Releases for Advanced Forum

There are no new features or theme changes since alpha 1. This release is to address the problems with the table based attempt to handle the last topic in forums problem (See #268273 ). The query in this alpha is slow but should work fine for normal traffic sites. The performance issue is still being worked on and will be addressed in a later alpha. If your alpha 1 is working for you, there is no need to upgrade.

There are no new features or theme changes since alpha 9. This release is to address the problems with the table based attempt to handle the last topic in forums problem (See #268273 ). The query in this alpha is slow but should work fine for normal traffic sites. The performance issue is still being worked on and will be addressed in a later alpha. If your alpha 9 is working for you, there is no need to upgrade.

This is the initial alpha of the Drupal 6.x compatable branch. It has all the features of 5.x alpha 9 released earlier today. I've tested it and it looks like it's working pretty well but it hasn't had as much real world testing as the 5.x line because I don't have any non-dev 6.x sites. Please give it a whirl with real data and file issues if you find any bugs. Be extra cautious using this on a live site as it is only the first alpha.

If this is your first time installing this module, be sure to track any theme changes you make. Future releases will note any theme changes since this point to help you keep your version up to date.

To upgrade, remove the advanced_forum module directory and untar the new one in its place. If you have not customized your theme, you can simply re-copy the theme folder. If you have customized it, check the changelog below for theme changes (in bold) and merge them into your changed theme as needed. There are have been database changes this time, so be sure to run update.php.

Changes since alpha 8:

June 6, 2008
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#241982 by Michelle: Fixed install function for filling table so it doesn't give warnings and returns success/failure properly. Since it was filling the table even with the warnings, there's no need to rerun this.
#242527 by Michelle: Re-fixed the problem with views showing blank instead of 0.
Re-added advf-forum-repeat-post.tpl.php which somehow got dropped from cvs.

June 5, 2008
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#241982 by Michelle: Added function to .install to fill last post table with initial values.
#241982 by Michelle: Adjusted comment link to account for multiple pages.
#241982 by Michelle: Added icon linked to most recent comment. (Theme changes: advf-forum-submitted.tpl.php, added newest_comment.gif)
#266765 by aMakUzr: Fixed class markup on forum posts.

June 3, 2008
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#242527 by Michelle: Initialized view count to 0 so it doesn't show blank when no views of topic.
#208440 by Michelle: Made reference post use forum theme when replying. Also removed links from comment in reply mode.
#260397 by c-c-m: Added Spanish translation.
#241982 by Michelle: Updated variable list in comments of advf-forum-submitted.tpl.php to account for changes.

June 2, 2008
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#241982 by Michelle: Added checking to see if last topic has been deleted or unpublished. Has had only minimal testing.
#241982 by Michelle: Had a join wrong so it wasn't picking up deleted nodes. Passes some initial testing now.

May 30, 2008
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#No issue by Michelle: Added some doxygen comments and moved around some functions for better readability.

May 29, 2008
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#241982 by Michelle (based on idea from Bdragon): Use a table to store reference to last posts in forum to replace the monster query. Theme changes: advf-forum-submitted.tpl.php - Added an extra section for adding more info when a comment is the latest.

May 27, 2008
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Fixed up function advanced_forum_treat_as_forum_post() to be better commented, more logical, and fix #260640 comment theming not defaulting to off.
#217194 Added template file to theme the repeated node on paginated forum threads. Thanks, Morbus. (Theme changes: advf-forum-repeat-post.tpl.php)
Pulled creating the 'topic pager' out of advanced_forum_preprocess_forum_topic_list to simplify it.
#242527 Added number of views to the topic listing page. Thanks to Zandroc for the starter code. (Theme changes: advf-forum-topic-list.tpl.php, advanced_forum-structure.css)
Removed some unused CSS from advanced_forum.css

May 12, 2008
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Made topic list icons link to topic. (Theme changes: advf-forum-icon.tpl.php) (Sponsored request by SamRose)
#258083 Added check that the forum description exists before printing divs. (Theme changes: advf-forum-topic-list.tpl.php)

May 12, 2008
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Fixed pluralizing of '1 new replies' on top of post jump link.
Added extra markup for the post header area. (Theme changes: advf-forum-post.tpl.php - Added div.forum-post-header)
#253155 Changed _is_forum() to advanced_forum_treat_as_forum_post() to comply with coding standards and clarify purpose.
#253155 Changed _topic_nid() to _advanced_forum_topic_nid().
#246701 IE 6 fixes. Thanks, CompShack. (Theme changes: Affects both .css files)

May 11, 2008
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#255949 Added link to top of forum threads that lists the number of unread comments and links to the first one. This links to the comment id and so will work across pages. (Theme changes: advf-forum-post.tpl.php - Added $jump_first_new) (Sponsored by SamRose)

May 10, 2008
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#253365 Patch to make advforum and Zen subthemes play nice. Also fixes my goof with theme_image(). Thanks, JohnAlbin.

To upgrade, remove the advanced_forum module directory and untar the new one in its place. If you have not customized your theme, you can simply recopy the theme folder. If you have customized it, check the changelog below for theme changes (in bold) and merge them into your changed theme as needed. There are no database changes.

Changes since alpha 7:

May 7, 2008
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#253778 Fixed typo that prevented advforum directory from being found. Thanks VValdo.
#254892 Added variable for forum description to forum topic list. Theme changes: advf-forums.tpl.php - Added description. advf-forum-topic-list.tpl.php - Updated variable list to include $forum_description. advf-forum-topic-list.tpl.php - padding around new class.
#239724 Excluded CSS from block admin page due to weird issue. Thanks ajevans85.
#246778 Fixed extra = that caused anon posters to show joined, etc.
#249651 Added check that contact module is enabled.
#248652 Fixed PHP 4 incompatibility in showing last post in forum. Thanks jamix.
Fixed 'user' information not showing for visitors on comments.

April 17, 2008
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#246701 Fix for IE 6 hiding post info. Thanks CompShack.
#241258 Changed the forum overview 'new topics' folder from red to green and kept red version as forum-all-new-red.png. Thanks Zandroc.

April 8, 2008
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Added code to advf-forum-topic-list.tpl.php and advf-forum-list.tpl.php to give rows first/middle/last for class to aid in theming.
Minor CSS change to remove forced left align of topics/points count.
#239406 Removed default to theme_forum_submitted when the .tpl file is missing.
#244228 Added Czech translation. Thanks to kecinzer.
#241258 Change folder icon when there are new posts in a forum. Thanks Zandroc. (Affects advf-forum-list.tpl.php and advanced_forum.css. Adds forum-all-new.png)
Created settings page and added option to change name of advforum theme directory as well as an option to theme all site comments like forum comments which fixes #213335

April 2, 2008
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Fixed typo that prevented comment page link from showing.

The only thing this does is fix the missing semicolon in the .info file and removes the query rewrite for the last topic in forum because I am tired of getting issue after issue on those two because people aren't bothering to look at the issue queue or even the project page for that matter. If you've already made those two fixes, there is no need to upgrade until the next alpha.

All the known bugs are fixed in this release. I will start adding more features again now. Most of the changes were in the code so there's no need to merge changes if you've customized your theme. If you haven't customized your theme, go ahead and copy the latest theme directory over.

No new features since alpha 4. There was a small bug that caused the mark as read button to disappear so I'm doing a new alpha so people stop asking about it.

There were some changes to .tpl files since the last alpha. If you have modified your theme, you will need to merge them in. Otherwise, delete the old advforum directory in your theme and copy in a new one.

This alpha has had massive changes to the theme directory affecting all the .tpl files as well as the CSS. If you haven't modified your forum theme, delete the old advforum directory and copy over a new one from the module. Make sure you delete it first or you'll end up with a mish mash of old and new files. If you've made changes, you'll need to merge them in.

Warning to Sky theme users: The new Sky version of the theme is not ready, yet, and the old one isn't compatable. You'll want to hold off on upgrading or make the changes yourself.

Barring anything unexpected, this should be the last time the theme changes radically.

This is the D6 version of advforum. It is nearly ready for the first alpha but still has some known issues. Not reccomended for use on a live site at this time unless you can dig into the code and fix things.

Changes since alpha 1:
Lightened post info background
#212329 Changed 'Add comment' link to 'Reply' on top post.
Incorporated mark as read code into main module
Themed forum links to look like buttons
Changed link for shadow posts to give name of forum and link to the moved post

Upgrading:
Delete the old module directory and untar the new one
If you haven't modified your forum theme, copy over a new copy of advforum as most of the changes were in the theme files.

This is the first in what will probably be a long line of alpha releases. There is still an incredible amount of work to do but I wanted to start having proper releases to more easily track peoples' issues. The only changes between this and the last dev version on Jan 11 are eigentor's improvements to the theme files. So if you are on the latest dev and want to upgrade, you won't see anything unless you copy over the advforum theme directory again. This will wipe out any changes you made to your theme so isn't necessary if you are happy with your theme as it is.

This module is still in the very early stages and not reccomended for use on production sites. Feel free to play with it and help out.