SMART MESS Site Manager

Version history

Cumulative update, August 2026

Modified September 21, 2026

1. Added the "cmmnt_tpl_path" config key, allowing a custom template to be specified for the comment form. Example: cmmnt_tpl_path=templates/form-agreed.tpl base

2. The "noteaser" command has been added for plugins; it prevents the creation of a teaser. Example: ||noteaser

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BUGFIX August 2025

Modified September 6, 2025

Added new configuration key: dirlist=[OffǀOn]

If it set to enabled - directory listing will be displayed instead of the contents of the first page.

Default value is disabled

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BUGFIX 9.8.3 January 2025

Modified January 25, 2025

headFilter() - New filter level concept in use, changed error level to warn from 6 to -1. Warn! it's breaks backward compatibility! Captcha::headFilter() - Security bugs fixed

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Release Notes 9.8.0_1 April 2024

Modified April 26, 2024

ChangeLog Fixed incompatibilities with PHP 8 and potential security threats.

If you are using PHP 8, it is recommended to use the "fdate" configuration key to format date output. Key syntax: https://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.format.php

Config set: group=base

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August, 2023. Update 9.7.5_0

Modified August 7, 2023

Important security updates have been added. Smart Mess is ready for php 8.2

Fixed incorrect display of the 404 page in some cases

Removed cases of potential incompatibility with php 8.2

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March, 2023. Update 9.7.3. Backward Incompatible Changes

Modified March 28, 2023

9.7.3 update prevents security issues and improves some Smart Mess features. It needs to be installed. There are some changes that break backward compatibility. Enabling the interception of system errors is possible only on behalf of the administrator.

Key on the command line: php_error_logging ...

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May, 2022. The release notes for Smart Mess 9.6-RELEASE

Modified May 6, 2022

This release contains useful changes and security updates. When upgrading from version 5+ it is recommended to use the SM SQL TOOLS utility to resolve the incompatibility. Built-in Help Desk accounts are now always disabled and cannot be enabled. It is also recommended to use templates with tpl extension. Some of ...

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February, 2019

Modified February 9, 2019

Smart Mess has released the cumulative update, improvements and minor bug fixes.

1. Important kernel safety updates. Vulnerability is eliminated due to which an attacker was able to overload the database server using non-existent directory names.

2. The application code is significantly improved for creating ...

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Smart Mess has released the latest kernel cumulative update Nov. 10 2017

Modified November 12, 2017

From this update the default text encoding should be set to UTF-8. To disable this option you need to comment out the flag "utf8_encode = On" in the configuration file. The use of BB-codes will be optional and starting from version 10.0 will be disabled. It is also recommended in all cases to give preference to the ...

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New version of Smart Mess 7 will be available for viewing since September 2015

Modified August 1, 2015

New version of Smart Mess 7 will be available for viewing since September 2015.

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Since 1.01.2015 Smart Mess throw in 7.0-RELEASE

Modified January 11, 2015

Release note items document recent security advisories issued after 5.9-RELEASE new file system SMVFS 2.2, new options, major bug fixes.

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November 1, 2013 update-pack release notes

Modified December 4, 2013

On November 1, 2013 SMART MESS is not guaranteed to support the PHP older releases (5.3 and older).

All updates-pack released after November 1, 2013 will be compatible with PHP current releases (5.3+ or 5.5+).

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