The Finger Server - Changelog
Daniel Beckham, fingermaster@glazed.org

LEGEND
* New Feature
+ Minor Change
- Bug Fix
o Documentation Update
^ Status Update


VERSION 0.84 - March 02, 2000
- Sorting was still messed up even after the Y2K update.  I've
  rewritten how I sort plan files now and it *should* be working.
- I missed the sort routines in grablatest.cgi, grabspecial.cgi
  and grabuser.cgi when making the Y2K fixes.  They have been
  fixed now.
- Thanks to Noam Rathaus for letting me know about some security
  issues with opening files using input from the user.  I've taken
  steps to insure that this is no longer a concern.
- Fixed a problem where the server would crash if the Show Special
  Category field in the Look and Feel section was left blank.
- Fixed a problem where it was possible for the minute in the
  timestamp of a news item to show up with double zero's in front 
  of the number in certain special cases.

VERSION 0.83 - February 22, 2000 
- MUCH needed Y2K fixes. =) All Y2K fixes are prefixed and
  suffixed by ## Y2K FIX ## to make it easier for translaters 
  and people who've modified their installations by hand.

VERSION 0.82 - September 25, 1999
* There is now an option to have the links in the grablatest 
  and grabspecial.cgi scripts to open in a new browser window.
* A new script named getfingerlist.cgi is now distributed with 
  archive.  This script allows offsite webservers to query the
  grablatest.cgi script for a list of the latest plan updates.
  Script is created from a template when System Setup is updated.
* Users can now change their passwords themselves.  They can acesss
  this feature using the "Change Password" option in the user
  control panel.
* Admin can enable or disable the ability for the user to change
  his password.  This is disabled by default and can be enabled
  in the Look and Feel setup.
+ The Special Category selection is now a drop-down combo box to
  help alleviate errors from typos.
- Using an apostrophe (') character in the System Setup or Look 
  and Feel setup would cause the finger.cgi script to die and display
  a 505 server error to the user.  Fixed.
+ The placeholder URL's used in the configuration files were
  www.xxx.com.  Thanks to matttodd@discoverynet.com for pointing 
  out that that URL is actually an x-rated website.  I changed 
  it to www.yourdomain.com. =)
  

VERSION 0.81 - June 20, 1999
* Added option in the System Setup to specify the timezone that the
  web server is located in.  This value will be displayed after every
  date/time show next to plan updates, etc.
* Added ability for admin to turn table backgrounds off to allow 
  the page background image or color to show completely through.
+ View Finger in control panel now opens in a new window.
- Table Alignment option in the "Homepage `Latest Plan List' Setup"
  not selecting last option picked. Caused the option to be reset 
  when submitted.  Fixed.
- Left navigation menu height was 250, large category lists and 
  plan updates would cause the bottom to be outdented.  Added a 
  configuration option to manually set this height when needing 
  adjustment.
- If no news item posted, the main page would display garbage 
  in it's place.  Fixed.
- Added a empty banner.ad file to the distribution.  If the main 
  cgi-bin/finger didn't have 0777 permissions, the banner ad settings
  would never be saved.
o Added section that explains how to upgrade over previous versions.
o Explained the problem where WinZip wouldn't create the data directory
  or the users file when unzipping the Unix version. (fingerXXX.tar.gz)
^ Verified that the grab latest and grab special scripts are
  working properly.
  

VERSION 0.80 - June 4, 1999
** First Beta Release