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B Squared (b^2) ChangeLog
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19-Oct-2003: 0.6.3 Released Today!
The b^2 project has been suspended indefinately by myself,
although other people have been developing and advancing the
software. On that note, 0.6.3 is a license update. b^2 is now
being distributed under the GNU GPL
(http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html) to allow any new
development to continue, and be distributed.
25-Sep-2002: 0.6.1 & 0.6.2 Released Today!!!
Resolved an issue with the profiles that wouldn't allow the use
of double quotes (""), and the Yahoo! Pager name wasn't being
recored in the database either. The installer was broken, so I
fixed it (a couple times) and released another version today.
24-Sep-2002: It was a bug fixing extravaganza!! Fixed a problem with the
profile images (bad URL resulted in some errors). Fixed a lone
undefined index on the scheme admin. Fixed the post thread and
reply pages to filter HTML differently, and not result in lost
data. Fixed the registration so it won't allow user's to use the
  character in a username. Fixed it so that you can have no
schemes without having it go to a crazy color scheme. Removed
the Message Admin and made the TOS and FAQ flat files (they are
in the ./language directory, so they can be translated later on
when the language pack support is fully complete).
23-Sep-2002: Was offered $500 bucks for the "rights" to b^2... I declined.
21-Sep-2002: Changed some of the verbage on the view_forums page, and added a
timestamp on the right side of the page.
19-Sep-2002: Set the title of the pages to reflect the board name, and which
version of b^2 it is running, instead of just "[ Forum ]".
18-Sep-2002: Added a function to email the admin with an error. At the moment
it only emails the admin on MySQL errors, and the options aren't
built into the installer yet.
17-Sep-2002: Started implementing language packs to the board. This will allow
people to run the board in languages other than English. The
first thing to be migrated over is the installer, which is almost
complete.
16-Sep-2002: 0.6.0 Released Today!!!
Fixed a problem when there are no moderators for a forum, it was
displaying errors instead of "--".
15-Sep-2002: Fixed up the installer so it will let you download the config.php
file with E_ALL on in the php.ini file.
14-Sep-2002: Tweaked out some more issues with b^2 generating notices, and
errors.
13-Sep-2002: Fixed a boat load of issues when running b^2 on Windows 2000. The
issue turns out to be more of a PHP issue than anything. If you
have PHP set to issues all warnings and notices, then b^2 was
having a lot of issues. Now most (if not all) of those issues
have been fixed. Added a function to allow the easy retrieval of
values from the super globals.
12-Sep-2002: Same ol', same ol'. Got the optimization done (well the portion
I was working on), alond with the documentation audit. Discovered
some problems with installing b^2 on a Windows system (of course).
More specifically, Windows NT/2000, running IIS, with the latest
versions of PHP and MySQL. I hope to have that resolved by the
time 0.6.0 is ready to release.
11-Sep-2002: Continued to do housecleaning on the existing code, and re-
commenting parts of it. Should be ready to go by tomorrow.
09-Sep-2002: Started optimizing my over-use of the echo command. And the
people rejoiced! Also, have been skimming the comments and
making sure they are accurate, and all that good stuff. And the
people rejoiced, again.
06-Sep-2002: BETA-0.6.0 Released Today!!!
Added table prefixes when installing, along with a few other new
fields on the installation screen. There is form validation when
installing, and errors will be more descriptive (admin errors, not
generic user error messages). Quite a few miscellaneous bug fixes
on top of everything else. All the database calls have been
optimized, along with the error trapping (unless I overlooked
something). The installer now prompts the user to download the
config.php file if the script doesn't have permission to write to
the file. I was a bit disappointed with the original installer
from 0.5.0, hence the early beta release of 0.6.0. I felt the
amount of code changes warrented the beta release, as opposed to
version 0.5.1.
05-Sep-2002: Continued my blitzkreig of code changes, most specifically,
optimizing the database calls, and adding secure error trapping.
04-Sep-2002: Figured out the permissions problem when installing, the entire
folder needs to have public write permission. chmod 777 dir, then
attempt to install, and everything works perfectly. Started to
optimize / lock down the code for b^2. I'm going through and
adding error trapping, so the users will never interact with any
technical error messages (which can pose a security risk). Also
added a function for doing database queries, and have been adding
the static database variables to constants, instead of strings.
03-Sep-2002: 0.5.0 Released Today!!!
Fixed a problem with the schemes, now if there are no active
schemes, the first scheme in the database will be set as the
active one (typically default). Built the installer, which is
about 90% functional. This means you can install the board, but
you have to make sure that the install.php file has the proper
permissions (chmod 666 install.php). The script is lacking form
validation, and advanced error checking, which will allow a user
to download the config file if the script doesn't have the right
permissions. Development (unstable) version 0.5.0 is being
packed up and shipped off to Freshmeat.net for it's initial
release.
02-Sep-2002: Completed the scheme admin, with form checking and the like.
Added the General Admin section for updating the name of the
board, and the title image. Fixed some bugs, and planned out the
installation process. Now there is a config.php file that holds
the MySQL variables, along with the 'INSTALLED' global variable
which tells the script if it needs to run the installed or not.
28-Aug-2002: Added the scheme admin. Changed the database slightly to include
a new table for board properties (title, title image, et cetera).
This is now a separate section from the schemes, which are fully
operational now. Was advised this evening, by one of the people
stress testing the board, that their attempted buffer overruns
resulted in lagging on their end.
27-Aug-2002: Finished implementing changes to use customizable values for the
overall look and feel of the board.
26-Aug-2002: Added more board properties to the database, 10 in all. The board
is pulling some of the properties from the database to generate
the page. Ended up killing the properties table, and creating a
schemes table which holds all of the customizable information.
Started implementing system wide changes to accomodate.
24-Aug-2002: Administrators now have the ability to add / remove moderators
and administrators, along with editting "messages" which is a new
table in the database as well. There are currently two messages,
Terms of Service, and FAQ, both of which can be customized by the
board owner. Fixed a problem with the KeepSafe function for
securing the board.
23-Aug-2002: Added tag and escape character stripping on the forum admin.
Added a confirmation script for use with such things as the delete
function on the forum admin. Changed up the logo slightly as
well. Fixed an error on the registration page that was
prohibiting new users to sign up. Added user administration tools
that allow administrators to edit all the user's profiles.
22-Aug-2002: Changed the title logo again. The new logo, IMHO, is the best
one thus far. Fully implemented the forum admin, allowing for the
addition, removal, and modification of forums. The forum admin
is lacking input parsing which at the moment is leaving it a bit
insecure, and messy, since it still posts \' and \".
21-Aug-2002: Fixed a hole in the profile system, for editting and viewing.
Added folder icons for the thread listing, four in all. New
threads, old threads, hot threads, and today's hot threads.
Fixed a problem with the page id's, should be the last time
anyone gets to see the internal path. Added a bit more
differentiation between the overlapping moderator and admin
tools. Now if a moderator / admin removed a thread, they will
redirected to the thread, and not the forum list. Deleting an
entire thread redirects to the forum the thread was in, and not
the forum list. Finished adding the add signature by default
options. New users will be able to specify if they want to
include their signature on new posts or not. This can be updated
any time via the profile editor. Began adding administrative
links across the top menu, which resulted in a problem with the
login script, which was correct (user's weren't being verified
correctly upon login). Implemented the forum order column in the
database, hence the new order. Began adding the forum editor for
administrators, allowing them to add new forums, delete and
modify existing ones. Fixed a bug that caused the view replies
page to freak out if a user was an administrator, but not a
moderator.
20-Aug-2002: Fixed some holes in the user verification portion of the code
would allow any user to circumvent passworded areas and do things
like post messages without having accounts, and possibly pose as
existing users. Added IP logging on all posts, which are only
visible by the moderators for that particular forum. Also began
implementing moderator tools. Right now, a moderator can delete
an entire thread, or just certain replies to that thread. Added
the administrators table to the database, and functionality so
that an admin can delete threads / replies on any forum,
regardless of their moderator status for that forum.
19-Aug-2002: There were a couple of random fixes over the weekend, but nothing
too important. Today the user's table was modified to include
a column that signifies if the user wants to add their signature
to new messages by default. There is currently no functionality
to set this value when registering a new account, or via the
profile editor. Also modified the date format on replies.
16-Aug-2002: Changed up the view threads page a bit, made the location and
new thread links on the same line. Tweaked some of the table
attributes, and fixed some bugs with the moderator list, and the
last post for a forum. Shortened the max length for thread titles
from 128 characters, down to 64. Added more signature
functionality; now you get the choice weather or not you want the
signature to be added to the end of your message, but you will
only get the option if you have a prexisting signature in the
database (might end up giving people without signatures the
opportunity to set one up, without loosing the message they were
about to post). Fixed the double signature problem as well.
15-Aug-2002: New logo / header / banner / image added today. Again, nothing
too fancy, I was a bit tired of the last image. Now the main page
displays the latest post time and user for each forum, and links
all of the usernames to the profiles. Fixed a problem with the
signatures, it was pulling the newest user's signature, instead of
the correct signature for the user. Now when previewing a new
post, you are shown your signature along with your message.
14-Aug-2002: Added more functionality when editting a profile when an image
is involved. Also added a view profiles page that will display
a user's profile, if they are real users, users not in the
database will generate an error and alert the user.
13-Aug-2002: Patched the bug in the view thread and reply pages that allowed
a user to crash the script and reveal the path. Added signatures
to the user's profile, that auto-populate when the user posts a
new thread or reply. Corrected a flaw when editting the
submitted information when registering, it wasn't carrying over
the "AOL Instant Messenger" field. Users can now access their
profile, and edit the information in it.
12-Aug-2002: Updated the registration and login code to support encrypted
passwords. The passwords are encrypted via the crypt() function
with a random salt. Added more checking to posting messages and
registering a new account. Justin pointed out that you can post
empty messages just by putting a space in the field. When posting
a new thread, or a reply, the HTML special characters are
converted, which in turn eliminates the sight of \" and the like.
All HTML is ignored with the exception of <BR>, only because the
board supports people posting line breaks in their messages.
Adding support for when there aren't any threads in a selected
forum and added a moderator listing on the view forums page, even
though there aren't any moderator functions yet.
11-Aug-2002: Updated the database schemas (wiped all the existing data and
started fresh), this included tweaking some of the tables, and
adding a moderators table, for when I implement forum moderators.
When registering, users are prompted for more information, which
is shown when they post. The registration form needs some work to
ensure that people aren't trying to feed false information via the
querystring. Fixed a problem with the determining the total
number of posts.
10-Aug-2002: Updated a lot of the variable calls to comply with the new PHP
setting of register_globals being off. Added some new code to the
post thread and post reply pages to make sure the user isn't
feeding bad information via the querystring. When someone
registers a new account, they will be forwarded back to the main
page (forum list) and have the option to automatically log in from
that page (thanks Matt!). When registering, the password is no
longer shown in plain text, and it must be at least 6 characters
long.
09-Aug-2002: Added some directory security to the system. Now if a user tries
to call any of the directories in the structure, other than root,
it will redirect them to the main page. If the user attempts to
call any of the files directly, other than index.php they will be
redirected home as well. JavaScript form validation has been
added to the post thread and reply forms, as well as code to make
sure someone isn't trying to feed the form data via the
querystring.
08-Aug-2002: Not only can user's sign up for an account, they can log in now
too! The login is working, but will need to be tweaked for
security purposes, plus most of the code built into the index.php
will be added into the include file as a function. Users can now
post new threads to the forums, as well as reply to existing
threads. Fixed the problem with the forum list reporting the
wrong number of posts.
07-Aug-2002: Threw together a quick little banner / logo. Built out the page
to allow a user to sign up for an account. The page checks the
input from the user and all that good stuff, detecting malformed
requests (i.e. hack attempts) and blocks them. Registration only
requires minimal information (username, password, email address)
but will be expanded to support a full profile. Users can now set
up an account, but there are no actions for them yet.
06-Aug-2002: Built out the database tables for the users, forums, threads, and
replies. Set up the directory structure. Built the index page,
along with the content pages to show the forum list, thread list,
and replies.