YAF v1.9.3 BETA ( Dated 7/3/2008 )

BETA SOFTWARE: USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

July 3rd Update:

Jaben: Added Admin Password Reset function for User Editor.
Jaben: Fixed YAF Membership Provider to properly support Password reset.
Jaben: Added Exception handling for FormatTimeDate so it doesn't kill the page response.
Micsotho: Fixed some Medium Trust issues (thank wesclyburn).
Jaben: Fixed anchor incorrect issues after quick reply.
Jaben: Fixed suspend issue.
Micsotho: Fixed moderated post approval was not bypassed for Admins/Moderators when quick replying.
Jaben: Added UpdateUser call so that membership is synced with YAF before the admin views the user profile.
Ederon: Added Visual Studio 2008 solution alternative, project need conversion yet (I wasn't sure about backwards compatibility)
Jaben: Fixes for XHTML validation issues. Pager fix for HTML issue. SmartScroller modification to use ScriptManager (added script manager to UI project). Added reset scroll position function for SmartScroller for AJAX postbacks.
Jaben: Fix for bug associated with searching "subforums".
Jaben: Fixed provider issue in how it looked up users. Added signature separator to other themes. Minor change to tables upgrade procedure for UserPMessage.
Jaben: Simplified configPassword in app.config: Added support for plaintext passwords.
Jaben: Fixed issue with bbCode import on new installation.
Jaben: Improved how board settings handles drop down list selection... on upgrades it could fail.

NOTE: Always run /install just to sync the DB when upgrading from v1.9.3 beta -- changes are minor but it needs to be run again.

Change log from v1.9.3.3 ALPHA:

SQL changes for SQL Server 2000 compatibility.
Added ability to pollify existing topics and edit existing polls for moderators.
ReplaceRules validation cache is now dumped when administrator changes smilies.
Added admin control of ReplaceRules cache timeout. Separated ReplaceRulesCreator to its own file.
Fixed major problems with YafContext not really being an instance PER PAGE.
Fixes free text search generation bug airsickmoth noticed.
Fixed search issue reported by "demonixed" where posts from deleted users were displayed in search results as of posts from guests.
Implemented multi-receiver PMs. User can send PMs to multiple users separated by ';'.
Added SmtpException handling in SendMail thread.
Watch email can't be escaped... pointed out by Mr Data.
Fixed DB part of "Most users ever on-line" problem. We need to change the way this information is cached in app yet.
Updated Italian (by continienzo) and German (by MrData) translation with files from the forums.
Added Hebrew language file (by eddr666)
Added user medals (former badges) implementation.
Adding REAL Modal controls to project. These are cleaner and much more modular/scalable.
ForumPage shows a modal dialog instead of a JS popup... Works with AJAX callbacks. Minor modifications to context for LoadMessage functions.
Script manager is now handled properly inside the Forum control -- only loaded if it doesn't exist.
Added UpdatePanels (AJAX) to all of these sections... Quite a few operations are now very clean.
ReplaceWords are now Board based also Added import system for replacement words.
New MessagePost classes for displaying formatted messages.
Updates for changes with BBCode modules/etc. Example module is included.
Added bbcode import/export.
Cleaned up deletemessage a bit -- made it a bit clearer and started using the MessagePost control.
Added recalculation of NumPosts to message_delete SQL as the numposts is incredibly out of sync.
Localization for "Deleted by User/Mod" text for a deleted message.
Added some validation to editforum.
Added 1 to page size for posts on the page which has "Sponser" text... need to improve for "deleted" messages.
Added pagination to admin eventlog and admin users.
"Debug" information is only shown to Administrators now.
More client scripts are now registered via ScriptManager.
Added GotoPageForm which is the popup "GotoPage" dialog for the pager (with animation!).
Greatly improved the admin user editor.
Made user editor handle Host Admin user editing properly.
Added "category images" with no real use at this point.
Fixed bug preventing profile data from being saved for newly registering users.
Fixed RSS Feeds were not filtering out "bad words".
Suggested changes made to user_aspnet sync system. Dependant on the ProviderKey instead of the UserName.
Added option to disable display of the ModeratorList.
Improved IP Ban validation code.
Changed ProviderKey to nvarchar(64).
Fixed issue: Cannot suspend the guest user any more.
Updated the YOUTUBE BBCode to support different country prefixes.
Added "loading dialog" to search page.
Added "existing user" choice to new installation.
...and tons of little stuff, UI fixes, and code changes...

Here it is folks!
A release of YAF that supports Memberships, Roles and Profiles. No longer ALPHA, but please test before deploying. BACKUP EVERYTHING before you would attempt an upgrade!

Lanuages
Languages need to be updated to the latest in english.xml. Help with this is appreciated.

Testers
Thanks to AirSickMoth, Continienzo, redLine, Kaan1983, Mr. Data, GaryH and all the other that helped test v1.9.3.3 alpha to make this release what it is -- keep up the good work!

Development Team
Thanks to MicScoTho, Mek and especially Ederon who pull a lot of weight into this release! I couldn't do it without your help guys!

Contributing to YAF
How can you support YAF, you ask? Just help a bit. Test the software and post bugs. Answer a few questions on this forum for other, less knowledgeable, YAF admins. If you really want to go crazy, write a little documentation in the wiki...

Notes
v1.9.3 will upgrade from v1.9.1.x and below fine. I don't suggest you do it until you feel the software it ready.

Bug Reports
Please post your v1.9.3 problem threads in this forum: http://forum.yetanotherf...pics32_v193-Issues.aspx

DNN
Sorry to say, DNN support was not a goal for this ALPHA release. That's not to say you cannot get it working with this release. If you do play around with it, please report back your findings.

Compiling
YAF v1.9.3 BETA doesn't requires Web Application Project to compile! In fact, most of the main source is dynamic compilation. But if you do want to compile the whole source, please download Visual Studio 2008 Express.

BIN: Includes the compiled forum and forum page files without the source.
SRC: Includes the compiled forum and forum page files with full source.

YAF-v1.9.3-BETA-SRC.zip
YAF-v1.9.3-BETA-BIN.zip

Thanks you guys, I think this release is more than a beta version, it does work really fine!

Thanks for the beta Jaben, you deserve jug of beer (or other drink of your choice). I can't wait to get back to test it and help with YAF again.

Are the attached zips corrupt? I wasn't able to open both using either Windows or WinZip to open the files.

EDIT: I figured out the problem. I'll fix immediately.

Well, then we'll be moving to Release Candidate 1 very soon! But please test, test, test!

Kudos on the release (and upgrade of this forum) Jaben!

New feature! Make sure to update your access masks with the "Download" flag set! Works now...