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CjForum Changelog

All notable changes to CjForum will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[6.5.1] - 2026-10-03​

🚀 Added​

  • Show topic creation and last replied date on topics page
  • Implement attachment limits and management for uploads in CjForum
  • Add an option to hide categories on broadsheet template home page

🐛 Fixed​

  • Fixed ambiguous filter labels on topics page
  • Limit max number of files in unsaved forms

[6.5.0] - 2026-09-27​

🚀 Added​

  • Organize profile settings in easy to use tabs
  • New permission to allow using forum signature at the user group level
  • New setting to restrict max length of the signature field
  • Add AI credit balances to all component admin dashboards
  • New option to make sidebar sticky
  • Add an option to configure max length of profile about field
  • Show inline images in topic/replies in a lightbox

🐛 Fixed​

  • Fix minor security issues across permissions, content visibility, profiles, attachments, and moderation; add regression tests.
  • Pinned topics are not showing at the top of the category topics page
  • Fixed issue with editor state after editing a reply
  • Adding missing language strings

[6.4.4] - 2026-09-20​

🚀 Added​

  • Add support for module positions

🐛 Fixed​

  • Performance improvements

[6.4.3] - 2026-09-19​

🐛 Fixed​

  • Fixed untranslated strings in pulse template

[6.4.2] - 2026-09-18​

🚀 Added​

  • Move layout manager to classic template settings

🐛 Fixed​

  • Minor UX issues fixed

[6.4.1] - 2026-09-18​

🐛 Fixed​

  • Do not show user name on apis
  • False positives in database checker
  • Editing a topic changes author name
  • Bullet points are not showing on the topics/replies
  • Fixed issue when opening legacy topics with invalid publish dates
  • Unauthorised users should not see form page
  • Fixed dark mode issue in classic template
  • Save topic is not updating the description when editing as an admin
  • Fixes for dark mode in pulse and broadsheet templates
  • Unable to edit topic in classic template

[6.4.0] - 2026-09-17​

🚀 Added​

  • Allow adding new topics from admin dashboard
  • Allow editing topic from admin dashboard
  • Add relative human datetime helpers to standardize
  • Add flood control options to limit max characters in topics/replies
  • New AI services - Catch-up summary, Related topics, Meaning-based search, Similar topics while writing
  • New AI services - Post screening, Composer helper, Category and tag suggestions, Weekly digest text, Email translation

[6.3.0] - 2026-09-12​

🚀 Added​

  • Allow adding new topics from admin dashboard
  • Allow editing topic from admin dashboard

🐛 Fixed​

  • Editing a topic changes author name
  • Bullet points are not showing on the topics/replies
  • Fixed issue when opening legacy topics with invalid publish dates

[6.2.15] - 2026-09-07​

🚀 Added​

  • Add relative human datetime helpers to standardize
  • Add flood control options to limit max characters in topics/replies

🐛 Fixed​

  • Unauthorised users should not see form page
  • Fixed dark mode issue in classic template

[6.2.14] - 2026-08-29​

🐛 Fixed​

  • Save topic is not updating the description when editing as an admin

[6.2.13] - 2026-08-28​

🐛 Fixed​

  • Fixes for dark mode in pulse and broadsheet templates

[6.2.12] - 2026-08-24​

🐛 Fixed​

  • Unable to edit topic in classic template

[6.2.11] - 2026-08-21​

🐛 Fixed​

  • Fixes for admin dashboard mobile responsiveness
  • Classic template sidebar blocks are not responsive
  • Forum header in classic templete is overlapping Joomla menu

[6.2.10] - 2026-08-18​

🐛 Fixed​

  • Unauthorised users should not see empty gallery items
  • The gallery images are not rendered in full height
  • Long words in title should wrap in title cards
  • Adapt Joomla editor for dark mode

[6.2.9] - 2026-08-18​

🚀 Added​

  • New gallery feature to show image attachments

🐛 Fixed​

  • Site and admin pages are not rendering properly on dark mode
  • Users are unable to delete their own replies

[6.2.8] - 2026-08-17​

🚀 Added​

  • Rename trending to last replied in sort order

🐛 Fixed​

  • Users are unable to delete their own replies
  • Subscribed users do not get new topic notifications
  • Unable to reply to topics due to old forum migration

[6.2.7] - 2026-08-15​

🚀 Added​

  • Add subscribe to topic checkbox when replying to topics
  • Add subscribe to forum button to follow entire form
  • Make user display name consistent across all pages

🐛 Fixed​

  • Keep database updates visible to Joomla
  • Honor the selected avatar provider everywhere
  • Deliver every forum translation to the site

[6.2.6] - 2026-07-23​

🐛 Fixed​

  • Fixed editor not displaying after toggling and reloading the page
  • Fixed replies missing title in smart search plugin results

[6.2.5] - 2026-07-18​

🚀 Added​

  • Added new broadsheet template
  • Added show trending topics button on the toolbar

🐛 Fixed​

  • Fixed issue with top posters block showing incorrect list
  • Aligned the sidebar on topic page with topic card in Pulse template
  • Fixed issue preventing forum title change in the header

[6.2.4] - 2026-07-16​

🐛 Fixed​

  • Hardened media folder access and backend services

[6.2.3] - 2026-07-16​

🐛 Fixed​

  • Topic content appeared on reply form after editing the topic

[6.2.2] - 2026-07-15​

🚀 Added​

  • Added subscript checkbox to topic form

🐛 Fixed​

  • Fixed mobile responsiveness issues
  • Made topic form use the menu item itemId
  • Fixed Tinymce overlapping elements on reply form
  • Blocked uninstall of dependencies if other extensions use them
  • Fixed subscript topic button not working
  • Updated build package id for proper uninstall support
  • Stored post creation date in UTC and displayed in user timezone

[6.2.1] - 2026-07-03​

🚀 Added​

  • Added new Pulse template
  • Added Rewardify integration
  • Added new community and ledger site templates
  • Introduced site templates support with new additional templates
  • Introduced single page app (SPA) experience on frontend
  • Redesigned admin interface with React SPA
  • Added Rewardify adapter plugin

🐛 Fixed​

  • Loaded layout manager language strings
  • Aligned categories page stats
  • Fixed avatar and user profile integrations
  • Made topic description optional, allowed submit without it

[6.2.0] - 2026-07-02​

🚀 Added​

  • Added new Pulse template
  • Added Rewardify integration
  • Added new Community and Ledger site templates
  • Introduced site templates support with additional templates
  • Introduced single page app (SPA) experience on frontend
  • Redesigned admin interface with React SPA

🐛 Fixed​

  • Fixed avatar and user profile integrations

[6.1.14] - 2026-06-27​

🚀 Added​

  • Added Rewardify adapter plugin

[6.1.13] - 2026-05-25​

🐛 Fixed​

  • Make topic description optional, allow submit without it

[6.1.12] - 2026-05-23​

🔧 Changed​

  • Fixed issue with links in the emails
  • Fixed issue with jump to page links

[6.1.11] - 2026-05-22​

🚀 Added​

  • Show last replied author along with date
  • Show new topic with unread badge
  • Enhanced themes to support light and dark modes

🐛 Fixed​

  • Show last post along with date on categories
  • Unable to apply language filter to categories page
  • Create topic page editor content alert after submitting the form
  • Fixed issues with editor display
  • Fixed database errors showing on database page

[6.1.10] - 2026-05-18​

🚀 Added​

  • Enhanced themes to support light and dark modes

🐛 Fixed​

  • Fixed issues with editor display
  • Fixed database errors showing on database page

[6.1.9] - 2026-05-06​

🔧 Changed​

  • Minor updates and improvements

[6.1.8] - 2026-05-06​

🚀 Added​

  • Enhanced email templates architecture

🐛 Fixed​

  • Unable to load editor on reply form (intermittent)

[6.1.7] - 2026-04-29​

🚀 Added​

  • New easy license activation wizard
  • Show unread topics status on topics listing

🐛 Fixed​

  • Tighten security for the download folders with IIS hosts
  • Tighten security for the download folders with IIS hosts
  • Fixed update sites URLs
  • Unable to attach files in the replies
  • Incorrect values are showing on who's online block
  • Forum stats are not showing the correct numbers
  • Loader animation overlaps with another when loading topics

[6.1.6] - 2026-04-16​

🐛 Fixed​

  • Fixed username display issue in notifications page

[6.1.5] - 2026-04-15​

🔧 Changed​

  • Minor updates and improvements

[6.1.4] - 2026-03-30​

🐛 Fixed​

  • Fixed issue preventing topic deletion from frontend
  • Fixed error displayed when editing topic

[6.1.3] - 2026-03-24​

🚀 Added​

  • Enabled global email notifications toggle
  • Improved email templates manager user experience
  • Supported sorting topics by last replied date

[6.1.2] - 2026-03-22​

🐛 Fixed​

  • Corrected the modified date column type in update SQL files
  • Displayed bullet points in topic and reply descriptions

[6.1.1] - 2026-03-12​

🐛 Fixed​

  • Resolved error when clicking topics tab on profile page
  • Fixed issue preventing topic editing

[6.1.0] - 2026-03-12​

🚀 Added​

  • Added modern email notification system

🐛 Fixed​

  • Resolved issue preventing topic editing
  • Resolved issue preventing topic attachments
  • Fixed issue in authentication plugin

[6.0.16] - 2026-02-23​

🚀 Added​

  • Displayed user avatar in topics list compact view mode
  • Saved topics/categories view mode in browser session

🐛 Fixed​

  • Removed theme toggle button since browser manages theme
  • Made topic actions dropdown buttons visible

[6.0.15] - 2026-02-22​

🔧 Changed​

  • Enhanced pages for mobile responsive behavior
  • Minor updates and improvements

[6.0.14] - 2026-02-18​

🚀 Added​

  • Replaced custom editor with Joomla default content editor
  • Added quote styling
  • Added new block in edit profile to upload and change user avatar

🐛 Fixed​

  • Fixed reply actions dropdown showing behind the reply container
  • Fixed location and Instagram values cleared in edit profile page

[6.0.13] - 2026-02-13​

🔧 Changed​

  • Minor updates and improvements

[6.0.12] - 2026-02-13​

🔧 Changed​

  • Minor updates and improvements

[6.0.11] - 2026-02-12​

🐛 Fixed​

  • User's real name is showing in the metadata
  • Category icons configured in the category settings are not showing on the categories list page
  • Added missing language strings in the topics and content plugins

[6.0.10] - 2026-02-11​

🔧 Changed​

  • Updated backend dashboard tiles

🐛 Fixed​

  • Fixed issue with non-sef urls showing in search results
  • Fixed replies count showing as 0 on topics list
  • Fix: Views are not updated when opening the topic

[6.0.9] - 2026-02-10​

Fixed​

  • Fixed issue with signup button on dashboard

[6.0.8] - 2026-02-10​

Added​

  • Add a button to sync missing user profiles

Fixed​

  • Fixed issue with topic urls in the CjForum module
  • Fixed issue with linking user avatar with CjForum profile

[6.0.7] - 2026-02-03​

Added​

  • Adding field to edit user handle in the profile edit page

Fixed​

  • Fixed issue with loading sef profile url
  • Fix issue with finder plugin

[6.0.6] - 2026-01-21​

Changed​

  • Profile page shows real name instead of user handle
  • Updated with UX improvements

[6.0.5] - 2026-01-15​

Fixed​

  • Fixed missing directory in the build package

[6.0.4] - 2026-01-15​

Added​

  • Adding Embed topic support in Joomla articles

Fixed​

  • Fixed issue with layout manager language strings
  • Fixed issue with topic sorting and filtering not applying across all replies

[6.0.3] - 2026-01-08​

Added​

  • Adding CjForum Redirects plugin to redirect from migration source URLs
  • Adding missing sef_ids config option

Fixed​

  • Fixed database errors (false positives)
  • Fixed CjForum Module UI Issue

[6.0.2] - 2026-01-06​

Added​

  • Added new theme - Deep Ocean Gradient
  • Added recent topics listing menu item

Fixed​

  • Build issues fixed

[6.0.1] - 2025-12-28​

Added​

  • Fixed issue with new user's avatar
  • Add activity stream and badge integrations

Fixed​

  • Fixed issue with upgrading old versions

[6.0.0] - 2025-12-06​

Added​

  • Modern React-based interface with enhanced UX and performance
  • Complete forum management system with topic and post management tools
  • Advanced user permissions and moderation tools
  • Support for 25+ built-in themes
  • Four forum modules: Recent Posts, Topic Form, Categories, Top Users
  • 11 plugin integrations for extended functionality
  • Automatic update system with integrity checks
  • Native Joomla 5 and 6 compatibility

Changed​

  • Account menu replaces previous subscriptions interface for better UX

Removed​

  • Private messaging (use Joomla's built-in PM or third-party alternatives)
  • Leaderboard page (was not widely used)
  • Recent topics menu item (functionality merged into main listing)
  • Forum rules menu (create custom menu items instead)
  • Users listing menu (use Joomla's user management)

[5.1.0] - 2025-10-05​

Added​

  • Joomla 6 Compatibility Update

Changed​

  • Removed legacy references
  • Update copyright headers

[5.0.14] - 2024-12-12​

Fixed​

  • No emails sent when reply posted

[5.0.13] - 2024-11-23​

Fixed​

  • Language tag is not retained after saving topic
  • Fixed issue with showing incorrect text after like/dislike question

[5.0.12] - 2024-09-27​

Fixed​

  • Sync topics fails to sync topics
  • Forum rules page shows error

[5.0.11] - 2024-05-24​

Added​

  • Added button to sync topic reply counts

Fixed​

  • Fixed issue with migration script

[5.0.10] - 2024-05-12​

Added​

  • Added .htaccess file to restrict direct access to attachments

Fixed​

  • Topics do not display if mysql strict dates enabled
  • Fixed issue with selecting admin user group in the Topics plugin
  • Fixed issue with expanding filters on the admin list pages

[5.0.9] - 2024-02-23​

Fixed​

  • Fixed Google structured data markup for discussion forum posting

[5.0.8] - 2024-02-14​

Fixed​

  • Fixed issue with topics search
  • Fixed issue with deprecated message on form page

[5.0.7] - 2024-02-06​

Added​

  • Added validation to restrict posting duplicate topics

Fixed​

  • Fixed issue with smart search plugin

[5.0.6] - 2024-01-14​

Added​

  • Added support for Rewardify User Points

[5.0.5] - 2023-12-22​

Fixed​

  • Fixed issue with topics not loading after upgrade
  • Categories without menu item are not accessible

[5.0.4] - 2023-12-21​

Added​

  • Added Joomla Privacy plugin for CjForum
  • Show message when users do not have access to view replies

Fixed​

  • Report button is not working with bootstrap5
  • Replies are not showing when mysql null dates are not allowed
  • Empty list is shown when the database option to allow null dates is disabled
  • Topics ordering selected in the menu item is not applied
  • Unable to edit topic in bootstrap3 layout

[5.0.3] - 2023-12-02​

Added​

  • Added support for migrating questions from Community Answers component to CjForum

[5.0.2] - 2023-11-11​

Fixed​

  • Fixed the margin of batch button on admin toolbar
  • New topic emails sent to blocked users

[5.0.1] - 2023-09-26​

Fixed​

  • Fixed version information

[5.0.0] - 2023-09-24​

Added​

  • Breaking Change: Added support for Joomla 5

Changed​

  • Breaking Change: Removed legacy layer for Joomla 3

[4.2.2] - 2023-08-12​

Added​

  • Updated Save button label to Post Topic

Changed​

  • Replaced JFile/JFolder deprecated wrappers with respective file system functions
  • Replacing legacy API references

Fixed​

  • Fixed issue with bootstrap library not loading in older Joomla versions
  • Fixed issue with showing social icons on profile details page

[4.2.1] - 2023-03-26​

Changed​

  • Changed edit icon to fa-edit on topic page
  • Changed icon of the edit button for FA6 compatibility
  • Removed deprecated function calls

Fixed​

  • Do not send email notifications to globally blocked users

[4.2.0] - 2023-02-05​

Added​

  • Show recently discussed topics on category page
  • New option to disable login/registration form

Fixed​

  • Show create topic button on the toolbar only if user has create permissions
  • Logged in user cannot see their unpublished topics from My Topics view
  • Fixed PHP warning messages
  • Tabs on backend dashboard page are not working
  • Topic pagination on the listing page are not aligned properly on bootstrap5 layout
  • Quoting a deleted user's reply throws error
  • CjForum apps form quizzes & answers do not show correct layout
  • Fixed bootstrap5 UX on the advanced search form
  • Removed unused language strings

[4.1.6] - 2022-11-07​

Added​

  • Adding PHP 8.1 support and fixing deprecation notices

Fixed​

  • Unable to send private message from messages dashboard page
  • Show Topics Count option is not working for category view in Bootstrap5 layout
  • Fixed issue with removed JString invocations
  • Fixed issues in syncing users data when mysql strict mode is enabled
  • Fixed issues with Kunena migration script

[4.1.5] - 2022-09-04​

Fixed​

  • Disabling Show Footer block show empty border item at the bottom
  • Fixed issues with Kunena migration on Joomla 4

[4.1.4] - 2022-07-30​

Changed​

  • Do not load chosen library in the list layouts when using Joomla 4

Fixed​

  • Tags are not saving in Joomla 3.10 or later versions

[4.1.3] - 2022-07-26​

Fixed​

  • Fixed issue with topic/reply rating not working
  • Fixed PHP notice messages shown when editing a reply
  • CjForum content plugin causing error with webservice calls
  • Fixed issue with content plugin conflict with webservices plugin

[4.1.2] - 2022-05-13​

Added​

  • New category option to set a category as parent group (readonly) or regular forum

[4.1.1] - 2022-03-14​

Fixed​

  • Mobile menu on toolbar does not work when using bootstrap5 layout
  • Fixed issue with the finder plugin
  • Fixed issue with modal selection in topic modal dialogs

[4.1.0] - 2022-02-07​

Changed​

  • Leaderboard list rows is wrapped down on bootstrap 5 layout
  • Updated default avatar size in the topic view to 256px

Fixed​

  • Search bar takes full width on bootstrap 5 layout
  • Social sharing buttons are not loading on Joomla 4
  • Fixed issue with indexing topics using smart search
  • Fixed issue with loading forum rules page
  • Fixed issue with download my data button failed on bootstrap5 layout
  • Fixed issue with downloading attachments
  • Fixed issue with topic selection modal on single topic menu item
  • Subscription links are not shown on the topic page (bootstrap5)
  • Subscription Tools option does not work on the categories list
  • Privacy consent checkbox is not visible on profile form
  • Fixed issue with the errors shown when a profile/user was deleted

[4.0.3] - 2021-08-23​

Changed​

  • Change automatic update references to shondalai.com

[4.0.2] - 2021-08-16​

Fixed​

  • Toolbar dropdown enhancements for bootstrap 5 layout
  • Fixed issue with incompatible method in the content plugin

[4.0.1] - 2021-07-18​

Added​

  • Joomla 4 RC 4 support added

Changed​

  • Adding missing language string in the backend menu

Fixed​

  • Fixed warning message shown when using PHP 8
  • Unable to submit reply to the personal messages

[4.0.0] - 2021-06-03​

Added​

  • Joomla 4 support added
  • New layout (for all pages) based on Bootstrap 5 CSS library

Changed​

  • Tuning sql queries and performance improvements with user tables

Fixed​

  • Selecting "All Categories" in advanced search produces no results when "Show Unauthorised Links" option is disabled

Archived Versions (3.x and earlier)​

The following versions are archived and retained in their original format for historical reference.

3.4.3 (25-Mar-2021)

  • PHP 8 support added

3.4.2 (09-Feb-2021)

  • New option to show/hide box which shows number of topics in the category
  • New option to show/hide box which shows number of topics in the sub category
  • New option to show/hide box which shows number of replies in the category
  • Unpublished tags are shown on the topic form (Joomla bug)
  • Error shown when trying to post reply

3.4.1 (13-Dec-2020)

  • Same user shown multiple times in online users block
  • Fixed missing language strings
  • Topic Form module shows 500 error when the access is enabled for guest

3.4.0 (03-Oct-2020)

  • New Topic Form module for quick topic creation from any page
  • New option to show subscription buttons on topic details page to subscribe the topic and the topic category
  • Allow creating menu item for a single topic
  • Update last replied user & date when a reply is unpublished/deleted ^ Joomla 4 Beta 4 support added
  • New users unable to login when mysql strict dates mode is enabled
  • Progress bar do not show when user sync started
  • Unable to edit user avatar
  • Moderation emails are not sent when permission is enabled at category level
  • User profile shows all user reputation/activities when using menu item

3.3.7 (14-Jun-2020)

^ Joomla 4 beta 1 support added

  • Finder events are not triggered when topics are created/changed
  • Emails about new messages are not sent immediately when skip queue option is enabled

3.3.6 (09-May-2020)

  • New permission to restrict access to view profile pages
  • Social login users are automatically logged in after signup even admin approval enabled

3.3.5 (04-May-2020)

  • Added Smart Search plugin for CjForum Topics

3.3.4 (27-Apr-2020)

  • Attachments do not with the personal messages
  • Fixed issue with the plugin in latest version of Community Builder
  • Activity url is not hidden from header when the option is disabled

3.3.3 (26-Mar-2020)

  • Topic form page does not show in the selected template
  • Activities are added even if the rule is unpublished.
  • Category listing is not showing correct subcategories

3.3.2 (19-Mar-2020)

^ Redirect user to topics listing page when the topic is moderated ^ Updated social authentication library to use the latest methods

  • Social authentication disabling regular authentication methods
  • Topic author name is not displayed in topic details page

3.3.1 (18-Mar-2020)

  • Warning message is shown on the search page on few PHP versions
  • Moderating new posts for URLs should allow internal URLs

3.3.0 (07-Mar-2020)

  • New feature: Split topic from selected reply
  • New feature: Restrict forum access based on user post count
  • New feature: Highlight category icon with new topics on the forum index page
  • New feature: Possibility of the user to set invisibility: New feature - NickName
  • New feature: New spam moderation option to moderate posts with hyperlinks
  • New option to show/hide Recent Activities menu item on the toolbar
  • New option to show/hide My Reputation menu item on the toolbar
  • New option to show/hide Forum Members menu item on the toolbar
  • New option to show/hide Karma on the leaderboard page
  • New option to skip email queue for sending email notifications
  • New option to show/hide pagination on top and bottom of the list
  • New option to show/hide pagination on top and bottom of replies
  • Currently shown tab is not activated on the profile page with bootstrap2 layout
  • Latest activities are not shown first
  • Fixed bug with missing required js files in the content plugin

3.2.3 (29-Dec-2019)

  • Added new module positions forum-categories-above-toolbar and topics-list-above-toolbar
  • Adding a new option to show/hide Jump to Forum box
  • Topics ordering option is not validated while showing listings
  • PHP notice messages in the log files are fixed
  • Fixed notice messages reporting log files
  • Untranslated strings in CB plugin
  • The attachments are not rendering properly ^ Joomla 4 alpha 12 support added

3.2.2 (13-Aug-2019)

  • Private message modal box does not show content/buttons

3.2.1 (11-Aug-2019)

  • Added Sociable support
  • CjForum module shows listing even if it is disabled

3.2.0 (03-Aug-2019)

  • Show last reply author and description in the CjForum module.
  • Added new Recent Posts tab in the CjForum Module.
  • New configuration option to show/hide location on the profile
  • Show top users quizzes count in the backend dashboard page
  • New configuration option to show/hide user information block
  • Badge is not assigned for thank you activity
  • Hover on elements with tooltip removes the parent element when Mootools is loaded on the page
  • Profile URLs are not SEF enabled when advanced routing is selected
  • Unable to save changes to profile form when GDPR options disabled
  • About text and signature editors on profile form where wrapped down when there are fewer fields enabled.
  • Recent messages are not shown on top
  • Fixes to bootstrap 4 layout

3.1.4 (23-Mar-2019)

  • Edit profile link is not visible to registered users
  • Page navigation layout is misaligned in users listing page
  • Toolbar layout navigation is not aligned properly after the last update

3.1.3 (20-Mar-2019)

  • Kunena migration do not migrate attachments
  • After replying to the topic, the page is redirected to the listing
  • Profile tabs are not aligned properly on few templates

3.1.2 (09-Mar-2019)

  • New feature: Reporting topics/replies and review reports
  • Show attachments icon when the topic has files/images attached
  • Added a link back to CjForum changelog in the dashboard page ^ Bootstrap 4 compatibility updates
  • Allowed extension types text breaks layout in mobile mode
  • Personal messages are not ordered by the last replied date
  • Related topics table do not show properly on bootstrap 4
  • Unable to select message receiver id in PMS when using bootstrap 4
  • Attachments migrated from Kunena are not shown on CjForum

3.1.1 (12-Feb-2019)

  • Added Select Category option in category dropdown list of the form page
  • Users can access unauthorized links
  • Kunena migrated topics do not have last reply id updated in the table
  • Category topics listing page do not follow component list limit option

3.1.0 (11-Feb-2019)

  • New Moderation Capabilities: Add/manage moderators for categories
  • New configuration option to show/hide allowed file types text
  • Added allowed file extensions text in the attachments forms
  • New configuration option to exclude selected user group activity from showing in the listing
  • Added new configuration option to show/hide last replied by callout
  • New option to show the introductory text of topic in listing pages ^ Improved the look and feel of the avatar in the leaderboard with border style ^ Joomla 4.0alpha6 compatibility updates
  • Removed duplicate Show Tags option in the configuration
  • Topic routing does not identify id when no menu is used
  • Unable to remove IDs from topic URLs after upgrade
  • A PHP notice message logged in logs when topic do not have any replies
  • Show tags configuration option does not show tags on a topic
  • Admin points page do not load on Joomla 4
  • Error when installing on Joomla 4 Alpha 6

3.0.4 (01-Jan-2019)

  • Security issue : users can see unauthorized topic short description in related topics in the tooltips
  • Install package failed on fresh new sites
  • Unable to select target user to send a message in Joomla 4

3.0.3 (27-Dec-2018)

  • Added migration script to migrate data from for EasyDiscuss ^ Joomla 4 Alpha 5 compatibility updates
  • Unable to change the state of ranks
  • Wrong version status is shown on the backend dashboard page

3.0.2 (08-Dec-2018)

^ Replaced RuntimeException with Exception

  • Unable to unpublish topics/replies after updating Joomla 3.9.1
  • User's original name is shown when quoting a reply
  • Profile form view styles are not aligned when using bootstrap3
  • Ranks are not updated during migration
  • Backend dashboard shows the incorrect date in the top users' list
  • Cannot edit category when language filter plugin is enabled.

3.0.1 (04-Oct-2018)

  • New posts link in CjForum Module redirects to homepage.
  • Kunena migration failed to migrate avatars
  • Component Fails to load on Joomla 3.6.5

3.0.0 (26-Sep-2018)

  • Added support for Joomla 4 Alpha 4
  • Added support for Bootstrap 4 templates (backend and frontend)
  • New modern router class added
  • New option to configure maximum number of tabs displayed on profile page
  • Added Joomla! search plugin for CjForum topics search
  • Moved the topic view HTML content to its own layouts ^ Redirect guest users to login page when they access PMS pages ^ Show thumbup and thumb down icons of like/dislike buttons on the users own posts ^ Extra check for menu item in the router file ^ Moved language strings from CjForum module to component language file ^ Adjusting the display area of messages list ^ Removed deprecated usages of APIs ^ Code style fix
  • Profile page shows error on few websites with date not accepting null dates
  • Thankyou are not synced with users list.
  • Updated with GDPR language strings with correct grammar
  • Thank you text contains user name instead of login name
  • Topic language is undefined when the language options are disabled
  • PHP warning message on topic page when using PHP 7.2
  • Notice message in the apache logs when modifying the topic.
  • Warning messages in ajax response while migrating Kunena
  • Unable to migrate Kunena topics when multilanguage is enabled
  • Community Surveys plugin is not working
  • Removed additional character(:) in footer block
  • Fixed language string errors
  • Search plugin do not filter unauthorised topics
  • Show the correct page when user navigated to a topic from activity stream
  • Personal Message details page shows user name instead of login name
  • Activities cannot be published/unpublished from frontend.
  • Pagination in My Topics page is not working
  • Topics listing is not shown on profile page tabs (cjforumapp)
  • My Reputation link do not show correct profile tab
  • Default editor option is not used in PMS when setting use global
  • Attach files permission on component level should apply to PMS

2.2.2 (29-May-2018)

  • New configuration option to configure date format in profile details
  • Non-sef urls are sent to activity stream when a new article is created
  • User profile cannot be downloaded when the user has no avatar uploaded

2.2.1 (25-May-2018)

  • Added support for downloading HTML version of user data, media, and attachments
  • Added support to remove points, attachments, and subscriptions of the users while deleting the user profile
  • Added support to download attachments in user profile download
  • Added configuration options to customize date formats in various pages ^ Redirect guest users to the login page when they accessed topic which is not authorized for showing to guest users ^ Moved untranslated strings in edit profile page to language file
  • Moderation approval email for a new topic is not being sent
  • Fixed typo in administrator language file
  • New reply notification message sent to the wrong user
  • Attachments form should be hidden when the user is not authorized to attach files

2.2.0 (20-May-2018)

  • General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance update
  • Added menu options to customize default listing type for topics listing menu item ^ Disallow users from liking/disliking their own posts ^ Do not show thank you button on posts created by the logged in user
  • Untranslated message shown in activity stream after user signup
  • Notification sent in reply to a message containing the wrong URL
  • Selecting no avatar do not hide avatar in topic
  • Jump to forum shows unauthorised categories

2.1.0 (07-May-2018)

  • Topics and replies moderation via emails by administrators
  • Send email notifications on receiving a personal message, new email templates introduced
  • New config option to exclude user groups from users listing page
  • Show user signature on topic description block ^ Add a unique number to alias when there is a duplicate alias detected during a topic creation instead of rejecting the topic
  • Toolbar is not hidden by default on mobile devices ^ Redirect users to topics listing page after posting a moderated topic

2.0.6 (01-Apr-2018)

  • New permission settings to restrict file attachments
  • New configuration option to show/hide language options on topic form
  • New configuration option to show/hide metadata options on topic form
  • Categories list is now shown to guest users in advanced search page
  • File uploads are not working in quick reply form when using bs3 layout
  • My Topics menu is not shown on toolbar when user has no create permissions at component level but have at category level
  • Advanced search is not working on selected categories
  • Add attachment block layout is not in line with existing attachments
  • Topic form layout menu shows profile layout
  • Quiz description cannot be hidden when using quiz form module

2.0.5 (08-Feb-2018)

  • Avatar image extension is duplicated when editing profile without changing the avatar
  • Installer failed to create tables during installation
  • Advanced search with content do not search mixed case letters

2.0.4 (23-Jan-2018)

  • Added new menu item type to create search page menu
  • Personal Messaging URL contain unnecessary parameters ^ Updated default character set of tables to utf8mb4_unicode_ci ^ UTF-8 Multibyte (utf8mb4) conversion for MySQL tables
  • Unable to hide view parameter name in the My Subscriptions menu item URL
  • User Profile menu item shows all user activity on profile page
  • Quality of uploaded avatar is low and background is pixelated

2.0.3 (28-Dec-2017)

^ Updated PMS list layout to display in a condensed table.

  • Error is shown when updating user avatar (only in few Linux based web servers)
  • My Topics page shows all topics

2.0.2 (28-Nov-2017)

  • Installer shows error although installation was successful

2.0.1 (20-Nov-2017)

  • New database column is not created by the installer

2.0.0.Stable (19-Nov-2017)

  • Added support for social login using facebook, google, twitter and LinkedIn
  • New configuration option to allow editing quoted reply when replying
  • Add robots and other metadata to the profile page
  • Added checks to restrict direct access to PMS form
  • Added option to show tags on topics listings ^ Minimum PHP 5.6 is required ^ Allow uploading files to topics from backend ^ Added untranslated strings ^ Show truncated description on messages listing page
  • Page redirect to topics listing page after saving reply form
  • Unable to upload files from quick reply form
  • Page redirect to own profile after admin editing other profile
  • Multipage topic redirect to first page after posting a reply
  • Name is being used as title on profile page even if username is chosen
  • Image with size smaller than 256px is not fitting into avatar frame
  • Unable to send message when there is a conflicting adminForm on the

2.0.0.RC01 (07-Oct-2017)

  • New Feature: Private Messaging
  • Community Builder user plugin to show users topics on profile
  • Show replies count in categories listing
  • New option to enable/disable toolbar
  • New option to enable/disable leaderboard
  • New option to enable/disable members listing
  • New module: CjForum Top Users
  • Customize Leaderboard with custom weight for each parameter
  • Add Register button in login forum block of header
  • Show last replied username text in listing page
  • New module position: topic-view-above-replies ^ Do not show profile pages of users whose account is blocked by admin ^ Updated copyright year
  • Kunena migration do not complete
  • Page is not redirected to topic after editing the reply
  • User reputations block is blank when going through My Profile Summary link
  • Modules are not shown after the second topic in topics list page
  • Unable to delete own topic when permission is set at category level

1.5.6 (05-Jun-2017)

  • New permission setting to allow users delete their own topics
  • Child categories are shown in categories list even view permission is denied
  • Change avatar function do not work on some browsers
  • Community Quizzes plugin throws error

1.5.5 (02-May-2017)

  • Unable to migrate from v1.9+ versions to latest ^ Updating jQuery Guillotine Plugin to latest version

1.5.4 (22-Apr-2017)

  • Forum brand button is not linked to categories index
  • Forum index page sef URL is not created properly
  • Redirected to non-sef URL after saving topic
  • Subscriptions page shows notice message when error reporting enabled
  • Users listing default order should be number of posts of the users
  • Unpublished users shown in listing page

1.5.3 (20-Apr-2017)

  • New option to customize list of allowed attachment types
  • User profiles with hyphen character in name shows error
  • Checkin button not shown on backend users listing page
  • Cannot click cancel button when creating new Rank
  • Forum index menu on toolbar do not work from different menu items

1.5.2 (26-Feb-2017)

  • Profile page display name instead of username
  • Emails are not sent from queue
  • Fixed security issue - SQL injection due to inadequate request

parameter filtering 1.5.1 (17-Feb-2017)

  • Notifications are not being sent

1.5.0 (05-Feb-2017)

  • Added support to send notifications to Lotus Android clients
  • Show new posts in CjForum module
  • Show last reply date in CjForum module
  • Allow attachments through quick reply form
  • Show quoted text outside of editor when quoting a reply
  • Added upload file feature in quick reply form

1.4.1 (25-Dec-2016)

  • Support for Lotus Android App is added
  • Support for new Joomla Routing added
  • Wrong url in shown in header block when sef is disabled
  • Activities url pointing to profile home page
  • Author name not displayed properly with CB content plugin
  • Forum Apps plugins throws error when corresponding component not installed
  • Non-Sef url with category id 0 produces error
  • Footer and online users blocks display user name instead of login name ignoring option
  • Author name does not show properly when CB plugin is enabled
  • Sort order is not maintained while moving between pages in users list

1.4.0 (24-Sep-2016)

  • Added local option to customize number of topics displayed per page
  • Changed Account dropdown name on toolbar to My Stuff
  • New subscription icons on categories pages to subscribe to email notifications
  • New icon in topics listings to indicate topic is locked
  • Added new My Subscriptions page to manage user subscriptions
  • Added buttons to subscribe categories and topics directly ^ Style related topics block with panels ^ Send reply notifications only to the topic subscribers ^ Removed the extra lines shown in quote reply text in the editor
  • Cannot limit max length of the activity description

1.3.2 (09-May-2016)

  • New CjForum Apps: Support for adding new tabs of other components in profile page using plugin events
  • Moved all corejoomla integrations of profile page to their own cjforum apps ^ View Replies permission at category level ^ Moved all existing tabs in profile pages to standalone plugins

1.3.1 (22-Mar-2016)

^ Joomla 3.5 compatibility updates

1.3.0 (19-Mar-2016)

  • Added support for awarding points and add streams for Komento comments
  • Added option to show/hide feed icon
  • Option to show/hide credits
  • Added Joomla search plugin for CjForum topics ^ Removed extra semicolon in users statistics block
  • Unable to edit topic when multilanguage is enabled

1.2.0 (16-Jan-2016)

  • Show search form on top of topic list for quick search of topics
  • Jump to forum list box on topics listing and category pages
  • Show related topics at the bottom of the topic page
  • New forum rules page added
  • Added forum rules link in discover menu
  • Added new fields in category manager listing to show number of topics published, unpublished, trashed and archived
  • Replaced social sharing buttons with jsSocials for better performance ^ Refactored topic pages with reusable layouts ^ Changed social sharing buttons to use jsSocials plugin ^ Click on like/dislike button on already liked/disliked reply or topic should reset the previous vote ^ Show only categories belongs to current language in topic form ^ Show only categories belongs to current language in search form ^ Show only categories belongs to the current menu language in form and search pages
  • Unable to save email template
  • Registered users cannot post in authorized categories
  • Discover button redirect to home page where there is a JavaScript error on the page
  • Users can reply using quickly reply form but cannot do with main reply form
  • Users will edit replies access cannot edit replies
  • Last replied by userid is being reset when editing a reply
  • Attachments to replies gets deleted if the reply is edited

1.1.0 (04-Oct-2015)

  • New option to show hide like buttons
  • Added points rules for deleted topic and deleted reply
  • Added Joomla auto-update support
  • Added topic title to the activity sent on adding new points
  • New flood control options to limit topics and replies users can post per day
  • New flood control options to limit topics and replies new users can post per day
  • Support for custom profile fields
  • Added support for Community Surveys listing on user profile
  • Top users in backend dashboard do not show correct date
  • Hide publishing options configuration option do not work
  • Articles app not loading latest articles from CjBlog
  • Polls app do not load polls from Community Polls

1.0.7 (01-July-2015)

  • New configuration option to show/hide voting buttons
  • Edit own state permission do not work for registered user groups

1.0.6 (24-June-2015)

  • Select the category on topic form page if the user clicks New Topic button from a category page
  • Added batch operation to assign a rank to multiple users
  • New configuration option to hide Gender on the profile page
  • New configuration option to hide Age on the profile page
  • New configuration option to hide Member Since on profile page
  • New configuration option to hide Last Visit date on the profile page ^ Added right padding to labels below avatar in topic replies
  • Show hits configuration option is not working
  • Custom module positions in category listing page are not showing modules

1.0.5 (27-Apr-2015)

  • Added app name filter to filter activities by selected application
  • Joomla 3.4 validator support
  • Community Quizzes on click integration support
  • Stream API do not add a stream
  • Unable to choose default category of form view menu item
  • User profile does not get created automatically when a new user registered

1.0.4 (17-Apr-2015)

  • Replies pagination links shown on listing pages
  • Load Sharing tools asynchronously to avoid blocking page load
  • Support for Forum name instead of the name from Joomla user name.
  • Global activity map on backend Dashboard page
  • Enhanced trend chart on the Dashboard page.
  • Added support to show either user name or login name on forum pages
  • Added configuration option to choose default editor
  • Some image extensions do not show as thumbnails
  • Attachments are shown below the signature.
  • All charts in dashboard shows instead of only first tab chart
  • Activity is not being shown to public users
  • Like/Unlike actions fail when SEF URLs are turned off
  • Replies count of users is set to the wrong number when a topic is created.

1.0.3 (06-Mar-2015)

  • Added new module positions
  • Added dashboard geo location report chart
  • Added daily trends chart in dashboard

1.0.2 (01-Mar-2015)

  • Added Ajax functionality for like/dislike buttons
  • Attachements cannot be deleted once added
  • User profile names containg hyphen throws 404 error

1.0.1 (26-Feb-2015)

  • Joomla 3.4 compatibility updates

1.0.0 (31-Jan-2015)

Initial Release