$Id: README.txt,v 1.92.2.29 2008/05/12 06:30:52 thorstenr Exp $

phpMyFAQ 2.0.7
Codename "Prometheus"

Installation/Update:
Please read the documentation (documentation.en.html) carefully.

Found a bug?
Please report the bug at our site http://bugs.phpmyfaq.de! Thanks a lot!

Changes since 2.0.6:
- added Bengali translation (Md. Masum Billah)
- added Ukrainian translation (Oleg P. Suvolokin and Denis A. Barybin)
- updated Czech translation (Petr Silon)
- minor bugfixes (Thorsten)

For known issues please take a look at KNOWNBUGS.txt

CHANGELOG:

Version 2.0.7 - 2006-05-12
- added Bengali translation (Md. Masum Billah)
- added Ukrainian translation (Oleg P. Suvolokin and Denis A. Barybin)
- updated Czech translation (Petr Silon)
- minor bugfixes (Thorsten)

Version 2.0.6 - 2008-02-24
- permission setting related fix (Carlos Eduardo Nogueira Gonçalves)
- minor bugfixes (Thorsten)

Version 2.0.5 - 2008-01-20
- fixed lighttpd rewrite rules (Markus Kohlmeyer)
- minor bugfixes (Thorsten)

Version 2.0.4 - 2007-11-18
- add Thai translation (Thanadon Somdee)
- improved DiggIt link (Thorsten
- fixed French translation (Thorsten)
- many minor bugfixes (Thorsten)

Version 2.0.3 - 2007-08-18
- some permission related fixes (Thorsten)
- some glossary related fixes (Thorsten)
- many minor bugfixes (Thorsten)

Version 2.0.2 - 2007-07-08
- some performance improvements (Thorsten)
- some permission related fixes (Adrianna Musiol)
- some update fixes (Matteo)
- updated Danish translation (Tommy Ipsen)
- some minor bugfixes (Thorsten)

Version 2.0.1 - 2007-06-01
- fixed broken update script (Thorsten, Matteo)
- fixed bugs with basic permission level (Thorsten, Matteo)
- fixed PHP segfaults with Zend Optimizer extension (Thorsten, Matteo)
- updated Japanese translation (Tadashi Jokagi)
- many minor bugfixes (Thorsten, Matteo)

Version 2.0.0 - 2007-05-22
- added rewritten and enhanced user management (Lars)
- added rewritten and enhanced authorization management (Lars)
- added user and group based permissions for categories and records (Thorsten)
- added Ajax support (Thorsten, Matteo)
- added automatic link verification (Minoru Toda)
- added user binding to a category (Thorsten)
- added glossary support (Thorsten)
- added possibility to delete admin log (Thorsten)
- added configurable visibility of new questions (Thorsten)
- added improved and template-based XHTML export (Thorsten)
- added dynamic related articles (Thorsten, Marco Enders, Thomas Zeithaml)
- added support for Google, Yahoo!, and MSN sitemaps (Matteo)
- added improved WYSIWYG editor and Image Manager (Thorsten)
- added improved News module (Matteo, Thorsten)
- added tagging (Thorsten)
- added DiggIt! link (Thorsten)
- added Microsummaries (Matteo)
- added OpenSearch support (Thorsten)
- added "submit translation" link (Matteo)
- added experimental support for Oracle (Thorsten)
- added experimental support for Interbase/Firebird (Thorsten)
- added sorting by id, title and date for records in admin backend (Thorsten)
- added comment administration frontend (Thorsten)
- added configurable simple reordering of records (Thorsten)
- added questionnaire for statistics in installer (Johannes)
- added Ajax-powered Instant Response (Thorsten)
- added editable default values for record configuration (Thorsten)
- added blacklist for search bots (Marco Fester, Thorsten)
- added stylesheets for right-to-left text-direction (Roy Ronen)
- improved export functions (Matteo)
- improved URL rewrite functions (Matteo)
- improved category management (Thorsten, Rudi Ferrari)
- improved administration backend (Thorsten, Matteo)
- updated Arabic translation (Ahmed Shalaby)
- updated German translation (Thorsten)
- updated Hewbrew translation (Roy Ronen)
- updated Italian translation (Matteo)
- updated Japanese translation (Tadashi Jokagi)
- updated Spanish translation (Eduardo Polidor)

Version 1.6.12 - 2007-05-13
- updated bundled Net_Idna to version 0.5.1
- fixed some minor bugs

Version 1.6.11 - 2007-03-31
- updated Finnish translation
- fixed problems with unsupported charsets in PHP
- fixed some minor bugs

Version 1.6.10 - 2007-02-18
- fixed a serious security issue
- improved performance
- fixed some minor bugs

Version 1.6.9 - 2007-01-28
- updated bundled PHP XMLRPC to version 2.1
- fixed the backup download permissions
- fixed some minor bugs

Version 1.6.8 - 2006-12-15
- fixed a possible security issue
- fixed the blank dropdown in the installer
- fixed some minor bugs

Version 1.6.7 - 2006-11-27
- added Persian (Farsi) translation
- fixed PHP 5.2.0 related issues
- fixed some minor bugs

Version 1.6.6 - 2006-10-28
- updated Arabic translation (also moved to UTF-8)
- updated bundled Net_IDNA to version 0.4.4
- fixed some minor bugs

Version 1.6.5 - 2006-09-21
- added Welsh translation
- added French documentation
- updated Czech translation
- fixed some minor bugs

Version 1.6.4 - 2006-08-19
- updated Brazilian Portuguese translation
- updated Dutch translation
- updated French translation
- updated Italian translation
- updated Japanese translation
- updated Portuguese translation
- fixed some minor bugs

Version 1.6.3 - 2006-07-16
- added German documentation
- updated bundled NET_IDNA class to version 0.4.3
- released a spec file for building an RPM package of phpMyFAQ
- updated Simplified Chinese translation (also moved to utf-8)
- fixed some minor bugs

Version 1.6.2 - 2006-06-17
- added user tracking data deletion
- improved PHP 5 support for MySQL and SQLite
- updated Dutch translation
- updated French translation
- updated Italian translation
- updated Swedish translation
- fixed some minor bugs

Version 1.6.1 - 2006-05-13
- added spam control center
- added mod_rewrite support for lighttpd
- added Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 search plugin
- added automatic admin session expiry notice
- improved record administration
- improved user administration
- improved category administration
- improved highlighting of searched words
- updated Italian translation
- updated German translation
- updated Danish translation
- fixed some minor bugs

Version 1.6.0 - 2006-04-21
- fixed PHP security issue
- added unique solution id
- added revision system
- added support for captchas
- added bad word list blocker
- added search in one selected category
- added linked breadcrumb
- added RSS feed for open questions
- added Brazilian Portuguese translation
- improved record administration
- improved spam protection
- improved language detection and handling
- updated Italian translation
- updated Japanese translation
- updated Korean translation
- fixed some minor bugs

Version 1.5.9 - 2006-04-21
- fixed PHP security issue

Version 1.5.8 - 2006-04-09
- updated Korean translation
- fixed some minor bugs

Version 1.5.7 - 2006-03-02
- fixed some minor bugs

Version 1.5.6 - 2006-01-27
- added Basque translation
- improved spam protection
- fixed some minor bugs

Version 1.5.5 - 2005-12-19
- added support for MaxDB
- added keywords into meta keywords
- added search by record ID
- improved language detection and handling
- updated Italian translation
- fixed some minor bugs

Version 1.5.4 - 2005-11-18
- fixed security issues
- full support for IBM DB2 databases
- added re-ordering of sub-categories
- added Firefox/Mozilla search plugin
- updated Hebrew translation
- updated Simplified Chinese translation
- updated Spanish translation
- updated Italian translation
- updated Japanese translation
- updated Danish translation
- some minor improvements
- many minor bugfixes

Version 1.5.3 - 2005-10-15
- added several security enhancements
- added Greek translation
- improved RSS support
- improved backup/restore frontend
- updated Indonasian translation
- updated bundled Net_IDNA class
- many minor bugfixes

Version 1.5.2 - 2005-09-23
- fixed serious security issues
- full support for SQLite
- more compliance with phpMyFAQ 1.4.x templates
- many minor bugfixes

Version 1.5.1 - 2005-09-19
- added experimental support for SQLite
- added dynamic Sitemap
- added Norwegian Bokmål translation
- improved image handling in PDF export
- some minor bugfixes

Version 1.5.0 - 2005-08-20
- full support for PostgreSQL databases
- full support for Sybase databases
- full support for MS SQL databases
- full support for MySQL 4.1/5.0 databases
- experimental support for IBM DB2 databases
- LDAP support as an additional option
- one entry in various categories
- mod_rewrite support
- faster template engine parses PHP code
- rewritten PDF export
- complete XML, XHTML and DocBook XML exports
- many code and performance improvements and code cleanup
- better RSS support
- updated bundled htmlArea
- PHP 5.x compatible

Version 1.4.10 - 2005-08-01
- compatibility to PHP 4.4.0

Version 1.4.9 - 2005-06-29
- fixed serious security issue in bundled XML-RPC component
- some minor bugfixes

Version 1.4.8 - 2005-04-11
- fixed bug with images in PDFs
- fixed bug with URLs in export
- updated Japanese language file
- updated Korean translation
- some minor bugfixes

Version 1.4.7 - 2005-03-06
- fixed possible SQL injection bug
- some minor bugfixes

Version 1.4.6 - 2005-02-20
- updated Polish language file
- updated French language file
- some minor bugfixes

Version 1.4.5 - 2005-01-21
- updated Japanese language file
- updated Chinese (Traditional) translation
- some minor bugfixes

Version 1.4.4 - 2004-12-06
- added Romanian translation
- added Chinese (Traditional) translation
- many bugfixes

Version 1.4.3 - 2004-11-05
- added Turkish translation
- added Indonesian translation
- updated German language file
- many bugfixes

Version 1.4.2 - 2004-10-10
- added Finnish translation
- added Hebrew translation
- fulltext search inside admin section
- some accessibility improvements
- many bugfixes

Version 1.4.1 - 2004-08-16
- improved category administration
- added Swedish translation
- added Korean translation
- added Japanese translation
- custom admin menu according to user permissions
- easier record deleting
- session and language stored in a cookie
- less SQL queries in admin section
- updated install script
- updated Chinese language file
- updated Portoguese language file
- improved IDN domain support
- improved accessibility
- many bugfixes

Version 1.4.0a - 2004-07-27
- fixed security vulnerability

Version 1.4.0 - 2004-07-22
- added WYSIWYG Editor
- added Image Manager
- added new category module
- added support for XML-RPC
- added support for timezones
- added ISO 639 support in language files
- added script that converts BBCode in XHTML
- better PDF export with table of contents
- new and better installer
- new XHTML based templates
- automatic language detection
- improved IDN domain support
- password reset function
- include internal links with dropdown box
- many code improvements and code cleanup
- many bug fixes

Version 1.3.14 - 2004-06-09:
- added Slovenian translation
- added Serbian translation
- added Danish translation
- improved performance on Windows Server 2003 and PHP with ISAPI
- fixed some bugs

Version 1.3.13 - 2004-05-17:
- fixed serious security vulnerability (Stefan Esser)
- fixed some bugs

Version 1.3.12 - 2004-04-21:
- added Hungarian language file
- fixed some bugs

Version 1.3.11a - 2004-04-13:
- fixed some annoying bugs

Version 1.3.11 - 2004-04-07:
- added Chinese translation
- added Czech translation
- added support for IDN domains
- many bugfixes

Version 1.3.10 - 2004-02-12
- updated bundled FPDF class
- added Arabic language file
- many bugfixes

Version 1.3.9pl1 - 2004-01-02
- added Vietnamese language file
- bugfixes

Version 1.3.9 - 2003-11-26
- improvements at highlighting searched words
- updated english language file
- BBCode support for the news
- better category browsing
- graphical analysis of votings
- date informations ISO 8601 compliant
- some optimized code
- added Russian language file
- enhanced BB-Code Editor
- fixed some multibyte issues
- improved display of images in PDF export
- some fixes for PHP5
- some bug fixes

Version 1.3.8 - 23.10.2003
- added latvian language file
- fixed italian language file
- bugfix in backup module (IE problem)
- support for MySQL 4.0 full text search
- some improvements in installer (Bug #0000017)
- many bugfixes in the backup module
- better performance in admin area
- fixed cookie problem
- fixed a bug in the BB-Code Parser
- fixed a bug in the language files
- many, many minor bug fixes

Version 1.3.7 - 19.09.2003
- dedicated to Johnny Cash
- added patch against Verisign
- fixed Windows bug in Send2Friend
- some improvements in the BB-Code-Parser
- fixed some layout problems
- many, many minor bug fixes

Version 1.3.6 - 01.09.2003
- fixed bug in installer

Version 1.3.5 - 31.08.2003
- basic internal linking of FAQ records
- RSS-Feed-Export via Cronjob
- solved some PDF problems
- updated english language file
- some improvements in the BB-Code-Parser
- some bug fixes

Version 1.3.4 - 03.08.2003
- improvements at highlighting searched words
- fixed bug in installer (Bug-ID 0000004)
- added new BB-Code-Parser
- added italian translation
- updated dutch and french language file
- little changes in the language files
- many, many minor bug fixes

Version 1.3.3 - 26.06.2003
- better installation
- default password removed
- added IP ban lists
- added portugues translation
- added spanish translation
- selection of default language and setting the password at installation
- changed default language from german to english
- better PDF export with support for pictures
- export all records to one PDF file
- user management improved
- added allow/disallow comment function
- added copyright notice and url in the printer friendly page and the pdf file
- backup files are called phpmyfaq.<date>.sql instead of attachment.php
- fixed bug at installation when using MySQL 4
- fixed bug when deleting news
- fixed bug when deleting comments
- many minor bug fixes

Version 1.3.2 - 25.05.2003
- more verifications in update script
- added new category sorting
- added polish language file
- fixed bug in backup
- added reload locking in voting module
- BB-Code help with multi-language support
- better navigation
- minor bug fixes

Version 1.3.1 - 02.05.2003
- added preview at record editing
- added RSS-Feeds from Top 10, News and latest records
- better navigation in admin area
- system informationen in admin area
- added french language file
- fixed bug in session search
- fixed bugs in adding records
- solved cookie problems
- fixed problem with send2friend link
- fixed delimiter bug with Apache2 and PHP 4.3
- minor bug fixes

Version 1.3.0 - 17.04.2003
- support for multi language records
- enhanced security
- crypted passwords
- admin area uses modules
- PDF support
- more support of XML with XML namespaces and XML schema
- BBCode editor, support for more bb code
- PHP syntax highlighting
- database abstraction layer
- english documentation
- many bugfixes

Version 1.2.5b - 24.03.2003
- bugfixes

Version 1.2.5a - 04.03.2003
- UBB code bugfixes
- top ten bugfix

Version 1.2.5 - 02.02.2003
- bugfixes

Version 1.2.4 - 31.01.2003
- better checking of variables
- bugs in admin area fixed
- better printing function

Version 1.2.3 - 30.11.2002
- check wether installation oder update script isn't deleted
- fixed bugs in language files, the news module and open questions
- automatic langauge detection in admin area

Version 1.2.2 - 04.11.2002
- minor bug fixes

Version 1.2.1 - 24.10.2002
- better update function and language selection
- solved cookie problems
- many bug fixes, thanks to sascha AT rootforum DOT de

Version 1.2.0 - 09.10.2002
- Template system for free layouts
- fully compatible with PHP 4.1, PHP 4.2 and PHP 4.3 (register_globals = off)
- all color and font definitions with CSS
- better SQL queries
- better category navigation
- better search engine
- better Send2Friend function
- better installation script
- many bugfixes

Version 1.1.5 - 23.06.2002
- minor bug fixes
- russian language file

Version 1.1.4a - 08.06.2002
- minor bug fixes for PHP 4.1.0

Version 1.1.4 - 24.05.2002
- minor bug fixes
- rewrite of PHP code for better performance
- change of the CSS file from style.php to style.css
- better HTML code
- voting can be switched off

Version 1.1.3 - 01.05.2002
- fixed bug in UBB parser
- fixed bugs in viewing comments
- rewrite of the PHP code

Version 1.1.2 - 22.03.2002
- added Send2Friend funktion
- minor bug fixes

Version 1.1.1 - 06.03.2002
- minor bug fixes

Version 1.1.0 - 11.02.2002
- many bugfixes
- more functions in the attachments module
- support for sub categories
- user tracking and admin logging can be switched off
- better installation script
- porting to PHP4
- better PHP code
- admin area supports Netscape 4.x
- no actions could be performed without any records
- better admin logging
- admin account cannot be deleted (security fix)
- better documention

Version 1.0.1a - 15.10.2001
- file ending .php instead of .php3

Version 1.0.1 - 10.10.2001
- fixed bugs in installation and update script

Version 1.0 - 30.09.2001
- minor bug fixes

Version 0.95 - 11.09.2001
- cleaned MySQL table names
- Documentation
- phpMyFAQ is HTML 4.0 valid
- minor bug fixes

Version 0.90 - 23.08.2001
- added update function for version 0.80
- added question - answer - system
- configurable design of the admin area
- minor bug fixes

Version 0.87 - 20.07.2001
- Top Ten and newest records can be switched off
- minor bug fixes

Version 0.86 - 10.07.2001
- UBB parser fixed
- minor bug fixes

Version 0.85 - 08.07.2001
- added backup module (Import and Export)
- UBB-Code support
- records can be exported to XML
- minor bug fixes

Version 0.80a - 07.06.2001
- minor bug fixes

Version 0.80 - 30.05.2001
- added form for questions
- added Top 5 of the newest articles
- added support fo attachments in reocrds in admin area
- added support for adding records in admin area
- configuration editable in admin area
- showing number of users online
- print function
- better support in writing comments
- bugfix: fixed bad output in comments with HTML

Version 0.70 - 27.04.2001
- installation script
- better right management in admin area
- free designs in configuration possible
- added support for language files (german, english)
- bugfix: fixed problem when deleting comments

Version 0.666 - 10.04.2001
- added support for categories
- added voting system
- added support for deleting comments
- minor bug fixes

Version 0.65 - 18.03.2001
- added support for comments
- added support for FAQ news
- better search engine

Version 0.60 - 22.02.2001
- first released version

Versions below 0.60 were developer version

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