b2evolution 6.9.7

7 May 2018

b2evolution version 6.9.7 is now available (major release).

Upgrading to b2evolution 6.9.7

What's New in b2evolution 6.9.7

• New default avatars
  
• Better support for different image sizes in post listing widgets
  
• Bug fixes (many!)
  
• Security fixes
  

• Enhanced search results scoring.
  
• Removed "User:" field from comment forms for logged-in users.
  
• Users will no longer be able to report other users having a user level higher than their own.
  

• Enhanced details in IP Range Editing.
  
• Enhanced User Interface details in various places.
  
• Faster display of the system status page.
  
• Improved navigation between Front-Office and Manual View.
  
• Enhanced performance in Goal Hits filtering.
  

• Ability to merge or append a forum topic with/to another.
  
• Allow refreshing the "Content last updated" timestamp for posts. Useful after deleting spam, so that old posts (that got spammed) don't appear as new.
  

• Vastly enhanced Short Links Plugin / Quick Links Plugin.
  
• GeoIP Plugin can now be called from the Users List screen and also allows to assign a profile country to accounts that don't have one (based on registration country).
  
• New per-collection size settings in video player plugins: Flowplayer Plugin (Video), HTML 5 MediaElement.js Video and Audio Player, HTML 5 VideoJS Player
  
• New per-collection size settings in Video Plug plugin
  
• Support for facebook videos in Video Plug plugin
  
• Improved display of widgets handled by plugins (back-office)
  
• Extended Facebook Widget Plugin
  

• The installer will now create sample private messages by default in order for new users to more easily see how this feature works.
  
• New custom fields predefined for: Soundcloud, Yelp, Paypal, 500px, Amazon, Instagram, Vimeo.
  

• Added browser hints to better handle input field on touch devices.
  
• $reserved_logins configuration variable to prevent users from using reserved word such as admin, webmaster, etc.
  
• more *.main.php files supported in custom skins.
  
• The XHTML validator will now accept data-*="..." tags in post content.
  
• Updated the FineUploader script which now has client-side validation of supported file types and file size.
  
• Improved WordPress import
  

• Many bug fixes
  

• UI fixes
  
• No more comment form by default on Standalone Pages
  
• HTML validation fixes
  
• New evobar structure
  
• Added sorting/display options for search results -- see Search Results Panel
  
• Allow to auto-subscribe members to notifications on a collection -- see Subscriptions Panel
  

• New Free Text Widget
  
• New Item Link Widget to display the "Link to url:" of a post in any desired position (and with any desired CSS class applied)
  
• New Spacer Widget
  
• Better support for Menu Link or Button Widget in various containers
  
• The Simple Page List Widget now allows to display only featured (or only non-featured) pages, for more effective menu creation
  

• The Short Links Plugin now allows to specify optional CSS classes
  
• The Short Links Plugin now allows to specify an optional target
  
• More defaults in the Custom Tags Plugin
  
• Deprecated plugin event CacheObjects
  

• Support for new short tags: [coll:name], [coll:shortname]
  
• Support for link tags refering to a custom field: [link:url_field], [link:url_field]title[/link], [link:url_field:.class1.class2]title[/link], [link:url_field:.btn.btn-info]Click me![/link], [parent:link:url_field:.btn.btn-info]Click me![/link]
  
• Allow direct access to fields in other posts: [parent:field:field_name] (already existed) extended with: [item:123:field:field_name] and [item:item-slug:field:field_name]
  
• Support for Content Block with short tags like: [include:123] or [include:slug].
  
• Better error validation on custom fields in post edit form
  

• Tool to resize images that are already uploaded in the media server
  
• Enhanced IP Range management tool allows to delete conflicting ranges when adding larger ranges that superseed smaller ones
  
• Enhanced country list management
  
• Enhanced setting of Font face + Size + Weight in skins
  
• Require user to make an explicit choice as whether to create demo contents or not when he creates a new collection
  
• Enhanced wordpress importer
  
• Attaching non image/video/audio files will automatically position them as "attachment"
  

• Cleanup of the REST API or RESTful API
  
• Ajax/API calls from front office (such a loading the comment form) will now be retried 2 times in case of timeout.
  

• More https support in various places
  
• Security fixes
  
• Translation updates
  
• I18n optimization by de-duplicating near duplicates in translatable strings
  
• Enhanced mysqli usage
  
• Code refactoring
  

• Fixed numbering of meta-comments in case of nested comments
  
• Fixed Register Form when Page Cache is active
  

• Forums will now display the list of recent posts according to content changes and ignore changes such as visibility status or workflow status changes. (New DB field contents_last_updated_ts).
  
• Enhanced ColorBox/LightBox : it is now more mobile friendly.
  
• Enhanced IP-Whois tool to track down spammers.
  
• Skins now allow easy upload or easy selection of an image already on the server.
  
• Skins settings for normal vs. tablet vs. mobile skin are now separated.
  
• Image widgets now also allow easy upload or easy selection of an image already on the server.
  
• Standalone Pages now display through the "Item Page" container.
  
• Standalone Pages now have disabled comments by default.
  
• Features to configure display of the contact form.
  
• Enhanced WordPress importer (supporting wordpress XML exports + an attachments folder containing the media files)
  
• Separate file permissions panel in the user group settings.
  
• Enhanced central antispam blacklist manager module.
  
• UI enhancements
  
• UI fixes
  
• Bug fixes
  
• Translation updates