some serious new feature implementation:

- cookie-based persistent logins
- expanded activity reporting
- "top" and "fixed" left menus are now dynamically generated from XML config,
  not hard coded
- error reporting enhanced and protection increased
- "About Venice" page first draft
- new means of "framing" static content within the Venice "frame"
- base page now includes the "footer" itself, "content" pages don't anymore
- general cleanup of some heavyweight old containers, replaced with faster
  Collections framework containers
- probably more, there's a LOT of stuff in here

web/format/conf_activity.jsp

@@ -25,11 +25,18 @@
   Variables.failIfNull(data);
   RenderData rdat = RenderConfig.createRenderData(application,request,response);
 %>
-<% rdat.writeContentHeader(out,(data.isPosterReport() ? "Posters in Conference:"
-                                                      : "Readers in Conference:"),data.getConfName()); %>
+<%
+  if (data.isTopicReport())
+    rdat.writeContentHeader(out,(data.isPosterReport() ? "Posters in Topic:"
+                                                       : "Readers in Topic:"),
+                            data.getTopicName() + " in " + data.getConfName());
+  else
+    rdat.writeContentHeader(out,(data.isPosterReport() ? "Posters in Conference:"
+                                                       : "Readers in Conference:"),data.getConfName());
+%>
 <%= rdat.getStdFontTag(null,2) %>
-  <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("confops?" + data.getLocator() + "&cmd=Q") %>">Return to
-      Manage Conference Menu</A>
+  <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("confops?" + data.getLocator() + "&cmd=QR") %>">Return to
+      Conference Reports Menu</A>
 </FONT><P>
 
 <% if (data.anyElements()) { %>
@@ -79,11 +86,18 @@
   </TABLE>
 <% } else { %>
   <%= rdat.getStdFontTag(null,2) %><EM>
-    <% if (data.isPosterReport()) { %>
-      No posters to conference "<%= StringUtil.encodeHTML(data.getConfName()) %>" found.
+    <% if (data.isTopicReport()) { %>
+      <% if (data.isPosterReport()) { %>
+        No posters to topic "<%= data.getTopicName() %>" found.
+      <% } else { %>
+        No readers of topic "<%= data.getTopicName() %>" found.
+      <% } // end if %>
     <% } else { %>
-      No readers of conference "<%= StringUtil.encodeHTML(data.getConfName()) %>" found.
+      <% if (data.isPosterReport()) { %>
+        No posters to conference "<%= StringUtil.encodeHTML(data.getConfName()) %>" found.
+      <% } else { %>
+        No readers of conference "<%= StringUtil.encodeHTML(data.getConfName()) %>" found.
+      <% } // end if %>
     <% } // end if %>
   </EM></FONT>
 <% } // end if %>
-<P><% rdat.writeFooter(out); %>