Forum Software Upgrade
09-18-2002, 03:52 PM
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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.
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.
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