YetAnotherForum version 1.9.3 is a major release and includes many new and improved features together with many fixes from the previous versions 1.9.1. Social Sciences school
Below is the list of feature in 1.9.3 including features for users, administrators they can set, enable or disable.
Features
- Completely FREE, Released under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
- ASP.Net + C# + MSSQL
- Different boards under one installation
- Threaded view for posts
- Theme and styles customization
- Themed logo
- AJAX based dropdown sections
- URL REWRITNG
- DOTNETNUKE Module
- RAINBOW Module
- Supporting SQL2000 and SQL 2005 database
- Use SQL Full Text Search
- Utilize SQL Membership Provider
- Utilize SQL Table Profile Provider
- Utilize SQL Role Provider Ability to define database table prefix
- Permalink for Post
- Post Poll
- Made User DB SQL into SPROCS
- Ability for physical deletion of topics from database to reduce size of DB
- Pages as separate controls
- Implemented search friendly pagination
- DB Based Topic Read
- Localization (Currently there are 20 Translations)
- Topic interval selection
- Allow to define persistent topics which are not pruned
- Email notification for replies
- Allow/Disallow list of file extension
- Category creation
- Forum creation under different category ,forum and sub forum
- Hide, Lock, Moderate Forums
- Banned IP addresses
- Smilies
- Import smilies pak (*.pak) form different forums
- Add custom smilies
- Who is online Section
- Statistics including number of post, posts per day, DB size and…
- Unverified users list
- Customize smiles code and commands
- Word replacements
- Create/edit file extensions list for allow/disallow function
- Access mask with Read ,Post, Reply, Priority, Poll, Vote, Moderator, Edit, Delete, Upload, Download, options
- Roles with Is Guest, Is Start, Is Moderator, Is Admin, options
- List of users with filtering capabilities of Role: Rank, Name Contains, Email Contains
- User Ranks
- Announcements via email to all users by Admin
- Topic Pruning
- Private message setting with “Number of private messages”, “Delete read messages older than”, “Delete unread messages older than” options
- Attachments list and maintenance
- Event Log
- Import form NNTP Servers
- Check for update
- Show MS SQL Server Version
- Define time zone of the web server Forum
- Define from address when sending emails to users.
- Email Verification option for registration
- Disable New Registrations option
- Require User Login before they can see any content
- Use File Table to store uploaded files in DB instead of the file system
- Poll Votes Dependant on IP
- Max File Size
- Post editing timeout
- Post Flood Delay
- Date and time format from language file
- Create NNTP user names
- Enable or disable Show Forum Statistics
- Enable or disable Show Active Discussions
- Enable or disable Show RSS Links
- Enable or disable Show Forum Jump Box
- Enable or disable Display Points System
- Days before posts are locked
- Allow Post to Blog
- Allow "Report Abuse" post
- Allow "Report Spam" post
- Allow Email Topic
- Allow Quick Answer
- Max Search Results
- Search Text Minimal Length
- Search Text Pattern
- Search Permissions
- CAPTCHA size
- Enable CAPTCHA for Guest Posting
- Enable CAPTCHA for Post a Message
- Enable CAPTCHA for Register
- Max Number of Private Messages per User
- Maximum number of messages user can store
- Max no. of PM Recipients
- Maximum allowed recipients per on PM sent
- Show Moved Topics
- Show Deleted Messages
- Show Links in New Window
- Show Groups in profile
- Show Badges
- Show number of Users Browsing forums
- Show Page Generated Time
- Show YetAnotherForum Version
- Show Join Date
- Show "Rules, Agreements, Copyright" Before Registration
- Remove Nested Quotes
- Active Discussions Count on the first page
- Use "NoFollow" Tag in Links
- Smilies Display Grid Size
- Posts Per Page
- Topics Per Page
- Show advertisement throughout the forum and posts with settings
- Allow to define Forum editors based on standard forum editors available such as FCK Editor, FreeTextBox, Tinymice and …
- Defining Accepted HTML Tags
- User Change Theme
- User Change Language
- Private Messages
- Private Message Notifications
- Email Sending by users
- Signatures
- Profile Viewing Permissions
- Members List Viewing Permissions
- Active Users Viewing Permissions
- Use SSL for SMTP
- Template for rendering user box by user's posts template
- Template for rendering avatar
- Template for rendering user's badges
- Template for rendering rank image
- Template for rendering user's rank
- Template for rendering user's groups
- Templates for rendering user’s join date
- Template for rendering user's posts
- Template for rendering user's points
- Template for rendering user's Location
- Remote avatars
- Avatar uploading
- Avatar Width
- Avatar Height
- Avatar Size
- Forum Statistics Cache Timeout
- Active Discussions Cache Timeout
- Board Categories Cache Timeout
- Board Moderators Cache Timeout
- User inbox with inbox, sent item and archive
- Search with “posted by”, “posts” , “result per page”, “match any word”, “match all word”, “match exact phrase” options
- Forum Moderation section for “unapproved posts” ,”reports as abuse” and “reported as spam”
- Active topic list with time filtering option and RSS
- User Profile with “Inbox”, ”Sent Items”, ”Archive”, ”New Message”, “Personal Profile”, ”Edit Profile”, ”Modify vatar”, ”Signature”, ”Subscriptions”, ”Change Password “options
- Show list of users with sorting and filtering options
Fixes since the first Alpha release of 1.9.3
- Fixed bug with EncodeString in Membership when there is a salt.
- Fixed major bug with password resetting SQL in Membership.
- Fixed bug with rehashing answers in Membership when changing a password.
- Fixed bugs associated with "salt" setting in Membership and its inconsistent handling.
- Fixed bugs with membership password encoding not actually encoding anything.
- Fixed bugs with membership not encrypting passwords.
- Removed email templates directory. Moved email templates into language for localization.
- Also added HTML support to template emails and send mail code in YAF.
- Improved Unicode email handling in mail sending code.
- Dramatically improved Send Mail Thread queue system so there won't be sending of duplicate emails anymore.
- Moved almost all email sending into the Send Mail Thread so the forum feels faster and performs better.
- Fixed bugs related to deleting users in admin.
- Fixed and improve display of Access Masks in admin.
- Running "Lost Password" for a user who is not approved will now resend the verification email to them.
- Added confirmations to Approve All/Delete All in Administrator.
- Added "recommended" web.config file for NEW installations of v1.9.3 which is setup to use SHA1 password hashing and salts. (ONLY use on new nstalls.)
- Update install.txt to reflect changes.
- Fixed/Improved Search SQL to exclude deleted topics and search guest usernames.
- Improved Membership Upgrade code from v1.9.1.x and below to do much more error checking.
- Other misc bug fixes.
- Fixed constraint.sql issue.
- Fixed "Allow Quick Answer" issue.
- Updated "Rules" code added "Show Registration Rules" option.
- Added BBCode processing caching.
- Fixed issue with "Require User Login"
- Fixed issue related to & in Verification emails.
- Fixed issues related to response not ending after redirect.
- Fixed major security flaws.
- Made contact buttons CSS and added Skype button.
- AJAXified collapsible stuff.
- Tons of bug fixes and coding changes throughout.