This version provides the following improvements:

• Sidebar control fixed, compatible with latest Confluence version
• Minor improvements to table layouts
• Renamed Comments section to Posts

Compatibility with 7.0.1

Fixed specific issue with url in App Definition

Improved backend server performance and compatibility with 6.15.x

Support for Mobile App and Mobile device is now partially supported. Due to limitation in the Mobile App, non-static macros do not work well and this plugin is dynamic and interactive, so some features do not work in the Mobile app.

However in the Mobile Browser, support is better and all features of the plugin work, however depending on the mobile browser may or may not render very well.

Tips for use:

1. Ensure you have installed the Confluence Mobile plugin, in your Confluence Server.

2. You may need to add the follow line to the Custom HTML HEAD section in the Administration area:

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;">

Implemented Issue#26: Modify the Moderators Control in Edit screens to be hidden

Refactored to allow for internationalization of plugin and added German language support

Fixed Issue #27: Error rendering macro 'topic' : net.kentcom.easyforums.StatusType cannot be cast to java.lang.String

Implemented Issue #25: Allow Admins to Add/Edit Status fields

Admins can now add and edit User Status options. The User Status options can be applied to the Forum and Topic status field and thereby giving moderators the capability to utilise addition Status fields extending the default "Active", Read Only" and "Hidden" status options.

New Feature (Request #23:Restricted topic creation but everyone can post in the topic (comment))

Added the capability for Moderators to select who can create topics within Forums. The existing behaviour can be used (using Page Permissions) or a User Group can be chosen. Moderators and Admins will always have the ability to Create Topics.

Bug Fix (Issue #24: Macro Forum can not be rendered for Anonymous Users)

Added support for Confluence 6.4.0

Added new feature Request:

Issue #22, Increase maximum moderators per forum

Fixed issue: #21 Unable to enable add on in Confluence

New Feature Request: Issue #20: Hidden Status

Administrators and Moderators can now choose to see Hidden content.

Bug Fix, general users can no longer see Hidden Topic pages.

Added New feature, Issue 18: Add Moderators per Forum

On each Forum page, Moderators and Admins can add individual moderators per forum (up to 3 for each Forum) in addition to the global EasyForum moderators.

Fixed following issues:

Issue #17: Space template is incorrectly shown in the Page Template menu

Issue #19: Administrators cannot change status of Forums or Topics

Added Confluence 6.2 Support

This plugin has improved support for Space Permissions and Page Restrictions to help Administrators and Moderators control access to Forum and Topic content.

Please read the Documentation for changes and Upgrade steps that may be needed after upgrading to Version 3.0 from earlier versions. See the Roles and Permissions section for further information.

Fixed Issue #14 - Further support for Anonymous user content

Bug Fix: Issue #13 - Summary page fails to render when there are no Topics in the forum and Sort by Last Date is selected.

Bug Fix:

• Fixed Issue #12: Allow Anonymous users to comment on topics

New Feature:

• Topics inherit Labels from the Forum, assists in searches

Bug Fix (affects versions 2.10/2.11/2.12):

• Fixed error: java.lang.String cannot be cast to java.lang.Boolean

New Features introduced in 2.10, 2.11, 2.12:

• Implemented Issue #8: Show Confluence Labels on Topic pages (configurable)
• Implemented Issue #9: Show the Confluence Sidebar (configurable)
• Allow Anonymous users to view Forum content if configured by the Confluence administrators.
• Moderators and Admins will see plugin version on Forum Home page

Added new feature to allow Administrators to choose the initial sort column on page load for both Home page and Forum tables.

This is done in the Easy Forums administration page.

As requested, the Topic list in the Forum page now has an optional column which shows the number of page views for each Topic. This can be turned on and off in the Easy Forums administration page. By default this is turned on.

Moved the Max Table entries from the Forum Macros into the Configuration page.

This version adds a Configuration page in the Confluence Administration area.

On this page there are a few customisation's that the administrators can modify to change the look and feel of your forum., these have been requested by some customers.

The major change is for Administrators to select the Forum template to be used by the "Create Forum" button. There are detailed instructions on the Configuration page for Administrators to use this feature.

On first install, the Forum and Topic pages are not listed in the Summary pages - this has now been fixed.

Some installs don't show Summary or Forum tables correctly, this has been fixed.

On the Forum page, the Topic table has a new column for the Topic creation date. Users can use this column to see the age of topics and sort the topics entries by age.

1. Topic pages did not allow Admins or moderators to edit page

2. Status dialog did not render correctly

New Features include:

• Admins/moderators can change the state of Forums and Topics (Active, Read-Only, Hidden)
• Creating topics in each forum can be restricted to specific users in confluence user groups
• Top contributors per forum is shown in the forum table
• Cleaner Forum Summary and Forum pages, no need for all the built in confluence macro

Improved the Topic page by implementing the following features:

1. Removed the Create button from Main Menu. This is for future improvement to control which users can create content in the forum. Currently this is controlled by the Space permissions.

2. Improved the layout of the Most Popular Post on the Topic page.