08.02.00 RC 1

[WillStrohl]

The Official Community Forums Module for DNN CMS

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IMPORTANT!!! This is a Release Candidate (RC)

NOT FOR PRODUCTION!

Please do not use this installation/upgrade package for any production websites of any kind. This release is not supported and is only provided for test purposes, to allow others to test their websites first.

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Important Upgrade Notes

The release notes will follow, below these important notes.

Upgrading Through 8.0 & 8.1 (must read)

First, if you're upgrading from a version earlier than 8.0, you NEED to view the important release note FYI wiki articles below.

• What to Know When Upgrading to Commmunity Forums 8.0
• What to Know When Upgrading to Commmunity Forums 8.1

New "Legacy Token" Replacement

Tokens are used in various templates to insert content from a forum, topic, reply, etc. into a page. However, in previous versions, HTML was injected from code for certain tokens, which made it impossible for a designer to tailor the HTML markup without customizing the code.

DNN Community Forums 08.02.00 introduces new token replacement features that inject only the data associated with the token, allowing the designer to create whatever HTML markup is desired.

The community-default and community-bootstrap themes and templates have been updated to include the markup that used to be generated in the module's code.

However, for installed sites that have other themes and templates, DNN Community Forums 08.02.00 will replace a legacy token--on-the-fly--with its modern replacement, including the previously-injected markup.

For example, [GROUPNAME] will now be replaced by [FORUMGROUP:FORUMGROUPLINK|<a href="{0}" class="dcf-forumgroup-link"&gt;[FORUMGROUP:GROUPNAME]&lt;/a&gt;]

IMPORTANT! The legacy token replacement feature will be supported through version 10.00.00, and will then be removed.

If you use your own themes and templates, please visit our wiki to read more and see which legacy tokens are replaced by which updated tokens.

Removed Duplicated Templates

In 08.00.00, template loading was enhanced to fallback/default from theme templates to module default templates, making it no longer necessary to duplicate all templates into a theme folder if not specifically customizing a template for a particular theme.

Several templates shipped with the community themes have been removed in 08.02.00 since they are the same as the defaults in /config/templates. If you have a custom theme and a template has not been customized from the version shipped with DNN Community Forums, the template can be removed from your custom theme if desired.

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DNN Community Forums Release Notes

08.02.00 RC 1

THANK YOU for all of the valuable contributions by @johnhenley, @Timo-Breumelhof, and @WillStrohl!

What's to follow are all of the relevant updates that have occurred during the development cycle of this release.

If you wish to see all of the development work (including updates related to internal testing), you can view the milestone for this release in GitHub.

New Features & Enhancements

Control Panel Security Configuration

• UX: (Re)Organized the Security in the Control Panel (Issue ENH: More organized Security panel #931
• UPDATE: Allow Default Forum Settings to Be Created & Easily Used by Forum Groups (Issue Would like to set features as defaults for the module, then Forum Groups can inherit same settings #650)
• UPDATE: Made Forum Security Configuration Inheritance More Logical (Issue More logical Inheritance of Security settings #62)
• UPDATE: Added Inheritance Labels When Forums are Inheriting Security and/or Settings (Issue ENH: Add inheritance labels in forum control panel #1161)
• UX: Re-Labeled Security Permission Options After Consolidation for Better UX (Issue ENH: Relabel security options #930)
• UX: Added Helpful Explanatory Text to Security Grid Titles (Issue ENH: Add explanatory Text to Security grid Titles #862)
• UX: Combined (Duplicated) "ModLock" and "Lock" Security Permission Options (Issue ENH: Combine "ModLock" and "Lock" security options #926)
• UX: Combined (Duplicated) "ModPin" and "Pin" Security Permission Options (Issue ENH: Combine "ModPin" and "Pin" security options #927)
• UX: Combined (Duplicated) "ModEdit" and "Edit" Security Permission Options (Issue ENH: Combine "ModEdit" and "Edit" security options  #929)
• UX: Combined (Duplicated) "ModDelete" and "Delete" Security Permission Options (Issue ENH: Combine "ModDelete" and "Delete" security options #928)
• UX: Improved How the Security Grid is Displayed in the Control Panel (Issue ENH: Styling for updated security in control panel #1115)
• UPDATE: Improved CSS for Control Panel Security Tooltip Position (Issue ENH: Improve CSS for control panel security tooltip position #1050)

Notifications, Likes, and Pins

• UPDATE: Get Notified When Someone Likes Your Post (Issue Like notifications #632)
• UPDATE: Allow Authorized Visitors to See Who Likes a Post (Issue ENH: Allow Authorized Visitors to See Who Likes a Post #801)
• UPDATE: Send Notification to Original Poster When Topic is Moved (Issue ENH: Send notification to original poster when topic is moved #1008)
• UPDATE: Enable/Disable Option for Email Notification to Posting User (Issue Enable/Disable Option for Email Notification to Posting User #263)

Templates & Tokens

• UPDATE: Email Notifications Modernized to Use Token Replacement (Issue ENH: modernize email token replacement #1128)
• UPDATE: New Template & Tokens for Search Results (Removes Hard-Coded HTML) (Issue ENH: Template and Token Replacement for Search Results #1101)
• UPDATE: New Template & Tokens for Filtered Topic Results (Removes Hard-Coded HTML) (Issue ENH: Template and Token Replacement for Filtered Topics Results #1102)
• UPDATE: New Template & Tokens for the Forum Toolbar (Removes Hard-Coded HTML) (Issue ENH: Move toolbar markup to template #1113)
• UPDATE: New Token [FORUM:LOGINLINK] Replaces [ADDREPLY] When Unauthenticated (Issue ENH: New Token [FORUM:LOGINLINK] to replace [ADDREPLY] when unauthenticated #1107)
• UPDATE: Added the [FORUMPARENTNAME] Token for Child Forums (Issue ENH: Add [FORUMPARENTNAME] token for sub forums #469)
• UPDATE: New Messages & Admin Log Reporting When Using Legacy Tokens in Templates (Issue ENH: New message resources for token replacement  #1062)
• UPDATE: Refactored Nested Template Insertion & Honor the [DCF:TEMPLATE-xxxx] Tokens (Issue ENH: Refactor nested template insertion #1124)
• UPDATE: Use Token Replacement Service for Moderation Notifications (Issue ENH: Use token replacement service for moderation notifications #1112)
• UPDATE: Static Text in Templates Can Now Be Localized (Issue ENH: Custom Localized texts in Templates #470)
• UPDATE: Updated community-* Templates to Move Markup from Code to a Template (Issue ENH: Styling review #1117)
• UPDATE: Use Template Caching Module Setting for Forums Toolbar Template (Issue ENH: Use template caching module setting for Forums toolbar #1095)
• UPDATE: Changed Replaced Tokens to Use Classes Instead of Inline Styles (Issue ENH: Change rendering during token replacements e.g.,[FORUMICONCSS] #467)
• UPDATE: Improved the HTML Output of the [AF:CONTROL:STATUSICON] Token (Issue ENH: Improve HTML of [AF:CONTROL:STATUSICON] #743)
• UPDATE: Added Core Token Replace Support to Some Templates (Issue ENH: Add Core Token replace support to some templates #521)
• UPDATE: Removed Unnecessary HTML from Token Replacement in Email Templates (Issue BUG: email notification subject includes html e.g., span tag #1127)
• UPDATE: Replaced Like Button Hard-Coded HTML with Tokens (Issue ENH: Use token replacement for like buttons #1142)
• UPDATE: Moved Email Subject From the Template to Forum Settings (Issue TASK: Separate email subject from template to forum settings #702)

User Experience & More...

• UX: Improved the Scaling of Large Images on All Viewports (Issue ENH: Theme handling of images #982)
• UX: Many New Mobile User Experience Updates (Issue ENH: More mobile UI improvements #932)
• UX: Improved How Moderated Forums Are Displayed (Issue ENH: Improve the way "Forum is moderated" message is displayed #999)
• UX: Improved How IPv6 Addresses Are Displayed (Issue ENH: Themes: user profile, IPv6 address sticks out into the content #1118)
• UX: Improved Messaging with No Moderator Content Pending (Issue Empty Pending Content Should Have Messaging #958)
• UX: Moderator Button Styling Improved (Issue Enh: Moderate button styling #969)
• UX: Made Distance Consistent in the TopicsView Bootstrap Template (Issue ENH: Distance in TopicsView Bootstrap Template #1192)
• UX: My Subscriptions & My Settings Cleared Upon Logout (Issue ENH: My Subscriptions/My Settings should be cleared upon logout #981)
• UX: Styling for New Like Features (Issue ENH: Styling review for new 'likes' features #1189)
• UPDATE: Improved Avatar Image Quality for Forum Users (Issue Profile image Quality low #888)
• UPDATE: Improved UX on Topics When Not Logged In w/ Login Link (Issue ENH: Add login link on topics view #1001)
• UPDATE: Modernized Statuses for Forums, Topics, Replies (Issue Question: indicate status of a forums using a class #468)
• UPDATE: Forums Responses Marked as an Answer to be More Obvious (Issue ENH: Font awesome icon for "correct answer" #1144)
• UPDATE: Moderator Views Now Make it Easier to Navigate to Reported Posts (Issue ENH: Link forum/thread to moderation page #1041)
• UPDATE: Optimized How & What Gets Posted to the Journal (Issue ENH: Optimize what gets posted to the journal #748)
• UPDATE: User Online Status Now More Accurate (Issue FIX: User Online status not set correctly #1083)
• UPDATE: Search Results HTML Output has Newly Added div Tags (Issue Wrap Search results in wrapper class #480)
• UPDATE: Don't Emit the Signature HTML Output When There Isn't a Signature (Issue ENH: Conditional rendering #486)
• UPDATE: Adds Exception Logging to Web API Authentication (Issue TASK: Add exception logging to Web API authentication #1051)

Bug Fixes

• FIXED: Images in a Forum Post can Appear to be Oversized & Break the Design (Issue ENH: Images oversize the post #1105)
• FIXED: Editing the Topic Subject Should Update DNN Journal Item (Issue ENH: editing topic subject should update DNN journal item #821)
• FIXED: Tokens Such as [RESX:Views] are not Supported in UPPERCASE (Issue BUG: [RESX:Views] is not supported in UPPERCASE #475)
• FIXED: False Error When Updating User Profile (Issue BUG: Error updating user profile  #1002)
• FIXED: Posts Going Through Moderation Not Updating a User's Post Count (Issue Posts going through moderation not updating a user's post count? #983)
• FIXED: Moderator Buttons not styled correctly (Issue BUG: Moderator Buttons not styled correctly #995)
• FIXED: Resolves an Issue When Properly Tracking Forum Reads & Views (Issue BUG: MaxTopicRead & MaxReplyRead not updated in activeforums_Forums_Tracking #1032)
• FIXED: "What's New" Module Showing Topics from Forums Not Selected in Module Settings (Issue BUG: "What's New" module showing topics from forums not selected in module settings #992)
• FIXED: Using the "Quick Jump" Forum Control Throws an Error (Issue BUG: "Quick Jump" forum control throws error #1034)
• FIXED: Splitting a Forum Thread Can Result in an Exception (Issue Oqtane Forums? #1036)
• FIXED: Next/Previous Links Not Updated After Deleting Topics (Issue BUG: topic previous/next links & deleted topics #1043)
• FIXED: Exception When Switching Between Tabs with Different Forums Instances (Issue BUG: Exception when switching between tabs with different forums instances #1075)
• FIXED: Updates to Resolve Known Process Queue Errors (Issue FIX: Process Queue issues #1090)
• FIXED: Unable to Move an Existing Topic to a Hidden Forum (Issue ENH: Can't move a topic to a hidden forum #1089)
• FIXED: Topic View is Showing an Incorrect Topic Template on a Forum Thread Page with Only Replies (Issue BUG: Topic View showing incorrect topic template on page with only replies #1139)
• FIXED: Fatal Exception In Getting Started Wizard in Some Cases Due to Serialization (Issue ENH: Don't serialize/deserialize configuration to/from XML #857)
• FIXED: Forum Collapse Broken Due to [GROUP] Token Location in the Template (Issue BUG: Collapsing a forum group causes group to disappear #1153)
• FIXED: URL for a Specific Group of Forums Shows Other Groups (Issue BUG: URL for just Forum Group should only display that group #1152)
• FIXED: Subscriptions to Deleted Forums Are Orphaned (Issue BUG: Deleting a forum isn't working / delete subscriptions when deleting a forum #1156)
• FIXED: Update Redirect() Method Calls for Consistent and Correct Usage (Issue TASK: Review incorrect use of Response.Redirect(url, false) throughout module #970)
• FIXED: [SIGNATURE] Token Not Replaced in Topic Review Section When Creating a Reply (Issue BUG: [SIGNATURE] token not replaced in topic review section when creating a reply #1177)
• FIXED: Forum Posts in Topic View Showing Wrong Signature (Issue BUG: Forum posts in topic view showing wrong signature #1194)
• FIXED: Changed Pin &Amp; Lock to Use ID Instead of Class on Reload (Issue BUG: Pin/Lock UI #1209)
• FIXED: Updated TopicController to Use the Correct ContentID (Issue BUG: TopicController / incorrect ContentId #1210)
• FIXED: Multiple UserProfile Records Created for the Same User Account (Issue BUG: TopicController / incorrect ContentId #1210)
• FIXED: Exception Loading the What's New Module When Logged in as Superuser on Older Sites (Issue BUG: Exception loading "What's New" module when logged in as superuser on old site #1226)

Tasks / Development Updates (and Technical Debt)

• TASK: Migrated Features from afmod.js to afcommon.js to Support Enhanced Moderator Support (Issue TASK: Move functions from afmod.js to afcommon.js #1045)
• TASK: Added ViewModels for Primary Forums Objects, Forum & Topic (Issue TASK: ViewModels for main objects #1047)
• TASK: Remove Unused/Unneeded Legacy User Profile Preferences (Issue TASK: Remove unused/unneeded user preferences #761)
• TASK: Adopt DNN Code Quality Rules (e.g. StyleCop) (Issue TASK: Adopt DNN code quality rules (e.g. StyleCop) #779)
• TASK: Adopted Code Quality Recommendations from StyleCop (Issue TASK: Adopt code quality recommendations #1018)
• TASK: Combined Two Different User-Related Code Classes into One (Issue Streamline User entities and lookups #976)
• TASK: Added ModuleId to activeforums_Permissions for Improved Database Integrity (Issue Add ModuleId to activeforums_Permissions #726)
• TASK: Related the Orphaned activeforums_UserProfiles Table to the PortalUsers Table (Issue ENH: Relate activeforums_UserProfiles to PortalUsers #1006)
• TASK: Remove Obsolete Template Files (Issue TASK: Remove obsolete templates files #988)
• TASK: Fixed & Removed Existing Foreign Keys in the Database (Issue TASK: Fix a few issues with foreign keys #898)
• TASK: Removed Unnecessary SQL Database Indexes (Issue Remove unneeded indexes #1012)
• TASK: Update csproj for Invalid SourceCodeControl Attributes (Issue TASK: Remove obsolete source control settings from csproj #989)
• TASK: Updated TopicInfo & ReplyInfo to Implement IPostInfo (Issue TASK: Add IPostInfo object interface #1039)
• TASK: Updated the Legacy GetReply() method calls in ReplyController to use DAL2 GetById() (Issue TASK: Change legacy GetReply() method calls in ReplyController to use DAL2 GetById() #1055)
• TASK: Added ModuleId to ForumUserInfo for Enhanced Query Support (Issue TASK: Add ModuleId to ForumUserInfo #1052)
• TASK: Moved Method Used in Token Replacement to ForumController (Issue TASK: Move method used in token replacement to ForumController #1059)
• TASK: Refactored Some URL Methods for Clarity (Issue TASK: Update URL methods #1064)
• TASK: Updated Method Signatures in the ForumUserController Class (Issue TASK: Updates to ForumUserController methods #1067)
• TASK: Updated Several Classes to Support IPropertyAccess to Support Token Replacement (Issue ENH: Implement IPropertyAccess for Forum entities to support token replacement #1069)
• TASK: Marked Several Methods as Deprecated to be Removed in a Future Release (Issue TASK: Additional method signature for GetDisplayName ForumUserController #1068)
• TASK: Added Indexes in the Database to Support ContentID (Issue Additional Indexes #1100)
• TASK: Updated Tokens in Delivered ProfileInfo Templates (Issue ENH: Update tokens in delivered ProfileInfo templates #1119)
• TASK: Refactored the ForumUserInfo CurrentUserType (Issue TASK: Refactoring ForumUserInfo CurrentUserType #1131)
• TASK: Removed Duplicate Legacy Templates (Issue TASK: Remove duplicated templates #1126)
• TASK: Removed Duplicate HiddenStats from HTML Output (Issue HiddenStats ?? #461)
• TASK: Move Existing SqlDataProvider Files for Existing Installs from /sql/sql/ to /sql/ (Issue Move existing SqlDataProvider files for existing installs from /sql/sql/ to /sql/ #247)
• TASK: Install Packages Shouldn't Install packages.config and app.config (Issue FIX: Forums installation should not install app.config or packages.config #1149)
• TASK: Replaced Forum List & Delete Stored Procedures with DAL2 (Issue TASK: Replace forum list & delete sprocs with DAL2 #1164)
• TASK: Replaced Forum Group Delete Stored Procedure with DAL2 (Issue TASK: Update remaining forum group list sproc calls to DAL2 #1162)
• TASK: Refactored Forum Settings to Use a New Separate Class (Issue TASK: Refactor forum settings to separate class #1163)
• TASK: Updated Regular Expression Usage to Use DNN RegExUtils.GetCachedRegex (Issue TASK: Update regex usage #1158)
• TASK: Refactored Logic that Removes Scripts & Tags (Issue TASK: Refactor script/tag removal #1159)
• TASK: Now using DAL2 for Accessing the activeforums_Topics_Tracking Table (Issue TASK: Add DAL2 for activeforums_Topics_Tracking #1024)
• TASK: Now using DAL2 for Accessing the activeforums_Forums_Tracking Table (Issue TASK: Add DAL2 for activeforums_Forums_Tracking #1025)
• TASK: Now using DAL2 for Accessing the activeforums_ForumsTopics Table (Issue TASK: Add DAL2 for activeforums_ForumTopics #1026)
• TASK: Removed the Year from Source Code Copyright Statements (Issue TASK: Remove years from copyright header in source files #1214)
• TASK: Added NewtonSoft.Json package via NuGet (Issue TASK: Add NewtonSoft JSON package via NuGet #1085)
• TASK: Updated Support for NUnit & Moq (Issue TASK: Update NUnit & Moq #1087)
• TASK: Create 8.2 Release (Issue TASK: Create 8.2 Release  #986)
• TASK: Minor updates for release clean up (csproj, license typo, duplicate file references, etc.) (No Issue)
• TASK: Updated Release Notes for 8.2 Release (No Issue)

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