Forum update - 3.8.0 - Changes
Hi,
I've updated the forum to the latest stable version, I'll list the changes below.
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Social Group Discussion Threads
* Messages in Social Groups are now threaded into 'Social Group Discussions'.
* Discussion are sortable by creator, replies and last post.
* Discussions can be filtered with a simple full text search on titles.
* Users can subscribe to discussions and receive email notifications on new messages.
* Subscribed discussions with new posts are aggregated in the User CP.
* Individual Discussions have social bookmarking links (user defined, such as Digg, StumbleUpon etc).
* New 'Can Always' permissions to create and view both discussions and messages, simplifying access.
* Posts are now ascending, which is more intuitive in threaded discussions.
* Users can configure their groups so that only the group owner can create new discussion threads.
* Social Group info is hidden when entering a discussion or viewing pages of results to move focus to discussions.
Social Group Changes
* Social Groups are Read Marked using both database and cookie methods, based on new messages or discussions.
* Mark All will read mark all discussions in a group via AJAX.
* Social Groups can be subscribed to, adding group aggregation to the User CP.
* Social Groups now belong to a category.
* A group's category is displayed in the navigation breadcrumb, group lists and group info.
* A new overview page displays a random group, your groups, new groups and groups that you created.
* Groups that you created are navigatable via AJAX and display further information about the group, including pending members and moderated items.
* A category cloud is displayed in the group overview with popularity weighting based on the number of groups.
* Groups can be filtered by category, via the category cloud or advanced search.
* Social Groups can now have a group icon. The icon is displayed in the group info, and a thumbnail version is used in group listings.
* Icons are displayed on the User Profile page for groups that the user is a member of.
* Social Groups can now be transferred between users. The group will only be transferred if the recipient accepts the transfer.
Private Message Changes
* Read receipts are automatically accepted when a PM is replied to.
* A new Quick Reply can be used to reply to PM's.
* A new user option is available to set the default value for 'Save Copy' which is also used with Quick Reply.
* PM's can be ordered by Title, Date and Sender.
* When ordered, PM's are grouped by:
o Title - Alphabetical ranges (A-H, I-P, Q-Z, 0-9 and other) - Non ASCII chars are grouped based on transliteration where possible
o Date - Today, Yesterday, individual day names, Last Week, 2 Weeks, Last Month, Older, etc.
o Sender - Grouped by Sender
* Private Messages can be filtered by Sender, Title, a given date period, and whether the message has been read or not.
Profile Privacy
* With the appropriate permission, users can now configure which parts of their profile is visible, and to who. The configurable components are:
o Profile Picture
o Visitor Messages
o Contact Info
o Albums
o About Me
o Friends
o Recent Visitors
o Group Memberships
o Custom Field Blocks where the admin has allowed it
* The components can be configured to be visible to:
o Everyone
o Registered Members
o Contacts
o Friends
* Generally information is only hidden/displayed within the user profile page with the exception of Albums which also affects the ability to view the albums.
Albums
* Pictures can now be moved from one album to another.
* Album covers are regenerated when moving images if the cover is moved, or the destination album has no cover.
* The default albums view now displays recently updated public albums.
Lightbox
* Lightboxes can now be used to view all images in a post.
* Next and Previous buttons can be used to navigate the attachments, and wrap when the first/last image has been reached
Other Changes and Additions
* A new Terms and Conditions link is configurable and displayed in the footer by default.
* A new Community link replaces the Members List link with a submenu for Social Groups; Pictures & Albums; Contacts & Friends; and the Members List.
* A New Items submenu is also available with the newest Visitor Messages; Group Messages; Group Discussions; Picture Comments and Album Pictures.
* A new permission to view thumbnails in posts has been added. This allows users to see thumbnails even when they do not have access to view the full image.
* Forum rules can be viewed outside of the registration process, which is useful for logged in users when multiple registrations are disabled.
* PM Reporting.
* Subscription folders can be emptied with one click.
* New UTC and user date and time criteria for Notices.
* Improvements to Contact List editing. Show Avatars option is now preserved.
Any questions please reply here.
Cheers
Colin
