Recent changes to NewFeatures235

NewFeatures235 modified by Ulf Dittmer

Ulf Dittmer — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 08:09:10 -0000

NewFeatures235 modified by Ulf Dittmer

Ulf Dittmer — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 23:28:37 -0000

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 # New and changed features in JForum 2.3.5

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 ## Libraries
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 Some libraries have been updated in this release, and they are necessary to have the software running smoothly. Please make sure that no duplicated version of such exist in the WEB-INF/lib directory, as it would cause some strange runtime behavior. 

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   * slf4j 1.7.5 

 ## New Features
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   * RSS feed for a particular user's posts 
   * New search options: exact phrase, subject/message differentiation, search by date, search by username/user ID, group by forum 
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 ## New Configurations

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 Entry name | Default value | Description
 ------------- | ------------- | -------------
 google.analytics.tracker | blank | Filling in a Google Analytics ID will cause a GA tracking snippet to be inserted in each forum page
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 ## Database Schema

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   * ALTER TABLE jforum_users ADD COLUMN user_twitter VARCHAR(50) DEFAULT NULL; 
   * For PostgreSQL only: fixed a bug for posts made during the hour when daylight savings time (DST) is switched back by an hour 
   * ALTER TABLE jforum_posts ALTER COLUMN post_time TYPE timestamp with time zone;

NewFeatures235 modified by Ulf Dittmer

Ulf Dittmer — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 23:20:29 -0000

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   * User profiles support Twitter handles 
   * Option to display a board-wide announcement at the top of each page 
   * Option to index and search post attachments 
-  * Runs on OpenJDK if you use this [patched JCaptcha library](http://code.google.com/p/jforum2/downloads/list)
+  * Runs on OpenJDK if you use this [patched JCaptcha library](https://sourceforge.net/projects/jforum2/files/)
   * The header contains a link "My Posts" to all posts made by the current user 
   * It's possible to share a post on multiple sites via ShareThis integration 
   * Improvement to the user post page - the post text can be revealed only upon a button click (makes the page easier to work with if multiple lengthy posts are found)

NewFeatures235 modified by Ulf Dittmer

Ulf Dittmer — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 13:32:41 -0000

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-Entry name
-Default value
-Description
-
-google.analytics.tracker
-blank
-Filling in a Google Analytics ID will cause a GA tracking snippet to be inserted in each forum page
-
-posts.edit.after.reply
-true
-If set to false, disallows editing a post (or a reply) after there have been later replies
-
-show.online.status 
-true 
-Whether or not to show the online status of users 
-
-show.ip 
-true 
-Whether or not to show the IP address for a post 
-
-show.avatar 
-true 
-Whether or not to show avatars 
-
-karma.show 
-true 
-Whether or not to show karma 
-
-lucene.index.attachments 
-false 
-Whether post attachments should be searched along with the post text. This feature might use a lot of memory. 
-
-social.enabled 
-false 
-Whether to show the ShareThis button on the topic page. 
-
-user.posts.toggle 
-false 
-Whether the post contents on the user post page are always visible, or whether they're initially invisible, and displayed only after a mouse click. 
-
-http.x-frame-options 
- SAMEORIGIN 
-prevents framing of the web app by some other site to guard against clickjacking (framing by the same site is still possible); use DENY to prevent all framing; leave blank to allow all framing 
+Entry name | Default value | Description
+------------- | ------------- | -------------
+google.analytics.tracker | blank | Filling in a Google Analytics ID will cause a GA tracking snippet to be inserted in each forum page
+posts.edit.after.reply | true | If set to false, disallows editing a post (or a reply) after there have been later replies
+show.online.status | true | Whether or not to show the online status of users 
+show.ip | true | Whether or not to show the IP address for a post 
+show.avatar | true | Whether or not to show avatars 
+karma.show | true | Whether or not to show karma 
+lucene.index.attachments | false | Whether post attachments should be searched along with the post text. This feature might use a lot of memory. 
+social.enabled | false | Whether to show the ShareThis button on the topic page. 
+user.posts.toggle | false | Whether the post contents on the user post page are always visible, or whether they're initially invisible, and displayed only after a mouse click. 
+http.x-frame-options | SAMEORIGIN | prevents framing of the web app by some other site to guard against clickjacking (framing by the same site is still possible); use DENY to prevent all framing; leave blank to allow all framing 

 ## Database Schema

NewFeatures235 modified by Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 12:52:48 -0000

New and changed features in JForum 2.3.5

Libraries

Some libraries have been updated in this release, and they are necessary to have the software running smoothly. Please make sure that no duplicated version of such exist in the WEB-INF/lib directory, as it would cause some strange runtime behavior.

C3P0 0.9.2.1
Commons FileUpload 1.3
Lucene 3.6.2
jQuery 1.10.2
JDOM 2.0.5
JavaMail 1.5.1
FreeMarker 2.3.20
EhCache 2.4.8
MySQL driver 5.1.27
PostgreSQL JDBC Driver 9.3-1100
HSQLDB 2.3.1
Quartz 2.1.7
slf4j 1.7.5

New Features

RSS feed for a particular user's posts
New search options: exact phrase, subject/message differentiation, search by date, search by username/user ID, group by forum
New BB tags "tt", "strike" and "wikipedia" (even language-specific)
Enhancements to the "My Bookmarks" page: listing forum and topic watches
Added link to a user's public profile page on his/her profile edit page
Fixed a couple of XSS vulnerabilities
Built-in access statistics for board administrators
Use porter stemming for indexing content - makes it easier to find singular/plural forms of words
User profiles support Twitter handles
Option to display a board-wide announcement at the top of each page
Option to index and search post attachments
Runs on OpenJDK if you use this patched JCaptcha library
The header contains a link "My Posts" to all posts made by the current user
It's possible to share a post on multiple sites via ShareThis integration
Improvement to the user post page - the post text can be revealed only upon a button click (makes the page easier to work with if multiple lengthy posts are found)
add support for X-FRAME-OPTIONS header to guard against clickjacking

New Configurations

Entry name
Default value
Description

google.analytics.tracker
blank
Filling in a Google Analytics ID will cause a GA tracking snippet to be inserted in each forum page

posts.edit.after.reply
true
If set to false, disallows editing a post (or a reply) after there have been later replies

show.online.status
true
Whether or not to show the online status of users

show.ip
true
Whether or not to show the IP address for a post

show.avatar
true
Whether or not to show avatars

karma.show
true
Whether or not to show karma

lucene.index.attachments
false
Whether post attachments should be searched along with the post text. This feature might use a lot of memory.

social.enabled
false
Whether to show the ShareThis button on the topic page.

user.posts.toggle
false
Whether the post contents on the user post page are always visible, or whether they're initially invisible, and displayed only after a mouse click.

http.x-frame-options
SAMEORIGIN
prevents framing of the web app by some other site to guard against clickjacking (framing by the same site is still possible); use DENY to prevent all framing; leave blank to allow all framing

Database Schema

ALTER TABLE jforum_users ADD COLUMN user_twitter VARCHAR(50) DEFAULT NULL;
For PostgreSQL only: fixed a bug for posts made during the hour when daylight savings time (DST) is switched back by an hour
ALTER TABLE jforum_posts ALTER COLUMN post_time TYPE timestamp with time zone;
ALTER TABLE jforum_posts ALTER COLUMN post_edit_time TYPE timestamp with time zone;
ALTER TABLE jforum_topics ALTER COLUMN topic_time TYPE timestamp with time zone;