Forum Upgrade

[Ian]

I'm going to be upgrading the forum software sometime tomorrow - which may take around 10 mins to complete. It will look exactly the same, but there will be a few extra handy functions in the new software (and perhaps even a little faster!).

I'll post back here once the upgrade is complete

 

[clifford_cooley]

:lol: I love free upgrades

 

[olg207]

Do you know what advances there will be, and can you give us a heads up as to what time you will do the upgrade thanks.

 

[Ian]

Here's the feature list copied and pasted from the manual, we'll have to wait and see if they are any use though

I don't know the exact time, but it should be around 10am GMT I'd guess. It won't take long at all so I'd be surprised if anyone notices

* Social group discussions
* Social group categories
* Private message sorting and filtering
* Private message history
* Quick edit for newer types of content (visitor messages and picture comments)
* Social group icons
* Social group transfers
* Private message quick reply
* Private message throttling (limit messages sent over a time period)
* Private message reporting
* Profile privacy (limit blocks to a subset of users)
* Lightbox navigation
* Thread prefix permissions
* Dismissible notices

edit: I've just done a test upgrade on my local machine, and it took 3 mins for the full thing - and the forum service wasn't affected in the slightest It's a very simple in-place upgrade, so it should be very quick to do.

 

[BetaMan]

Woot woot! Social groups!

 

[Ian]

All done Please let me know if you see anything that looks like a bug, and I'll sort it out.

 

[BetaMan]

Uhhmm, did you remove the ability to rename Groups? >_<

 

[Ian]

Uhhmm, did you remove the ability to rename Groups? >_<

I've not touched any of the settings during the upgrade, were you able to rename it before this? I've had a look at the admin panel and it appears that the owner of a social group can manage the image/name settings. If you want it changed I can probably do it manually if you can't from your end.

 

[BetaMan]

Ya, I was able to change it before. When I go to the "Edit Group" page, I can change the category, description, type, and icon. No name, though. >_<
EDIT
Never mind, I just found out that you can't have members and change the name at the same time.