Community Answers changelog

v6.2.0/1 (2025-10-05)

Joomla 6 Compatibility Update
Added new option to show login form to the guest users ^ Set default date values in the install script ^ Update copyright headers

v6.1.6 (2024-11-03)

Fixed issue with backend answers page when filtered by category
Fixed issue with comments display

v6.1.5 (2024-09-11)

Fixed issue with indexing question in smart search plugin

v6.1.3/4 (2024-07-26)

Fixed issue with finder plugin

v6.1.2 (2024-07-07)

Fixed issue with smart search plugin not showing results

v6.1.1 (2024-04-16)

Fixed issue with installing finder plugin

v6.1.0 (2024-04-14)

Added support for Rewardify Points
Added option to sort by trending questions in category view

Fixed issue with smart search plugin
Empty list is shown when the database option to allow null dates is disabled
Fixed issue with upgrading from v4 to v6
Fixed the margin of batch button on admin toolbar

v6.0.1 (2023-09-26)

Fixed build issue

v6.0.0 (2023-09-24)

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

Fixed issue with redirection after login through login module on a question page

v5.3.8 (2023-05-10)

^ Replaced JFile/JFolder deprecated wrappers with respective file system functions ^ Removed deprecated code

Replacing legacy API references
Fixed issue with finder plugun causing error
Fix for user last accessed questions data

v5.3.7 (2022-11-07)

Added support for PHP 8.1
Updated support for latest easysocial version

Cancel button on admin questions batch modal does not work
Fix for JMap plugin deprecated code
Fixed issues with untranslated/removed language strings
Show right online guest user count on the categories page statistics
Tags are not saving in Joomla 3.10 or later versions
Page shows error when the component redirect to login/any page

v5.3.6 (2022-05-03)

New preferences page to customize user signature

Fixed issue with showing question detail page withour reply permission
Set mandatory default values while creating the question
Error message shown after saving the question on backend
Fixed issue with PHP notice message on category feed page

v5.3.5 (2021-12-12)

Unable to create or save tags in the question form

v5.3.4 (2021-11-11)

Categories page do not show categories list

v5.3.3 (2021-11-10)

Categories list page shows PHP warning message
Community Answers Module shows error when loading on non-ca pages
Fixed issues with redirecting to login page in Joomla 4
Fixed issue with form module with loading the styles

v5.3.2 (2021-11-06)

^ Improved login form styles for bootstrap5

Statistics module do not show correct count of solved questions
Fixed issue with permanently removing a reply from front-end
Unable to like/dislike when mysql strict mode enabled
After like/dislike the button icon is hidden
Installaer fails with error on Joomla 3

v5.3.1 (2021-09-03)

Added extension changelog button shown for Joomla 4 and above ^ Update the documentation link with new shondalai domain

Fixed issue incompatible method in the content plugin
Added missing language string for admin system menu
Toolbar users menu items shown even after disabling it

v5.3.0 (2021-07-18)

Unable to post multiple answers from backend questions page

v5.1.2 (2020-05-17)

Modifying a comment in the backend, shows multiple duplicate comments on the page
Sort ordering text in advanced search is not translated
Accessing my answers page without logging in shows error instead of redirecting the user to login page
Duplicate approval emails are being sent to the administrator

v5.1.1 (2020-04-20)

No emails triggered after the administrator approves the question/answers
Questions linked to wrong URL in My Answers page

v5.1.0 (2020-03-28)

Show the number of questions of the parent category in the category list
Add an option to display part of the accepted answer in Community Answers module
Show date in Community Answers Module
New menu item layouts for My Questions, My Answers & Export My Data
Show micro avatar of the usernames of comments
Allow adding answers from administrator site
Added support for Easy Profile avatars and profile linking

No email notifications sent to the question author if the question is posted as guest
The RSS feed icon cannot be hidden using the component option
Fixed issues with SMFaq migration
Error message shows after saving question when there are no users synced

v5.0.9 (2020-01-11)

Added migration script to migration questions from SMFaq extension to Community Answers

Last replied user of question is modified when answer is edited from backend
Guests are unable to view the comments

v5.0.8 (2019-12-29)

Added Sociable support

Unicode urls are not created when saving the items
CA Form module is not shown when using Bootstrap 3/4 layouts.

v5.0.7 (2019-08-11)

Added Sociable support ^ Removed references to Google+ service

Hover on tooltips disappear elements when mootools loaded on the page
RSS Feed cannot be rendered properly when PHP notice messages is enabled
Fixed issues with layouts and bootstrap4 layouts
Edit button in backend answers listing is not working
Add meta keywords from question title if they are not available

v5.0.6 (2019-05-08)

Edit comment form show error in backend
Updated Joomla 4 alpha 8 support

v5.0.5 (2019-03-30)

Added new backend view to manage user subscriptions

Author filter do not work properly in backend answers/comments pages

v5.0.4 (2019-03-20)

Registered users are unable to submit answer after the last upgrade

v5.0.3 (2019-03-16)

Topic author cannot add comment unless answer permission is given
Error shown when guest user trying to post question/answer
Unable to edit and save answers from backend

v5.0.2 (2019-02-17)

Category description is not showing even when enabled option
Guest users cannot ask questions after upgrade

v5.0.1 (2019-02-16)

Added CA changelog link in the admin dashboard

Subscribe button on category page is missing.

v5.0.0 (2019-01-31)

Make featured question stay on top in their category

Bug fixes from beta

v5.0.0.b1 (2018-12-25)

Joomla 4 support is added
New Bootstrap 4 based layout (can be chosen from component options)
New router for SEF URLs
Added support for new reCaptcha plugin
Added live search capability in question form page ^ Removed usage of a deprecated API for fitering output ^ Page title of the category page should include page number ^ Replaced RuntimeException with Exception

Question(s) canonical url is not using https when enabled
Added missing language strings for multi language associations
Category page do not show the meta description of the category
Category view do not show category title on browser title bar
New database columns cannot be created during installation causing errors
Points are not refunded to the user when bounty is expired
Show number of questions option in category not working
Subscribe checkbox in reply form do not subscribe users to topic

v4.7.1 (2018-06-11)

Added comments and email templates menu to backend component menus

Comments page on backend shows error

v4.7.0 (2018-06-01)

GDPR Compliance: Allow users to download their data as HTML file
Added management screens for managing comments
Add canonical url on questions and category pages ^ Updated sh404sef plugin

Installer failed on few database instances when installing the component for the first time

v4.6.0 (2018-04-01)

Add page number in the page title of listing pages
New content plugin to show user answers in Joomla! articles
sh404sef plugin for community answers
Added canonical url in all questions pages
New config option to show/hide current page title on response page
Add "mandatory" css class for mandatory questions block
Added JSiteMap plugin for Community Answers ^ Updated default character set of tables to utf8mb4_unicode_ci

RSS Feed cannot be generated from questions listing page
Response status filter not working on responses list with pending responses
Charts are not aligned properly in grid chart report page
Conditionally hidden questions causing page to jump to top
Live search do not work when sef is disabled
Error shown with community answers module on few Joomla versions
Community Answers Form Module redirects to non sef url
Unable to edit email type of new email templates
Search view menu item is not used for the advanced search link

v4.5.6 (2017-12-27)

Unable to access question url from email notification
Urls sent in email notification do not enforce https
Added missing language string

v4.5.5 (2017-10-13)

Redirect guest users to login page when they access question form page ^ Show only users with positive karma in leaderboard

Top users module shows incorrect ordering of users
Options button shown two times on backend pages

v4.5.4 (2017-07-02)

Unable to migrate from v1.9+ versions to latest
New tag in email templates {SUBSCRIPTIONS_URL} ^ Updating jQuery Guillotine Plugin to latest version ^ Delete user from component user table when the user is deleted from Joomla ^ Show alias field only for admin users ^ Updated copyright year ^ Redirect guest users to login page when they access subscriptions page

Question view page shows warning about component not found
Subscriptions url is rendered as non-sef url even the menu item exist
Guest users are not redirected to login page when accessing form page directly.

v4.5.3 (2017-04-15)

Added AlphaUserPoints plugin in package
Added new option to show only featured questions excluding bounty questions

Page redirect to error page when setting feature flag in backend
Unable to archive/publish answers
Categories are not shown to registered users on search page
Match all keywords option do not work on advanced search page

v4.5.2 (2017-02-25)

Added AlphaUserPoints plugin in package

v4.5.1 (2017-01-18)

Added support layer for Lotus Android app

Points deducted from user who upvoted answer using cjforum

v4.5.0 (2016-12-25)

Added support for Lotus Android App
Added support for new Joomla 3.7 router
New option to show/hide small intro text in listing

Deleting questions/answers do not sync counts properly in leaderboard
Corrected typo in language files
User name is not displayed properly with CB content plugin enabled
Link Titles option do not disable linking titles
Creating bounty by admin user should not deduct points from admin user
Questions and answers count is not synced with users when they are deleted permanently

v4.4.1 (2016-10-04)

Added support for Community Builder activity streams
New options to fully customize leaderboard behavior
New points rules for awarding points to user who voted up a question or a reply
Added option to restrict categories in Community Answers module
Added support for AltaUserPoints

Ask form do not fit screen when viewed on mobile devices
Error shown when ratings are enabled
Bounty/Login modal shown as disabled on some templates
Fixed issues with Kunena migration script

v4.4.0 (2016-08-22)

Added new navbar for quick links on listing pages
Added CjBlog v2 rules
Added Kunena migration script ^ Updated accepted answer block styling to custom boxed styling

Import CSV function imports one questions max at a time
Trigger badges throws error
User unable to post replies to questions migrated from previous releases
Ask form returns to homepage menu item when sef urls disabled
Users can access questions in category with no different access level

v4.3.3 (2016-04-26)

Added sync questions button to resync answers count

Leaderboard shows Name instead of username when the option is changed
CjBlog badges do not trigger when a new question is created

v4.3.2 (2016-04-16)

Added support for AltaUserPoints

Users cannot unpublish posts with edit own state permission enabled
Users unable to delete their replies if permissions enabled
reCaptcha do not show after upgrading to Joomla 3.5.1
User display name always shows user real name instead of login name

v4.3.1 (2016-03-22)

Added question statistics columns in admin categories page
Added option to show/hide toolbar ^ Joomla 3.5 compatibility updates

After failed upgrade, answers are not accessible
Post updating to Joomla 3.4.6, page is return to homepage after posting reply
Users sync should not count unpublished items

v4.3.0 (16-01-2016)

New table layout for Community Answers module
Added CSV Import feature for questions ^ 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 ^ Changed social sharing to jsSocials for better performance ^ Moved question layouts to new shareable layouts

Questions and answers statistics not updated when they published from backend
Discover button redirect to home page where there is a JavaScript error on the page
AlphaUserPoints option is missing in Points System configuration option
Error shown when clicking category link in few selected cases
Links in category feed do not work if the SEF urls are not enabled
Advanced search form throw error if SEF urls not enabled
CjBlog badge rules are not triggered
Categories module doesn't show categories in multi-language setup
Top users modules do not show avatar

v4.2.7 (26-09-2015)

New option to auto-subscribe users when they signup
Redirect guest users to login page in case they do not have access for creation
Support for Joomla auto-updates is added (one click component updates now possible). ^ Updated the JED URL on back-end dashboard ^ Changed the language strings to user friendly messages ^ Bootstrap 3 compatibility updates

Temporary code replacement for sites with no Joomla lib loaded
Removed container adding extra padding on the component content
User is denied access to download files even if the user has permissions for the category.

v4.2.6 (21-06-2015)

Added new permission to publish/unpublish own questions/answers/comments ^ Updated naming conventions of edit state buttons on front-end

Spaces in usernames of leaderboard page getting striped

v4.2.5 (11-06-2015)

Added new configuration option to customize when the ask form is displayed on listing/question pages

v4.2.4 (03-06-2015)

Added new permission to allow/disallow attaching files to questions and answers
Added new option to choose user display name, i.e. username or name

Removed unused and redundant options

v4.2.3 (01-06-2015)

Added option to hide category on form page

Category list gets scrambled

v4.2.2 (24-05-2015)

Added ability to add attachments from quick answer box.

v4.2.1 (23-5-2015)

Layout get scrambled when there are no categories to view on questions page
Toolbar links don't work when SEF urls disabled

v4.2.0 (17-04-2015)

Show images as thumbnail and in lightbox
Show only categories of selected language when multilanguage is enabled

Form fields are not aligned properly on templates with bootstrap 3
Buttons in Edit Answer page on admin site are not working
Category/List menu items description language strings are missing
Cannot accept guest user answers
Cannot select default category for form view menu item

v4.1.3 (27-04-2015)

Categories page enhanced with two level categories list.

Parent category not shown on categories listing page

v4.1.2 (21-04-2015)

User name and email fields are missing for guest users while asking/answering
Login dialog on question pages is missing in v4.1
Administrators do not get emails to approve/disapprove new questions and answers
Guest name is not shown on answers submitted by guest users
No message shown about question being moderated when moderation is enabled for a user group.
Guest users are not notified of the new answers to their questions

v4.1.1 (18-04-2015)

Captcha not shown for guest users
Featured options should not be shown to guest users

v4.1.0 (04-04-2015)

New module: Community Answers Form module
New plugin: Community Answers Smart Search plugin
New configuration option to show/hide hits in listing page
New configuration option to show/hide author name/link in listing page
New configuration option to show/hide categories flat list in listing page
New configuration option to show/hide ask form field in listing page
EasySocial activity rules for deleting activity when a question/answer deleted
Icon to show beside a category link when it has subcategories ^ Display bigger category list box on form page

Some points rules not working with EasySocial
Category image does not show
Community Answers module does shows all questions in most answered questions list
Form page overlaps with sidebar on some templates
Category page throws error when description present
No results present text in leaderboard is not translated
Bounty points does not work with EasySocial

v4.0.3 (21-03-2015)

New option to choose different editor instead of the one in Global Configuration
Subscribe category function restored
Added switch to enable/disable bounty system.
New table added to track user location, browser and platform information for statistical purposes

New question emails do not sent
Error shown when activity count greater than zero

v4.0.2 (07-03-2015)

^ Updated modules and plugins to compatible with Joomla 3.4

Install script gives error on fresh installation
Migration script fails on very old installations

v4.0.1 (25-02-2015)

^ Joomla 3.4 compatibility updates

v4.0.0 (21-02-2014)

New Category System
New Tagging System
Search engine friendly and user friendly urls
Questions now embedded in microdata elements for better seo.
Fully redesigned front-end and back-end
New email templates designer
Ratings can be now allowed on questions as well
CjForum integration
Many customization options for easy customization
New ACL rules added
New shareable layouts for overriding the templates easily ^ Removed BBCode support

v3.1.0 (30-Oct-2014)

Migrated icons from default icon-* to FontAwesome icons
New package structure to include all modules and component in a single package
Added configuration option to show hide description (option should be added in config.xml)

Unable to accept answer unless given ask permission
Leader board shows wrong count of best answers ^ Removed unused files

v3.0.5 (29-Jul-2014)

Tag not properly closed in question details page

v3.0.4 (18-May-2014)

New permission setting to allow users to view answers posted on their answers only
Added meta title and description tags for question ^ Added global cj-wrapper-main class for views

Do not show ask form for registered users if they are not allowed to create questions
Deleting a tag from a question deletes it from all other questions

v3.0.3 (16-Mar-2014)

^ Hotfix release

v3.0.2 (09-Jan-2004)

Unable to answer if replied to an answer before

v3.0.1 (07-Jan-2014)

Feeds are not working in v3

v3.0.0 (07-Jan-2014)

Bounty System: Now users can trade their points for best answers (Thanks to David Larpent)
Leaderboard: New leaderboard page for displaying top users
Question Clarifications: users can now clarify the question by posting a reply before answering
New Question Details UI: New look to the question details page
Activities Enhancements: Now supports pagination with enhanced look and feel
Login Form: Now built-in login form can be switched off within options
EasySocial Support: Activities, Points System, User Avatars, Profile Linking
CKEditor Support
Custom Alias: Admins can write/edit in their own alias instead system generate it automatically
Joomla 3.2 support ^ Use tags as keywords for finding related questions

Breadcrumbs links to wrong urls
Refresh does not correctly counts statistics
Delete activity when a question is deleted
Do not allow captcha when captcha plugin is disabled
Answer approval email contain userrname in place of sitename
Activities page does not open from tags page
Question approval email body html does not ended properly
Do not allow multiple click on answer button
Do not display same question in related questions

v2.2.1 (23-July-2013)

Feeds are not working

v2.2.0 (20-July-2013)

New activties page for users to keep track of their activities
Login/Logout functionality right from the component toolbar
Improved icons, colored vote up/down icons

Subscribe and RSS feed icons are not properly visible on few Joomla templates

v2.1.10

^ Created indexes for better performance

Do not send mails to disabled admin users
UI fixes for backend

v2.1.9

Options to disable bootstrap and jquery, if the Joomla template already loading them

v2.1.8

^ Redirect guest users to login page when view question permission not given to them

v2.1.7 (07-May-2013)

Wong label is shown for View Answers permission setting

v2.1.6 (06-May-2013)

New permission setting to hide answers from unauthorized users but allow viewing/answering question ^ Redirect guest users to login page if they are not authorized to view the question

Ask form accordion in question page is not responding on some templates

v2.1.5 (26-Apr-2013)

JomSocial activity stream for best question has wrong user name

v2.1.4 (31-Mar-2013)

Default listing view selection (latest, popular etc) per menu item
Automatically highlights selected listing on toolbar menus ^ sh404sef plugin to support all features of CA

Attaching files not possible on safari

v2.1.3 (23-Mar-2013)

Answer replies not getting any notification to the answerer

v2.1.2 (20-Mar-2013)

User details not inserted into users table automatically causing no user displayed on top users module

v2.1.1 (18-Mar-2013)

^ Added answers count label displayed on mobile view

v2.1.0 (16-Mar-2013)

Automatically convert urls to links in question description and answers (with nofollow attribute set)
Configuration option to display image attachments as thumbnails instead of links

Upload attachment feature not working on Safari

v2.0.16 (12-Mar-2013)

^ Toolbar menu items should respect the category selection and load questions from selected category only.

Toolbar Menu collapse opens and closes Main Menu on bootstrap enabled templates on mobile devices
Selecting the same category as parent category should not be allowed while editing category ^ Changed the CjLib notification to point to download location on new installations ^ Remove left padding of social sharing box.

v2.0.15 (09-Mar-2013)

Login dialog support for guest users if the answer permission not given to them ^ On popular demand: reverted the sharing tools earlier style of displaying without additional click

Too much space in rating block
Incorrect index name in SQL installer corrected
Admins not getting notifications
Pagination in tagged results is not working

v2.0.14 (26-Feb-2013)

New notification email sent to users to notify when their questions approved
New module - Global statistics to display total questions, answers, solved questions and categories

Guests do not receive emails when moderation is enabled

v2.0.13 (14-Feb-2013)

Added configuration option to hide toolbar

v2.0.12 (07-Feb-2013)

Sets default administrator user group for notifications to super admin to avoid confusion for new users

Feed image is larger than email icon
Can't set questions limit per page other than 20

v2.0.11 (25-Jan-2013)

Added icons to related and category questions accordin for better UX.

Deleting a tag from question is not possible

v2.0.10 (23-Jan-2013)

Remove users support in back-end users page

Sync feature gets hanged when large number of questions present
Global checkbox is not working in back-end questions page
Users unable to edit their own answers

JomSocial 2.8 support

Tags does not accept UTF-8 characters
When answer is deleted category answers count is shown a large number

v2.0.9 (20-Jan-2013)

User display name is not changed even if the configuration option is changed
Related questions box in ask form is not getting closed when user want to ask question

v2.0.8 (20-Jan-2013)

Checkbox in question form to let users choose if they want to get new answer notifications

v2.0.7 (15-Jan-2013)

CjBlog badges support
Limit the bootstrap css scope to component to avoid css conflicts on Joomla 2.5

v2.0.6 (14-Jan-2013)

^ Language string enhancement for tags placeholder text ^ Few enhancements to css on front-end

Admins cannot accept other user's answers

v2.0.5 (12-Jan-2013)

SimAnswer one click migration
New multianswer permission to restrict user groups from answering multiple times on same question
Close button handle on social sharing popover box

Only one sharing box should be shown at a time
Unable to select all questions in admin panel using global checkbox
Admins not getting notification emails
My Answers page does not show processed html if BBcode is used
Unsubscribe link is redirecting to new page on iPhone

v2.0.4 (09-Jan-2013)

Categories are inaccessible if the permissions are left empty
Search button should redirect to advanced search page if no input given
Users unable to update answers unless manage permission given

v2.0.3 (07-Jan-2013)

Update answer is being failed for admins
Attachments folder not created on fresh installations

v2.0.2 (06-Jan-2013)

Removed unique key in attachments table which is causing issue on some servers
Unpublish/publish links not working
Limit tag suggestion description to max 100 characters to let the window not spanned
Tag should be added on pressing enter, semicolon or comma.

v2.0.1 (04-Jan-2013)

Redirect user to login form if guest user is not authorized to ask
Link is JomSocial activity stream is incorrect

Allow fullstop, hyphen in tag names
Hide avatar and answers box on phone layout to make slick look.
Make username link to profile in question page

v2.0.0 (Dec 19, 2012) (Joomla 2.5 version)

Full rewrite of both front-end and back-end
Joomla 3 support
New bootstrap enabled UI look
New administrator dashboard page
CjBlog badge system support
New points rules for vote up, vote down, voted down user
Beautiful email template for email notifications
Revamped tags system, new tags listing page
New advanced search page
New My Subscriptions user page
Improved and tiny social sharing tools
Improved rating system
New permission setting: Edit own question/answer
New permission setting: Allow attaching files
New permission setting: Rate answers
New permission setting: Report question/answers
New permission setting: Subscribe to questions/categories
New permission setting: Download attachments
Downloads count for attachments
Send notifications to admin group instead of single administrator
Take sender name and sender email from Global configuration
New and improved suggestions for ask question page

Category specific permissions do not obey parent child replations

v1.9.4 (Dec 18, 2012)

Category edit page not working

v1.9.3 (Dec 12, 2012)

Hot patch for installer

v1.9.2 (Dec 11, 2012)

CjBlog avatars and points system support

Refresh categories not refreshing answers
Categories tooltip do not show counts
Do not show root category in form

v1.9.1 (Nov 30, 2012)

CjLib Component support

Wrong buttons shown up for thumbup and thumbdown

v1.9.0 (Nov 24, 2012)

CjBlog Avatars Support
CjBlog User Profiles Support
CjBlog Points System Support
CjLib Component Support, now do not need jQuery plugin anymore
Support to select default UI theme from configuration

Unable to delete the answers from front-end
Unable to edit answer on back-end
Updates for PHP 5.0 strict standards

v1.8.12 (Sep 13, 2012) * Unable to answer in IE8

IE related bug fixes

v1.8.11 (Jul 08, 2012)

Wrong user name populated in lists

v1.8.10 (Jun 07, 2012)

ShareThis is replaced with better placed AddThis sharing service
Improved UI layout in view question page
Ability to send notifications to multiple administrators by adding multiple emails separated by comma in configuration

Guest user avatar results in 500 error in JomSocial
Use active menu id instead of default itemid to support multiple menu items of component
Empty placeholder shown when no avatar system selected

v1.8.9 (Apr 10, 2012)

Question link in JomSocial stream is pointing to administrator site when question/answer is approved from backend
Approval from backend is not considering limit on description length
Wrong site name being printed in admin email notification when question/answer approved from backend.
JomSocial stream does not have like and comment links when question/answer is moderated
Feeback is not shown after answer submission
Ask question page does not display modules published on limited menu items
User questions page produces error.

v1.8.8 (Apr 02, 2012)

Activity stream description is not being saved
JomSocial points are not awarded to the user when the question/answer is approved

v1.8.7 (Mar 27, 2012)

Selecting multiple categories in category specific permissons hides the category in ask form.
Wrong name in regards section email notification for question resolved status
Answers count box in listing not being highlighted when new posts available

v1.8.6 (Mar 21, 2012)

Search plugin for Joomla updated to new search feature of CA

My answers page produce error
My questions produce no results

v1.8.5 (Mar 19, 2012)

Clicking feed link does not produce correct page
Unable to unsubscribe/subscribe categories using subscribe category link

v1.8.4 (Mar 18, 2012)

Hot patch

v1.8.3 (Mar 18, 2012)

Enhanced and natural search for questions
Unicode alias support for J2.5 or above
Reporting, RSS Feeds and Subscriptions should be configurable from backend
Exception handling to remove dependancy on deprecated API of j1.5
Seperate messages for question creation, updation etc.
Unpublish, delete function for both questions and answers
Show re-open button only for accepted answer to make page look clean

Cannot save html content in J1.7
Links from JomSocial activity stream missing itemid
Activity stream on new question does not include proper url
Include reCaptcha API only if it is not available
Date over a year are not showing proper text
Invalid tag entry being posted when there is no tag entered
Users with manage permissions caannot accept answer if the answer is posted by them
First item in listing shows extra space on few templates
Like/Unlike button tooltips are reversed
Answer categories list is not being shown in menu item in J2.5

v1.8.2 (Jan 11, 2012)

Hot patch

v1.8.1 (Jan 10, 2012)

Error in submit question form when file attachments are disabled
Fixes for file attachments feature
Fixes in UI related issues with IE
Fixes in manage permissions for administrators.

v1.8.0 (Jan 08, 2012)

jomsocial tighter integration
Add Like and Comment in CA Activity in Jomsocial
References links need to open in new window
Category Listing Pagination, Select Specific Category, Publish category
Feature Additions to CA updates to Jomsocial's Recent Activity Stream
Anonymous Voting
attachments file to question and answer and multi level points
Redesigned default2 theme
Style tags on view question page
Community Answers tag cloud module
Force Answering - to allow answering after question poster selects best answer
Category email notification subscriptions - to allow email subscriptions on category or site level
New Attachments permission to restrict user groups from attaching files
Multiple attachments in questions and answers
Redirect automatically to home page when a question published or deleted from view question page
Remove user login popup box and replace it with default user login link for consistency
Report feature for questions
Edit questions from front-end

v1.7.3 (Nov 15, 2011)

RSS feed - Answers & Polls

v1.7.2 (Aug 28, 2011)

Login popup results in error in Joomla 1.6/7
Category stats not updated while deleting/unpublishinh questions/answers from front-end by admins.

v1.7.1 (Aug 28, 2011)

Tagging system not working for certain pages
Installer not working in Joomla 1.6

v1.7.0 (Aug 20, 2011)

attachments file to question and answer and multi level points (attachments only)
Tagging for Answers & Polls
Allow users and admins to add TAGs to questions
Answer permissions request
Create automatic approval link
popup system message box
Replace Google buzz with Google + button on "view answer" page.

Language file correction in Community Answers

v1.5.5 & v1.6.5 (May 22, 2011)

In CA - Make it easier for viewing Answer updates and date by hiliting the text
Question in a specific category
Ask Questions Page - Modules without categories
Notify admin that questions require approval
Display recently “replied to” Module Request
Manager vs Publisher Permissions
Similar category questions
guest e-mail adress
500 error must bu 404 error
Avatar Support for Kunena 1.6
Edit answers
Report question and answer
Toolbar buttons now configurable and displayed in configurable order
Show indicator for accepted questions in lists
Customize number of questions displayed in similar questions list
Template look changes with new Answers box to display answers count in big font
Layout change to answers list to have better design

disabling reCAPTCHA doesn't work
question date won't appear
Problem when creating menu item for Community Answers Category
Duplicate "height" attribute in answers.css line 17 :-)
wrong user name displayed in the
Manage resolved Questions v1.5.4 & v1.6.4 (April 10, 2011)

New default2 template with dark colors support
jQuery plugin v1.5.0 & v1.6.1 support

Number of days after creation is not visible for certain time period
View permission for category is not being stored while creating but saved when editing
Corrected "1 Answers" to "1 Answer" language string
Admin unable to accept guest question answers

v1.5.3 & v1.6.3(March 22,2011)

Fixed all notice messages when E_NOTICE PHP error logging enabled
Fixed UI alignment issues

v1.5.2 (March 01, 2011)

User avatar shown is wrong when answering question
Categories permissions are not considered in similar questions

v1.5.1 (February 27, 2011)

Error with pagination results

v1.5.0 (February 23, 2011)

Make it superb private and grouped consultation and support
Notification with every new answer
Suggestions to Improve clarification and grammar in email notifications from CA
Answer Tips - Add clarification Answer Tip text to Share buttons.
Simplify Answer Editor - More professional and simplifies only available functions
Unresolve a Resolved Answer
Ask Question changed to: What do you want to ask? Ask It (button)
Comment moderation message still shows.

Guest do not receive mail and the 'Asked by' field is empty
Gravatar Support
Guest see the 'Accept this' butto, but should be hidden
Notify admin that questions require approval

Question Subscriptions
New question & new answer notifications for admins
Ajax answer submission

v1.2.1 (January 2, 2011)

Email & Social Bookmarking tools
Ability for guest users to ask questions
Enable moderation for asking questions
Validations for Question Submission Form
Support for YooTheme jQuery enabled parameter

title page of categories do not change
Guest is displayed instead of name of the user for guest answers
Itemid is not being sent when answering question

v1.2.0 (November 27, 2010)

Refactored categories page on administration
Categories reordering/sorting capability
Question & Answers count on categories list on front-end home page
Improved JomSocial activity stream, now description of question and answer is shown in activity stream.
More human friendly detailed date formats. Now displays depth of minutes to years (Eg. Just now, 1 minute ago, 1 hour ago, 3 months ago, 1 year ago and so on)
Refactored breadcrumbs functionality
Show default text in category list of new question page to discourage users from using same category everytime.

Backend Category Edit not working
Activity icon is not displayed in Mighty Touch activity stream
500 error page is displayed when click on links in Mighty Touch activity stream
Update question & answers count properly when click on recalculate button on backend questions page
Display reCAPTCHA by default
Date format is not in effect in admin questions page.
Move language strings in admin pages to language files
Unable to post answer when guest answers option is disabled.
Add itemid for Ajax search results on home page search box
No message is displayed when required fields missing and page is redisplayed in New Question page
Added asterisk for required fields in New Question page

v1.1.04 (October 25, 2010)

Guest user answers support
reCAPTCHA support for guest users
Configuration option to disable references field in answer form
Default empty option for category lists to avoid wrong category selection
Automatic addition of Meta Keywords based on question title (SEO enhancement)

Feature: Toolbar menu in My Answers page (would be enhanced in next version)

Wrong link posted to Touch activity stream
Answered tab displays unanswered questions
Ajax search results duplicate questions
CSS Fixes for answer form and answers block
Category name repeated in breadcrumbs

v1.1.03 (October 08, 2010) * No points to answerer after selecting best answer

Points awarded twice if accepted as best from two browsers
Email sent even after disabling it from backend
Question author's own answer is being accepted as best answer.
Moved hardcoded language string to language file

v1.1.02 (September 26, 2010) * Wrong category name in view question page breadcrumbs

Mighty Touch points bug

v1.1.01 (September 10, 2010)

Sender name is null in emails being sent
Similar questions list not working with international characters
Recently resolved questions list on home page is displaying open questions

v1.1.0 (September 9, 2010)

CoreJoomla jQuery plugin compatibility
Ajax autosuggest for search functionality
Joomla Search plugin
My Questions page - Displays questions submitted by logged in user
My Answers page - Displays answers submitted by logged in user
Answers page in backend
Ask form under view question page
New toolbar look and feel for front page
New buttons for easy navigation - Open, Resolved and Index
New improved front end theme
Improved backend users page
Improved search functionality, now searches over question title, description and answers as well.
Refresh functionality for questions and answers to sync counts

500 error upon clicking the link produced when deleted/unpublished the question
Backend users page is not being shown
Search functionality not working as expected with international characters
jQuery conflicts with MooTools

v1.0.6 (August 02, 2010)

Custom module positions support (see documentation)

Cannot see Accept answer button
HTML standards fix in admin configuration
Null check in categories list function
Pagination not working properly in home page
Fetch Pagination only when required and save a call to DB

v1.0.5 (July 28, 2010)

Choose the user group for WYSIWYG editor access.

Version shown in backend control panel is incorrect

v1.0.3 (July 27, 2010)

Extensive permission system for viewing, creating, answering and managing the answers.
Delete button on backend for deleting questions
Moderation tools for front-end questions
Mighty Touch Points system integration
Display 10 similar questions along with the open questions on home page
WYSIWYG editor for question description
Record who is rating on what answer (For future use)

An medium risk XSS security bug fix
Category name not appearing in breadcrumbs while viewing question
Redirect to login page when user not logged for creating/answering questions.

v1.0.2 (July 20, 2010)

new Dashboard page for admin control with version check.

Missing Points System selection option under admin configuration
Change to standard type for question meta data in view question page
Name option is not in effect in view question page
Answers count not displayed in similar questions list

v1.0.1(July 11, 2010)

JomSocial & Mighty Touch Activity Stream support
Email notification support on new answer and accepted/best answer
question title to browser title bar for better SEO
Most Popular Questions page
Most Answered Questions page
WYSIWYG support
Moderation tools for administrators (edit, unpublish and delete answer) on front-end
Search capability
pagination support in most pages

itemid not retaining on few pages
Revamped the front-end pages to have better look and feel
categories not displayed as tree
admin question details page not working
Resolved Question button not changing to Open Questions when clicked
user shall not rate his answer
username/name option switch not working
JomSocial activity stream is always posted for best answer
Always Guest user name is being displayed on similar answers

v1.1.01 (September 10, 2010)

Sender name is null in emails being sent
Similar questions list not working with international characters
Recently resolved questions list on home page is displaying open questions

Added global cj-wrapper-main class for views+ Added meta title and description tags for question

v1.0.0 (June 26, 2010)

Initial release.