added submissions from {406man}
cleaned up a few PHP (8.4) deprecations
fixed PHP deprecation in calendar
removed security vulnerability

change DB IP storage fields to accommodate IPv6 addresses
remove use of E_STRICT (PHP 8.4 deprecated)
update README to reflect new website
align code with new .com CPG website
correct deprecation in captcha

correct PHP8.2 issues with user and language managers
additional fixes for PHP 8.2
correct PHP8 error with SMF 2.0 bridge
Correct IPTC supplimental category parsing

Correction for HTML5 upload admin notification
Prevent HTML5 upload initialization failure caused by cloudflare rocket-loader

correct SMF2.1 bridge; correct install with PHP 8.1+ when using GD2
PLEASE NOTE: When upgrading from CPG versions prior to 1.6.18, custom language files will need changes for correct date/time formatting. See here.

catch PDO query exceptions
correct for PHP8+ round error in exif parse
correct failure to remove file upload with dimension restriction
reduce possibility of race condition at completion of uploads
PLEASE NOTE: When upgrading from CPG versions prior to 1.6.18, custom language files will need changes for correct date/time formatting. See here.

provide more error info for some HTML5 upload errors
add IPv6 compatibility to banning
PLEASE NOTE: When upgrading from CPG versions prior to 1.6.18, custom language files will need changes for correct date/time formatting. See here.

fail more gracefully from database connection error
correct typo in bridgemgr.php
PLEASE NOTE: When upgrading from CPG versions prior to 1.6.18, custom language files will need changes for correct date/time formatting. See here.

more updates for PHP 8.1.x deprecations
correct PHP8 error with IPTC processing
maintenance updates; Spanish language
PLEASE NOTE: When upgrading from CPG versions prior to 1.6.18, custom language files will need changes for correct date/time formatting. See here.

Correct failure in bridgemgr for PHP 8
Reset failure report mode in mysqli for PHP 8.1
PLEASE NOTE: When upgrading from CPG versions prior to 1.6.18, custom language files will need changes for correct date/time formatting. See here.