NoNonsense Forum

There is no need to register on the forum.

Just enter the same username and password every time when leaving a message.

The default forum layout is also mobile friendly, so it can be accessed from any kind of device.

Features:

• Sub-forums
• Sticky topics
• Name reservation
• Mobile support
• RSS feeds
• Moderators
• Lock / unlock topics
• Automatic markup
• Translation support
• Easy skinnable

What is new in this release:

• Fixed problems with transliteration when on PHP5.4 without all the necessary libs in place
• Stick and Unstick thread buttons when logged in as the Admin (the Admin is now the first person listed in mods.txt)
• Windows 8 snap-view
• Apache version is now verified (1&1 are still using v1.3!), also the Apache identifier "NOYB" (None Of Your Business) is skipped
• Updated to DOMTemplate v17, fix for major bug corrupting querystrings and attributes, with thanks to Bruno Heridet for narrowing down and Zegnat for suggesting a fix
• Fix for `@name` corrupting posts when HTAccess off, with thanks to Stephen Taylor
• Corrupted posts will now be removed entirely when deleted instead of being blanked first (this may break some permalinks if deleting a corrupted post before the last page)
• Delete and Append buttons have new icons to look less like voting buttons!
• Fixed sitemap.xml using the wrong path when the forum is in a sub-folder
• Fixed favicon missing when the forum is in a sub-folder
• Moved some functions into a new "utf-8 safe" library for sanitising input / output

What is new in version 25:

• Fixed iOS rotation / zooming with the help of TCB
• Fixed appends double-encoding HTML, with thanks to Stephen Taylor
• Fixed unable to delete corrupted posts unless signed in
• NOTE: the class `nnf_error` was added to `<article class="nnf_post nnf_op">` in "delete.html"
• Updated to DOMTemplate v16, much better handling of HTML / XML

What is new in version 24:

• Fixed duplicate ID `nnf_post`.
• Fixed critical typo in "lang.example.php" with thanks to "gardener".
• Pages were not working on sub-forums.
• Removed extra space that was being added around code blocks.

What is new in version 23:

• Title lines (":: ...") within posts now link to themselves, allowing external links directly to title lines
• Fixed mods not being able to reply to locked threads
• Improved denying access to NNF's folders and a "cgi-bin" folder no longer shows as a sub-forum
• `$1` no longer being stripped from code spans / blocks
• `THEME_APPEND` has been removed, `THEME_APPENDED` is a plain-text (but markup allowed) replacement.
• This is necessary to ensure that title links are always unique when appending text to a post.
• This also means that the class `nnf_appended` is gone, old appended dividers won't be styled
• "@user" names in posts are now classed ("nnf_mod") if the user is a moderator
• Fixed inconsistencies with 'nnf_mod' and changed class 'sticky' to 'nnf_sticky'
• Canonical URL `<link>` added to "index.html" / "thread.html" / "markup.html" and "privacy.html"
• Sign-in is now a button instead of a link, this mostly paves the way for future improvements
• Page numbers now shown at the top when on portrait mobile display
• External links now use `rel="nofollow external"`, internal links do not use `nofollow`
• Title field is now spellchecked
• Simplified the `url` function, note that this will affect your 'theme.php', just drop the first parameter

What is new in version 22:

• Posts with invalid HTML now display a message, rather than dumping PHP errors
• RSS URL in the HTML meta was wrong and had been for some time!
• Massively improved transliteration from thread title to filename / URL; if using PHP5.4 with the 'intl' extension enabled, even Greek / Hebrew / Arabic / Japanese / Chinese (and more) will be transliterated into ASCII!
• Fixed italics appearing in the middle of URLs.
• Fixed bug with URL parsing with subdomains.
• Improved code markup "`...`" parsing.
• Improved templating speed.
• Improved .htaccess compatibility with Mac OS.
• Fixed lock button accidentally showing sometimes.

What is new in version v21:

• Support for running without HTAccess
• Added `FORUM_USERS` option to 'config.default.php' to set the location where the passwords are saved.
• Added Windows 8 Metro pinned-site tile "metro-tile.default.png",
• can override it by providing your own "metro-tile.png"
• `METRO_COLOUR` theme option to set the Metro tile colour on Windows 8 and the pinned-site colour on Desktop IE

What is new in version v20:

• HiDPI / Retina display graphics.
• Massively improved error messages.
• Using a blockquote directly within blockquote fixed.
• Forum title truncated "..." if too long for screen size.
• Google search and IE9 metadata was moved out of core and into 'theme.php'.
• Typo in 'lang.example.php' that was causing errors when making translations.
• Custom logo option had been broken for a long time.

What is new in version v19:

• Translation support
• Fixed a long-standing bug that caused page boundaries (i.e. posts per page) to be incorrectly calculated
• Fixed incompaitbility with Windows servers involving page numbers in URLs. '+' is now used instead of ':'
• Fixed bug with stickies not showing if no non-sticky threads exist
• Moved `theme_pageList` from 'theme.config.default.php' and into a new 'theme.php' for storing the theme functions; This allows each theme to use different types of lists without 'theme.config.php' having to be updated all the time
• Page numbers are now validated / bounded
• Current page number more visible
• Added INSTALL.txt
• If a mod / member, threads in locked forums no longer show warning message

What is new in version v18:

• Readded 'delete.html'
• The sticky-thread icon had been missing for an equally long time
• Mods and member's list not showing in the footer
• Sub-forum lock icon positioning fixed
• Improved URL parsing involving speech marks
• IDN (Unicode) URLs
• Error message if inadequate PHP version
• If a mod / member of a locked forum, the warning message is no longer shown

What is new in version v17:

• Referring to people with '@name' will now link to the latest reply in the thread by that person.
• Fixed issue with replying to a locked thread removing the lock.
• UTF-8 characters in templates are no longer hex encoded in the output.

What is new in version v16:

• Integrated the page number into the URL scheme (threads now default to the last page if no page number given).
• Opera Speed Dial support (shows the latest non-sticky thread / reply).
• CSS fixes for IE6/7/8, iOS and Kindle.

What is new in version v15:

• The greyscale theme's logo was being templated in the wrong file, since it's theme-specific, it has been moved to 'theme.config.default.php'.
• Added page next / previous links.
• "User X added on date Y" text won't copy/paste so quotes can be cleaner.
• Fixed bug in v14 that stopped replies from working.

What is new in version v14:

• Added the thread un/lock button back which had been missing since v12.
• Titles in RSS feeds were incorrect.
• Moved RSS & sitemap to DOM templating (look in lib folder).
• Added XML namespace support to `DOMTemplate`.
• Modified `DOMTemplateRepeater` to append items after the previous, rather than as the last-child of the parent (no need for a superfluous wrapper).

What is new in version v13:

• Nested sub-folders
• Un/locking a thread will no longer bump it to the top of the index
• Fixed bug with closing parenthesis being included in a URL at the end of a quote
• Fixed small bug with user name case-sensitivity
• Small fix to `DOMTemplate` to reduce PHP requirement to at least 5.2.17, possibly 5.1.0

What is new in version v12:

• Fixed major bug with code blocks/spans restoring in the wrong order
• Changed dividers to use three or more dashes instead of four
• Fixed bug with dividers "---" using faulty HTML
• Added `theme_custom` function to 'theme.config.default.php' to add your own custom templating
• Moved templating of HTML titles to `THEME_TITLE*` consts in 'theme.config.default.php'
• Removed 'action.php' by integrating append/delete actions into 'thread.php'
• Renamed 'shared.php' to 'start.php' and created 'lib' folder for shared code
• Reorganised greyscale theme images
• Complete theming overhaul.

What is new in version v11:

• Removed "private" forum lock-type due to basic lack of privacy without htpasswd (anybody can just access the "index.xml" file to view posts);

What is new in version v9:

• More markup syntax supported: `:: title`, `---` (divider), `*bold*` & `_italic_`
• Note that 'config.example.php' has been renamed to 'config.default.php'
• `rel="nofollow"` added to URLs in user text
• Fixed file-locking issue on Windows servers
• Fixes to RSS links
• Lowered server requirement from PHP v5.2.6 to v5.2.4 (theoretically 5.0)

What is new in version v8:

• Moderators can sign-in to do moderator actions.
• Moderators can now reply to and append / delete in locked threads.
• Moderators can now fully remove previously deleted (blanked-out) comments.
• Config option to disable new user registrations site-wide (`FORUM_NEWBIES`).
• HTTPS support. Enable `FORUM_HTTPS` in your config to force HTTPS.
• Fix for Windows servers (forward slashes breaking `FORUM_PATH`).

What is new in version v7:

• NNF can now be run from a folder (this requires theme changes: URLs must be prepended with `FORUM_PATH`).
• Sub-folders within sub-folders are not shown (not supported yet).

Requirements:

• Apache 2.1 or higher
• PHP 5.2.6 or higher