Thank you for downloading E-Blah! E-Blah is a project that has taken over 3 years to build -- over sweat, hurt hands, and just a lot of hard work, but it's been great. With this new release, Platinum 9, I have created a simple setup script which will help users convert existing forums to the new Platinum 9 format, along with installing new forums for the new members to the E-Blah family. I sincerely hope you enjoy E-Blah to the fullest, and learn that the best things in life really are free. I leave you all with this: "if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved" (Romans 10:9 NLT). That's the most important thing in life, and like I said, the best things in life are free. God Bless, take care, and enjoy the software!
Justin Osborne, Core Developer, E-Blah
E-Blah is open-source -- it's free. We provide this software to you for free, because we believe free software is better. We are depending on people like
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The new install documentation is now located on BlahDocs.com.
Click here to view the installation / upgrade documentation.
Please note that Platinum 9.6
must be upgraded in the same manner previous forums were upgraded (ie: Platinum 8 or 9.0).
BE SURE TO BACKUP YOUR FORUM!
While installing your forum should be pretty straight forward, we understand if you have issues installing it yourself. That's where the e-blah technical support forum and community comes in! We're here to help and assist you anytime a problem may arise with your forum.
Click here for installation help.
The following log addresses all of the new features and bug fixes that have been included in this release of E-Blah. The file may not be completely accurate and show all fixes completed in this version.
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New / Improved Feature Changes / Cosmetic Enhancements
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P9.6 Revisions:
1. Invisible users are now italicised on the Board Index (admins only)
2. "Print all Private Messages" added (icelemon)
3. MSN changed to it's new name: "Windows Live Messenger"
4. Admins can now display ads on the message display pages
5. Added a Donate Link to the Credits (donate please?)
6. Thread ratings moved around
7. Copyright has been modified =D
P9.5 Revisions:
1. A _LOT_ more bot friendly ...
2. Print page has been reformatted (oh the _hotness_!)
3. Full Apache mod_rewrite compatability (http://www.eblah.com/forum/m=1125974489)
4. Forum admins can now allow users to upgrade their passwords to MD5 encryption if currently using other methods
5. Board Images can now be a URL and not ONLY "images / filename" (although it still works)
6. Some MAJOR speed increases abound
7. Optimizers to some parts of the database
8. Reputation added to Member Groups
9. Logging in redirects you to your last page now
10. Added "Yesterday" to the "Today" feature
11. Added "seconds ago" as part of the "Today" feature
12. Signatures can be removed entirely by admins
13. Admin/Settings has been cleaned up a *little*
14. Boards and Category setup has been more "modernized"
15. Board permissions are MUCH better ...
16. Search engine has been revamped with Word Hits and searching by Phrases or words
17. Post edits are no longer added if post was posted in the last 10 minutes
18. "Personal Calendars" has been added
19. Calendar events can now be member group specific
20. WhereIS stats now go to IP Search for guests (if clicked on my admins)
21. Clicking messages marked as *new* now takes you to the last page you've read
22. Usernames are now "colorized"
P9.2 Revisions:
1. The Members List "sort by screen name" now is between 80 and 90% faster
2. Blockquote added to the BC (not a "clickable")
3. Improved the Notification service backend, so now it uses a single database file
4. Improved the Extensive Log database ...
5. Admins no longer have to know their/users password to change the password (new passes are e-mailed to user)
6. "Fancy Quick Profile" added as an OPTIONAL administrator setting for Message Display
P9.0 Revisions:
1. Member Groups removed, new Member Groups added
2. Setup script
3. Themes completely reworked (Major supporter: Craig)
4. MD5 encryption added
5. Removed spaces at the end of the Gallaries lists
6. Added RSS and HTML Shownews to ./template directory -> http://www.eblah.com/forum/m-1110743408/
7. Added limit to "Revision History" (now it is allowed to "max" at a certain ammount in Settings)
8. Added "Theme Preview"
9. Added "Time Online"
10. Administrators can disable non-admins from changing their screen name
11. The Information Panel has been reformatted
12. Added "Color Codes"
13. Added "Cookie Prefix" (and removed old "cookie user/pass" variables)
14. Themes can now be "Hidden" from non-Admins
15. New Mailing List (now "Member Groups" are selectable)
16. Moved all Member Deletion code to a centralized place ...
17. Added the option to where Admins could disallow members from deleting their user accounts
18. Added EBlah.com staff to the credits
P8.x Revisions:
1. "Edit News" and "Templates" is now fixed for Windows users
2. Message search engine has been redone 100% (it works now, and should run 50% faster, most notably on larger forums)
3. A brand new image set
4. v=shownews,a=lastposts has been added to show last posts
5. Posts now have a "revision" history
6. Full featured Moderator log
7. Added "Search" feature to message index
8. Clicking on the "Search" button while on a board selects the board you were on (no longer ALL boards selected)
9. Recoded the Click Log
10. Added a RSS news feed, ex: ?v=shownews,a=headlines
11. Added Upcoming Events to the Calendar
12. Menu buttons can now be customized a little more, spacing wise (zebragrrl)
13. Added comma code to "Total Members" in Stats page
14. Member Groups are now sorted in ABC order via Members list
15. Various sorting
16. ?v=shownews now can ALSO show diffrent boards by (b=BOARD ID) (OthelloBloke)
17. Expanded "Reputations" to be a little more "statistic" driven =)
18. Script not longer looks for Blah.cgi, new variable in Blah.pl allows you to change the script name
19. Redid the Stats Center (more stats, also got rid of a few bugs)
20. Added option to delete old backup files
21. Pause in News Scroller (news.js -- Thanks: kevin_m)
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Bug Fixes / Security Enhancements / Code Fixes
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P9.6 Revisions:
1. Calendar modify buttom readded to personal calendars
2. Users e-mail address is no longer shown on outgoing mail (sys admin is, now)
3. Fixed issue with some servers having 500 errors on Admin pages
4. "Less than a minute ago" bugs fixed
5. Time fixes
6. Sticky threads are now re allowed for guests
P9.5 Revisions:
1. Fixed a security issue with passworded boards
2. Fixed several bugs with PM Report
3. Click Log Links fixed.
4. "Opt out of mailing list" now removes the user from showing on the list
5. Fixed "No Limit" attachment bug
6. Something with page URL's was fixed
7. Fixed some tabs issues
8. Fixed a bug with the members list
9. Fixed space member group bug
10. Mailing list bug fixed.
11. Clicking "back" on your web browser when on theme page will no longer give you a false template
P9.2 Revisions:
1. BoardLockout bug fixed
2. Fixed "News" from being updated on replies (RSS / News HTML in Temp folder)
3. Fixed password length bug (Thanks: sundance & owll)
4. Fixed a few permission bugs
5. Fixed the bug with usernames (these characters are not blocked); & = blocked
6. Fixed the Code Bug (I hope)
7. Fixed major Search bug (normal users could see messages searched for on Admin boards)
8. Fixed Ban bug
P9.0 Revisions:
1. Permissions Bugs, etc.
2. Fixed "deny all" bug
3. Removed the needless "Invite.pl" call from BoardIndex.pl
4. Fixed "Emailing Members on New Threads" for Member Groups
5. Fixed various Source Code mod center bugs
P8.x Revisions:
1. Various
2. Font size issues (larger fonts were jumbled together)
3. Bots no longer can appear as actual members
4. File names are now random on attachments (4 digit number put at end of name)
5. Long time bug fixed with Stickys not sorting in decending order
6. Fixed Attachment gallery from not carrying over the search parementers used on first page
7. When modifying posts, the old IP address is now saved (so that when mods edit posts, their edits don't mess with the IP address)
8. Users names are now colored in their short profile in PM center
9. Small bug fixes here and there
10. E-mail addresses are now all lowercased before being saved AND password reminder uses lc so case matters not
11. Various changes
12. Fixed the HTML enabler
13. Fixed the Top Ten/User Search
14. New Messages for New members not marked as new (Craig)
15. Fixed "Switch to" menu
16. Fixed profile edit bug where you'd get "blank or invalid fields"
17. Fixed "full boards shown" bug
18. Redirect boards now cound as "subforums" list
19. Category with nothing but subforums no longer says "there are no boards ..."
20. Security -- Fixed where unvalidated guests could see member only boards
21. Quotes are more friendly (quote=USERNAME), no longer including the link, etc, which can be confusing
22. Small bug fixes
23. Fixed Member group bug (Gilgamesj & sundance)
24. Board Access security bug fixed [ MAJOR ]
Before you install you
MUST agree to the GPL license agreement, which is located here:
http://www.eblah.com/license.php