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- - By ross (***) Date 08-28-2009 13:31
Minor software version upgrade coming in the next few days. Don't freak out.

For geeks, here are the changes:

2.18.1 (2009-06-08)

    * Fixed: Table prefix errors on user admin page. [Daði Jónsson]
    * Fixed: Adding multiple group members via listbox [Tobias Jaeggi].
    * Fixed: Board position changing [Tobias Jaeggi].
    * Fixed: Default default style for early errors.
    * Fixed: Forum purging didn't delete users.

2.18.0 (2009-05-23)

    * Added: Unicode collation support for SQLite.
    * Changed: Replaced built-in Silk smileys with Fugue smileys.
    * Fixed: icon_openid.png was missing from downloads.

Changes only of interest to development release users:

    * Fixed: Report deleting.

2.17.3 (2009-05-15)

    * Added: Various aggregated views on user admin page.
    * Added: Built-in video tag for YouTube and Vimeo.
    * Added: Removal of admin/mod rights when banning.
    * Added: Experimental support for Drizzle.
    * Added: Support for citext type in install.pl for PgSQL 8.4.
    * Changed: Reveal ignored posts with DHTML.
    * Changed: Post reporting can be disabled.
    * Changed: Allow banned users to remove notifications.
    * Changed: Expired non-vital user data includes absent ignored users.
    * Changed: Misc. small changes.
    * Fixed: Searching in numeric user fields with PgSQL.
    * Fixed: Forum overview incl. moderated boards with PgSQL.
    * Fixed: On post attachments page, only link images to image page.
    * Fixed: Post deleting didn't check topic/post locks.
    * Fixed: Unrelated colons could prevent :tags: from working.
    * Fixed: Honeypot captcha wouldn't catch anything. [Eazyjd]
    * Removed: User ban list (merged into user admin page).

Changes only of interest to development release users:

    * Fixed: Replaced Default style in MwfDefaults.pm, too.
    * Fixed: Blog topic migration.

2.17.2 (2009-04-07)

    * Added: Post and branch locking.
    * Added: Topic creator = topic moderator board option.
    * Added: Sending PMs to multiple recipients.
    * Added: Adding/removing multiple group members at once.
    * Added: Link from global forum_overview pages to topic level.
    * Changed: Can search for posts by members of non-public groups.
    * Changed: Users are allowed to rate their own posts.
    * Changed: Use fallback if user's selected style is missing.
    * Changed: Prevent editing topics/posts that user once had access to.
    * Fixed: Unread Posts link on topic pages shows current unread posts.
    * Fixed: Post rating link was shown in locked topics.
    * Removed: Old Default style.
    * Removed: Blogs.

Changes only of interest to development release users:

    * Added: Optional tag insert buttons for all custom styles.
    * Changed: Custom styles moved to forum option and included inline.
    * Changed: Use "!" as prefix for group names in username input fields.
    * Fixed: Remove custom style tags from emails.

2.17.1 (2009-03-16)

    * Added: Group admins.
    * Added: Open (joinable) groups.
    * Added: Refresh button on forum_overview page.
    * Changed: Misc. small changes.
    * Fixed: Don't show SQL error for non-existent blog.
    * Fixed: Change usernames of posts when users rename themselves.
    * Removed: Direct board membership and moderatorship (use groups).

Changes only of interest to development release users:

    * Changed: Allow custom style tag names with any number of characters.
    * Fixed: XSS security issues caused by the SQL placeholder changes.
    * Fixed: Problems with uppercase style tags. [Daði Jónsson]

2.17.0 (2009-03-01)

    * Added: User badges.
    * Added: Custom style tag.
    * Added: User account comment field for admins.
    * Added: Admins can edit users' ignore and watch lists.
    * Added: Show ban status to admins on user info pages.
    * Added: Show list of other users' updates on blog page.
    * Added: Forum search for posts by group members (!groupname).
    * Added: Show warning before replying to posts older than x days.
    * Added: Hidden forum options for various hardcoded numbers.
    * Added: Documentation for various hidden forum options.
    * Added: Separate page for admin user options.
    * Added: Include plugin type postAuth.
    * Changed: Plugins can stop requests.
    * Changed: Use SQL placeholders everywhere.
    * Changed: Tentatively require DBI 1.30 and DBD::mysql 2.9002.
    * Changed: locked forum option is now text displayed when in lockdown.
    * Changed: Don't linkify usernames of posts when user doesn't exist anymore.
    * Changed: Only show Mark Old/Read and New/Unread buttons when usable.
    * Changed: Reorder some buttons to have them appear in fixed places.
    * Changed: Add session id to internal links in posts when displaying.
    * Changed: Remove session id from internal links when posting.
    * Changed: Don't show error if session id isn't valid.
    * Changed: Copy user info page admin links to user options page.
    * Changed: Admins can set users' email addresses to empty.
    * Changed: Don't redirect to login page after registration.
    * Changed: Skip origin redirection after errors.
    * Changed: Allow ) in manual [url] tags.
    * Changed: Always set MySQL sql_mode.
    * Changed: Misc. small changes.
    * Fixed: Unregistered usernames in reply notifications emails. [Tobias Jaeggi]
    * Fixed: Ratings of deleted branches didn't get deleted.
    * Fixed: Pagination bug with 9 pages.
    * Removed: ID Selector support.

Included changes from 2.16.2

    * Fixed: Don't allow PMs addressed to nobody. [Daði Jónsson]
    * Fixed: PgSQL < 8.3 and SQLite can't use UPDATE x AS. [Michael Stevens]
    * Fixed: PgSQL 8.3 won't auto-convert types anymore in some cases.
    * Fixed: PgSQL syntax fix when deleting all private messages.
    * Fixed: Subscriptions cronjob was missing multi-forum code.
    * Fixed: OpenID registrants got rename notification despite nickname.

Ross
AWS Marketing
Parent - - By jwright650 (*****) Date 08-28-2009 14:16
interesting
Parent - - By Stephan (***) Date 08-28-2009 14:20
John!

Indeed, YOU made my day!! :-)

In particular this: * Changed: Tentatively require DBI 1.30 and DBD::mysql 2.9002.
Parent - - By ross (***) Date 08-28-2009 14:23
Stephan,

Due to the numerous demands to tentatively require DBI 1.30 and DBD::mysql 2.9002, we are making the change.

Don't ever say we are not responsive to our forum peeps!

Ross
Parent - By Stephan (***) Date 08-28-2009 14:29 Edited 08-28-2009 14:34
Ross,

having real problems finding the right buttons on my keyboard while writing this, due to cannot stop laughing!!!

You know, already your initiation saying: "Minor..."!!! and then... "Don't freak out." Please help me!!

Oh good Lord, I love this forum... I swear!! :-):-):-)

Thank you so much, it's been a long while since I could laugh so long and loudly!!

EDIT: Coming slowly down again and have corrected my misspelling!:-)
Parent - - By ross (***) Date 10-13-2009 14:52
OK, it took a while but the upgrade is done. Don't see much difference yet, but it feels "snappier."

Ross
AWS Marketing
Parent - - By jwright650 (*****) Date 10-13-2009 15:23
Ummm, ross.....something happened to my menus...I don't have certain buttons any longer.
Parent - - By ross (***) Date 10-13-2009 15:25
Buttons like "New Posts" will now show up only when there are new posts. Some of the menu items moved around. What are you missing?

Ross
Parent - - By jwright650 (*****) Date 10-13-2009 15:27
edit...delete...move....ect
Parent - - By ross (***) Date 10-13-2009 15:42
OK, just PM'd you. I'm on it.

Ross
Parent - - By 3.2 Inspector (***) Date 10-13-2009 15:58
Can you give me a permanent rating of 3 ?

3.2
Parent - By Lawrence (*****) Date 10-13-2009 17:54
.

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Parent - - By HgTX (***) Date 10-13-2009 16:19
I have a particular user's posts hidden.  Until now, they would show up as "hidden posts" with no user name, and if I wanted to see what they'd said, I'd click something (I forget what) and that person's posts would show up for the full thread.

Now, instead, I get a blank post with that user's ID shown, but no option to unhide their posts on a per-thread basis.

Hg
Parent - - By ross (***) Date 10-13-2009 18:11
Let me try that out.

Ross
Parent - By jwright650 (*****) Date 10-13-2009 18:46

>I get a blank post with that user's ID shown, but no option to unhide their posts on a per-thread basis.


ross, I tested this "ignore" feature and it happens to me also, there is no way to unhide the individual post without taking the username out of the ignore box.
Parent - - By HgTX (***) Date 10-19-2009 17:34
Any further word?

Hg
Parent - - By ross (***) Date 10-20-2009 14:37 Edited 10-20-2009 14:40
Looks to me like if you are ignoring someone, you see the header without the content. Then you click on the little white box (which has a dash in it) to the left of their name, and then post content shows. Doesn't that work for y'all?

Edit: Actually you can click anywhere on their username bar and the full comment appears.

Ross
AWS Marketing
Parent - - By HgTX (***) Date 10-20-2009 14:44
Yeah, okay, that works, but how is anyone supposed to know that clicking the "collapse branch" icon will, instead of collapsing the branch, have the result of showing that person's comments?

Hg
Parent - - By ross (***) Date 10-20-2009 14:46
No, I corrected myself. Click anywhere on the bar.

Edit: I don't think this changed from the previous versions.

Ross
Parent - - By HgTX (***) Date 10-20-2009 14:52
Previous version had an explicit "show this user" or somesuch.  I forget the exact wording, but it told you right out how to show the user's comments.  No need to read entrails in order to figure out what the programmer intended us to do.  As it is now, there's not even a hint that clicking anywhere in the bar might work, since the pointer doesn't change from arrow to hand anywhere in that bar, which usually indicates there's something clickable.

Hg
Parent - By jwright650 (*****) Date 10-20-2009 14:54

>Previous version had an explicit "show this comment/post from user"


Yeah, I remember something like you describe.
Parent - - By ross (***) Date 10-20-2009 14:58
I think it's pretty intuitive, to click on the post to make it unhide, but you have a point. (The WPS sometimes has to be very explicit.)

Ross
Parent - By HgTX (***) Date 10-20-2009 15:05
I'm not in the habit of randomly clicking around in apparently non-clickable areas just to see what happens.  If the pointer is an arrow rather than a hand, that usually means there's nothing to click.  If you people have chosen to program it differently from how graphic interfaces normally work, then you should expect questions.

Hg
Parent - - By jwright650 (*****) Date 10-20-2009 15:16
Maybe add a note about the ignore user/show comment feature in here--> http://www.aws.org/cgi-bin/mwf/forum_help.pl

...just a thought
Parent - - By ross (***) Date 10-20-2009 15:24
Here's my suggested text:

TO UN-IGNORE SOMEONE WHOSE GUTS YOU HATE:
First, click randomly all over the page until their post appears. Next...regret that you bothered. Capiche?

Ross
Parent - By jwright650 (*****) Date 10-20-2009 17:36
LOL.......Capiche!
Parent - - By HgTX (***) Date 10-21-2009 15:25
A little wordy compared to a simple "unhide", no?

The problem is a user who goes back and forth between really useful technical stuff and utter lunacy in non-technical stuff.  I can usually tell by the responses and other context whether it's Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde posting, and thus whether it's safe to look.  (And, yeah, sometimes I get a little curious about what Hyde is up to.)

Hg
Parent - - By ross (***) Date 10-21-2009 15:32
The next version is going to have an icon that shows whether a poster is currently in a Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde mood. (Uses brain waves.) But I like your solution of detecting it by the responses of others.

Ross
Parent - By 3.2 Inspector (***) Date 10-21-2009 15:45
Sounds cool ross :)

3.2
Parent - By HgTX (***) Date 10-21-2009 15:57
Now *that's* some software!!

Hg
Parent - By ssbn727 (*****) Date 10-22-2009 22:08
ROTFLMAO!!! :) :) :)

Respectfully,
Henry
Parent - By bozaktwo1 (***) Date 10-28-2009 16:48
Awesome.  You're hired.
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