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Forum software update (version 1.5.4 -> 1.7.6) (Announce)

posted by rr  , Berlin, Germany, 01.07.2008, 18:17

Concerning latest junk mails sent out to forum members I had to face the truth: This forum software was outdated.

I was still running version 1.5.x from 2006. I did this intentionally, because I made several in-depth changes to the scripts/database layout, which made updating very hard. One change added a math CAPTCHA for guest postings. This is no longer required as I had to disable anonymous users already in November 2007. But today we need a CAPTCHA for the contact form. This feature, along many others, has been integrated in version 1.7.0 of "my little forum" (mlf).

With respect to security I decided to update to the latest version today. This site is now running vanilla mlf 1.7.6. It still contains all settings, posts, and images from the previous version, but all features added by me are "lost" for now.

So if you run into troubles, please drop a note here and I'll see, what I can do for you.

Note to people linking to a particular category: You have to turn, e.g., "...category=DOSX" to "category=8".

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Forum admin

Complete thread:

• Forum software update (version 1.5.4 -> 1.7.6) - rr, 01.07.2008, 18:17 (Announce)
  • Forum software update (version 1.5.4 -> 1.7.6) - Steve, 02.07.2008, 04:52
    • Forum software update (version 1.5.4 -> 1.7.6) - rr, 02.07.2008, 10:32
  • Forum software update (version 1.5.4 -> 1.7.6) - rr, 02.07.2008, 10:28
    • Forum software update (version 1.5.4 -> 1.7.6) - rr, 02.07.2008, 11:09
  • @Japheth - rr, 04.07.2008, 11:43
  • red has gone - DOS386, 15.07.2008, 10:02
    • red has gone - rr, 27.07.2008, 20:58