sidebar fails to display any content.

Version 1.46 - 12/11/2006

	- Fixed Lastpost link does not work after page 1
	- Allow direct jumping to a post via a URL - or example, it creates a link properly formatted so it can be clicked 
	  or copy and pasted in to the browser window so when used it will load the XDF to the right page and jump to the 
	  post even if it's on page 2.
	- Better Search System:
		- Search bar on all pages.
		- When clicking on a search result link the searched words are now highlighted in the text.
		- Search result page now has it's heading as "Searched For: <search words>" instead of "Forum Index".
		- Links are now formatted with the search words to be highlighted in them.

Version 1.45 - 12/02/2006

	- Search feature now available for the Forums.
	- Fixed the problem when generating the lastpost link on the sidebar or XDF Index the link is not formatted 
	  correctly to jump to the lastpost if it is on page 2 or higher.

Version 1.44 - 11/29/2006

	- Fixed the problem when a user submits a reply in a thread with more then one page the page is redirected to a 
	  page which does not display the correct posts on the page.

Version 1.43 - 11/28/2006

	- The XDF date setting is now applied correctly to the Index page.
	- 
version 1.42 - 11/27/2006
	- 
	- Added Announcement Features.

Version 1.41 - 11/26/2006

	- 404 Page Not Found Error when using Permalinks and the correct .htaccess Rewrite Rules has now been solved.
	- When using the Rich Text Editor TinyMCE you can now use the Tab button to jump straight from the Title Box to 
	  the Subject Box instead of cycling through the TinyMCE buttons. Now works the same as in WordPress itself.
	- Quoting Comments is now supported.

version 1.40 - 07/05/2006

	- rewrote most of xdforum.
	- added new integration method that uses pages instead of template redirects (this means NO MORE XDFORUM TEMPLATE
	  INTEGRATION TROUBLES!)
	- added support for perma links for both WP 1.5 and 2.x
	- added user admin system in management panel
	- added better/fixed permissioning on front end
	- added akismet integration automatically if you use akismet for spam control
	- fixed breadcrumb links finally
	- fixed avatar stuff....
	- took too long...
	- added description (per request) to forums
	- added 6 posting styles:
        	- plain
		- html no bbcode
		- bbcode no html
		- html with quicktags no bbcode
		- html with tinymce no bbcode
		- html with fckeditor no bbcode
	- enjoy, thanks for waiting!

version 1.35 - ?

	I forgot to do release notes on this version......

version 1.29 - 02/08/2006

	- didn't update release notes for last 3 releases, not worth the time atm.
	- for this release, added last posts feature as function and sample code to add to sidebar:
	  	- <li><h2>Last Forum Posts</h2>
	  	- <?php
	  	- echo xdforum_get_last_threads();
	  	- ?></li>
	- added option to display link to last post in a forum on the forum index
	- added option to display link in threads list to last page/post

version 1.26 - 01/29/2006

	- fixed version so it is figured out automatically
	- added forum link into control panel for reference
	- added profile page where you can edit avatars and gravatars
	- make default xdforum template and post template work with default wordpress theme
	- added option for xdforum to put link into pages list so it can be turned off
	- fixed mysql5 sql queries problems for auto increment ids
	- added double post protected via disabled buttons (true spam solution will come later)

version 1.25 - 12/21/2005

	- added edit function for posts to public interface
	- added post templating for easier post looks customization
	- started on structure for unified WP1.5 XDForum and WP2.0 XDForum
	- removed WP2.0 incompatible installation code
	- started on "mark all as read" feature.