Forum Updates

[DKong]

Just edited a post and it came up with vote now and some other crap instead of save post, clicked vote now and it saved

[AdamC]

Someones been tinkering again ....

 

The Mood graphics have been updated :)

[WOKA]

Yep.. Nice mood mod..! :blink:

[Arcade King]

Its pretty like Joan on the throne

[Fish Tales]

Great avatar AK. ;)

[Arcade King]

Its all about the hair man.

[WOKA]

Its all about the hair man.

 

Advance Hair, Yeah, Yeah...!

 

Looking a bit thick on top Joan..

[Nug]

the new 'buzzed' doesnt look like hes ..buzzed

 

:p

 

 

regards

[arcadus]

the new 'buzzed' doesnt look like hes ..buzzed

 

:p

 

 

regards

 

Looks like "Super Homer" (Homer Simpson) or "Super Simpson".

[Arcade King]

yeah it does look pretty gay.

[Fish Tales]

yeah it does look pretty gay.

 

he looks like an arseclown

[Arcade King]

Added a games room section in :) if I've missed anybodies games room let me know.

[Arcade King]

Spacies has been making us some really nice banners the last few weeks.

Big thanks mate!

[AdamC]

Spacies has been making us some really nice banners the last few weeks.

Big thanks mate!

 

Yeah, hats off to Spacies

 

They look great !

[Arcade King]

We just pre ordered the new Vbulletin 4 suite which works out a lot cheaper (other words they back you into a corner so you cant get updates for version 3 once your licence expires and you're forced to pay full price for VB4)

Here's a feature list for anybody interested. Just ignore the Yes/no I just cut and pasted it from vb.com, its all yes baby ;)

 

GENERAL FEATURES

Scalable Solution - database server and web servers can reside on separate machines. Yes Yes

MySQL back-end database Yes Yes

vBulletin can be run on any machine that can support PHP and MySQL (Solaris, BSD, Linux, Windows, Mac) Yes Yes

Written in PHP which makes for a fast and efficient product Yes Yes

 

Built-in Applications

Discussion / Forum Yes Yes

Photo Albums Yes Yes

Groups Yes Yes

Calendar Yes Yes

Events Management Yes Yes

Polls Yes Yes

Blog No Yes

Article-based CMS Publishing No Yes

 

Seamless Integrated Experience

Single Member Sign-on Yes Yes

Single Permission System Yes Yes

Single Admin Control Panel Yes Yes

Simple Cross Publishing No Yes

Create a Matching Themes across Articles, Blogs, Forum. No Yes

 

Multi-Roles Control Panels

Admin Control Panel Yes Yes

Moderator Control Panel Yes Yes

User Control Panel Yes Yes

Unified Permission System Yes Yes

Power Template Engine for Advanced Customization Yes Yes

 

Search Engine Optimization

SEO Friendly URLs Yes Yes

Custom META keywords/description tags Yes Yes

Automatic Google XML sitemap module Yes Yes

Removal of duplicate content links Yes Yes

 

User / Member Management

Multi-user system with unlimited roles and permissions Yes Yes

Member groups Yes Yes

 

Security

Granular Privileges Yes Yes

Problem Notification Yes Yes

SSL Compatible Yes Yes

Captcha Yes Yes

Email Verification Yes Yes

Admin Control Panel News Manager Yes Yes

Login "Strike" System Yes Yes

Email and password changes require current password Yes Yes

Compliant with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) of 1998. Yes Yes

 

Support

Customer Forum Support Yes Yes

Customer Ticket Support 30 days included Yes

Public Forum Yes Yes

Extensive 3rd Party Developer Community Yes Yes

Professional Services Yes Yes

Code Skeletons Yes Yes

 

Flexibility

Extensible User Profiles Yes Yes

URL Rewriting Yes Yes

Interface Localization Yes Yes

Content Reuse Yes Yes

Multi-lingual Content Yes Yes

Metadata Yes Yes

 

Standards Compliance

XHTML Compliant Yes Yes

Content Syndication (RSS) Yes Yes

Content syndication: RSS, Atom, XML Yes Yes

 

FORUM FEATURES

Forums

Unlimited Hierarchy of Forums Yes Yes

Private Forums Yes Yes

 

Threads

Thread Display Options - sort by, sort order, from date Yes Yes

Thread and forum subscription (notification by email optional) Yes Yes

Thread preview on mouse-over (optional, via Admin CP) Yes Yes

Active Users viewing thread shown Yes Yes

New Post Indicator Yes Yes

Printer Friendly versions on threads Yes Yes

Admin tools: edit, delete, move, lock, make sticky, etc. Yes Yes

Email page to a friend option Yes Yes

Similar Threads displayed on all thread views Yes Yes

 

Posts

Video Embedding (YouTube, Vimeo, Hulu, Dailymotion, Google, Metacafe) - New in 4.0 Yes Yes

Linear, Threaded, Hybrid display views available Yes Yes

Supports BB Code in posts Yes Yes

Supports HTML in post Yes Yes

Smilies Yes Yes

Avatars Yes Yes

Optional WYSIWYG or standard editors for posts and Private Messages Yes Yes

Attachment images (.gif, .jpg, etc.) stored on filesystem (optional, via Admin CP) Yes Yes

Quick reply box (with optional "forced" click on post to quote) Yes Yes

Preview post option Yes Yes

Post Rating Yes Yes

User Reputation Yes Yes

Polls Yes Yes

Post Reporting - report posts to moderators Yes Yes

User post count Yes Yes

Admin tools: edit, delete, move, etc. Yes Yes

Preview-safe Attachments Yes Yes

 

Member Features

Member Profile Pages (updated in 4.0). This information can be viewed by other members from the member list. Custom user title, URL home page, date of birth, instant messaging medium, location, occupation, biography, interests, vB version, plus any other custom user fields that may be defined by the administrator Yes Yes

Allows members to upload pictures that can be viewed in the users' profile. Yes Yes

Member List Yes Yes

Member Search Yes Yes

User Style picker Yes Yes

Private Messaging Yes Yes

Friends List Yes Yes

Member Birthdays shown on Forum home Yes Yes

User Reputation Management Yes Yes

Who's Online Yes Yes

Pop-up auto-refreshing buddylist with ICQ-style alerts when Friends come online Yes Yes

Signature Editor Yes Yes

 

Avatar Options

Admin Defined Avatars Yes Yes

Custom Avatars - upload from your own computer or specify a URL Yes Yes

 

Private Messaging

Pop-up notification when new PM received Yes Yes

Private Message Tracking Yes Yes

Private Message filing in custom folders Yes Yes

 

Privacy & Permissions

Permission system, based on user, usergroup or forums Yes Yes

Private Forums Yes Yes

 

Users & Usergroups

User registration options Yes Yes

User banning (by name & IP) Yes Yes

Global Ignore User — When enabled, all posts by the specified user will be ignored/unseen by other members. Automatically added to the all users ignore lists Yes Yes

Unlimited Moderators and SuperModerators Yes Yes

Permission system, based on user, usergroup or forums Yes Yes

 

User Options

These include Daylight Savings options, forum style chooser, selection of notification types for PM, emails etc, thread display options, WYSIWYG editor options, language chooser, vCard downloads to allow the user profile to be placed into an address book Yes Yes

 

Attachment Management

View attachment statistics - shows limit and used space Yes Yes

View the attachments you have posted (link or thumbnail views available) Yes Yes

Remove attachments Yes Yes

 

General

View and manage subscribed threads and forums Yes Yes

Email and password changes require current password Yes Yes

Joinable Public User Groups Yes Yes

 

Admin & Board Maintenance

Task Scheduler Yes Yes

Control Panel, Moderator & Task logs Yes Yes

Board statistics Yes Yes

Maintentance - Database backups, table repair Yes Yes

Post Pruning Yes Yes

 

Moderation

Moderation queues for user registration and posting Yes Yes

Calendar moderation Yes Yes

 

Import Facility

Import facility - import posts and members seamlessly upgrade from other bulletin board systems, including Infopop's Ultimate Bulletin Board, UBBThreads, OpenTopic, ezboard, and Ikonboard Yes Yes

 

Attachments

Multiple attachments and types (types defined by admin in CP) Yes Yes

Attachment thumbnails (requires PHP to have GD enabled) Yes Yes

Storage type options for attachements (database or file system) Yes Yes

Attachment moderation Yes Yes

 

Styling & Templates

Powerful Templating System Yes Yes

Conditionals supported in the templates Yes Yes

Ability to create multiple styles which can be applied to different forums and users Yes Yes

Ability to upload / download styles and languages Yes Yes

 

Template Engine and Layouts

Proprietary template engine Yes Yes

Templates / Skins Yes Yes

Design independent - can support any web-page design Yes Yes

Full CSS layout and design Yes Yes

Sitewide templates: you can create entire site using default set of templates Yes Yes

Multiple templates: you can create individual templates for every section, page or even the smallest box Yes Yes

Powerful, fast and suitable for robust development Yes Yes

Add-ons and Plug-ins Yes Yes

Easily extensible through a plug-in architecture and variety of accessible plug-ins Yes Yes

 

Language & Phrase Management

Language Manager - allows you to easily translate your forums in any language Yes Yes

Multiple Languages Supported Yes Yes

Phrase Manager Yes Yes

 

Help and FAQ

Editable FAQ for your own boards Yes Yes

Context sensitive help throughout the adminCP Yes Yes

 

Payment & Advertisment Integration

Paid Subscriptions Capabilities (PayPal, WorldPay, NOCHEX and Authorize.net) Yes Yes

Google AdSense Integration Yes Yes

 

Calendar Features

Supports multiple private and public calendars Yes Yes

Viewable public and private events (adminCP option) Yes Yes

Weekly, monthly and yearly views Yes Yes

Jump to Today option Yes Yes

Add single, ranged or recurring events Yes Yes

Add all day events Yes Yes

Option to show calendar event on forum home page (adminCP option) Yes Yes

Show events to specific usergroups (adminCP option) Yes Yes

Calendar Moderation Yes Yes

Private events reminder Yes Yes

Ability to add custom fields Yes Yes

Calendar event reminders for subscribed events Yes Yes

 

CMS FEATURES

 

4.0 Forum

 

4.0 Suite

Seamless Integrated Experience

Single Member Sign-on No Yes

Single Permission System No Yes

Single Admin Control Panel No Yes

Simple Cross Publishing No Yes

Create a Matching Themes across Articles, Blogs, Forum No Yes

 

Complete Customization

Full CSS Layout and Design No Yes

Themes & Skins No Yes

Plug-Ins No Yes

Powerful Template Engine: Ability to create multiple styles which can be applied to different pages, articles, forums, users, or even the smallest box. No Yes

Language and Phrase Manager: Allows you to easily translate your forums in any language. No Yes

 

Unlimited Section/Site Structure Hierarchy

Article and Static HTML Page Publishing No Yes

Easily Publish Custom Widgets No Yes

Enable Community Members to Write and Publish Articles No Yes

(updated) WYSIWYG Editor No Yes

Inline Publishing Toolbar No Yes

Flexible Content Layout No Yes

Each Section can have unique layout and style No Yes

 

Publishing Options

Permissions can be applied to Articles, Pages, Sections, User-Groups. No Yes

Set Future Publish Date/Time No Yes

Set Article Display Order No Yes

Assign Articles to multiple Categories. No Yes

Tag Support. No Yes

Turn Comments On/Off for each article. No Yes

Article Status (Published, Inactive) No Yes

Assign article to multiple categories No Yes

Set Articles to publish on the Front Page No Yes

Custom statuses for articles (active, pending, headline) No Yes

Internal search engine for advanced searching of site content No Yes

Article Tags No Yes

 

Cross-Publishing Capabilities

Promote a Forum post to an Article with link back. No Yes

Promote a Blog post to an Article with link back. No Yes

Create a new forum thread in the Forum. No Yes

 

CMS Admin Tools

Content Manager No Yes

Category manager No Yes

Section Manager No Yes

Layout Manager No Yes

Grid Manager No Yes

Widget Manager No Yes

Unified Permission System No Yes

 

Community Management Tools

User Management No Yes

User-Group Management No Yes

Social-Group Management No Yes

Powerful Moderation Tools No Yes

Inline Moderation Tools No Yes

 

Administration / General

Minimal training required - fast learning curve No Yes

Visitor and Comments Statistics No Yes

Download and install additional assets such as templates, plug-ins and widgets directly from control panel No Yes

Web-based Style/Template Management No Yes

Inline Administration No Yes

Asset Management No Yes

Content Scheduling (Publish Articles in the Future) No Yes

Themes / Skins No Yes

 

Universal Search

Single Search finds what you are looking for across your entire website including Articles, Blog posts, and Forums, guests comments, and user-groups. No Yes

 

Template Engine and Layouts

Proprietary template engine No Yes

Templates / Skins No Yes

Design independent - can support any web-page design No Yes

Full CSS layout and design No Yes

Sitewide templates: you can create entire site using default set of templates No Yes

Multiple templates: you can create individual templates for every section, page or even the smallest box No Yes

Powerful, fast and suitable for robust development No Yes

Add-ons and Plug-ins No Yes

Easily extensible through a plug-in architecture and variety of accessible plug-ins No Yes

 

Comments

Full-featured user commenting system No Yes

Anti-spam protection (CAPTCHA, bad words, flood protection, IP ban, posting by registered members only...) No Yes

 

Default Widgets

Recent Forum Posts No Yes

Recent Blog Posts No Yes

Recent Comments No Yes

Recent Articles No Yes

Friends Activity Widget No Yes

Section Navigation Widget No Yes

Category Navigation Widget No Yes

3rd Party HTML Widgets (i.e. Google Gadgets) No Yes

BB Code Widgets No Yes

Poll No Yes

RSS Widgets No Yes

 

BLOG FEATURES

Fast Start

vBulletin Blog makes it simple for community members to create their own space within the community. Getting started is as simple as posting the first message (using the same familiar vBulletin editor). There is no lengthy setup process - blog owners are free to personalise their blog at any time by defining a title and a description that will appear at the top of every blog post. No Yes

 

Fully Featured

It is a feature-rich blog application, with support for fully formatted WYSIWYG posts, attachments, comments, trackbacks and pingbacks, draft posts and categories, as well as seamless integration with the overall vBulletin system. No Yes

 

Blog Home Page

Available via a single click from any vBulletin page, the blog home page aggregates activity from all member blogs into a single page – with information about the most recent and highest rated blog posts, recent comments, a featured blog post (selected by the administrator or at random), full support for browsing posts by date and overall blogging statistics. No Yes

 

Syndication and Subscriptions

Site wide and per-blog RSS feeds allow syndication to external readers, and full support for vBulletin subscriptions enables users to join their favorite blogs and receive regular email updates. No Yes

 

Profile Support

Member blogs are integrated with the vBulletin profile system – profile information is displayed alongside blog posts, and existing profile pages are enhanced with information about blog activity. No Yes

 

Blog Control Panel

The Blog Control Panel empowers members to control every aspect of their blogs, from permission controls (who has access to view and comment on the blog), to full management of blog categories, draft posts, trackbacks/pingbacks and subscriptions. Blog owners also have the ability to moderate comments on their own blog. No Yes

 

Full Control

Integration with the vBulletin usergroups permission system allows site owners to regulate which users are able to create blogs, and enhancements to the vBulletin admin control panel give administrators total control over the whole system. No Yes

 

Fully Customizable

Blog utilises the powerful vBulletin templating system, and will automatically inherit styles and color-schemes from the forums, for total out-the-box integration. No Yes

Anti-Spam No Yes

Full support for the Akismet anti-spam service stamps out comment spam.

[acejas]

phew...thats alot of features :)

[Arcade King]

it sure has my friend :) just means more work for me when it comes time to upgrade though :(

 

On another note I found the mod that was causing havoc with the links directory and removed it. When you were clicking on a link on the main page it was displaying blank information.

 

Just remember anybody can submit a link in the directory :)

Link Directory

[The Pinball Shed]

Can I have my own blog now.

[LOTR4U]

Can I have my own blog now.

 

...... no

[WOKA]

Can we restrict LOTR4U's admin access..? :lol

[AdamC]

phew...thats alot of features :)

 

yes yes

[David_AVD]

When I liked to an external site in a post now, it doesn't format it correctly. The text you should see doesn't appear but the URL does. (sort of) It was a wiki type URL if that helps.

[Arcade King]

yeah might help David

[LOTR4U]

Can we restrict LOTR4U's admin access..? :lol

 

...... no , do i like to give myself uppercuts .... yes

[Arcade King]

Just been playing around with the menus, suggestions and feedback welcome.

 

I think you will like how I've laid out the "New Posts" drop down. you can now get new posts from a specific section. I've only added in the main sections for now I've run out of time.