2023 Website Updates

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28th December 2023
  1. Code that allows articles to be placed anywhere on the site updated; bug-fixes
  2. Content templater updated; bug-fixes
20th December 2023
  1. Code that allows articles to be placed anywhere on the site updated; bug-fixes
  2. Code that allows modules to be placed anywhere on the site updated; bug-fixes
  3. Content templater updated; bug-fixes
  4. DB editing tool updated; bug-fixes
  5. Calendar code updated; improved support for PHP v8.2 and other tweaks
19th December 2023
  1. Mailing List code updated; bug-fixes and improvements
18th December 2023
  1. Administrators' suite of tools updated; bug-fixes, code updated for compatibility with PHP v8.3, other enhancements
  2. Articles comments system updated; code updated for compatibility with PHP v8.3
12th December 2023
  1. Code to embed YouTube videos in articles, etc; updated
9th December 2023
  1. Permissions configuration component upgraded; compatibility updates for current core software
  2. Calendar updates - 17 plugins, themes, etc, updated; mainly code updates for PHP8.2.x compatibility
8th December 2023
  1. Calendar code updated; compatibility updates for current core software
5th December 2023
  1. Forms component (used for forms and Members' Contact Details and Preferences) updated; enhancements and bug-fixes
4th December 2023
  1. Code that allows articles to be placed anywhere on the site updated; bug-fix
  2. Content templater updated; bug-fix
3rd December 2023
  1. Code that allows articles to be placed anywhere on the site updated
  2. Content templater updated
  3. Email-address cloaking system updated
  4. GeoIP system updated
  5. Code that allows same text to be placed in multiple places updated
  6. Code that allows placement of source-code in articles, etc, updated

Updates to fix fatal PHP error in certain circumstances.

1st December 2023
  1. Code that allows articles to be placed anywhere on the site updated
  2. Content templater updated
  3. Code that allows placement of source-code in articles, etc, updated
  4. Email-address cloaking system updated

Code refactoring and improvements to memory usage.

28th November 2023
  1. Core software update, v5.0.0 --> v5.0.1; enhancements, refinements and bug-fixes
23rd November 2023
  1. Code that allows articles to be placed anywhere on the site updated; code refactoring and bug-fixes
  2. Content templater updated; code refactoring and bug-fixes
21st November 2023
  1. Calendar code updated; bug-fixes
18th November 2023
  1. Calendar code updated; bug-fix
12th November 2023
  1. Database table prefix changed; removes a warning in the backup component
  2. Mailing List code updated; major-version upgrade
9th November 2023
  1. Calendar code updated; a few more minor bug-fixes
8th November 2023
  1. Calendar code updated; bug-fixes and administrator enhancements
7th November 2023
  1. Backup component updated; bug-fixes
6th November 2023
  1. Administrators' suite of tools updated
  2. Backup component updated
  3. Forms component (used for forms and Members' Contact Details and Preferences) updated

All minor bug-fixes mainly concerned with changes to the core software major-version update applied on 3rd November.

5th November 2023
  1. New back-up component deployed in administration section
  2. New component deployed which allows users to comment on individual articles
4th November 2023
  1. Plugin that allows login using email address + password replaced with a compatible alternative
3rd November 2023
  1. Core software upgrade; v4.4.0 --> v5.0.0
1st November 2023
  1. Website moved to new hosting/server
  2. PHP version now 8.2.9, Maria database 10.6.15 (rather than MySQL)
30th October 2023
  1. Downloads component updated; minor fixes
  2. Content templater updated; minor fixes
25th October 2023
  1. Code that allows articles to be placed anywhere on the site updated; minor fixes
  2. Content templater updated; minor fixes
  3. Mailing List code updated; new features and improvements
24th October 2023
  1. Weblinks component updated; updates for current and forward compatibility
21st October 2023 
  1. Code that allows articles to be placed anywhere on the site updated
  2. Code that allows modules to be placed anywhere on the site updated
  3. Content templater updated
  4. Code that allows placement of source-code in articles, etc, updated
  5. Code for the use of Tabs and Accordions in articles updated
  6. Code that allows small items of text to be saved and placed elsewhere updated

Most of the updates are minor bug-fixes and for forward compatibility.

20th October 2023 
  1. Download component updated; minor code changes.
19th October 2023 
  1. Code that allows articles to be placed anywhere on the site updated
  2. Code that allows modules to be placed anywhere on the site updated
  3. Code for the use of Tabs and Accordions in articles updated

All minor bug-fixes and tweaks

18th October 2023 
  1. Cookie consent code updated; changes for forward compatibility.
17th October 2023 
  1. Core software updated from v4.3.4 --> v4.4.0; staging post for update to v5.0 in due course.
16th October 2023 
  1. Administrators' suite of tools updated; code updates for forward compatibility.
14th October 2023 
  1. Web-firewall updated; code re-write for forwards compatibility.
10th October 2023 
  1. Calendar code updated; minor bug-fixes
  2. Mailing List code updated; additional security feature and minor bug-fixes
5th October 2023
  1. Code that allows articles to be placed anywhere on the site updated; minor bug-fixes
  2. Content templates updated; minor bug-fixes
3rd October 2023
  1. Server PHP updated to v8.2.11
  2. Forms code updated; minor update for forward compatibility, plus a couple of bug-fixes
30th September 2023
  1. Server PHP updated to v8.2.10
26th September 2023
  1. Calendar code updated; minor fixes and tweaks.
  2. Code that allows articles to be placed anywhere on the site updated; forwards compatibly tweaks.
  3. Code for using tabbed and accordion content in articles updated; forwards compatibly tweaks.
  4. Administrators' suite of tools updated; .php file-scanning enhanced.
24th September 2023
  1. Database table pre-fix changed; Webmaster being a bit "OCD".
22nd September 2023
  1. Code that allows articles to be placed anywhere on the site updated
  2. Code that allows modules to be placed anywhere on the site updated
  3. Content templater updated
  4. Tool that allows direct database editing updated
  5. Email cloaking system updated
  6. GeoIP logging system updated
  7. Code that allows placement of source-code in articles, etc, updated
  8. Code for the use of Tabs and Accordions in articles updated

Most of the updates are to remove support for former website core and allow installation on next major core software.

20th September 2023:
  1. Calendar code updated; minor tweaks and bug-fixes
14th September 2023:
  1. Server updated to PHP 8.1.23
11th September 2023:
  1. Web-firewall updated.
6th September 2023:
  1. Mailing List code; minor tweaks.
  2. Administrators' suite of tools updated; tweaks and bug-fixes.
4th September 2023:
  1. Calendar code updated; minor tweaks.
  2. Download code modified.
3rd September 2023:
  1. Code that allows articles to be placed anywhere on the site
  2. Code that allows modules to be placed anywhere on the site
  3. Content templater
  4. Database editing tool
  5. Email cloaking system
  6. GeoIP tracking system
  7. Tools for using source-code on site
  8. Code for using tabs & accordions in articles

Code updated; minimum PHP version now 8.1.x

30th August 2023:

  1. Forums taken down. Files and database entries removed.
  2. Multi-Factor Authentication applied to Webmaster's account.
28th August 2023:

Minor updates and bug-fixes to:

  1. Code that allows articles to be placed anywhere on the site
  2. Code that allows modules to be placed anywhere on the site
  3. Content templater
  4. Database editing tool
  5. Email cloaking system
  6. GeoIP tracking system
  7. Tools for using source-code on site
  8. Code for using tabs & accordions in articles
24th August 2023:
  1. New code to upload files (e.g. docs/pdfs) and attach them to articles installed.
23rd August 2023:
  1. Core software update --> v4.3.4. Bug-fixes and other tweaks.
22nd August 2023:,
  1. Major site upgrade; v3.10.12 --> v4.3.3; huge code rewrite (core software, components, plugins, site template, etc). Everything, pretty-much updated/upgraded. Code that uploaded files (e.g. docs/pdfs) and attached them to articles removed (too old to be worth rewriting).

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