Software Update: Simple Machines Forum 2.1 RC3

Simple Machines Forum is open source forum software. The developers are working on the next milestone, version 2.1, and have released the third release candidate. The package requires at least version 5.4.0 of php and as a database at least MySQL 4.0.18 is required, although 4.1.0 is recommended, or PostgreSQL 8.0. Support for SQLite has been dropped. Below is a summary of the major improvements made in this release:

SMF 2.1 RC3 Released:

Simple Machines is pleased to announce the release of SMF 2.1 RC3. Bugs that were reported after the release of RC2 have been fixed and improvements have been made to security, stability, and performance. The many fixes and improvements include the following:

• Enhanced privacy policy support.
• Several important enhancements to PostgreSQL and MySQL.
• Multiple hooks added for handling data and/or presentation.
• Language files now uses sprintf() whenever possible.
• Theme enhancements/fixes.
• Improvements on Admin session checks.
• Enhancements on security: tokens, hashing cookies and better session handling.
• Multiple calendar fixes/enhancements.
• Better hashing system for the image proxy.
• Bug fixes for alert notifications.
• Added unsubscribe links for announcement emails.
• PHP 7.4 support.
• several misc bug fixes/improvements.
• Download of posts/PMs/profile for GDPR.

You can read about these and many other improvements in the list of changes on GitHub.