Charlottezweb

9/30/03

Greetings...

If anyone is curious about the look of the forums, please don't be alarmed :)

I have just installed the alpha release of SMF (www.simplemachines.org)  which is going to revolutionize open-source forum software.  It is the replacement of YabbSe (yabbse.org) which I've been using/installing for users for the past year and a half since it's birth.  :)

It was released tonight (to beta testers) and I'm one of the members running this release for testing purposes.  I will try to return the "look" of the forum back to how it looked before as soon as possible.

Regards,
Jason

The forum engine has just been updated (again).  We're now running the latest Alpha release:   

SMF 1.0 Beta -3.1415.

Yes, that's right, negative pi.  Don't ask me, I didn't name it!  I believe they're shooting for a public release within the next month or two.  Should be exciting.

Regards,
Jason

Saturday Feb 14, 2004 :: SMF (forum software) upgrade to beta4

I've just completed an update to today's forum release of SMF beta 4.

Please ignore the look of the forum, I'll devote time to that after the next (hopefully public) stable release.

If you find any bugs, I'd love to hear about them!

Regards,
Jason

March 15, 2004
Exciting news!!

SMF has been released to the public!  It's still not advised to be used in production sites, but it's a huge step forward.  As you've noticed, we're running it here and it's looking great.

As always, we'll install this for any clients for free.

You can read more here:  www.simplemachines.org

-Jason

Currently version 1 RC 1 is released ;)

Quote from: Kris on August 11, 2004, 05:12:55 PM
Currently version 1 RC 1 is released ;)

Thanks, I haven't updated this thread in quite a while as you can tell!  Upgrading all my boards to that is my goal for this weekend.  :)

/me is testing out too integrated in a portal

Quote from: Kris on August 22, 2004, 02:55:59 AM
/me is testing out too integrated in a portal

Let me know how that works for you.  I bookmarked that ocportal site you posted on in another thread.  I'll have to do a little reading on it later.  :)

-Jason

SMF 1.0.1
January 09, 2005

from Simple Machines:
We are happy to bring you SMF 1.0.1. This is a minor release, but contains many bugfixes. As always, we hope this new version is more stable, usable, and generally better than the previous.

Read more here:  http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=23874.0

Regards,
Jason

Welcome to SMF 1.0.2 :P

Heh, thanks.  I haven't been updating this thread each time I upgrade the forum :)

-Jason

We're running SMF 1.1 Beta 1 as of now.

-Jason

... and your opinion of it so far?

So far so good.  It has some newer features which are nice touches.  I haven't explored everything new in the admin center yet but it appears a lot of the settings were reorganized in a better manner.  You can also label pm's and sort them into folders.

Regards,
Jason

SMF 1.1 Beta 2 as of now...

Regards,
Jason

;D

SMF 1.1 Beta 3 as of now...

Regards,
Jason

Beta 3 is old news :P (one of the perks for being on the team ;))

Quote from: Killer Possum on June 16, 2005, 02:12:41 PM
Beta 3 is old new :P (one of the perks for being on the team ;))

Yeah Yeah  :P

lol, so what's the *new* news?

SMF 1.1 Beta 3 - CVS 20050616 :P

wow, please...don't flood us with details :)

it was my intention not too MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH ;D

Hopefully this will be out soon. I'd like to upgrade my board as 1.1 seems to have some cool stuff.

Oh, and 1.1 beta 3 Public is now available to those of you waiting...

1.1 beta 4 private (charter members) has been released.

Upgraded here tonight.

4 cheers!!! ;D

Quote from: Killer Possum on August 24, 2005, 07:18:57 PM
4 cheers!!! ;D

Sometimes I don't get the emails (or they don't send them?) and find out 4-5 days late...but oh well :D

Quote from: Jason on August 24, 2005, 07:37:41 PM

Quote from: Killer Possum on August 24, 2005, 07:18:57 PM
4 cheers!!! ;D

Sometimes I don't get the emails (or they don't send them?) and find out 4-5 days late...but oh well :D

Same here. I got the one about 1.1.3 three or four weeks after it was posted. :'(

I just noticed on the site that I didn't have that Charter board set up for auto notificiation, though I could've sworn I did at one point.  So maybe you should recheck your profile in case you're setup how I was.

Quote from: Jason on August 24, 2005, 07:37:41 PM
Sometimes I don't get the emails (or they don't send them?) and find out 4-5 days late...but oh well :D

Hmmm, I will ask what they do, AFAIK e-mails are sent to the CM group when a CM only release is made.

That's what I thought too because I have received one from time to time, but lately I haven't.

SMF 1.1 Release Candidate 1 is out as of last night.

Preview it In action here as of now...

Full announcement here:  http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=50247.0

I remember seeing a topic where someone was having trouble marking topics read, but I'm too lazy to look :P

Anyways, I found out that the earlier builds of SMF 1.1 RC1 had some issues with marking things read, so you may want to try re-downloading a package sometime today or when you get a chance and uploading the new files. That may help :)

Just replacing the actual smf files without rerunning anything?

I assumed the errors were within the theme coding?

I assume you don't have to run the upgrade.php but it would hurt anything to try.

Quote from: Jason on October 03, 2005, 10:24:53 AM
I assumed the errors were within the theme coding?

AFAIK it's actually a problem with the originall RC1. However if the above doesn't work then I'm wrong :-X

I'll give it a shot replacing files only and go from there... Thanks!

I just recopied the rc1 upgrade package (latest upgrade build but not the full install) and reran the upgrade without any change.  Think I need to overwrite with the full install package?

Hrm... I will have to get back to you on that. I would imagine that all the packages are the same.

Jason, might I suggest using the default theme for now untill this one gets updated. There's A LOT of features you are missing with this dated theme ;)

For example, on the board index, if you click the icons that turn to color when there's a new post, it shows all the new posts in that board. This theme doesn't have it ;)

I'm going to try to take a look at it all tonight or this weekend.  I think it may have been re-released recently by A.M.A. 

Regards,
Jason

I've switched us to Bloc's Themis theme until our normal one is updated by A.M.A.

-Jason

1.1 RC 2 released to SMF Charter members!

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=60396.0

The forum (here) has been upgraded now.

I have switched everyone to the default new theme while I make some changes.

The new version is conflicting with the Themis theme we were using so until that's updated, I'll modify this one a bit for fun.

-Jason

WooHoo :D

From SMF:

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Unfortunately, since the release of RC2 last week, a nasty bug has surfaced which has the potential to cause serious server load problems on any medium to large forum. This problem will occur on any forum using the Calendar to show upcoming Birthdays. It is *highly* recommended that all Charter Members running RC2 perform a very quick update to ensure your forum is not negatively effected by this problem. To fix the issue simply upload the attached file to your forums' Sources directory.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Regards,

Simple Machines

You can view the full announcement by following this link:

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=62297.0

Make sure you update this if it applies to you.

Thanks,
Jason

Even if it doesn't apply, I would suggest upgrading still ;)

I guess this was fixed before the public version of RC2?

Quote from: Sig on January 01, 2006, 03:21:39 PM
I guess this was fixed before the public version of RC2?

The calendar fix?  I would definitely assume so.

Yes it was :)

Bug in Firefox 1.5 Causing Server Issues with SMF 1.1

(if you are a member on SMF's forum, you likely already received word of this, but if not, here's the post...)

http://www.charlottezweb.com/forums/index.php?topic=314.0

Please check to see if your forum needs this update.

Thanks,
Jason

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=78841.0

Quoting:

QuoteSimple Machines is happy to release a new update to Simple Machines 1.0 and 1.1. This release addresses an input validation vulnerability of the X-Forwarded-For header. Also two small issues regarding search and polls have been addressed.

Note that the fix for the SMF 1.0.x branch will be released as new version 1.0.7, while the fix for the 1.1 RC2 branch will merely be released as patched version, the version of the forum will remain 1.1 RC2 (therefor, most of the modifications should remain compatible).  It should be noted that we have provided one update package that patches versions 1.0.5, 1.0.6, and 1.1 RC2.

If you currently have installed 1.0.5, 1.0.6 or 1.1 RC2, you can do either of the following to upgrade:
* Use the package manager in your administration center - one click, and you're done.
* Download the update archive file from the download page, and upload all of the files from it.
* Download the modification file, attached to this message, and modify the files manually according to it.

If you're running Rc2 already, this is as simple as copying a few files over what you have *or* doing it through the package manager.  It took me all of 30 seconds per site I just updated.

Cheers,
Jason

Jason, as you know there is a new version of SMF... Will you help us with the upgrade or is this something that we should do?
In case you don't remember me, my website is www.clubfutbol.biz
Thanks.

Quote from: Shark on April 02, 2006, 09:24:53 PM
Jason, as you know there is a new version of SMF... Will you help us with the upgrade or is this something that we should do?
In case you don't remember me, my website is www.clubfutbol.biz
Thanks.

It's generally something you would do as they come out every several months and I host tons of them.  :)

Do you need help with something specific?

Regards,
Jason

Quote from: Jason on April 02, 2006, 09:27:37 PM

Quote from: Shark on April 02, 2006, 09:24:53 PM
Jason, as you know there is a new version of SMF... Will you help us with the upgrade or is this something that we should do?
In case you don't remember me, my website is www.clubfutbol.biz
Thanks.

It's generally something you would do as they come out every several months and I host tons of them.  :)

Do you need help with something specific?

Regards,
Jason

Not right now, thanks. I'll try it to do it myself.

Ok, if you have any issues, let me know and we'll see what we can do.

Update...

A new version was released to SMF charter members tonight. 

Be prepared for a new release shortly.

Cheers,
Jason

Looks like your theme needs some updating to make use of some of the new features added.

Quote from: Killer Possum on August 14, 2006, 05:48:07 PM
Looks like your theme needs some updating to make use of some of the new features added.

I wouldn't doubt it.  I'll either swap or see what's missing when I get a few minutes.  I don't think many themes are presently supporting Rc3 yet...

(The registration wasn't working initially...I'm glad I tested that randomly because I normally don't)

Thanks for the 'clue'.  8)

We have released 1.1 RC3 to the public, and there is a security update for 1.1 RC3 that was released to our Charter Members. It is highly suggested that everyone upgrade as there are many bug and security fixes as well as a number of new features.

Charter Members see the Charter Member board for more information and to download the small update.

Non-Charter Members you can visit the downloads page as you normally would for the upgrade package.

Official Announcement: www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=107112.0

Enjoy!

Thanks for the heads up!

No Problem :)

from SMF today (10/29/2006)...

Simple Machines is happy to release a new update to Simple Machines Forum 1.0 and 1.1. This release addresses a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the search function. Also a few smaller issues have been addressed.

Note that the fix for the SMF 1.0.x branch will be released as new version 1.0.9, while the fix for the 1.1 RC3 branch will merely be released as patched version, the version of the forum will remain 1.1 RC3 (therefore, most of the modifications should remain compatible).

If you currently have installed 1.0.8 or 1.1 RC3, you can do either of the following to upgrade:
* Use the package manager in your administration center - one click, and you're done.
* Download the update archive file from the download page, and upload all of the files from it.
* Download the modification file, attached to this message, and modify the files manually according to it.

To unsubscribe from these announcements, login to the forum and uncheck "Receive forum announcements and important notifications by email." in your profile.

You can view the full announcement by following this link:

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=123285.0

Regards,
The Simple Machines Community Forum Team.

So we released 1.1 almost a whole 2 days ago to our Charter Members Jason, what are you waiting for? :P

Quote from: Killer Possum on November 29, 2006, 11:19:47 AM
So we released 1.1 almost a whole 2 days ago to our Charter Members Jason, what are you waiting for? :P

Heh, the email has been in my inbox waiting for me to get to it.  I'll probably upgrade tonight.  I'm spending most of my time (among other things) working on the new design for Charlottezweb.  Too much going on at once!

Ah I see, can't wait to see the new design BTW. :)

Jason said...
"Too much stuff going on at once..." 

And what makes you think you're supposed to be immune to the kind of thing that hits the rest of us. Being immune doesn't come with being a Charter Member...does it???

I sure wish they would release it to the rest of us in a few days, so we can put up the red or green variation for the holidays. I'm stuck in limbo trying to decide whether to make holiday buttons for our 1.0.9 Loon style, or 'HOPE' to have 1.1 in just a few days.

How long do they usually wait between when the Charter Members get things and the time they let the rest of us have it?

Thanks for any clues. :)

Quote from: CountryLady on November 29, 2006, 08:53:05 PM
And what makes you think you're supposed to be immune to the kind of thing that hits the rest of us. Being immune doesn't come with being a Charter Member...does it???

Well, that's top secret info.  :O

Quote
How long do they usually wait between when the Charter Members get things and the time they let the rest of us have it?

I think some of the past releases have been from several weeks and up behind Charter members.  This is honestly just a guess, but I'd *think* they'd do it just in time for Christmas but that's just my guess.

I'm upgrading this forum just as soon as a backup I'm running completes.  :)

I'd chime in with an answer to the 'When?' question, but I'm sure we all know what I'm going to say. :P

Killer.....  :P  ROFL

I look forward to seeing it Jason. Thanks. :)

I see you've updated, now your theme needs some serious updating, I don't wanna see you slacking. j/k ;D

Koni needs to get on it!!  :D

You know, I've just about talked myself into becoming a Charter Member.

You guys are hound dogs.  :D

Speaking as myself and not as a team member of Simple Machines, I'd say it's worth it. ;)

Actually, before I was a team member I was a charter member. :)

Jason, do you know if the theme you are using is a 1.1 RC3 theme, or earlier? If it's RC3, you can follow this guide (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=129250.0) to get your theme up to par. :)

It's RC2 but there might be an RC3 update to it. 

I think I'll do something different or new for the redesign so I haven't looked into it yet.

SMF 1.1 Final released to the public today...

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=131008.0

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Simple Machines is extremely proud to announce the release of SMF 1.1 Final.

This release marks the transition of SMF 1.1 into the current stable release of SMF and we encourage all users to upgrade to 1.1 Final as soon as is convenient. For users of SMF 1.1 RC3, this release is a relatively minor change consisting primarily of bug fixes - although we have added a couple of options to help combat the rise in personal message spam. For users of SMF 1.0, the changes between 1.0 and 1.1 are too numerous to list here - but we're sure you will be delighted with the new items on offer.

In summary, the changes/fixes since SMF 1.1 RC3 include:

    * Option to require visual verification when sending a personal message
    * Adjusted readability of visual verification system
    * Added option to limit number of personal messages that can be sent per hour
    * Fixed several javascript errors
    * Fixed time offset bug
    * Disallowed multiple failures with visual verification
    * Made several UTF8 fixes
    * Fixed various undefined index errors


Installing/Upgrading information
Upgrading from your current version of SMF to the latest version could not be simpler, just follow the standard procedure of executing upgrade.php.  But, please remember to make a backup!!  The upgrader can be used for any installation from YaBB SE 1.5.5 all the way up to the latest version of SMF.  You can always find information posted in the Online Manual about things like installations, upgrades, and more.

We also invite you to checkout the new Webinstall for even easier upgrading and installing.

Thank You
With this release we'd like to take the opportunity to recognise the effort and dedication of all the people who have volunteered their time to help the Simple Machines project. Over the eighteen months since 1.0 Final we have given our site a face lift, relaunched the Mod Site, launched the Theme Site and added the Online Manual. In addition, our support team has grown and is actively supporting a community of over 60,000 members. So, we'd like to thank everyone, past and present, who has contributed to SMF's development over the past three years. In particular, we'd like to extend special thanks to [Unknown], without whom SMF would never have been possible.  We wish him all the best in his future endeavors.

Thanks,

Simple Machines

Security updates to SMF 1.0 and SMF 1.1 have been released.

SMF 1.1.1
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=134971.0

SMF 1.0.10
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=134973.0

You have the option of either manually updating, or the SUPER easy option of just visiting your Admin Center and apply the patch with a couple of clicks. :)

This is a major security update which fixes an issue with the wonderful Internet Explorer we all love, which may allow someone to take advantage of a security hole within Internet Explorer to exploit a forum

Thanks KP, You beat me (again) to the punch.  :)

 :) Thanks guys.  :-*

Quote from: Jason on December 18, 2006, 01:09:19 PM
Thanks KP, You beat me (again) to the punch.  :)

And I'm not even a team member anymore. ;D

Quote from: Killer Possum on December 18, 2006, 01:34:30 PM

Quote from: Jason on December 18, 2006, 01:09:19 PM
Thanks KP, You beat me (again) to the punch.  :)

And I'm not even a team member anymore. ;D

They finally got rid of you, eh?

Or did life catch up with you?  :D

They got rid of me... :'(

j/k nah life has just become beyond hectic. Running a print & design shop during the holiday's is a lot crazier than I thought. Unlike last year when we where new, now that our name is out there we have customers coming in left and right for holiday cards and other misc stuff. And, to add to that, there are still only 2 of us working the print shop!

Quote from: Killer Possum on December 18, 2006, 01:55:16 PM
j/k nah life has just become beyond hectic. Running a print & design shop during the holiday's is a lot crazier than I thought. Unlike last year when we where new, now that our name is out there we have customers coming in left and right for holiday cards and other misc stuff. And, to add to that, there are still only 2 of us working the print shop!

Well congratulations -- being busy is better than having nothing to do!  (Or so I'm told)  :)

Simple Machines is proud to announce the release of SMF 1.1.2. Since the release of SMF 1.1 a number of bugs have been found by the community members here and this release should fix all major outstanding bugs in SMF. In addition a couple of security issues were pointed out to us which we have patched in this release. We have also fixed a number of issues with UTF-8 support - including emails being displayed incorrectly in some webmail clients.

In addition to fixes with this release we've also rewritten much of the visual verification (i.e. CAPTCHA) code to allow the admin to set the difficulty of these images as some people were having trouble reading the current images. We'd urge all users to upgrade to SMF 1.1.2 as soon as possible to take advantage of these fixes. A summary of the fixes is as follows:
Fixed a possible injection issue when following a corrupt personal message link. (Reported by Aria Security)
Fixed a potential issue with cached image attachments on Internet Explorer. (Reported by Jessica Hope)
Disallowed the use of 0 sized fonts with the font BBC tag.
Sending a news letter to a email address with a quote in it would fail.
Fixed a bug in PCRE causing regular expressions to fail in UTF-8 mode.
Fixed package manager not uninstalling mods using the "end" search method correctly.
Fixed a couple of bugs related to quick edit in a topic.
Added setting for toggling difficulty of visual verification image.
Fixed javascript bug when adding a poll to a topic.
Fixed bug which meant merging topics would not always work.
Fixed bug causing an error when deleting a board in certain circumstances.
Changed permissions so users with the manage_permission permission cannot promote themselves above this.
Added work around for people upgrading to a sha1 supporting PHP version which was invalidating user passwords.
Fixed undefined index bug when including SSI from the forum.
Fixed path being incorrect in package manager.
Fixed password reminder not checking password strength.
Restricted display name to only sixty characters.
Worked around issues with emails not being displayed correctly on all webmail clients.

For users currently running SMF 1.1.1 upgrading could not be easier. Simply log into your forum and visit your admin center - a notice should inform you an update is available. Follow the instructions to patch your release - this should not generally affect any modifications, language packs or themes you have installed. Alternatively download the attached patch file and upload to your "Packages" directory and visit the package manager to install this fix. Note that due to the visual verification changes if you currently have a CAPTCHA modification installed you may need to uninstall this mod to upgrade.

If you cannot upgrade using the package manager please follow the instructions posted in the Online Manual about installing and upgrading.

Finally - please do not use this topic for any support requests. You will get a much prompter response by visiting the relevant support board!

Thanks,

Simple Machines

To unsubscribe from these announcements, login to the forum and uncheck "Receive forum announcements and important notifications by email." in your profile.

You can view the full announcement by following this link:

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=149553.0

Regards,
The Simple Machines Community Forum Team.

Over on Simple Machines they posted a nice little teaser for SMF 2.0 if anyone is interested. :)

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=163438.0

Looks exciting.  I posted in that thread but my concern is with the addition of a wysiwyg editor.  Maybe my fears are unfounded but unless it ran strictly client-side, I'd be interested in what sort of resource usage that will cause for large/active forums.