Hello,
We have successfully upgraded forum engine to vBulletin 3.5 Gold.
There are many changes, from which I can emphasize completely new subengine for our moderators. Now it's even easy to moderate! Also message editor is now completely rewritten.
Here is the small change log.
- Product/Plugin system with over 550 'hook' locations strategically placed in the code. Allows modification and extension of vBulletin without physical alteration of the vBulletin PHP scripts.
- Inline moderation allows multiple threads or posts to be have moderation actions performed without a visit to the admin or moderator control panels
- Completely rewritten message editor with ability to instantly switch between standard and WYSIWYG modes
- Thread title editing on forumdisplay via AJAX
- Thread opening and closing on forumdisplay via AJAX
- Super-Quick Reply on showthread via AJAX
- Inline post edit on showthread via AJAX
- Username suggestion for PM recipients and search by user via AJAX
- Data manipulation APIs (Data Manager) for centralized data saving
- Template History & Comparison for easy tracking of changes
- Database-based thread and forum read marking
- MySQL Full Text Search
- Additional Datastore Storage Methods
- SMTP Mail Wrapper
- MySQLi Wrapper
- PHPDoc'd Source Code
- Moderator log language abstraction
- Webkit support for style manager color picker
- ImageMagick 6 Support (alternative to GD)
- Calendar events support start/end times
- Custom avatar and profile picture resizing
- Profile pictures can be saved to filesystem
- Statistics ordering
- Each attachment image type can be individually set to generate thumbnails or not
- Each attachment image type can be individually set to open in a new window or not
- Moderated posts and threads do not contribute to post count until approved
- Language chooser in footer
- New bbcode parser now corrects invalid tag nesting to ensure valid HTML
- New [attach] bbcode tag for placing attachments inline with messages
- New [noparse] bbcode tag for disabling bbcode parsing within
- Word wrap excludes contents of PHP/CODE/HTML blocks
- Search engine spider configuration via XML file
- New 'Can View Thread Content' permission
- New 'Can Upload Animated GIF' permission
- Attachment upload via URL in addition to local upload
- New (hopefully foolproof) method for setting cookiepath/cookiedomain
- Forum description field no longer limited to 250 characters
- Completely rewritten Paid Subscriptions system - now known as Payment APIs. New support for 2checkout, Worldpay and Authorize.net
- 'Always Moderate Group Posts' permission replaced with more logical 'Follow Forum Moderation Rules' permission
- Threads containing posts awaiting moderation have indicator icon on forumdisplay for moderators
- Right-to-left language support improved
- Additional 'Execute SQL' auto-queries added
- Image verification for sendmessage to avoid spam issues
- Improved registration image verification to out-fox those pesky bots
- Control panel navigation controlled by XML for easier addition of links
- Upgrade system now imports styles/languages/options only after upgrade complete rather than after each script
- Ability to preview signature edits
- Calendar event email reminders
- And of course, numerous bugs and annoyances resolved.
As this version is released only yesterday, I'm assuming there still could be some small bugs, so please bear this a little bit, all problems will be solved soon. Concerning old skins - they are not compatible with current engine version. As soon as I modify them, they will be available. I will post here any news regarding further modifications and fixes.
Regards,
forum administration
Sep 30, 2005, 10:12
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