The following bug fixes were made to the Community Server 2008.5 and Evolution Service Pack 2.

Blogs

  • Community Server now always uses the querystring value.
  • The comment form requires a name only when it does not allow anonymous comments.
  • Posts made by the owners of the Section will no longer be process by the SPAM blocker.

 Forums

  • Reporting Author link is fixed in Report Abuse functionality.
  • Uploading media/image to forum post no longer causes server errors.
  • Forum Permissions are checked when retrieving forums.
  • Email generated by "Suggest Answer" now has correct URL.

 General

  • Metablog API now saves files in post-specific folders.
  • The accessdenied.aspx page is no longer missing from the Web root.
  • The cry emoticon now renders.
  • System administrators can delete announcements and profile comments as an anonymous user.
  • The user interface was simplified to support single file uploads.
  • LiveWriter no longer overwrites images.
  • Common.css has been modified to fix typos and blank areas.
  • The URL HTML has properly encoded so overrides are not malformed.
  • CommunityServer.Components/Components/Globals.cs has been modified to support relative URLs below the root.
  • HttpHandler has been modified to support  ~/ in Chameleon.
  • Usernames can be used as Email addresses.
  • Problems with broken URLs have been fixed.
  • Admin links now display on the Dashboard drop-down menu.
  • Changed enum parse on application type to be case-insensitive.
  • Now allow non-US media URLs
  • Use absolute path instead of relative path in mass emails.

 Groups

  • Users are given permission to create all of the necessary default applications inside of a Group before the applications are created so the exception is not thrown.
  • A pager is inserted when group lists exceed 20.
  • An error is no longer generated when a user clicks the Contact Group Owners link.
  • Groups now require a media gallery for uploading files.

 Media Galleries

  • Files are now stored in a specific folder and are stored with a unique filename so uploaded files are not overwritten.
  • Media Gallery comment notification emails now contain the correct post URL.
  • The Multiple File Upload control no longer appears if Flash 10 or greater is installed.
  • The media gallery share e-mail URLs have been fixed.

  • ConditionalActions control  has been added so media upload can be disabled.

REST API

  • New patches for CS core and the REST service have been created to eliminate REST API Timeouts for ThreadQuery.
  • REST API no longer causes a deserialization exception when hex characters in forum post are serialized on community server and then deserialized on the client application.  

Users/User Profiles

  • The friend list is no longer truncated.
  • The status area is now labeled Private Area in conversation mode.
  • The link in e-mail generated by Change Password no longer results in a "Access Denied" error.  

Wikis

  • Users who create wiki pages can now delete them rather than receiving a foreign key restraint error.
  • Wiki spam emails are now sent only to those with wiki admin or moderator permissions for that wiki.
  • The maximum RSS for Wiki pages is now 25.