2003-10-18 PKP Team * Open Conference Systems 1.1.4 released. * Fixed bug when saving submission sequence after preview. * Fixed link to submit full text when submitting abstract without being logged in. * Added generic database export script. * Disabled referer check by default due to browser compatibility issues. 2003-05-19 PKP Team * Scheduler changes - moved to rooms to its own table to allow for arbitrary number of rooms to be created for each building. 2003-03-31 PKP Team * Open Conference Systems 1.1.3 released. * Additional options for reviews added to conference set up. 2003-01-28 PKP Team * Open Conference Systems 1.1.2 released. 2003-01-21 PKP Team * Various wording/text refinements. 2003-01-16 PKP Team * Fixed bug with biography data for additional authors not being saved correctly. 2002-12-20 PKP Team * Fixed issue with certain characters causing display abnormalities in abstract and other fields in paper submission. 2002-12-15 PKP Team * Open Conference Systems 1.1.1 released. * RST updates. 2002-12-08 PKP Team * Open Conference Systems 1.1 released. 2002-11-27 PKP Team * Added hack in include/common.inc.php, install.php to work-around register_globals being off. 2002-11-25 PKP Team * Added support for updated Research Support Tool. 2002-07-27 PKP Team * Conference Scheduler incorporated into OCS. 2002-06-27 PKP Team * Added fix to work around some IE browsers incorrectly identifying uploaded HTML and plain-text files as application/octet-stream. 2002-06-12 PKP Team * Open Conference Systems 1.0 released. 2002-06-04 PKP Team * Option to view just directors, presenters, or registrants on master list. 2002-06-01 PKP Team * Added ability to upload conference map for display on registration page. * Added additional display options on registrants admin page -- can view by paid/non-paid status and/or registration level. 2002-05-17 PKP Team * New comment and new paper notification author options can no longer be disabled in set up. * Above options moved to separate "Preferences" section on paper submission form. 2002-05-15 PKP Team * Functions to change password and recover forgotten password added to reviewers page. 2002-05-13 PKP Team * Added generic notification email script. 2002-05-11 PKP Team * Comments can now have titles. * Ability to view all comments on a given paper on one page. 2002-05-05 PKP Team * Rewrote reviews scripts. 2002-05-04 PKP Team * When sending out invited speakers, reviewers, or discussion notification emails, there is now a checkbox to cc a copy of each email to the conference contact. * Added an option to enable notification emails to conference contact on new paper submissions, comments, and registrations. 2002-05-02 PKP Team * Added column to papers table to keep track of original submission date. 2002-04-28 PKP Team * Preview RST ability added to Step 3 of conference set up. * Password recovery script for forgotten passwords for invited speakers and non-invited submissions added. 2002-04-21 PKP Team * Added timestamp column to papers table to record date a submission was last modified. * Comments are now allowed on papers when the full-text is not available. 2002-04-16 PKP Team * Password recovery script for forgotten admin passwords added. 2002-04-11 PKP Team * RST modules added for Astrophysics, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Economics, General Science, Humanities, Life Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Social Sciences, as well as updated Education and "Generic" (formerly "Default") modules. 2002-03-30 PKP Team * Additional security measures implemented -- added better input/output data validation to address cross-site scripting issues, referrer checking on all data submission forms. 2002-03-27 PKP Team * Added option to send notification emails to just a single user instead of the entire group. 2002-03-26 PKP Team * Passwords in cookies are now md5-encrypted. * Added change password form for authors. 2002-03-24 PKP Team * Various parts of admin and set up interface cleaned up a bit. * Moved all people-related administrative functions under a new People sub-heading. * Added more checks to ensure certain pages are not accessible when they shouldn't be. For example, the non-invited submission page is now only accessible when applicable. * Added checkbox to save username and password in cookie for one month to all login forms. 2002-03-15 PKP Team * Support for multiple conferences completed. * Multiple conference support added to OAI front-end and installer. 2002-03-02 PKP Team * File types of uploaded files are now checked to ensure illegitimate files are not uploaded. 2002-02-28 PKP Team * Email Colleague form added to Research Support Tool in place of mailto link. 2002-02-27 PKP Team * Related Links section and admin interface added. 2002-02-26 PKP Team * Added admin script to preview themes. 2002-02-24 PKP Team * All passwords are now encoded in the database. 2002-02-23 PKP Team * Added date select menus in place of text boxes. * Non-invited submission page now uses cookies to validate user. * Added script to change admin username and password. * Added "Ten Reasons To Post Your Paper" page. 2002-02-22 PKP Team * Theme support added for RST. 2002-02-21 PKP Team * Updated step 6 of conference set up to support switching of themes and changing of title and logo images. 2002-02-21 Henry Kang * Added new themes - Chocolate, Gold, Khaki, Prairie, Sea, Sky, UBC, Vegetation. 2002-02-17 PKP Team * Implemented changes to Document Content section of submission form. Conference directors are now prompted to enter examples for the indexing terms in the conference set up. 2002-02-16 PKP Team * Added login ability for conference participants to access restricted papers. 2002-02-13 PKP Team * All calls to mail() now include the conference contact as the return-path to prevent getting bounced by some mail servers. 2002-02-10 PKP Team * Added theme support. 2002-02-09 PKP Team * Implemented ability to restrict paper access, or not allow submission of papers at all. 2002-02-07 PKP Team * Various minor wording changes in the OCS set up pages. * Fixed layout errors in discussion and reviewer notification preview pages in admin section. * Added PKP Technical Contact to Organization page. 2002-01-27 PKP Team * Implemented modularized RST format, including Default and Education RSTs. * Updated directory/file structure -- all include files are now in the admin/include, oai/include, or include directories (or subdirectories thereof) and have the suffix .inc.php. 2002-01-24 PKP Team * Fixed various issues with PostgreSQL. * Updated OAI front-end to work properly with new database class. 2002-01-23 PKP Team * Added support for PostgreSQL to install.php. * Updated database queries involving dates to work properly with PostgreSQL. 2002-01-22 PKP Team * Ported table schema to PostgreSQL. * Modified database class to allow easier support of different databases. 2002-01-20 PKP Team * Added support for new RST modules to admin setup script. * Rewrote showmeta.php script, got rid of redundant admin/metadata.php script. 2002-01-16 PKP Team * Conference location will now display correctly on home page if one or more location fields are left blank. 2002-01-15 PKP Team * Fixed a bug in the install script where the default base URL would be incorrect on some Apache configurations. 2002-01-14 PKP Team * Open Conference Systems 1.0 Preview 2 released. * Fixed Get Record function in OAI front-end. * Added support for switching between education and default Research Support Tools. * Revised installation so it is now handled via a web-based form. 2002-01-01 PKP Team * Open Conference Systems 1.0 Preview released.