Forum Update 2.4.2 (9/30/2008)

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Contents 1 Fixes 2 Changes 3 Added 4 How to Update

Fixes

1. Notice: Uninitialized string offset: 0 in /xxx/includes/SpecialAWCforum.php on line 199
2. <wiki></wiki> was retrieving talk pages, now it will only get wiki pages in the standard namespace.Will work on changing tag so user can select namespace (future option).
3. <wiki></wiki> will phase more extension tags (which are embedded in wiki pages) when imported into forum posts or profiles.
4. Removed word highlighting with-in posts when using the "Missed Posts" link.
5. Question marks ???? being displayed instead of text
6. Removed spaces in Forum Group names to make compatible with Wiki 1.13.x
7. Forum title and sub title not display certon characters correctly.

Changes

1. Moved alot of the php functions strlen(), substr(), html_entity_decode(), htmlentities(), htmlspecialchars() through out the forum files to single functions in the func.php file. Replaced strlen() and substr() with mb_strlen() and mb_substr() - all part of the Character Set problem.

Added

1. Added new admin option to fix Character Set problem with some languages
   AdminCP >> General Option's >> "Select the character set your forum will use."
2. Made the date display in posts a hyper link for a direct link to that particular post, link will open in new window.

How to Update

• Download this 2.4.2 update
• Upload all folders to your wikis root folder (just as you did when you first installed the forum)
  - All files and folders must be up-dated.
  - Both the /extensions/ and the /includes/ folder must be up-loaded.
• Go to the ACP (Admin Control Panel)

1. Click "Forum Up-date Installer" (Bottom option in Admin list)
2. Click the 2.4.2 update.

• Full Install - Only for Fresh install.

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