Software Update Next Week
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I paid some extra to get the new forum software early "pre-release" anyhow, we should be doing the update middle of next week. About the only downside is I will have to rebuild the custom skins, nothing too major, but will take a little time. I will have to re-add the quick reply hack and what not as well.
There are a ton of administration features I didn't list, i figure about a half hour of downtime if all goes well.
Here is a list of some of the new features:
Other: [NEW] Events Calendar
Other: [NEW] COPPA compliance
Private Messages: [NEW] Forward Message
Private Messages: [NEW] Graphic display on allocated storage size remaining
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
Private Messages: [NEW] "Select all read messages" link
Private Messages: [IMPROVED] Cleaner interface with a more logical structure
Private Messages: [IMPLEMENTED] Email notification of new PM's
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
Posting: [NEW] Ability to set an independent poll question to the topic title
Posting: [NEW] Admin ability to allow [URL] and[IMG] tags in polls
Moderation: [NEW] IP Management center: Look up IP address, find all users that match an IP or find all posts made under an IP
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
Moderation: [NEW] Ability to move a topic directly after posting
Moderation: [NEW] Admin option: View Topic History; produces topic overview and any related entries from the moderator logs
Moderation: [IMPROVED] Re-written Moderators Control Panel: Includes topic by topic selection to move/prune/pin/unpin/close/open and delete
Search: [NEW] Search flooding added (by member group)
Search: [NEW] View results as posts
Search: [IMPROVED] Increase in speed and effiency
Interface: [NEW] Ability to download a copy of the topic in HTML or Microsoft Word format
Interface: [NEW] Quick log in box for guest users
Interface: [NEW] After log in, you're taken to the page you logged in from
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
Interface: [IMPROVED] PM Pop up contains a direct link to the latest message (saves a few clicks!)
Interface: [IMPROVED] Printable Version of topic HTML makeover
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
Registering: [NEW] Anti "Flood Bot / DoS" control when registering, forces user to input a random numeric string shown in images
Registering: [NEW] Error messages printed above the form, no more hitting "back" to correct the form!
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
There are a ton of administration features I didn't list, i figure about a half hour of downtime if all goes well.
Here is a list of some of the new features:
Other: [NEW] Events Calendar
Other: [NEW] COPPA compliance
Private Messages: [NEW] Forward Message
Private Messages: [NEW] Graphic display on allocated storage size remaining
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
Private Messages: [NEW] "Select all read messages" link
Private Messages: [IMPROVED] Cleaner interface with a more logical structure
Private Messages: [IMPLEMENTED] Email notification of new PM's
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
Posting: [NEW] Ability to set an independent poll question to the topic title
Posting: [NEW] Admin ability to allow [URL] and[IMG] tags in polls
Moderation: [NEW] IP Management center: Look up IP address, find all users that match an IP or find all posts made under an IP
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
Moderation: [NEW] Ability to move a topic directly after posting
Moderation: [NEW] Admin option: View Topic History; produces topic overview and any related entries from the moderator logs
Moderation: [IMPROVED] Re-written Moderators Control Panel: Includes topic by topic selection to move/prune/pin/unpin/close/open and delete
Search: [NEW] Search flooding added (by member group)
Search: [NEW] View results as posts
Search: [IMPROVED] Increase in speed and effiency
Interface: [NEW] Ability to download a copy of the topic in HTML or Microsoft Word format
Interface: [NEW] Quick log in box for guest users
Interface: [NEW] After log in, you're taken to the page you logged in from
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
Interface: [IMPROVED] PM Pop up contains a direct link to the latest message (saves a few clicks!)
Interface: [IMPROVED] Printable Version of topic HTML makeover
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
Registering: [NEW] Anti "Flood Bot / DoS" control when registering, forces user to input a random numeric string shown in images
Registering: [NEW] Error messages printed above the form, no more hitting "back" to correct the form!
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
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