Hello

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Attention: Filtering the overview pages for a specified category is currently broken in the project forum. Since we had to fix the query used for filtering due to a bug, I assume that a new error has crept in. We are looking into it.

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After several tests, I can state, that the filtering for a category feature works and my assumption, that it is broken, was a misinterpretation of the first page with its pinned threads.

So there is no bug in the category filter feature, that prevents it from working in general.
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Nearly four months after the last version we release a new version with a few bugfixes and reworks of a few forms. The biggest is the posting form, that now has a better usability (in general but also for screen readers) and respects the native dimensions of viewports, especially in mobile devices. Furthermore the input elements, not only in the posting form, make use of the full range of types, that are provided nowadays where it's appropriate. Also several attributes, which was introduced with HTML5, are now in use, in example to set the cursor to the first (relevant) input field or to mark a form field as mandatory.

The popups for uploading images and avatars got a rework of their HTML-structure, styling with CSS and JavaScript code. The thread tree structure also got a rework. The metadata of a posting are now content of a dedicated element and a breaking point between the subject and the metadata was added to make the position at which the line break occurs the same everywhere.

For seeing the layout changes as they are intended, you (and also your users) possibly have to reload the forum with [CTRL]+[F5] in a desktop browser after the upgrade (I've no clue how to do it in the different mobile devices).

Attention: There is an important thing you have to be aware of.

After proceeding the upgrade, the forum stays disabled. This is a change in the behaviour of the upgrade script. Until version 20220803.1 the forum was disabled when starting the upgrade and was reenabled after applying the database changes but before uploading the changed files and directories. From now on the forum stays disabled and has to be reenabled manually in the forum-settings page after uploading the changed and new files.

There is an existing message to the upgrade performer but is not be displayed because of a bug. This bug was fixed with the current version but because one will upload the new files (also this with the fix) after the script want's to show the message, one can't see it in this upgrade. The message will appear with the next upgrade when starting from 20241215.1.

The changes are noticed in the release message on Github where one also can download the package of the new release.

Tschö, Auge