We are prepping the next minor version, pirmarily bug fixes, 3.1.3…  We have been planning thiis release for the end of June or early July… 

It now appears that the WordPress 2.6 release is going to drop sometime between July 7th and 14th…  With Andy on vacation and myself leaving on vacation this weekend, we have not had time to check our compatibility with this new version of WordPress.

There are a couple of changes in WP 2.6 that may cause headaches for a lot of plugins.  The developers are adding in the capability for users to move their wp-config.php and wp-content folder from their current locations.  Those two have always been a constant and will need some work from plugins to support it.  There may also be other gotchas we are not yet aware of.

We are going to potentially delay the 3.1.3 release until we can ensure that we have compatibility with WP 2.6.  There may not be any delay, but just wanted to give a heads up since this new WP version is timing nicely with our vacations

If you use Simple:Press Forum, you may want to use caution in immediately upgrading to WP 2.6 until we get a chance to check compatibility.  I am not aware of any major security fixes in WP 2.6 requiring immediate upgrade.  That said, I usually upgrade pretty quickly myself so this is a priority for us.  If you do not use the two above mentioned new WP features, I “think” you will be okay to upgrade, but I have to stress that we have not yet played with the WP 2.6 beta. 

If you do upgrade to WP 2.6 (bleeding edge, beta or final versions) before we can check the compatibility, please let us know how it works…

Thanks…

I'm finding that the new version of simple forum is incompatible with wp 2.6.

Hi SPF Team,

i only wanna thank you for this great WP Forum-Plugin !

It works perfect with WP 2.6.1 !

Thanks for the Security-Fix…the Update was very easy

Greetings from Germany

Norgoth

Norgoth said:

Hi SPF Team,

i only wanna thank you for this great WP Forum-Plugin !

It works perfect with WP 2.6.1 !

Thanks for the Security-Fix…the Update was very easy

Greetings from Germany

Norgoth

Hello Norgoth, Andy and the Team,

Thanks for your great contribution to this plugin. I am very happy to be here and talk with you about WP2.6.1 integrated with SPF 3.1.4. I met some issues which is database related when i installed the latest SPF plugin. I identified the issue was at line 267 sf-install.php file. Some of the columns in table wp_posts of WP do not allowed you to insert into null value. For instance, post_content/post_excerpt and so on. Could you please point out how to fix this problem?

Thanks,

Yang 

Yellow Swordfish said:

This came up for the first time just last week. Odd that. The reason for this, it appears, is that your database is set to 'strict' which is fairly unusual. So the 'page' record the forum requires was probably not created.

You can easily get around this by creating a 'page' for the forum in 'Write Page'. Note the page slug and id then go into Forum > Options > Admin tab and fill the page slug and id in those two fields. This will 'marry' the forum to it's page and should do the trick.

Thanks for you quick reply, Andy. I really appreciated your kind help. The database parameters of mine are default by Wordpress. I didn't change anything. I found all of the columns are set “not null”. It is really very strict but i don't know how to change this parameter by MySQL Administrator. I tried to create a new page before, but it doesn't work for me. Maybe i misunderstood the meaning of “Slug”. Do you mean it is the page title or any other else? I couldn't find anything related to the slug.

Thanks you..

Thanks Andy, it does make sense. Maybe the WP team didn't think about a forum plugin like this when they developped the WP. But in another words, we can get used to it. The slug is like to the context_root in JSP or any other Web application. I am very curious that i can't find the slug when i create a new page. Please find the snapshot below.

I have a question, Andy. Can i install this forum as a stand alone one? I mean i don't wanna create it based on a new page. Cuz you know, the page has to use the other parts of WP theme, such as sider, header. I think it destroyes the integrity of the BBS. I just want to put the code under the root folder and use a hypelink from homepage of Blog to the home page of the forum. Does it  keep the same user session when a use switch between each other? Many thanks.

Regards,

Yang

Hey Andy, sorry to update so late. I was doing some research these days. The permalinks will not appear unless you change the default setting in WP admin panel. There is a tab named permalinks and the fomart “http://localhost/?p=350” is set by default. Anyone who wants to use the slug must modify the option. And then the problem is comming. 404 error always happens when i am going to reading an article by clicking the title. The Apache server must be reconfigure to let the permalinks work. Thanks again.

Yang