Community Answers Changelog

All notable changes to Community Answers will be documented in this file.

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

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[7.0.0] - 2026-06-07

Added

• Major React-powered frontend rewrite for Joomla 6 with modern question feed, question detail, answers, comments, tags, search, users, profile, leaderboard, moderation, bounty board, ask question, and notification preferences screens.
• Joomla SEF/browser-router compatibility with Joomla-generated URLs for navigation, tags, questions, profiles, bounties, ask form, leaderboard, and notification preferences.
• Configurable frontend layout options for top toolbar, left navigation, right sidebar blocks, themes, density, and answer card styling.
• Semantic ca-* CSS hooks across key frontend surfaces so Joomla templates can override component styling without depending on Tailwind utility classes.
• Full ask-question workflow with category selection, Joomla editor integration, Joomla core tags, duplicate question suggestions, tag suggestions, and required-field guidance.
• Complete bounty system with configurable limits, durations, bounty board status tabs, balance display, connected points deduction, escrow summaries, and awarded/expired states.
• Users directory, profile pages, and leaderboard with reputation, answers, accepted answers, bounties, and activity metrics.
• In-app notification center, unread counts, notification preferences, and email notification delivery using Shondalai Core services.
• Admin email template manager with editable HTML/plain text templates, preview, enable/disable state, configurable header/logo/title/subtitle/chip/footer options, and media-based template files.
• Moderation queue, flag handling, audit log support, and frontend moderation actions.
• Modern Joomla plugin event dispatcher with onCommunityAnswers... lifecycle events, cancellable before events, and legacy Community Answers event aliases for third-party integrations.
• Shondalai Core integration service support for points, activity streams, profiles, avatars, and external badges, including Rewardify rule coverage.

Changed

• Replaced legacy frontend page rendering with fluid, responsive React screens while preserving Joomla component integration.
• Switched tag handling back to Joomla core tags and removed the new standalone tags-table approach before release.
• Consolidated SQL updates into the 7.0.0 migration path for cleaner unreleased upgrade handling.
• Centralized button/action styling into semantic CSS classes and reduced long utility-class markup in shared UI components.
• Improved answer cards, comment UX, icon-only action buttons, bookmark/share feedback, and guest access states.

Fixed

• Enforced Joomla permissions for viewing, creating, replying, editing, deleting, bounties, moderation, audit access, and reply visibility.
• Prevented duplicate question submissions while redirecting after submit.
• Prevented users from creating bounties without sufficient connected points balance and avoided negative balance/karma states.
• Hid bounty creation once an answer is accepted or a bounty is awarded.
• Corrected bounty awarded notification wording for bounty sponsor and answer recipient.
• Improved API error messaging for voting, permissions, and failed mutations.
• Fixed guest user toolbar/profile/ask behavior so guests are routed to login or shown proper access messages.
• Fixed action button icon alignment and delete button styling with a soft red default and solid red hover state.

[6.2.0/1] - 2025-10-05

Added

• Joomla 6 Compatibility Update
• Added new option to show login form to the guest users

Changed

• Set default date values in the install script
• Update copyright headers

[6.1.6] - 2024-11-03

Fixed

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

[6.1.5] - 2024-09-11

Fixed

• Fixed issue with indexing question in smart search plugin

[6.1.3/4] - 2024-07-26

Fixed

• Fixed issue with finder plugin

[6.1.2] - 2024-07-07

Fixed

• Fixed issue with smart search plugin not showing results

[6.1.1] - 2024-04-16

Fixed

• Fixed issue with installing finder plugin

[6.1.0] - 2024-04-14

Added

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

Fixed

• 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

[6.0.1] - 2023-09-26

Fixed

• Fixed build issue

[6.0.0] - 2023-09-24

Added

• Breaking Change: Added support for Joomla 5

Changed

• Breaking Change: Removed legacy layer for Joomla 3

Fixed

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

[5.3.8] - 2023-05-10

Changed

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

Fixed

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

[5.3.7] - 2022-11-07

Added

• Added support for PHP 8.1
• Updated support for latest easysocial version

Fixed

• 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

[5.3.6] - 2022-05-03

Added

• New preferences page to customize user signature

Fixed

• 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

[5.3.5] - 2021-12-12

Fixed

• Unable to create or save tags in the question form

[5.3.4] - 2021-11-11

Fixed

• Categories page do not show categories list

[5.3.3] - 2021-11-10

Fixed

• 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

[5.3.2] - 2021-11-06

Changed

• Improved login form styles for bootstrap5

Fixed

• 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

[5.3.1] - 2021-09-03

Added

• Added extension changelog button shown for Joomla 4 and above

Changed

• Update the documentation link with new shondalai domain

Fixed

• 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

[5.3.0] - 2021-07-18

Fixed

• Unable to post multiple answers from backend questions page

[5.1.2] - 2020-05-17

Fixed

• 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

[5.1.1] - 2020-04-20

Fixed

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

[5.1.0] - 2020-03-28

Added

• 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

Fixed

• 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

[5.0.9] - 2020-01-11

Added

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

Fixed

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

[5.0.8] - 2019-12-29

Added

• Added Sociable support

Fixed

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

[5.0.7] - 2019-08-11

Added

• Added Sociable support

Changed

• Removed references to Google+ service

Fixed

• 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

[5.0.6] - 2019-05-08

Fixed

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

[5.0.5] - 2019-03-30

Added

• Added new backend view to manage user subscriptions

Fixed

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

[5.0.4] - 2019-03-20

Fixed

• Registered users are unable to submit answer after the last upgrade

[5.0.3] - 2019-03-16

Fixed

• 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

[5.0.2] - 2019-02-17

Fixed

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

[5.0.1] - 2019-02-16

Added

• Added CA changelog link in the admin dashboard

Fixed

• Subscribe button on category page is missing.

[5.0.0] - 2019-01-31

Added

• Make featured question stay on top in their category

Fixed

• Bug fixes from beta

[5.0.0.b1] - 2018-12-25

Added

• Joomla 4 support is added

[+ New Bootstrap 4 based layout] - can be chosen from component options

Added

• New router for SEF URLs
• Added support for new reCaptcha plugin
• Added live search capability in question form page

Changed

• Removed usage of a deprecated API for fitering output
• Page title of the category page should include page number
• Replaced RuntimeException with Exception

Fixed

• 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

[4.7.1] - 2018-06-11

Added

• Added comments and email templates menu to backend component menus

Fixed

• Comments page on backend shows error

[4.7.0] - 2018-06-01

Added

• 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

Changed

• Updated sh404sef plugin

Fixed

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

[4.6.0] - 2018-04-01

Added

• 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

Changed

• Updated default character set of tables to utf8mb4_unicode_ci

Fixed

• 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

[4.5.6] - 2017-12-27

Fixed

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

[4.5.5] - 2017-10-13

Added

• Redirect guest users to login page when they access question form page

Changed

• Show only users with positive karma in leaderboard

Fixed

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

[4.5.4] - 2017-07-02

Added

• Unable to migrate from v1.9+ versions to latest
• New tag in email templates {SUBSCRIPTIONS_URL}

Changed

• 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

Fixed

• 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.

[4.5.3] - 2017-04-15

Added

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

Fixed

• 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

[4.5.2] - 2017-02-25

Added

• Added AlphaUserPoints plugin in package

[4.5.1] - 2017-01-18

Added

• Added support layer for Lotus Android app

Fixed

• Points deducted from user who upvoted answer using cjforum

[4.5.0] - 2016-12-25

Added

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

Fixed

• 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

[4.4.1] - 2016-10-04

Added

• 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

Fixed

• 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

[4.4.0] - 2016-08-22

Added

• Added new navbar for quick links on listing pages
• Added CjBlog v2 rules
• Added Kunena migration script

Changed

• Updated accepted answer block styling to custom boxed styling

Fixed

• 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

[4.3.3] - 2016-04-26

Added

• Added sync questions button to resync answers count

Fixed

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

[4.3.2] - 2016-04-16

Added

• Added support for AltaUserPoints

Fixed

• 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

[4.3.1] - 2016-03-22

Added

• Added question statistics columns in admin categories page
• Added option to show/hide toolbar

Changed

• Joomla 3.5 compatibility updates

Fixed

• 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

[4.3.0] - 16-01-2016

Added

• New table layout for Community Answers module
• Added CSV Import feature for questions

Changed

• 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

Fixed

• 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

[4.2.7] - 26-09-2015

Added

• 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).

Changed

• Updated the JED URL on back-end dashboard
• Changed the language strings to user friendly messages
• Bootstrap 3 compatibility updates

Fixed

• 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.

[4.2.6] - 21-06-2015

Added

• Added new permission to publish/unpublish own questions/answers/comments

Changed

• Updated naming conventions of edit state buttons on front-end

Fixed

• Spaces in usernames of leaderboard page getting striped

[4.2.5] - 11-06-2015

Added

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

[4.2.4] - 03-06-2015

Added

• 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

Fixed

• Removed unused and redundant options

[4.2.3] - 01-06-2015

Added

• Added option to hide category on form page

Fixed

• Category list gets scrambled

[4.2.2] - 24-05-2015

Added

• Added ability to add attachments from quick answer box.

[4.2.1] - 23-5-2015

Fixed

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

[4.2.0] - 17-04-2015

Added

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

Fixed

• 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

[4.1.3] - 27-04-2015

Added

• Categories page enhanced with two level categories list.

Fixed

• Parent category not shown on categories listing page

[4.1.2] - 21-04-2015

Fixed

• 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

[4.1.1] - 18-04-2015

Fixed

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

[4.1.0] - 04-04-2015

Added

• 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

Changed

• Display bigger category list box on form page

Fixed

• 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

[4.0.3] - 21-03-2015

Added

• 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

Fixed

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

[4.0.2] - 07-03-2015

Changed

• Updated modules and plugins to compatible with Joomla 3.4

Fixed

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

[4.0.1] - 25-02-2015

Changed

• Joomla 3.4 compatibility updates

[4.0.0] - 21-02-2014

Added

• 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

Changed

• Removed BBCode support

[3.1.0] - 30-Oct-2014

Added

• 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)

Changed

• Removed unused files

Fixed

• Unable to accept answer unless given ask permission
• Leader board shows wrong count of best answers

[3.0.5] - 29-Jul-2014

Fixed

• Tag not properly closed in question details page

[3.0.4] - 18-May-2014

Added

• New permission setting to allow users to view answers posted on their answers only
• Added meta title and description tags for question

Changed

• Added global cj-wrapper-main class for views

Fixed

• 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

[3.0.3] - 16-Mar-2014

Changed

• Hotfix release

[3.0.2] - 09-Jan-2004

Fixed

• Unable to answer if replied to an answer before

[3.0.1] - 07-Jan-2014

Fixed

• Feeds are not working in v3

[3.0.0] - 07-Jan-2014

Added

• 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

Changed

• Use tags as keywords for finding related questions

Fixed

• 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

[2.2.1] - 23-July-2013

Fixed

• Feeds are not working

[2.2.0] - 20-July-2013

Added

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

Changed

• Created indexes for better performance
• Redirect guest users to login page when view question permission not given to them

Fixed

• Subscribe and RSS feed icons are not properly visible on few Joomla templates
• v2.1.10
• Do not send mails to disabled admin users
• UI fixes for backend
• v2.1.9
• v2.1.8

[2.1.7] - 07-May-2013

Fixed

• Wong label is shown for View Answers permission setting

[2.1.6] - 06-May-2013

Added

• New permission setting to hide answers from unauthorized users but allow viewing/answering question

Changed

• Redirect guest users to login page if they are not authorized to view the question

Fixed

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

[2.1.5] - 26-Apr-2013

Fixed

• JomSocial activity stream for best question has wrong user name

[2.1.4] - 31-Mar-2013

Added

• Default listing view selection (latest, popular etc) per menu item
• Automatically highlights selected listing on toolbar menus

Changed

• sh404sef plugin to support all features of CA

Fixed

• Attaching files not possible on safari

[2.1.3] - 23-Mar-2013

Fixed

• Answer replies not getting any notification to the answerer

[2.1.2] - 20-Mar-2013

Fixed

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

[2.1.1] - 18-Mar-2013

Changed

• Added answers count label displayed on mobile view

[2.1.0] - 16-Mar-2013

Added

• 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

Fixed

• Upload attachment feature not working on Safari

[2.0.16] - 12-Mar-2013

Changed

• Toolbar menu items should respect the category selection and load questions from selected category only.
• Changed the CjLib notification to point to download location on new installations
• Remove left padding of social sharing box.

Fixed

• 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

[2.0.15] - 09-Mar-2013

Added

• Login dialog support for guest users if the answer permission not given to them

Changed

• On popular demand: reverted the sharing tools earlier style of displaying without additional click

Fixed

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

[2.0.14] - 26-Feb-2013

Added

• 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

Fixed

• Guests do not receive emails when moderation is enabled

[2.0.13] - 14-Feb-2013

Added

• Added configuration option to hide toolbar

[2.0.12] - 07-Feb-2013

Added

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

Fixed

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

[2.0.11] - 25-Jan-2013

Added

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

Fixed

• Deleting a tag from question is not possible

[2.0.10] - 23-Jan-2013

Added

• Remove users support in back-end users page
• JomSocial 2.8 support

Fixed

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

[2.0.9] - 20-Jan-2013

Fixed

• 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

[2.0.8] - 20-Jan-2013

Added

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

[2.0.7] - 15-Jan-2013

Added

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

[2.0.6] - 14-Jan-2013

Changed

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

Fixed

• Admins cannot accept other user's answers

[2.0.5] - 12-Jan-2013

Added

• 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

Fixed

• 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

[2.0.4] - 09-Jan-2013

Fixed

• 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

[2.0.3] - 07-Jan-2013

Fixed

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

[2.0.2] - 06-Jan-2013

Fixed

• 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.

[2.0.1] - 04-Jan-2013

Added

• 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

Fixed

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

[2.0.0] - Dec 19, 2012

Added

• 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

Fixed

• (Joomla 2.5 version)
• Category specific permissions do not obey parent child replations

[1.9.4] - Dec 18, 2012

Fixed

• Category edit page not working

[1.9.3] - Dec 12, 2012

Fixed

• Hot patch for installer

[1.9.2] - Dec 11, 2012

Added

• CjBlog avatars and points system support

Fixed

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

[1.9.1] - Nov 30, 2012

Added

• CjLib Component support

Fixed

• Wrong buttons shown up for thumbup and thumbdown

[1.9.0] - Nov 24, 2012

Added

• 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

Fixed

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

[1.8.12] - Sep 13, 2012

Fixed

• Unable to answer in IE8
• IE related bug fixes

[1.8.11] - Jul 08, 2012

Fixed

• Wrong user name populated in lists

[1.8.10] - Jun 07, 2012

Added

• 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

Fixed

• 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

[1.8.9] - Apr 10, 2012

Fixed

• 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.

[1.8.8] - Apr 02, 2012

Fixed

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

[1.8.7] - Mar 27, 2012

Fixed

• 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

[1.8.6] - Mar 21, 2012

Added

• Search plugin for Joomla updated to new search feature of CA

Fixed

• My answers page produce error
• My questions produce no results

[1.8.5] - Mar 19, 2012

Fixed

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

[1.8.4] - Mar 18, 2012

Fixed

• Hot patch

[1.8.3] - Mar 18, 2012

Added

• 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

Fixed

• 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

[1.8.2] - Jan 11, 2012

Fixed

• Hot patch

[1.8.1] - Jan 10, 2012

Fixed

• 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.

[1.8.0] - Jan 08, 2012

Added

• 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

[1.7.3] - Nov 15, 2011

Added

• RSS feed - Answers & Polls

[1.7.2] - Aug 28, 2011

Fixed

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

[1.7.1] - Aug 28, 2011

Fixed

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

[1.7.0] - Aug 20, 2011

Added

• 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.

Fixed

• Language file correction in Community Answers

[1.5.5 & 1.6.5] - May 22, 2011

Added

• 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

Fixed

• 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

[1.5.4 & 1.6.4] - April 10, 2011

Added

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

Fixed

• 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

[1.5.3 & 1.6.3] - March 22,2011

Fixed

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

[1.5.2] - March 01, 2011

Fixed

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

[1.5.1] - February 27, 2011

Fixed

• Error with pagination results

[1.5.0] - February 23, 2011

Added

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

Fixed

• 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

[1.2.1] - January 2, 2011

Added

• 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

Fixed

• 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

[1.2.0] - November 27, 2010

Added

• 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.

Fixed

• 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

[1.1.04] - October 25, 2010

Added

• 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)

Fixed

• 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

Removed

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

[1.1.03] - October 08, 2010

Fixed

• 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

[1.1.02] - September 26, 2010

Fixed

• Wrong category name in view question page breadcrumbs
• Mighty Touch points bug

[1.1.01] - September 10, 2010

Fixed

• 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

[1.1.0] - September 9, 2010

Added

• 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

Fixed

• 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

[1.0.6] - August 02, 2010

Added

• Custom module positions support (see documentation)

Fixed

• 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

[1.0.5] - July 28, 2010

Added

• Choose the user group for WYSIWYG editor access.

Fixed

• Version shown in backend control panel is incorrect

[1.0.3] - July 27, 2010

Added

• 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)

Fixed

• 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.

[1.0.2] - July 20, 2010

Added

• new Dashboard page for admin control with version check.

Fixed

• 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

[1.0.1] - July 11, 2010

Added

• 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

Fixed

• 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

[1.1.01] - September 10, 2010

Added

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

Fixed

• 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

[1.0.0] - June 26, 2010

Added

• Initial release.