3.9 (Jul 14, 2003)
- administrator email notification of new posts
- enhanced bbcode for urls
- escape bbcode by using [ instead of [
- fixed some statistics bugs
- minor bugfixes

3.8 (Jun 08, 2003)
- rearrange forums in forum index
- improved attachment support
- fixed some statistics bugs
- preload smileys
- attachments don't require a text-message
- post-icons are now also clickable
- minor bugfixes

3.7 (May 11, 2003)
- message pages
- set amount of messages per page
- quick message page navigation from topic list
- better highlighting performance when searching
- uploaded images (jpg, gif, png) will be shown in the message
- BBCode added: [right], [justify], [url:] and [img:] for relative paths
- minor bugfixes

3.6 (May 04, 2003)
- "add attachment" feature
- set max attachment size
- set attachment directory location
- delete attachments (admin only)
- the script shows "Select Forum" menu at the bottom as the page gets longer
- forums order remains when creating more than 9 forums
- quick smileys table
- charset can be set for different languages (in the language.pm files)
- better distinction between normal text and smileys
- more language localization
- minor bugfixes

3.5 (Apr 23, 2003)
- read-only forums
- quick delete message function
- updates to forum look
- bbcode and smileys in topic subjects
- border color can be set
- lighter HTML source code with more use of css
- admin password can be changed through the Admin area
- admin password encryption
- forum password(s) encryption, please reset your forum passwords!
- images directory can be set/changed in Forum Config
- much easier installation
- improved error handling
- minor bugfixes

3.4 (Apr 10, 2003)
- optional reply notification by email
- option to hide user's email addresses
- email syntax check
- reply quote (reply to a specific message)
- amount of replies required for "popular" topics can be set
- dates in different languages
- language added: Spanish
- numbered page navigation
- highlighting search results should work correctly now
- added YY/MM/DD date notation
- disabled visitcount for users without cookies to prevent multiple visitcounts
- improved error handling
- minor bugfixes

3.3 (Mar 22, 2003)
- close/reopen topics
- forum statistics
- admin login/logout
- adjustable table width
- quick forum-navigation menu
- option to set password(s) for forum access (restricted forums)
- smoother smiley images, thanks to Mickey Billberg
- added more languages: Danish
- updated helpfile
- fixed time bug (for 12 PM -> 1 PM)
- minor bugfixes

3.2 (Mar 11, 2003)
- more "professional" look ;)
- easier navigation
- Added more languages: Swedish, Italian
- topics keep the same ID (same URL)
- icons to show which topics contain new and "popular" posts
- view count (the amount of times a topic has been looked at)
- smileys and bbcode in forum name & description
- much better cookie-handling
- improved use of CSS
- fixed the dreaded "%20 bug" for remembered Names (by cookie)
- minor bugfixes

3.1 (Mar 03, 2003)
- search feature!! :)
- Languages (English, Dutch, German, French)
- added bbcode
- option to disable smileys in your message
- In addition to logging IP addresses, made a feature to be able to block IP addresses from accessing your forum.
- "New post" indicators (with cookies) showing you new posts in the forums since last time you visited.
- wrote a Help section, explaining some forum functions...
- Post editing. Edit an earlier post of yours and/or allow the admin to edit it.
- made an option to either let an author edit his posts or only the admin
- remember names and email addresses (for the lazy ppl ;))
- the email field can now be a contact URL (site) as well

3.0 (Feb 21, 2003)
- forum cathegories/sections [Multiple Forums]
- delete replies
- smileys/emoticons
- topic index sorted by "Latest Post"
- option to set dates in US format (MM/DD/YYYY)
- email addresses will be transformed to html hyperlinks in posts
- easier installation
- improved error handling

2.2 (Feb 19, 2003)
- The script now uses the built-in CGI module (better performance)
- The forum now only shows a certain amount of topics per page in topic index.
- The admin is able to set this topics-per-page number
- URLs will be transformed to html hyperlinks in posts
- Forum configuration: set link/visited/hover color

2.1 (Feb 16, 2003)
- Fixed a bug causing the script not to work properly in Safari.
- Added to Admin Area:
   - Ability to delete topics
   - Version checking
- Much better error handling

2.0 (Feb 14, 2003)
- Added Admin Area:
   - Configurable Forum Settings
   - Reset the settings to their defaults
- Changed forum layout
- Visitors can leave their email address

1.1 (Jan 21, 2002)
- The amount of replies on a topic is now shown behind the topic subject
- Changed forum layout

1.0 (Dec 25, 2002)
- All the basic functions are working, hopefully without bugs.
- Changed forum layout

1.0b (Dec 12, 2002)
- SimpleForum first beta release

4.6.2 Pro (Sept 7, 2007)
- restricts attachment uploads to predefined filetypes for increased security (allowed filetypes can be modified by the forum administrator)

4.6.1 Pro (Aug 15, 2006)
- resolves a backwards compatibility issue with user profiles and private messages

4.6 Pro (Jul 12, 2006)
- image auto-resizing so they fit in the browser window (click the image for opening full size in new browser window)
- upload avatars (gif,jpg,png) from your local computer
- admin can enable/disable avatar uploading
- admin can set avatar dimensions
- admin can set max avatar upload size
- admin option to allow only uploaded avatars to be used
- admin option to allow only external avatars to be used
- receive email notification upon receiving a private message (optional)
- added a field in the profile that allows you to see what topic an online user is currently browsing
- added IP to the list of infos the admin can get of his users
- added rel="nofollow" to urls
- added 6 new sets of buttons for the menu (kindly sent in by another SimpleForum user)
- fixed table backgrounds for Explorer and Firefox
- fixed problems with special characters in names (applies only to new accounts)
- code cleanup
- minor bugfixes

4.5 Pro (Jul 31, 2005)
- user groups
- set forum access for groups
- hidden forums
- show all subscriptions in personal settings
- subscribe to forums
- readded the subscribe checkbox
- admins and moderators can see who is subscribed
- improved ordering of topics
- folders to keep track of
   - subscriptions
   - new topics
   - last 10 topics
- redesign of the admin area to make it more user-friendly
- redesign of the personal area to make it more user-friendly
- other minor layout changes here and there
- minor bugfixes

4.4 Pro (Feb 23, 2005)
- uploading attachments starting with "." in their name is no longer possible
- hide email address (in profile) enabled by default
- completely customizable forum statistics (in advanced settings)
- extra statistics: full date/short date/newest user
- set table background images in forum index and topic listings
- customizable table border size
- skins, change appearance with just one click
- create/save your own forum skins
- delete forum skins
- moving topics limited for moderators
- minor bugfixes

4.3 Pro (Nov 26, 2004)
- rewrote ban code
- ability to remove previously placed bans
- better browsing between forum pages
- forum agreement (in Advanced Settings)
- mass private messages (for admins)
- send copy of private message to email (for admins)
- added lists to bbcode
- some changes in the simpleforum_files filesystem
- new and integrated upgrade system
- "edit group" button in Forum Groups administration panel
- small changes to forum layout
- easier to subscribe/unsubscribe to topics
- admins and moderators can see which users are subscribed to a topic
- two new button sets
- lots of minor bugfixes and improvements

4.2 Pro (Jul 22, 2004)
- help opens in new window
- you can now create polls
- allow or disable creating polls for registered users
- mark read is now account based instead of cookie based
- automatic or manual mark read (set in Personal Õ My Settings)
- guest mark-read is cookie-based and automatic
- option to require email address before posting (in mail settings)
- custom header and footer (in advanced settings)
- removed password protection for forums
- forum moderation for moderators:
   accessible from forum index
   moderators can
      - edit forum name
      - edit forum info
      - edit forum permissions
      - allow/deny forum access for a selected group of users
   administrators can
      - do all of the above
      - assign moderators
- redesigned add/delete forums page
- improved referring after login to go to the requested page immediately
- improved email reply and admin email notify sender/receiver info
- forum groups: the forum index can now be divided into several subgroups
- new way of ordering forums & groups (in Admin > Forum Groups)
- admin user info: last-visit (shows last time that the user used the forum)
- preview a reply (when using the reply link)
- minor bugfixes

4.1 Pro (Mar 27, 2004)
- read-only posts and forums now have their own icons
- disabled private messages for guests
- admins can change anyoneÜs password
- users can now change their password
- order topic listings by last-modified or by creation-date
- sticky topics (announcements)
- sticky topics have their own icons
- sticky/unsticky a topic from within the topic
- user info, allows admins to quickly access user info
- assign multiple administrators more easily
- personal pereferences for registered users:
   - language
   - hour difference
   - date notation
   - hour notation
   - topic order
   - topics per page
   - messages per page
- 5 new smileys (by Donald Bishop)
- quote the previous message in private messages
- changes and fixes to the email subscribe/reply feature
- minor bug fixes

4.0 Pro (Nov 16, 2003)
- up to 4 signatures (randomly chosen)
- disable user titles
- administrators can register new users
- disable user registrations
- disable private messages
- preview your posts
- cleaner interface in some areas
- edit post is now user-based instead of ip-based
- minor bug fixes

4.0 Pro Beta 3 (Sept 12, 2003)
- administrator function is now login based
- moderator function (login based)
- set multiple administrators & moderators
- unsubscribe to topics
- full language support
- option to display statistics below topic index
- minor layout changes
- minor bug fixes

4.0 Pro Beta 2 (Aug 31, 2003)
- a huge amount of bugfixes
- users can now subscribe to a topic

4.0 Pro Beta 1 (Aug 25, 2003)
- register users
- log in
- log out
- syntax check on name and password
- password encryption
- user profiles
- edit user profiles
- automatic user ranking
- changed topic look
- remember login
- user post count
- see who's currently online
- rewritten most of the administrator area
- guest access on/off/read-only
- read/send/delete private messages
- private messages outbox added
- notification of new private messages
- new messages have red borders
- total attachment size
- quick delete entire topics
- move topics from one forum to another
- delete users
- IP logging and banning
- setting a temporary ban
- manually set user titles

3.9 (July 14, 2003)
- administrator email notification of new posts
- enhanced bbcode for urls
- escape bbcode by using [ instead of [
- fixed some statistics bugs
- minor bugfixes

3.8 (June 08, 2003)
- rearrange forums in forum index
- improved attachment support
- fixed some statistics bugs
- preload smileys
- attachments don't require a text-message
- post-icons are now also clickable
- minor bugfixes

3.7 (May 11, 2003)
- message pages
- set amount of messages per page
- quick message page navigation from topic list
- better highlighting performance when searching
- uploaded images (jpg, gif, png) will be shown in the message
- BBCode added: [right], [justify], [url:] and [img:] for relative paths
- minor bugfixes

3.6 (May 04, 2003)
- "add attachment" feature
- set max attachment size
- set attachment directory location
- delete attachments (admin only)
- the script shows "Select Forum" menu at the bottom as the page gets longer
- forums order remains when creating more than 9 forums
- quick smileys table
- charset can be set for different languages (in the language.pm files)
- better distinction between normal text and smileys
- more language localization
- minor bugfixes

3.5 (Apr 23, 2003)
- read-only forums
- quick delete message function
- updates to forum look
- bbcode and smileys in topic subjects
- border color can be set
- lighter HTML source code with more use of css
- admin password can be changed through the Admin area
- admin password encryption
- forum password(s) encryption, please reset your forum passwords!
- images directory can be set/changed in Forum Config
- much easier installation
- improved error handling
- minor bugfixes

3.4 (Apr 10, 2003)
- optional reply notification by email
- option to hide user's email addresses
- email syntax check
- reply quote (reply to a specific message)
- amount of replies required for "popular" topics can be set
- dates in different languages
- language added: Spanish
- numbered page navigation
- highlighting search results should work correctly now
- added YY/MM/DD date notation
- disabled visitcount for users without cookies to prevent multiple visitcounts
- improved error handling
- minor bugfixes

3.3 (Mar 22, 2003)
- close/reopen topics
- forum statistics
- admin login/logout
- adjustable table width
- quick forum-navigation menu
- option to set password(s) for forum access (restricted forums)
- smoother smiley images, thanks to Mickey Billberg
- added more languages: Danish
- updated helpfile
- fixed time bug (for 12 PM -> 1 PM)
- minor bugfixes

3.2 (Mar 11, 2003)
- more "professional" look ;)
- easier navigation
- Added more languages: Swedish, Italian
- topics keep the same ID (same URL)
- icons to show which topics contain new and "popular" posts
- view count (the amount of times a topic has been looked at)
- smileys and bbcode in forum name & description
- much better cookie-handling
- improved use of CSS
- fixed the dreaded "%20 bug" for remembered Names (by cookie)
- minor bugfixes

3.1 (Mar 03, 2003)
- search feature!! :)
- Languages (English, Dutch, German, French)
- added bbcode
- option to disable smileys in your message
- In addition to logging IP addresses, made a feature to be able to block IP addresses from accessing your forum.
- "New post" indicators (with cookies) showing you new posts in the forums since last time you visited.
- wrote a Help section, explaining some forum functions...
- Post editing. Edit an earlier post of yours and/or allow the admin to edit it.
- made an option to either let an author edit his posts or only the admin
- remember names and email addresses (for the lazy ppl ;))
- the email field can now be a contact URL (site) as well

3.0 (Feb 21, 2003)
- forum cathegories/sections [Multiple Forums]
- delete replies
- smileys/emoticons
- topic index sorted by "Latest Post"
- option to set dates in US format (MM/DD/YYYY)
- email addresses will be transformed to html hyperlinks in posts
- easier installation
- improved error handling

2.2 (Feb 19, 2003)
- The script now uses the built-in CGI module (better performance)
- The forum now only shows a certain amount of topics per page in topic index.
- The admin is able to set this topics-per-page number
- URLs will be transformed to html hyperlinks in posts
- Forum configuration: set link/visited/hover color

2.1 (Feb 16, 2003)
- Fixed a bug causing the script not to work properly in Safari.
- Added to Admin Area:
   - Ability to delete topics
   - Version checking
- Much better error handling

2.0 (Feb 14, 2003)
- Added Admin Area:
   - Configurable Forum Settings
   - Reset the settings to their defaults
- Changed forum layout
- Visitors can leave their email address

1.1 (Jan 21, 2002)
- The amount of replies on a topic is now shown behind the topic subject
- Changed forum layout

1.0 (Dec 25, 2002)
- All the basic functions are working, hopefully without bugs.
- Changed forum layout

1.0b (Dec 12, 2002)
- SimpleForum first beta release