April 2014 Website Changes and Updates

[Mike]

We are pleased to announce additional updates to the website this month:

• April 8, 2014: PHP Version 5.5.11
• April 8, 2014: Forum software update (stability/maintenance release)

Our forum software has been updated today with an improved stability and maintenance release:

• Added tool to test Twitter integration
• Added option to allow payments to alternative PayPal accounts to be accepted for user upgrade purposes
• Added option to control pruning of user change logs
• Most of the changes are bug fixes. Some of the bugs fixed include:
• Allow Twitter-related HTTP requests to be sent via cURL if SSL support is not built into PHP
• Fixed cases where uncensored titles may have been displayed in emails
• Updated Google+ integration to use the new, non-deprecated "email" scope
• Fixed situations where pasting into the editor would remove text unexpectedly
• Ensure that prefixes are usable when editing the title of a thread
• Enforce prefix validation in more cases in the thread data writer
• Standardized formatting of embedded media in emails
• Strip EXIF information when manipulating an image via Imagick to ensure rotation is maintained correctly
• Adjusted editor popup menus to be more consistent with the active color scheme
• When copying a post, rewrite any inline attachment BB codes to point to the copied attachments
• Fixed case where Firefox would maintain inline moderation selections unexpectedly
• Improved display of smilies in the editor when scrolling is required
• Improve display/translation of some additional fields in the user change log
• Improved user change log display in RTL languages
• Fixed situation where discouragement could be applied multiple times in one request
• Adjust the watched forums list to better handle forums that aren't listed
• Fix invalid _getExistingData function for forum watching
• Send a 405 header when enforcing that a request is via POST
• Adjust ETags to follow the specificiation more closely

April 8, 2014: Numerous domain names associated with this website have been renewed for the next 9-10 years.

April 22, 2014: User Map is back and much improved. Thanks to digitalpoint.

April 22, 2014: WindowsForum.com Apple iOS (3.7) app has been sent to Apple for review.