Minor version update

This release contains the following improvements:

• Add the spaceKey to each exported question
• Allow downloads for the /export2 and /exportAll REST endpoints

This release contains the following improvements:

• Add the spaceKey to each exported question
• Allow downloads for the /export2 and /exportAll REST endpoints

Fix the friendly date issue in the overview when using Confluence 8

Fix the friendly date issue in the overview when using Confluence 8

This release ensures compatibility with Confluence 8

This release ensures compatibility with Confluence 8

This release ensures compatibility with Confluence 8.0

This release ensures compatibility with Confluence 8.0

This release contains the following new features:

• Add the special feature "approved-answer-first" which shows the approved/accepted answer before all other answers

This release contains the following new features:

• Add the special feature "approved-answer-first" which shows the approved/accepted answer before all other answers

This release contains the following new features and bug fixes:

• Add a REST endpoint to export all questions of your instance
• Fix an issue with the export introduced in 3.8.0

This release contains the following new features and bug fixes:

• Add a REST endpoint to export all questions of your instance
• Fix an issue with the export introduced in 3.8.0

The release includes the following new features:

• Always notify the creator of a question in case of new responses (opt-out)
• Allow content managers to feature and lock questions
• Add the special feature restrict-to-author to restrict the edit permission of a question to the author

The release includes the following new features:

• Always notify the creator of a question in case of new responses (opt-out)
• Allow content managers to feature and lock questions
• Add the special feature restrict-to-author to restrict the edit permission of a question to the author

This release contains the following improvements:

• Show new questions in the overview without any delay

This release contains the following improvements:

• Show new questions in the overview without any delay

The release contains the following new features:

• Include the questions' labels in the REST export endpoints
• Improve the support of hierarchical questions

The release contains the following new features:

• Include the questions' labels in the REST export endpoints
• Improve the support of hierarchical questions

The release is a combined feature and security release:

• We fixed a previously undetected cross-site-scripting vulnerability related to the improper escaping of page titles in the similar questions UI allowing to execute e.g. JavaScript.
• The new special feature hide-page-tree allows to hide all questions except the current one in the side-bar.
• The new special feature sort-labels-by-name allows to sort labels by name rather than relevance in the label overview.

The release is a combined feature and security release:

• We fixed a previously undetected cross-site-scripting vulnerability related to the improper escaping of page titles in the similar questions UI allowing to execute e.g. JavaScript.
• The new special feature hide-page-tree allows to hide all questions except the current one in the side-bar.
• The new special feature sort-labels-by-name allows to sort labels by name rather than relevance in the label overview.

This release closes two bugs:

• Access jQuery also via AJS for manage notifications
• Fix missing icons issue on Confluence instances with additional path

This release closes two bugs:

• Access jQuery also via AJS for manage notifications
• Fix missing icons issue on Confluence instances with additional path

This release contains the following features/improvements:

• Add a new filter "no response" which shows questions having neither an answer nor a comment
• Add a special feature to show the like container directly under the page title
• Add a special feature to show like icons rather than chevrons
• Add an additional export REST endpoint to export very large topics (in case the regular export endpoint

This release contains the following features/improvements:

• Add a new filter "no response" which shows questions having neither an answer nor a comment
• Add a special feature to show the like container directly under the page title
• Add a special feature to show like icons rather than chevrons
• Add an additional export REST endpoint to export very large topics (in case the regular export endpoint

This release closes the following bugs:

• Allow anonymous users to create comments as well.

This release closes the following bugs:

• Allow anonymous users to create comments as well.

We have noticied that the app hinders the creation of some blueprints due to an inproper exception handling in Confluence. This release fixes this problem.

We have noticied that the app hinders the creation of some blueprints due to an inproper exception handling in Confluence. This release fixes this problem.

Smart Questions and Answers 3.0.0 introduces a significantly different notification system to allow Slack and MS Teams notifications. Changed system:

• In all earlier versions only new questions have been notified by the app. Answers or comments have been notified by Confluence itself. Starting with version 3.0.0 the app notifies new questions and responses (answers and comments).
• When you added a watch for an entire question topic or just a label in a topic the app set the watch flag on all relevant question pages. Starting with version 3.0.0 the app does not set/unset any watch flags. This is not needed anymore as the app notifies new answers or comments as already explained under 1.
• As the app does not utilize the watch flag anymore the Q&A watches in your personal menu do not exist anymore in version 3.0.0.
• Notifications are managed via a dialog which opens when you hit the Manage Notifications button. The eye icon next to the label or on top of a topic does not exist anymore.

Smart Questions and Answers 3.0.0 introduces a significantly different notification system to allow Slack and MS Teams notifications. Changed system:

• In all earlier versions only new questions have been notified by the app. Answers or comments have been notified by Confluence itself. Starting with version 3.0.0 the app notifies new questions and responses (answers and comments).
• When you added a watch for an entire question topic or just a label in a topic the app set the watch flag on all relevant question pages. Starting with version 3.0.0 the app does not set/unset any watch flags. This is not needed anymore as the app notifies new answers or comments as already explained under 1.
• As the app does not utilize the watch flag anymore the Q&A watches in your personal menu do not exist anymore in version 3.0.0.
• Notifications are managed via a dialog which opens when you hit the Manage Notifications button. The eye icon next to the label or on top of a topic does not exist anymor

This release fixes an usability issue. The Space settings of the App now show the global settings (if present) as default in case settings for a Space have not been defined.

This release fixes an usability issue. The Space settings of the App now show the global settings (if present) as default in case settings for a Space have not been defined.

This release solves the following bugs:

• The "no accepted answer" filter in version 2.23.0 showed all questions with accepted answer rather than the opposite. This has been fixed. Please note that you must re-index all topics via the configuration page or wait until Confluence has updated the index.

This release solves the following bugs:

• The "no accepted answer" filter in version 2.23.0 showed all questions with accepted answer rather than the opposite. This has been fixed. Please note that you must re-index all topics via the configuration page or wait until Confluence has updated the index.

The release includes the following new features and bug fixes:

• Add an export function to support cloud migration
• Under some rare circumstances the space or global app settings could not be saved - this problem has been fixed
• Change some REST endpoints to further improve the security (forged requests)

The release includes the following new features and bug fixes:

• Add an export function to support cloud migration
• Under some rare circumstances the space or global app settings could not be saved - this problem has been fixed
• Change some REST endpoints to further improve the security (forged requests)

Our last fix broke the instance wide topics. This has been fixed now.

Our last fix broke the instance wide topics. This has been fixed now.

This release fixes an issue related to the reading of the settings.Background: under some weird circumstances Confluence uses two class loaders to set the settings and to get them beck - this results in a class cast exception when trying to read the settings.

This release fixes an issue related to the reading of the settings.Background: under some weird circumstances Confluence uses two class loaders to set the settings and to get them beck - this results in a class cast exception when trying to read the settings.

This release contains the following improvements:

• Select the Smart QA default template in case no template is selected (usability issue in Confluence 7.x)

This release contains the following improvements:

• Select the Smart QA default template in case no template is selected (usability issue in Confluence 7.x)

With this release we close a bug related to the email notification. When the $questionBody placeholder was used control information have also been included in the email.

With this release we close a bug related to the email notification. When the $questionBody placeholder was used control information have also been included in the email.

This release fixes a wrong time zone correction when displaying the last modified time.

This release fixes a wrong time zone correction when displaying the last modified time.

Avoid wrong ordering of answers in Data Center.

This release is a combined feature and bug fix release:

• Allow to hide the asker/creator of a question in the overview (special feature)
• Fix potential issues with the settings when upgrading from very old versions
• Support space keys with leading zeros

This release is a combined feature and bug fix release:

• Allow to hide the asker/creator of a question in the overview (special feature)
• Fix potential issues with the settings when upgrading from very old versions
• Support space keys with leading zeros

With this release we fix two bugs related to the conversion of nested comments to answers.

With this release we fix two bugs related to the conversion of nested comments to answers.

The release adds the following features:

• Allow an order by question title in the community style overview

The release adds the following features:

• Allow an order by question title in the community style overview

Unfortunately our fix from yesterday was incomplete.

Unfortunately our fix from yesterday was incomplete.

This release fixes an exception when editing a root page (a page without parent). Remark: the exception did not negatively influence performance or stability.

This release fixes an exception when editing a root page (a page without parent). Remark: the exception did not negatively influence performance or stability.

This release adds the following improvements:

• Allow using the Smart QA Overview macro on Refined Category home pages
• Add a parameter which allows to clone all settings from a different topic. This can be useful in case you have many topics which should have the same set of parameters.

This release adds the following improvements:

• Allow using the Smart QA Overview macro on Refined Category home pages
• Add a parameter which allows to clone all settings from a different topic. This can be useful in case you have many topics which should have the same set of parameters.

This release adds the possibility (if activated) to raise private questions first which can be released to the other users later. This was requested as some users want to answer their own question before making the question visible to others.

This release adds the possibility (if activated) to raise private questions first which can be released to the other users later. This was requested as some users want to answer their own question before making the question visible to others.

This release fixes a potential leak of question topic titles to users not having the proper permissions. The issue was introduced in version 2.18.

This release fixes a potential leak of question topic titles to users not having the proper permissions. The issue was introduced in version 2.18.

This release adds the following features:

• Macro to show all questions of a space or the entire instance.
• Macro to show all question topics.

This release adds the following features:

• Macro to show all questions of a space or the entire instance.
• Macro to show all question topics.

This release solves some minor bugs and adds the following new features:

• Add a special feature to limit the similar question search to same labels only.
• Allow to convert nested comments to answers.
• Allow to include the topic title in the statistics.
• Allow to exclude words from the search of similar questions. This helps to narrow down the search.

This release solves some minor bugs and adds the following new features:

• Add a special feature to limit the similar question search to same labels only.
• Allow to convert nested comments to answers.
• Allow to include the topic title in the statistics.
• Allow to exclude words from the search of similar questions. This helps to narrow down the search.

This release contains the following new features:

• The community style is now default. In case you want to keep the former table style you have to actively deselect the community style!
• Allow a question topic (overview page) to be shown on other pages using the Include Page macro.
• Allow multiple statistics on one page.
• Add a special feature to the Smart QA Statistics macro to limit the statistics to first level questions only (useful only if you have cascaded topics).

This release contains the following new features:

• The community style is now default. In case you want to keep the former table style you have to actively deselect the community style!
• Allow a question topic (overview page) to be shown on other pages using the Include Page macro.
• Allow multiple statistics on one page.
• Add a special feature to the Smart QA Statistics macro to limit the statistics to first level questions only (useful only if you have cascaded topics).

With this release the versions for Confluence 6.x and 7.x are merged again.

With this release the versions for Confluence 6.x and 7.x are merged again.

This release fixes undetected compatibility issues with Confluence 7. We needed to split the version for Confluence 7 from the versions for Confluence 6.

This release fixes undetected compatibility issues with Confluence 7. We needed to split the version for Confluence 7 from the versions for Confluence 6.

This release allows to create and edit questions even if the user does not have an edit permission. Please contact us in case you want to use that function.

This release allows to create and edit questions even if the user does not have an edit permission. Please contact us in case you want to use that function.

This release avoids that the Create dialog appears for a couple of seconds when creating questions from templates,

This release avoids that the Create dialog appears for a couple of seconds when creating questions from templates,

This release closes two minor user interface related bugs:

• In version 2.8.0 the page scrolls unintended when you select a filter.
• Firefox does not show table borders in the classical overview.

This release closes two minor user interface related bugs:

• In version 2.8.0 the page scrolls unintended when you select a filter.
• Firefox does not show table borders in the classical overview.

This release contains the following changes:

• Compatibility with Confluence 7.0
• You may also use other macros within the side content macro now.
• We discontinued to check whether the last modifier of the overview page allows to use content managers. Please simply enable a write protection on the overview page in case you want to protect it.

This release contains the following changes:

• Compatibility with Confluence 7.0
• You may also use other macros within the side content macro now.
• We discontinued to check whether the last modifier of the overview page allows to use content managers. Please simply enable a write protection on the overview page in case you want to protect it.

All versions from 1.8.0 to 2.7.1 are subject to a potential leak of confidential information. Users not authorized for a specific question topic including anonymous users might gain access to the statistics of a question topic (which might include the top askers/respondents user names) and the labels used in a question topic.

The questions and their answers are not affected.

This versions corrects this problem.

All versions from 1.8.0 to 2.7.1 are subject to a potential leak of confidential information. Users not authorized for a specific question topic including anonymous users might gain access to the statistics of a question topic (which might include the top askers/respondents user names) and the labels used in a question topic.

The questions and their answers are not affected.

This version fixes the found issue.

This release fixes a bug which hindered the app to start on older Confluence versions.

This release fixes a bug which hindered the app to start on older Confluence versions.

This release contains the following new features or improvements:

• Added the possibility to sort by question creation date in the community style
• Added a REST endpoint to import questions from other apps
• Smaller UI improvements and fixes

This release contains the following new features or improvements:

• Added the possibility to sort by question creation date in the community style
• Added a REST endpoint to import questions from other apps
• Smaller UI improvements and fixes

With this release we add features to limit the allowed user groups for asking questions and giving answers. Additionally the app now respects the from-settings in your email configuration.

With this release we add features to limit the allowed user groups for asking questions and giving answers. Additionally the app now respects the from-settings in your email configuration.

With this release Confluence Data Center is officially supported.

This release now also supports data center officially. Additionally it allows marking single descendant pages of a topic page as "not a question".

This release fixes a bug which disabled the function to convert a comment to an answer.

This release fixes a bug which shows up when you don't have any users in the confluence-administrators group. Furthermore the release contains some internal improvements.

This release improves the performance when watching/un-watching a large set of questions. Additionally it removes exceptions which might have occurred when un-watching.

This release fixes a NPE which occurs when a topic you watch is deleted and you watch your Q&A watches afterwards.

This release contains a lot of internal improvements to enable the app dealing with thousands of questions within one topic. Apart from that the release contains the following enhancements:

• Support of nested topics: you may now use topics within other topics. The parent topic contains all questions of the child topics.
• Alternative position of answers: some customers have very short questions leaving a lot of unused space on the left side of the “similar questions box”. You can enable an option that the answers float into that area.
• Label-overview: the label overview now shows all labels in the topic independent of the selected filter.

Please note that the upgrade process might take some time in case you have a significant amount of questions.

This release contains the following changes:

• ATTENTION: The custom instructional message only accepts Confluence storage format now rather than HTML - this is due to security reasons. You might need to adopt your current custom instructional message.
• Community style: the new community style can be used as alternative to the classical table in the topic overview.
• Show comments below answers: an option was added to show comments below answers rather than above.
• Many smaller changes...

This release comes with the following changes/fixes:

• Change the outer branding from Simple Questions and Answers to Smart Questions and Answers. "Simple" was right when we started but does not match any more.
• Allow users to use the plug-in free (without a license) with significantly reduced feature set.
• Fix a potential (non reported) bug with IE11.
• Publish REST endpoints for triggering an approval reminder manually and managing watches. Please refer to the documentation.

This release adds a "first steps" page which is shown after the plug-in has been installed.

The release primary a feature release - however we also solved a small bug detected internally. The new features are:

• The owner of a question is now also allowed to convert a comment into an answer andr vice versa.
• The bluish box which contained the link to the instructions on each question page (if configured) now also includes a link which brings you back to the main page of the topic and a link to ask another question.
• You can configure to hide the standard Confluence create buttons on question pages. we implemented this as some users tried to create new questions using those buttons which does not work.

With this release we close two trivial bugs.

1) For questions with titles containing a slash no similar questions were found.

2) Rare null pointer exceptions in the getKey function - no functional influence.

With this release we close a bug (not reported) which prevented the title from being taken over correctly form the dialog to the new question page in case the title contained the & sign.

This release fixes a bug which caused the buttons "Save as comment" and "Save as answer" shown twice in IE11.

This release includes the following main improvements:

• Providing a comment is now much easier: there is no need to go via an answer first. Just click "save as comment".
• Link to instructions. Additionally (or as replacement) to the instructional pop-up you may now also configure a link which shows the instructions.
• Label watch symbols: the symbols to watch/unwatch a question label are now hidden when you watch the entire topic.

The last release did not contain the sidebar symbol.

Within this release we fix the bug that notifications about a new question was also sent to users not having the proper access rights.

This release comes with the following new features:

• Email message templates: all messages can now be configured by you to match your wishes.
• Define initial filtering and sorting: you can define an initial filtering and sorting now.
• Column sorting changed to match most use cases.
• Clear search button added: no need to delete the entry in the search field manually anymore.
• Converting comments back to answers: now you can convert your comments back to answers what was not possible in former versions.
• Content managers: the "additional users allowed to approve" are now called content managers which may also convert answers to comments and back and addition to their existing right to approve answers additionally to the owner.
• Sidebar link: Questions is now also accessible via a sidebar link in case you configured system- or space-wide topics.

This release fixes a bug with storing the watches.

The following features have been added:

• Watch entire topic changed: we removed the dependency on Tree View regarding the watch functionality of an entire topic. This functionality is now part of Simple Questions and Answers. Existing Tree Watches can be converted by clicking the shown message easily (there is no loss of functionality at any time).
• Watch labels: additionally you can watch single labels within a topic rather than the entire topic
• Approval reminder: you can now configure an approval reminder which sends out an email to the owner of a question after a certain time (configurable) since the last activity has elapsed asking whether his/her question has been answered
• Anonymous access: Simple Questions and Answers now supports anonymous questions and answers (in case the topic is opened to the public by Confluence)
• My favourites filter: we added one filter which only shows your favourite questions

This is combined bug fix and feature release:

• Fix bug affecting customers with additional baseURL part: they did not see similar questions while typing
• Add "liked by me" filter
• Add hint of no similar questions have been found

With this release we fix a bug reported in the free version which also affects the paid version. Under very rare conditions it might have lead to the loss of an approval status.

This release has the following enhancements:

• Search results are sorted by relevance

This release comes with a name change from Simple Questions and Answers to Smart Questions and Answers. "Simple" was right at the beginning where the plug-in was limited to very basic functions.

Users of the older free version can use this version without a license - however with significantly reduced features.

Additionally we fixed a potential (non reported) bug with IE 11 and added some public REST endpoints (trigger reminder manually, add watchers etc.). Check the documentation.

With this feature release the following features have been added:

• Add "Answered by me" filter

This release comes with following new features:

• Much faster overview when you have lots of questions (1000+).
• The used label overview allows faster access to the most frequent labels.
• You can configure to show similar questions on each question page.
• When entering a new question title similar questions are shown in the dialog.
• New visual elements for up- and down-voting.

With this release the following features are added:

• Support of the mobile view (limited - more is on its way)
• Better support of concurrent rating
• Statistics macro added
• Add a system- or space-wide link from the header bar to a certain Simple QA topic

Remarks:

• The free version is still maintained! Details here.
• Check the Marketplace for a 50% discount until end of February.

Within this release we implemented various smaller improvements.

Within this release the following features / improvements have been implemented:

• Allow the user to define a string after which the questions extractions for the overview starts (useful when you use templates).
• German translation

Within this release the following features have been added:

• Add "No accepted answer" filter
• Focus input field for the question title after clickling "Ask Question"

This feature release comes with the following additional features:

• In the Simple QA Overview you can define a template which is used for new questions.

With this feature release the following functions have been added:

• Send notification to you once your has been accepted.
• Show Watch and Unwatch links for the topic directly in the overview (requires Tree View to be installed additionally).

Create question also when you hit enter instead of clicking the "Create question" button.

This release solves two bugs:

• Some users reported duplicate entries in the overview table. We worked around an issue (?) of the corresponding Confluence API function and fixed it.
• In some instances the instructional text in a new question was not completely removed by hitting delete or the first key. This is now fixed.

Fixes a bug which could have resulted in a wrong assignment of comments to answers in the PDF export.

This feature release adds better label support, allows the export of comments below first.level comments or answers and indicates in the overview that a questions was changed by another person.

first public release