I am finally releasing the version 2.0 update to Simple Forum. Please note that there are some notes that are important to be read before installing that are distributed with the download package.

Main feature list of this update are:

• New ‘All Forums’ search capability
• New forum ‘QuickLinks’ dropdown
• Added Members Search (all topics they have posted to)
• Admin can pin and lock topics/pin posts at creation time
• RSS Feed for ‘All’ public Forums
• Avatars folder has been moved - (see important notes with download)
• New template tag: sf_forum_dropdown()
• Added optional forum statistics strip
• New option to not display Login/Logout and Register icons
• Add your own filters (add_filter) to post save/display
• New option to show new post list above groups/forums (front page)
• Updated TinyMCE to Version 2.1.1.1
• Extra validation and data integrity checks
• Major revision to all skin CSS files
• Improvement to Error and Success Notification system
• URL construction - revert to home-grown routine (for valid XHTML)
• New Post links now go to correct post on correct page
• Page links in Recent Post List corrected
• Corrected search topic paging inaccuracies
• Corrected user Profile View avatar display
• Corrected User Edit failing when not on first page of posts
• Corrected localisation of Last Visited/Posted Date display
• All buttons should now work in IE7
• Re-coded Admin Options to use much less code

But actually changes, clean-ups, optimisations etc., are far too numerous to mention.

For full details: Simple Forum plugin page.