I would guess somewhere in the first half of October the latest version of the current forum software will be released, basically it will just add features and be a fairly simple upgrade.



The added features include, but are not limited too:



Other: [NEW] Events Calendar

Other: [NEW] COPPA compliance



Private Messages: [NEW] Forward Message

Private Messages: Improved UI

Private Messages: [NEW] Message Tracking

Private Messages: [NEW] Carbon Copy Feature

Private Messages: [NEW] Save as draft feature

Private Messages: [NEW] Ability to receive email notification of any new private messages



Posting: [NEW] Ability to remove, or change an attachment when editing

Posting: [NEW] Ability to add or remove the "Edit by" line (group setting)

Posting: [NEW] Ability to restrict the time edits are allowed

Posting: [NEW] Root forums can accept sub forums and remain postable

Posting: [NEW] Admin ability to stop quote embedding

*Posting: [NEW] Group Promotion; admin option (per group) to allow a member to be promoted to another group based on posts

Posting: [IMPROVED] Improved Code Buttons



Moderation: [NEW] Ability to view / unsubscribe all users from a topic

*Moderation: [NEW] Ability to merge two topics into one

*Moderation: [NEW] Ability to split a topic into two



Search: [NEW] Search flooding added (by member group)

Search: [NEW] View results as posts

Search: [IMPROVED] Increase in speed and effiency



Interface: [NEW] Users browsing forums feature (can be switched off)

Interface: [NEW] Users browsing topics feature (can be switched off)

Interface: [NEW] Yahoo! Icon linked to Yahoo! Messenger Console

Interface: [NEW] MSN Icon linked to MSN Messenger Console

Interface: [NEW] Ability to choose posts per page and topics per page

Interface: [NEW] Report post to moderator link on each post

Interface: [NEW] Who posted featurette

Interface: [NEW] "Browse Buddy"; a floating 'pallete' launcher

*Interface: [IMPROVED] Base skin font sizes increased

Interface: [IMPROVED] Edited by line now in viewers time zone

*Interface: [IMPROVED] Pinned topics have their own HTML rows and start / end rows



Active Users: [NEW] Admin Group ability to view "anonymous" users

Active Users: [NEW] Admin Group ability to view online user IP addresses

Active Users: [NEW] Link to topic with topic name a user is browsing





Subscriptions: [NEW] Ability to "auto track" topics you participate in

Subscriptions: [NEW] Ability to receive notification of new topics in a forum via "Forum Subscription" feature

Subscriptions: [IMPROVED] Viewing current subscriptions list grouped by forum

Subscriptions: [IMPROVED] Frequency of emails for tracked topics increased to 1 per board visit



This does not inlclude a large list of admin cp features. I'll keep you posted as to when the update will occur, as always I will stay up late, do the upgrade when few people are on, maybe an hour of having the board offline.

cool

Sounds good.

The general discussion section was missing. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png

you have to log in to see it gen d now https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

I know...that's sweet. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

Sounds good man! And the mods even get some new ****! Sweet!