I've added the weblog entry permalink to discussion messages that have been marked as weblog entries.

This will save you a trip to the weblog entry itself to grab the permalink for use in other places.

Access to discussion feeds is now controlled by the Can read messages option. When unchecked only logged in users can read discussion feeds.

The configuration for your discussion has changed.

The Can view comment/message links option has been moved into a new Anonymous User section on the change form. A new Can read messages option has been added to this section. The default is unchecked. When unchecked only logged in users can read discussion messages and listings of messages.

This is a change from the previous behavior which allowed anonymous users to read message listings but not messages. Because of this mixed access I was unable to cleanly preserve the previous behavior for your website. I opted for the more secure route of setting the new Can read messages option for your website to unchecked. If you want anonymous users of your website to be able to read messages and message listings then check the Can read messages option.

• Click on the TWH Admin link on your website.
• Click on the Database Admin link.
• Click on the Configuration link just after the M_Discussion link.
• Click on the Default link.
• Find the Anonymous User section of the change configuration form.
• Click the Can read messages? checkbox so that it has a check mark.
• Click the Save button.

There are two new user permissions that you can choose for your users, Can attach file and Can attach image.

These permissions control whether the Add Message form shows those fields.

In addition the default configuration for your discussion has options to either allow newly registered user accounts to attach files/images to messages or not.

All current users have been given these permissions to preserve previous behavior.

Attachments to your discussion messages now show some additional information. There is now the attachment size and for images, width and height.

Your websites now have a more complete set of message navigation links. Previously you had previous and next message links. You now have:

• previous topic ( << )
• previous ( < )
• up ( ^ )
• top of topic ( ^^ )
• next ( > )
• next topic ( >> )

Arrows are used to remind you of what the links do. Similar to what you might find on a media player.

It is not unusual to find that your previous topic and previous message links point to the same message. The same if also true for the other directions of navigation.

Your websites now have a simple interface to discussion conferences. Conferences allow you to group related topics together. By default your website has four conferences: Files, General, Images, and Webpages. When you add a message that has an image or file attached, the message is automatically routed to the Images or Files conference. There is no requirement to use conferences. You can continue to use your website the way you have been if you don't need conferences.