We are pleased to announce the release of glFusion v1.1.6.  This release contains a series of small bug fixes and also some additional security protections.  Generally we don't roll out minor releases this quickly, but we are trying to get a good baseline out to the public as we begin to focus on the next major release of glFusion. 

glFusion v1.1.6 brings several small tweaks to the core codebase for better support of legacy plugins, improved error handling, improved support for PHP v5.3.0+, and security improvements to glFusion's cookie handling.  These improvements are not obvious on the surface but they are necessary as we begin to focus on the next major release.

Some minor enhancements are included as well.  RSS 2.0 content feeds will now include the dc:creator attribute to show the authors name.  Tony Kluever has provided a full set of German translations for glFusion and all bundled plugins.  We have added a new autotag, showblock, which allows you to display a glFuison block in any content. For a full list of changes, please see the ChangeLog.

Remember, when upgrading glFusion always run the Upgrade Wizard!

We have also provided some minor updates to several plugins, see the Plugin Release story for full details.

glFusion v1.1.6 Full Release (.tar.gz)                glFusion v1.1.6 Incremental Release (.tar.gz)
 
glFusion v1.1.6 Full Release (.zip)                     glFusion v1.1.6 Incremental Release (.zip) 

With the release of glFusion v1.1.6, we are also releasing updates to several key plugins.  We continue to audit the source code and fix any coding issues that are found. In some caes we've identified and resolved some potential security issues.  The PM Plugin has been enhanced to use the Smiley plugin.  The Smiley plugin has been updated to improve integration with the Forum plugin.  The remainder of the updates are minor bug fixes uncovered during the source code audits.  Read on for all the plugin updates....

We are pleased to announce the release of Smiley v1.0.0.  This plugin allows you to easily manage emoticons that are used by the Forum plugin.  The next release of the Private Message plugin will also be able to use these emoticons.  Features of the Smiley plugin are:

• Easily add individual smileys, allowing the image to be uploaded through the web interface.
• Easily import groups of smileys using the Batch Import feature.
• Ability to set the display order of each smiley.
• Ability to edit or delete existing smileys.

The plugin also comes with a set of pre-installed smileys ready for you to use immediately.

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This article does not attempt to explain the best SEO tips. Instead, it simply aims to explain how you can use the tools available for glFusion to assist search engines in understanding your site.