--- title: "Release Notes – Version 2.x" source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/guide/installation/release_notes/release_notes_version_2.html last_updated: 2026-08-07T17:09:54+10:00 tokens: ~1751 --- # Release Notes - Version 2.x ### Version 2.3 (24 November 2003 - also called 2.23) The following features were added: - **Added:** Custom module framework - **Added:** International language support - **Added:** Cross version support for *Acrobat 5 or 6 Reader*, full *Acrobat 5*, *Acrobat 6 Standard* and *Professional* - **Added:** Commenting on documents of any type - **Added:** Automated database creation during setup - **Added:** Option to change TCP/IP port during install - **Added:** Integration with *Acrobat 6* replies - **Added:** Automated closing of popup windows on success The following changes were made: - **Fixed:** error replying to a *PDF* comment with " in the title - **Added:** ALT attributes to Toolbar graphics - **Added:** custom template folder - **Removed:** reliance on FDF files for commenting on *PDFs* - **Fixed:** archived *PDF* comments being displayed in HTML view - **Added:** automatic inclusion of 'xsl-' prefixed parameters in XML - **Fixed:** 'New Comment' link on comment thread page - **Fixed:** removal of *PDF* reply icon when comment deleted - **Fixed:** Highlight, Strikeout and Underline in *Acrobat 6* - **Stopped:** line breaking of comment contents ### Version 2.22 (17 June 2003) The following features were added: - **Added:** View a list of all comments for a document - **Added:** Insert general comments for a document - **Added:** Send upload notification from comment list - **Added:** Reply to general document comments and upload notifications - **Added:** Allowed `` inside seed tags which only loads a single comment thread into the pop-up - **Added:** 'many-comments' behavior to General Discussion, Search and default new page. The following changes were made: - **Changed:** Preserves manual extension on files when uploading - **Added:** serialization functionality to XTemplate Java interface - **Fixed:** moderated comments with reply not notifying author - **Added:** xml output option - **Added:** parameter for alternative session templates - **Changed:** Move function will only add groups to XLinks where the link source is in the document being moved - **Stopped:** creating a new log file each day - **Allowed:** seed fragment to contain non-element characters - **Changed:** 'Group' link in toolbar to 'Options' - **Removed:** 'datetime' param from default new page - **Added:** Search for archived comments allows viewing of archived comment contents ### Version 2.21 (22 January 2003) The following changes were made: - **Enhanced:** External Filter by passing cookies through - **Fixed:** add moderator bug in ChooseMember - **Fixed:** problem editing a comment with " in title - **Fixed:** European character problem in *PDF* annotations - **Changed:** Memory error when too many search results is now caught - **Fixed:** seed at bottom appearing when \` and `` functions - **Added:** PageSeeder Setup option - **Added:** Offline *PDF* annotations upload option - **Added:** Daily notification feature The following changes were made: - **Fixed:** updating of \ and \ in HTML - **Fixed:** addition of *PDF* Start/End Annotations - **Enhanced:** table formatting in web interface - **Changed:** Settings files and templates moved to documents/WEB-INF/ folder ### Version 2.02 (28 June 2002) The following changes were made: - **Fixed:** reply icon position in landscape *PDFs* - **Added:** content length header for *PDFs* - **Added:** Better handling of SMTP errors for HTML and *PDF* - **Added:** foreign key constraints to mysql configuration ### Version 2.01 (18 June 2002) The following features were added: - **Added:** Move Document function - **Added:** Parameter based authentication - **Added:** Delete member function - **Added:** Save Attachments function - **Added:** Control over public adding of comments - **Added:** Mail-Followup-To header in email notification - **Added:** Disable options function - **Added:** List All Groups function - **Added:** Silent email and Acrobat functions - **Added:** Mail server relay function - **Added:** Autoseed spacing feature The following changes were made: - **Fixed:** web.xml doctype - **Fixed:** Mail Server not shutting down - **Changed:** Forces correct host address for Admin functions - **Changed:** Re-writes stylesheet src attribute in External Filter - **Fixed:** problem with &#x; chars in *PDF* Annotations - **Changed:** Allows no title or datetime in Toolbar tags - **Changed:** Better comment formatting - **Changed:** Better handling of mixed case paths - **Fixed:** changing URL case when editing links ### Version 2.0 (6 March 2002 - also called 1.13) The following features were added: - **Added:** Created MySQL configuration - **Added:** Tested with Tomcat Servlet Engine - **Added:** Archive comment type - **Added:** Database Dump servlet - **Added:** Offline *PDF* comments  - **Added:** Displaying dynamic and external documents in group page - **Added:** Autoseed by dragging (accepts .html, .htm and .pdf) - **Added:** Configurable mail server port and standalone mode - **Added:** Automatic authentication with /ps/filter servlet - **Added:** Tree view for documents interface - **Added:** *PDF* document security - **Added:** Allow *PDF* documents to be accessed with /ps/filter servlet - **Added:** Email notification of new document uploads The following changes were made: - **Fixed:** *PDF* truncating comment title - **Changed:** Only allow replies to *PDF* comments stored in PageSeeder - **Fixed:** bug in self-registration using group URL - **Fixed:** page error after deleting group folders - **Fixed:** mysql problem truncating title and datetime - **Fixed:** null subject problem in *PDF* comments - **Fixed:** problem with strange characters in *PDF* name - **Changed:** Improvements to manager options