NineChime forum

v1.5.6 - April 6, 2011

CHANGES:
- Huge changes to language files.  Edited multiple language references.
- Moved some <strong> and <em> tags into language files, to help readability of logographic languages.  Still lots of work to do.
- Fixed help messages for multiple WIPs in comment.php.
- Board no longer sends HTTP 403 as an anti-spam measure (still sends 404 for expired form data).
- Removed mod version number from boot.php.
- Removed newest/oldest pictures from diagnostics page.  Obsolete with new sorting system.
- Manual registration approval will no longer return an e-mail warning if e-mails are turned off in the cpanel.
- Fixed installer so language drop-down menu has a "Submit" button and no longer requires JavaScript.
- The online list and the log now use language translation properly.
- Fixed undefined index issue when modflags.php sends checkbox values to functions.php.
- Cleaned up error reporting in boot.php to use HTML rather than plain text.
- Fixed question HTML links in FAQ for administration section.
- Finally disabled DNS host lookup by default.  Almost nobody needs it, and it can severely affect load times for some members.
- ENABLE_DNS_HOST_LOOKUP added to hacks file to re-enable DNS lookup.  Use with caution.
- USE_UTF8_ENGLISH removed from hacks file.
- Rewrote the FAQ, and removed the Firefox download button.
- Updated links in FAQ.  JTablet now available for Mac and Linux.
- rewrote Niftytoo usage directions.
- Fixed problem with procedural-style MySQLi string escapement not finding the link resource.
- Fixed db_error() backtrace to be strict compliant (cannot use next() with function references).
- db_error() and db_history() now store more than one value.
- Fixed db_close() to give a proper return value.
- Board will now send e-mails and mailbox messages in a member's chosen language.
- Fixed language system so translations will not be self-modified.
- Language translation system now handles embedded substitutions.
- Fixed a few undeclared variable issues with $user.
- Memberlist will no longer search for e-mails members have masked (the memberlist would always hide results, though).
- Fixed error reporting in viewani.php to not check the size of missing animations.
- Fixed undeclared parameters in paintbbsget.php and shiget.php.
- Fixed login to give more specific error messages.
- Fixed updater not exiting properly ("w_exit;" instead of "w_exit();").
- The chat system finally sorts messages top to bottom, rather than bottom to top.
- Quoted text in comments will now parse correctly so blockquotes will always be closed.
- Fixed how Java command line options for DirectX are being passed through the applet parameters.
- Logging into the oekaki will now remove the guest language cookie.
- Added new database columns: "edited" (date), "editedby" (username), and "uploaded" (int).
- Fixed an XSS vulnerability with the memberlist.
- Fixed some HTML encoding issues with stored URLs.
- The installer will no longer complain about duplicate columns when installing multiple boards.
- Board will convert ISO-8859-1 passwords to UTF-8 passwords.  Note: Big5 passwords will need to be reset.

FEATURES:
- New Spanish translation, courtesy of Federico Arboleda.
- New German translation, courtesy of Nadin Unbehau (Trunski).
- Overhauled language usage, substitutions, read order, blocking, and punctuation.
- Wacintaki will now automatically serve a guest's preferred language based on HTTP_USER_AGENT.
- All language packs now use UTF-8.
- Updater will recode old databases from ISO-8859-1 (Latin1) to UTF-8.
- Date formats, including drop-down menus, are now controlled by language files (needs some work).
- Installer allows admin account to have a different language than the oekaki.
- Language select drop-down menu now sorts properly and shows both native and English names.
- New lockout for updater: automatically enables maintenance mode and requires login.
- Finally added a caching system.  Currently only used for language names.
- Added new language packs for ShiPainter: Catalan, Italian, and Spanish.