CjForum Changelog

5.1.0/1 (05-Oct-2025)

Joomla 6 Compatibility Update ^ Removed legacy references ^ Update copyright headers

5.0.14 (12-Dec-2024)

No emails sent when reply posted

5.0.13 (23-Nov-2024)

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

5.0.12 (27-Sep-2024)

Sync topics fails to sync topics
Forum rules page shows error

5.0.11 (24-May-2024)

Added button to sync topic reply counts

Fixed issue with migration script

5.0.10 (12-May-2024)

Added .htaccess file to restrict direct access to attachments

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 (23-Feb-2024)

Fixed Google structured data markup for discussion forum posting

5.0.8 (14-Feb-2024)

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

5.0.7 (06-Feb-2024)

Added validation to restrict posting duplicate topics

Fixed issue with smart search plugin

5.0.6 (14-Jan-2024)

Added support for Rewardify User Points

5.0.5 (22-Dec-2023)

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

5.0.4 (21-Dec-2023)

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

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 (02-Dec-2023)

Added support for migrating questions from Community Answers component to CjForum

5.0.2 (11-Nov-2023)

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

5.0.1 (26-Sep-2023)

Fixed version information

5.0.0 (24-Sep-2023)

Breaking Change: Added support for Joomla 5 ^ Breaking Change: Removed legacy layer for Joomla 3

4.2.2 (12-Aug-2023)

Updated Save button label to Post Topic

Replacing legacy API references ^ Replaced JFile/JFolder deprecated wrappers with respective file system functions
Fixed issue with bootstrap library not loading in older Joomla versions
Fixed issue with showing social icons on profile details page

4.2.1 (26-Mar-2023)

^ Changed edit icon to fa-edit on topic page ^ Changed icon of the edit button for FA6 compatibility

Removed deprecated function calls
Do not send email notifications to globally blocked users

4.2.0 (05-Feb-2023)

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

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 unsued language strings

4.1.6 (07-Nov-2022)

Adding PHP 8.1 support and fixing deprecation notices

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 (04-Sep-2022)

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

4.1.4 (30-Jul-2022)

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

Tags are not saving in Joomla 3.10 or later versions

4.1.3 (26-Jul-2022)

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 (13-May-2022)

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

4.1.1 (14-Mar-2022)

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 (07-Feb-2022)

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

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 cateogories 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 (23-Aug-2021)

^ Change automatic update references to shondalai.com

4.0.2 (16-Aug-2021)

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

4.0.1 (18-Jul-2021)

Joomla 4 RC 4 support added ^ Adding missing language string in the backend menu

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

4.0.0 (03-Jun-2021)

Joomla 4 support added
New layout (for all pages) based on Bootstrap 5 CSS library ^ Tuning sql queries and performance improvements with user tables

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

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