Simple Machines Community Forum

Dear Members,

Simple Machines is pleased to announce a new patch for the 2.1.x line of SMF, which pushes the version number to 2.1.4.

Notable changes in SMF 2.1.4

• Attachments Upload UI enhancements - The UI used for uploading attachments is now easier to use, and a tad more aesthetic also.
• Cron enhancements - When running cron as a crontab in unix, it will now check for scheduled tasks and possibly flush the mail queue, in addition to acting on background tasks.
• jQuery upgrade - jQuery upgraded to 3.6.3.
• Notifications bug - Fixed a bug where certain notifications were not getting delivered if a user subscribed to both a board and a topic within the board.
• Editor bug - Fixed a bug where the cursor position may behave erratically when mentions exist in WYSIWYG mode.
• Search bug - Fixed a bug caused by some non-backwards compatible behavior in PHP 8.0+ that might result in incomplete results.
• Subscriptions bug - Fixed a bug where subscriptions with multi-byte utf8 characters in the description might cause errors.
• Subscriptions bug - Fixed an undefined constant CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE bug.
• Package Manager bug - Fixed a bug where invalid default value errors were generated.
• Custom Fields Search bug - Fixed a bug which prevented custom field searches from working on the member list under some circumstances.
• Autolinker bug - Fixed a bug where the autolinker might get a match on partial names.
• Upgrader bug - Fixed a bug where certain notification settings were not brought forward properly from 2.0.
• Hooks bugs - Fixed bugs where hooks might not be removed properly when mods were deleted, and also where duplicate hooks might be created upon mod reinstall.  Also, enabling & disabling of hooks in the admin console works cleanly now.
• Fixed a bug where admin-only boards might be visible on the board index.
• Fixed a bug where users might get kicked out with erroneous verification question errors.
• Fixed a bug where membergroup adds may not get logged properly.
• Fixed a bug where you may get cache errors in the logs.
• Fixed a bug where long user agents might cause various errors in the SMF error log.
• Fixed a bug where MariaDB users might see a "Subject isn't in GROUP BY" error when removing a topic.
• Fixed a bug where the SSI Recent Topics call did not show the original topic title.
• Numerous minor bug fixes, e.g., to address undefined vars.
• Numerous tweaks to enhance the UI.

Please see the change list on GitHub (https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF/milestone/15?closed=1) for more information.

How to update to 2.1.4

If you are currently using version 2.1.3, you can perform the update using the Package Manager (Administration Center > Package Manager). There you should see a notification about 2.1.4, including a "update your forum" link. If you do not see this notification in the Package Manager, please run "Fetch Simple Machines files" from the Scheduled Tasks page (Administration Center > Maintenance > Scheduled Tasks), and then try again.

If you are currently using any version from 2.1.0 to 2.1.3, you can use the process described above to apply previous update patches successively until you reach version 2.1.4.

If you are currently using any older version of SMF (including SMF 1.x, SMF 2.0.x, or one of the SMF 2.1 Betas or RCs), you can upgrade directly to 2.1.4 from whichever version you are currently using by using the "Large Upgrade" package from the Download (https://download.simplemachines.org) page. Be aware that using this upgrade method will require you to reinstall any customizations that you have added to your forum, so if you are running SMF 2.1.0 or higher, it is recommended that you apply the successive patches instead of using the Large Upgrade.

If you are having problems downloading the patch from the admin panel, you can download the patch package from the Package Manager Updates (https://custom.simplemachines.org/upgrades/) page and install it via the Package Manager, as you would any other mod package.

Please refer to the Online Manual for more details about patching (https://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Patching) and upgrading (https://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Upgrading).


Finally, as always, please do not use this topic for support requests. You will receive a much quicker and better response by posting in the 2.1.x Support Board (https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?board=254.0).

Thank you for using SMF!

Regards,
Simple Machines

Thanks for all the bug fixes and upgrades.

Awesome sauce!

Thanks to all involved :).

A lot of changes! Thanks dev team.

Thank you all!

Looks interesting.

Thanks for you work
 ;)

Thank you very much!

Thank you all for your work on version 2.1.4 :) Sounds good.

Thanks to everyone for your hard and very appreciated work!

Shades 8)

Good stuff guys!

👍👍👍


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Very nice job, Thanks.

Thank you for all your hard work.

Thanks to everyone for their hard work on the update

Thank you and congratulations to everyone involved.

Thanks to the team for all of their hard work! :)

Thanks guys and gals - great job.

Great work, thanks!  8)

Upgraded three forums last night (only one of which is really active anymore) and didn't have any problems (except with a custom theme I'm using on one of the forums but that's not SMF's fault at all). Still have at least one more to do, not counting a few test boards. Will get to those soon.

Hi All,
Great work
Thanks
8)

This is wonderful!

Quote from: Steve on June 11, 2023, 07:35:00 AMThank you and congratulations to everyone involved.

Echoing this as well.

Congratulations on the release. :)

Thanks everybody!  :)

Thank you very much! Update working goooooood.. :)

Many thanks for your hard work -- Much appreciated

Thank you team.

Thank you for everything as always!!

Thank you.  8)

Thank you for release!  :)

thank you for the awesome job  :-*

thank for update  ;)

Well the cold has me a bit like Internet Explorer slow but sure :P, congrats on the great job guys :D!

Effortlessly upgraded three forums, minor theme hiccup aside. SMF proved reliable. More upgrades ahead, but smooth sailing so far.

THANK YOU! Appreciate all the work you continue to put into SMF!

Thanks for all the bug fixes and upgrades.

Pretty late getting to the party on this one, but wonderful news on the release on 2.1.4 actually testing it out on a test site of mine.

After 10 years it finally released  :D Thank for you work and that you don't abandon this engine, I'm waiting for 3.0

excellent

Belated note to observe that we finally updated from a slightly flaky 2.1rc version, with minimal hassle.

Thanks for a great update - users definitely noticed some of the quality-of-life/UI improvements :D

Are we close to 2.15 being released? I see this forum has been running this version for quite some time now.

every time someone asks that question, a groundhog named Earl has a heart attack.
Save Earl - don't ask.

the answer is - as it ALWAYS IS - the next release will be released when it's ready.

Given the bugs 2.1.5 should address this is something of a fair question though.

One issue left on GitHub, so won't be released until that is sorted.

Thank you team. I've only just got around to installing this update  :o 

No issues on installing.

Loving the improved attachment UI!

Quote from: Arantor on September 12, 2024, 05:49:34 AMGiven the bugs 2.1.5 should address this is something of a fair question though.

According to github https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF/milestones/2.1.5 the same two seemingly small bugs has been dormant for 3 months now, both waiting for the same developer.
Apologies to Earl the groundhog, AND aware that there may be a lot happening behind the curtains that is not reflected on github...

- but if the responsible for those two remaining items is not present; do you have anybody to shift responsibility to or are we stuck until that specific person has time to do something more?

I am perfectly happy for a response saying this is all under control, just more work than anybody has spare right now, as long as it is not simply forgotten by mistake.

And above all - thanks for the fantastic work you are putting into this - it is really appreciated!!

Lame... another Llama has died as a result of the above post.

Lame, lame, lame.

It's in Github, it's been relatively recently tagged for 2.1.5, it's probably not going to be simply forgotten.

Quote from: PoML on January 05, 2025, 07:22:23 PMAccording to github https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF/milestones/2.1.5 the same two seemingly small bugs has been dormant for 3 months now, both waiting for the same developer.

also they are reported by the same person, they are not waiting on the same developer, i believe they are not even assigned to someone at this point.

I see 2.0.9 is up, that's a good sign.
I'm showing 2.1.4 was released in 2023?
It does seem to be pretty stable, I admit.

Quote from: postpar on March 16, 2025, 01:09:20 PMI see 2.0.9 is up, that's a good sign.
I'm showing 2.1.4 was released in 2023?
It does seem to be pretty stable, I admit.

What?? ?? ??
That made no sense at all


2.0.19 is the version of 2.0.x
2.1.4 is the current release and is very stable
3.0 is the next version in development.

Also running 2.1.4 for a couple of forums for a long time, no problems here either, very stable.

3.0 is next release? Sounds like some major steps ahead. Is there a board to read on the new upcoming features and changes for 3.0?

Thank you!

Announcing the start of SMF 3.0 development (https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=587334.0)

Quote from: live627 on April 18, 2025, 10:50:18 PMAnnouncing the start of SMF 3.0 development (https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=587334.0)

OMG LOVE IT!! Many thanks for your work! i <3 SMF

Good news but we are going to get security and bug fixes still I presume because nothing since 2.1.4 seems odd

Quote from: Salfordian on May 12, 2025, 09:21:07 AMGood news but we are going to get security and bug fixes still I presume because nothing since 2.1.4 seems odd

Yes, 2.1 is still getting fixes. 3.0 is still quite a ways from being ready for use on a production forum.