Forum changes

[Puncia]

You're free to use whichever way you want. It's just there in case people prefer not to use up their Personal Text or Signature space for the information.

Oh I know. I like the idea a lot since it makes it a lot easier to credit the people that deserve it.

[Tweak]

Just a quick update. The Ad account is now being reviewed regarding my appeal and I should get an outcome in the next few days. This does not mean that it will be unsuspended, but it is at least being investigated.

My appeal was denied and the ad account is unlikely to be reinstated and all revenue made and that hadn't yet been paid out has been lost. I have contacted them further but it seems highly likely that this will be the final decision.

Unfortunately whilst that allows us to return to the forum with no adverts, we're now more reliant on your donations. Please keep them coming in.

[Pea]

This is very disappointing news......

[Tweak]

+ PM attachments are now available

[Tweak]

! Tapatalk plugin updated

The changelog is as follows:

1. add subscribed pagination support
 2. add pm pagination support
 3. add pm/subscribed topic unread number check since last check time
 4. add search/who-is-online permission control
 5. add user participated forum interface
 6. add emoji package
 
 (all above features need app support)
 
 7. fix special character posting issue
 8. fix repeated login issue
 9. fix magic quote issue on some server
 10. fix forum verify issue when guest is banned
 11. fix search error log issue
 12. fix board icon may not exist issue on some forums
 13. fix user name and avatar do not match issue in subscribed topic list
 14. fix issue when function 'iconv' does not exists
 15. fix mod conflict with SimpleSEF
 16. fix on Maintenance Mode, admin can not login issue

[Tweak]

Tomorrow morning (around 10am GMT) the forums will be taken offline temporarily to allow for an upgrade to our portal software.

The new features include:

    Two new positions for blocks: header and footer.
    Revamped permission system with the ability to deny permissions.
    Complex display options using PHP expressions for block display.
    Implemented basic flood protection for shoutbox.
    Introduced group based shoutbox moderators.
    Added ability to prune shoutboxes with various options.
    Links posted to shoutbox are now shortened.
    Added ability to whisper (post private shouts) in shoutbox.
    Better handling of ignored users in shoutbox.
    Brand new RSS Feed block with a better parser.
    Allow selecting blocks (not) to show in pages on page add/edit.
    Allow overriding block titles using language strings.

And bug fixes include:

    SMF 2.0.1 and 1.1.15 compatibility.
    Improved compatibility with other mods.
    Improved Right-To-Left languages support.
    Several fixes to package database functions.
    Custom theme friendly fix for broken headers.
    Unescaped entities in shout dates could break shoutbox.
    cutoff tag was displayed when it shouldn't be.
    max-height failed on older browsers.
    Copyright was misaligned due to recent changes in SMF.
    Fixed MySQL 5.5+ compatibility.
    Board news pagination link was sometimes broken.
    Applied board permissions to the article management area.

Usually a modification upgrade can be done without you noticing but as the Portal is so deeply interconnected with the forums and we have multiple modifications some of these changes will need to be made manually. We apologise for this inconvenience.

This should only take 5-10 minutes to complete.

[Tweak]

This has been postponed slightly as I'm lazy and slept in, it'll be carried out in the next few hours.

[Tweak]

This has now been completed. Please report ANY problems to the helpdesk. I'm not sure if anything has been missed.

[Tweak]

+ A new profile option has been added.

This allows you to have a fully profile when selected - see http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?action=profile;area=customized to enable and set it up.

For an example see Zeph's profile


Note: The bugs that occurred in this feature should now be fixed. If there are any further issues, please mark the following helpdesk ticket as unresolved and leave a comment about the problem: http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?action=helpdesk;sa=ticket;ticket=157

[Buddywolf]

Yay It actually asks for a buddy approval thing.  Now I can know if I am ever added as a buddy buddy

[Tweak]

Old buddy lists have now been converted to the new system. This was done one-way so that only those on your buddy list were added and the buddy didn't have you added as the new system does.

[WingedZephyr]

+ There's a new FAQ page available in the forum menu.

[Tweak]

! The Portal is in need of an upgrade again. This will occur as soon as possible.

This upgrade brings a number of bug fixes, nothing that important.

[Tweak]

The above has now been completed.

[Tweak]

! Tapatalk plugin upgraded

1. fix some content format issue
2. fix some warning issue in error log
3. fix post issue with verification
4. fix participated topic and user profile view can not work issue in some case
5. fix can not send pm issue in some case
6. add custom forum icon support