Grand Reopening!

[ManagerJosh]

Its official everyone! Welcome to vBulletin 3.0!!

New features...OMG...where do I start...well look on the next post because I'm just highlighting news here.

Well its been one long week, however I've finally completed approximately 2/3 of the programming to bring our entire site to fully functional operations.

On our to do list is to redesign the forums a bit to give it our own personality and colours. The other part is to bring back our chat systems.

However the entire site is completely operation and registration is once more allowed.

Meanwhile, I think the coding I did for site integration should hold up quite nicely so data should be going back and forth through the systems pretty nicely so yes you can now update your profiles!

On another note, I HIGHLY recommend everyone to take advantage of our new WYSIWYG editor (what you see is what you get).

It is a very powerful tool and everyone should be relatively quite pleased. To activate that feature, go HERE (http://forums.worldsims.org/profile.php?do=editoptions) and select Enhanced Interface - Full WYSIWYG Editing under the section Message Editor Interface.

If you have any suggestions, feel free to reply to this thread and I'll try to get them implemented (if I find them appropiate)

[ManagerJosh]

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
**NEW**: Ability to disable COPPA users (users under age 13) from registering
**NEW**: Ability to set default registration options for most options in User Control Panel

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 results
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)
**NEW**: Requires password when changing e-mail address

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