[Building Sakai] Jforum 2.6.4 Now Released

[Vivie Sinou]

I am pleased to announce the release of JForum 2.6.4. 

Jforum 2.6.4 is a small release that introduces several nice enhancements to
Jforum's private messaging and email notification functionality. See
highlights of features in this release:
http://etudes.org/release/discussion/2.6.4/ 

DOWNLOAD JFORUM 2.6.4
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JForum 2.6.4 is available to deploy with Sakai 2.3 or higher. 

Instructions on how to download and build JForum 2.6.4 can be found at: 
http://etudes.org/release/discussion/ 

Conversion is required when upgrading from earlier versions of Jforum.
Scripts are included. 

FEATURES & FIXES in JFORUM 2.6.4
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Summary of enhancements and fixes:

* Add ability to flag one or more private messages for follow-up.
* Add ability to clear the flags once messages have been handled. 
* Add the ability to see if messages have been replied to (new 'replied'
icon).
* Change folder icon of Private Messages menu to orange if there is new
activity. 
* Include actual text of forum new topic or new reply in body of email
notification.
* Include actual text of private message (PM) in new PM email notification.
* Include attachments in email of PM and topic email notification, if any
were attached.
* Preserve the start / stop forum dates with import from site.
* Do not list topics from "Deny access" forums in the gradebook. 
* Quotes in forum titles get stripped out along with title upon edit / save.
Fixed. 
* Data truncation error in private messages, if the message is too long.
Fixed.
* Strip out offending MS Word comments prior when posting text with "W"
icon. Fixed. 

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
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For information on future development, feature requests, and known issues,
see: http://etudes.org/jforum_features.htm  

CREDITS
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Many thanks to Murthy Tanniru, Senior Java Developer, Etudes, for his
on-going work on Jforum. 

Also, many thanks go to the California Community Colleges Chancellor's
Office for their funding support for this software development work. 

QUESTIONS? 
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To report issues or ask questions about Jforum for Sakai 2.x, send a message
to: dev at etudes.org or sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.

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Vivie Sinou
Executive Director
Etudes, Inc. 
http://etudes.org/