.NET Forum version history

Version 8.0.2

Another set of fixes for 8.0

Version 8.0.1

Fixed a tiny error "The resource class for this page was not found"

Version 8.0.0

NEW DESIGN
On moderation count mysql fix
Topics merge fix
Avatar editing fix
Performance improvements

Version 7.3.7

Counter of total messages on moderation
UI fixes
Improved moderation workflow

Version 7.3.6

New setting: "Disable forum user achievements"
Fixes the dangeros request error on the addpost.aspx (fixes #65)
"EmailDebug" flag - correct processing, was not working.
Twitter login fix (fixes #66)
"Test SMTP Email Settings" button in the admin panel
Masterpage path fixes
"Topic not found" message
Alt attribute for images
Security fixes

Version 7.3.5

New setting: "Disable forum user achievements"
"EmailDebug" flag - correct processing, was not working.
Forum installation guide improvements
Twitter login fix
Fixes the "dangerous request" error on the addpost.aspx
SEO improvement: nofollow link at the bottom ("powered by")

Version 7.3.4

no test data in the DB file
WYSIWYG editor fixes
Security fixes
Minor CSS UI fix (TH grey header)
Minor CSS UI fix - achievement notifications tuning
New setting: "Disable forum user achievements"

Version 7.3.3

New default "xx ago" datetime format for long dates
UserAgent + IP address in error notifications
Error notifications - allows multiple addresses now
Online users counter - critical sections refactored
More language resources move into the compiled assembly
Admin-settings: error email description edited
Fixed trial error

Version 7.3.2

SEO improvement (rel=canonical for topic pages)
Fixed: Full-Names were not shown in many places
Confirmation box on "delete all posts from user"
Moved resources to "Resources" compiled folder. Improved the first-launch performance
"XX time ago" for post/topic dates

Version 7.3.1

Database-upgrade engine small fix
Double-voting for forum posts in Firefox - fixed
Fixed the confusing error message after logging-in from the activation page
Huge memory leak fixed

Version 7.3.0

Premoderated-message: fixed moderator notification. Small ORM fixes.
Caching improvements
When replying with quote - a user could remove attachments, fixed
Poll options - larger DB field, UI check
PCI compliance fixes (minor security fixes)
Avatar fixes
Fixed database error on membership login
Some ORM refactoring)
Updated Dutch translation
Recent posts page links to particular posts, not just topic pages
Improved "link to a post" tool, like on Stackoverflow
Search bug fix
Shorter RSS caching (absolute timing, not sliding)

Version 7.2.17

Premoderated-message - fixed moderator notification
Reset front page cache after editing forum
Fixed: When replying with quote - a user could remove attachments
PCI compliance fixes (minor security fixes) (fixes #52)

Version 7.2.16

Unread forum posts count fixed
Some minor fixes
Banning by IP-address patterns like "192.168.*.*", not just exatct entries
Premoderated-message - fixed moderator notification. Small ORM fixes.

Version 7.2.15

version number
SHA1-hash for the "autologin" API if the setting is on
Fixed the "no data exists for row/column" error
Achievements engine!
Improved antibot check
Forum-post deletion improvements
Email engine fixes
ORM Engine fixes
Some UI changes
unread forum posts count fixed. manual fixes and web.config comment fixes.

Version 7.2.14

Recent forum posts PageSize fix
Updated wysiwyg editor
"Accepted answer" coloring fixed
swedish translation fixes
"Add forum post" page restyling
New feature - "purge old forum topics"

Version 7.2.13

Fixed a bug - false error notification when users are registering and activation is disabled.
Nice erro msg in addpost instead of exception
Some db-layer refactoring
Some minor bugfixes (RSS and messages list)
Fixed "reply/quote post" links positions in FF

Version 7.2.12

RSS feed improvements
Lost password email subject fix
File-attachments fixes.
Email/PM a group of users

Version 7.2.11

SEO-improvements
Merge topics fix
Source code refactoring
Chinese translation fix
No post-build events in source code version
BBCode parser refactoring
New feature - Deleting all posts from a user

Version 7.2.10

New, improved database engine,"ALL_USERS" built-in group
Search page design improvements
"Re-send activation email" feature for the forum users
Minor fixes
"Add forum moderator" feature improvements
Security improvements
Added a section about ASP.NET MVC to the manual
Fixes #27 (poll options disappear after logging in)
New setting - "File upload path" for advanced uses (UNC path for farm-installations etc) fixes #32, some DB refactoring, Fixed files deletion when deleting topic
Confirmation message when deleting a forum-group
UI tuning - redesigned "add post" page etc.
CSS3 rounded borders, many other UI improvements, search db-error fixed

Version 7.2.6

Premoderation improvements: security issues, caching issues, performance improvements
moderator UI improvements

Version 7.2.5

Fixed the moderator editing error
Lots of visual improvements
Minor general improvements

Version 7.2.4

Lots of performance improvements, optimized memory usage
"ReturnUrl" support for the AutoLogin API
Support for image width & height in BBCode markup: [img width=1 height=2]url[/img]

Version 7.2.3

NET 4.0
Improved forum-icon editor
Arrows for sorting forums and forum-groups. Some visual adjustments. No more "App_Browsers" folder (NET 4.0 issues)
Improved performance while getting user info from membership (first load)
Minor improvements
Facebook OAuth 2.0 support

Version 7.2.1

Security improvements
Datepicker-fixed on the search page
Google-hosted jQuery and jQuery-UI

Version 7.2.0

XSS improvements
jQuery hosted externally - on Google
Performance improvements

Version 7.1.11

Some minor bug fixes

Version 7.1.10

Minor security fixes

Version 7.1.9

JavaScript fixes
Performance improvements

Version 7.1.8

Some MySQL improvements
New feature - merge topics
Some performance improvements

Version 7.1.7

Settings "resetter"
Fixed deleting/disabling users from the "all users" page
Minor UI improvements in user management
When integrated with a parent website, fullname can be passed via Session vars now
Preventing caching in browsers

Version 7.1.5

Configurable "minimum password length"
Minor improvements

Version 7.1.4

NullReference error fixed on a number of pages
Improved error notifications engine
Updated manual
Blackberry support - showing mobile UI for Blackberry devices

Version 7.1.3

MySQL fixes for the ODBC driver
Sample MySQL-ODBC connection string is now included into the web.config

Version 7.1.2

MySQL fix for the trial version search
MySQL fixes for the upgrade engine
Private messages fix for iPad
Message editor fix (Ctrl+Enter processing)
SEO improvements

Version 7.1.1

Fixed MySQL-errors in the database upgrade engine

Version 7.1.0

Fixed viewing "rated" messages when there's an "accepted" answer"
Slightly improved descriptions in the admin panel
Other minor improvements

Version 7.0.8

Fixed "quote" button in WYSIWYG editor in Chrome/Safari
New feature: "Accepted Answer"
Settings-engine improvements
Translation improvements (all languages)

Version 7.0.7

Safari fix for the forum configuration form
Fixed storing the email settings in 7.0.5
Performance improvements

Version 7.0.5

All settings are now stored in the DataBase, not in web.config
Safari/Chrome support improvements
Optimized performance, minimized the initial database size

Version 7.0.4

Translation improvements
ViewState moved to the bottom of the pages (good for SEO)
SQL Express in now the default connection string in the web.config

Version 7.0.3

Fixed adding users via admin-interface
Twitter-integration fixes
Improved manual
RSS-caching fixes
Search fixes for MySQL

Version 7.0.1

Enable/Disable Gravatar support
Caching fixes
Message text tooltips on the "last message" links
Html-notifications
Security improvements
Lots of minor improvements throughout the entire forum software

Version 7.0.0

More caching improvements, the forum homepage is now amazingly fast
Link to a full-version from the iPhone-version
Adding post now works correctly on iPad
Readonly users quickreply fix
Result message when sending email to all users
Facebook login support

Version 6.9.9

Fixed errors when creating/deleting forums in the admin area

Version 6.9.8

More caching - all topics lists in the forums are being cached to save database performance
Front page caching fixes

Version 6.9.7

More caching improvements, the forum homepage is now amazingly fast
Link to the full-version from the iPhone-version

Version 6.9.6

Fixed empty avatars issue when a user is using Gravatar and the forum folder is not configured as IIS application
FIxed for VS2008-version source codes

Version 6.9.5

Fixed the thumbs up/down buttons not being updated right away
"Sign-in with Twitter" - Twitter login integration via oAuth
Improved perfomance (front page is now cached to minimize database queries)
Fixed multiple user deletion in the admin panel

Version 6.9.4

Fixed "add moderator" autocomplete textbox when working with MySQL

Version 6.9.3

Database upgrade engine compatibility fixes for SQL 2000
Group membership editor for user profiles
Minor visual improvements
Fixed avatar images backward-compatibility issues

Version 6.9.2

Fixed the "DBNull cast" error that happened on some MS SQL configurations

Version 6.9.1

Fixed file-uploading problems

Version 6.9.0

Now supports Gravatar.com avatars
Lots of visual improvements

Version 6.8.8

Auto-complete suggestions wnen adding moderators to a forum
Ability to delete sent private messages
Performance improvements
Improved subscription editor on the profile page
Minor translation improvements

Version 6.8.7

No more "upload" folder, everything is stored in the "App_Data" folder. This is more secure and easier installation procedure.
New type of subscription: "new posts in a forum" (along with "new topics in a forum" and "new posts in a topic")
Error message when wrong login info entered
Performance improvements

Version 6.8.6

Fixed the rating error

Version 6.8.5

Improved "add msg" pages design
Subject validator when creating a topic
Creating poll with no options - fixed
"Ctrl+Enter" fixed when creating topics, private messages
Auto-focus input-fields fixed when creating topics/messages
Redesigned poll controls, overall poll-system improvements
Voting for user's own messages is now restricted
Showing updated topics count on top

Version 6.8.4

Source-codes version now ships in both VS2008 and VS2010 versions
Correct "last post" tracking when posting to premoderated forums
Automatically checks for new versions on the server
Search is now functional even in the free version

Version 6.8.3

MS SQL 2000 compatibility fixes for the upgrade engine

Version 6.8.2

Source codes converted to VS 2010 format
New setting in the web.config "AdminUserName" for integrating admin permissions with parent websites
User can now subscribe to the "closed" topics also (moderators and admins can post there)
Improved "enter" key processing in the login controls
AD-integration improvements
New authentication API

Version 6.8.1

Rounded corners for all buttons (requires CSS3 support)
Validation improvements on the registration page
Fixed the "variable name '@Param1' has already been declared" error

Version 6.8.0

UX-features (CSS3 tools)
Some fixes for the MS SQL engine

Version 6.7.9

Fixed the SQL 2000 compatibility issues when viewing rated messages
"Meta" tags rendering improvements

Version 6.7.5

Fixed error when detecting user's IP
OpenID security improvements
Cross-database engine improvements (for MySQL primarily)
iPhone-version of the "add post" page

Version 6.7.4

Fixed the topic-viewing error for non-admins under MS SQL

Version 6.7.3

RSS security fixes for closed forums
Some UI-improvements
Messages list now has an option to "show rated posts only" that shows positively rated messages, sorted by rating great when looking for some answers

Version 6.7.2

Correct "Email already exists" message on the registration page
Lots of security fixes
Trial version UI-issues with Firefox fixed

Version 6.7.1

Fixed the occasional error when opening an empty topic
Fixed the occasional "Object cannot be cast from DBNull" error when opening a topic created by a non-registered user
Fixed the "quote" link in the iPhone/Android skin
Fixed the paging links that were sometimes wrong after topic deletion with SEO urls on
Fixed message deleting procedure that was sometimes resetting a forum for a topic
Fixed weird behavior when adding an adRotator-control to the master page

Version 6.7.0

First and last names are synced from AD when auto-creating a windows-authenticated user
Users list security improvements
Proper redirect after posting a message to a multipage thread ("topic not found" error fixed)
Android mobile users are now also detected and redirected to the mobile version
Handy paging in the mobile version
Some fixes in the cookie-login engine

Version 6.6.9

Visually improved rich-text editor (when posting a message to a forum or sending a PM - "right edge" problem fixed)
The rich text editor now auto-resizes itself when typing
Disabling multiple users at once from the users list
Improved unread message tracking when showing messages in a topic
Performance improvements for topics list

Version 6.6.8

MySQL compatibility improvements

Version 6.6.7

Private message attachments fixed
Forum icons now work for subforums also
Improved unread topics tracking: the updated icon is not shown for the user's own messages
Improved "posts by user" page
Handy message for admins if there's no forums created yet
"Hide my presence" option for users that hides them from user lists
Improved session-processing, the forum is now compatible with web-farms and multiple worker process environments
Fixed: sending moderator notificaitons for premoderated forums
Disabled users are not shown on the group editing list
Improved manual

Version 6.6.5

Improved message editor for administrators/moderators
Qouting is enabled for guests if guest-posts are allowed
Fixed the database creation script

Version 6.6.4

Fixed: Null-reference exception after manually editing the masterpage and removing some crucual elements from it
"Reply with quote" was sometime being shown to unregistered users (not working thought)
Correct "Email already taken" message when registering a new user
The "Notify me when a reply is posted" checkbox now saved correctly when adding a new topic
Geo-IP linking for postes IPs (admins only)
Automatic built-in database structure updater
Fixed very long load times when using windows authentication

Version 6.6.3

Fixed: error when using Windows-integrated authentication with AD

Version 6.6.2

Fixed: disabled users getting forum subscritpion notifications
"Ctrl+Enter" shortcut for the "quick-reply" box
"Orber-by" number for the forum-groups ordering
Fixed the default forum database file for SQL-express (was requiring SQL 2008 at minimum)

Version 6.6.1

Improved the user's email extraction from the ASP.NET Membership profile
Updated manual
Fixed URLs and paging when navigating the search results
Predefined avatars pack that can be adjusted
Improved page-navigation

Version 6.6.0

Performance improvements
Forum description is now shown on the forum and topic pages
Editing posts in a closed topic now does not throw an error
Improved getting user's name and email from Active Directory
New user attributes: first name, last name
New web.config option that hides usernames from the forum, showing fullnames only
Improved manual

Version 6.5.8

WYSIWYG editor improvements
Empty forum with subforums now looks much nicer
Administrator-groups integration when integrating with a parent website, that uses ASP.NET-membership or Windows-based authentication
Fixed special chars in forum titles for the "topics in a forum" RSS feed
Got rid of the » character hardcoding, caused trouble with Chineze and Hindi versions
Improved registration engine

Version 6.5.7

WYSIWYG editor improvements

Version 6.5.6

Final fix for the DBNull error. Blind me!

Version 6.5.5

Unread posts tracking improvements
Security enhancements
Fixed the "object cast from DBNull" error

Version 6.5.0

Hindi-version improvements
iPod touch proper detection
OpenId improvements (reflection permission exception)
General improvements
"New topic in a forum" notification now includes the post text also, just the like the "new post in a topic" notification.
New flag "Disable RSS" in the web.config that hides all RSS links
Unread message tracking - updated topics are shown with a different icon, plus a new report - "topics updated since your last visit"

Version 6.4.4

Improved logout-processing when running the forum with integrated authentication enabled
Fixed the "Unable to serialize the session state" when session is configured to us SQL Server
iPhone skin improvements

Version 6.4.3

Lots of iPhone version improvements
Lots of visual improvements in the admin panel
"Nice" password reset result message

Version 6.4.2

iPhone improvements
RSS-feed fixes

Version 6.4.0

"Nice" OpenID error handling
Improved online users report in the admin area
iPhone versions of commonly used pages (homepage, topics list, messages)
Performance improvements
Caching RSS feed on the server (saves performance)

Version 6.3.0

"Thumbs up/down" - rating/reputation system (optional can be disabled)
Slightly improved design
Guest posts and posts from deleted users are still shown on "recent posts" page and RSS-feed under "Guest" name
Recent forum posts shown on homepage (optional, turned on in web.config)
Performance improvements
OpenID support!
Chinese translation improvements
Various little improvements

Version 6.1.6

Fixed the JavaScript-error "myeditor is undefined" when posting a message
Fixed SQL-error "ForumIcon is not found" when using MS SQL Express database

Version 6.1.5

Improved "users" page
Automatically change page layout to "right-to-left" when a right-to-left language is selected (Arabic, Hindi or Hebrew)
Translation improvements
General improvements through the app

Version 6.1.4

New message notification fixes
Hindi language
Russian language

Version 6.1.3

Fixed page numbering in the thread list
New language - Arabic
The "latest post" date now links to the post itself in both thread list and forum list
Lots of performance improvements
Ajax-requests redesigned to use ASHX handlers instead of regular pages

Version 6.1.1

Notifications engine fixed
Disabled integrated users are not duplicated anymore
Fixed javascript error when editing
Fixed BBCode [url] tag processing in signatures and messages
Quick replies

Version 6.1.0

Redesigned the profile page so the enter key does not delete the avatar but saves the profile being edited
Moderator is not notified twice if he's subscribed to a forum/topic
Lost-password page improvements
Validated XHTML-markup
Improved moderator and subscriber notifications (added forum name, proper formatting)
Improved error processing
Custom icons for forums
Improved user-search, improved user-deletion, improved user page navigation
Plenty of CSS and design improvements
New language: Norwegian
Multi-language improvements
Captcha rewritten using ashx-handler, which is faster

Version 6.0.2

New web.config option "NotifyModeratorOfNewMessages"
Fixed moving threads between forums
New feature - prohibiting certain file extensions from being attached to the forum posts
New option - allowing guest users to create topics
"Administrator" or "Moderator" is now shown next to the user's info in the message list
Editor: fixed carriage returns inside a list in IE
Fixed preview in Firefox (new-lines)
The "recent topics" and "recent posts" pages now show restricted forums to users with permissions
Improved the "lost password" and "register" pages
Improved SEO-module (fixed the occasional "Length cannot be less than zero" error)

Version 6.0.1

The message "check your email for the activation code" is not shown when activation is disabled.
Fixed WYSIWYG-editor formatting
Fixed the floating error "unable to cast 'ASP.forum_aspnetforummaster_master'" that appears on some .NET machines
Improved for SEO (meta keywords)
General improvements

Version 6.0.0

Ctrl+Enter shortcut for posting a forum message and sending a private message
Batch user deletion for forum administrators
Slightly improved new-post page design
Proper redirection after sending a private message
List of the groups a user belongs to, on the profile page (for forum-admins only)
Improved user-profile page design
General minor improvements
Empty forum-categories are now hidden from the main forums page
Page links are now located both on the page's header and footer
Forum thread's list now has page navigation right next to the thread title
Added a web.config option to use SHA1-password hashing instead of MD5
Improved WYSIWYG editor
Fixed "preview" button in private messaging
Improved online users counter when integrated authentication is on
File-type icons shown next to forum attachments
RSS improvements
General UI design improvements throughout the application

Version 5.5.5

Improved user deletion routine
Fixed WYSIWYG editor - submitting a forum post from the "view source" page
Fixed search engine error "incorrect syntax near ?"

Version 5.5.3

Fixed search when searching titles only with date range
Fixed some minor MySQL database issues

Version 5.5.1

Confirmation when deleting private messages
Fixed search error

Version 5.5.0

Optimized and compressed date javascript
Group user list is now sorted
Improved forum database engine (cross-db)
Fixed Firefox problems when downloading file attachments with spaces in their names
Removed unused Javascript
Fixed occasional error "Validation of viewstate failed" when posting a forum message
Search now looks in the topic subject also
Fixed error when opening a members-only topic while not being logged-in

Version 5.4.5

Saving user's last logon date
Image attachments thumbnails http handler - seriously improved performance
Private messaging fixed

Version 5.4.2

Fixed the "latest topics" RSS feed

Version 5.4.1

"What's going on" section at the bottom - counts users
Refactored and optimized codes
Faster email engine performance
Redesigned UI
Faster rendering

Version 5.3.5

Integrated auth logout procedure improved
Prevents unneeded browser caching
Attachments are now done ashx-handler (much better performance)
WYSIWYG-editor for messages (BBCode)
Improved color-picker
Compressed javascripts - optimized performance
Improved CSS

Version 5.3.0

"All users" list ordering preserved when navigating through pages
User search
Query AD for email (for windows-authenticated users).
Null reference exception when using integratedAuthentication with SharePoint
Option to enable-disable private messaging in the "web.config"
New message/topic notifications for premoderated forums are now sent after approval only
Performance improvements
Some source-code refactoring, better readability
CSS reworked and optimized, some GUI/design improvements
After posting a message the user is redirected to the topic-page AND scrolled to the new message

Version 5.2.9

Updated FAQ
Fixed profile editor - password changer

Version 5.2.8

CSS-fix: font family
Fixed "thread aborted" error when downloading forum attachments
Improved main RSS feed - now includes the topic subjects

Version 5.2.7

Fixed the "Input string was not in correct format" when using integrated auth with cookies
"Forum-groups" renamed to "categories" for convenience
Fixed "specified cast is not valid" error when accessing deep subforums under MySQL

Version 5.2.6

Fixed the "remember me" cookie
Admin can now explicitly set user passwords
Avatar editing improved

Version 5.2.5

Fixed possible FormatException when logging-in with cookie
Improved forum design
Subforums topic count fixed
Fixed possible error "Input String was not in correct format" with integratedAuthentication is on
Security improvements

Version 5.2.0

Fixed "the forum '' is for authenticated users only" msg
Proper avatar caching when using "integrated auth"
Meta tags fix (appeared on some servers)
Dutch translation fixes
Message text is sent in forum/topic notifications
Message text is sent in PM notifications
Unapproved post list guest-posts bug fixed

Version 5.1.4

"Remember me" checkbox xp/vista style
Option to restrict topic creation to moderators only
Nice "members only" error message that allows entering user/psw right away
RSS performance improvements
Private message file-attachments
Profile Editor improvements
Performance improvements
Fixed top "move to a forum" button
Option to set the forum's URL (for email notifications signature) manually (useful for "behind the firewall/proxy" environments)

Version 5.1.3

SQL injection protection improved
Minor MySQL fixes
Sortable forum-users list
Adjustable avatar size (in web.config)
Youtube video integration BBCode
Language fixes
Avatar setting fixed
"Add reply" link at the top of the forum
Members-only forums are now hidden from the mainpage for guest-users

Version 5.1.2

Bottom breadcrumb in the topics list
Manual user creation - md5-password + email check
SEO-optimizations: dynamic meta-tags
Delete confirmations (moderatorial)
Bugfix: when search query contains "?" sign
[Quote] tag BBCode improvement
MySQL setup script fixes
IP Address logging

Version 5.1.1

recent posts and recent topics (and RSS feeds) now handle reading permissions correctly
disabled users are not in the users list
delete topics if the last message is deleted
"replies" renamed to "posts"
profile "homepage" opened in new window
non activated users list - now sorted by name
"email all users" tool
avatar caching logout fix
seo improvements
guest post moderator complain handled correctly
"complain" button not shown to guests
jquery update
popup datepicker in search

Version 5.1.0

The "sorry the forum is for members-only" label is fixed
Profile editor improvements
List of unapproved posts for moderator
Report to moderator feature
Source-code refactoring - better architecture
Case-insensitive BBCode

Version 5.0

New GUI
XSS security improvements
Fixed RSS feeds when the forum has "&" in it's title
No extra-notification sent when a message being edited
New topic/post notification link to the actual topic/post
Permissions fix: when a forum has posting-only permissions, other users are still able to read it
Tons of minor improvements

Version 4.9.1

Fixed "potentially dangerous" error in private messaging
added a captcha to the "lost password" page
fixed "x" button to remove attachment in post editor
upload multiple files at a time when adding a post

Version 4.9.0

General improvements and optimized performance
Shows subj when replying
Password recovery message globalized
Smilies setting ("AllowSmilies") in the web.config
Recent users list sorted by name
Group-based security fixes and performance improvements
File attachments now check group security
XHTML conformance fixes
Fixed error: "Length cannot be less than zero." on some systems
Profile editor XSS fix
AJAXed preview improvements
AJAXed add/remove attachments when editing a post
Updated jQuery

Version 4.8.8

Subforums fix
Security improvements
"AllowSmilies" new setting
Refactored source code
General improvements

Version 4.8.6

logout error fixed when using nested masterpages
fixed preview under Mozilla Firefox
updated version of jQuery
restricted subforums are hidden from guest users

Version 4.8.5

Improved security in members-only forums
proper logout processing when using integrated authentication
hidden logout button when using integrated authentication
editable topic subject when editing the first message in a topic
forumgroups masterpage fixed
right-to-left UI fixes (when using in Arabic or Hebrew languages
AJAX-ed preview (which does not clear attachments)
Fixed NullReference error when forum is deleted

Version 4.8.4

Fixed error "The best overloaded method has some invalid arguments"
Improved private messages engine

Version 4.8.3

improved thread list performance
some source code refactoring
button for adding the [quote] tags
breadcrumb subforums navigation
subforums correct ordering
recent topics empty with some versions of access - fixed
4000 chars message body limit removed
Polish language
Session variable cast error fixed
filter bad words in subject
on-the-fly thumbnails for image file type attachment
RSS improvements
Source codes are now shipped in Visual Studio 2008 format
forumgroups editor fixed

Version 4.8.2

added error messages when max file size exceeded
search date validation improved
case insensitive SEO URLs
improved Portuguese translation
fixed email uniqueness checks when registering a new user
moderator improvements
ban by IP feature
improved users-list paging
agree to rules when registering a new user
XSS protection improvements
forum-groups editor
no domain in username when quoting
autofocus inputs when replying

Version 4.8.1

"last post" is displayed in the subforums list
admin panel UI improvements
optimized performance
reopen a closed topic
security improvements
fixed colorpicker and smilies popups in FireFox

Version 4.7.9

updated manual
admins can see users emails in the users list
moderator is always notified of a new topic or message
disabled username changing when integrated auth is on
confirm forum deletion
improved session refresher

Version 4.7.8

Prevents Session-timeout when typing long messages (Javascript "pinger" running in the background)
Fixed password recovery under MySQL
Users list is ordered by names
Correct enter-key processing on the register page

Version 4.7.7

Some bot-protection improvements
Disabled username editing when the "integrated authentication" feature is on.

Version 4.7.6

Added new web.config setting to debug email error messages
fixed notification emails URL which was wrong under some circumstances

Version 4.7.5

Polls
improved forum topic and message deletion
reworked read permission engine: a forum is free-for-all to READ until you assign a READ-permission to some group (no matter if the forum has POST permissions assigned already)
Chinese Traditional language
General improvements

Version 4.7.3

new (not activated) users list in the forum admin panel
improved forum and user deletion procedure
"wrong username/pass" message
masterpage rtl Firefox fix
updated manual

Version 4.7.2

Italian language
Updated manual
Exception-less spam protection
My-profile link
Guest forum posts captcha
Notifications improvements (last page link)

Version 4.7.1

Portuguese language
"My profile" navigation link
Improved CSS in FAQ
Notification email links to the last page
Search, Register page titles
BBCode support: color, sizing, "code"
Improved forum message editor

Version 4.7.0

Fixed exception when being used on "partially trusted" websites
Improved "remember me" cookie processing
Admin panel minor fixes
Ordering forums in the list (by a custom number)
General improvements

Version 4.6.11

Improved SEO URLs
"Members only" forum option

Version 4.6.9

removable version label
improved async mail sender
SEO-friendly forum URLs (along with topic URLs)
rename-able login button
improved private messenger

Version 4.6.7

Improved paging when non using SEO-friendly URLs
Performance improvements

Version 4.6.5

Case-insensitive bad words filter
Posting to a premoderated forum error fixed
topics.aspx query-string injection error fixed

Version 4.6.4

updated manual
SEO-friendly URLs
Fixed error with disabled notifications
Danish, French languages
Search hidden forums according to the user's rights
Correct URL in notifications when website uses custom port
Moderator does not have to approve his posts :)
General improvements

Version 4.6.0

Forum title fix (SEO purposes)
Security improvements
List of Admin users
"Last two week most active users" report
Addpost.aspx optimizations
Admin can edit profiles
Configurable avatar path (for advanced users)
"domain\username" display issue fixed

Version 4.5.8

Clickable avatar
tiny password bug fixed
Turkish language improvements
Fixed error "posting allowed only to authenticated user" which popped incorrectly from time to time
Option to notify admins of new users

Version 4.5.7

Turkish language
Performance improvements
Error "Invalid column name 'Username'" fixed

Version 4.5.5

German language
Private forums are hidden from the main page now if the current user has no permissions

Version 4.5.4

Swedish language for the forum
Localized email notifications
New setting: new users are created disabled/enabled by default
Hashed password storage improved

Version 4.5.2

x64 forum compatibility

Version 4.5.1

Fixed "invalid cast" when displaying an empty forum
Improved replies counter

Version 4.5.0

Hashed password storage (backward compatible)
when replying, previous forum messages are sorted in descending order
unapproved msgs are not shown
fixed "read/write protected memory" error when quoting
message length check
enable/disable email activation in "web.config"
FAQ-page for end-users
Forum signatures for users
"nofollow" attribute for external links

Version 4.4.3

Possible authentication integration with container applications (see the manual)
Improved mail-sender
Editing guest-posts bug fixed
Spanish language improvements, Dutch language improvements
Admin area is now also multilingual

Version 4.4.1

Improved database installation (now the forum fully utilizes the "App_Data" ASP.NET folder and does not require editing file permissions during setup)
SQL Express 2005 ready-to-use MDF-file
Deleting personal messages after reading it
Updated manual
Improved email-integration

Version 4.4.0

Multilingual - this ASP.NET forum is now localizable using resources. Spanish and Dutch languages are included by default, more languages to come.
New "Activate user" administrative function
User-list fixed

Version 4.3.8

Bad words filter for the forum
Improved SQL scripts for MySQL
Better MS SQL Server operation
Forum thread views counter
The "recent posts" page does not show unapproved threads in premoderated forums
More general fixes

Version 4.3.7

minor GUI improvements
file-attachments are allowed by default
fixed error "invalid cast exception" when using the forum with MySQL database

Version 4.3.5

Fixed error "Invalid object name ForumSubForums"
Better RSS autodiscovery (recent forum topics, recent forum posts)
New feature - close a topic

Version 4.3.0

Permalink moved to the upper bar
Forum name is now added to the title of the message-list (for SEO purposes)
Shows a number of unread private messages on top
An error message when adding a forum with no group
previous messages list on the "add reply" page

Version 4.2.7

Proper "lost password" processing when using MySQL
Proper activation URL processing when username contains spaces
Current page is highlighted

Version 4.2.6

"Permalinks" for forum posts
Nvarchar datatype for MS SQL database
"recently updated topics" report
general improvements

Version 4.2.3

Avatar refresh on update
private messages link corrected
improved security
other general improvements

Version 4.2.2

Profile editing and private messaging improvements

Version 4.2.1

Fixed "This constraint cannot be enabled" error
After sending a private message a user is now redirected to the forum homepage

Version 4.2.0

MySQL setup script fix
File uploads
minor improvements (smaller viewstate size, CSS-accuracy and many more)

Version 4.1.2

Some minor fixes
it is now possible to remove the login/password inputs from the forum masterpage without getting any errors

Version 4.1.0

"Sticky notes" feature
XHTML-conformant
Modified stylesheeets to be more "compatible" with other websites (all styling is now in classes, not in elements)

Version 4.0.2

Avatar feature
new look
improved admin panel
traffic optimizations
RSS ampersand XML-error fixed

Version 3.3.0

Subforums
Some search-engine issues fixed
Permission module fixed
Input-validation improvements
Removed some obsolete settings from the web.config

Version 3.2.3

Update password fixed
Search page does not show restricted forums

Version 3.2.2

Improved "recent posts" report when using MySQL-version
Fixed "syntax error" when registering new user under MS Access

Version 3.2.0

Full support of MySQL
Slightly improved look
"Group" column in "ForumGroups" table renamed to "GroupName" for compatibility reasons
Several security issues fixed
Update manual and MySQL connection string sample

Version 3.1.2

Configurable SMTP-server Port
New look of the editor form
Improved performance of the email engine
64-bit issues

Version 3.1.0

Data-provider independent
Slightly different CSS-style
Empty data validation
Captcha fix when using app_themes

Version 3.0.0

ASP.NET 2.0 MasterPages
Email verification
Code optimizations
Updated manual
and more...

Version 2.3.1

"Recent forum messages" feed shows only FFA forums
Improved profile editor (dupe logins check)
Captcha engine is now SE-crawler friendly (does not throw errors to crawlers)

Version 2.2.0

User groups, group permissions (closed forums for group members only)
"New topic in a forum" notifications
Improved admin panel
Moderatorial feature - "move topic to another forum"

Version 2.0.2

Fixed a number of "Attempted to read or write protected memory" interoperability errors.

Version 2.0.0

Inserting images into posts
Automatic link conversion
Better performance
Preview when posting
Smilies! :)

Version 1.8.1

Added "delete user" administrator feature
Fixed RSS feed when a topic has no messages

Version 1.8

RSS support (feeds for forums, topics, all recent posts)
"Captcha" image to protect from spammers
Pager visual bug fixed

Version 1.7.1

Added "Recent posts" page
Slightly redesigned look ("logout", "edit profile" buttons are moved to the user's section etc.)
Improved configuration reader (for error-free reverse compatibility with previous versions) etc.

Version 1.6.3

Added an option to sort the messages in descending order (to have the most recent posts show first)

Version 1.6.2

Added "lost password recovery" feature
Improved multi-threaded email-notifications engine

Version 1.5.2

Fixed the "Multiple-step OLE DB operation generated errors" error when approving a message in a premoderated forum

Version 1.5

Added "AllowGuestPosts" flag in web.config. The flag allows unregistered users postings
Added "View posts by user" page
Added "List of all users" page
Fixed another NET 2.0 error, when logging in from "messages.aspx" page.