Forum Index
Show the title of the last posted to thread for each forum on index.php
Todays birthdays to not always refresh the cached template when someone submits a profile.
Option to remove "moderator" column via on/off in Admin CP
Forums / Categories
Password protected forums
Meta tags -- forum descriptions (and keywords?) are added to the Meta tags for each forum page
Thread preview on mouse-over (optional, via Admin CP)
Subscribed threads are indicated with an icon on thread / forumdisplay listings
Expand/collapse categories in forum view
Threads / Posts
Hit counter on announcements
Threaded and hybrid views (optional, via Admin CP and/or User CP)
Similar threads display (optional, via Admin CP)
All user info cells are combined into one template
Quick reply box (with optional "forced" click on post to quote)
Posting / Editing
WYSIWYG Editor for major text input fields (IE 5.5+, Mozilla 1.3+, Mozilla Firebird 0.6.1+)
Minimum number of characters in post
Insert smilie/vB code where cursor is (IE 5+ Only)
Preview on edit
Ability to add attachment when editing a post instead of just when creating
Reason for editing
Reason for deleting
Hitting the back button no longer necessary when you have too many images
Ability to manage thread (for mods and admins) while posting (i.e. - lock, stick, etc.)
Quotes are not included in min char count to keep members from posting long quotes with no content of their own (optional, via Admin CP)
Attempting to post a duplicate thread now results in an error message, and the user being sent back to the forumdisplay listing
Non-WYSIWYG editor shares many of its interface components with WYSIWYG editor for visual consistency
Attachments
Multiple attachments
Preview safe attachments
Attachment images (.gif,.jpg,,etc) are no longer in the database (optional, via Admin CP)
Attachment thumbnails (requires PHP to have GD enabled)
Calendar
Much improved calander system (too many changes to mention)
Multiple calendars
Calendar moderators
Private event reminder
Multiple days events (spanning multiple days)
Reoccuring events (monthly, weekly, annually, etc.)
Specify holidays
Events visible to specific user groups
Ability to add custom fields to calendar
Calendar events on forum index (optional, via Admin CP)
Option for full day events (instead of having to select an hourly span)
Email
Digests: new posts/threads in selected forums daily/weekly/monthly
"excerpt of message:" are now in the new reply email notifications
'report post to mod' sends anonymous copy to the original poster of the message
Happy b'day emails
Newsletter / mailling integration
Opt-out list for e-mail options
User activation emails and lost password emails will not use the mailqueue, resulting in instant delivery
Ability to disable the mailqueue system completely (useful for boards with small amounts of traffic)
Login
No more "nosessionhash" setting.
No more use cookies setting
MD5 password by javascript before it is sent to the server
Option to save cookie *on this computer* when logging in
Login/logout ability in all pages, with user/pass form -- single login system
"Want to register?" and "Forgotten your password?" before user/pass form fields, for using tab
Password break-in watches -- too many failed attempts warning with a preset wait after too many failures.
PMs
Completely revamped PM system
Integrating Tracking with the Regular Folders
Mass download of PMs in CSV, TXT, or XML format
Preview PM before sending
Ability to send PM to multiple receipents
Mark PM(s) as read/unread
Private messages are now grouped by sending date, and each group can be collapsed to conserve screen space
Polls
Option for users to see who voted for which option (public vote)
When you vote your name is highlighted when viewing results
Poll results ordered by most to less voted
Ability to post a poll AFTER a thread had started
Threads that do not already have polls now include a link at the bottom of the posts lists that allows users (with permissions to create polls) to add a poll to that thread
Registration / New Users
Quick registration system...username, password, email and any required custom fields and timezone
Send an email "thanks for registering and welcome to .." on user registration (welcome email)
Image / word verification for registration (requires PHP to have GD enabled)
New user moderation:
-- Radio buttons for "approve", "deny", "not sure" (save in limbo)
-- Default emails to send to approved and disapproved users
New COPPA system which requires date of birth to be entered and the appropriate page shown, this will cut down on under 13 registrations into a non COPPA group
Search
Get daily for just one category
Search only in subscribed forums
A list of ignored words or words used in a search are added to the results page
Option to find only started by 'username'
Display matching forums in results
Support for searching custom profile fields
Search for exact username (e.g. turn off wildcards)
Search flood check
Autoselect forumid for search when clicking search button on toplinks from the forum.
Quoted text excluded from search
Associate searchid with userid so people can't insert searchid's and get results they're not supposed to see
Search system is improved with regards to speed. Even faster now!
Select multiple forums to search
Search flood check does not apply to admins and mods
Search for users based on custom profile fields.
User Group Options --> User CP (Group Memberships)
Public User Groups (PUGs) that members can "join" via User CP
Usergroup leaders can view who is in their user group
Usergroup leaders can remove users from their group
User Options --> User CP
Settings / Options Section:
User Pictures - user can upload a personal picture. This picture is shown in the profile of the user.
Longer signature field with optional limit
Option to enable / disable daylight savings time
Option to select default type of subscription in User CP (rather than just subscribe or don't subscribe)
Subscribed Threads Section:
Subscription to Threads/Forum without receiving e-mails
Change selected subscriptions to selected type (e.g.: like the PM system, with check boxes next to each message, and an option to move, delete, or download them)
Miscellaneous Section:
Users may remove attachments directly from their attachment manager via UCP
Calendar events to which users are subscribed can now be managed via a tool in the user control panel
Other:
Pop-up auto-refreshing buddylist with ICQ-style alerts when new buddies come online.
Validity check for homepages
vCard download (must be enabled in users' control panels) to allow the user profile to be placed into the address book
Moderator Options / Permissions
Permissions:
Admin can designate moderators who can themselves set forum passwords.
New permission - caneditpoll (separate from caneditposts)
Tools:
New merge/split/delete posts system
Remove check for attachments from mass-prune
Ability to delete all threads in a forum with less than x amount of replies.
Ability to delete all threads with a 0 rating.
Ability to prune by categories (not just forums)
Ability to prune all closed threads in a forum.
Ability to remove thread redirects
Mass-moving of threads
The "prune threads selectively" page should be similar to forumdisplay. Not only should the thread title be shown, but also the thread starter, number of replies, and last post time.
Selective mass delete, move posts
Other:
Extended Moderator Activity Logging
Ability to moderate thread creation but not replies
Admin Options
Annoucements:
Multiple announcements as separate threads (instead of one)
Attachments:
Allow users to specify max size of attachments to be viewed. If image is larger than user's specified size, it would be resized to the max image size and able to be clicked on to open the attachment full size in a new window (requires PHP to have GD enabled)
Can specify the size of attachments per type
Improved attachment system. Statistics, Attachment types editing.
Ability to delete old attachments. Ability to limit users to X number of bytes in total attachments. Option to "expire" attachments in CP.
Ability to store attachmentsin sub directories based on the userid of the poster
Banning / Warning / Violation system:
Timed bans
Separate section for banned users
Logs on who banned who and when the ban was implemented (not retroactive)
Users can be moved to other groups (i.e. - not the Registered group) and still be banned
Email:
Email members based on custom profile field
Resend for registration confirmation emails
Extended Stats:
Most Active Forum - New posts / new threads per forum per hour
Most Popular Forum - Views per forum per hour
Peak Online Time - Active users per hour
Most Popular Registering Period - New users per hour
Forums:
Ability to restrict "view new" to certain forums and groups of forums.
A "forum" can be just a link to something or somewhere else
Option to show forum lock icons
Choose forums in forum jump
Unlimited size of email field to automatically notify on new posts to a forum
Language Manager / Language Packs:
Ability to specify language as "left-to-right" or "right-to-left"
Ability to have image folder overridden to specified folder
Ability to specify encoding
Ability to override date and time formats
Ability to specify thousands and decimal separator
Options / Settings:
Ability to specify "powers" given to Mods
Signature length control
Improved email address ban
A more complete set of subscription options for daily/weekly/on new posts updates, for forum, thread and board.
An option to have thread views updated hourly rather than immediately
Option to set max avatar height and width seperately (i.e. : width=75, height=100)
Option to have passwords expire after __ days
Option to specify userid's of admins that are not allowed to be editted (by other admin or mods, set via config.php)
Super admin group - assigns permissions for regular admins, allows them to do certain things (like admins -> mods currently) / Ability to give limited access to Admin CP (mini-admins)
Option to disable control panel session timeout
Paid subscriptions:
Multiple payment processors (Paypal, Clickbank and Authorize.net)
Option to add manual entries to the paid subscriptions system, as well as options to edit existing entries
Will work in several currencies
Paid subscriptions now have a link in the user control panel
User Groups:
Options:
Add options to pick which groups appear on the memberlist, birthdays, etc
Place user under moderation (via usergroup)
Ability to set display options for usernames for user groups
Ability to allow/disallow avatars, sigs, and titles per user group
Usergroup determines avatar size
Permissions:
New permission - "Can use invisible mode"
New permission - "Can see invisible users"
Other:
Users can be members of multiple usergroups with their permissions "combined"
Add usergroup with permissions initially set as set for another group
Ability to setup moderators / group leaders for PUGs (control of user group via User CP)
Allow users to change usergroups automatically based on postcount, reg. date, or reputation
Users:
Admin editing of User's Avatar is more user friendly.
Additional user profile fields - you can now add profile fields which can have either a single line text box, multi line text box, single selection radio buttons, single selection menu, multiple selection menu, or multiple selection checkboxs.
An option for allowing a regex option to be specified for a custom profile field
Add user option in the admin CP to change the user's referrer
Option to merge user accounts
Search members based on custom profile field
User notes -- A field for the admin to keep notes on the user
Search for exact username (e.g. turn off wildcards)
Ultimate Ignore (a.k.a - Tachy Goes to Coventry): Admin can specify userid's to that is automatically added to all users ignore lists (although the user him/herself will be able to see their own posts)
vBcron system:
New control to allow admins to execute scheduled tasks instantly via a click of a button
Other:
New admin cp front end
Categories for Avatars and Smilies
Context sensitive help
Help topics manager for the context sensitive help
Admin can run REPAIR and OPTIMIZE on tables as a group or singularly (using mysql 3.23+)
An SQL box in the admin section for executing general queries
Diagnostic tests for testing system compatibility and settings
User ranking and karma admin
New settings manager
Ability to set display / parse order of smilies
More advanced throttling options on forum:
- *nix Load Limit (turn away new sessions at when load average hits limit)
Ability to save a backup file to local file for download via FTP
Ability for admins to choose their own style for the control panels, overriding the default style choice in the options editor
Improved admin control panel navigation frame, allowing groups of links to be expanded and collapsed, along with the ability to save your expanded groups preferences so that you can have 'favorite' groups open whenever you load up the control panel
BB Code
[ thread ] and [ post ] BB Codes added to link directly to threads / posts
All bbcode/smilies are stripped from posts BEFORE indexpost()
Improved bbcode parser
vBCode descriptions in the "What are vBCodes" link are now the actual descriptions in the database. No more editing the template.
Added default vBCodes: Left Align, Right Align, Center
Styles / Templates
Completely revamped Style system
You can place $post[postcount] in your postbit template to see each posts position in the thread
Conditionals in templates. Also called vB Conditionals, these are "if" "then" "else" statements built directly into the templates. This gives the admin/designer improved flexibility in creating dynamic design
Infinite parenting system for templates/replacements
Ability to specify the default styleset
Improved style editor including color preview swatches (which support background images) and a fully functional popup color picker system
Permissions editor colors now held in CSS for constant colors between different interfaces
The new horizontal-style postbit can be changed to use the old-style vertical postbit via a simple switch in the vBulletin Options admin control panel
CSS stylesheets can now be saved as cacheable files, rather than included within the HTML of every page (to make use of caching ability)
Special <phrase> tags may now be used in templates. This allows you to use phrases that contain variable parts by only editing the templates (versus editing the files). Here's an example: <phrase 1="member.php?find=lastposter&t=$thread[threadid]" 2="$thread[lastposter]">$vbphrase[by_x]</phrase> {1} and {2} in the phrase by_x will be replaced with the values you see there
Ability to revert all edited templates in a style
General / Major Additions
User rating - Karma
User ranking
Removal of redirects
Back to Top link at bottom of page
Search engine friendly archive of open forums (requires Apache)
Restyled FAQ section now looks similar to a forum
Visible "announcement" on forum pages when forum is "off" to remind admin
Drop-down box on pages for changing of styles without going to the user CP
Code Changes / Code Improvements
Improved post storage to reduce resource usage when showing threads.
Use gmdate() and NOT date()
A second phpinclude template to be executed at the same time as dooutput() - to allow manipulation of elements already generated by the page
An API for posting functions (newreply, newthread, newpoll, editpost)
Who's Online code is moved to a function so that it can be used to figure out a single user's location, to be used in the user's profile and other places if need be
Have install routine check for ALTER permissions and let user know ahead of time of status (vbtest.php)
Admin and mod directories are no longer hard coded to www.forum-url.com/admin/ (i.e. - you can specify the directory name for the admin and mod CP)
Prefix table names
URL length of links on the user-side of vBulletin shortened and optimized for better spidering by search engines
Javascript phrase parsing rewritten for compatability with Macintosh browsers
Improved unicode support regarding strings