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vBulletin 6.0.5 Beta is available for Download |
A preview release of vBulletin 6.0.5 (alpha) is now available for testing by self-hosted (download) customers. Preview releases are not meant to be used on production servers.
Note: vBulletin 6.0.5 has a minimum version requirement of PHP 8.1Front End Changes
Global Advertising Management
In previous versions, each ad was unique to the Ad Location. Unique ad lists made reusing Ad code difficult across modules. Starting in vBulletin 6.0.5, Ad Locations will list all available Ad units/templates in the system to make reuse easier.
Email Handling
Outgoing notification emails will include a global one-click unsubscribe link, which complies with requirements set by many email providers. Transactional emails (e.g., password changes) do not include the link. Emails also include a header that allows email providers to show an unsubscribe button.
Two new options have been added to the system to control these additions. You will find them in the AdminCP under Settings -> Options -> Email Settings.
Web Application Manifest
vBulletin 6.0.5 automatically generates a Web Application Manifest. The Web Manifest defines your site as a web application for the end-user device. It allows them to install vBulletin on their home screen.
Structured Data Markup
Structured Data Markup is metadata used in the HTML output of your forums. This metadata tells search engines how to categorize your data. In vBulletin 6.0.0, we updated the metadata to fit Google's Rich Search Results specification. Recently, Google started to support the DiscussionForumPosting markup. In vBulletin 6.0.5, Forum & Group Topics use the new metadata as much as possible within the current framework.
Back End / AdminCP Changes
Template Parsing
The development team has refactored template parsing. This change allows for better isolation of individual tags and curly shortcodes used in the template markup. Benefits of the refactor include:
A standardized set of utility classes to handle template parsing (/core/vb/utility/template).
Improved error reporting on template save.
The introduction of Limited Templates.
Limited Templates
Limited Templates are designed to expand the vBulletin Cloud's template editing capabilities. These new templates make a limited number of the vBulletin Markup tags and curly shortcodes available to vBulletin Cloud customers.
These Tags are Available: usergroup, comment, and literal.
These Curly Codes are available: stylevar
We will expand the list of tags and curly codes over time. Customers can use Limited Templates with template hooks to show custom HTML inline to your end users. Switching the css_additional.css template to the new Limited Category will allow you to reuse Style Variables in your custom CSS.
Resolved a performance issue with opening and closing large topics (thousands of posts). (VB6-490, VB6-493)
Four new template hooks are available. These allow customers to add content between posts and comments.
Additional Information
Install / Upgrade
Installation Instructions
Upgrade Instructions
File Cleanup
After upgrading your vBulletin system, you should delete any possible obsolete files. You can obtain more information on why this is needed and instructions on how to do this in this topic in the vBulletin 6 Installs & Upgrades forum.
System Requirements
Minimum System Requirements
PHP Version: 8.1.0
MySQL Version: 5.7.10
MariaDB Version: 10.4.0
Recommended System Requirements
PHP Version: 8.2 or higher
MySQL Version: 8.0 or higher
MariaDB Version: 10.6+
For more information, see vBulletin Connect System Requirements.
Current Version Support Schedule
Active Version - 6.0.4
Security Patch - 6.0.3
Security Patch - 6.0.2
Security Patch - 5.7.5
Discussion
If you have any questions about these changes, you may discuss them here: https://forum.vbulletin.com/node/4492212
If you encounter an issue with the software or wish to submit a feature request, please visit our tracker.
To receive support for your vBulletin Product, please visit our community forums.
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Mon, 20 May 2024 20:22:57 GMT |
vBulletin 6.0.5 Preview available for Download |
A preview release of vBulletin 6.0.5 (alpha) is now available for testing by self-hosted (download) customers. Preview releases are not meant to be used on production servers.
Front End Changes
Global Advertising Management
In previous versions, each ad was unique to the Ad Location. Unique ad lists made reusing Ad code difficult across modules. Starting in vBulletin 6.0.5, Ad Locations will list all available Ad units/templates in the system to make reuse easier.
Email Handling
Outgoing notification emails will include a global one-click unsubscribe link, which complies with requirements set by many email providers. Transactional emails (e.g., password changes) do not include the link. Emails also include a header that allows email providers to show an unsubscribe button.
Two new options have been added to the system to control these additions. You will find them in the AdminCP under Settings -> Options -> Email Settings.
Web Application Manifest
vBulletin 6.0.5 automatically generates a Web Application Manifest. The Web Manifest defines your site as a web application for the end-user device. It allows them to install vBulletin on their home screen.
Structured Data Markup
Structured Data Markup is metadata used in the HTML output of your forums. This metadata tells search engines how to categorize your data. In vBulletin 6.0.0, we updated the metadata to fit Google's Rich Search Results specification. Recently, Google started to support the DiscussionForumPosting markup. In vBulletin 6.0.5, Forum & Group Topics use the new metadata as much as possible within the current framework.
Back End / AdminCP Changes
Template Parsing
The development team has refactored template parsing. This change allows for better isolation of individual tags and curly shortcodes used in the template markup. Benefits of the refactor include:
A standardized set of utility classes to handle template parsing (/core/vb/utility/template).
Improved error reporting on template save.
The introduction of Limited Templates.
Limited Templates
Limited Templates are designed to expand the vBulletin Cloud's template editing capabilities. These new templates make a limited number of the vBulletin Markup tags and curly shortcodes available to vBulletin Cloud customers.
These Tags are Available: usergroup, comment, and literal.
These Curly Codes are available: stylevar
We will expand the list of tags and curly codes over time. Customers can use Limited Templates with template hooks to show custom HTML inline to your end users. Switching the css_additional.css template to the new Limited Category will allow you to reuse Style Variables in your custom CSS.
Resolved a performance issue with opening and closing large topics (thousands of posts). (VB6-490, VB6-493)
Four new template hooks are available. These allow customers to add content between posts and comments.
Additional Information
Install / Upgrade
Installation Instructions
Upgrade Instructions
File Cleanup
After upgrading your vBulletin system, you should delete any possible obsolete files. You can obtain more information on why this is needed and instructions on how to do this in this topic in the vBulletin 6 Installs & Upgrades forum.
System Requirements
Minimum System Requirements
PHP Version: 8.1.0
MySQL Version: 5.7.10
MariaDB Version: 10.4.0
Recommended System Requirements
PHP Version: 8.2 or higher
MySQL Version: 8.0 or higher
MariaDB Version: 10.6+
For more information, see vBulletin Connect System Requirements.
Current Version Support Schedule
Active Version - 6.0.4
Security Patch - 6.0.3
Security Patch - 6.0.2
Security Patch - 5.7.5
Discussion
If you have any questions about these changes, you may discuss them here: https://forum.vbulletin.com/node/4492212
If you encounter an issue with the software or wish to submit a feature request, please visit our tracker.
To receive support for your vBulletin Product, please visit our community forums.
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Wed, 08 May 2024 20:42:59 GMT |
vBulletin 6.0.4 Changes and Updates |
vBulletin 6.0.4 is now available for download customers. vBulletin Cloud customers will be automatically upgraded over the coming weeks.
Home Node Permissions
Handling the channel permissions of the Home Node has been refactored.
The Terms of Service page, Privacy Policy page, and AdminCP login will always be available even if guests cannot view the Home Node.
You can now assign viewing permissions per page in the AdminCP under Usergroups -> Page Permissions. Page Permissions allow control over page viewing to fit your site's needs.
Special Groups (i.e., Channel groups) will not be listed in the Page Permission Manager. These groups are managed internally.
Paypal API
Paypal's Payment API has been added as a vBulletin Gateway. The new gateway will allow Administrators to move away from Paypal's IPN functionality and add new payment methods to their site.
To enable the Paypal API, follow these steps:
In your AdminCP visit Paid Subscriptions -> Payment Gateways.
Select Edit for Paypal API.
Enter your Paypal Client Id and Secret Key.If you have not created an app yet, Log into the PayPal Developer Dashboard using your merchant credentials, go to "App & Credentials" and hit "Create App".
Give it an easily identifiable name like "vBulletin 6 Integration", set the type to "Merchant" and create the app.
On the next page, you should see your Client ID & Secret key.
Scroll down to "Features", and ensure that "Subscriptions" is checked.
You can always go back to "App & Credentials" in the dashboard to view your client ID & secret.
Set this Gateway to Active
Save the page.
Once enabled, you will need to make sure your subscriptions are updated to use this API
Please note that the Paypal IPN Gateway is now considered deprecated and will be removed in the future.
Article Sorting
The Article Channel Display module now allows sorting articles by Display Order, Date-last update, Date-Started Post, Replies, Title, Members, Reactions, and Publish Date. You can also order the results ascending or descending. The default sorting is Publish Date, which is ordered by descending dates.
To control the Display Order of your articles, visit the AdminCP and go to Articles -> List Content.
New Template Markup
We have added a new vBulletin Markup tag (vb:usergroup) to test for usergroups to the system. This tag provides simpler markup to check if a user belongs to a specific usergroup over using the markup with ismemberof() code from previous versions.
Usage:
You are in the registered usergroup.
You are not part of the registered usergroup.
...
Template Organization
Global page templates are now grouped in the Style Manager template under Page. The affected templates include header, bare_header, footer, bare_footer, head_include, page_date, and preheader. Each template has had the page_ prefix added to its name. If you use these templates in custom coding, please adjust accordingly.
Template Grouping
vBulletin will now match the longest group name to reduce improper merging. Due to this, some groups will be split compared to previous versions. For example, previously, subscription and subscriptions were treated as the same group even though the templates weren't related to each other. Now, they are separate.
Cache Limits
Cache Limits are now available. The limits are to prevent large database caches on some server configurations. The limits consist of two new configuration variables:
maxtablesize - defines the maximum size of your cache and cacheevents tables in megabytes.
maxtabledeletecount - the number of unexpired records to delete from your cache tables.
To enable the limits, copy the lines below into your /core/includes/config.php file:
// When clearing expired cache items, additional items will be removed if the cache table exceeds this size (in Mb).
$config['Cache']['maxtablesize'] = 500;
// The number of (unexpired) records to remove when the cache tables are too big. If 0, then empty the cache.
$config['Cache']['maxtabledeletecount'] = 0;
Skipping these lines or leaving them commented out will disable the system and the cache will maintain its previous behavior.
Note: These lines exist in the /core/includes/config.php.new file when installing a new instance.
Javascript
We have removed the inline Javascript used to define the Page Object. The Page Object is now defined using HTML's data attributes.
More inline Javascript was removed from the AdminCP.
Added cache busting to AdminCP Javascript.
Moved the jQuery fallback out of inline Javascript.
Additional Changes
Node Tools -> Open The ability to mass open topics has been added to the AdminCP under Node Tools.
Posting Options are no longer available on the Home node.
Improved text indexing with accented characters (For example: Ã+, é, and õ). Previously, search indexing could skip these characters if a similar word without accents was indexed first.
Payment Gateway currency symbols can now be edited outside of debug mode. You can add new currencies in the AdminCP under Settings -> Options -> Paid Subscriptions. Please note that your payment gateway will still need to be able to support the currency as defined.
The Today's Birthday module will be automatically hidden if there are no active birthdays on the date.
Consolidated the default Terms of Service information from three phrases and locations to one location.
Additional Information
PHP 8.0 Deprecation
PHP 8.0 is now past end of life and is no longer supported by The PHP Group. Due to this PHP 8.0 should be considered deprecated.
Install / Upgrade
Installation Instructions
Upgrade Instructions
File Cleanup
After upgrading your vBulletin system, you should delete any possible obsolete files. You can obtain more information on why this is needed and instructions on how to do this in this topic in the vBulletin 6 Installs & Upgrades forum.
System Requirements
Minimum System Requirements
PHP Version: 8.0.0
MySQL Version: 5.7.10
MariaDB Version: 10.6.0
Recommended System Requirements
PHP Version: 8.2 or higher
MySQL Version: 8.0 or higher
MariaDB Version: 10.11+
For more information, see vBulletin Connect System Requirements.
Current Version Support Schedule
Active Version - 6.0.4
Security Patch - 6.0.3
Security Patch - 6.0.2
Security Patch - 5.7.5
Discussion
If you have any questions about these changes, you may discuss them here|https://forum.vbulletin.com/node/0
If you find an issue with the software or wish to request a feature, please visit our tracker.
To receive support for your vBulletin Product, please visit our community forums.
More...
Read more (locally) ...
Tue, 09 Apr 2024 18:09:34 GMT |
Security Patch Released for vBulletin 6.X and 5.7.5 |
The API functionality of vBulletin 6 and 5.7.5 has been found to have security issues. We have created fixes for these issues.
To maintain site security, you should apply this patch as soon as possible. To do so, download the patch for your version from https://members.vbulletin.com/patches.php and follow these steps:
Upload the files to your server. Overwriting the existing files with the new ones.
Run the upgrade script (core/install/upgrade.php) that is included in the patch to rebuild your templates.
Note: If users report issues with Javascript, ask them to clear their browser cache.
Patches Released:
vBulletin 6.0.3 Patch Level 1
vBulletin 6.0.2 Patch Level 1
vBulletin 6.0.1 Patch Level 1
vBulletin 5.7.5 Patch Level 3
Important: If you are not using one of these versions of vBulletin, you will need to complete a full upgrade.
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Mon, 01 Apr 2024 19:00:50 GMT |
vBulletin 6.0.4 Changes and Updates |
A preview release of vBulletin 6.0.4 is now available for self-hosted customers.
Home Node Permissions
Handling the channel permissions of the Home Node has been refactored.
The Terms of Service page, Privacy Policy page, and AdminCP login will always be available even if guests cannot view the Home Node.
You can now assign viewing permissions per page in the AdminCP under Usergroups -> Page Permissions. Page Permissions allow control over page viewing to fit your site's needs.
Special Groups (i.e., Channel groups) will not be listed in the Page Permission Manager. These groups are managed internally.
Paypal API
Paypal's Payment API has been added as a vBulletin Gateway. The new gateway will allow Administrators to move away from Paypal's IPN functionality and add new payment methods to their site.
Please note that the IPN Gateway is now considered deprecated and will be removed in the future.
Article Sorting
The Article Channel Display module now allows sorting articles by Display Order, Date-last update, Date-Started Post, Replies, Title, Members, Reactions, and Publish Date. You can also order the results ascending or descending. The default sorting is Publish Date, which is ordered by descending dates.
To control the Display Order of your articles, visit the AdminCP and go to Articles -> List Content.
New Template Markup
We have added a new vBulletin Markup tag to test for usergroups to the system. This tag provides simpler markup to check if a user belongs to a specific usergroup over using the markup with ismemberof() code from previous versions.
Usage:
You are in the registered usergroup.
You are not part of the registered usergroup.
Â….
Template Organization
Global page templates are now grouped in the Style Manager template under Page. The affected templates include header, bare_header, footer, bare_footer, head_include, page_date, and preheader. Each template has had the page_ prefix added to its name. If you use these templates in custom coding, please adjust accordingly.
Template Grouping
vBulletin will now match the longest group name to reduce improper merging. Due to this, some groups will be split compared to previous versions. For example, previously, subscription and subscriptions were treated as the same group even though the templates weren't related to each other. Now, they are separate.
Cache Limits
Cache Limits are now available. The limits are to prevent large database caches on some server configurations. The limits consist of two new configuration variables:
maxtablesize - defines the maximum size of your cache and cacheevents tables in megabytes.
maxtabledeletecount - the number of unexpired records to delete from your cache tables.
To enable the limits, copy the lines below into your /core/includes/config.php file:
// When clearing expired cache items, additional items will be removed if the cache table exceeds this size (in Mb).
$config['Cache']['maxtablesize'] = 500;
// The number of (unexpired) records to remove when the cache tables are too big. If 0, then empty the cache.
$config['Cache']['maxtabledeletecount'] = 0;
Skipping these lines or leaving them commented out will disable the system and the cache will maintain its previous behavior.
Note: These lines exist in the /core/includes/config.php.new file when installing a new instance.
Javascript
We have removed the inline Javascript used to define the Page Object. The Page Object is now defined using HTML's data attributes.
More inline Javascript was removed from the AdminCP.
Added cache busting to AdminCP Javascript.
Moved the jQuery fallback out of inline Javascript.
Additional Changes
Node Tools -> Open The ability to mass open topics has been added to the AdminCP under Node Tools.
Posting Options are no longer available on the Home node.
Improved text indexing with accented characters (For example: Ã+, é, and õ). Previously, search indexing could skip these characters if a similar word without accents was indexed first.
Payment Gateway currency symbols can now be edited outside of debug mode. You can add new currencies in the AdminCP under Settings -> Options -> Paid Subscriptions. Please note that your payment gateway will still need to be able to support the currency as defined.
The Today's Birthday module will be automatically hidden if there are no active birthdays on the date.
Consolidated the default Terms of Service information from three phrases and locations to one location.
Additional Information
Install / Upgrade
Installation Instructions
Upgrade Instructions
File Cleanup
After upgrading your vBulletin system, you should delete any possible obsolete files. You can obtain more information on why this is needed and instructions on how to do this in this topic in the vBulletin 6 Installs & Upgrades forum.
System Requirements
Minimum System Requirements
PHP Version: 8.0.0
MySQL Version: 5.7.10
MariaDB Version: 10.6.0
Recommended System Requirements
PHP Version: 8.2 or higher
MySQL Version: 8.0 or higher
MariaDB Version: 10.11+
For more information, see vBulletin Connect System Requirements.
Current Version Support Schedule
Active Version - 6.0.3
Security Patch - 6.0.2
Security Patch - 6.0.1
Security Patch - 5.7.5
Discussion
If you have any questions about these changes, you may discuss them here|https://forum.vbulletin.com/node/4490593
If you find an issue with the software or wish to request a feature, please visit our tracker.
To receive support for your vBulletin Product, please visit our community forums.
More...
Read more (locally) ...
Wed, 13 Mar 2024 19:00:01 GMT |
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