Version 3 Release Notes

updated Aug 31, 2010

ASPPlayground.NET SQL Forum version 3 is built upon the extremely stable and fast foundation of the Advanced Edition. Many of the advanced features suggested by our clients are incorporated into this version, and many of the existing features are optimized to provide even better scalability and security. The previous version (2.x) has been proven to be able to serve more than 2000 concurrent users, take in more than 10,000 posts per day, and handle more than 20 million posts for the entire forum on a single web / SQL server. No other sub-300 ASP.NET based forum can provide this level of performance while offering such rich sets of features.

Version 3.8 FINAL Release Note

In 3.8 FINAL, we have made numerous improvements over the beta, with the notable feature additions below:
  1. Site Map - helps search engines find forums, galleries, and messages easily;
  2. Mobile Interface - Easy navigation for small screen devices;
  3. Configurability - side bar can be turned on / off from the AdminCP;
  4. Performance - WYSIWYG editor upgraded with better client side rendering speed;
  5. iPad Compatibility - Improved usability for the device's mobile Safari browser.

Click here to see the detailed feature additions, fixes, changes in this version...

Version 3.8 BETA Release Note

In 3.8 beta, we have made numerous improvements to the following areas:
  1. Search Engine Optimization - helps search engines consolidate page ranks from different URLs;
  2. Usability - remodeled message presentation w/ better usability plus a new WYSIWYG editor for mobile devices;
  3. Configurability - less code mod to achieve results you want, and
  4. Performance - reduces server memory usage and improves browser JavaScript performance.

Click here to see the detailed feature additions, fixes, changes in this version...

Version 3.6 Release Note

Version 3.6 is a big improvement over the previous version in terms of security and usability.

Security-wise, admins can now turn on the new SPAM preventive measure for "links in message" and PM spam. Both of these are big headaches to deal with as they appear to be normal forum activity but are very time consuming for the admins and moderators to handle. I used to have to scan my support forum for these issues manually and regularly which had been very counter productive.

In addition, Admins can now optionally turn off Captcha in the admin CP in case this SPAM preventive measure becomes too time consuming for your users. Captcha is still highly recommended but you now have the option and can make the decision for your community.

Usability-wise, we have a new Gallery interface that gives the users options to show / hide thumbnails so that even on smaller monitors, your users can still enjoy larger sized photo. We also managed to change the form interface so that mobile users are now able to log in and view the forum content (linkbutton issue with WM 6 resolved).

There are also other major new features in this version, e.g. the ability to set up Thread Template for a forum (e.g. Product Review Criteria you wish every new thread to have) as well as being able to filter topics by Topic Type admin defined for each forum. With this new filtering capabilities in place, you no longer have to scan the list to find related messages.

Last but not the least, with the additional support for CDN (Content Delivery Network to serve large JS files for the AJAX framework - FREE to use), your users can enjoy even faster page load time than with any of our previous version. Server-side dlls are now also free of Reflection (slow) code which translates to better page rendering speed (less server load).

Smaller improvements (e.g AdminCP server response) are too numerous to go into details here. As such, please refer to the release note below for detailed info:

Click here to see the detailed feature additions, fixes, changes in this version...

Version 3.5 Release Note

Version 3.5 is a big improvement over the previous version in performance and usability.

Many aspects of the software UI are being refined for better usability and we manage to bring down network latency even further by combining CSS and JS into as few references as possible.

There are also major new features in this version, e.g. the ability to find similar threads as well as being able to embed attachment directly into message while composing.

Click here to see the detailed feature additions, fixes, changes in this version...

Version 3.4 Release Note

  1. improve the User Experience by changing the way certain features are presented to make the software even easier to use by members, and
  2. improve the Server Performance by changing certain caching algorithm to reduce the memory footprint of the application by as much as 1/3, and
  3. improve Client Browser Compatibility by updating some HTML in the code and finally bringing full IE 8 compatibility to the software. jQuery is now incorporated into the software, and performs certain essential functions like UI animation and certain Ajax requests.
  4. improve the UI for the admin control panel for better readability

Click here to see the detailed feature additions, fixes, changes in this version...

News Update
Aug. 30, 2010 Version 3.8 Final Released!

We now have a Site Map and a Mobile device interface built into the software.

Also available: improved iPad usability and posting capability, streamlined Private Message interface and more!


May 30, 2010 Version 3.8 Beta

Lots of SEO & usability enhancements in this release:

We have now incorporate Canonical URLs into the message interface to help Search Engines consolidate page ranks!

Also available: new WYSIWYG w/ mobile posting capability, streamlined message interface and more!


Dec 22, 2009 Version 3.6 Released!

Lots of security & usability enhancements in this release:

We have now incorporate Link and PM spam prevention in the code so that admins no longer have to manually spend time to track them down!

Also available: new Gallery Interface, CDN support, optional Captcha, Topic Type filter and more!

Testimonials
ASP Playground provides excellent support of their software. The help files included are awesome. The forum is fast. It works into my page very well. Basically, it is a great place to start a web community. I've many forums and this is one of the better ones that you can purchase. Really like it! Great job guys.


Marc David, Discussbodybuilding.com

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