UBB.Developers Forums Announcements Announcements UBBDev News - July 26, 2002

UBB.Classic 6.3.1 Released ::

Navaho and CC released version 6.3.1 to the members area tonight. In what is probably a must-upgrade, a plethora of features have been added recently:

• Mass Move - allows you to move many topics from one or more forums into another forum
• Control Panel Wordlets - the entire control panel has now been converted to use Wordlets, allowing easy translation
• Updated Wordlet editor - now uses pages for faster loading
• Updated Control Panel Entry - now includes more information & quick links to common functions
• Editable FAQ - the board FAQ can now be edited from the control panel
• Jump to New Posts link - Located at the top of each topic - when clicked, it takes users to the posts in that topic that were made after their last visit to the board. Also known as the "blue arrow".
• "Topic moved" icon - indicates if a topic was moved rather than closed.
• "Report Post" link - allows users to mail the forum moderator and board administrator about a post he or she feels is inappropriate.
• Mail topic starter on move - Administrators and Moderators now have the option of mailing the topic starter when his or her topic is moved
• New email preference for users - if toggled on by the board administration, users may now have a mailing form presented rather than their email address. Only registered members may mail others using the mail form.
• Admin reserved login & public names - both full and partial names may now be reserved using the Registration Settings area of the control panel
• Optional removal of Instant UBBCode™ / Graemlin links from the posting template - the admin may now disable the Instant UBBCode™ and Instant Graemlin links on the topic/reply/edit/private message forms. This option only disables the links, not the UBBCode or Graemlin features themselves.
• Updated JC Template set
• Misc. other changes and improvements
• New Control Panel layout - reworked to be even easier to use. Now uses Wordlets™ entirely to make translation even easier.

Get the official announement here for the list of the many bugfixes and a screenshot of the new control panel.
Excellent work guys.

Forum Consolidation and Expansion ::

To better serve the needs of our members and move forward as a site, we've recently consolidated the 6.0x, 6.1.x and 6.2.x modification forums into one nice juicy one . The majority of our users are using 6.3+ and we felt this was a necessary move to enable us to concentrate more fully on developing code people need/use.

If you need a modification for an older version, just search in that forum and place your version number ( 6.0x, 6.1x, or 6.2x ) as part of the search phrase.

On the flip side, we'll be opening a 6.3 Finished Forum this weekend, updating our database to reflect the additions, as well as updating the multihack files to work with the new versions out now