POP Forums v18.0.0

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The v18 release continues to concentrate on performance and optimization, refactoring and bug fixes. Most notably, this release takes advantage of the latest .NET bits, and in moving to Bootstrap 5, removes dependencies on jQuery. The documentation is here: https://popworldmedia.github.io/POPForums/

Upgrading

There are no schema changes in this release. To upgrade from v15, run the PopForums15to16.sql script included in the PopForums.Sql project manually against your existing database. If you're starting from nothing, check the documentation for those instructions.

What's New?

• Update to .NET 6. Update to .Net v6 #211
• Migrate to Bootstrap v5. Migrate to Bootstrap v5 #215
• Eliminate dependencies on jQuery. Eliminate dependencies on jQuery #216
• Migrate admin to Vue.js v3. Migrate admin to Vue.js v3 #232
• Embrace C# concepts. Embrace C# 10.0 concepts #249
• Use crop mode for avatars when they're uploaded. Use crop mode for avatars when they're uploaded #239
• Update text parser to default to https on www URL's. Update text parser to default to https on www URL's #248
• Trim IP and email ban entries before saving. Trim IP and email ban entry fields before saving #222
• Remove dependency on Newtonsoft serializer for controllers with enums. Remove dependency on Newtonsoft serializer for controllers with enums #247
• Add a security policy. Add a security policy #238
• Update AzureKit to use modern libraries. Update AzureKit to use modern Azure libraries #226
• Put a cache sink in Redis CacheHelper in AzureKit. Put a cache sink in Redis CacheHelper in AzureKit #231
• Update Redis CacheHelper to use System.Text.Json when it's compatible. Update Redis CacheHelper to use System.Text.Json when it's compatible #169
• Discontinue use of PopForums.json for config, use default instead. Discontinue use of PopForums.json for config, use default instead #225
• BUG: Mailing list unsubscribe doesn't decode spaces from URL's. SmtpWrapper doesn't catch connection or auth exceptions #237
• BUG: CSS needs case sensitive path for Linux environments. CSS needs case sensitive path for Linux environments #228
• BUG: SmtpWrapper doesn't catch connections or auth exceptions. SmtpWrapper doesn't catch connection or auth exceptions #237
• BUG: Bots causing null ref exception in TopicViewCountService when trying to fetch cookies. Bots causing null ref exception in TopicViewCountService when trying to fetch cookies #210
• BUG: Setup stopped working in a previous version. Setup stopped working in a previous version #244
• BUG: Text parser fails on URL's with multiples protocol instances (like those from web archive). Text parser fails on URL's with multiples protocol instances (like those from web archive) #233

Known Issues

None.

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This discussion was created from the release POP Forums v18.0.0.