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News - BoardMod Support Forum http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=news News - BoardMod Support Forum en-us BoardMod Support Forum Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:16:28 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 30 New YaBB version released: 2.2 http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1194721690 BoardMod Support Forum/News http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1194721690 Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:08:10 +0000 It has been a long time since the last YaBB release. But it was worth the waiting as it comes with tons of features that were only available as mods in the past. Since YaBB introduces a lot of code changes, most mods will need a rewrite to work with it. For that purpose two new boards have been created: one for <a href="http://www.boardmod.org/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=newsy22" target="_blank">Y2.2 final mods</a> and one for <a href="http://www.boardmod.org/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=beta_y22" target="_blank">beta mods</a> that still need testing. BTW: we still need a couple of moderators for the new boards. So if you want to give it a try, let me know. So let the modding begin  <img src="http://boardmod.org/yabb2/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/boardmod/grin.gif" border="0" alt="Grin" title="Grin" /> You Asked, We Delivered - YaBB 2.3 http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1223847979 BoardMod Support Forum/News http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1223847979 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:46:19 +0000 The much anticipated release of YaBB, version 2.3, is here! This is one of the biggest and best updates to the YaBB 2 line. Several new and long overdue features have been added – you’ll recognize them as the most popular BoardMod modifications for YaBB. Overall, 16 large features have been added. On top of that, dozens of bugs, layout issues, spelling errors, and documentation deficiencies have been corrected! <a href="http://www.yabbforum.com/downloads.php" target="_blank">http://www.yabbforum.com/downloads.php</a> Below is just a modest list of what has been changed. Feature Additions: ----------------------------------------- 1. Quick Reply Advanced Edition 2. Reverse Post in Topic Advanced Edition 3. YaBB Backup 4. Top of Page Button 5. Pie Charts for Polls 6. Showcase Poll 7. Preselected Smilies 8. Category Pictures 9. Image Resize 10. Multi-Attachments 11. Avatar Uploader 12. Split/Splice Advanced 13. Expand/Collapse Advanced 14. New Members E-Mail Notification (to Admin) 15. Extended Profiles 16. Spell Checker Bug Fixes: ----------------------------------------- - Broadcast Messages shown as "new" until read (this will happen on upgrades to 2.3 until BM's read for 1st time) - Stealth mode didn't turn off for demoted Admins and GMods - Problem with quotes and polls containing foreign characters - Changed rlog format to improve speed of "view Profile" and "View last xx posts by.." - E-mail notifications for posts and PMs not working correctly - Leading zero in year date format - PM Live Preview not working correctly - Server loading and speed improvement for notifications on top of page feature - Problem with instant Delete/Validate of pre-registered users - Menu style display in Template Configuration - Corrected Ban.txt file creation on setup - Last post display in user profile - Notifications of Alert Moderator messages - Added send BC messages to only Administrators - Date/Time Zone display different than settings - Lost language setting if clicking on Login from other than Board Index - Special characters in language name directories - Error message when saving/modifying posts in boards where attachments are not allowed - User logs cleaned 3X number of days after Posts read by user marked as new again - Moving, splitting, or splicing posts/topics no longer adds/subtracts from post count - Redirect back to current page after login - Improved Topic Notifications - Hide E-mail address from public set as the default setting - Image code now displayed in code box instead of image - Improved security to prevent URL abuse of image tags - DST selector allowed independent of allowing user avatars - Allow brackets in search / search routine speed improvements - User names now cloaked in Topic Summary - Alert to Moderator function sent as PM to Admin if no Moderator/Group assigned - Deleting a member in Admin Center no longer unchecks the reverse results box - View member function now displays correct members beyond first page group - Greater than 30 days since last post selection fixed in View/Delete members - New Topic "on" gif no longer displays when a new (empty) board created - Improved subject content in reply notifications - Improved "Send to a Friend" feature - Improved security of E-mail by keeping addresses encoded (not in HTML plain text) - UBBC Quote button in Personal Messages - To: addressing and permissions in user replies to BC messages - Insert Smiley in message text field function - Several smaller miscellaneous code fixes and improvements Link Fixes: ----------------------------------------- - Corrected Quote button link from last recent user posts listing - Corrected focus of jump to Quick Reply box for Start New Topic - Focus set on User name field in the Log-in form - Corrected link to quoted posts in Live Preview Layout/Format Fixes: ----------------------------------------- - Added Title Text (mouse over text) throughout forum and Admin Center - Notification button in search results when logged in - Input fields for options set in Admin Center are faded if the option is unchecked - Display of smilies in PM Smiley box - Display of comma in online list if Admin/GMod logged on in Stealth Mode - Format corrections to Admin Center and MyCenter templates - Corrected button display when modifying polls - Radio button for move automatically checked when selecting new destination board - Improved Jump-To menu and layout - Reduced default list of censored words - Changed location in Admin Center of some feature selections - Added color palette for selecting Validation Image color settings - Added line break to code tag for better display in IE browsers - Added missing mouseover texts in Admin Center/Referrer Security section - Added titles to Menu.def files - Improved display name in quotes in live preview - Added Language selector for Add Member function in Admin Center - Profile Button removed from Guest view - Improved readability of validation code and added field to view selected color - Added color preview for Forum News - Deleted board loads display in debug - Corrected high page number layout problems in member list - Improved More Smilies Window display in different browsers - Color button height in edit Member Groups screen Spelling, Text, and Instruction Fixes: ----------------------------------------- - Revised Quick-Guide - Revised and expanded Help Files - Spelling correction to Rebuild Message Index message - Spelling correction in Global Moderator Access window - Cleanup of some non-language file text - Updated credits in Quick-Guide and in Admin Center <a href="http://www.yabbforum.com/downloads.php" target="_blank">http://www.yabbforum.com/downloads.php</a> YaBB 2.3.1 Released Jan.4.2009 http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1231348703 BoardMod Support Forum/News http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1231348703 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:18:23 +0000 Corey Chapman, YaBB Project Leader & Owner of XIMinc, has announced [Release] <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.yabbforum.com/downloads.php">YaBB 2.3.1 Forum Software</a> - January 4, 2009. This latest release of <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.yabbforum.com/downloads.php">YaBB 2.3.1 Forum Software</a> includes many fixes, updates, and several new features. Here is the reprint of Corey's announcement: One week early from the planned schedule of releases every 3 months, <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.yabbforum.com/downloads.php">YaBB 2.3.1 Forum Software</a> Forum Software is here! Many bugs have been fixed from version 2.3. In addition, we are excited to announce some new bonus features, including support for MySpace videos, a password strength meter, an option to search within YaBBC tags on the post search page, Net::SMTP::TLS mail support, and a backup recovery feature. We are also pleased to announce that YaBB is beginning to embrace Ajax; the features now using this technology to start out are Favorites, Notification, Moderator/Member QuickSearch, and Admin Delete. Version 2.3 began this trend with the Mark as Read feature. This will improve the speed of these functions and reduce bandwidth and server resources used. <a href="http://www.yabbforum.com/downloads.php" target="_blank">Download here!</a> BUG FIXES: ------------------------- - News conscript misaligning logo - Noimage display when resize image not found - UBBC code display in RSS - SMTP mailer - Moved message link - Backup email - Quote from first post - Post/reply count when using admin delete - Move post/reply count - Reverse display allowing users to select the order of Topics Summaries - Last Post display - Avatar load in SSL - PM recipient seeing cut subject - RE: display in moved messages - Mark as read issue on post indicator - Resize avatar on load in profile - Removed useless horizontal scrollbar in smiley window - Topic title being hidden from Guests in reverse post - Email notification not saving - Improvement on build of HTML-header - Problem with compressed output - Free Space Host hidden to Guests - Corrected translation "Send Email to" - Avatar zero limit grab - Security fix on Stealth mode - Fix missing # in Hex Color in Security Settings - Improvements on debug mode - Broadcast layout broken on replying to a Guest PM - Revamped move and post messages - Retitled BM's from Guests - Added path to Perl edits required, spelling errors & formatting corrections to Quick Guide - Disabled a guest.var - (") character not converted in Quote PM - Removed "S" display from incorrect Captcha entry - Cook.txt now removed after setup run - Reordered AdminSubslist - Completed URL at "with login access only at" - Repaired Skype link - Enabled long character posts - Removed Move/Delete buttons on the topic display page where shown even if the user is not allowed to move/delete - Removed extraneous characters from Setup in ModuleChecker - Repaired remove old topics reverses message index - Repaired option for suppressing PM message in list view - Repaired CSS z-index returns back after close - Safari quote - Email display - New board post display count in index - Layout problem in Template Configuration - Revamped UTC selection in Admin/Profile - New post attachment display - Disabled duplicate email use - "Members replying to this topic..." was displayed on the preview page also if it was a new thread - Added copyright link control to CSS - Corrected formating on Text/Icons on Y2.1 template and login area - Recode for last/next post on long threads - Defined GM editing Post Dependent Member Group & template edits - Defined Javascript for image resize and included enable/disable in Admin Center - Fix post count after remove topic - Improvement on SessionUpdate - Corrected Cookie write and code fix for Windows Servers - Enabled showcase poll for existing thread - Corrected some error reporting FEATURE ADDITIONS: ------------------------- - Registration form validation via Javascript - Server Environment Module Checker - Media support for My Video, MySpace, - Search within YaBBC tags option - Net::SMTP::TLS mail option - More accurate last online X days and XX:XX:XX hours ago - Recovery feature added to Backup - Ajax & Javascript enabled for Favorites, Notification Clicks, Moderator/Member QuickSearch and Admin Delete - Post sort arrows for Topic View in Boards - Password Strength Meter - Output Compression methods available on server determined and only shows appropriate options - Enhanced move popup - New sessionid after profile login SPECIAL NOTE: ------------------------- If upgrading from any other version of YaBB other than Y2.3 Please follow these instructions. - In user profile, avatars, signatures and URL links have to be verified and re-Saved by ALL members. - In The Admin Center admins will have to set Quick Post/Reply colors (whether or not they enable it and set Images pixels to a reasonable value). Mods Updated For YaBB 2.3.1 http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1231348780 BoardMod Support Forum/News http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1231348780 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:19:40 +0000 With the recent release of YaBB 2.3.1, the great modders over on BoardMod have been busy with updating popular mods for Y2.3.1.  Here is a list of <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.yabbforum.com/downloads.php">YaBB 2.3.1 Forum Software</a> compatible mods: BoardViewers V1.1, Who Posted V1.2/1.3, Copy direkt Link Post V1.2, Joined Date in Message View V1.2/1.3, Link Avatar to Profile V1.0/1.1, Add This Social Bookmarking V1.0/1.1, MoodToday 4 YaBB 2.3.1, Add More Topic Icons, Thread Start Date V1.0, Mood V1.2/1.3, Random Quotes V1.1/1.2, Post Smileys 2.3 v0.5 / v0.7, Custom User Titles V1.0, YaBB Zodiac V1.2, Hide Smilie Row V1.1/1.2, [P] Who is Where V1.0, AutoTabs 4 YaBB 2.3.1, Spoiler Tag V1.3/1.4, Off Topic Tag V1.1, UsersToday V2.1, ChatIRC V1.1/1.2, Quiz Mod 2.3/2.3.1 beta 0.5a, BoardPass V2.0/2.1, Yet another Reputation System, MySpace/Facebook URL in Profile, XFire in Profile V1.1, HotLinks 4 YaBB 2.3.1, PostGraph 4 YaBB 2.3.1, Audio Player in Profile V1.4, Event Calendar V1.3, Table Wrapper v1.0, Topic Description V1.3/1.5, Advanced E-Mail Notification, User Age in Message View V1.0,and YaMMS 4 YaBB 2.3.1. BoardMod Forum Updated To YaBB 2.3.1 http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1231598123 BoardMod Support Forum/News http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1231598123 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:35:23 +0000 Finally we've made it to the latest, recently released yabb version. Hopefully nothing has been lost by the conversion, I had to rewrite several things there. Biggest advantage of the new version: almost no mods required (right now I only installed the YaMMS mod) to get all the great features the old YaBB 1.2+ had which hat dozens of them installed. I've setup redirects for all the old links, so nothing should be broken. If however you find something not working yet please let me know. Cheers <img src="http://boardmod.org/yabb2/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/boardmod/cool.gif" border="0" alt="Cool" title="Cool" /> Two new boards for template stuff added http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1236180557 BoardMod Support Forum/News http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1236180557 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:29:17 +0000 To cleanup the template board a bit I've setup two additional boards: <a href="http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=templatetroubleshooting" target="_blank">[ Template Help & Troubleshooting ]</a> <a href="http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=templaterequests" target="_blank">[ Template & Graphics Requests ]</a> The tempalte vault board will be used to submit templates only. Any requests or troubleshooting for templates should now be posted in the above mentioned boards instead. YaBB 2.4 Released April 13th http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1240180393 BoardMod Support Forum/News http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1240180393 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:33:13 +0000 Corey Chapman, <a href="http://www.yabbforum.com/" target="_blank">YaBB</a> Project Leader & Owner of <a href="http://www.ximinc.com/" target="_blank">XIMinc</a>, has recently announced... <a href="http://www.yabbforum.com/community/YaBB.pl?num=1239665784" target="_blank">[Release] YaBB 2.4 - April 13, 2009</a>. This latest release of YaBB 2.4 includes many fixes, updates, and several new features. Here is the reprint of Corey's announcement: Hope everyone had a great Easter weekend! Just 3 months since the last release, the Easter bunny dropped off YaBB 2.4. This release includes an extensive amount of bug fixes. Additionally, the amount of settings files was reduced, and the code was improved. Just some of the enhancements, bug fixes, and new features included in this release are listed below. Additionally, many of the "mod" settings files for various features are now integrated into Settings.pl. This change will delete several files, but it requires re-saving the settings pages and running the maintenance functions. <a href="http://www.yabbforum.com/downloads.php" target="_blank">http://www.yabbforum.com/downloads.php</a> BUG FIXES: ------------------------- - Error with registration not calling Decoder.pl - Revised Setup.pl to allow use of .cgi extensions - Register button displayed when using Admin Only registration mode - Position selection when adding new tab to the main menu bar - Expand/Collapse feature with 2.1 Templates - Last post link not showing up if topic deleted - Line breaks not saving in Signatures - Member groups selected in Position not resetting in Member Group box - Display of rank image (stars) not showing in Profile view - Activation key missing from activation email - Code changes to reduce page calls/increase loading speed - Template layout problem with Opera / User Tools - Shortcut text not displaying in some browser versions; removed Reset button - Member list sorting didn't match order of Post Independent member groups - Template Configuration page display of tags - Browser page titles for sections of Admin Center - Wording in Read_Me.txt file - Separated Text Field and Button selections in Style Sheet WYSIWYG editor - Improved upgrading from older version instructions in Quick Guide - Renamed PM Outbox to Sent box - Selection method of saving copies of sent PMs - Revised image and URL displays in the Print Page feature - Revised User Online display to always display current user - Images in IMG tags not showing up in News if News Fader selected - Improved validation of user and display names at registration - Changed Save/Send/Post button text for posts and PMs - Made Collapse/Expand Additional Features in Post Reply area expanded by default - Added error routine to forgotten password code to handle corrupt user vars files - Encrypt User IDs option unchecked would hide user's Displayed name - Removed unused ie6alpha class from templates - Callback problem with some PMs - Moved Image Settings tab from Forum Settings to Advanced Settings for better grouping - Changed reset password routine to direct user to password settings in User CP - Resizing post area settings were not saved when in Post Modification page - Improper truncating of long URLs - Error with saving profile when Avatars are disabled - Error with post count in Board Index when deleting topics - Spaces in front of Marquee code caused scroll bars to appear - Sorted Font Names and changed font sizes from px to pt - Removed unnecessary vertical bar from Guest view of showcase polls - Posts automatically removed from username.log when older than Admin Center setting for new post expiration - Deleting first post in topic left unneeded information post in topic - RSS " display problem in some browsers - RSS feed problem with translating OH Eng tags in post - Notify error when viewing last x posts by user or last x posts of forum - Error in search routine not picking up all posts - Guests attempting to view a topic without permission were counted as a view - Changed error messages received as a result of lacking permission to information messages - Changed error message for attempting to save changes after session timeout - Error with .ctb files not being converted correctly when updating - Error with collapse and expand feature - Ampersand and class, style, and media attributes caused invalid RSS feeds - Expanded email form fields maximum character entry to 100 characters - Changed Send to a Friend template to use Displayed name instead of user name - Member group name characters not encoding properly when updating from older versions - Error with splitting last post in a topic - Attachment file size checker error - JavaScript error for polls with converted data from earlier versions - Code error in Subs.pl - Java error with Favorites button if Quick Reply not enabled - View Last X Posts permissions error - Split error for multiple page topic - Notifications/Add to Favorites JavaScript error - Mark all Posts as read error in Text Only mode - Error in Quick Guide file instructions - Admin modifying user profile changed user last online date/time - Java error with notifications and add to favorites ADDITIONAL/ENHANCED FEATURES: --------------------------- - Improved Search Engine bots list - Added Search Engine bots auto-sort feature - ALL CAPS Alert; Admin can select number of uppercase characters to cause alert - Layout of Registration page improved - Improved free disk/host space checking; added two methods: find, and quota - HTML-label tags to support screen readers - Random function to News Fader - Facebook and MySpace options in contact information - Register button in login section at bottom of Board Index - Selectable static/dynamic clock at top forum bar - Media support for .3gp, hulu, vimeo, thenutz.tv, and dailymotion formats - Transliteration for non-latinic language characters in uploaded files - Option to disable Smilies in the row below the Post window - Ability to change existing User Displayed names to include capital letters without getting error - Expand/collapse feature to seldom used input boxes under the Post window - Ability to turn off recent posts by user or set a maximum number of returned posts by user - Function to end Polls automatically <a href="http://www.yabbforum.com/downloads.php" target="_blank">http://www.yabbforum.com/downloads.php</a> Edited: * Note - An update to the package was made late evening on 4/15/09 to fix a few early bugs found. Please download/install again (or at least update all .pl files) if you upgraded to 2.4 before this time. The following files were changed: Admin/Settings_Advanced.pl Sources/AdvancedTabs.pl Sources/LogInOut.pl Sources/MessageIndex.pl Sources/Register.pl Templates/yabb21/BoardIndex.template New Y2.4 Templates Released http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1240180881 BoardMod Support Forum/News http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1240180881 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:41:21 +0000 Cable, a member of <a href="http://www.boardmod.org/" target="_blank">BoardMod</a> (aka OH Eng of <a href="http://www.yabbforum.com/" target="_blank">YaBB</a>'s Support Team) has released on BoardMod's <a href="http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=templates" target="_blank">Template Vault</a> seven (yes, 7) Y2.4 templates for the newly released YaBB 2.4 (<a href="http://yabbtoolbar.com/content/view/111/2/" target="_blank">YaBB 2.4 Released April 13th</a>). Here is a linked list of Cable's great new templates, be sure to check them out: <a href="http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1239667369" target="_blank">Garden Green</a>, <a href="http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1239667434" target="_blank">Maroon</a>, <a href="http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1239667500" target="_blank">Metallic Gold</a>, <a href="http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1239667614" target="_blank">Sandstone</a>, <a href="http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1239667702" target="_blank">Water World</a>, <a href="http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1239667754" target="_blank">Woody</a>, and <a href="http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1239667550" target="_blank">Carved In Stone</a>. 31 New Mods For YaBB 2.4 http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1240181512 BoardMod Support Forum/News http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1240181512 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:51:52 +0000 The Mod Squad (Carsten, Derek Barnstorm, JetLi and Mick) over on <a href="http://www.boardmod.org/" target="_blank">BoardMod</a> have been busy updating <a href="http://www.yabbforum.com/" target="_blank">YaBB</a> mods for the recently released YaBB 2.4 (<a href="http://yabbtoolbar.com/content/view/111/2/" target="_blank">YaBB 2.4 Released April 13th</a>). Here is a linked listing of the latest updated beta mods: Last 5 Posts in Message View V1.2, YaBB Zodiac V1.3, Joined Date in Message View V1.4, User Age in Message View V1.1, Spoiler Tag V1.5, Thread Start Date V1.1, Random Quotes V1.3, Off Topic Tag V1.2, Last.fm Statistics V1.2, XFire in Profile V1.2, Your Post Indicator V1.3, Ignore User Posts V1.4, Timelock (modify/delete Posts in Minutes) V1.3, Who Posted V1.3, BoardPass V2.3, Display Name History V2.4, Allow Stealth Mode for all Members, TopicHover 4, YaBB Advertisement V1.8, UsersToday V2.1, Reason for Editing V1.5, BoardViewers V1.2, Topic Description V1.7, Copy direkt Link Post V1.3, Countdown Event V1.1, External Boardlinks V1.1, Topic Starter V1.3, Collapse/Expand Thread Icons and User Pemissions V, YaMMS 4 YaBB 2.4 (beta 0.1), NumberFormat 4 YaBB 2.4 (beta 0.1), and Custom User Titles V1.1. Or click here to visit the new <a href="http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=beta_y24" target="_blank">BETA Mods for YaBB 2.4</a> board. New board for your custom graphics http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1241867265 BoardMod Support Forum/News http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1241867265 Sat, 09 May 2009 12:07:45 +0000 John just pointed out that we currently lack a board for submitting graphics to. The templates board is probably not the best place for this, so I've added another board dedicated to graphics. <a href="http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=graphics" target="_blank">[ Graphics ]</a> So if you have any custom graphics you want to share, this the place to go now <img src="http://boardmod.org/yabb2/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/boardmod/smiley.gif" border="0" alt="Smiley" title="Smiley" />