Web Wiz NewsPad Release Notes
The following sections list many of the changes in the latest releases of Web Wiz NewsPad.
Version 3.06 (18th January 2022)
1. includes/version_inc.asp - updated version number
2. functions/functions_send_mail.asp - Updated to allow CDOSYS to work with TLS Encryption
3. admin_configure_newsletter.asp - new option to select CDOSYS with TLS
4. default.asp - increased the number of characters can be used in a search
5. includes/right_sidebar_inc.asp - increased the size of the search textbox
6. functions/functions_filters.asp - protection from MySQL SQLi SLEEP()
7. includes/right_sidebar_inc.asp - improvements to side bar layout
8. admin_login.asp - new file for handling admin area login for improved security with WAF
9. admin.asp - updated to support new admin login
10. admin_update_check.asp - Updated to use HTTPS for the update check connection
11. setup_database_connection.asp - Added support for Microsoft OLE DB Driver (MSOLEDBSQL)
12. setup_db_con_test.asp - Same as above
13. database_connection.asp - Same as above
14. database/database_settings.asp - Updated to default to MSOLEDBSQL as other SQL Server Drivers are deprecated by Microsoft
15. admin_configure_blog.asp - Removed social media options for services that no longer exist
16. default.asp - same as above
17. posts.asp - same as above
Version 3.05 (11th September 2019)
1. includes/version_inc.asp - updated version number
2. AspUpload_ProgressBar.asp - fixed error that caused progress bar not to display
3. AspUpload_ProgressBar_Frame.asp - fixed error that caused progress bar not to display
4. functions/functions_send_mail.asp - Improved support for UTF-8 for Persists AspEmail
5. admin_configure_webwizforums.asp - Added option for SQL Server Native Client 11.0 when connecting to Web Wiz Forums
6. functions/webwizforums_database_connection.asp - Added support for SQL Server Native Client 11.0 when connecting to Web Wiz Forums
7. admin_test_webwizforums_connection.asp - Updated Web Wiz Forums databaase conenction test
8. default.asp - fixed infinite redirect loop when category is deleted
9. admin_editor.asp - RTE no longer displays erroneous characters
Version 3.04 (9th August 2017)
1. includes/version_inc.asp - updated version number
2. functions/RTE_functions_common.asp - updated to support Rich Text Editing in Chrome on Android
3. functions/RTE_functions_common.asp - updated to support Rich Text Editing in IOS on the IPad and IPhone
4. css_styles - All Cascading Style Sheets updated for updated responsive design
Mobile View Point added to pages below;
1. unauthorised_user_page.htm
2. subscription_centre.asp
3. subscription.asp
4. resend_activation_email.asp
5. delete_account.asp
6. activate_confirm.asp
7. activate.asp
8. sign_up.asp
9. privacy.asp
10. management_centre_update.asp
11. management_centre.asp
12. forgot_password.asp
13. login.asp
14. default.asp
15. post.asp
Version 3.03 (17th March 2017)
1. includes/version_inc.asp - updated version number
2. admin_save_editor_data.asp - fixed bug that would mean blog posts created in Firefox would cause an error in RRS Feeds
3. functions/functions_send_mail.asp - updated to add support for encoding in the email subject when using Persists AspEmail
4. admin_editor.asp - increased the size of blog/eNewsletter subjects
5. post.asp - updated to add support for HTTPS domains
6. default.asp - same as above
7. setup_database_connection.asp - updated to add support for myODBC 5.2 and 5.3 Database Drivers
8. setup_database_connection.asp - Added support for Access ACE driver
9. setup_db_con_test.asp - Updated to test new database settings
10. database/database_connection.asp - Updated to support new database settings
11. database/database_settings.asp - Updated to support new database settings
12. admin_test_email.asp - Fixed; Page load would fail to complete on TLS enabled websites on Windows Server 2016
13. preview_email.asp - same as above
14. functions/functions_filters.asp - improvements to SEO page URLs
15. admin_send_newsletter.asp - eNewsletters now sent in smaller batches of 5 for faster feedback updating
16. admin_reset_newsletter.asp - fixed bug that would redirect to a 404 page when resetting eNewsletter sending
17. admin_select_template.asp - fixed issue that would cause IIS URL Filtering to block the page loading resulting in a 404 error message
Version 3.02 (6th August 2015)
1. includes/version_inc.asp - updated version number
2. functions/functions_upload - fixed vulnerability that allows scripting files to be uploaded when using Persists AspUpload
Version 3.01 (10th September 2014)
1. includes/version_inc.asp - updated version number
2. admin_configure_newspad.asp - updated configuration settings
3. includes/setup_options_inc.asp - added new configuration options
4. common.asp - updated to support new configuration options
Version 3.0 (2nd September 2014)
1. includes/version_inc.asp - updated version number
2. common.asp - added new variables to support new features
3. admin_configure_blog.asp - added new options to enable new features
4. default.asp - updated to allow Blog Posts on NewsPads homepage to be truncated
5. add_comments.asp - updated to an option to suppress friendly errors return 403 header for incorrect form submissions
6. default.asp - updated to allow the display of text only Blog Posts on NewsPads homepage
7. RTE_javascript.asp - updated to fix incorrect CSS Class name
8. fucntions/RTE_functions_common.asp - updated to add support for IE 11 in the Rich Text Editor
9. default.asp - increased Facebook Share Button size to accommodate new format from Facebook
10. post.asp - same as above
11. admin_configure_newsletter.asp - added additional security
12. admin_configure_webwizforums.asp - added additional security
13. admin_configure_newsletter.asp - added options for CDOSYS SSL and Persists AspEmail TLS email encryption
14. functions/functions_send_mail.asp - updatded to add support for CDOSYS SSL and Persists AspEmail TLS email encryption
15. RTE_configuration/RTE_setup.asp - updated to Web Wiz RTE version 4.15NP
16. functions/RTE_functions_common.asp - now correctly identified Internet Explorer 11
17. admin_editor.asp - updated to support IE 11 in the editor
18. subscription_centre.asp - new file for one click unsubcribe
19. subscription.asp - updated for new one click unsubscribe
20. management_centre_update.asp - fixed bug that would cause crashes
21. admin_editor.asp - fixed Firefox carrot not displaying bug in editor when their is no content
22. admin_test_webwizforums_connection.asp - fixed spelling mistake
23. setup.asp - includes upgrade from 3.x
24. admin_menu.asp - updated redirect to admin menu
25. web_wiz_newspad.asp - removed file
26. admin_send_process.asp - updated to remove limiation for free edition
27. admin_send_newsletter.asp - removed Premium Edition Ad
28. admin_index_inc.asp - removed unused links
29. admin_menu.as - same as above
Version 2.03 (29th November 2012)
1. includes/version_inc.asp - updated version number
2. language_files/language_file_inc.asp - updated to add new text
3. delete_account.asp - added text to language file
4. RSS_topic_feed.asp - updated to fix issue where certain characters in news items titles would crash RSS Feed
5. admin_menu.asp - corrected link to the eNewsletter menu
Version 2.03 (29th November 2012)
1. includes/version_inc.asp - updated version number
2. RTE_configuration/RTE_setup.asp - updated to Web Wiz RTE version 4.10NP
3. functions/RTE_functions_common.asp - updated to support Firefox 17, Opera Mobile and Firefox Mobile
Version 2.02 (13th November 2012)
1. includes/version_inc.asp - updated version number
2. includes/right_sidebar_inc.asp - fixed 404 error to non existant JavaScript file
3. incluses/comment_form.js - fixed JavaScript readyState error on completion of AJAX call
4. post.asp - improved error handling for 404 errors
5. default.asp - updated Google +1 button code due to changes Google have made to code since it's launch
6. post.asp - same as above
7. default.asp - updated to refresh the page to include the correct category name in page title
8. functions/functions_upload.asp - improvements to image resizing
9. setup_database_connection.asp - improvements made
10. admin_category_details.asp - removed features from demo mode
11. admin.asp - improved security for admin login
12. admin_login.asp - file removed as nolonger used
13. includes/form.js - new file containing AJAX functions for forms
14. sign_up.asp - updated to prevent remote form submissions
15. language_files/language_file_inc.asp - updated to add new text
16. admins_section_users.asp - updated to add link to update the Cotrol Panel Admin account
17. admin_configure_newspad.asp - updated to correct wording and add option to update app name
18. admin_members.asp - increased email address search box size
19. RTE_configuration/RTE_setup.asp - updated to Web Wiz RTE version 4.09NP
20. functions/RTE_functions_common.asp - now correctly identified Internet Explorer 10
21. includes/right_sidebar_inc.asp - added lanaguage string for All Categories (Thanks to Bozur)
Version 2.01 (17th October 2011)
1. includes/version_inc.asp - updated version number
2. admin_blog_posts.asp - fix page linking bug
3. default.asp - fixed bug where multiple posts on the same day would not display when date was selected from the AJAX Blog Archive Calender
4. functions/functions_common.asp - fixed bug where the AJAX Blog Archive Calender would not display the correct category
5. includes/right_sidebar_inc.asp - update link to AJAX Blog Archive Calender
6. post.asp - increased AJAX call timing to prevent AJAX errors in those using slower Internet connections
7. login.asp - updated to use 'mode' instead of 'M' for passing the page mode to login.asp
8. includes/right_sidebar_inc.asp - add extra error handling to control date values on the AJAX Blog Archive Calender
9. admin_save_editor_data.asp - force Carriage Return (vbCrLf) at same point as HTML line breaks (<br />) to prevent single line errors when displaying in some email clients
10. preview_email.asp - same as above
11. admin_configure_newspad.asp - added new option to enable and disable URL Rewriting
12. common.asp - updated to read in new configuration options
13. default.asp - updated to support new configuration option for URL Rewriting
14. post.asp - same as above
15. RRS_news_feed.asp - same as above
16. add_comments.asp - fixed redirection bug
17. RSS_news_feed.asp - fixed bug that would mean RSS Categories would not display is not using URL Rewriting
18. add_comments.asp - fixed bug that meant anti-spam cookies where set to last 7 minutes instead of 7 days
19. functions/functions_common.asp - updated to remove stop words from keywords (thanks to Roberto Randall)
20. functions/functions_send_mail.asp - updated JMail 4 configuration for encoding emails (thanks to sectioni)
21. post.asp - updated to refresh the page to include the correct subject in page title
Version 2.0 (2nd September 2011)
1. includes/version_inc.asp - updated version number
2. read_stats_update.asp - fixed error that would not correctly record the number of emails read
3. RTE_configuration/RTE_setup.asp - updated to enable Full Path for RTE inserted files and images
4. default.asp - improvements to tweet button to include the direct link and correct subject to the post being tweeted
5. functions/functions_filters.asp - updated to correctly include tweet subject with ampersands
6. default.asp - fixed bug that would throw a 404 error response on new installations
7. setup_db - updated NewsPad Database upgrade to drop unused columns to prevent errors with upgraded NewsPad installations
8. admin_menu.asp - fixed bug that meant Templates option would not appear in the admin menu when using the Premium Edition
9. common.asp - added LCID local setting to improve support for non English languages
10. RSS_news_Feed.asp - improvements to the RSS Feed
11. default.asp - improvements when using URL Rewriting
12. admin_send_process.asp - updated user feedback messages
13. admins_section_users.asp - updated JavaScript to feedback more relevant messages to user
14. admin_save_editor_data.asp - updated to prevent saving when in demo mode
Version 2.0 beta 1 (10th June 2011)
1. includes/version_inc.asp - updated version number
2. newsletter.asp - fixed bug were newsletter page would crash if the user had not entered a login name
3. functions/functions_send_mail.asp - improve character encoding support
4. admin_configure_newspad.asp - updated text information
5. includes/setup_options_inc.asp - now includes the character encoding for NewsPad
6. includes/browser_page_encoding_inc.asp - improved support for LTR and non-ASCII character sets
7. All files displaying web page have been update to support non-ASCII character sets
8. RRS_new_feed.asp - changed the way character encoding is implemented
9. RSS_xslt_style.asp - same as above
10. functions/functions_common.asp - improved email address filtering
11. rss_view_newsletter.asp - re-written SQL to fix issue with some version of the myODBC driver
12. read_stats_update.asp - improved for myODBC driver
13. functions/functions_common.asp - added new functions for better error handling of data conversions
14. Global search and replace to update CInt, CLng, CDate, CDbl, and CBool to use new error handling data conversion functions
15. admin_import_subscribers.asp - fixed issue with importing Zip codes
16. admin_db_import_subscribers_form.asp - updated text as some people were attempting to try and enter URL's to Access databases
17. functions/RTE_functions_common.asp - added more error handing for detection of IE version
18. common.asp - updated to work with new settings table
19. admin_configure_newspad.asp - updated to work with new configuration engine
20. admin_configure_webwizforums.asp - same as above
21. admin_license.asp - updated to work with new licensing system
22. admin_skin_configure.asp - updated to work with new configuration engine
23. admin_upload_configure.asp - same as above
24. includes/configuration_table_data_inc.asp - new file to read in data from the configuration table
25. activate.asp - uses data from new configuration include
26. delete_account.asp - same as above
27. forgot_password.asp - same as above
28. management_centre.asp - same as above
29. resend_activation_email.asp - same as above
30. sign_up.asp - same as above
31. functions/webwizforums_database_connection.asp - fixed MySQL connection issue
32. newsletter.asp - updated missing wording from language file
33. preview_email.asp - improved support for authenticated mail servers
34. functions/functions_send_mail.asp - updated to fix bug that would mean web wiz forums members could not unsubscribe using the unsubscribe link
35. delete_account.asp - fixed MySQL bug
36. default.asp - page completely updated and redesigned
37. newsletter.asp - now includes bookmark links
38. admin_send_process.asp - fixed javascript error
39. activate.asp - fixed issue that could course multiple welcome emails top be sent in the Free Express Edition
40. default.asp - updated to include the category name in both the meta page title and in the page heading
41. admin_newsletters_stats.asp - fixed bug when filtering newsletter stats
42. admin_send_process.asp - fixed bug that would allow the sending of newsletters to non active and suspended Web Wiz Forums members
43. admin_send_newsletter.asp - fixed bug that would add to the newsletter total non active and suspended Web Wiz Forums members
44. extras/recent_newsBulletins.asp - update link used to news item
45. admin_skin_configure.asp - fixed incorrect layout
46. includes/page_layout_footer_inc.asp - updated page layout
47. ajax_calendar.asp - new file for displaying news item calendar
48. admin_skin_configure.asp - updated to add web wiz forums version 9 skin as the default skin
49. language_files/calendar_language_file_inc.asp - new file to hold text used in Calendar
50. functions/functions_filters.asp - added filter file from web wiz forums to make compatiblity between the two
51. includes/default_javascriptjs - updated to add AJAX controls
52. RRS_news_feed.asp - updated to show more fuller results in RSS Feed
53. includes/page_link_inc.asp - new file for linking between pages
54. post.asp - new file to show NewsPad posts
55. newsletter.asp - file kept for backward compatibility and will now 301 redirect to new post location
56. ajax_post_share.asp - new file for sharing posts
57. login.asp - fixed formatting issue
58. activate.asp - updated for new configuration options
59. management_centre.asp - updated layout format
60. forgot_password - updated for new configuration options
61. add_comments.asp - new file for adding user comments
62. admin_email_editor.asp - updated to support new admin system
63. admin_menu.asp - updated to update menu items
64. includes/admin_index_inc.asp - same as above
65. rss_view_post.asp - new file to track click through from RSS Feeds
66. read_stats_update.asp - updated to improve performance and accuracy
67. functions/functions_send_mail.asp - added character encoding and SMTP server port
68. admin_send_process.asp - updated to support new eNewsletter sending system
69. admin_save_editor_data.asp - new file for saving data from the template/email/blog editor
70. admin_select_template.asp - new file for selecting templates to use for eNewsletters and Blog Posts
71. admin_editor.asp - new file for the editing of Posts, eNewsletters, Templates, and Welcome Email
72. admin_blog_posts.asp - new file for the management of blog posts
73. admin_view_blog_post.asp - new file to display information on Blog Post and allow the deletion of comments
74. admin_view_newsletter.asp - updated to show information relevant to eNewsletters
75. admin_delete_blog_post.asp - new file for deleting Blog Posts
76. admin_delete_comment.asp - new file for deleting Blog Post Comments
77. admin_configure_newsletter.asp - new file to configure the eNewsletter side of NewsPad
78. admin_configure_blog.asp - new file to configure Blog settings
79. All RTE files updated to Web Wiz Rich text Editor 4.08
80. admin_upload_configure.asp - updated to also include support for AspUpload 3 Progress bar, unsafe image check, and image resizing using Persist AspJpeg
81. admin_server_test.asp - updated to add in server component checked for Persits AspJpeg and Persists AspUpload 3
82. includes/setup_options_inc.asp - updated to remove setup options which are now configured from the online admin area
83. admin_bad_word_filter_configure.asp - new file for configuring bad word filter
84. admin_bad_word_filter_add.asp - new file for adding bad words
85. admin_bad_word_filter_delete.asp - new file for deleting bad words
86. includes/right_sidebar_inc.asp - new file for the right sidebar used for blog navigation
87. ajax_form_session.asp - new file to prevent remote form submission
88. admin_approve_hide_comment.asp - new file to approve and hide comments
89. admin_view_comments.asp - new file to view Blog Post Comments
Database Changes
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New Table tblNPSetupOptions
New fields:-
1. Option_Item - data type = text/vchar 30 characters
2. Option_Value - data type = memo/text
New Table tblNPComments
1. Comment_ID - data type = autonumber
2. Newsletter_ID - data type = interger
3. Comment_Name - datatype = text/vchar 50 characters
4. Comment_Email - datatype = text/vchar 75 characters
4. Comment_Website - datatype = text/vchar 75 characters
5. Comment_Date - datatype = date/time - default value = now()/GetDate()
6. Comment_IP - datatype = text/vchar 50 characters
7. Comments - data type = memo/text
8. Comments_Hide - datatype = boolean - default value = false
New Table tblNPSpam
1. Spam_ID - datatype = autonumber/identity - primary key
2. Spam - datatype = text/vchar 255 characters
3. Spam_Action - datatype = text/vchar 20 characters
New Table tblNPSmut
1. ID_no - datatype = autonumber/identity - primary key
2. Smut - datatype = text/vchar 50 characters
3. Word_replace - datatype = text/vchar 50 characters
Alter Table tblNPNewsletter
New fields:-
1. Allow_Comments - datatype = boolean - default value = true
2. Blog_publish - datatype = boolean - default value = true
Alter Table tblNPNewsletter
Deleted fields:-
Description
Email_description
Email_txt_description
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