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0.95 - 2003-10-30
* Read/Unread tracking implemented - 30 day history. (default) Anything older than 30 days is assumed read. 10/27/2003 9:51PM
* Group privileges implemented [6/4/2003 10:00PM]
	- each user has a base group affinity, but may also be associated with any number of other groups
	- each forum has a group affinity, only members of that group may view or post to anywhere in that forum
	- Recent posts only displays recent messages from anonymous forums if not logged in
	- admins can now edit/delete messages made by other users [10/27/2003 2:55PM]
	- More than one admin can be specified [6/4/2003 10:00PM]
* Recent posts window lines now dynamically truncated to fill as much of the line as possible [5/23/2003 7:15PM]
* Config variable COOKIEDOMAIN created [5/23/2003 9:22PM]
* Config variable RECENTROWLENGTH created [5/23/2003 9:25PM]
* New search engine! works bettar!
* last few messages in thread are now on the reply form
* lots of updates to the admin script

BUG FIXES
* Fixed incorrect calculation of posts per day on user profile page


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0.92 - 2003-05-22

CHANGES
* most configruaton values are stored in the database now
* added cfg and color modification to admin script
* Custom SQL query on admin page
* Link to full page of recent posts on main page
* Recent posts by use ron user profile page
* got rid of ip restriction on admin script - no need for it anymore, have login restriction

BUG FIXES
* fixed bug where there would be no link to a thread if it had been previewed before creation (-sticky was NULL instead of 0)
* fixed many many hard-coded class and background color irregularities
* removed 'DISTINCT' from 'Recent' SQL query--it goes a lot faster now
* fixed CGI error when unable to find a session id in the database references in a browser cookie


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0.91 - 2002-09-30
stats on user profile page
sticky threads
'edit' and 'delete' links now use images instead of text
edit notes now have their own place in the DB and do not show up in the comments when editing a message
recent posts list looks much bettar
today count on forum display
more comprehensive nav links

BUG FIXES
	fixed searching within multiple fields
	blank subject allowance fixed AGAIN
	fixed serious security hole in admin script: any login (even non-existent users) would allow access

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0.90 - 2002-02-14

Message Preview
Cookie Logins
Signatures
Threads with recent posts list
Lots of rendered stuff comes from templates now
last page links in the thread list
Forum Jumping
More conventional sorting interface
new h4x0rbb specific tags ( [link:...]...], [image:...], and [quote:...] )
Admin: Re-counting posts now does all counts, not just user counts
Emoticons (and an eGOATicon)
Search has more options and returns prettier results
Bug fixes 
	sorting by author now works correctly
	invisible text on MAC IE5 should be fixed


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0.86 - 2001-05-08

Now using MySQL! Almost all code has been re-written to accomodate.
Log cycling
User profiles can now be modified
User profiles now allow links to a picture and an icon that will be diplayed on each of the user's posts
Threads can now be converted to flat text and e-mailed
Threads can now be monitored (via e-mail)
More navigational links
More admin control
 move lists of threads, not just 1 at a time
 delete threads
 delete individual messages
 add/remove forums
 user editing
 online config editing
Bug fixes
 I think the page numbering is finally fixed for good! (I had to write my own rounding function)
 Post counts now get decremented when deleting messages
 'Sort Topics' header now displays current sort scheme
 spaces, periods, hyphens now specifically allowed in handles
 HTML is now filtered out of Topic Subjects
 message info cell now has a fixed width

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0.85 - 2000-12-18

More bug fixes, notably:
  -Posting now returns you to the last page of thread you were viewing instead
   of the forum index
  -pagination no longer produces an extra page
slightly cleaner QUERY_STRINGs
Pagination for thread list and message list, with thread sorting intact!
Administrator can now edit configuration on-line
640x480 and 800x600 friendly now (fiendliER anyway)

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0.84 - 2000-11-11

-A few bug fixes
-Much cleaner code via CGI.pm
-Aesthetic enhancements
-Source has better comments


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0.83 - 2000-10-16

-A few more aesthetic enhancements
-Search results look nicer, find all instances, and no longer produce duplicates
-Thread pagination
-Activity logging


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0.82 - 2000-10-09

-No more  tags, all colors are invoked by CSS
-Forms look better now
-Link to main page included
-Better cross-browser compliance

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0.81 - 2000-09-26

Some slight changes in aesthetics, including naviagtion links at the upper left
of the thread a message view pages. Carriage returns inside each post are now
converted to HTML line breaks during rendering.

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0.80 - 2000-08-30
-HTML is OK now
-User profiles contain more information
-New administrative features
-Multiple Forum capability
-Cookies tests

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2000-08-19

-Aesthetic changes  and code optimization
-Posts as large as 8K can now be made.
-no HTML - use HBB. 
-Search enabled

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2000-06-01

-Topic views are now being counted and displayed
-Users now have post accounts along with the rest of their profile information

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2000-05-23

-Thread sorting added

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2000-05-22

-Threading added
-Editing and deleting of messages is now possible