Kunena 3.0.8 Released
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Introduction
Kunena 3.0.8 [K 3.0.8] is available for download as a native Joomla extension for J! 2.5 and J! 3.x. This version is a maintaince release for Kunena that addresses several issues that have been reported since the last version release. and this new version replaces (and makes obsolete) all previous versions of Kunena.
This version of Kunena coincides with the simultaneous release of an updated language pack, downloaded separately, for deployment on non-English websites. The release of this version does not not coincide with the release of other Kunena Add-ons that have not been updated at this time and that may or may not be updated for this version.
In general, Kunena Add-ons designed for previous versions of K 3.x should interoperate with this version of Kunena; in general, Kunena Add-ons designed for older major versions of Kunena will not interoperate with this version of Kunena.
The summary of important changes in K 3.0.8 are:
- Improvements in blue eagle template for SEO
- Fix issue with Jomsocial plugin integration (Only Jomsocial >4 supported, jomsocial 4 have a issue with string on activity, disable the activity option will fixed that)
- Fix bbcode no message error
- Improve userlist filter
- Fix backend emoticons upload when same name
- Fixed security issue on userlist
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810 wrote: ^^ This is a joomla template issue's. But you can download it here: github.com/Kunena/Kunena-Forum/releases/tag/3.0.7
Thanks for the link, successfully reverted back to 3.0.7 and layout of category sections and titles are back to normal size and correct colours.
For the moment I think I'd rather have a forum that looks okay layout-wise over the added SEO mods you've made to the blue eagle template of 3.0.8.
Emoji use Facebook, Twitter, VK.com and many sites and last versio iOS , Android and Windows 8.
Kunena 3.0.7 Released
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Introduction
Kunena 3.0.7 [K 3.0.7] is available for download as a native Joomla extension for J! 2.5 and J! 3.x. This version is a maintenance release for Kunena that addresses several issues that have been reported since the last version release. and this new version replaces (and makes obsolete) all previous versions of Kunena.
This version of Kunena coincides with the simultaneous release of an updated language pack, downloaded separately, for deployment on non-English websites. The release of this version does not not coincide with the release of other Kunena Add-ons that have not been updated at this time and that may or may not be updated for this version.
In general, Kunena Add-ons designed for previous versions of K 3.x should interoperate with this version of Kunena; in general, Kunena Add-ons designed for older major versions of Kunena will not interoperate with this version of Kunena.
The summary of important changes in K 3.0.7 are:
- New ebay function, old one is deprecated.
- YouTube BBcode improved.
- Improve language strings
- Improve forum integration plugins
- General bug fixes
- Convert Kunena intallation to jQuery for J!3.x series
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I made some modifications, mainly to the way Kunena is displayed in SERPs, regarding SEO.
Here's some of my changes: www.christforums.org/forum/entertainment...n-joomla-kunena-blog
Kunena 3.0.6 Released
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Introduction
ATTENTION! This release contains an XSS and SQL Injection Vulnerability fix. All previous versions of kunena are affected. Please update immediately.
Kunena 3.0.6 [K 3.0.6] is available for download as a native Joomla extension for J! 2.5 and J! 3.x. This version is a security release for Kunena that addresses several maintenance issues that have been reported since the last version release. and this new version replaces (and makes obsolete) all previous versions of Kunena.
This version of Kunena coincides with the simultaneous release of an updated language pack, downloaded separately, for deployment on non-English websites. The release of this version does not not coincide with the release of other Kunena Add-ons that have not been updated at this time and that may or may not be updated for this version.
In general, Kunena Add-ons designed for previous versions of K 3.x should interoperate with this version of Kunena; in general, Kunena Add-ons designed for older major versions of Kunena will not interoperate with this version of Kunena.
The summary of important changes in K 3.0.6 are:
- XSS vulnerability (credit goes to Raymond Rizk from Dionach Ltd., thank you for the report, much appreciated.
- SQL Injection vulnerability (credit goes to Raymond Rizk from Dionach Ltd., thank you for the report, much appreciated.
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Upgraded from 3.0.5 to 3.0.6 / Joomla 3.3.3 without a hiccup.
Yes, we have written many times in this forum , JCH Optimize is not recommended if you want to use Kunena.lifeguard wrote: It was a plugin ... JCH optimize
lifeguard wrote: this update sucks.
i have a site joomla 3.3 with kunena 3.0.5 and its ok.
i see the update, make a copy of the site, and update to kunena 3.0.6
so far so good.
but the speed of kunena 3.0.6 its horrible.
i cannot understand why it works so slow.
my kunena 3.0.5 need 0,200seconds to load a page, but 3.0.6 needs almost 6 seconds to load everypagee.
the sites ar the same, because its only test copy.
i am not gonna update this to my live-site because my members will kill me.
for the record, all other components working fine. News, search, admin works fast. Only kunena is slow.
Ok, after a time, i will give a reaction.
You were right. It was me, who failed with this.
Foprgive me for this post. It was not to blame anybody, and i have mucht for the team behind Kunena, and his supporters.
It was a plugin, who makes my site slower. JCH optimize. Maybe i mis a setting, or something.
But on a new site, with same config, it works like a charm.
Thanks people, and aigain, forgive me for my stupid comment here.
www.kunena.org/forum/k-3-0-installation-...date-to-kunena-3-0-6
Then I'll go for a manual update and let you know if an entry to this table is added with it.
edit: Update successful and entry with URL update.kunena.org/3.0/list.xml was added to the table :)
In this table I can't see an entry referring to a Kunena site. Should there be one?
Yes there should be.
You might of tried this, but lets try this. Click Button "Purge" in the Joomla Extensions Manager and then Click "Find Updates". Let me know if Kunena shows up. If it does not you will need to install manually, however reinstalling should fix the update issue for next time.
Database collation check: The collation of your table fields are correct
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Kunena menu details:
Warning: Spoiler!
Joomla default template details : dark_night_free | author: ThemeKat | version: 1.0.0 | creationdate: Unknown
Kunena default template details : Joomlana_Dark_II_FREE | author: bz_kunena-templates | version: 2.0.3 | creationdate: 2013-01-11
Kunena version detailed: Kunena 3.0.5 | 2014-03-09 [ Invecchiato ]
| Kunena detailed configuration:| Kunena integration settings:Warning: Spoiler!| Joomla! detailed language files installed:Warning: Spoiler!Warning: Spoiler!
Third-party components: UddeIM 3.3
Third-party SEF components: None
Plugins: Content - Kunena Discuss 3.0.1
Modules: Kunena Login 3.0.1
I already noticed this update_sites table in the DB and that most of the entries were disabled. After clearing the extension cache, they were reenabled and it offered me the latest update for Joomla, but not for Kunena. In this table I can't see an entry referring to a Kunena site. Should there be one?
Is it possible to manage these entries in the Joomla Backend somehow or only in the DB?
What version of Joomla are you running out of curiosity, can you please provide a configuration report which gives these details to use automatically.
Just a note the normal Joomla Cache is different from the Extension Manager Cache. In Joomla 2.5 you may notice that Joomla has a "Purge" button for the cache in the Joomla Extensions Manager. This was to purge the update records that had become disabled by Joomla automatically. Joomla does this for security reasons as the update URL has become invalid and there is no reason to check it anymore. However the disable of update capability for a specific URL was not perfect and problems could occur.
Disabling of update records has a side affect, it is subject to to a false positive scenario due to network issues or server maintenance of the vendor, the vendor in this case being our server at Kunena.org. An update record can become disabled if our server becomes unavailable for a short period of time during the time that you used "Find Updates" button. Joomla now ignores that update record in the database because it is set as disabled, it never checks again to see if the site has been made available. So now updates do not get reported in the Joomla Extension Manager from Kunena.org because Joomla never looks again.
What is crazy in J3.0 to J3.3 there is currently no way to purge the disabled status records without going into the database. There is a patch for J3.4 to reapply the purge button to be able to fix these issues in case they happen. If you have J3.0 - J3.3 you will have to manually log into your database (through a tool like phpMyAdmin) and go into the updates table to re-enable the Kunena specifc entry to be able to update. J3.4 should read a purge button (or similar form of it as it exists in J2.5)
www.kunena.org/download
lifeguard wrote: but the speed of kunena 3.0.6 its horrible.
i cannot understand why it works so slow.
my kunena 3.0.5 need 0,200seconds to load a page, but 3.0.6 needs almost 6 seconds to load everypagee.
There should be no changes in Kunena 3.0.6 which may affect the speed. The only thing that comes into my mind is that something is different in your copy, most likely either you have wrong file permissions (file caching doesn't work) or database doesn't have all the keys (or indexes aren't optimized).
Easiest way to get some idea of what's happening is to enable Joomla debug mode and look what's taking all that time.
Up to 2 seconds is a long time for a site, are you having the same problems on the Kunena.org website? Also worth noting that we have not received any reports about Kunena being any slower.
From a developer perspective nothing has architecturally change that should create a slow down.
Can you please configuration report as it tell us more about your set up.
i have a site joomla 3.3 with kunena 3.0.5 and its ok.
i see the update, make a copy of the site, and update to kunena 3.0.6
so far so good.
but the speed of kunena 3.0.6 its horrible.
i cannot understand why it works so slow.
my kunena 3.0.5 need 0,200seconds to load a page, but 3.0.6 needs almost 6 seconds to load everypagee.
the sites ar the same, because its only test copy.
i am not gonna update this to my live-site because my members will kill me.
for the record, all other components working fine. News, search, admin works fast. Only kunena is slow.
Kunena To Drop Support For Joomla 2.5 End of Q4 2014
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Who is affected?
Anyone running trying to run a future released version of Kunena after the last support date specified below.What does this concern?
Kunena and Joomla support and security.Where will this take place?
Any Kunena Extensions will immediately deny upgrade and install and will eventually remove API support for specific code that pertains to Joomla 2.5.When does this happen?
Kunena will offically drop Joomla 2.5 support at the end of Q4 of 2014 offically on the date December 31, 2014. (NOTE: This date might be adjusted in accordance to the "End of Support" date Joomla specifies). At Kunena we will most likely be in a minor version release [versioning structure (major).(minor).(revision) example given: 3.1.2] during this release time. The next (major) OR (minor) OR (revision) release will refuse to install on the latest Joomla 2.5.x series.Why should I update?
Although Kunena and Joomla support and security being the more important reason. Some secondary reasonings are improved performance, improved code quality which means less errors, newer web standards in development and design practices, and thus better experience for your users.How do I prepare?
There are some good Joomla user guides available on the Internet regaruding moving from Joomla 2.5.x to the latest Joomla 3.x.x. Here is a good starter topic to take note of about the process and procedures involved: http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?t=793171I have more questions.
Feel free to ask us questions below or on the forum. Have a good week.Discuss this article
Joomla does not support J! 2.5 (as from 1 January 2015).
Unless there is something of a major security alert, there are no intentions by the Joomla development team to support or fix any problems with J! 2.5 or release any versions after J! 2.5.28.
Basically means—just like it means if people were using J! 1.0 or J! 1.5—if you are using J! 2.5 then, if it works, good luck and, if it doesn't work, it's a case of "you're on your own". The best advice that anyone can give to people who are using old, outdated and unsupported software is to upgrade to software that is supported.
As far as Kunena is concerned, it is reasonable to say that K 3.0 (and K 3.1—if this ever sees the light of day) will continue to operate on J! 2.5 systems but, as 810 and coder4life have stated, if you have problems then the Kunena developers have no real intention to address them—for the general connunity—as far as J! 2.5 websites are concerned.
Quoting from the article,
this is a little misleading. There have been no changes to K 3.0 (or K 3.1 for that matter) that impose this restriction. It is unlikely that this restriction will be enforced in future versions of the K 3.0 series.The next (major) OR (minor) OR (revision) release will refuse to install on the latest Joomla 2.5.x series.
In summary, if you are using J! 2.5 then you may use Kunena (for as long as the J! 2.5 codebase is included in the installation) but if you have problems then whatever assistance or help will be minimal or, in all probability, non-existent.
You are correct we plan to drop J2.5 specific code, but even 3.1 will be built and work on J2.5 for some time after with the same intention of support.
The goal is to allow a transition period.