vBulletin Upgraded

[Ben]

Sorry for the downtime last night. I cleaned some databases and updated our version of vBulletin. Please let me know if you see anything broken!

Edit:

A few changes with the update:
1. Replaced flashchat with chatbox (much better forum integration). Twitter link moved to top of page.
2. There's a problem with the social groups. I could try to fix it, but did anyone really use them?

[Rev]

Thanks Ben. I'm glad the down time was due to your action and not due to a problem you needed to fix. :)

[Ben]

Ah actually a small bug did start it. Figured I'd do some additional maintenance while things were down. Would have given advance notice otherwise. ;)

[Rev]

Ah actually a small bug did start it. Figured I'd do some additional maintenance while things were down. Would have given advance notice otherwise. ;)

Makes sense. Thanks again.

One change I've noticed today is, when I go to the first unread, sometimes a few images of intermediate points on the page will flash quickly on the screen. This is cool because in actuality the first unread is displaying faster than before. :)

(Note: This may or may not actually be a change. Thinking back, the display of intermediate points may have happened before, just not nearly as quickly.)

[RadioactiveMan]

1. Replaced flashchat with chatbox (much better forum integration).

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :mad:

[edgar93]

well I'm certainly going to miss the flashchat. The fact that you had to "loggin" in order to see it made it more private. Now anyone can see what's going on in the chatbox even if they are not chatting.

Despite that, the chatbox seems cool, thanks Ben!

Btw I can't use the chatbox when I'm on my iTouch :( Is there any way you can add a "send message" button to the chatbox?

[HelixSix]

I like the chatbox, just popped in there for a minute tonight.

[jung_adore_ALIZEE]

Now anyone can see what's going on in the chatbox even if they are not chatting.

Now how am I gonna talk about Edgar behind his back jeez :rolleyes:.

[Fish]

now how am i gonna talk about edgar behind his back jeez :rolleyes:.

i know rite

[wasabi622]

Hey, so I've been gone for a bit.. what's up with the new chatting thing kind of smack dab in the middle of things?

What happened to the other one, the Bar and Grill?

[user472884]

Am I missing something here?

Ok, so the famous Bar and Grill is gone... where exactly is this new "chatbox"

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P.S.: If I may add my two cents, how about replacing the AB&G with a link to the tinychat room I made specifically for us?

In my opinion it's better than AB&G

http://tinychat.com/alizeeamerica

[wasabi622]

Am I missing something here?

Ok, so the famous Bar and Grill is gone... where exactly is this new "chatbox"

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P.S.: If I may add my two cents, how about replacing the AB&G with a link to the tinychat room I made specifically for us?

In my opinion it's better than AB&G

http://tinychat.com/alizeeamerica

The new chat box thingy is right at the top once you view the "forums" page.

But I too agree with Jalen that tinychat does make a very suitable replacement.

[Merci Alizée]

there is still one thing to improve in vBulletin and that's it's search. If I don't remember the name of thread exactly then it's becomes a big task to search for it.

[jung_adore_ALIZEE]

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :mad:

for old times sake

http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq217/RadioManS3/ChatPhotoOp.gif

RIP flashchat :(

[swagboy]

This vBulletin version could use an update aswell... I feel like I'm walking on a malware minefield when browsing the forums :(

(code does no harm by the way)

[User22]

Woooooo.....new look!!! Haha. Hope it gets updated soon :/

[Merci Alizée]

Is html still on for regular users?

[swagboy]

Is html still on for regular users?

<table border="1px solid"><tr><td>test</td><td>test</td></tr><tr><td>test</td><td>test</td></tr><table>

yep. If you are going to remove html input, may I also suggest disabling the iframe BBcode to prevent iframe injection?

[Merci Alizée]

<table border="1px solid"><tr><td>test</td><td>test</td></tr><tr><td>test</td><td>test</td></tr><table>

yep. If you are going to remove html input, may I also suggest disabling the iframe BBcode to prevent iframe injection?

Done, check it again.

[swagboy]

Done, check it again.

Thanks, I really appreciate the effort you are putting into this. One thing though, you should tell the members they have to link to youtube videos from now on. It's a small price to pay for security.

[lapinschous]

I can't embed youtube videos the way I used to do anymore , what happened?

[DrSmith]

I can't embed youtube videos the way I used to do anymore , what happened?

No more HTML. If you just post the video URL it will be embedded automatically.

Like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i34BJu45FWg
becomes this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i34BJu45FWg

[swagboy]

Testing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i34BJu45FWg

[lapinschous]

why? Oo HTML was easy to use and practical

[swagboy]

why? Oo HTML was easy to use and practical

because html allows malicious code to be posted

[lapinschous]

Oo what do you mean by malicious? Who would want to do harm to our board?

[swagboy]

Oo what do you mean by malicious? Who would want to do harm to our board?

Well, the chance is small, but there are always malicious people out there who would try to do stuff like this. I've seen it happen way too many times. Mostly skiddies have an interest in these kind of boards. Now, for example, when scruffy asked people to post for an autograph request, alot of new members registered and posted in that threat. If I were malicious, I'd do the same thing, and I would have access within 1/2 days. Though I doubt it happened, it is still a possibility. And as I said before, it is better to prevent than to cure. These security measures are normal, but allowing html is actually very uncommon. I'm not saying I don't trust any of the members on this board, but you can never be one hundred percent sure (i.e. members get in a fight, one decides to inject malicious code etcetera...)

Also, I don't want to be "the boogyman" to any of you guys, but the reactions coming from these countermeasures are normal, because when something changes, people are going to notice. I have yet to see a valid argument for enabling html again.

[lapinschous]

Well now with the html gone . Embedding video depends on luck ...

Look: not working

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqym-FRoJ0M

[swagboy]

Well now with the html gone . Embedding video depends on luck ...

Look: not working

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqym-FRoJ0M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqym-FRoJ0M

Change https:// to http:// ;)

[melovelily]

Lol all of the videos i posted are still the same :D good thing i never used the iframe stuff :)

[Rocket]

I cannot be trusted! MMMUUUUWAAAHAHAHA! :cool:

[Edcognito]

I cannot be trusted! MMMUUUUWAAAHAHAHA! :cool:

News?

:13:

[Rocket]

I see I'm going to have to do some noogies on you boys. :p

[Karin]

No more HTML. If you just post the video URL it will be embedded automatically.

Like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i34BJu45FWg
becomes this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i34BJu45FWg

great... but what with the other video sites like dailymotion or vimeo? :p

[DrSmith]

great... but what with the other video sites like dailymotion or vimeo? :p

I already complained about that in this thread (http://alizeeamerica.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6702&page=2), then I think we all got distracted and never changed anything. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/ladyelle/Smilies/chase_butterfly.gif

[Rocket]

I already complained about that in this thread (http://alizeeamerica.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6702&page=2), then I think we all got distracted and never changed anything. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/ladyelle/Smilies/chase_butterfly.gif

What? I NEVER get SQUIRREL!!!