We are proud to announce that the latest version of KBPublisher (v4.0) is now available. We have added some much-requested features and improved existing ones. 

New modules and features

Version history

• KBPublisher now keeps a history of all changes you make to the content of an article
• You can view earlier versions and compare them against the current version to see what has changed
• You can roll back to earlier versions

Autosave

• Recovery data for articles can be autosaved, so that if anything goes wrong, you don't lose your work

Comment notifications

• New article comments notification for comment posters and for article subscribers, so that you can now be notified when someone posts a  comment on an article

Multiple roles

• Users can now be assigned to multiple roles
• We have made it easier to add users to roles

Export (available as a plugin)

• New export functionality allows you to export all or part of your knowledgebase to PDF or HTML format
• Ideal if you want to create a user manual or place some of your content elsewhere
• Visitors can export articles in the Public Area, or admin can export them in Admin Area for specified roles, allowing them to tailor exports to specific audiences

Import

• You can now import glossary items from an external source

Added support for searching

• Searching in new file types, including Microsoft Office 2007/2010 documents and Open Office documents

Spy directory feature

• You can now automatically add files uploaded to the server to the knowledgebase
• Directories checks daily

Auto Authentication

• Users logging in via remote authentication can now be set up to log in without without submitting a login form

Logs and statistics

• Statistics for the knowledgebase, Now you can see which are the most/least viewed articles, how many times a file has been downloaded, which articles users subscribe to, and more
• Usage statistics are now shown as a graph, as well as in a table
• New email subscription log shows what mails are scheduled and sent
• New search log shows what words are used in search queries

Improved items

• Improved usability for assigning roles for to users, entries and categories
• Improved rating system. You can now rate using the 5 stars system, rather than just helpful/not helpful
• Improved rating comments.  Comments can now be added for any rating, not just for negative comments
• Improved reports. Chart added to reports
• Added bulk actions for feedback, comments and rating comments
• Added setting to "Send to friend" letter to be able to set from any FROM email address
• Added preview feature when editing article

Fixes

• Fixed issue with local images (http://...) and pdf generation
• Fixed issue with wrong "Use SMTP Auth" settings when saving email settings
• Fixed issue with wrong action/advanced URL in search form when using "by page" navigation

Notes

•  Support for PHP 4 has been discontinued in this release.  Please consider upgrading to PHP 5.

Upgrading

• Instructions for upgrading your current version can be found here.
• Please do not use option 3 for the upgrade (replacing modified files only).