4.2.1

Profile

Improvement Accept special character and spaces in username.

New Feature Better error pages when viewing blocked user profile.

Bug Fix Fix minor incompatibilities with PHP date format in birthday field.

Photos

Improvement Add miniheaders for album views.

Bug Fix Don't show system albums on all photos lists.

Bug Fix Fix overlapping arrow icons in photo modal.

Videos

Bug Fix User videos should not show videos posted in groups and events.

Groups

Bug Fix Fix the issue with commenting photos from the stream.

Bug Fix Can't download files from discussions.

Bug Fix Group admins should be able to delete streams.

Events

Bug Fix Photo-related activities are missing in invitation only events.

Bug Fix Event admins should be able to delete streams.

Modules and Applications

Bug Fix Icons mismatch in notification module.

Bug Fix Fix actor link in photo comments module.

Bug Fix Fix actor link in video comments module.

Bug Fix Group photos should show in photos module when available.

Bug Fix Do not remove Kunena System plugin.

Backend and Installer

Improvement Improve members list in admin.

Bug Fix Email digest preview sometimes doesn't work.

Activity Stream

Bug Fix Fix missing embedly support for discussion reply stream.

Messages and Notifications

Bug Fix Status of notification messages in mail queue is wrong for group posts.

Improvement Improve group streams notifications.

Templates

Bug Fix Fix duplicate fb-root id.

Bug Fix Fix cursor icon on birthdate field.

Improvement Remove duplicate ID's.

Improvement Remove autocapitalize from username and password.

Misc

Bug Fix Hide Year text can't be translated.

Improvement Improvement with Guru compatibility.

4.2.0

Profile

Bug Fix Can't edit username when Joomla configuration allows it.

Bug Fix Ignored user shouldn't be blocked.

Bug Fix Can't upload avatar on registration.

Bug Fix Improve the birthdate custom profile field.

Bug Fix Mutual friends page is not showing mutual friends.

Bug Fix Fix registration issues on IE 11.

Photos

Bug Fix Always respect public privacy for system albums.

Videos

Bug Fix Impossible to upload MP4 videos with audio mime type.

Groups

Bug Fix Only group owner and super admin should be able to delete the group.

Events

Bug Fix Fix the limit for featured events.

Modules and Applications

Bug Fix Redirect plugin showing contradictory messages.

Bug Fix Photo module should not show photos from system albums.

Backend

Bug Fix Show location of users according to Google Maps integration settings.

Misc

Bug Fix Fix input formatting on various text fields.

Improvement Minor improvements with PHP 7 compatibility.

Improvement Improve Zencoder to work with Amazon S3.

4.1.7

Security

Critical Security Issue Authorize input before processing. (Thanks Vladimir).

Critical Security Issue Prevent XSS input in messages body.

Profile

Bug Fix Single quote in translations make javascript broken at preference page.

Bug Fix Big profile pages will timeout when visited by guest user.

Improvement Display & symbol properly in custom profile fields.

Bug Fix Validate profiletype selection properly.

Improvement Default custom profile field privacy should be same as profile privacy.

Photos

Bug Fix Fix empty alt attributes.

Bug Fix Fix album paths.

Bug Fix Fix wrong "Back to album" link

Videos

Bug Fix Full screen videos are broken in Chrome.

Bug Fix Fix some S3 videos that can't be played.

Bug Fix Zencoder terms of service checkbox is missing.

Bug Fix Videos on the streem can't be played when using JomSocial's player.

Groups

Bug Fix Fix the minor SEF issue with groups.

Events

Bug Fix Event response options are visible to guest user.

Bug Fix Super Admin should be able to view invitation only events.

Bug Fix Super Admin should be able to create events, even if events creating is disabled in the backend.

Modules and Applications

Bug Fix JS Events module should be translatable

Bug Fix My Google Ads plugin not working at all.

Bug Fix Hello Me module issues with user online status set to false.

Improvement For consistency, replace description with sumarry in the JS Events Calendar module.

Search

Bug Fix Advanced search returns error when seraching within profiletype.

Bug Fix Fix the country search.

Templates

Bug Fix Element ul not allowed as child of element small.

Improvement Make the hovercard smarter and display on the visible area of the screen.

Misc

Improvement Language improvements and hardcoded strings removal

4.2 RC 1

Highlights

New Feature Email digest for inactive users.

  • Select how often to send email digest.
  • Choose the inactivity period.
  • Select what to send in emails.

New Feature Full Embedly support.

  • Show beautiful embedly cards in stream posts, comments and even editor.
  • Choose basic layout options.
  • Free service! Paid options available on Embedly website.

New Feature Databese tool for upgrade to support Emoji (requires MySQL 5.5.3 or higher).

  • Separate tool for database upgrade when supported.
  • Post emojis everywhere.

New Feature Frontend administration for custom profile fields by Ron Severdia.

  • Modify user profile fields directly on the site, without going to backend.
  • Modify user account information too.

New Feature GIF animation support (requires imagemagick).

  • Upload GIF's to the frontpage, profile, group and events stream.
  • Separate system album for animations.

New Feature Full support for PHP 7.

New Feature Full Joomla 3 compatibility.

New Feature New troubleshooting tool for cleaning up orphaned streams, avatars and covers.

New Feature Possibility to hide a year for birthdate field and respect that setting in search.

New Feature System albums now have unique "title" tag

Security

Critical Security Issue Authorize input before processing. (Thanks Vladimir).

Removed

Removed Remove JomSocial Connect plugin. It is not needed for proper functioning of JomSocial's Facebook Connect.

Photos

Bug Fix Cover album in events should always be public, as every other system album is.

New Feature Add photo counter in system albums.

Improvements Always show photo options on mobile.

Videos

Improvement Use native player as a default option for new installations.

Improvement Show search input on videos search results page.

Groups

Bug Fix Groups throw an error when visited by guest user.

Bug Fix Group details are right under stream instead of the tab.

Events

Improvement Add proper filter for events.

Improvement Bring back the basic HTML formating in event descriptions.

Messages

Bug Fix Move submenu options from "Sent" to "Inbox".

Backend and Installer

Improvement Beatify dropdowns in the backend dashboard.

New Feature Allow using quotes in values for custom profile fields.

New Feature Add register date on member list in the backend (suggested by Ron Severdia).

Bug Fix Could not save the user from backend.

Activity Stream

Bug Fix Streams from hidden event should not be visible to guest users.

New Feature Add option to share the stream from third-party.

Improvement Make album selection more promininet when uploading photos through postbox.

API

Improvement Change "see_also" Open Graph tag to have an absolute url (SourceCoast).

Templates

Bug Fix Fix database error on friends page.

Bug Fix Fix backend avatar overrides.

Improvement Optimise the toolbar CSS.

Bug Fix Default badge can't be seen on black cover.

4.1.6

Photos

Bug Fix Update photo table to check instance of params before storing into database.

Bug Fix Fix photo upload using ajaxpreviewcomment to store the photo permanently according to the parameters.

Bug Fix Respect the photo size limit.

Bug Fix Fix override for profile cover.

Bug Fix Event cover should not position back to default after editing event.

Videos

Bug Fix Fix the stream upload permissions in events and groups.

Groups

Bug Fix If creating groups is disabled, going to direct link to create group should return notice.

Events

Bug Fix Fix issues related to hidden group events.

Modules and Applications

Improvement Add SSL verifier and Certificates for Twitter Auth API.

Bug Fix Use DisplayName in Hello Me module.

Improvement Add WebDriver classes for testing plugins.

Bug Fix Fix application description so it can be translated.

Bug Fix Add direct query filtering to JS Members module to produce accurate results.

Activity Stream

Bug Fix Fix user point issue when updating post.

Bug Fix Deleting a featured activities through admin, prevents user from featuring more activities.

Facebook Connect

Removed Remove unsupported account association in edit profile if user is logged in using JFBC.

Registration

Bug Fix Redirect to JomSocial page after activation.

Bug Fix Fix the registration emails in certain scenarios.

Editor

Bug Fix Add additional parameters to upload image on wysiwyg editor.

Bug Fix Files uploaded through editor should not be deleted with cron.

Bug Fix Fix discussion textbox to accept strong and em elements.

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