Last Updated: 2026/09/18

The following:

* database: latin1 -> utf8mb4 (efiction3-mod only)
* passwords: md5 -> bcrypt (efiction3-mod only)
* additional tinyMCE versions (efiction3-mod only)
* disable new user registrations option (efiction3-mod only)
* Number of Likes ratings fixes - this includes the definition conflict and calculation oversights
* Various installer fixes
* Layout changes and fixes in various parts of the script
* Some general cleanup
* coauthors array handling fixes - mostly reverting some changes in stories.php, viewstory.php, includes/corefunctions.php, includes/storyblock.php, includes/storyform.php, user/revres.php - then fixing it proper
  - this also mostly fixes the old displayword module - which needed its own fixes)
* PHP 8.x Uncaught TypeError fixes: admin/categories.php, browse/ratings.php, includes/corefunctions.php, includes/userlist.php
* PHP 8.x Uncaught ValueError fixes: languages/en.php
* PHP 8.x Warning fixes: admin/panels.php, admin/settings.php, blocks/menu/menu.php, browse/ratings.php, includes/corefunctions.php, languages/en.php, user/revres.php, series.php
* includes/dbfunctions.php fixes and cleanup
* error and warning message suppression hacks removed - language PHP file parsing fix due to undefined variables going nowhere
* possible CHARSET breakage in various spots - revert and fix
* GD captcha font handling fix for PHP 8.6.x/GD 2.4.0 users