Hope your all very well. I'm pleased to announch we have a small update available for InstantForum.NET to resolve a number of common issues. You can now download the from within your My.InstantASP client area.

Fixed issues

• Fixed issue with exception handler module not working in medium trust.
• Fixed issue with RSS feeds not working in medium trust.
• Added a configuration option to bypass the mail queue and send emails immediately.
• Fixed issue with Expand/Collapse all feature breaking menus in the Admin Control Panel.
• Fixed Issue which prevented users renaming private message folders.
• Anonymous users can now download attachments.
• Fixed an issue with URLS passed in IFCode not being formatted as links.
• Fixed an issue with IFCode not being correctly interpreted within the body of PM's.
• Fixed an issue with PM/Email ignore list not functioning correctly for some permission settings.
• Fixed issue with tags rendering around entire pages.
• InsertPost Method will now work when called from third party applications. Not so dependent on HttpContext.
• Fixed issue with missing spacer image in RoundTableControl.
• Added a configuration option to alleviate an issue with searches on some international character sets.
• Fixed Issue with some users being incorrectly redirected after login

This update is a minor update to resolve the most commonly reported problems within InstantForum.NET v4.1.4.

Sorry we don't have any exciting new features with this update.

We wanted to address a number of issues before v4.2 and unfortunately as i don't expect that to be ready before June we are offering a small patch.

The v4.2 update will work with Visual Studio.NET 2005 & ASP.NET out-the-box. We'll also be taking advantage of master pages and other ASP.NET v2.0 specific features. We'll be improving cross-browser support for the WYSIWYG editor and ensuring all HTML is 100% strict XHTML. We'll be improving accessibility in terms of compliance support. You'll also see a key performance improvement to our paging & sorting system with v4.2.

v4.2 will also integrate nicely with InstantKB.NET v2.0 with the ability to share users and roles. We'll also be adding other sharable functionality such as a single search and our new common administration pages. We are also hoping to look at porting features we've developed for InstantKB.NET v2.0 over to InstantForum.NET. Custom profile / post fields, global and personal content tagging, metrics & reporting.

You'll also see us introduce much more optional ajax funtionality (as we've fone with InstantKB.NET v2.0) with the move to ASP.NET v2.0 and the ability to take advantage of the ASP.NET ajax extensions. We are also hoping to add archeiving capabilities We will of course keep moitoring feedback.

We have many ideas and additions in development for both InstantForum.NET and InstantKB.NET and hope to bring you more details very soon.

Questions / Assistance

If you've modified any of your files and are not sure if this update will impact your changes don't hesitate to contact us. You can reach us via email on support@instantasp.co.uk, open a ticket (login required) athttp://my.instantasp.co.uk/MyTickets.aspx, prompt us via our live chat feature available on the web site at http://www.instantasp.co.uk/.

You can also reach me directly on ryan@instantasp.co.uk or directly on MSN messenger by adding sales@instantasp.co.uk to your buddies list.

I also just want to apologize to everyone for any delay with this update. We've been so busy pushing to get the InstantKB.NET v2.0 update ready the update did slip. I'll be posting more information on InstantKB.NET v2,0 hopefully a little later today (if not certainly tomorrow).

Also i'll soon be pubishing a road-map for both products to give you all some idea of what you can expect with future updates and when (to some degree) they can be expected. The roadmap will be a little flexible based on feedback however it will serve as a good basis to keep everyone upto date.

I look forward to posting more information on InstantKB.NET v2.0 very very soon

In the meantime if you have any questions don't hesitate to contact us using the methods above.

Many thanks as always for your support,


Kindest Regards,

Ryan Healey
Director / Developer

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