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Created on: 17-Aug-11. Print Article
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KB.12733

APPLIES TO:

  • SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010

To find out which product version you have, read KB.11999: How to Find the File Version for a Bamboo Product.

Below are the lists of features and issues for each release of this product.

Release Notes
R1.5.22
11/05/2012

Resolved Customer-Reported Bugs and Known Issues/Limitations:

  • When set up the Incoming Email Settings to allow items to be added to the Discussion Board Plus list through e-mail, the email address is stored. However, it is resulted in an error when click OK to save. And items are not saved to the list when incoming email are sent.

See the Known Issues and Limitations section for the latest known issues and limitations related to this release.

R1.5
07/27/2012

New Features:

  • Option to Automatically subscribe authors to email alerts on their topics.
  • Inserting and playing videos in the topics and posts using the following methods:
    ◦Embedding a video from shared video site such as YouTube or Bamboo Video Library into a post using IFrame embed code.
    ◦Uploading a video (using Bamboo Video Library, which is sold separately)
    ◦Linking to a video (using Bamboo Video Library, which is sold separately)
    ◦Selecting a video from Bamboo Video Library (using Bamboo Video Library, which is sold separately)

Resolved Customer-Reported Bugs and Known Issues/Limitations:

  • Internal bug fixes.

See the Known Issues and Limitations section for the latest known issues and limitations related to this release.

R1.0.92
02/17/2012

Discussion Board Plus includes new versions of the following Web Parts:

Resolved Bugs:

  • The Last Posted By column is not updated in Forum view when a user posts a new message.
  • Added "SafeAgainstScript=True" to the Web.config file to prevent malicious code from being injected into the controls or web pages. See MSDN for more information.

See the Known Issues and Limitations section for the latest known issues and limitations related to this release.

R1.0.83
01/13/2012

Resolved Customer-Reported Bugs and Known Issues/Limitations:

  • User avatars are not updated in Thread View after changing the My Site image.

See the Known Issues and Limitations section for the latest known issues and limitations related to this release.

R1.0.72
10/21/2011

New Features:

  • Discussion Board Plus now uses Web License Manager Version 2.0.10.0.

Resolved Customer-Reported Bugs and Known Issues/Limitations:

  • Added support for SA15 Community Central.

See the Known Issues and Limitations section for the latest known issues and limitations related to this release.

R1.0.64
09/16/2011

New Features:

  • Includes new Migration Tool features:
    • Exclude Dependencies: Excludes export of item dependencies such as images, master pages and page layouts. Use this option when exporting a discussion board that will be imported to the same site if previous import attempts failed.
    • Ignore Web Parts: Does not import Web Parts associated with list forms. Use this option when importing a discussion board that was exported from the same site if previous import attempts failed.
  • Improves performance for Verify Answer, Suggest as Answer, Mark as Not Answer, Mark/Unmark Sticky, and Lock/Unlock Topic actions.
  • Displays a status window for all discussion board post and topic actions (Verify Answer, Suggest as Answer, Mark as Not Answer, Mark/Unmark Sticky, and Lock/Unlock Topic). Note: Clear your browser cache (Ctrl + F5) to see the status window for discussion post/topic actions.

Bug Fixes:

  • Warning message displayed when clicking Mark/Unmark Sticky: "The security validation for this page is invalid."
  • Migration Tool: Data in Last Update, Last Posted and Last Modified date is incorrect when migrated from old discussion board to new discussion board.

See the Known Issues and Limitations section for the latest known issues and limitations related to this release.

R1.0
08/24/2011

Initial release. For information about using this product, read the Online Documentation.

See the Known Issues and Limitations section for the latest known issues and limitations related to this release.

Known Issues & Limitations
R1.5.22

Known Issues:

  • When viewing a discussion thread that resulted from the List Search Simple Web Part's search results and clicking on the Quote Message, the Close icon for the window is hidden.

Limitations:

  • The Lock Topic and Mark as Sticky options are not available in the ribbon if a Discussion Board Plus list is added to a Web Part Page. The options are available in the Edit Control Block (ECB) menu.
  • The view count for a topic is displayed incorrectly if Content Approval is enabled for the Discussion Board Plus list.

Notes:

  • Users must clear their browser cache using Control + F5 after upgrading from version 1.0 or 1.1 to 1.5 to resolve an error that displays.
R1.5

Known Issues:

  • When viewing a discussion thread that resulted from the List Search Simple Web Part's search results and clicking on the Quote Message, the Close icon for the window is hidden.
  • Users must clear their browser cache using Control + F5 after upgrading from version 1.0 or 1.1 to 1.5 to resolve an error that displays.

Limitations:

  • The Lock Topic and Mark as Sticky options are not available in the ribbon if a Discussion Board Plus list is added to a Web Part Page. The options are available in the Edit Control Block (ECB) menu.
  • The view count for a topic is displayed incorrectly if Content Approval is enabled for the Discussion Board Plus list.
R1.0

Known Issues:

  • After applying the Microsoft June 2011 Cumulative Update, the Allow Half-Star Ratings checkbox in the Column settings for Bamboo Rating is not available when the Allow Individual Item Ratings to be Reset checkbox is selected. Applying the Microsoft December 2011 Cumulative Update resolves this issue.
  • Users must clear their browser cache using Control + F5 after upgrading from version 1.0.83 to 1.0.88 to resolve an error that displays.

Limitations:

  • The Lock Topic and Mark as Sticky options are not available in the ribbon if a Discussion Board Plus list is added to a Web Part Page. The options are available in the Edit Control Block (ECB) menu.
  • The view count for a topic is displayed incorrectly if Content Approval is enabled for the Discussion Board Plus list.
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