SabaiDiscuss for WordPress
- Last Update
- 24 August 2013
- Regular License
- $20
- Extended License
- $100
- Sales
- 523
What is SabaiDiscuss?
SabaiDiscuss is a premium questions and answers plugin for WordPress. The plugin features the ability for users to ask and answer questions similar to Stack Overflow or Yahoo Answers.
SabaiDiscuss is an ideal tool not only for building a community driven question-and-answer website but also for building a discussion forum, a knowledge base, or even a helpdesk portal for WordPress.
Features
Post questions and answers from the frontend Post comments to both questions and answers Post and edit comments inline Tag questions with auto-suggest Hiearchical categories File attachments to questions and answers Vote for questions/answers/comments both up and down Close/reopen questions Featured questions Flagging questions/answers/comments with automatic spam moderation Favorite questions and answers Accept answers User profile pages User reputation system Custom fields with visual form editor (13 field types: Choice, Date, HTML, Markdown Text, Number, ON/OFF, Paragraph Text, Single Line Text, CAPTCHA, User, Section Break, File Upload, Image Upload) Role/Reputation based permission system with over 40 permissions to configure Restrict access to members of selected roles Allow guest users to post questions/answers as well as accepting answers posted to their questions Install multiple instances of SabaiDiscuss (by just copying 1 file and a few clicks!) PHP Markdown editor for posting questions/answers and editng tag descriptions with live preview Filters user HTML using HTMLPurifier for additional security Code syntax highlighting using Google Prettify Search questions and answers 9 WordPress widgets included 19 template files your theme can override 10 email notification templates Works with any theme Appropriate use of Ajax to improve page responsiveness Fully translatable RTL language support Automatic updater (no FTP required to update the plugin) Integration with the Cubepoints plugin
Recommendations Top Plugin & Editor’s Choice at ThemesPlugins.com
Changelog
v1.2.15 – 23 August 2013
Bug Fixed: Several issues displaying shortcode content
Bug Fixed: Fatal error when entering invalid URL in URL form fields
Bug Fixed: Date field type displaying time even when time selection field is disabled
Bug Fixed: Fatal error when calling Entity_RenderField helper method to display custom fields
Added: More missing phrases in language file
v1.2.14 – 19 August 2013
Bug Fixed: More fix for “Redo search when map moved” feature
Bug Fixed: Lead added notification email not being sent to listing owners on certain occasions
Bug Fixed: Links to reviews in widget not working correctly on certain occasions
Bug Fixed: Answers section disappearing when using custom single listing slug
Added: Option to cluster map markers
Added: Option to hide directory dashboard shortcut link in WP tool bar
v1.2.13 – 12 August 2013
Bug Fixed: Some error messages not appearing in the backend when adding content
Bug Fixed: Unable to activate plugin when IP address is configured for PHP session.save_path setting
Bug Fixed: Custom fields could not be added more than 10 fields even when set as unlimited
Bug Fixed: Embed videos not working with video URLs starting from //
Bug Fixed: HTML target attributes were always stripped off
Bug Fixed: Strange numbers appearing when activated on servers running Squid
Bug Fixed: Custom fields not appearing on certain occasions
Bug Fixed: Typos in language file
Improved: Nofollow HTML rel attributes are added to all outgoing links
Improved: CSS compatibility with themes
Improved: No more IDs in question URLs
Added: Check if session path is valid and writeable during activation when debug mode enabled
Added: Helper function to easily render custom fields
Added: WP3.6 support
v1.2.12 – 18 July 2013
Bug Fixed: Added more missing langauge phrases
Bug Fixed: Icons not being displayed with some themes
Bug Fixed: Javascript libraries not being loaded on certain occasions when shortcodes are used
Added: “Link” field type
Added: Option to show/hide login link to guest users on comments
v1.2.11 – 9 July 2013
Bug Fixed: Incorrect textdomain for some language phrases
Bug Fixed: Canonical URL containing ID instead of slug
Bug Fixed: Plugin activation error when connecting with mysql through sockets
Added: Check if session path is valid and writeable during activation
v1.2.10 – 29 June 2013
Bug Fixed: More theme CSS compatibility issues
Bug Fixed: Fatal error on form editor page if language is RTL
Bug Fixed: Value of CAPTCHA field not being cleared when form submit failed
Added: Show existing fields in form editor to allow reusing custom fields
Added: Allow manual edit of meta title/description fields
Added: Option to disable caching permissions in session
Added: Show debug messages for all users if WP_DEBUG enabled
Added: Added option to send notifications to guest authors
Added: Allow shortcodes in category/tag descriptions
Updated: FnotAwesome font icons
v1.2.9 – 6 June 2013
Bug Fixed: Properly check if user registration is enabled on WP Multisite
Bug Fixed: Fatal error on displaying anonymous user content
Added: Options to disable (hide) tag/category form fields (Questions -> Manage Fields)
v1.2.8 – 4 June 2013
Bug Fixed: Typo in Comments add-on
Bug Fixed: Squashed some PHP notice errors
Bug Fixed: Slugs being filtered multiple times
Improved: Better compatibility with multi-language plugins like WPML and CodeStyling Localization
Added: Constant SABAI_SYSTEM_DISABLE_PERMISSIONS_IN_SESSIONS to disable storing permissions in session
Added: Constant SABAI_FIX_URI_TOO_LONG to always send Ajax link request as POST instead of GET
IMPORTANT CHANGE: Template file extension has been changed from .html to .html.php. If you have custom tempalte files from the older versions, you will need to change the file extension accordingly.
v1.2.7 – 24 May 2013
Added: Setting to change the minimum length of each search keyword
Bug Fixed: Access control settings disappearing on certain occasions
Bug Fixed: Font files not being loaded on Firefox when font files hosted on CDN
Bug Fixed: Pages redirecting to https://xxx instead of http://xxx on after form submit on certain occasions
Improved: CSS compatibility with some themes
Improved: Search form sending out placeholder values as actual form values when some kind of HTML5 hack is in place
Updated: Bootstrap javascript library to the latest version
v1.2.6 – 20 May 2013
Added: Added [sabai-discuss] and [sabai-discuss-questions] shortcodes
Added: .htaccess files to prevent direct access to library files
Added: More missing language phrases
Improved: CSS compatibility with some themes
Improved: Do not activate plugin if mbstring extension is not enabled
Improved: Refactoring core libraries
Improved: Featured content can have a different tempalte file
Improved: Automatically create file upload and cache directories if not exist
Bug Fixed: Fixed typo in CubePoints add-on
Bug Fixed: Removed extra linebreaks in category widget
Bug Fixed: Javascript console logger not working
Bug Fixed: Some rendering issues with HTML forms
Bug Fixed: Use plugins_url() instead of WP_PLUGIN_URL
Bug Fixed: Fixed URL issues when FORCE_ADMIN_SSL enabled
Bug Fixed: Fixed permalink issues with recent post/page widgets
Updated: Markdown javascript library to the latest version
Updated: jQuery UI timepicker library to the latest version
Internal: Allow each form element to add javascript code
Internal: Allow other add-ons to modify cached routing data
Internal: Refactoring core libraries
v1.2.5 – 2 May 2013
Bug Fixed: Error after clearing cache
Bug Fixed: Fixed a typo in class Sabai_Addon_Entity_Helper_Bundles
v1.2.4 – 1 May 2013
Added: Integration with the CubePoints plugin
Bug Fixed: Some javascript issues
Bug Fixed: Not being able to upload files on some servers
Bug Fixed: Content of iframe tags not being rendered on certain occasions
Bug Fixed: 404 error when wordpress is not installed at the default location
Added: Empty Trash button
Added: Missing language phrases
Improved: CSS compatibility with some themes
v1.2.3 – 24 Apr 2013
Bug Fixed: Fixed a typo which was causing fatal error when viewing admin routing table
Bug Fixed: Auto-update link randomly disappearing/appearing
v1.2.2 – 24 Apr 2013
Bug Fixed: Category not being selected when posting questions to a specific category
Bug Fixed: Non-published questions showing up in search results
Bug Fixed: Several javascript issues
Bug Fixed: Thumbnails not being displayed after upload on windows platform
Bug Fixed: CSS conflict with themes using bootstrap CSS framework
Bug Fixed: Cannot redeclare widget class Fatal error when installed on ClassiPress theme and some other plugins
Bug Fixed: User profile popover box not being displayed on some servers running PHP as CGI
Bug Fixed: Ajax autocomplete field not working properly on some servers running PHP as CGI
Bug Fixed: Use sanitize_title instead of remove_accents to generate slugs
Bug Fixed: File upload not working in IE9
Added: New options to set custom upload directories
Improved File upload error to display more detailed message instaed of just “Upload Failed”
Improved Image files can now be uploaded without Fileinfo or mime_content_type functions
Removed: Auto-generation and caching of core CSS files to use pre-generated static CSS files instead
Removed: Unused post expiration feature
v1.2.1 – 14 Apr 2013
Bug Fixed: Fixed issues with windows platform
Bug Fixed: CSS style issues with profile popover box
Added: Option to specify summary text length in widgets
v1.2.0 – 11 Apr 2013
Improved: Add-ons can be cloned from within the admin dashboard
Improved: Cleanup of Sabai Settings page
Improved: Flagging administrator comments is now disabled by default
Improved: Added file extension to URL of files uploaded via custom upload field
Improved: Cache CSS files as static files for better performance
Improved: Search by category, question status, and tags
Improved: Lots of internal code chanegs for better performance and stability
Bug Fixed: Plugin activation issues with MySQL strict SQL mode
Bug Fixed: Custom fields not being displayed in form on certain occasions
Bug Fixed: Issues with cloned add-ons
Bug Fixed: Question Answered notification email being sent to answerers instead of question authors
Added: Options to allow iframe tags and whitelist URL of iframe content
Added: Auto generate sitemap and sitemap index files
Added: User profile popover box when clicking username links
Added: Options to display category/tag index pages as tabs on front page
Removed: Prettify JS and CSS (Please use other plugins to include them)
Removed: Temporarily dropped support for BuddyPress profile pages (will be enabled again soon)
v1.1.9 – 21 Mar 2013
Bug Fixed: Several issues updating cloned Questions add-on
Bug Fixed: Inconsistent category orders
Bug Fixed: Page navigation display issues
Bug Fixed: Feed item URL not showing permalink
Bug Fixed: Javascript error caused by trying to load non-existent javascript libraries
Bug Fixed: More CSS issues with some themes
Bug Fixed: Compatibility issues with HTMLPurifier library and some plugins
Bug Fixed: Lots of internal bug fixes
Added: 2 new email notifications (Question Flagged Notification / Answer Flagged Notification)
Added: User profile page template (questions_user_profile.html)
Added: New “File” add-on
Added: 2 new custom field types (File Upload / Image Upload)
Improved: Send copy of user notification email to members of selected user roles
Improved: Added more dropdown filters to questions/answers administration pages
Improved: Lots of internal library improvements
v1.1.8 – 26 Feb 2013
Bug Fixed: Restored posts not actually being restored on some occasions
Bug Fixed: Some Javascript library loading problems
Bug Fixed: Characters with accents being removed from slugs
Bug Fixed: Bootstrap tooltip animation/positioning bugs
Bug Fixed: PHP warning errors on access control settings page
Bug Fixed: Role permissions could not be empty
Bug Fixed: Display issues in questions_answers_single_full.html template file
Bug Fixed: Link to questions index page in menu not being linked correctly on certain occasions
Bug Fixed: More theme compatibility fixes
Bug Fixed: Display categories in alphabetical order instead of creation date
Bug Fixed: Widget cache not being cleared upon saving widget settings
Added: BuddyPress support (integrates with BuddyPress profile)
Added: Bootstrap dropdown js (to be used in future versions)
Added: Label settings for Tag/Tags/Category/Categories
Improved: Moved links to my questions/answers/favorites pages on WP tool bar to sub menu section of user account menu
Improved: Page navigation to display Previous/Next text links instead of arrows
Improved: Display “You must login to…” error messages as popover instead of growl message
Removed: questoins_categories_single_summary.html template file
v1.1.7 – 13 Feb 2013
Bug Fixed: Comment tooltips not being loaded after submit
Bug Fixed: Guest user views not being counted
Bug Fixed: Timepicker form field not showing the correct local time
Bug Fixed: Some language phrases not being translated
Bug Fixed: Some issues with post title and permalink filters
Added: Guest user role to allow configuration of non-registered user permissions
Added: “Accept any answer” permission to allow users with the permission to accept any answer to any question
Added: Page title settings for single tag and category pages
Added: Question Posted Notification Email settings to allow selected user roles to receive notification email whenever a new question is posted
Added: Answer Posted Notification Email settings to allow selected user roles to receive notification email whenever a new answer is posted
Added: Question Posted Admin Notification Email settings to allow administrators to receive notification email whenever a new question that requires approval is posted
Added: Answer Posted Admin Notification Email settings to allow administrators to receive notification email whenever a new answer that requires approval is posted
Added: New email template tags: {question_id} {question_summary} {question_author_email} {answer_id} {answer_author_email} {comment_id} and more..
Added: Tooltips added to sorting options on frontend
Improved: Guest authors can now edit/delete own posts and accept answers
Improved: Guest author settings removed in favor of Guest user role permission settings
Improved: Featured content can now have expiration date and time set for when to stop being featured
Improved: Better RTL language support
Updated: Bootstrap CSS/JS to the latest version
Updated: FontAwesome CSS to the latest version
v1.1.6 – 6 Feb 2013
Bug Fixed: Added some missing language phrases
Bug Fixed: More gravatar rendering issues
Bug Fixed: Twitter share button not working correctly on certain occasions
Bug Fixed: Compatibility issue with Advanced Access Manager plugin
Improved: Include guest user views to question view count
Updated: Updated markdown editor library to the latest version
Added: RTL language support
Added: New custom field type: Section Break
Added: Generate meta description and OpenGraph tags on single question/category/tag pages (requires WP Seo plugin)
Added: Tooltips on buttons
v1.1.5 – 26 Jan 2013
Bug Fixed: Fixed a fatal error when upgrading from version 1.1.3 to 1.1.4
v1.1.4 – 25 Jan 2013
Bug Fixed: Error trying to ask questions anonymously on tag/category pages
Bug Fixed: Menu on WP Toolbar not showing configured page title on certain occasions
Bug Fixed: Post Answer button not working as expected on certain occasions
Bug Fixed: Popular Questions widget ignoring answer count
Bug Fixed: Several form elements not being displayed at all on certain occasions
Bug Fixed: the_permalink() WP function not displaying question permalinks correctly
Bug Fixed: Several PHP notice level errors
Bug Fixed: More PHP 5.4 related bug fixes
Bug Fixed: Markdown editor unexpectedly stripping out spaces causing formatting error
Bug Fixed: Warning error on uninstall
Bug Fixed: Removed hard-coded jQuery.noConflict(), added an option to enable/disable it
Bug Fixed: Fixed handling of category depth in Categories widget
Bug Fixed: User avatar rendering issues on certain occasions
Bug Fixed: Sabai core catching exception unexpectedly causing redirect loop on certain occasions
Bug Fixed: Markdown editor initialized more than once on certain occasions
Bug Fixed: Various language translation problems
Bug Fixed: Unable to access user profile page when username contained spaces
Improved: CSS modifications for better theme compatibility
Improved: Removed hard-coded colors, now CSS classes
Improved: Custom fieds visual form editor user interface improved
Improved: Allow hiding the guest author “Website” field
Added: Edit question/answer authors on the backend with ajax auto-suggestion support
Added: Allow removal of icons from categories in Categories widget by entering an empty string for icon
Added: Auto-update feature to update Sabai and SabaiDiscuss plugins just like plugins from WordPress.org (requires codecanyon.net purchase code)
Added: Visibility setting for each custom field which allows setting what type of user can see the field during form submission
Added: Filter questions by category on backend
Added: Bulk update/remove question categories on backend
Added: Captcha custom field (requieres the Really Simple Captcha plugin installed)
Added: 2 new validation rules for Single Line Text and Paragraph Text fields: “Allow only integer numbers” and “Regular expression”
Added: New “User” custom field type with ajax auto-suggestion support
Added: Option to disable jQuery UI CSS
Added: New “[sabai]” shortcode
Removed: SabaiDiscuss update notifier
v1.1.3 – 18 Jan 2013
Bug Fixed: Guest users being able to use email address of already registered users when posting Bug Fixed: Page not found error when trying to edit/add fields in visual form editor Bug Fixed: SQL error when updating questions on certain occasions Updated: HTML fields to display markup instead of system message in visual form editor Updated: jQuery.ScrollTo.js library updated to the latest version
v1.1.2 – 16 Jan 2013
Bug Fixed: Category and tag slugs not being rendered properly on certain occasions when submitted from the frontend Bug Fixed: More compatibility issues with PHP 5.4 Bug Fixed: Category tree broken on certain occasions Bug Fixed: Gravatar not using the WP get_avatar function Bug Fixed: DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR being used instead of / Added: Server-side CSS caching for faster page loading
v1.1.1 – 14 Jan 2013
Bug Fixed: Compatibility issues with Windows Bug Fixed: Compatibility issues with PHP 5.4 Bug Fixed: Display issues with comments Bug Fixed: Display issues with pending/draft questions and answers Bug Fixed: Display issues with guest authors on administration pages Bug Fixed: Default values not being displayed correctly for some custom fields Bug Fixed: Rendering issues on edit content page Bug Fixed: Redirection loop on frontend main index page Bug Fixed: Share buttons not generating URL and title of questions
v1.1.0 – 11 Jan 2013
Added: Custom fields with visual form editor (8 field types: Choice, Date, HTML, Markdown Text, Number, ON/OFF, Paragraph Text, Single Line Text, and more to come) Added: Guest posting (both questions and answers) Added: Categories Added: Custom slugs (no more question ID in URL) Added: Fully templetized (19 template files which your theme can override) Numerous bugs fixed
v1.0.5 – 1 Dec 2012
Bug Fixed: Tag selection form not being displayed in some cases Bug Fixed: Some more rendering issues Bug Fixed: Error when used as the front page Update: Added missing headers to language files (thanks to nexia for the help)
v1.0.4 – 25 Nov 2012
Bug Fixed: Some pages not displayed correctly when SabaiDiscuss was installed to a path other than the default path (/questions) Bug Fixed: Compatibility with some servers not being able to load CSS/JS files Update: Merged language files to a single file for each plugin (sabai.pot and sabai-discuss.pot)
v1.0.2/1.0.3 – 23 Nov 2012
Bug Fixed: Language files were not being loaded properly Update: Language files are now loaded from wp-content/languages (or WP_LANG_DIR if defined in wp-config.php)
v1.0.1 – 22 Nov 2012
Bug Fixed: Fatal error on submitting questions Bug Fixed: Warning error on adding answers
v1.0.0 – 21 Nov 2012
initial release