Kunena 1.6.0a2 Read Me
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THIS IS AN ALPHA RELEASE, NOT INTENDED FOR PRODUCTION SITES, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
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Introduction
The Kunena Team is thrilled to announce Kunena 1.6.0 alpha 2. This is a development release and should be used for testing and should not be used on live websites. Since the first alpha release of Kunena 1.6, the Kunena team has been focused on developing out features missing, fixing a great number of annoying bugs, CSS fixes, and optimizing queries.
What is New?
The new features In the Kunena 1.6 alpha 2 release include:
• New 'Thank you' system for thanking the poster from his message
• New template manager for the easy installation of templates
• Code highlighting with Geshi
• CSS and Javascript minification using the YUI compressor for faster loading
• Improved ban system
• Latest version checking
• New languages (French, Serbian, Yugoslavian) and more to come
• Improved Joomla 1.6 support
In addition these features can be found from earlier Kunena 1.6 alpha release:
• Revamped administrator backend
• New, centralized template system
• Polls are now integrated
• New backend Trash Manager to collect all deleted topics or messages
• A new way to add attachments to posts (AJAX-based and no need to edit the message multiple times)
• New moderation tools (with functions move, merge, split, delete) with less buttons
• User IPs can be easily blocked or banned (directly in their profile or in the backend Kunena User Manager)
• New installer system with step by step details of the installation process (and Joomla 1.6 compatible)
• Anonymous Tipping allows users to post topics in a defined category completely anonymously (no IP, no tracking)
• Users can delete their own messages within a defined period of time
• Improved RSS features
• New BBcode editor, including post preview
• Color coded categories
• Category subscriptions
• Converted from jQuery to MooTools 1.2 for better compatibility
Remember that you can use Kunena 1.6 with Joomla 1.6, this new alpha offers better support for Joomla! 1.6 with has some fixes for issues like installation, admin menu that the users had encountered with the first alpha.
MooTools 1.2 Plug-in Required
Kunena 1.6 no longer uses jQuery and requires MooTools 1.2+. Since the current version of Joomla 1.5 uses MooTools 1.1, the Kunena 1.6 installer will install the latest development version of the MooTools upgrade plug-in. More information about the official July 15 release of this plug-in in Joomla can be found here. Joomla 1.6 will include MooTools 1.2.4 and Kunena is already compatible with this version.
Downloading Kunena
Find the latest package files here: View Packages
We use the power of JoomlaCode as our main repository for the public SVN.
Find the SVN source code repository here: View SVN
Compatibility with Third-party Kunena Templates
Templates designed for Kunena 1.5.x will NOT work on Kunena 1.6 due to major changes in the code and structure. All the logic has been removed from the template to make it much easier for template designers to create Kunena templates.
Compatibility with Third-party Kunena Modules
Kunena 1.6 is NOT compatible with modules or plug-ins designed for previous versions. Kunena 1.6 now provides an updated API for easily creating modules or plug-ins. The Kunena team has created a few new plug-ins and modules which leverage the new API and can be used with Kunena 1.6.
Installing or Upgrading Kunena
Be sure your setup matches the minimum Technical Requirements or the install/upgrade process will fail. If it fails, your data will be left untouched.
To install Kunena, make sure you read our Installation Instructions before beginning. To upgrade Kunena from previous versions (including FireBoard), make sure you read the Upgrade Instructions.
The Kunena installer has evolved, been tested, and handles both installs as well as upgrades of existing installs without the need for user intervention or manual SQL execution. It keeps a detailed version log of all versions that have ever been installed on your site in order to be able to perform incremental upgrades as necessary.
We would like to underscore the importance of backups before and after any upgrade process. Never perform an install or upgrade without a full backup.
Credits
In alphabetical order:
- fxstein - Kunena developer and admin of the world largest Yamaha Star VMax community at www.starVmax.com
- LDA - Kunena moderator
- Matias - Kunena developer
- Rich - Kunena moderator
- severdia - Kunena developer, Joomla Leadership Team Member, and admin of PlayShakespeare.com
- sozzled - Kunena moderator
- whouse - Kunena developer
- xillibit - Kunena developer
- 810 - Kunena contributor
- @quila - Kunena contributor
Special thanks go to Beat and the CB Testing team, JoniJnm for significant contributions to Kunena. In addition many members of www.Kunena.com have contributed and helped make this a more stable and bug-free version. Our thanks go out to all contributors of Kunena. Greetings from the global Kunena forum team!
Short Change Log
Legend: # -> Bug Fix + -> Addition ^ -> Change - -> Removed ! -> Note ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Changes in Kunena 1.6.0 alpha 2 Usability/UI changes: # Some CSS fixes for Beez2 (J1.6) ^ New png icons which replace old gif icons (thanks DTP2) # Fixed rest of CSS underscores to dashes (consistent naming), synchronized styles # Fix regression - CSS fix for category description. # Fix regression - klist-avatar rules CSS. # Use form validation instead alert when you edit announcements New features : + Add serbian and serbian latin language files + Add french language files ^ Check new of versions of kunena with xml things ^ Start using new ban class in the code + Add css and js minification logic to build process ^ Moderation feature: Rework ban tables, add banned field into user table + Thank You: CKunenaThankYou class # Add function in configuration panel to revert configuration to previous state + Add code to have higlighted code with geshi (thanks JoniJnm) Old legacy stuffs removed : ^ Clean up code: Deprecate html_entity_decode_utf8(), remove utf8_urldecode(), fbReturnDashed() Optimisation : # Reduce 1 SQL call / page in CKunenaConfig;page in KunenaSession;page in CKunenaPathway move table creation to installer # Implement user caching to greatly reduce number of SQL queries Fixes : # Joomla 1.6: Frontend should work again # Fix regression: Moderate Topic buton aligned # Fix manifest error that leads to Joomla 1.6 install error message # Make working poll vote and change vote without ajax # Fix regression - Kunena in the footer don't point to kunena official site. # Fix regression - Correction of text in subscription email. # Fix issue with AUP integration which doesn't provide the correct link for userlist with sef # Naming changes into CSS (thanks cerberus) # Fix undefined variables in libraries/route.php # Fix issues with jomsocial integration on loadusers, remove empty values to avoid failed query # Check directory permissions on avatar upload and change it if needed # Fix to avoid the issue rename failed at the end of installation # Remove email adress from report settings to avoid spam # Fix undefined variable on form.php line 86 # AUP avatar can't be rezised below 100x100px # Change logic how Kunena detects current menu, fixing issues with missing tab menu in Kunena # Undefined variables in CKunenaLatestX class if there are no threads to be shown # Undefined variable userkarma in CKunenaProfile class if karma is disabled # Fix issue in trash manager: can't delete topics with polls # Show in trash manager the messages on hold=3 when you delete your own message # Fix undefined constant KUNENA_PATH_TEMPLATE during install # Upgrade poll tables structure when migrate from k1.5.x
