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8/18/2005 11:16 PM
 

Just doing some final testing, but here is the release notes:

- Removed all blog controls. 

- Changed way searhable items were indexed, passing a date now to avoid indexing all content each time.

- Changed UI so post dates display in a manner that maximizes use of screen real estate.

- Added ability to turn on/off Solpart Forum navigation menu. (On by default)

- Set DNNSilver as default Forum Theme and Email Template.

- Fixed thread view counts for all users including moderators.

- Fixed rankings to display proper image.

- Replicated core paging server control. Used in: all forum, thread, post views and manage users.

- Fixed RSS Syndication to not allow disabled forums for syndication, no private forum syndication.  (Was reachable by typing link before)

- Fixed ability for moderators to trust non moderators/admins.

- Exposed Manage User button in profile page for admins/tab admins to go straight to user settings of forum. (Same as accessing through Manager Users)

- Changed Moderate Forums screen to show only those forums with posts that need moderated.

- Changed Moderate Forums screen to list Moderated Forums by Group Sort order and then Forum Sort Order. (Display similar to initial Forum mod view)

- Corrected Manage Forum to reset cache on update.

- Corrected user/post/thread stats to work properly.

- Added ability to enable/disable a forum from the Manage Forums view area.

- Corrected all links in module and email templates to use NavigateURL and params.  This works for both FURLS and non FURLS.

- Corrected DNNSilver email template to be more readable.

- Corrected many DNNSilver forum theme elements to look proper.

- Set Group, Thread, Posts views to show created date as date/time consistantly and not approved date/time.

- Added check to all URLReferrer items to make sure request object is not nothing.

- Organized the way controls are loaded into the page/control life cycles to avoid elements not being available and throwing object reference errors.

- Added a specific ID to all Solpart Menu elements.

- Made DNNSilver skin look same in Firefox and IE.  (As much as possible) tested on Safari as well.

- Made better use of caching to enhance performance.

- Added module setting to show/hide User Online. (Must be enabled in host settings, also per user setting)

- Added module setting to enable/disable post ranking (Rate Thread)

- Added module setting to enable/disable Poster Location shown in post view (Three options: To All, To Admin, None)

- Corrected problem which hid thread if a post needed moderated.

- Fixed 'Delete Post' problem where it was deleted but remained in last post cache.  Series of deletes now occurs.

- Fixed error when no results were returned by a forum search.

- Changed all instances in code of Int16 to Int32, where applicable, as high volume sites would go past this limitation.

- Fix in Search, if you selected multiple users or multiple forums to search for, it results in zero rows coming back.

- Added alternating css styles for thread view.  (Seen in thread view, moderate posts view)

- Removed IPortable since no code to support was there, will not show in module actions menu now.

- Wrapped all outgoing SMTP in Try/Catch to avoid issue if not configured in host settings, or bad email addresses.

- Made 'My Posts' reachable and usable from configuration section.

- Added Feature of Pre Configured Forum module and Default forum group and forum.  (Allows setup module by simply placing module on tab)


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8/19/2005 12:02 AM
 
Great stuff!

Crispy, when we install the new forum update, what exactly will happen with the blog part of the existing module? Will all of it's components be uninstalled, or would we have to remove those manually?
 
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8/19/2005 8:41 AM
 

I think the release notes describe it best.

This is from the release notes:

The upgrade removes the blog module.  You will no longer be able to access blog once this is installed. (Blog project based on this discontinued, replaced with a new blog module.)
Please make sure blog is not exposed in portal to non admin users, as it will be broken after this install.
Also, never use the uninstall of core to remove the blog module prior to this install running successfully.  Once this has completed, you may delete module definition safely if you have no plans to migrate existing blog data at a later date. (Possible migration path to new module in the future.)

/End Note

Now, what really happens can be seen in the dataprovider files.  It removes all sprocs in one, and in the .04 one it removes the modulecontrols, then updates the DesktopModules table to change description of module identifying it is legacy along with the modules folder value.  This is to avoid the uninstall dropping forums data.  (As we haven't changed the PA installer to handle this type of situation yet, being two mod definitions in one folder because you truly need two uninstall files but we support only one at this time.)

I am ironing out issues where IUpgradeable is not removing the physical files as I desire.  This is the only thing left I am currently testing.  One side note is users who are using this install, or later releases, as their first will not have anything involving this blog module.

 

 


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8/19/2005 11:05 AM
 
Great, I can't wait.

Cannot create object, Brain missing!
 
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8/19/2005 5:43 PM
 
I do have one question though, you mentioned here about uninstalling a module.  At this point in time I have not been able to find any information on how to completely remove a module (un-install) once it has been installed.  I could really use a push (hopefully polite even though I am most likely asking in the wrong forum) in the right direction.  I grealy appreciate all of the time that the core team has put into this wonderful product and look forward to the newest forum module as this is really the last thing that I need to get.
 
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