This is an automatic notification that a new feature release has been made for FlashChat, and is now available at the TUFaT.com download area.
September 9, 2006
The following notes were added to the Change Log for FlashChat:
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An important security update has been made to FlashChat. Please download and install FlashChat 4.7.0 as soon as possible to avoid known security exploits.
Also in this update...
- The Java socket server has been released! This has been bundled into FlashChat, which means that it's free for all current FlashChat users. Thus, FlashChat now offers both a PHP-only socket server, as well as a Java socket server. The Java socket server should be more robust, however, and is recommended if you have a dedicated server with Java support. Please refer to the .txt file in your FlashChat download for instructions on the Java socket server configuration and setup.
- Javascript code to get around the "Click or press space bar to activate this control..." message in Internet Explorer has been added. This message appears when using recent versions of IE. Special thanks to Ricky Huckle for this contribution.
- Live Support mode has been updated so that moderators may act as support agents. Special thanks to Gene Wells for this contribution.
- A minor fix to the bot loader of the install wizard was made.
- An update to the phpBB integration file has been made, which uses phpBB's ranking system to determine moderator status. Special thanks to Gene Wells for this contribution.
- By default, file sharing has been turned *off* in this version, but it can be re-enabled by editing the layout files in /chat/inc/layouts/. This has been done to address potential security concerns with the file-sharing feature.
- Fix for the bug that was causing the "User XX has entered" message to appear multiple times on new use login has been fixed (this was appearing in all 4.6.x versions of FlashChat).
To upgrade your current FlashChat, upload all files to your server, replacing the existing files, then re-run the installer, choosing the "upgrade" option at step 2.