PHP-Nuke: Advanced Content Management System
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June 2005: Version 7.8
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- Improved the banners administration system. Now you can set Ads positions, assig banners to a specific position,
  use Javascript and HTML code banners, use Flash (.swf) banners, now you must specify width and height of your
  Flash and Images advertising. To use the new ads system you should use the following code:
  $ads = ads(1);
  echo "$ads";
  Change the number "1" for the position you want to use in that particular space. By default, the new advertising
  system uses position 0 and 1. Position 0 is called "Page Top" to include ads in the header and great
  for Top of the page ads like the standards 468x60. Position 1 by default is called "Left Block" and is used from
  the block file blocks-Advertising.php
  With this system you can use Google's AdSense, Fastclick, TribalFusion, DoubleClick, etc... etc... in the way
  you want. Text Links ads are also supported. Just know that Javascripts/HTML code and Flash banners can count
  the impressions but not the clicks.
- IMPORTANT: Removed the file banners.php and replaced with two functions included in mainfile.php
  Please update your themes and/or modules that makes use of banners.php to start using the new ads system.
- Removed banners configuration from preferences in the administration area. Banners value will always be 1 (active)
  and they will show if exists, otherwise the system will just ignore the ads functions. Banners field in the
  nuke_config table remains present for compatibility with old themes that uses it.
- Upgraded phpBB forums port to version 0.15 (Thanks to chatserv from http://nukeresources.com)
- Updated all files of Private Messages and Members List modules with the latest fixes (Thanks to chatserv from http://nukeresources.com)
- Removed the javascript code check if you're in the administration area. Admins should be able to use scripts
  code on their sites without any restrictions.
- Moved PHP error control report from mainfile.php to config.php (Default is 0 for no error display)
- Removed all @ to the require and include functions to let the error control works as it should
- Fixed a missing $admin_file global varibale declaration in blocks administration
- All blocks in the admin panel can now be previewed (active or not)
- Added a new define('NO_EDITOR') method to remove the wysiwyg editor if you don't want it on a specific area
  use it as:
  define('NO_EDITOR', 1);
  just before including the header.php. On this way the wysiwyg editor will not load on that page
- Function makePass() has been moved from Your_Account module to mainfile.php because it's of common use
- Removed the wysiwyg editor for the Forums module when you're admin. Both posting system doesn't like each other.
- Added Estonian Translation (Thanks to Maku from http://www.phpnuke.ee)
- News and surveys functions/data in the administration panel home are now invisible if the modules are inactive
- The included robots.txt has been fixed and it's now 100% validated to work properly
- Fixed parse errors for Portuguese language pack in Web Links and Journal modules
- Fixed all username fields length (Thanks to chatserv from http://nukeresources.com)
- Fixed a parsing error bug in Danish administration translation


April 2005: Version 7.7
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- Added Users Karma System. This system lets you edit the karma of any user and restrict content publication to
  anyone that's annoying you and your visitors. There are 4 Karma values, as follow:
  0: Good Karma (Default value for all users)
  1: Regular Karma (Marked with a red flag, user activity isn't restricted but you need to pay atention)
  2: Bad Karma (Marked with a warning icon. All comments of this user are moderated from the admin panel, these
     users are notified that their comments are moderated)
  3: Devil Karma (Very bad/evil user. All comments from this user are ignored, never published, without any notice)
  Additionaly Users marked with Bad and DEvil Karma can't post comments in Downloads nor Web Links modules.
  Moderation of bad Karma users comments are done using a new administration module called: Moderation.
  It's in your hands and discretion to use or not this system. Karma system will help to have a little more
  control over abusers.
- Reviews module comments for anonymous users is now subject to the general preferences of the system.
- IP Ban system has been modified to use * wildcard in the last digits of any IP address. Know that if you ban
  an IP using a wildcard as the last digit you're banning a complete Class C network (255 IP addresses). Be
  careful using it and do as an extreme measure.
- Journal module textarea fields size increased to fit the new WYSIWYG editor layout
- Comments moderation system now works at 100% in both News and Surveys modules
- Comments moderation form submit button replaced with a block with information on how to moderate and a text
  button instead. This is for both News and Surveys modules.
- Send to Friend function in the News detail pages are now only for registered users and user name and email
  options can't be changed. This to increase site's security and to minimize possible mailbomb attacks.
- Fixed some variables validation in Downloads and Web Links modules
- Fixed XSS vulnerability in banners.php
- Fixed a bad SQL call variable name in banners.php
- Fixed SQL injection vulnerability in Top modules
- Fixed several XSS vulnerabilities in Downloads and Web Links modules
- Fixed a Http Response Splitting Vulnerability in Surveys module. (Thanks to dcrab from http://digitalparadox.org)
- Fixed some minor HTML issues in Topics, Feedback and Submit News modules.
- Fixed an include bug in News and Surveys comments system (Thanks to anoopjohn from http://www.myindiagov.com)
- Simplified the module AvantGo. File print.php has been integrated into index.php
- Enhanced the backend.php output by adding <description> field to the generated RSS feed.
- Added new database support for SQLite, which is a database server included with PHP5. (Thanks goes to phpBB team)
- Added new constant (MODULE_FILE) to modules.php to define a module instead to check if the module has been loaded
  by module.php. Old method still compatible but encouraged to use the new one. For examples see the first lines
  of any included module. (Thanks to Chatserv from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Added a great WYSIWYG text editor to ALL PHP-Nuke's textarea fields. Compatible with Mozilla, MSIE and FireFox.
  For this was used the great tinyMCE made by MoxieCode Systems AB (http://tinymce.moxiecode.com). TinyMCE is free
  software released under the LGPL. All credits are untouched on the files (/includes/tinymce/).
  You don't need to do anything if you want your module to use the editor, it automaticaly replaces all and any
  <textarea> tags all over the place with the wysiwyg editor. This is what I call "easy of integration". Better
  configuration, implementation and cosmetic changes will come in future releases.
- Added graphic icons to all administration functions (edit, delete, activate, deactivate, add, show, etc).
- Fixed a bug in headlines function in Your Account module
- Added missing counter when you click on a topic icon to display specific news.
- Added graphic security code to the article's rating system to avoid voting/rating flood attacks
- Added last IP address check to article's rating system for extra security to avoid flood attacks
- Article's rating cookie life time extended from 1 hour to 1 day
- Added graphic security code to the Recommend Us form to avoid email robots attacks
- Security code image background is now theme sensitive. Located at /themes/Your_Theme/images/ folder with the
  filenames code_bg.jpg and code_bg_little.jpg for login screens and article's rating respectively.
- Fixed a duplicated header file include's call in Topics module that gives an error when non topics are found
- Updated the full spanish language translation (Thanks to Eduardo Shelley)
- Added BBtoNuke Forums version 2.0.14 with several fixes (Thanks to Chatserv from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Added a new feature to blocks administration to add more days to the current expiration date
- Fixed SQL injection vulnerability in Encyclopedia module
- Fixed SQL injection vulnerability in FAQ module
- Fixed SQL injection vulnerability in Search module
- Fixed a bug in admin logout function cookie removal (Thanks to Loris)
- All credits headers in the source has been remade the way they should be. Non big changes to the code will
  have their credits on this file or in the piece of code changed instead of main header. I had files sent by
  users that for even a single character it carries a copyright note. If a file was "based" on others work or if
  the file has considerable changes or a partial rewrite it will have the credits on the header, otherwise the
  credits should go embeded on the modified code or in this file. This is to have a little more order. Source
  headers were out of control until now.
- All .php files has been indented to make the source code more human readable.
- Increased topicimage field length in nuke_topics table from 20 to 100 (Thanks to mtougeron for the suggestion)
- Changed/Fixed administration bug on Forums module that checked for SCRIPT_NAME instead of PHP_SELF which gives problems in certain conditions
- Added a check in the Downloads and Web Links modules to stop floods attacks (Thanks to flooders :P)
- Fixed a bug in 7.3 to 7.4 upgrade file (Thanks to Marcus Maciel <marcus@underlinux.com.br>)
- All themes logo graphics changed to match the new design, same for the powered buttons.


November 2004: Version 7.6
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- According with the email number 213080 to Dave Turner (GPL Compliance Engineer) from the Free Software Foundation,
  the copyright notices of PHP-Nuke has been changed in order to be 100% compliant with the GPL license section 2(c).
  This copyright notices can't be removed and the Commercial License becomes 100% compliant with the GPL license.
  Hope this is the end of the story for the people that doesn't understand a bit of the GPL. Again, if you want to
  legaly remove the copyright notices from PHP-Nuke generated pages you must purchase the Commercial License, see
  http://phpnuke.org/modules.php?name=Commercial_License for more details and stop complaining about this issue, the
  Commercial License is legal, GPL compliant and approved by the Free Software Foundation. End of story.
- Fixed administrator edit function that didn't show the authorized modules to administer. (Thanks to jaggura from http://www.whereiroost.com)
- Added FireFox (http://firefox.com) browser support for site's counter that will show in Statistics module.
- Added RSS feed support for FireFox browser's Live Bookmarks.
- By popular demand and to avoid some administration system non-authorized entries attempts, now you can just rename
  the file admin.php to whatever_you_want.php and set the name in config.php file. Doing this nobody knows what's
  your administration filename. Additionaly a new method of URL redirection has been added to hide the referer when
  you click on a link inside administration system. If you have old administration modules not compatible with this
  new system you'll get "Access Denied" message. If this is the case, leave the admin.php file with its original name
  while you modify the modules or get a new compatible version of it.
- Added a new folder called /includes/custom_files where, if exists the files custom_mainfile.php, custom_header.php and
  custom_footer.php they will be included from mainfile.php, header.php and/or footer.php respectively. Also the
  file /includes/my_header.php has been removed and added the new /includes/custom_files/custom_head.php for anything
  that should be between <head> and </head> html tags in the code. With this feature will be more easy to update
  a site without lost your custom changes. These files will not be shipped with PHP-Nuke to avoid possible overwritting
  when updating the code. (Thanks to André V. Escudero for the tip)
- Moved Forums administration to the module's folder (Thanks to Chatserv from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Added an extra check to administrators/authors adition functions to grant access to the superuser only (Thanks to Chatserv from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Fixed a search results bug in Forums module (Thanks to Chatserv from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Fixed a bug in the 7.3 to 7.4 upgrade file for Sections module migration (Thanks to Chatserv from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Changed the password generator in Your Account module. System generated passwords now are 3 letters, 2 numbers and 3 letters.
- Fixed update_points() function call to clickbanner() function on banners.php
- Changed anonymous permissions for broken link report and modification requests in Downloads and Web Links modules.


September 2004: Version 7.5
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- Fixed a language inclusion bug in Forums module (Thanks to Carlos Maldonado from http://www.cultodigital.net)
- Removed auth.php and all its functions added to admin.php (Thanks to Chatserv from http://www.nukeresources.com)
  You can safely delete auth.php after update to this version.
- Fixed lot of little possible security issues by cheking each variable value on all over the system (Thanks to Chatserv from http://www.nukeresources.com)
  More than 300 variables now has some kind of filtering to avoid possible XSS injection exploits.
- Added extra checks for users and administrators cookies
- Fixed Subscribers users only modules display (Thanks to studylexis)
- New improved Administration system, more modular. Now each module in /modules have an "admin" folder with all
  the administration functions on it. Now PHP-Nuke modules are exactly that: 100% modules
- Administration section is now splitted into two parts, one for System functions and the other one for modules.
- New administrators system which lets you select who can administer each module
- Each modules now shows an administration panel, if available, from where you can add/edit/delete content
  according to the module selected. The file of the panel should be /modules/Your_Module/admin/panel.php (see the
  Content module for a quick example)
- Fixed counter increment when deleting an administrator and reasign his/her stories to a new author
- Fixed a bug when sending a private message to a specified user from Your Account module
- Added missing $articlecomm global variable declaration on Your Account to display last 10 comments by user
- Fixed an incomplete insert query in Surveys administration module. (Thanks to Chatserv from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Added a missing semi-colon in the stories administration module
- Fixed lot of little bugs on Search, Statistics, Your Account and Web Links modules (Thanks to Chatserv from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Fixed new user creation in the administration to avoid duplicate usernames
- Fixed some cosmetic error in WebLinks module
- Fixed table display color in Review module
- Some little cosmetic changes in Encyclopedia module
- Changed the page generation time to show two decimal values only instead of three


July 2004: Version 7.4
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- Ephemerids module/block has been removed from the main distribution but it's still available at the Club (http://phpnuke.org/modules.php?name=Club)
- Sections Module has been removed, from the update all its content will be moved to Content Module
- Updated phpBB Forums port to version 2.10 (Thanks to Chatserv from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Cosmetic changes to comments navigation bar on News
- Simplified the comments navigation bar on Surveys (Now it's same as News comments bar)
- Some cosmetic changes in banners administration system
- Active and inactive banners are now in separe tables in banners administration
- Advertising customers list is now alphabeticaly ordered in Banners administration
- News submissions now displays more information like username of the news submitter
- Little cosmetic changes on News submissions administration list
- Fixed lot of bugs on banners.php file that caused ads clients login error
- Added IP based ban system fully configurable from the administration panel
- Added user's last IP address log to work with the ban system
- Fixed a bug in banners administration that always displays 0 on inactive banners list
- Fixed blocks move down function bug in administration (Thanks to codanger)
- Added score value range verification on Reviews module
- Fixed a bug in the Your Account module when cheking user data against user cookie (Thanks to Chatserv from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Added numerical checks for lot of numerical variables (Thanks to Chatserv from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Fixed lot of potential security holes in administration panel (Thanks to Chatserv from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Fixed "yet another time" the stars graphics on the article's rating block
- Fixed "yet another time" the delete function for all submissions, broken after a security fix


May 2004: Version 7.3
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- Added an extra check in autonews function to avoid duplicated automated news when you have high traffic site
- Fixed points update when click on a banner and not when print it on banners.php (Thanks to MrFluffy)
- Fixed bad HTML tag in Downloads and Web Links modules (Thanks to Chatserv from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Added Union Tap (Thanks goes to Zhen-Xjell from http://nukecops.com)
- Updated Russian language translation (Thanks to Alexander Burchak <alexburchak@ua.fm>)
- Fixed a link error on Indonesian language translation in News module (Thanks to AnonyPuss)
- Added 7.2 patched files made by Chatserv with many security fixes (http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Added phpBB forums port version 2.0.8 (Thanks to ChatServ from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Fixed last 5 surveys block to show 5 results and not 6 (Thanks to cos)
- Fixed a security vulnerability in admin.php to prevent malicious img tags to insert data on the database (Thanks goes to Zhen-Xjell from http://nukecops.com for the first quick fix and to Chatserv from http://www.nukeresources.com for the final patch)
- Added missing $articlecomm in global variables declaration in Stories Archive module
- Fixed Action images width in Stories Archive module


March 2004: Version 7.2
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- Updated Forums, Private Messages and Members List modules from version .0.6 to version .0.7 (Thanks to ChatServ from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Fixed all FAQ tables queries. Changed queries from faqCategories to faqcategories due to problems in some systems (Thanks to CenturyPerf)
- Fixed all FAQ tables queries. Changed queries from faqAnswer to faqanswer due to problems in some systems (Thanks to CenturyPerf)
- Private Messages texts lenght reduced to fit many 800 pixels themes
- Fixed admin only subscription's text position in Your Account module
- Fixed a security hole in Search module (Thanks to ChatServ from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Removed comments options configuration in the comments navbar from News and Survey modules
- Increased the session lenght from 1800 to 3600 seconds
- Added Your Account hack to change the avatars
- All PHP-Nuke's code is now 100% operative with the new SQL abstraction layer
- More descriptive error messages added
- Removed Amazon's block and Amazon's products images (the block is still available in the PHP-Nuke's Club)
- Removed WebMail module due to many security bugs (the module is still available in the PHP-Nuke's Club)
- Removed Addon_Sample, now it's useless
- Removed Printer Friendly Page and Send to a Friend links from News and Categories index
- By several requests removed the PHP-Nuke version number from Statistics module and from Meta Tags
- Included the Disallow rule for Mediapartners-Google in robots.txt to be used with Google AdSense


January 2004: Version 7.1
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- Added Subscription system. With this new feature you can now manage subscriptions to your site. Mainly
  designed so webmasters can have subscribed users who pay to be able to remove advertising and/or access
  to subscribers only modules. The subscription system lets you set any block of the site to be invisible
  for subscribed users, any module can be configured to grant access to subscribed users only and the
  banners system will not show any advertising if the user is subscribed. A new function called paid() will
  check if the user is subscriber or not. If you want to make some part of the code available for subscriber
  users only, you must use the following piece of code:

  if (paid()) {
     echo "You're a subscribed user...";
  }

  you can also check if a user isn't a subscriber using the code:

  if (!paid()) {
     echo "You're NOT a subscribed user...";
  }

  So, with this you can play a little. But to configure a module for subscribed users only, just use the
  modules administration option as usual, see the new option in the "Who can view this" selection box.
  Messages system also can be used on the same way. To subscribe a user, he/she must be registered on the
  site, then as administrator go and edit the user's account. You'll notice the new options to
  subscribe/unsubscribe anyone you want in periods from 1 year to 10 years. The system is created to manage
  anual subscriptions only, but I think it's as it must be. Also, in Your_Account module, in the main
  window the user will always know how many time remains in his/her subscription. Remember to edit the
  config.php file and set $subscription_url variable with the subscription information page on your site.
  Enjoy and make some money with your site! :) Hope you like it.
- Added Subscribed users block with remaining time
- Fixed lot of minor bugs on Downloads administration module (Thanks to ChatServ from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Fixed lot of minor bugs on Web Links administration module (Thanks to ChatServ from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Fixed a minor bug on Encyclopedia administration module (Thanks to ChatServ from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Fixed lot of minor bugs on Downloads module (Thanks to ChatServ from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Fixed lot of minor bugs on Web Links module (Thanks to ChatServ from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Fixed a bug in search function of Encyclopedia module (Thanks to ChatServ from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Fixed few bugs in Forums and User Info blocks (Thanks to ChatServ from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Fixed bad variable call on News send to a friend functions (Thanks to ChatServ from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Added missing $articlecomm global declaration in navigation bar of Your Account module (Thanks to ChatServ from http://www.nukeresources.com)
- Fixed save function when editing a client in banners administration
- Fixed language selection bug in Forums administration
- Removed index link in the AvantGo module's logo (Thanks goes to Michael aka MicTronic)


December 2003: Version 7.0
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- Fixed a bug in the banners system that didn't count the impressions and clicks
- Fixed an SQL injection security hole in Surveys module
- Fixed an SQL injection security hole in Reviews module
- Fixed an SQL injection security hole in search function of Forums module
- Documentation directory moved outside system's directory
- Now any block can expire in a given period of days
- Changed rc4 crypt class due to license problem. Replaced with a GPL'ed class sent by the author
- Fixed the comments characters from nuke.sql file to be phpMyAdmin compatible
- Fixed some bad variable references on the modules/blocks documentation
- Removed the useless TODO text file from the distribution
- Added lot of missing language constants on Your Account module translation files
- Fixed turkish language translation
- Fixed brazilian language translation
- Fixed several SQL injection hole (Thanks to Chatserv from http://NukeCops.com)
- Fixed some german language translation files
- Fixed a security hole (XSS bug) in Downloads Module (Thanks to Chatserv from http://NukeCops.com)
- Fixed a security hole (XSS bug) in WebLinks Module (Thanks to Chatserv from http://NukeCops.com)
- Fixed a security hole in administration (admin.php file) - (Thanks goes to Zhen-Xjell from http://nukecops.com)
- Fixed a header bug in AvantGo module
- Replaced all chinese language files with proper translation
- Fixed a security bug in the Survey module and block (Thanks goes to Zhen-Xjell from http://nukecops.com)
- Fixed a XSS Javascript security vulnerability on mainfile.php (Thanks goes to Zhen-Xjell from http://nukecops.com)
- Deleted img tag from GET variables verification on mainfile.php
- Added a very nice points system to the whole code
  Done by using the new function update_points($i) where $i has one of the following values:
    1 = Journal Entry
    2 = Journal Comments
    3 = Recommend Us Entry
    4 = Published News Submission
    5 = Each News Comment
    6 = News sent to a friend
    7 = Articles rate
    8 = Vote in a Survey
    9 = Comment in a Survey
    10 = Forum new thread post
    11 = Forum reply to a post
    12 = Reviews Comment
    13 = Each Page View
    14 = Visit to a WebLink
    15 = Rate a WebLink
    16 = Comment a WebLink
    17 = Download a file
    18 = Rate any file
    19 = Comment to a file
    20 = Broadcast Message
    21 = Click on a Banner
- Added points based Users Groups (see administration section)
- Fixed a bug in the user prefix in stories administration module

August 2003: Version 6.9
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- By high number of request added the feature to turn off and on the security code's check on login forms
  for more details on how to configure it, just check out the config.php file. Default is to use this
  feature everywhere.
- Fixed poll edit function to let you change the language in administration
- Now you can have theme specific graphic for WebLinks module title. To use it just add a file
  called: /themes/Your_Theme/images/link-logo.gif (Your_Theme = your theme's name :P)
- Now you can have theme specific graphic for Downloads module title. To use it just add a file
  called: /themes/Your_Theme/images/down-logo.gif (Your_Theme = your theme's name :P)
- Fixed some bugs in languages files (main translation and a few modules's translation files)
- Added a missing translation in Web Links administration module
- Added missing $dbi in sql query in the file contactbook.php (WebMail Module)
- Fixed a bug in Norwegian translation in Web Links Module
- Some other minor cleanups and fixes
- XDMP client removed due to news service shutdown

July 2003: Version 6.8
======================
- Created and added XDMP client at /modules/News/xdmp.php This is a new system that lets you fill your site
  with news without any human intervention! (See http://xdmp.com for more details)
- Few minor fixes in Your Account module
- Fixed bad userinfo call in Your Account
- Added missing avatars default blank image
- Added Forums block
- Replaced [sid] with ['sid'] everywhere for security reasons
- Added missing global variable in stories administration
- Fixed bad field value in the settings form
- Fixed bad translation constant name in newsletter administration module
- Fixed a bug in the ultramode function in mainfile.php
- Fixed bad database query variable call in Your Account module
- Fixed a bad link in Stories Archives module
- Apllied all the fixes available for Forums module from NukeCops
- Apllied all the fixes available for Private Messages module from NukeCops
- Apllied all the fixes available for Journal module from NukeCops

June 2003: Version 6.7
======================
- Reorganization on upgrade folder
- Changed banners administration icon due to copyright issue with AppleScript
- Added lot of fixes to Forums and Private Messages modules from the Nuke 6.5 Fixes Pack 3 (Thanks to Chatserv from http://NukeCops.com)
- Fixed bad reference to an unexistent field name in Journal module (Thanks to Chatserv from http://NukeCops.com)
- Fixed Avatar path on Your Account module (Thanks to Chatserv from http://NukeCops.com)
- Fixed a missing ? in lang-catala.php (Thanks to Chatserv from http://NukeCops.com)
- Added "docs" folder with the PHP-Nuke HOWTO, a very complete manual. Thanks to Claudio Erba from http://spaghettibrain.com
  for updated version you can check http://spaghettibrain.com or http://tldp.org/HOWTO/PHP-Nuke-HOWTO/index.html
  I'll try to update it on each version of PHP-Nuke.
- Fixed lot of bad references when article's comments are off, everywhere.

May 2003: Version 6.6
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- Added Associated Topics in News system (admin and user side)
- Fixed a XSS vulnerability present on mainfile.php for POST variables
- Fixed security bug in Your Account user's Information
- Fixed missing site name variable after rating a resource on Web Links module
- Fixed missing site name variable after rating a resource on Downloads module
- Fixed a bug on userinfo function in Your Account module
- Path disclosure bug fixed on Your Account module (Thanks to WB-Vortex from http://www.winbeta.org)
- Path disclosure bug fixed on News module (Thanks to WB-Vortex from http://www.winbeta.org)
- Path disclosure bug fixed on WebMail module (Thanks to WB-Vortex from http://www.winbeta.org)
- Path disclosure bug fixed on Downloads module (Thanks to WB-Vortex from http://www.winbeta.org)
- Path disclosure bug fixed on Web Links module (Thanks to WB-Vortex from http://www.winbeta.org)
- Added Security graphic check in the user's login block
- Fixed custom name module creation when a new module is added and has underscore character
- Fixed default language bug when creating a new user

March 2003: Version 6.5
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- Fixed a security bug in mainfile.php when using Windows systems and Multilanguage option
- Fixed a SQL injection bug in index.php while getting http referer (Thanks to NukeCops.com guys)
- Added User Profile link in news submission
- Fixed SQL injection hole in Search module
- Added more security checks for GET variables
- Added security checks for POST variables
- Added table format to single comment display when bigger than 4096 bytes in News module
- Rewritten Topics module. Now it's very functional and useful with a lot of News info
- Fixed a bug in who's online information. If an user logs in it will delete his/her record as a guest
- By popular request changed the user creation system. Let new users to select their password and should click on
  a custom link to activate their account in less than 24 hours. This will avoid any kind of robots and/or people
  registering other people.
- Added Users & Administration login graphic security check (to stop any robots and cracks programs)
- Fixed some bugs in FAQ administration. Quotes problem when edit a Category and missing language "all"
- Changed all PHP predefined Server variables to $_SERVER[]. PHP-Nuke now requires PHP 4.1.0 or better
- Fixed users Homepage URL display in comments (News and Surveys Modules)
- Fixed typo in english translation of Recommend Us module
- Fixed double slash in Topics module
- Changed all user.php call with its correct module's name
- Fixed a bug in automated news which didn't correctly saved the news submitter data
- Downloads and Web Links broken links now can reported only for registered users
- Added Subject text in Email User link in Submissions administration
- Doesn't show anymore the User and/or Admin content after logout
- Fixed many unclosed quotes in queries of Surveys module
- Fixed a serious security hole in mailattach.php file from WebMail module
- Some "nuke_users" table fields renamed. This is a very important change to have full compatibility with
  phpBB 2.x Forums modules. Original name => Renamed fields are:
    uid          => user_id
    uname        => username
    email        => user_email
    url          => user_website
    user_intrest => user_interests
    pass         => user_password
- Added extra features to Feedback module
- Comments has been reformated and closed inside tables for a better look
- Stars order inverted in article's rating block
- Added missing username in the user info link in comments of Journals module
- Deleted some miserable entries from Headlines database. Slashdot because they never publish anything
  about PHP-Nuke and Linux.com because they never gave me a reply right when I asked for it after a very
  bad article about me and my project. So, eat this.
- Fixed XSS injection security holes in Search functions of some modules
- Articles rating score check added
- Added some WebMail module's and mail functions security fixes by Ulf Harnhammar (I'm watching)
- Automatic installation removed due to high conflicts with the new SQL layer (Yes, it's a shame)
- Included phpBB 2 port (Thanks to a great work of Tom Nitzschner from http://www.toms-home.com).
- Added Forums block (phpBB)
- Added new feature that let you have a different phpBB forum's theme for each PHP-Nuke's theme. See DeeBlue
  theme directory. If forums directory doesn't exists into the theme's folder the system will load the
  forums default theme.
- Included Private Messages from phpBB 2 (Thanks to a great work of Tom Nitzschner from http://www.toms-home.com).
- Changed Members List (Thanks to a great work of Tom Nitzschner from http://www.toms-home.com).
- Changed the SQL Abstraction Layer. Old Layer is not discontinued but there for compatibility with old modules.
  The new layer is the same used by phpBB 2.x port and you can read about it on ADDON-MODULES text file.
- All modules and blocks migrated to the new SQL abstraction layer
- Footer text centered on Kaput and Taditional themes.
- Fixed parse error on Slash Theme.
- Fixed Center Down block display when including a file.
- Fixed Center Down block creation on administration system.
- Changed the user.php link in DeepBlue Theme for its correct module's call.

September 2002: Version 6.0
===========================
- Almost all config.php variables are now stored in the database. Also added a new Settings section in
  Administration menu. No more config.php editting and hope no more quotes problems. To upgrade PLEASE
  do the upgrade process and THEN REPLACE the config.php with the included one since it's new. Remember
  to configure by hand your database server preferences on that new file!
- Added Vietnamese translation (Thanks to http://www.ybvsa.com)
- Fixed months display bug in Statistics between september and october.
- Fixed regular expresion for Topics images list in administration menu (Topics Manager)
- Added default value of '0' in the $nr variable of sql_layer.php functions.
- Fixed almost all prefixes calls to users database in Private Messages and Splatt Forums
- Added missing _CONTRIBUTEDBY in all languages files.
- Added New Private Message(s) popup info window. Off by default. (Thanks to Jeff Wagner aka Nuitari)
- Added domain name after all web/ftp links in comments, as a visual reference for readers.
- Added automatic related links in the article's right block. Will get any link from the article's text.
- Simplified some links in almost all modules adopted from the old system. Using $module_name now.
- Added missing cookies options in the url after vote for an article.
- Changed default Downloads and Web Links logo graphics.
- Added a new configuration option in Downloads config file to have on/off the links numbers for each category.
- Reduced users cookie live time to 1 month.
- Fixed non-existent subcategories queries in Downloads and WebLinks administration.
- Added Search Discusion option in the comments nav bar inside article's page.
- Added a new feature that sends an email when a banner finnish its impressions.
- Discontinued the variable $banners. Still be present in config.php for compatibility reasons. Banners will
  display if there is at least one active.
- Added Alternate Text for banners.
- Banners administration link is now with the others links and removed from the top of the table.
- Changed all administration menu graphics, now are also theme sensitive and activated by default.
- Added missing spanish translations in Downloads module.
- By popular demand added as DeepBlue theme as default (used at phpnuke.org web site)
- Added a nice feature to let you have custom modules by theme. This means that you can have a totaly 100%
  different modules for each theme. How? Just create a "modules" directory inside a theme's directory and copy
  your new modules there. For example: If you want the theme NukeNews to have its own custom News module,
  you need to have a directory "/themes/NukeNews/modules/News" and the News replace on it. The system will
  automaticaly detect and load it instead of the default "/modules/News". Remember to fix all your path in the
  module files. See Sand_Journey theme directory for an example with Addon_Sample module.
- Added new message check and blinking icon to Who's Online block
  (Thanks to Paul Laudanski of http://ComputerCops.biz for the suggestion)
- Updated Splatt Forums from version 3.1 to version 3.2
- Added a check for empty footer messages. If $footx empty doesn't try to show it.
- PHP-Nuke now works 100% with register_globals variable in php.ini set to On or Off. This solves the users
  and admin loops also.
- Added new registered users stats/count for today/yesterday in administration menu
- Added a new feature to let you decide if you want a module's name and link will be visible in Modules block
- Now each theme can load its own default home module. Just create a module.php file under the theme's
  directory with the variable $default_module on it. For an example please see Sand_Journey theme. It loads
  News module. Try changing the default home module from administration and notice that the News module
  continues to be loaded in the homepage only for this theme. If you don't want to have or use this feature
  just don't have any module.php file in your theme's directory.
- Fixed headlines bug that did not let you had less than 10 news from a XML/RSS news feed. 
- Optimized Categories block SQL queries.
- Optimized sql query of is_admin and is_user functions. Speed increased with big databases.
- Added new variable in config.php to let you decide if you want users change the number of news visible
  in the homepage.
- Added new title HTML tag to all images
- FAQ administration doesn't show centered text anymore but your original format.
- Improved functionality on backend.php with the addition to select the site's categories if they exists.
  You can still use as usual, or you can call it like: http://phpnuke.org/backend.php?cat=themes
  The above URL will show the XML formated file only with "themes" category. Note the variable "cat". So
  now people from other sites can retrieve from your site only the news they have really interest in.
  Of course that this feature will works only if you have set one or more news categories for your site.
- Changed the password generator function in Your_Account due to problems in some systems.
- Automatic installation added. Not more sql server shell commands to install. Just edit your config.php
  and point the browser to your web site. The system automaticaly will add the database and tables on the
  first run. No questions, no forms, no install scripts, just click and go! ;) See INSTALL file for details.
- Removed module check in votes/rating files in Web Links and Download
- Fixed all files and directories permissions (directories 777 and files 644)
- Message "No comments allowed for Anonymous" now shows only one time in News and Surveys
- Administrators only modules doesn't shows their links in modules block to the public
- Theme check in Your Account now verifies the existence of theme.php file inside the directory instead of just
  getting all directories as valid themes. For example, if you have a directory called CVS, it will not be taken
  as a valid theme with this new feature.
- List of users benefits from Your Account module in new user registration page is now updated automaticaly
  depending on what you have active and for registered users only.
- Added new feature to have theme sensitive topic's graphics (in /themes/your_theme/images/topics/). Default topics
  graphics need to be on usual place (/images/topics/) but if the system find the existence of the files in the
  theme's images directory it will show it instead. This was higly requested feature. Themes files need to be
  modified to have this feature working. Please look at the included themes to have some samples.
- Added support for favicon.ico for new browsers (just put favicon.ico file in /themes/your_theme/images/ directory)
- Fixed bad width in two graphics of statistics bars
- Fixed a bug in Messages administration, bad mixed options between anonymous and registered users
- Your_Account navigation bar with icons is now visible in all user's related modules
- Changed all default icons for users page in Your_Account module. Not only that, but each theme can have
  different icons for user's menu and WebMail if the graphics files exists and if not the system will
  load the default graphics. Refer to some themes like 3D-Fantasy, Odyssey, ExtraLite, Sand_Journey and NukeNews
  to see the difference and look at the new /images/directory structure. Basicaly /images/menu/ and /images/webmail
  will load the user's menu and WebMail icons respectively if specific file names exists. Take a look.
  All new icons are used with author's permission, please see CREDITS file for more information.
- Added a new link metatag to configure the browser icon for your site. To have it working you need
  to have a file called favicon.ico inside /themes/your_theme/images/ directory.
- Fixed all old links in main languages files that call user.php (Pointed to the users module)
- Your_Account user's menu images moved to the module directory
- Added Private Messages button/link in Your_Account user's page
- Lot of cosmetic changes to Private Messages
- Replaced Send/Delete graphics buttons with form buttons in Private Messages
- Added administrative functions Add/Edit for surveys in the survey results page
- Added and extra check for modules language. If new selected language isn't found, then we include the
  default language set from config.php
- Little cosmetic changes (final BR tag added) in Search and Information blocks
- Added Content module check for current status (active or inactive) from modules.php
- Added Macedonian translation
- Fixed parse errors on Dutch and Slovenian languages
- Due to the new icons added in the user's page, the menu icons have been re-arranged for a better look.
- Added Journal ZX Module for registered users with links from comments (news & surveys) and user's info page.
  It's complete with the SQL layer and multilanguage support now. Anyway I removed the original help system.
- Fixed user's homepage link from Your_Account module
- Fixed survey announce via news article from administration
- Added a POP3 WebMail reader (eMailBox from http://ecomjunk.com). There are many new variables in config.php
  to confidure this module's options. Pay special attention to the warnings on activating attachments!
- Fixed bad IMG tag strip from html filter function
- Added missing translation for all languages in Statistics module
- Fixed some bad permissions to see stuff from userinfo page for anonymous users
- Added a new feature called My Headlines for registered users. From the user's page anyone can read headlines
  of a selected site from a drop down list. Very nice and usefull for your users.
- Fixed a lot of bugs in Encyclopedia module (translations, copyright message, admin bad links, etc)
- Detailed statistics now count and show the new impression when accessing it.
- Added a new feature that lets you have decoration in the Survey bars. In theme/Your_Theme/images directory you
  can have three more files: survey_leftbar.gif, survey_mainbar.gif and survey_rightbar.gif If you don't have them
  the system automaticaly selects the usual bars files (leftbar.gif, mainbar.gif and rightbar.gif). Additionaly you
  can have another file called "survey_mainbar_d.gif" (see the "_d"). This graphic, if exists, will be added each
  25% in the survey bar. This can help you to decorate your Survey bars. Statistics bars are the usual ones. Try it!
- Fixed user session save function before show left blocks
- Solved the looooong dilema about Module's Copyright information. There is a new file called "copyright.php"
  in the module's directory. Please take a look at /modules/Addon_Sample/ and see this file. Modules/Addons
  developers can edit this file filling the required data and then copy this file into your module's directory.
  To see it working just go to Addon Sample module and look the little copyright stick at the bottom right of
  the module's table. If you don't put this file into the module's directory nobody will see that stick. Hope
  users play fair on this and solved a big user's issue about the copyright messages.
- Added 5 new themes and changed the default one from NukeNews to Sand_Journey
- Added a very nice feature to allow registered users to publish Public Messages which will be available in any
  page of the site to other users for a period of 10 minutes. Each message can be viewed just one time per user
  and any registered user can also turn off this feature from its preferences page. To have this feature working
  you need to use the new function "public_message()" located in mainfile.php and need to be added where you want
  it in your themes files. The function returns $public_msg with all the needed stuff (table, colors, message, etc).
  You can see samples of how to use it by viewing the default system themes. All themes that comes with PHP-Nuke 6
  supports this feature.
- Fixed banner administration module bug when adding a new banner
- Added User Info block coded by the cool folks at www.NukeScripts.com (very nice block!)
- Added new feature to have Center blocks Up and/or Down the Home module
- Fixed the first user creation from administration first run
- Fixed bad Story ID in categories homepage for print and friend icons
- Fixed bad sender data in Feedback module
- Applied a XSS vulnerability patch. (Thanks to Zhen-Xjell from http://www.computercops.biz)
- Footer messages doesn't center anymore, to be controled from themes
- Added style classes for footer messages (.footmsg and .footmsg_l)
- Updated all theme's CSS styles files to match the new footer classes
- Fixed some missing spanish translation in Feedback module
- Fixed some bad spanish translations in Administration system

June 2002: Version 5.6
======================
- Now you can have banners in a block (like "Supporters" block in phpnuke.org)
- Minor cosmetic changes in the default information block
- Users can't see option to change theme if we have only one (1) theme available (obvious, no?)
- Fixed copyright notice in content pages and very little cosmetic changes
- Changed $nuke_url with $nukeurl in AvantGo module
- Added Amazon block (no DB needed), read instructions on the block's file and if you want to help in some way the
  PHP-Nuke project, leave it as is, thanks.
- Added explicit copyright notices in their places (if you remove it, you'll die)
- First attempt to fix the statistics table's duplication bug (Thanks to Carlao from http://membres.lycos.fr/brazilian/index.php)
- Fixed bad font tag in mainfile.php
- Modules block now order by Custom Title
- Fixed Private Message bad link in the submissions function
- Replaced old forums with Splatt Forums (Thanks to Splatt from http://Splatt.it for his help!)
- Added check for empty admin cookie (Thanks goes to Blurtoad)
- Fixed some mistakes in the DB queries in counter.php
- Fixed number of stories in home when addin a new user, now it takes the config.php variable
- Changed $user_prefix variable instead of $prefix in Private Messages, auth.php file
- Fixed a bad $user_prefix in upgrade file (5.4 to 5.5)
- Fixed & character in backend.php
- Some sql_layer corrections
- $prefix added to Statistics tables creation in upgrade file (5.4 to 5.5)
- Fixed inclusion of voteinclude.php in Downloads module 
- Removed the Multidimensional array in article.php in News module (after an audit: too much CPU load)
  You can still use related links based on Topics (in Topics Manager)
- Fixed a missing "); in the Dutch language file in News module


February 2002: Version 5.5
==========================
- Added a very cool function to check if a module is activated. Call it: is_active("Module_Name");
  Returns 1 if active or 0 if not. Use the module "title" in the database to make the check
  This will help in the future to really integrate all modules with the core system and to establish
  some dependencies between parts of the site.
- Added Send Private Message to any user from Your Account page, also check if user exists
- Removed some unused variables in user's system when edit home and theme
- Fixed morelink structure
- Fixed comments inclusion and comments bar show in article's page
- Fixed the Random Headlines block to correctly select the topic
- Fixed quotes bugs in Search module, Downloads search and Web Links search
- Administration online manual has been removed because it became too obsolet (PDF detailed manuals in
  the future)
- Removed the check for "(" and ")" from mainfile.php because problems with some modules
- Fixed slashes bug in Search module
- Fixed Surveys votes results in article's attached poll
- Fixed to solve bad url entries in user's page
- Fixed bad variable name that prevents to view comments according with your cookie options
- Added voteinclude.php file in Downloads module
- Modularized all translations. The new schema: Administration texts are in /admin/language/, Core system texts
  including all blocks' texts are in the usual directory /language/ and each module has its own language directory.
  This is more annoying to translate but the performance gain is great. There is anew function to call translations
  from a module, you can use the following syntax:
  require_once("mainfile.php");
  $module_name = basename(dirname(__FILE__));
  get_lang($module_name);  
- Added TRANSLATION text file with translations credits (Reason: too complicated to strip the credits from each
  translation with the script that modularized them, anyway is much more organized on this way and we can save
  previous translations credits in a more easy way)
- Private Messages has been converted into a module
- Changed Printer Friendly Page and Send to a Friend icons and added icons to options blocks
- Fixed query limit bug in Stories Archive module
- Fixed Content block link to open specific page and not the index
- Removed default administrator. The system will create one with your info on the very first run or admin.php
  (and since this can be security issue, the best is to do this as the first step on your fresh installation,
  this warning has been added on INSTALL file and in the default system message in bold fonts.)
- Topics module now opens a new index instead of search page (search option enabled at the top of the page)
- Fixed a typo in the downloads module and in the Top's page (downloads stats)
- Added article's rating system
- Added most voted and best rated stories in Top's module
- Added Score information in $morelink
- Added Score information in Stories Archive
- Fixed some english translation typos in Web Links module
- Fixed links and downloads categories parentid fields type, changed from tinyint() to int()
- Added GZ compression to increase the load speed (This function requires at least PHP 4.0.4 compiled with zlib,
  so if you want to remove it, just delete the first code line in mainfile.php where you read: ob_start("ob_gzhandler");
  Thanks for this suggestion goes to Andrej Lesjak from http://www.poljub.com)
- Fixed Encyclopedia bug that show terms only for admins
- Fixed bug to prevent Anonymous user to act as a registered user in some parts of the site
- Removed <BR> tag from banners.php when show banner's image
- Added the use of getimagesize to automaticaly set width and height for some images on the code
- Now you'll not see "send private messsage to yourself" in user page but you can see it if you browse another user
- Added Private Messages block on the user's page
- Fixed Surveys total votes sum in the Top page
- Fixed a bug when editing an encyclopedia
- Changed, at last, AllTopics.gif image (for search engine)
- Search function has been converted into a module
- Fixed a table bug in Old Articles block
- Little organization in the admin case files
- Added All Categories link to the Categories block
- Removed feature to include files from index.php due to a high vulnerability risk
  (Will be available in a future module)
- Removed default author and created default Super User creation on first login
- Added restrictive .htaccess on some directories
- Changed automated news publication time from the last hit to the real programmed time
- Surveys converted into a module
- Added a new file /includes/my_header.php so you can put a custom header between both "head" tags
- Added additional Detailed Statistics based on NukeStats (Thanks to Harry Mangindaan from http://www.nuketest.com)
- Added sql_free_results function in the sql_layer file (Thanks to Harry Mangindaan from http://www.nuketest.com)
- Added Center block feature (uses same blocks files in /blocks/ directory but remeber that not all blocks
  looks good on center, just a matter of creativity by your side. Look at block "Last 5 Articles" for an example)
- Fixed bug in admin that changes the stories author's name after edit and admin
- Added functionality to remove user from session after user's logout
- Fixed smilies in Forums (Thanks goes to cyberpuke from http://cyberpuke.hele.net)
- Fixed newsletter administration bug when assign it to a new author
- Fixed some bad file permissions (Thanks goes to cyberpuke from http://cyberpuke.hele.net)
- Fixed a bad db query in forums administration (Thanks goes to cyberpuke from http://cyberpuke.hele.net)
- Fixed all modules links in language files
- Added missing close table HTML tag in Older Articles block
- Added some missing translations for Forums
- Changes all $prefix"._????." for ".$prefix."_???? in all files (believe me, took me 3 minutes ;))
- Changed $description to $cdescription in Web Links
- Added missing admin db queries in administration main (for multiple admins)
- Added missing translation to Downloads Administration system
- Added News redirection if story ID doesn't exist
- Changed $prefix to $user_prefix in Members List module (Thanks to Duke from http://nuke-security.com)
- counter.php file moved to includes directory
- Fixed Login block load inside article's page to math the new blocks distribution
- Removed $myIP from config.php and banners now check if you're administrator to not count impressions
- Added Categories for Content Manager (If you don't want to use it, just don't add categories)
- Fixed alignment on Post Comment buttons (Thanks to eXodus from http://www.exodus-news.net)
- Added missing globals on index.php for referers function
- Fixed some bad switch's variables calls into Downloads and Web Links
- Cosmetic changes and translations added to Feedback module
- Changed CREDITS file to credit only non-visible hacks/scripts, otherwise credits are on each script header
- Fixed footer messages quotes bug in settings.php under administration section
- Minor cosmetic changes in Web Links administration (bold text that should be normal)
- Added new unlimited deep for downloads categories (Thanks goes to Paladin from http://www.synergy-international.com)
- Uncommented the sql_debug variable on sql_layer (Thanks goes to AngelNegro, the first to remember me this issue)
- Fixed index file include check for ":" to not includes complete urls
- Fixed random selection on Random Headlines block
- Little cosmetic changes in the administrator's block only for a fresh install (added more links)
- Added functionality to select what module do you want in the homepage (Forced to be Active and for All visitors)
- Main Menu block removed and replaced with Modules block by default
  (Due to the new features added on Modules block you may evaluate the possibility to rename Modules block to Main Menu,
  anyway, this is a personal decision you need to take)
- Default Home module has a link to Home in the Modules block
- News, Users, Submit News, Stats, Top and Topics converted into modules
  (Remember to change all the links in your custom themes!!!)
- Current Poll in admin main screen doesn't show anymore article's related polls
- Fixed who is online data grab when block isn't active or is admin only
- Fixed Survey errors when multilingual option is enabled
- Added Slovenian translation
- Added Turkish translation
- Fixed missing image in forum images directory
- Fixed typo in languages for forums translation
- Fixed type in forum administration module
- Fixed Printer Friendly Page and Send to a Friend links for articles in homepage
- Fixed Edit User link in user's page
- Fixed newsletter subscription bug (a missing variable pass in the saveuser function of user.php)
- A note for the 5.4 release: Printer Friendly and Send to Friend graphic links in homepage are visible only for users


January 2002: Version 5.4
==========================
- Added a new feature to select who can view whatever block you want (All, Users, Anonymous, Admins)
- Added a new feature to select who can access whatever module you want (All, Users, Admins)
- Fixed the author's name/link for "Posted by" text in the articles for old themes compatibility
  (For new themes please call the function get_author($aid) instead of formatAidHeader($aid) where
  the difference is a return() instead of an echo.
- Removed newsletter subscription from new user registration form to avoid possible unwanted emails
- Fixed missing Read More link in categories page
- Added Options block in article's page with links to Admin functions
- Printer Friendly and Send Story to Friend added in Options block in article's page without graphics
- Fixed bold fonts in downloads administration
- Fixed some table's colors in private messages
- Fixed some "for" statement for poll options
- Fixed escape \ in html template files of NukeNews theme
- Fixed bug that prevents to show the first system's poll in the main admin screen
- Added phpBB forums integration as a module (This requires more work yet, but it works and only with MySQL for now)
- Added Who's Online information in the main administration page
- Fixed bad topic images path in 3D-Fantasy theme
- Changed BBCode graphics buttons in Private Messages system
- Removed the Filemanager. Too many security bugs to handle
- Removed DeviantNuke theme uppong request of DeviantArt owner
- Added missing _ in MSNM translation in user.php
- Fixed new user registration email check to allow longer first level domain names (max 6 characters now)
- Added missing globals in Web Links functions
- Added title html tag on each article's page (will be added in more files)
- Removed an old translate function call in stories administration module
- Fixed CSS (Cross Site Script) security vulnerabilities
- Added Section Articles block with last 10 articles
- Added Reviews block with last 10 reviews
- Removed all topics images and text but PHP-Nuke to give a clean installation (Also that stupid AMD logo)
- Fixed a topics list selection bug when creating a new poll
- Added new two columns theme (Odyssey - Thanks to TrevorS from Trevor.net for cool tips on his BlueTrevor theme!)
- Added custom_title field in modules table to customize the title in the module's block
  (Useful for some language's special characters not accepted in directorie's names)
- Added Encyclopedia Generator Module (useful for whatever alphabetical listing content, enjoy!)
- Changed Addons switch variable name from $op to $mop (by popular demand !?)
- Added MD5 password encryption for authors/admins table
- Added MD5 password encryption for users table
- Removed $system variable from the whole code
- Modularized Sections script
- Modularized Reviews script
- Added Database Optimization module into administration menu
- Added Database Backup utility in administration
- Removed Send To Friend and Printer Friendly Page graphics/links from homepage
- Printer Friendly and Send Story to Friend in the home page can bee see only by registered users
- Fixed some CSS classes and added some missing classes as well
- Added Content Manager to create static pages (maybe this will replace sections in the future)
- Fixed the "Readme More" line links (index and categories)
- Fixed the Topic Image in the story page of NukeNews theme
- Added missing $user_prefix in user's database calls in some files
- Added new Stories Archives module, multilingual compatible
- Blocks Administration re-designed and re-organized
- Active/Added blocks doesn't show in the "add new block" block's list, will appear again if you delete it
- Inactive blocks can be previewed now before activate it (just to make your life easy)
- Added function to fix blocks weight conflicts
- Created some new blocks in /blocks/ directory
- Replaced some fixed blocks by block's files
- Added new SYSTEM block's category
- Fixed a bug in Messages (Inverted Anonymous with Registered users)
- Email Notification for new submissions has been extended with all the story data
- Added Web Links Hack with unlimited sub-categories (Thanks to Ptilou from http://ptilou72.multimania.com)
- Little re-organization on the Past Article's block generated code


November 2001: Version 5.3.1
============================
- Fixed bad/broken links in top.php for downloads
- Added missing $dbi in a database call on comments.php
- Fixed bad variable name in sql_layer.php
- Fixed bad/broken links in downloads module
- Removed duplicated _LANGUAGE translation definition from language files
- Fixed a Read More text bug for the articles
- Fixed a bad sum in polls list
- Fixed Top voted polls in top.php
- Added topics path to show topics graphics in config.php
- Added footmsg() function in footer.php to make old themes compatible
- Now old themes really works 100% (More CSS dependant themes in future versions)
- Added broken link report to downloads & links sub-categories
- Fixed author's name and link on articles (Posted by)
- Added missing line break tag in faq.php and some minor cosmetic changes
- Added new 3D-Fantasy.com theme based on Kaput
- Decreased the login box fields size to avoid problems with some themes
- Added links to Edit/Add polls from main administration page
- Fixed Users database's calls in Users Administration to use the shared table
- Added Newsletter and Massive Email functions (New options in User and Admin pages)
- Little cosmetic changes in users page (plus admin functions to edit selected user)
- Removed that annoying "A Problem Ocurred" message by validating user's cookie
- Fixed a parse error in Dutch language file
- Web Links now fully support SQL abstraction layer and 100% modular
- Downloads module 100% modular now
- Fixed Author's rename to also rename them into stories table


November 2001: Version 5.3
==========================
- Fixed blocks weight change when editing
- Fixed security holes in admin.php (upload functions)
- Created HTML templates for themes. (Yes! new themes system!) Old themes are 100% compatible ;) See the
  new HTML templates on the NukeNews theme.
- Added SQL database abstraction layer with support for 8 Database's Servers (see config.php)
- Added different table prefix for user's table, this lets you share users database in the same server
- Changed ALL MySQL Database calls to match the new SQL abstraction layer. To use it declare $dbi as
  global and be sure your database queries looks like:

    $result = sql_query("select uid from nuke_users", $dbi);
    list($uid) = sql_fetch_row($result, $dbi);

  pretty easy and transparent to use and implement, valid for fetch arrays, numrows, object, row, etc. You can
  take a look at sql_layer.php file in /includes/ directory. Addons and Blocks authors, please start using it!

- Changed Polls votes sums to properly match the new SQL abstraction layer
- Modularized the user.php page. Separated pages for login, password lost and new user's registration
- Modularized Downloads script with independent configuration file
- Modularized Web Links script with independent configuration file
- Created Modules Administration system to activate or deactivate it with some options for Admins
- Separated Modules block from Main Menu block
- Optimized a lot the huge $morelink variable construction on index.php (From 136 lines to just 15!)
- Optimized a lot the huge $morelink variable construction on categories.php
- Ephemerids block replaced by Modules block on Database
- Ephemerids included now as independent Block
- Fixed BR tags bug in submit.php
- Added missed global variable declaration in submissions function for "delete all" link
- Fixed submissions translations bug
- Fixed voters sum counter on table nuke_poll_desc (not used now, maybe in the future)
- Fixed a bug in pollBooth.php for article's polls display
- Fixed security hole in index.php to prevent the inclusion of any file outside web root
- Added Total Hits block (Author: C. Verhoef, cverhoef@gmx.net)
- A lot of minor bug fixes


August 2001: Version 5.2
========================
- Submissions form now checks for Allowable HTML, plain text or Extrans format
- Removed that stupid and useless duplicated comments check and the troll check
- Submissions Delete function set only for SuperUser
- Fixed display of MembersList HomePage URL link
- Fixed a misconfiguration with automated news
- Added extended text field on Submission
- Fixed more anonymous comments stuff when deny it
- Anonymous posts $anonpost variable in config set with "0" by default
- Added feature to attach a Poll with an article
- PollBoth now show general poll and article's attached polls
- Removed Poll cookies, all the duplicate votes check is made by IP
- Fixed table align on Poll block options
- Polls order changed. Newest Polls goes first now in pollBoth.php
- Added feature to announce new Poll as article
- Added missing enctype to all stories.php form in admin for images uploads
- Fixed blocks weight bug when edit and change the position
- Fixed Topics Manager images selection box
- Fixed backend html special characters bug
- Fixed HTML validation problems with the new Poll html table and language selection block
- Fixed banners bug when adding with unlimited impressions
- Added the possibility to load plain HTML files from index.php by using the URL:
    http:/phpnuke.org?file=path/to/file.html or http://phpnuke.org?file=file.html
    You need to add "?file=" after index.php followed by the HTML format filename,
    for your security all "." and "/" at the begining will not be accepted.
- Fixed blocks position selection when editing
- Changed font size on submission completition message
- Fixed quotes problem on stories.php in administration
- Fixed quotes problem on submit.php
- Printer friendly page now show centered content
- Added AvantGo module (Author: Tim Litwiller - http://linux.made-to-order.net)
- Fixed a typo in languages files, replaced "downloads.php" with "download.php"
- Added language definitions on all translation files


August 2001: Version 5.1
========================
- Removed Anonymous user entry from Members List
- Fixed a bug in headlines
- Added $system variable check in Edit Users on administration page to crypt the password
- Fixed a syntax error on links.php and download.php (changed mathod with method)
- Fixed the useless javascript load on all pages, will load only when needed (again)
- Added Multilanguage content support (by John De Jonge aka Crocket from www.webmasters.de)
- Topics images now are automaticaly loaded when adding/editing a topic
- Polls edit function added
- Added new feature to Blocks, now you can have PHP files added as normal blocks (see /blocks/ directory)
- Added two sample blocks, one for top10 downloads and other one for top10 links
- Added feature to prevent comments on certains articles
- Added upload image for each article stored in /images/articles/ directory
- Added config variable to completly remove comments from articles
- Added a table to Poll items to align it
- Added some new translations
- Fixed a big on the preview stories that will not go in homepage
- Removed "Post Anonymously" when anonymous posts are not allowed
- Fixed login block show on article.php file when you have it active at the left side
- Many, many little bug fixes


July 2001: Version 5.0.1
========================
- Fixed the useless javascript load on all pages, will load only when needed
- Extended default CSS for each theme, declared some classes
- Removed ALL hardcoded font sizes and added CSS style to all scripts
- Created a "Delete" button to delete all the submissions in one step
- Submissions reordered descending by date
- Fixed a bug on headlines language error messages
- Fixed old translation on NukeNews theme
- Added missed quotes on downloads administration mysql function
- Removed a bad global declaration on comments.php
- Fixed some colors on comments.php
- Fixed a language bug on the headlines that stored incorrect "read more" translation
- Added missing submissions link on administration main section
- Fixed an unclosed B tag on download.php
- Fixed anonymous block option for links and downloads scripts


June 2001: Version 5.0
======================
- Konqueror and Opera browsers now get the hit on stats page
- All database tables now has the nuke_ prefix to avoid conflicts with other scripts
- New $prefix variable in config.php to setup multiple Nuke sites sharing one database
- New and improved download system (Based on Web Links)
- Improved security on user.php in save* functions
- Ephemerids variable removed from config.php, activation now controled from blocks system
- Members list is now modular, same for FAQ section
- Better users authentication check (appending &user=x on the URL doesn't work anymore)
- Comments deletion functions now removes all childs comments (Thanks to [Dark Pastor] from www.rolemancer.ru)
- Optimized a little the code on stats.php
- Changed the search results format, more informative and complete
- Added robots.txt for search engines
- New registered users page, eliminated all english graphic buttons
- Added Messages System
- Changed == by >= on referers automatic deletion code
- Added multiple languages selection box
- Added multiple pages on sections articles (Thanks to Leonardo Teo from Planet3DArt.com)
- Added multiple pages on reviews (Thanks to Leonardo Teo from Planet3DArt.com)
- 100% working Web Links (At last! Based on JourneyLinks hack on the original files)
- New themes system. All in just one file, more easy, efficient and fastest
- Added Message System with usefull options to publish important stuff in the Homepage
- Unused priviledges table removed from downloads
- Admin Menu alphabeticaly ordered
- Removed $site_font variable from all scripts to let CSS style file setup it
- Now each theme has a file style.css on /style/ directory for CSS configuration
- New translation system created, more efficient and fastest
- Automated news administration are now part of story administration
- Fixed almost all HTML bugs on administration interface
- New blocks system created (100% configurable and user friendly, just amazing! ;))
- Headlines grabber has been moved to the new Blocks system
- Added Random Headlines block. Last 10 news on random selected topic (Inactive by default))
- Removed blocks administration for multiple admins, only Super User can do this now
- Other site's Headlines are now integrated on the new blocks system
- Added timeout and error detection on headlines grabber
- Created modularized Administration system
- Fixed a lot of bugs on Multi-admin system (100% working now)
- Admins can now edit/delete their own stories only
- Delete authors now check for author's published stories and let you re-assign its stories
- All password fields now are masked with "*" on edit users and edit authors
- Added some more option on the user's pages
- Admin stuff now pass thru is_admin() function to check if you are really an admin
- Text filters now works, and deleted two filter unused variables from config.php
- Little improvements on Private Messages scripts
- Added ability to send email or private message to users in news submissions
- Programmed stories queue are now visible on admin home page
- Fixed bad global variable declaration on pollcomments.php
- Added a modular addons system (see ADDONS-MODULES or /modules/readme.txt for more info)
- Link to an Addon module is automaticaly added on Main block
- Removed javascript scroller on articles page
- Added a multidimensional array that puts automaticaly related links on articles pages
- Little cleanup on backend.php file (eliminated <image> from backend)
- Fixed security vulnerability on user.php, cookiedecode() function (Thanks to Obrie)
- Fixed a little bug in upgrade43-44.php file (Thanks to Mr. kl0nk Manson)
- Fixed a bug in banners.php to prevent anyone to change a banner url
- Fixed a lot of hardcoded text (missing translations)
- Removed all <LI> tags from blocks and HTML code to fit standards. <LI> tags has been replaced
  with: <strong><big>&middot;</big></strong>&nbsp;
- Submit news (submit.php) has changed to fit themes colors
- Little changes on the send comments and reply function's look
- Themes selection now are alphabeticaly ordered (Thanks to goghs@sina.com)
- Language selection in settings.php now check for files on languages directory (Thanks to AmigaPhil)
- Removed an extra "," on the SendStory function in friend.php
- Removed graphics vote and results buttoms from Poll block
- IMPORTANT: Added graphics for polls and stats bars for each theme, black bar by default. The bars
  graphics names are leftbar.gif, mainbar.gif and rightbar.gif and are under /themes/yourtheme/images/
  directory. Please check this out and customize your bars.
- Added $uimages missing global variable declaration on comments.php and pollcomments.php in modthree()
- Changed mysql_pconnect with mysql_connect in mainfile.php, the result is a fastest pages render
- Fixed user comment post on reviews.php
- Removed Advanced Stats (OS's compatibility reasons)
- Fixed a lot of HTML code on sections.php
- Fixed horrible bug in poll results HTML tables
- All pages now are HTML 4.01 Transitional compatible
- A lot of cosmetic changes in whole site including administration system
- Fixed hundreds of little but annoying bugs
- FileManager need some more dedication to work 100%, anyway it's functional
- Themes Developers just look at NukeNews theme. HTML compliant and simple


February 2001: Version 4.4.1
============================
- $band changed by $title on admin/reviews.php
- Download bug for categories list fixed
- Removed DIV command on AllowableHTML array in config.php
- Fixed quotes and HTML commands for reviews.php
- Fixed global variable declariations on comments.php when comments is too long
- Send to friend now send the URL instead of the whole story (you'll get one more page view ;))
- Fixed security hole on all save functions on user.php file to prevent other users modify our info
- Fixed blank spaces for download description field on DownloadEdit function
- Fixed authors.php under admin to prevent other admins change the info
- Fixed the BarScale on the Polls
- Fixed some missed translations on some forums files
- Fixed security hole on File Manager to prevent the admin to view others directory on server
- Only Superuser can now edit authors table
- Check and strip for IMG tags on check_html funtion in mainfile.php
- Fixed security vulnerabilities on bbcode_ref.php and bb_smilies.php files


January 2001: Version 4.4
=========================
- Added Red Hat theme
- Added Kuro5hin theme
- Added Freshmeat theme
- Added Linux.com theme
- Added Aqua theme
- Added Icelandic translation
- Fixed the comments count on polls page
- Fixed some missing $slogan global declaration
- Added Web Based Forums and more configurable users page (From phpBB integration by KingRichard)
- Added Download manager (Based on files from myPHPortal)
- Added FAQ manager (From Addon by KingRichard)
- Added Reviews Manager
- Fixed all hard coded white tables to match the theme in use
- Improved Members List (Some hacks are from myPHPortal)
- If you delete a theme the user will get the default theme instead of a bunch of errors
- Fixed more than 100 little bugs: HTML bad code, quotes, blank spaces after ?>, variables quotes, etc.
- Added quotes on all the HTML code
- Cleaned almost all HTML code (needs a re-check)
- Cleaned some PHP code (more on future version)
- Now $anonpost works 100% on comments.php and pollcomments.php
- Fixed bug that prevents to show the poster's name on Polls Comments
- Reorganized Admin menus internals (not visual change, just cleaned the code)
- Repackage. Now you need to download basic code and additional parts like themes and languages.
- IMPORTANT: Removed themepreview() function from theme.php files and added on mainfile.php, to avoid
  a blank page with a "cannot redeclare function themepreview()" error, just remove the function from
  your theme.php files for each theme you have.


December 2000: Version 4.3
==========================
- Created modular admin to facilitate add-ons integration (Thanks to Pascal Riva for the first idea!)
- Added Unlimited MultiAdmin Add-on (Thanks to KingRichard from http://www.phpnuke.web.id)
- Improved Web Links, based on JourneyLinks modifications (needs more work!)
- Topics ordered by Name instead of ID in topics.php and admin.php
- Removed all config.php includes and replaced by global declarations (result: good performance)
- Initial HTML code fixes (Added some \n when needed, but there are much work with this yet)
- Fixed bug in Send this Story to a Friend
- New submissions now have a separate section in admin
- Improved Members List
- Added Arabic translation
- Added Barrapunto Theme
- Added Today's Big Story Box
- Added Who's Online Box
- Added Automated Articles System
- Fixed cookies recognition for articles and poll comments
- Moved Languages files to language directory and changed the call from mainfile.php
- Cosmetic changes in Preview function of submit.php file
- Fixed all needed updates for ultramode.txt file
- Fixed some anonymous post options in comments and pollcomments (global declarations troubles)
- Finaly Fixed counter.php to avoid that Unknown stats
- Added poll title on the navigation bar in pollcomments.php
- Fixed some minor translation errors in all language files (Thanks to all translators!)
- Added missing translation text for sections search results
- Fixed votes number display for polls


October 2000: Version 4.2
=========================
- Linux Mandrake 7.2 includes PHP-Nuke in Web Development Category
- Fixed one more bug in the Send This Story to a Friend
- Added stripslashes(fixquotes()) to text type inputs in preferences
- Removed all config includes from themes
- config.php now stores the data into plain text and not in database
- Fixed bug in the Preferences: Articles Numbers in Admin selection
- Fixed Quotes display for scroll bar in Related Links
- Removed global variable on KDE theme
- Minor improvements in the Metal Theme
- Added NewsForge Theme
- Added AnalogX Theme
- Added Ethereal Theme
- Added NiH Theme
- Added Sunset Theme
- Added Slackware Theme
- Added 0ri0n Theme
- Added Croatian translation
- Added Members List feature (memberslist.php)
- Removed some nl2br in comments.php and admin.php
- Fixed some visual stuff for comments reply
- Fixed the admin graphics path in the database
- All themes now use the same logo.gif filename for logo, but one GIF per theme
   to match the theme background, texture, colors, whatever.


October 2000: Version 4.1
=========================
- Added missing "related" table in upgrade35-4.php file
- Fixed the parse error in upgrades files
- Fixed bug in the Send this Story to a Friend scripts
- Initial work to fix the multiple includes of config.php
- Added a test fix for the high number of unkown Browsers and OS in stats.php


October 2000: Version 4.0
=========================
- PHP-Nuke now has its own domain name! (http://phpnuke.org)
- Changed INSTALL and README files
- Fixed double apostrophes bug in comments.php and pollcomments.php
- Added $notes in the preview of the submitted news
- Added nl2br to the Extended text of the story ($bodytext)
- Removed Spanish GPL license file (saved some space)
- Added Recommend This Site Option
- Changed lang-english to not translate english from english
- Created lang-TEMPLATE.php as translators guide
- Random links in Web Links now count the hits
- Increased to int(3) the topicid in topics table
- Added 10 last news submissions and comments in users page
- Added a complete full featured File Manager based in WebExplorer
- Added Advanced Stats for Admins only on stats.php
- All site configuration now is done in Administration script
- Fixed tables colors in comments.php
- Added search for comments, sections and users in search.php
- Fixed error messages when activate banners for the first time
- Added Headlines Grabber to put news from other sites
- All themes changed, first step for the future Theme Builder addon
- Increased to 40 the encrypted password field for users table
- Added Images Upload System
- Added control for number of stories to show in the Home via config.php
- Removed all "<>" in language files comments due to a bug in the headers
- More documented text in config.php
- All Links in links.php now open a new browser window
- Fixed url to "/cookie.php" in user.php
- Fixed "/" url in the themes. Now points to $nuke_url
- Added possibility to allow/disallow anonymous to post comments
- Added Administrators Online Manual with javascript functions
- Default theme is now selectable in config.php (many requests for this one!)
- Users login box added to all themes
- Users login box text added in translation system
- Added a little/nice easter egg (You have the code, but can you find it?)
- Removed the useless titletag and titlebar from config.php and themes
- Added $slogan in config.php
- Fixed a spanish hard text in pollBooth.php and in stats.php
- Changed bar graphics for surveys and stats, cool Aqua button ;)
- Fixed wrong width graphic in stats.php
- Removed Email display for password lost functions, more privacy for users
- Banners deactivated by default in config.php
- Hits to be Popular Link upped to 500 by default in config.php
- Initial use of CSS Stylesheet code in header.php
- Cleaned each themes files to match changes in header.php
- Deleted all fonts face commands (reduced 15+ Kb from code!)
- Site Font is now customizable from config.php (yes!)
- Fixed some typos in banners.php
- Many cosmetic changes in admin html tables
- Added Related Links for each article page
- Added Related Links manager in administration under Topics Manager
- Added javascript scroll box in related links box with last news
- "Post your comment" button moved inside related links box
- Added "The most read story about" for each article page
- Changed to fixed white table color in search.php
- Added Older Articles link in the Old Articles box
- Fixed a bad translation in user.php
- Added PHP-Nuke version number in statistics page
- Added "Send To Friend" functions for stories
- Removed common header on all themes
- Added common header functions in header.php
- Added nice style class to all input text forms
- Added Printer Friendly Page for each article/story
- $site_logo from config.php now works for printer friendly page
- Fixed that "s" for comment plural in index.php
- Added Korean translation
- Added Quebec/French translation
- Added Norwegian translation
- Added Indonesian translation
- Added Slovak translation
- Added Latvian translation + graphics
- Added Metal theme (Thanks to Tim Litwiller)
- Added BlackRoad theme (First with attempt with a Black background)
- Added Xeron theme (Thanks to the folks at Xeron.org)
- Added missing </select> in events maintenance
- Renamed all "Events" words to "Ephemerids"
- Removed Important Note at the end of README file, be happy


September 2000: Version 3.6
===========================
- Fixed some very little bugs in index.php
- Fixed some forgotten stuff in upgrade files


September 2000: Version 3.5
===========================
- Added Events system with full admin menu
- Changed font size for Survey Block
- Added Polish translation
- Added Japanese Translation
- Fixed some language files for typos
- Renamed all .php3 files to .php
- Removed hits counter for links in stories
- Removed redirect.php3 due to high number of problems
- Added compatibility for new MySQL version renaming reserved words
- Fixed more bugs in admin login functions
- Fixed a bug that prevents to change sections
- Some english language file typos corrected (that "readed" stuff)
- Fixed Header bug for some languages files
- Added Important Note at the end of README file
NOTE: This is the last release in SourceForge, next versions will be available
only in the official site at http://www.ncc.org.ve/php-nuke.php3


August 2000: Version 3.0
========================
- Fixed security bug in admin.php3 that allows anyone to enter to the
  admin section without login and password
- Fixed themes functions bug reported in PHP4
- PHP-Nuke is now 99% PHP4 compatible, thanks God! (report any issue)


August 2000: Version 2.5
========================
- Added Comments for Polls/Surveys
- Posters IP now show full hostname, if not detected show IP number (only for admin)
- Fixed bug that prevents to vote in past polls
- Added Dutch translation
- Added Simplified and traditional Chinese translation and buttons
- Added missing links.gif in admin section
- Added graphics buttons for German and French languages


July 2000: Version 2.02
=======================
- Added Yahoo! like web resources system with categories (reason for the 2.0)
- Banner Client now can Email himself a complete stats report
- Some cosmetic stuff in banners.php3 for clients display
- New ultramode.txt news headlines file generator (a general purpose text file)
    (You need to chmod 777 your web main directory. File usefull for some things)
- Redirect works now, for links in stories don't use quotation marks ("")
    (This is good: <a href=http://www.mysite.com>MySite</a>)
    (This is NOT good: <a href="http://www.mysite.com">MySite</a>)
    (If you put the "" hits will not be updated!)
- Edit User in admin section now works
- Fixed "/" in some themes to point to correct path for .php3 files
- Fixed a table bug in Slash theme
- Cosmetic stuff in some themes
- Changed the logo for all themes to see the PHP-Nuke logo insteed of Linux Preview one
- Fixed bug in articles.php3 to point to search with correct Topic
- Added German, Italian, Danish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish and French translations
- Added translation text to no results page in search.php3
- Translated some hard words in the code
- Improved function to order topics in groups of 5 from admin.php3 and topics.php3
- Added more statistics data in the stats.php3
- Added a News Submissions alert in the Home of Default Theme for Admins only
- Older Articles block now have news divided by day (more elegant)
- Added support for Locales Date/Time functions to have better multilingual support
    (for this function you need to have locales databases installed, most Linux
    distributions already install all the locales needed)
- More efectively random function for banners display
- Added some missing html tables in Admin
- Added graphics to sections main page and admin (Remember to edit "sections/template.gif")
    (and remember to add the graphic for each section in admin)
- Added one new theme, SlashOcean based on Slash
- Fixed some PHP4 issues (need more tests but it's a first step)
- Reduced space between images in the top of Slashdot theme
- Some more I don't remember...
- For sure added more bugs, or no? ;)


June 2000: Version 1.0
======================
First Release