Wednesday, October 3, 2012

SimplePortal 2.3.5

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SimplePortal 2.3.5

The SimplePortal Team is happy to announce the release of SimplePortal 2.3.5, code-named "Railgun!" This release includes fixes for the bugs found in the 2.3.4 version, and features full SMF 2.0.2 and 1.1.16 compatibility.

We urge all users to upgrade to SimplePortal 2.3.5 as soon as possible to take advantage of the bug fixes. A full list of changes for 2.3.5 can be found in the changelog.txt file within the SimplePortal package, but the major fixes are:
  • Broken header bars in custom themes
  • Undefined indexes caused by feed parser
  • Custom permissions being reset on preview
  • Page blocks being reset in some cases
  • Shoutbox requests not updating user logs
  • Parsed content in tag parameters breaking BBC parsing
  • Several fixes to the layout and spacing

Unfortunately, there is no auto-upgrade option from 2.3.4 to 2.3.5 due to the number of changes. So, if you are running 2.3.4 or an older version, you can upgrade by following these three steps. You shouldn't lose any data, but for safety, you should always back up before modifying your forum. 

Finally, please do not use this topic for any support requests. You will get a much more prompt response by posting in Install and Upgrade board.

Thanks for all your support, and keep those bug reports and feature requests coming!
-The SimplePortal Team

SimplePortal 2.3.4

The SimplePortal Team is happy to announce the release of SimplePortal 2.3.4, code-named "Cherry!" This release includes many minor feature additions, improvements and fixes for bugs found in the 2.3.3 version.

We urge all users to upgrade to SimplePortal 2.3.4 as soon as possible to take advantage of the new features and bug fixes. A summary of the features and fixes is as follows:

Features
  • Two new positions for blocks: header and footer.
  • Revamped permission system with the ability to deny permissions.
  • Complex display options using PHP expressions for block display.
  • Implemented basic flood protection for shoutbox.
  • Introduced group based shoutbox moderators.
  • Added ability to prune shoutboxes with various options.
  • Links posted to shoutbox are now shortened.
  • Added ability to whisper (post private shouts) in shoutbox.
  • Better handling of ignored users in shoutbox.
  • Brand new RSS Feed block with a better parser.
  • Allow selecting blocks (not) to show in pages on page add/edit.
  • Allow overriding block titles using language strings.

Fixes
  • SMF 2.0.1 and 1.1.15 compatibility.
  • Improved compatibility with other mods.
  • Improved Right-To-Left languages support.
  • Several fixes to package database functions.
  • Custom theme friendly fix for broken headers.
  • Unescaped entities in shout dates could break shoutbox.
  • cutoff tag was displayed when it shouldn't be.
  • max-height failed on older browsers.
  • Copyright was misaligned due to recent changes in SMF.
  • Fixed MySQL 5.5+ compatibility.
  • Board news pagination link was sometimes broken.
  • Applied board permissions to the article management area.

A full list of changes for 2.3.4 can be found in the changelog.txt file within the SimplePortal package.

Unfortunately, there is no auto-upgrade option from 2.3.3 to 2.3.4 due to the number of changes. So, if you are running 2.3.3 or an older version, you can upgrade by following these three steps. You shouldn't lose any data, but for safety, you should always back up before modifying your forum. 

Finally, please do not use this topic for any support requests. You will get a much more prompt response by posting in Install and Upgrade board.

Thanks for all your support, and keep those bug reports and feature requests coming!
-The SimplePortal Team

SimplePortal 2.3.3

Close on the heels of the latest SMF RC, the SimplePortal Team is delighted to bring you the release of SimplePortal 2.3.3. This release includes many fixes for bugs found in the 2.3.2 version and most importantly, full SMF 2.0 RC4 compatibility.

We urge all users to upgrade to SimplePortal 2.3.3 as soon as possible to take advantage of the bug fixes. If you are currently running SMF 2.0 RC3 and SP 2.3.2, we strongly encourage you to upgrade both to the latest version to have the latest security features and bugfixes. A summary of the fixes and features is as follows:

Some of the more important fixes:

  • Admin permission boxes missing "Check all" checkbox. Reported by ~Alex~
  • BoardNews block constructPageIndex created invalid url. Reported by grafitus.
  • Fatal error editing blocks when portal is disabled. Reported by AngelinaBelle
  • Page permissions don't allow for admin only permissions. Reported by Garoun.
  • BoardNews block and Articles have an ellipsis even when their length is not limited. Reported by Garoun.
  • Login block doesn't hash password. Reported by ccbtimewiz.

A full list of bugfixes and changes for 2.3.3 can be found in the changelog.txt file within the SimplePortal package.

For users that are currently running SimplePortal 2.3, 2.3.1 or 2.3.2; you can upgrade to 2.3.3 using the SimplePortal 2.3.3 installation package.

If you are running an older version, you can upgrade by following these three steps. You shouldn't lose any data, but for safety, you should always back up before modifying your forum.

  • Uninstall SimplePortal.
  • Download SimplePortal 2.3.3.
  • Install SimplePortal 2.3.3, and you are ready to go!

If you are running SMF 2 RC3 and want to upgrade to SMF 2 RC4, then you will need to reinstall SimplePortal after you perform the upgrade.

Thanks for all your support, and keep those bug reports and feature requests coming!
-The SimplePortal Team

SimplePortal 2.3.2

The SimplePortal Team is happy to announce the release of SimplePortal 2.3.2. This release includes many fixes for bugs found in the 2.3.1 version and some essential minor feature additions.

We urge all users to upgrade to SimplePortal 2.3.2 as soon as possible to take advantage of the bug fixes. A summary of the fixes and features is as follows:

Fixes
  • Custom content blocks didn't have their content properly escaped. - reported by grafitus
  • Some variables are assumed to be loaded by loadTheme. - reported by bperry921
  • Shoutbox smiley popup display no smileys. - reported by FrelonVert
  • BoardIndex was getting a no index meta tag when running under "forum" action. - reported by playah26
  • Removing enabled tags from bbc array caused infinite loops with auto-linking. - reported by bangis
  • Selecting a category in Jump To menu resulted in portal index. - reported by ataru
  • Portal context was overrided by admin block list functions. - reported by leftezi
  • Center blocks didn't span whole area on a side collapse. - reported by rbeuker
  • Forum menu block and block overflow didn't like each other. - reported by Yahmez
  • setupThemeContext() doubled stuff when called twice for SMF 1.1. - reported by gietl
  • Admins were unable to manage portal when portal mode is set as disabled.

Features

  • "Search engine friendly URLs" support for pages. - suggested by MazdaClubTR
  • Updated all templates for Curve.
  • Added [cutoff] tag support for board news and articles. - suggested by ccbtimewiz
  • Aeva Media compatibility for Gallery block. - suggested by NIBOGO
  • Automatically fix the path to forum in PortalStandalone.php on install/upgrade.
  • Add SimplePortal sublink to main menu.

A full list of changes for 2.3.2 can be found in the changelog.txt file within the SimplePortal package.

For users that are currently running SimplePortal 2.3 or 2.3.1; you can upgrade to 2.3.2 using the SimplePortal 2.3.2 installation package.

If you are running an older version, you can upgrade by following these three steps. You shouldn't lose any data, but for safety, you should always back up before modifying your forum. 


SimplePortal 2.3.1

The SimplePortal Team is happy to announce the release of SimplePortal 2.3.1. This release includes several fixes for bugs found in the 2.3 version and some essential minor features.

We are also pleased to announce that SimplePortal is now the first publicly released SMF portal to officially support SMF 2 RC2 and Curve! You can take advantage of running SimplePortal on RC2 now if you are a SMF Charter Member, or when it becomes available to the public. If you aren't a SMF Charter Member, then SimplePortal 2.3.1 supports SMF 2 RC1.2 as well.

We urge all users to upgrade to SimplePortal 2.3.1 as soon as possible to take advantage of the bug fixes. A summary of the fixes and features is as follows:

Fixes
  • Image resizing issues in SMF 1.1.
  • 'Can add article' permission was ignored.
  • Shoutbox allowed empty shouts.
  • Shoutbox didn't censor text.
  • Disabled the AEVA mod in the shoutbox.
  • Php validator required absolute file include paths.
  • Db errors with Postgresql and Sqlite for SMF 2.
  • Issues with the menu blocks display.
  • Restricting the number of smileys shown on the shoutbox.
  • Shoutbox refresh was record as a page view.

Features
  • Compatibility with SMF 2 RC2 and Curve.
  • The SMF 2 installer can now seamlessly upgrade your SimplePortal data from SMF 1.1.

A full list of changes for 2.3.1 can be found in the changelog.txt file within the SimplePortal package.

For users that are currently running SimplePortal 2.3; you can upgrade to 2.3.1 using the SimplePortal 2.3.1 installation package.

If you are running an older version, you can upgrade by following these three steps. You shouldn't lose any data, but for safety, you should always back up before modifying your forum.
  • Uninstall SimplePortal.
  • Download SimplePortal 2.3.1.
  • Install SimplePortal 2.3.1, and you are ready to go!

SimplePortal 2.3

The SimplePortal Team is now celebrating the long awaited release of SimplePortal 2.3! The build up to this release has been long and we would like to thank our many dedicated supporters for their patience and continued support during the development of this version. The SimplePortal Team is as excited as you are by this release. We hope that you enjoy using it!

What's new?

Custom Pages
Our new version of SimplePortal comes with the new custom pages feature. With this feature you can create custom BBC, HTML and PHP pages, building a website around your forum. These pages have an advanced permission system, as well as the ability to quickly swap between page types. You can also set a unique search engine friendly page id for each page, which can be used to access the page instead of numeric ids.

Shoutboxes
One of the most popular feature requests that we have received is the shoutbox block. The SimplePortal Development Team has recognized this by creating the shoutbox block and extending it beyond the original requests, as usual, including an advanced but easy to use shoutboxe feature. Now you will be able to create an unlimited number of full AJAX shoutboxes for your forum. You can limit the usuable BBC tags in each shoutbox, put a nice warning above it, set custom permissions, and make it automatically refresh based on a set interval.

And more...
Apart from the two main features, there have been great improvements to the architecture of SimplePortal which will allow us include modules more quickly, making it easier for you to customize your portal. In addition, a new block, Top Member Stats, was added and some blocks were improved. Of course, this version fixes all the bugs reported from the 2.2.2 version as well!

Upgrading from older versions
There has been a large development jump with many code and feature changes. Because of this, you will have to uninstall older versions of SimplePortal, if you have any installed. None of your SimplePortal data will be lost from SimplePortal 2.x versions, as the uninstall process will preserve your settings, blocks and articles.

Three easy steps to upgrade your portal!
    Uninstall your old version of SimplePortal.Download SimplePortal 2.3 from one of the download locations above.Install SimplePortal 2.3, and you are ready to go!
What's in store for the future?
In the next versions of SimplePortal, the main focus will be on creating a complete article system and improving our block system. Since this version turns SimplePortal into a more modular structure, you can expect more features in the near future.

Thanks for reading! We hope that you enjoy using SimplePortal as much as we continue to enjoy creating and supporting it!

 
 

Regards,
The SimplePortal Team



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