Thread: Sorry for the site outage...

there was a security issue and I felt the best action was to upgrade the forum software to the latest version. Sorry for the inconvenience. There will be some lingering issues due to the upgrade until I get all of the Styles (eg, Steel Blue, etc.) upgraded as well.

Thanks for giving us the heads up Joe. I guess I needlessly bothered Dave with the error report

actually, David gets most of those reports automatically... you don't need to forward them at all. You do need to contact one of us, however, when you don't get an error and the site is down.

Originally Posted by azjoe

actually, David gets most of those reports automatically... you don't need to forward them at all. You do need to contact one of us, however, when you don't get an error and the site is down.

I'll gladly do that...I'll just send you a pm!

RT

I'll gladly do that...I'll just send you a pm!

yes, there is some irony there, lol

But in all seriousness, we both have skype and non-site dependent email addresses that various mods and members know. So when there's an outage, the message usually gets through pretty quickly.


I wasn't more than a few minutes into the upgrade when my skype icon started flashing.

I like the new link-to-original-post feature on quotations, it makes it easier to follow discussions, and makes quoting cross-thread practical.

There are a number of other new features. Many are in areas which most users won't see or care, but there are some that you may find useful... if I get time, I'll try to summarize them and post the list here. BTW, the security issue was (as seems the usual case) due to a security flaw found in the IE browser.

Joe,

My post was in jest, but last year, we had a power outage, and when I called the power company from my cell phone, the recording suggested that I call the emergency number, which is available online on their website. Now, I don't have a laptop! Comcast used to (and may still) have a similar message, telling you if you are having service issues, to visit their website. Power or not, if the internet ain't working...

RT

Or, you can think of it: "It's not a bug. It's a feature" The site automatically shuts down to give you guys a chance to talk to your wifes...

Nenad

Ok, for anyone interested...

I skimmed through all of the upgrade info for the release of the forum software just installed and the following highlights are the ones that seem to apply to our configuration.

Note: I have not tried or even looked at the vast majority of the items below, so have some patience if it doesn't appear to work... it might need a configuration option changed or the style upgraded to work. ... So, post problems/questions to this thread and we'll work on them as we get time.

1. Enhancements in the member registration process to add security and thwart spammer’s.
2. New Buddy/Ignore List Editor - The new buddy and ignore list editor allows users to be quickly added and removed from your lists, with AJAX-based assistance for name suggestion along the way. If an error occurs such as a user not being found, you can simply correct the error and continue without reloading the page.
3. More AJAX Username Auto-Completion - Username auto-completion via AJAX is now performed when editing the buddy/ignore lists, searching the member list, and entering a referrer during registration.
4. Show Threads or Posts from Quick Search Popup - You can now choose to show search results as threads or posts without having to click through to the advanced search page.
5. Multi-Quote - The much-requested multi-quote feature allows users to tag multiple posts that they wish to respond to by clicking a small button on each post. Once the user clicks the reply button, each tagged post is quoted.
6. To increase usability, by default, only posts within the current thread are automatically quoted. If you wish to quote posts in other threads with multi-quote, you simply need to click a link on the reply page, and the text of those posts will be added without a reload.
7. Mark Forums Read with AJAX - If you wish to mark a forum read, you can simply click its status icon on the index page and the change will be processed without a reload. You can even mark individual sub-forums as read in the same way.
8. Quote Tags Link to Quoted Post - When quoting a post, the ID of the post is automatically included with the [quote] tag. When the quoted text is viewed in a thread, a small icon links back to the quoted post.
9. New Buddy/Ignore List Editor Saves with AJAX -Along with a new interface, your buddy and ignore lists are saved with AJAX to prevent an unnecessary reload. Additionally to make the interface even easier to use, vBulletin searches for matching users as you type their names.
10. Private Message Preview in Notification Emails - If you have elected to receive emails when receiving a new private message, the email will now contain more than just the name of the user who sent you the message. The title and body of the message will be included. Any BB codes in the message will automatically be converted to an equivalent plaintext version using the new plaintext bbcode parser.
11. Auto-Resize Oversized Image Attachments -If a user attaches an image that has dimensions larger than the administrator allows, the image will automatically resized to fit. This is similar to the auto-resizing of avatars that vBulletin 3.5 performed.
12. ‘Reason for Editing’ Available on Quick Edit - You may now include a reason for editing without having to click through to the full editor.
13. Unique Unsubscribe Link in Emails - Thread and forum subscription emails now include a link for unsubscribing that is unique to each user. When using this link, unsubscribing from a thread or forum no longer requires logging in.
14. Save Search Preferences with AJAX - Changing your search preferences on the advanced search page no longer requires a page reload.
15. Pop Up List of Attachments in a Thread -The paperclip icon that denotes whether a thread contains attachments is now clickable. It will pop up a window that shows a list of all the attachments in the specified thread, including file size and number of views.
16. Receive Private Messages from Buddies Only - You may now select to receive private messages only from users on your buddy list. If a non-buddy tries to send you a message, they will receive an error saying that you do not accept private messages. Administrators and moderators are automatically able to bypass this restriction.
17. Private Messages: Quota Warning - Once you have reached 90% of your private message quota, you will receive a warning telling you that you have almost reached your quota.
18. Full BCC Support in Private Messages - A number of you have discovered this by now. Like in an email, BCC (blind carbon-copy) allows you to hide the full list of recipients from each recipient. In previous versions of vBulletin, the “to” field acted like a BCC field. Now, the “to” field acts like the field in an email; each recipient will see all the names in the “to” field.
19. Thumbnail Display Options -You can now display additional image data around a thumbnail. You may choose to display a border, image dimensions and size, or both. When dimensions are enabled, the type of file (JPG, GIF, PNG, etc) will also be displayed if room permits. This works whether you are using GD or ImageMagick
20. Announcements Shown when Viewing New Posts -In previous versions of vBulletin, announcements were only shown when a user viewed a list of threads in a forum. As some users only viewed new posts by clicking the “New Posts” link (ie, getnew), they never saw the announcements. vBulletin 3.6 displays those announcements at the top of the results.
21. Ability to Make Public Polls Private -When editing a poll, you can now make a public poll private. However, due to privacy concerns, the opposite is not available.
22. "Search This Thread" Improvements - additional options are now available for when using "Advanced Search" from "Search This Thread"