2.5.x - 90% complete, want to beta it ?

Tested on

• mediawiki-1.8.4
• mediawiki-1.9.0
• mediawiki-1.10.0
• mediawiki-1.12.0
• mediawiki-1.13.4
• mediawiki-1.14.0
• mediawiki-1.15alpha (r48198)

config file

define('awcs_forum_lang_default', 'en'); 
define('awcs_forum_convert_latin', false);
define('awcs_forum_nav_bar', true);
define('show_whos_here_in_WIKI', true);

define('awcs_forum_lang_default', 'en');

define('awcs_forum_convert_latin', false);

define('show_whos_here_in_WIKI', false);

define('awcs_forum_nav_bar', true);

Current Functions

version 2.5.x - EST Unknown In Public Beta Now

Planned

1. recycling bin - a place all deleted threads and posts will sit (admin option)

Whats Changed

Fixes

1. There have been many fixs which i have not noted or kept track of, sorry.
2. Fixed: Forum now displays time (to guests) based on what ever $wgLocaltimezone and $wgLocalTZoffset they might have set, logged in users time still reflect on their Wiki Preferences.

Changes

1. CSS file has been moved to the Database.
   Through your AdminCP you can now edit your CSS (edit history also), export, import, search, save as file or have css code embedded in your pages.
2. Skin file has been moved to Database
   Through your AdminCP you can now edit your skin display (edit history also), export, import and search.
3. The forums Permissions now works off wiki groups along with two pemissions settings
   One for reading
   A second for posting
4. url format: No longer use ?action= (kept old read system so its back-word compatible)
5. Removed 'Delete Thread' from second page of threads with multi-pages
6. How the forum tag creates URL's
7. Member search for Threads and Posts
   When clicking the post count link the results will not retrieve threads started by the member. Before it would display all threads and posts which the member was active in, now it will only display posts and the Threads link will display only threads, like it has.
8. Large part of the code has been changed to run more efficient
9. Language text display, look-up.
   Any and all text displayed in the forum can now use wiki-syntax. Change the text in the AdminCP >> Language file >> section.
10. Changed how the "recent post" indicators work (along with an Admin option to store info in dbase to make "recent posts" browser independent, Default is cookie)
11. Got rid of the /includes/SpecialAWCforum.php file.

Added

1. Spam-bot filter
   One invisable text box has been added to all posting forms which humans can not see. If the text box is filled in, the forum will reject the post with a "spam" message. Since a human can not see the text box they can not fill them in (so the text box will remain blank), but since a spam-bot can see the text box the spam-bot will try and fill them in and cause the post to be rejected.
2. Forum Stats(Total threads, posts, forum members) displayed on the main forum page
3. Wikifying Words
4. Poll option along with a <forum_poll id=##></forum_poll> tag
5. Who's Here and Where (also in Wiki via the config.php file)
6. Added .html to the end of most links - trying to make links more search engine friendly (admincp option)
7. (2) Default Forum Avatars
8. Nicer pre-view display for Quoting, Editing and Posting
9. Redirect system.
   Message screen with a 3 second pause (admincp option) after submitting (post, thread, edit, etc.)
   New language definitions section for redirect system
10. Displaying wiki templates (or pages using {{template}} or {{:page}}) in the forums header (at the top of every forum page) and/or above each forum section (editable via AdminCP editing forum sections) and/or above the posting boxs (editable via AdminCP editing forum sections).
11. Moderation check boxs to the left of thread titles on the forums listing page for mass; Announcing, Move, Delete, Sticky, etc.
12. Splitting posts to new threads
13. Merge posts into other threads
14. History for post edits (admin, mods and user who created the post (if admin lets users to edit) can see this)
15. "Last Post" links. When clicked, links in the 'Last Action' columns (forum pages, search pages, forum tag) will lead to the last page and last post in a thread.
16. Announcement, Poll, Sticky, Locked indicators in forum tag.
17. Page jump blocks in forum tag
18. Option for users to "Auto Subscribe" to threads
19. Thread subscribing option on the thread posting screen
20. Forum Menu in Wikis Navigation Menu along with a <awc_forum_menu_tag> tag and MemCP option to control whats displayed.
21. Extra <forum_info>option, you can pull from different forum sections (<forum_info id=#,#,#>)
22. Adding thread and post text to your wikis database.
23. Added [admcp lang_news|five small language files]] that are used for the Poll tag, FOrum tag, Whoes Here and Forum Menu.
24. Added SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi Buttons
25. Added help links through out the AdminCP
26. add the following tags (pretty sure they have been working in the forum from early 2.4.x)
    

    [search]test[/search] [google]test[/google] [yahoo]test[/yahoo]

Recent 2.5.x Fixes and Changes

1. links on main page (question mark in title messed things up)
2. jump pages (question mark in title messed things up)
3. url problem
4. whoes here link
5. css not displaying off new system
6. dead "Last Post" column on main page, now border will out-line
7. moved forum_tag code to new file
8. fixed edit links when view mem-profile
9. fixed member ids
10. add the following tags (pretty sure they have been working in the forum from early 2.4.x)

    [search]test[/search] [google]test[/google] [yahoo]test[/yahoo]

11. moved the search form to the new template system (the members_skin.php file is the only skin file left on the old systme)
12. after posting a new replay, redirect to that post
13. when clicking a thread title in the 'Last Post' column, link leads to the last post in that thread
14. added pages jumps blocks to the forum tag
15. added "Locked, Stick and Announcement" indicators to the forum tag
16. Changed I.P.s to the word 'Guests' in the Whoe's Here page
17. fixed blank thread title after posting... some times the thread title would go blank in the forums thread listing page.
18. Changed how the update-script compairs forum version numbers for smoother updates from older (2.4.1, 2.4.2, etc) forum versions
19. Fixed, missing user name in the "Last Action" column
20. pre tags where not displaying correctly
21. Whoe's here page - now has links, title and breadcrumbs
22. Check on the words "Admin Control Panel" - if blank (because of language problem) will display text so link is clickable
23. Notice: Undefined index: edit_count (should be fixed, cant test it because i could not reproduce the problem)
24. Added search box back to main forum page (still needs work)
25. Screwy pages jumps, both in thread and forum page which lists the thread titles
26. Made SQL calls more efficient
27. Added option to fill wiki-dbase with forum thread into (off by Default)
28. Added Forum Menu to wiki-navigation
29. Changed how the "recent post" indicators work (along with an Admin option to store info in dbase to make "recent posts" browser independent, Default is cookie)
30. Fixed the update-language problem (we hope)
31. Change the Thread subscriptions alittle
32. The posting_box problem Dinth and Tester have should be fixed.
33. Made it so the <forum_info> can pull from different forum sections (<forum_info id=#,#,#>)
34. Added two language files, /languages/menu.i18n.php and whos_here.i18n.php
    - They control any text displayed in your wiki that the forum send (the forums new menu and the "Whoe's Here") which display on wiki pages. Being that there was little text displayed, this seams like the best method. The forum tags text will also be moved here soon.
35. Fixed 'Last Post' click, was not displaing the correct number of threads.
36. Fixed SQL call in sessions
37. Another attempt to fix the lang update problem
38. SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi Buttons
39. Forum Menu Tag
40. User options to control whats displayed in the forums menu
41. Added Special:AWCforum/member_options/pm_clear_unread no link, only URL
42. fix Forum Stats missing entry in the fresh installer
43. fixed - changing CSS default
44. history for CSS and Skin Template edits along with version number tracking for each (Ver. 1.0.0 When the forum updates a skin or css the middle number will change 1.#.0 when a user makes edits the last number will change 1.0.#, all changes are logged and viable in the editing screen). (while working on the next update, i see that this option might be needed for people who customize there skin files.)
45. fixed forum and thread count while deleting posts and threads
46. have the new permissions system working at 80%
47. Removed 'Special:AWCforum' from the "Wikifying Words" option so its a smaller SQL query (only effects people who use the Post text in wiki).
48. Auto skin edit in the 'memcp_main_body' template
49. Auto CSS edit, adding bottom border to Poll box '.poll_display_table'
50. Added help links through out the AdminCP
51. Added <awc_forum_menu_tag> menu tag
52. Added member options to control whats displayed in forums menu.
53. Change the Polls question text into a link back to the thread which the poll belongs to (mainly useful when using the poll tag) .
54. New forum permissions system, now works off Wiki-Groups
55. fixed thread delete count again
56. Added wiki-group link to AdimCP (1.13 wiki option, click "Look Up Users Forum's Account")
57. fixed CSS export
58. worked on "recent post" change
59. Tried fixing Forum Menu (and Whoe's Online) from going nuts on Cat Womens wiki
60. Added and fixed some Bread Crumbs
61. Forum text not displaying on certon servers for guest accounts.
62. Recent Posts (should be) fixed
63. 'Notice' Errors in threads that guest post in
64. Another attempt at fixing the Forum Menu and Whoes Here from displaying multi-times. (think we got it this time)
65. Added AdminCP option to show Guest IPs in public or not (Admin can see no matter what)
66. Remove 'post' and 'thread' count in posts for Guests.
67. Converted the search to the new perm-system.
68. Missing text on Moderation pages (Move thread, Split, Merge, etc.)
69. Missing forum names in search (Recent Posts, Todays Posts, etc.)
70. Change the css class call in the Whoes here displayed in wiki pages. - Table class="whos_here" & top row class="whos_here_header"
71. Moved text displayed in the forum tag to the /languages/forum_tag.i18n.php file
72. Moved poll displayed in the poll tag to the /languages/poll_tag.i18n.php file
73. Added msg box for deleting forums
74. Added msg box for deleting categories
75. Setting to true caused problems in recent beta versions.

    define('awcs_forum_convert_latin', false);

76. Importing of skin file did not work correctly, all skin templates where lost.
77. Moved the Members Profile (when you click on a members name) over to the new Skin Template system (that was the last of the skins, everything except the AdminCP works off the new Skin Template System)
78. Removed (AdminCP option) guest IPs from the thread listing pages and main forums Index pages (Admin can still see the IPs, but no one else can).
79. Fixed the text "Poll", was not being displayed next to poll threads in the thread listing page.
80. Added num=## to the forum tag. The AdminCP setting will over-ride this entry.
    Example: If you have your AdminCP setting set to show the maximum of 8 threads and you set the num=9, only 8 threads will show. If you enter num=5 then only five threads will show.
81. Added three more buttons to the forums tool bar: Search (forum search tag), Google and Yahoo
82. Fixed Specialpages display

    < awcforum >

83. Fixed: Members in the Sysops group not being able to update the forum
84. Fixed: row and post-body alt-coloring. This option was only working on some servers, now should work for everyone.
85. Fixed: URL problem on some servers
86. Fixed: AdminCP - editing forums: Template fields for top-of-forum and posting-box both display the post-box info
87. Fixed: Special:AWCforum/st/id1117/
88. Changed update buttons back to links to solve the IE update problem.
89. Did alittle work on the AdminCP >> Skin Template, you now can have more then one Skin Template installed and change the default. When Exporting a Skin, it will be saved in the /extensions/awc/forums/skins/exports/ folder.
90. fixed poll and forum permissions under Wiki 1.9 (thank you Tdot for your patients and help trouble shooting)
91. fixed redirect for adding a poll
92. Added poll fields to the "Preview Poll" page
93. Increased the chr limit of Poll questions and options to 255 (before it worked off the AdminCP thread title length setting)
94. Fixed: AdminCP: link (again) for forum-header and posting-box templates, also added a check - if there is no template then the * will not show.
95. Fixed: When creating a new thread and selecting a Subscribe option, nothing happened.
96. Fixed: Forum now displays time (to guests) based on what ever $wgLocaltimezone and $wgLocalTZoffset they might have set, logged in users time still reflect on their Wiki Preferences.
97. Fixed: Space to the left of the first poll option while displaying poll options
98. Fixed: Some times Members can edit some times they cant (problem was they could not edit in announcement threads )
99. Added: http://wiki.anotherwebcom.com/index.php5?title=Forum_todo_list&bt_action=view&bt_i...
100. Added: AdminCP and MemCP options to allow PM's text to be sent in the Notified email
101. Added: AdminCP option to allow post and thread text to be send in the subscription email
102. Added: multi-poll options
103. Added: some HOOKS to the add_thread(), add_single_post() and two more in the subscriptions file.
104. Added: a send_mail.php file to handle forum mail better.
105. FIXED Messed up CSS with fresh/clean install
106. FIXED Member Thread and Post search not found for names with 'Spaces' in name
107. FIXED Guest posts mixing up Avatar display in threads
108. FIXED Forum not displaying after updating from 2.4.x to 2.5.x (CSS and Template problem)
109. ADDED: Hook - http://wiki.anotherwebcom.com/Forum_Hook_/_awcsforum_post_render_display

New changes in 2.5.7 download 7/27/09

1. Fixed: Post and Threads search links in the MemCP menu:
2. Fixed: Missing Max number of members who can be PMed
3. Fixed: Sending PMs to members with 'spaces' in their name.
4. Changed: Whoes here will now display Forum and Thread titles instead of the url.
5. Tweaked the "Last Page" jump on the thread listing pages.
6. Fixed search bug when trying to search certon forum sections.
7. Changed: Clear 'New' Indicators needs redirect
8. Changed: Thread and Post count query.
9. Added: Preview to edit page
10. [Fixed] Last page jump and Next page jump for threads.
11. [ Fixed] Disable option to create polls. Note: any polls which are already create will still function. Polls still have more admin options to come; close poll, lock thread - keep poll active, delete, etc..

Upcoming Changes

1. Formatted 'Forum Stats' numbers on the main index page. (add a comma (,) for numbers in the thousands)
2. FIXED: Forum Stat - Total Users was not updating
3. FIXED: Emailing problem for some servers
4. FIXED: 'White/Blank' screen on some servers
5. ADDED: "Members Title" under members name in post.
6. Password protect forums working (still needs work, Threads in forums which are passworded will not show up in the forum tag or search results)
7. ADDED: While PM-ing, names will auto fill now
8. FIXED Subscribed email title being cut off with double qoutes
9. FIXED, PM replay titles with double quotes getting cut off.
10. ADDED: SQLite support
11. Re-worked update script

More Info

• Edit your Wiki's LocalSettings.php file, add the following:

require_once( "$IP/extensions/awc/forums/awc_forum.php" );

require_once( "$IP/includes/DefaultSettings.php" );

require_once( "$IP/includes/DefaultSettings.php" );
require_once( "$IP/extensions/awc/forums/awc_forum.php" );

• Go to your "Special pages" and you will now see a link to your forum.