Archiv: CF4 Changelogs v4.0 bis v4.11
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v4.11 - 05.06.2023
| [NEW] | Hide online-status / online-time in memberlist and profiles too, if that option is enabled, for consistent privacy |
| [NEW] | Added a setting in ACP Security to generally hide the exact online time for all users. This prevents unauthorized people from creating detailed presence profiles of other users via the last seen information |
| [NEW] | Added "Last Post" ordering option in ACP multidel and ACP inactive users panel |
| [OPT] | CF4 now has full PHP 8.2 compatibility |
| [OPT] | Changed unit for "Allowed size for all attachments of an user in this group" from Byte to MByte for better handling and to prevent overflowing values |
| [HOOK] | Added new output hook for PM navbar |
| [CNG] | Automatically revoke all active autologin sessions on password change (not only on manual purge) for additional security |
| [CNG] | Removed subforum info hover for better compatibility with touch devices on grid-index-layout |
| [CNG] | Updated a description text in https assistant (support for animated GIFs added to cloud service) |
| [CNG] | Use non-filled e-mail icon for mail BBCode for better icon recognition on every background |
| [CNG] | Show a filetype specific icon directly during a drag & drop upload if it's not an image (with preview) instead of just a dummy-icon |
| [CNG] | Added grid-height-matcher to subforum listing view for a better look |
| [FIX] | Zebra table layout on ACP userlisting didn't look as expected |
| [FIX] | Sort ordering of inactive users did not always apply to the list |
| [FIX] | Fixed a problem that prevented an already set birthday to be removed again from user profiles |
| [FIX] | Fixed a notice with PHP >= 8.1 when deleting topics |
| [FIX] | Fixed a possible invalid array key notice with PHP >= 8.1 when sending PMs |
| [UPD] | Updated Smarty to the latest version |
| [UPD] | Updated jQuery to the latest version |
v4.10 - 20.06.2022
| [NEW] | Completely redesigned attachment system for posts with drag & drop uploader, upload process indicator and instant preview of uploaded image files |
| [NEW] | Completely redesigned report system with report comments, report ticket system, post-backup functionality and internal moderator discussions per ticket |
| [NEW] | Added option to force a relay address for servers with multiple domains to prevent DMARC/SPF verification problems |
| [NEW] | Notification system for redesigned report system to better notify Admins, S-Mods and Mods about open tickets on the board index |
| [SEO] | Better optimized default robots.txt to prevent non important sites (like FAQ or Login) getting added to search engines |
| [SEO] | Optimized nofollow / noindex behavior to meet updated Google standards |
| [SEO] | Added the rel="ugc" marker for user generated content links regarding updated Google suggestions |
| [SEO] | Better identification for single post permalinks to block them via robots.txt more easily and prevent duplicate content in search engines |
| [SEO] | Profile links now hidden from guests, if public display of profiles is switched off in ACP (no more dead-end-links) |
| [CNG] | Removed "report topic" setting and permission, because it was redundant with the "report post" functionality and often misleading for users - now just one report setting for both |
| [CNG] | Several smaller UX improvements |
| [CNG] | BBCodes "mp3" and "video" now default to OFF, directly meeting the suggestion of our https assistant in ACP because most boards now run in https environments |
| [CNG] | Changed some vendor links to cback.net to prevent mixing of our .de and .net domains for more consistency throughout the software |
| [OPT] | Better method to clean LIKE query parameters in DB class |
| [OPT] | More efficient detection of local URLs with additional domain-wide perspective |
| [OPT] | Local URLs now get detected even if users mix them with and without www. (independent from board primary address) |
| [OPT] | Valid PM receivers are now automatically added if you don't chose CC / BCC first and just hit reply, making this more user friendly |
| [OPT] | Added frame-block CSP header to PHP generated headers additionally to existing suggestion in default .htaccess to enable this feature for servers not able to process .htaccess files |
| [PERF] | Several optimizations and performance improvements in DB class |
| [PERF] | Removed additional JavaScript for "matchheight"-functionality and used more powerful solution via CSS3 and UIKit lib |
| [PERF] | New reporting system processes reported posts much faster than old system, especially in boards with more than 500.000 posts |
| [FIX] | Fixed a potential countable notice in ACP bulk edit list with PHP 8 |
| [FIX] | Fixed some spelling errors in English language package |
| [UPD] | Updated Smarty library to latest version |
| [SETUP] | Converters now better support MySQL 5.1+ strict environments when importing existing forums to CF4 |
| [SETUP] | phpBB3 converter/importer improved |
v4.9 - 14.07.2021
| [INFO] | CFv4.9 additionally got full support for PHP8 now |
| [NEW] | The "limited edit time"-feature now also limits the deletion time for posts to achieve a more consequent behavior |
| [NEW] | Added a button to ACP Group Member Panel to add a member and set the default group with a single click |
| [NEW] | Admin can now add attachments to posts from other users (showing up in attachment list of this user then) |
| [NEW] | Auto-Resize functionality for Avatars and Userpics (if pics are larger than the dimensions you set it will automatically resize the images instead of just rejecting them) |
| [NEW] | Auto-Rotation-Feature for servers dropping EXIF data from scaled images with (mostly smartphone) based rotation flag (if your server has this behavior you can turn this feature on via ACP) |
| [NEW] | Integrated ImageProxy Service now supports animated GIFs as well; also adapts to already posted animated GIFs automatically |
| [NEW] | Integrated StopForumSpam API to additionally validate e-mail addresses during registration (you can turn this feature on in ACP -> Security or Registration settings) |
| [NEW] | Added a Light / High Contrast Theme for ACP for users with impaired vision (you can turn this on in ACP -> General Configuration with "Use light theme for ACP") |
| [NEW] | New ImageTools System for Image Processing, Image Scaling, etc. - added to attachment system and other image uploads, better error prevention, extended MIME type verification, more optimized code |
| [CNG] | Added additional image type verification via MIME check to better handle image scaling and prevent error messages |
| [CNG] | Drag and Drop Uploader now part of the BBCode-Editor to prevent "duplicate loading" in Plugins that use it (like CBACK MediaManager); we also have additional plans with this in later CF-Releases |
| [CNG] | Better detection and more action-identifiers for sessions shown in "Who Is Online" list |
| [CNG] | New and much more reliable multi threading Cache system for higher performance and reliability especially on high-load forums |
| [CNG] | New default config for max filesize (Userpics and Avatars) with the new AutoScaling feature enabled (you can turn this feature off in ACP if you prefer the old behavior) |
| [CNG] | Optimized sorting and filtering for currently online list to prevent duplicated counting of guests; better guest user handling in "Who is Online" List |
| [CNG] | Some layout improvements for attachment manager |
| [PERF] | Optimized performance for permission group edits in ACP |
| [PERF] | Drastic performance boost and new caching method for online statistics and bot statistics |
| [PERF] | Performance boosts for topic listing pages and forumview |
| [PERF] | Extreme performance boost for SearchIndex feature with predictive caching and way more than 60% speed improvement for full reindexing (also drastically reduces the time needed for data migration from another forum software to CF4) |
| [OPT] | Several Online-Stats and Who-Is-Online optimizations, better counting, prevent duplicates from search engine bots and more performant caching and data fetching (Note to users of CBACK Portal Plugin: Please update your Portal Plugin and the "Statistics" and "Now Online" Widgets to the latest version made for CFv4.9 to prevent data mixing due to the old algorithm in the Portal Plugin) |
| [FIX] | Fix a cosmetic bug with positioning of the autocomplete dropdown in PM Editor if scrolling the page (Firefox) |
| [FIX] | Hide single marked notification directly, not just with page reload |
| [FIX] | Moderators can't edit or delete other posts (even with correct permission) if edit time limit feature is on |
| [FIX] | Prevent PHP Error Log entries if you activate CBACK Captcha without GDLib support in your PHP configuration |
| [FIX] | SuperModerator groups without additional Modgroup-Flag did not automatically get Modstatus in forums as intended (were not able to use moderator functions in posts) |
| [SEC] | Additionally to the existing .htaccess based suggestion you can now send the "x-frame-option: deny/sameorigin" header with the forum itself, configurable via ACP security for better phishing protection (prevents embedding your page in a frame); good if you don't use this setting in your .htaccess or you use a different Web Server Software |
| [UPD] | Recompiled CF4 JS Library |
| [UPD] | Updated jQuery Library to latest version |
| [UPD] | Updated Smarty Library to latest version |
| [API] | Added new toolbox/ImageTools Class for Developers which contains handy functions to handle Images and ImageUploads (listed hereinafter in more detail) |
| [API] | Centralized method to scale uploaded or existing images to a preferred size, supports GIF, PNG and JPG |
| [API] | Centralized method to allow rotation of an image file; also supports flipping an image if it's mirrored |
| [API] | Image Scale function automatically uses the "AutoRotate" feature (if enabled in ACP) to prevent upside-down-effect on some servers removing EXIF data from Smartphone images |
| [API] | Added methods to better verify the MIME type of image files and to translate MIME type to expected file-extension to verify image file uploads more deeply before scaling, displaying or rotating |
v4.8 - 11.11.2020
| [NEW] | Added a Reply-All function for Multi-PM and Group-PM feature |
| [SEC] | Added rel="noopener" parameter to user generated external links for higher security and privacy with modern browsers |
| [FIX] | Using correct "Sent Date" Lang String in PM Outbox (instead of "Receive Date") |
| [FIX] | Fixed an error, that Facebook Messenger on iOS exceeds the max length (255 chars) of the "UserAgent" field in session table in some cases |
| [FIX] | Fixed an error causing random page jumps in ModCP Split Topic interface |
| [FIX] | Add a missing CFProtect token to topic.htm if strict moderation is on and you verify locked posts from there |
| [FIX] | Fixed a problem, that the smilie selection didn't show all available smilies in some cases |
| [FIX] | Fixed a problem with wrong memory usage calculation in UserCP Attachment overview if there were more than one page of files listed |
| [OPT] | Optimized filtering in ACP Mass Mailer to get rid of non-mail-ready characters better and improve compatibility to older email clients |
| [OPT] | Adjust mail header layout to better comply with changed spam-protection policies of GMX and Web.de webmail services |
| [OPT] | Optimized query to retrieve subscription mail receivers to make it more performant |
| [OPT] | Added additional table indexes to subscription table and User e-mail field to make some Plugins more performant |
| [OPT] | Auto verify a topic if the post to verify is also the first post of that topic and vice versa if strict moderation is enabled to save one additional (and unnecessary) click in those cases |
| [OPT] | Redirect already activated accounts to the login page (with a ready message) in case some weird Mail-Link-Preview-Tools already activated an account after registration and the link gets triggered twice, confusing the user getting an error message |
| [PERF] | Several "under the hood" changes to optimize MySQL 5.7+ and PHP 7.4 compatibility and performance |
| [CNG] | Updated jQuery Library to current version |
| [CNG] | Updated Smarty Library to current version |
| [SETUP] | Better MySQL 5.7+ compatibility for all converters |
| [SETUP] | phpBB3 converter got more fallback routines to better handle potentially corrupted data during conversion |
| [SETUP] | phpBB3 converter now able to convert user passwords as well (so in most cases no password reset required anymore after a convert) |
v4.7 - 24.03.2020
| [NEW] | Added CFProtect System for multi layer protection against Phishing & CSRF attacks |
| [NEW] | Added time based and referrer based checks to the new CFProtect Verification System - all settings and sensitivities customizable via ACP |
| [NEW] | CFProtect System for POST/GET/AJAX now easy to use for all Plugin Developers and easy to integrate system wide (see our new 03/2020 developer manual in the support section) |
| [NEW] | Added a dedicated profile field for Discord messenger to User profile |
| [NEW] | The UserCP "Extras" Panel now shows or hides automatically depending on if Plugins use this panel or not - Plugin authors don't have to do this themselves anymore during Plugin installation |
| [CNG] | Added write permission check to all ACP Package uploaders to prevent potential errors during package upload |
| [CNG] | Added an additional parameter to $UI->add_footer_js to allow Plugin developers to prevent automatic addition of version-tag |
| [CNG] | Replaced the JS based LazyLoad for avatars in topic-view with the new browser native HTML5 lazyloading to boost performance and prevent scrolling / anchor-link glitches on some devices or positioning conflicts with our sticky-avatar system |
| [CNG] | Consequently using HTML5 field type "number" instead of "text" for all ACP settings using numeric-only values |
| [CNG] | Some changes to User-Menu in the header for better usability |
| [CNG] | Added "view own profile" link to UserCP Home Panel |
| [CNG] | Added quick access link to own postings via the search-bell menu in header |
| [CNG] | Styles now support a version info in the package_info.php - will be visible in ACP Style manager also, so you see if a style was already updated to the CF version you use or not |
| [SEC] | The Browser Cache Version Tag on CSS & JS files is now obfuscated per-board to prevent showing the "real" used CF4 version in the page source for additional safety |
| [SEC] | Force usage of a SameSite=Strict cookie for the ACP session validation independend from the setting for the rest of the board to further enhance CSRF protection for Admin sessions |
| [SEO] | Added the SEO rewrite mode "root" to just return the unmodified root-path of the board itself (for example usable to link to Plugin images or something like that) |
| [FIX] | Fix a problem that Plugins with SuperMod Access can't be activated for Super Moderators |
| [FIX] | Fixed some PHP notices that could occur on PHP 7.4 |
| [FIX] | Fixed a little HTML syntax error in the login form buttons |
| [FIX] | Fixed a PHP notice that could occur if the redirection url was not set during a board-internal redirection attempt |
| [FIX] | Prevent an error message during user registration if default fields in the User-DB were not set correctly |
| [PERF] | Several optimizations for an even better performance with PHP 7.4 - CF4 is btw. fully compatible to PHP 7.4! |
| [RMV] | Removed the "CBACK Profiler" account transfer feature: Not compatible anymore to our better Cross-Site Security policies and was not really used anyway |
| [RMV] | Removed individual settings for post/topics per page per user - we use the (still customizable) boardwide setting for each account now to have consistent pagination for all user accounts (better usability & better for Search Engines |
| [SETUP] | New default values for users/posts and members per page for a better look on the Mira default template on every viewport |
v4.6 - 28.10.2019
| [NEW] | Switched to a much better and more secure password hashing algorithm to store our salted and hashed user passwords even more secure and future-proof (don't worry if you have an existing board: the first (successful!) login of existing users automatically and silently converts their old hash to the new and better one) |
| [NEW] | Several new features and improvements to optimize search engine handling (details see "SEO") |
| [NEW] | Added a "nourlencode" option to support even more individual ImageCloud / ImageProxy services with the https-Assistant |
| [NEW] | Added a "LazyLoad" option for all IMG BBCodes (you can switch that on in the ImageProxy/ImageCloud configuration in https Assistant even if you just use regular IMG BBCode without cdn) |
| [NEW] | Added the possibility to temporarily "freeze" Plugins without losing any Plugin data by still allowing you to configure those freezed Plugins via the ACP without affecting your frontend |
| [CNG] | Added Lazyload for Avatars to Post-Search-Layout |
| [CNG] | Used the same top-padding for sticky avatars in topics & pms for a more consistent look |
| [CNG] | Used the same top-padding for search results and topics for a more consistent look |
| [CNG] | Avatar sticky now only active on devices with screens >1040px for higher performance on older mobile devices |
| [CNG] | Better position for the Content-Type Header in the $UI class to prevent duplicate content headers in some occasions |
| [CNG] | Allow Plugins to still be executed when the board is disabled (so the Admin can configure Plugins even if the board is still not accessible for regular users) |
| [CNG] | The default :D smilie was updated to a better version |
| [CNG] | Added a blocking .htaccess file to the templates directory to prevent access to non-compiled .less or .htm files |
| [CNG] | jQuery library was updated to the latest version |
| [CNG] | Added a note that you are also able to merge topics together when splitting a topic to a new one |
| [CNG] | ModCP Forum Overview now lists topics in the same order as the topic overview in the forum (means: default order is now also the last post date & topic type and not the topic creation date) |
| [CNG] | Several smaller code optimizations within CF4 classes for a better performance and compatibility |
| [FIX] | Fixed PHP Notice on PHP 7.3 when uploading custom smilies |
| [FIX] | Fixed PHP Notice on PHP 7.3 when uploading custom topic icons |
| [FIX] | Set maximum field length for passwords to the same value in UserCP and Registration forms |
| [FIX] | Setting for Attachment-Download Permissions now only checks that permission setting without additionally checking forum-read permission to make this setting more logical |
| [FIX] | Fix a problem that the Navbar uses the wrong hover background color when using individual LESS color configs |
| [FIX] | Fix a problem with the multi quote system not working properly |
| [FIX] | Maximum number of Attachments per Post now counts correctly |
| [FIX] | Default Smilie :ninja: had no eyes. We gave that poor little guy's eyes back. O_O |
| [FIX] | Topic split function missed a default-field-value and generated an error message on MySQL 5.7 |
| [RMV] | Removed deprecated code in the perm-check function, which is no longer in use for Plugin hooks |
| [SEO] | Newly suggested setting for Referrer-Policy in .htaccess |
| [SEO] | Better Microdata Layout for Breadcrumb Navigation |
| [SEO] | Added alt-texts and titles for Attachment Image Previews including a fallback function to use topic-title instead |
| [SEO] | Added (file)type-attribute to all attachment download links so search engines don't generate soft-404 errors due to unknown filetypes |
| [SEO] | Added a better robots-meta behavior in case of occurring error messages |
| [HOOK] | Added a new hook to the Attachment QuickView function to allow Plugins to change Attachment preview outputs |
| [HOOK] | Added several new hooks for search result output modification |
| [HOOK] | Added a hook for PM successfully sent action |
| [SETUP] | Ensure that update.php is always executable, even if the board is fully deactivated |
| [SETUP] | Several improvements to the whole setup routine and integrating the new and better password hashing algorithm to all converters and assistants |
v4.5 - 26.03.2019
| [NEW] | New routines to give the possibility to deeply integrate 2-Factor Authentication Plugins (CBACK 2FA Plugin now also available!) |
| [NEW] | Lazyloading for Avatars and Attachment Image Previews |
| [NEW] | Added new maintenance options to clean the UPI2DB Database and the new Notification System Database including a "only older 60d" function for a more polite cleaning |
| [NEW] | Added a whole new notification central and notification system, so Plugins are able to easily send notifications to specific users without affecting board performance |
| [FIX] | Fix a problem with MySQL 5.7 when creating new individual text-profile fields |
| [FIX] | Fixed some typos in the English language file |
| [FIX] | Fix potential XSS issue with the error message shown if a user tries to rename his own username to one with invalid characters |
| [FIX] | Fix the problem, that additional functions in Usermenu Plugins are only visible if any other non-Plugin option is also active |
| [FIX] | Button to create a new individual profile field was not visible on touch devices |
| [CNG] | Changed the icon for Avatar & Userpic from a camera to a user icon in UserCP to make it consistent with the default avatar |
| [CNG] | Urlencode special chars in user website addresses in their profiles |
| [CNG] | Added the SameSite=Lax flag for cookies instead of only the "off" and SameSite=Strict options |
| [CNG] | Added an additional optimized pre-check to mod_cp permission to already deny access for non-mods before complicatedly querying the permission database each time |
| [CNG] | The Report Post / Report Topic option is now also disabled for Admins if permission is not set in the board permissions in case you want to deactivate that feature completely |
| [CNG] | Added several preventive optimizations to post-container and page handling in SEO class to prevent possible XSS attacks |
| [CNG] | Unit for "Global Attachment Memory" changed from Byte to MegaByte to make it easier to configure |
| [CNG] | Added new font-display directives |
| [CNG] | The top-navigation bar is now only shown when you scroll up to give you more space on smartphone displays |
| [CNG] | The maximum chars per post value is now also checked when writing a PM to create a more consistent behavior throughout the whole board |
| [CNG] | Reply Button AJAX identification changed so you are able to duplicate the reply buttons in your template without problems with duplicate ids |
| [SEO] | Robots meta-tags for profiles changed to noindex,nofollow |
| [SEO] | Robots meta-tags for searches changed to noindex,follow |
| [PERF] | More intelligent and performant check of PM box overflows on forum index |
| [PERF] | Longer Cache Time for resource-files to make the page faster and more compliant with new page-speed suggestions |
| [PERF] | Higher compression rate for the mira default background image to make the site faster (less traffic) |
| [PERF] | Optimize and tweak compatibility and performance for PHP v7.3 |
| [HOOK] | New Hook for Topiclist & Topic Search Result Iconrow |
| [HOOK] | Added new Hookpoints to Search Result Handlers |
| [HOOK] | Better placed Hookpoint for Avatar and Userpic handling to give you more possibilities to change functionality there with Plugins |
| [HOOK] | Added a new Hookpoint to our mailing system so you can use own Mailer Plugins if needed |
| [HOOK] | Lazyloading system easily usable by Plugins - just use a placeholder for your img src and add data-src as the real url and you're done |
| [HOOK] | Added a new system to send users notifications for Plugins ($User->push_notification) and the CF4 will handle all readmarkers and counters for you |
| [SETUP] | Fix wrong UPI time for primary user after a convert from another forum system |
| [SETUP] | 50000 is now the default value for maximum chars per post instead of unlimited - this prevents DB related text-cuts with the default TEXT field storage capacity |
v4.4 - 28.06.2018
| [GLOBAL] | CF4 now needs PHP 5.6 or higher to work (higher recommended) |
| [GLOBAL] | MultiByte Support now mandatory, there are no fallback functions anymore (but with PHP v5.6 or higher mbstring native usually always present) |
| [NEW] | Added security optimizing settings and recommendations to default .htaccess |
| [NEW] | Added option to general configuration to enable the pretty new "SameSite=strict" parameter to all cookies |
| [NEW] | Image-BBCodes img, imgl and imgr allow to add a size-limit at the end (50 to 1000px) to adjust the size of embedded images (for example for HiDPI / Retina Displays) - of course images still are responsive and automatically shrink on smaller viewports - Example: [img]https://myImageLinkHere.test/image.jpg|200[/img] - |200 means: 200px image size. |
| [NEW] | New method to verify changed e-mail address with 2-factor validation |
| [SEO] | Additional fixed pagination arrows (desktop view) at the bottom of the page were removed, because they were used rarely and confuse spiders |
| [CNG] | Added custom made Smarty function to shorten text with unicode compatibility (also fixes a problem with incorrectly shortened titles in CF4.3.0) |
| [CNG] | The word "Username" in the German language file was changed to "Benutzername" for better consistency to the infotext |
| [CNG] | "no-referrer" Meta-Tag was added to the ACP, so browsers do not transmit location information when clicking on external website links for better privacy |
| [CNG] | A.I. Config Check now a lot more intelligent fixing configuration problems on https environments |
| [CNG] | Removed "OUTPUT_PARSER" const, because it's no longer required |
| [CNG] | Added link to imprint & privacy page to cookie-consent |
| [CNG] | Did some individual changes to Smarty library for higher security |
| [CNG] | Optimized default .htaccess |
| [CNG] | Better compression for attachment thumbnails |
| [CNG] | CBACK "XAvatar" Service removed, this service is no longer available |
| [CNG] | EmojiOne Shortcode Replacing is now added to the CF4 smilie parser for higher efficiency |
| [CNG] | Several optimizations and preparations in the core for features added in the next versions |
| [FIX] | Several UI fixes / HTML fixes in template |
| [FIX] | "woff2" filetype added to .htaccess cache-headers |
| [FIX] | Added register-time-filter to user search |
| [FIX] | Some search parameters could maybe get lost when using pagination |
| [FIX] | Fix a problem where text-attachment-previews generated unwanted scrollbars |
| [FIX] | Micro-Avatars in forumview now also hidden if option "hide avatars" was activated |
| [FIX] | "min-height" parameter for userbar for better compatibility to some exotic browsers |
| [FIX] | You can now delete avatar and userpic at the same time when editing user profiles via ACP |
| [SETUP] | Changed default setting "realname during registration" to "no" |
| [SETUP] | CF3 => CF4 converter optimized, so very old CF3 forums can be converted without further preparations directly to CF4 |
| [THANKS] | Thanks to Kenny (Community Nickname: OWS) for helpful support and tests of the modified Smarty library on Windows servers! |
v4.3 - 30.04.2018
| [NEW] | Duplicate-function for permission templates |
| [NEW] | New setting to turn off relative date display with "today" or "yesterday" |
| [NEW] | New setting to disable "reply during reply" function |
| [NEW] | Added option to set Cross Origin Header to "all sources" in ajax.php if required in test environments (not recommended for live environments) |
| [NEW] | Added option to disable subscription-mailing globally |
| [NEW] | Optimized behavior when sending subscription-mails |
| [NEW] | Added option to select preferred UPI method for newly registered accounts |
| [NEW] | Added option to override timezone settings in php.ini if there is no way to change it on the server directly |
| [NEW] | Added option to display account deletion information in UserCP for EU GDPR / DSGVO compliance |
| [NEW] | Added 24h Cache for ACP Update-Checks & ACP News - this makes the ACP startpage faster (And yes, we could get this idea earlier. Additionally with growing numbers of CF Users, basically started to DDoS ourselves with update-checks ... Whoops! ;)) |
| [NEW] | Added the possibility to manage registration-text with the ACP CMS editor in case you want to add own stuff there |
| [NEW] | New feature in "Login History" to revoke all sessions except the currently active one |
| [NEW] | Added display of currently active auto-login sessions in "Login History" |
| [NEW] | Added resync for Postcount / Topiccount to ACP Maintenance page |
| [NEW] | Added multi-resync for multiple forums to ACP Maintenance page |
| [NEW] | Added edit function for existing entries in the "more"-menu via ACP |
| [NEW] | Beside existing function to anonymize username when deleting an account you can also anonymize the logged user ips now for additional privacy and to meet GDPR requirements |
| [NEW] | Added https ready function to get Plugin update checks |
| [NEW] | Added https ready Plugin package download function |
| [SEO] | Optimized metas for pagination |
| [SEO] | Added template hook to override indexing settings for search engines if required in Plugins |
| [HOOK] | Added hook for own code after attachment upload |
| [HOOK] | Added hook for own code before attachment upload |
| [HOOK] | Added template hook in topic-menu (topic menu on the top of the page) |
| [HOOK] | Added template hook in post-menu (menu in each post) |
| [CNG] | Added "NO_SETUP_CHECK" const for development to hide the "setup folder still there" message |
| [CNG] | Additional "Mark everything read" button added directly to the UPI page |
| [CNG] | YouTube BBCode changed to "extended privacy mode" for more privacy |
| [CNG] | Added "privacy" link to footer, so users can easier find it |
| [CNG] | Better confirmation message when uninstalling Plugins |
| [CNG] | Removed TM from Emojione replacer |
| [CNG] | More understandable message for double-post-protection |
| [CNG] | Allow resize in meta for smartphones - also worked before, but some browsers love it more obvious |
| [CNG] | Updated jQuery to latest version |
| [CNG] | Removed Loginbox animation to enhance compatiblity with some password managers |
| [CNG] | Removed AIM from profile, because AOL Instant Messenger was discontinued |
| [CNG] | Open Sans Webfont Credit updated on FAQ page |
| [CNG] | Added CSS class (.uix_individual_rank_gfx) for individual rank graphics, so designers can change the look easier |
| [CNG] | Only show individual rank information if you are able to set one |
| [OPT] | MySQL 5.7 compatibility improved and conformity to ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY setting |
| [OPT] | Better handling for upcoming Unicode standards added |
| [OPT] | Better algorithm to remove BBCodes when text gets shortened |
| [OPT] | Post-Search now also displays BBCodes and no longer shortens the post results |
| [FIX] | Notifications about reported posts get removed automatically if the reported post was already deleted |
| [FIX] | Added missing lang-string if PM function was completely deactivated |
| [FIX] | Better Cache- and Cache-Counter-Compatibility to PHP7.2 (#17881) |
| [FIX] | Fixes a problem with MariaDB and global forum permissions if you add edit time limitations (#17875) |
| [FIX] | Setting "Realname required on registration" was missing in ACP and was added now |
| [FIX] | Fixed typo "CF3" to "CF4" in the language file for ISO Mailheader in ACP |
| [FIX] | Last Post Cache now instantly refreshed when changing the title of a topic, so it directly shows up correctly on forum index |
| [FIX] | Fixed a layout problem for posted images on smartphones |
| [FIX] | Header-menu "Notifications" overlapped on some Smartphones and was fixed |
| [FIX] | Button-row "Subscriptions" split so they fit better on a Smartphone display |
| [FIX] | Default Avatar had an unnecessary dot in the URL |
| [SETUP] | Add a slash to script-path automatically if field is empty |
| [SETUP] | Set "Last Visit" timestamp to NOW() when converting from another forum software to prevent everything from being marked unread when logging in the first time in a newly converted CF4 forum |
| [SETUP] | phpBB2 converter no longer handles shadow-topics as additional topic and just converts it one time instead of creating duplicates |
v4.2 - 18.09.2017
| [NEW] | Added a "Classic Index Layout" for those who prefer it to the new index layout |
| [NEW] | Better User-Search in ACP |
| [NEW] | Better filters in ACP multi delete panels |
| [NEW] | Added automatical port-verification to https assistant |
| [NEW] | Added option to add the "nofollow" attribute to URL BBCode links |
| [NEW] | Added intelligent navigation if you use Portal Plugins |
| [NEW] | Plugin Developer: Added package importer |
| [NEW] | Plugin Developer: Author information now saves, so creating new projects is faster now |
| [NEW] | Plugin Developer: Added edit-function for existing hook-codes |
| [NEW] | Plugin Developer: Added Browser based IDE with syntax highlighting & basic code validation |
| [PERF] | Performance for user listing pages drastically improved |
| [PERF] | Performance to display very large threads improved |
| [PERF] | Performance of subforums and combined forum counters drastically improved |
| [PERF] | "Cache Combines" added to our caching-system to intelligently reuse fitting Cache data from other places in similar situations for better performance |
| [PERF] | Compatibility improvements for MariaDB 10.2 (thanks to Fragz for reporting and testing!) |
| [UI] | Delete-Link in Attachment Manager is now just an icon to save space |
| [UI] | Smartphones show time information (create date, etc.) like the desktop version now |
| [UI] | More intuitive dialoge to delete forums in ACP |
| [UI] | Enlarged line-height for topic subtitles, so they don't get cut |
| [SEO] | No online-information in topics visible for guests, so search engines don't confuse a change in online-users as change of the whole topic page |
| [SEO] | Removed permalinks to posts from indexing to prevent duplicate content in search engines |
| [CNG] | Better text to explain Hyperlink-Forums in ACP |
| [CNG] | Added note "not recommended" to the setting "no char limits" for usernames |
| [CNG] | Removed (C) and (R) from EmojiOne AutoReplacer |
| [CNG] | Google ReCaptcha JS now implemented independently to the protocol the page uses (http or https) |
| [HOOK] | Added hook to IMG BBCode |
| [HOOK] | Added hook to Avatar & Userpic function |
| [HOOK] | Added control parameter "app" to xt.php |
| [FIX] | RSS in header only, if an RSS forum was really configured in ACP |
| [FIX] | Fixed info-mails for forum subscriptions |
| [FIX] | Edit function for smilie codes in ACP fixed |
| [FIX] | "Open forum in new window" now uses the rewritten URL |
| [SETUP] | MyBB 1.8.x converter added |
| [SETUP] | WBBlite 1.x converter added |
| [SETUP] | phpBB 3.x converter optimized (for v3.1 and v3.2) |
| [SETUP] | Auto-Set Port 443 during setup if website has https enabled |
| [SETUP] | Set link to EULA in setup independently from the protocol used |
| [SETUP] | Fix PHP-notice in update.php that PVERSION const is missing |
v4.1 - 10.05.2017
| [NEW] | Added new https-Assistant to automatically improve forum settings in https environments |
| [NEW] | IMG BBCode now comes with support for image proxies and includes an automatic one to encrypt external images in https environments (to prevent mixed content warnings with user generated images) |
| [NEW] | Post-Search now has an automatic search keyword text highlighter |
| [NEW] | New template hook to show content above topics via Plugins |
| [CNG] | Link ACP news consistently to https://cback.net |
| [CNG] | Smarty Lib updated |
| [SEO] | Send 404 Header on wrong topic- or forum-ids |
| [UI] | Fix teampage title text with correct language var |
| [UI] | Timestamps now also visible on smartphones for better orientation |
| [UI] | Added "last post" information on Smartphones for better orientation |
| [UI] | Counter for PMs and Unread Posts now split in Notification Center instead of showing the sum |
| [UI] | Responsive profile table now breaks words correctly on small displays |
| [UI] | Breadcrumb navigation on Smartphones is now button-based for better handling via touch |
| [UI] | Added CSS Code to fix a multi-select-bug with WebKit based browsers |
| [UI] | Font-Menu in post-editor can now open to top if bottom space is too small |
| [FIX] | Guest Nicknames now correctly visible when searching posts |
| [FIX] | Added missing type attribute to BBCode buttons in post editor |
| [FIX] | Windows Server: Better handling for automatic redirects |
| [FIX] | Windows Server: Prevent template paths with backslash |
| [FIX] | Windows Server: Automatic path generator now uses web-conform slash instead of Windows-based backslash when generating paths |
| [FIX] | Fix a bug with the title shortener showing HTML-entities instead of the correct symbol |
| [FIX] | Guest User too small on mobile devices |
| [FIX] | Fixed online-indicator in PMs when online-status is hidden |
| [FIX] | PM tracking now visible on Smartphones again |
| [FIX] | Fixed anchor in english language package for global forum permission settings in ACP |
| [FIX] | URL BBCode can now also handle localhost and IP addresses in URLs |
| [FIX] | Board offline default message now uses the correct language var |
| [FIX] | Fixed CAPTCHA font size in no-background mode |
| [FIX] | Fix a problem where Plugin Updates did not run required DB updates correctly |
| [FIX] | Better routine for Plugin Updates to improve compatibility and to make update process easier |
| [FIX] | Fix a problem that mails can not be sent with individual SMTP configuration |
| [CONV] | When converting from a phpBB3 Board, the default group color is now overwritten to CF4 default |
v4.0 - 21.02.2017
Initial Release