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WebWiz-Bruce 
Admin Group
Web Wiz Developer
Joined: 03 September 2001
Location: Bournemouth
Status: Offline
Points: 9844
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 Posted: 27 December 2005 at 1:58pm |
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CSS styles are now implemented for admin section.
Boxing day was spent re-writing the admin section.
The files from the admin section have now been moved to the main forums
folder and given the pre-fix 'admin_'. This allows for simpler
implementation of Web Wiz Forums as common files can now be shared with
the admin files.
Whilst doing this the new CSS styles have been implemented for the
admin section, this will mean that the admin section is now also
skinable.
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WebWiz-Bruce
Admin Group
Web Wiz Developer
Joined: 03 September 2001
Location: Bournemouth
Status: Offline
Points: 9844
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Posted: 03 January 2006 at 5:09pm |
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Version 8 is now almost at a position where I would be happy to release
a beta version, for people to test the new forum engine while I write
some new features for version 8.
I am making a few finishing touches over the next few days before releasing alpha
2 on this site so that I can make sure there are no big problems before
I release Web Wiz Forums version 8 beta 1 next week.
I'm hoping to have version 8 beta 1 out near the beginning of next
week, but to be on the safe side I have given myself to the end of next
week.
Please do not ask to have a version before the official beta release as
the software will not be ready and this will only lead to delays.
Beta versions are for testing only and WILL contain bugs, so please
don't expect or try to run the software on a production site.
Edited by -boRg- - 03 January 2006 at 5:11pm
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WebWiz-Bruce
Admin Group
Web Wiz Developer
Joined: 03 September 2001
Location: Bournemouth
Status: Offline
Points: 9844
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Posted: 05 January 2006 at 2:37pm |
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Well I've placed Web Wiz Forums version 8 alpha 2 on this site to test
some of the new features before the beta 1 release next week.
Most things seem to be running fine except for 1 big bug.
To prevent date issues between different locales, servers, databases,
etc. I'm now using ISO international date formats as below:-
2006-01-05
This works great in ASP, VBScript, ADO, Access, mySQL, SQL Server 2005, etc. so should prevent date issues.
However, it seems that for some stupid Microsoft reason SQL Server 2000 doesn't
like this format and wants the following format for international
dates:-
20060105
This would be OK but nothing else works with this format, including
ASP, ADO, and VBScript, so just globally changing the date format for SQL server
version of Web Wiz Forums doesn't work either.
Anyway, hopefully the problem is now solved, and some dates in the SQL
Server version are now in the fomat '20060105' and others in the ISO
format, depending if the date is to be used directly in a none ADO
database query or not.
This has been a big issue coursing problems for allot of you using this
forum, as I didn't find this bug till after deploying alpha 2 on this
site, as I was testing the new version on SQL 2005 Express, and this
site is using MSDE 2000 so the problem didn't come to light till after
deployment.
Edited by -boRg- - 05 January 2006 at 2:42pm
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WebWiz-Bruce
Admin Group
Web Wiz Developer
Joined: 03 September 2001
Location: Bournemouth
Status: Offline
Points: 9844
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Posted: 09 January 2006 at 12:43pm |
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I've just placed version 8 alpha 3 on the site this morning.
This new alpha version is to fix a few bugs that have been found in the
previous alpha version, as well as adding a new active users function,
that now also tracks user location.
So far not to many bugs have been found, and from feedback it seems
that most of you are very impressed with the increased performance.
Version 8 beta 1, is still on schedule to be released later this week.
At present I'm continuing testing and getting everything ready for
launch on either Wednesday or Thursday.
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WebWiz-Bruce
Admin Group
Web Wiz Developer
Joined: 03 September 2001
Location: Bournemouth
Status: Offline
Points: 9844
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Posted: 10 January 2006 at 6:20pm |
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All is now ready for release of version 8 beta 1 tomorrow!!!
After almost 2 years and many 1000's of hours of development, night
and day, re-writing the entire engine for Web Wiz Forums version 8 is
at a stage where I am happy to release a beta version.
I'm going to be testing all versions (SQL Server, mySQL, and Access)
this evening and tomorrow morning for any bugs, so along as no bug
bugs come to light version 8 beat 1 will be released tomorrow at
approximately mid day UK time.
Edited by -boRg- - 10 January 2006 at 6:22pm
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WebWiz-Bruce
Admin Group
Web Wiz Developer
Joined: 03 September 2001
Location: Bournemouth
Status: Offline
Points: 9844
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Posted: 11 January 2006 at 2:06pm |
Version 8 Beta 1 is now releasedPlease see the following page if you wish to join the beta testing program of the next generation of Web Wiz Forums:- http://www.webwiz.net/web_wiz_forums/forum_beta_download.aspA general announcement will be made within the next few hours as well as a new sub forum specifically for feedback and bug reports for version 8. A competition will also be launched in the next few days, with prices, for those who wish to develop new skins for version 8, with the winning entries being included in the final release. [EDIT] Due to changes in the forum and CSS this comp will need to be delayed till the beta 2 release. Sorry. A big thank you to all who have supported Web Wiz Forums over the years and hope you will continue to support the latest version and thank-you to all who will take part in the beta testing program.
Edited by -boRg- - 01 March 2006 at 10:41am
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WebWiz-Bruce
Admin Group
Web Wiz Developer
Joined: 03 September 2001
Location: Bournemouth
Status: Offline
Points: 9844
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Posted: 16 January 2006 at 4:56pm |
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A number of bugs have come to light during the beta 1 testing and are being worked through.
Most of the bugs that have come to light so far have been fixed and a number of other changes have been made after feedback from users.
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WebWiz-Bruce
Admin Group
Web Wiz Developer
Joined: 03 September 2001
Location: Bournemouth
Status: Offline
Points: 9844
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Posted: 20 January 2006 at 1:46pm |
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As well as fixing bugs as they come to light in beta 1, I have also been adding extra security to the forum.
As the admin section needs as much protection as possible I have now made it so that the admin password needs to be re-entered when access the admin area of the forum. To also add extra protection session variables are used to keep the admin logged in, within the admin area, instead of cookies which can be faked.
The next item I am looking at working on is to develop a system where cookies don't need to be enabled on the users browser for nromal users to login. This should help clear up issues with users that don't have issues with their browser excepting cookies.
Edited by -boRg- - 20 January 2006 at 1:46pm
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