Saxperience Community Update - v3.8
In preparation for the Saxperience Server Upgrade, which is scheduled for early this coming week, the Saxperience forum and blog code has been upgraded, along with a few additional tweeks.
The intention is to ensure all is stable before switching everything over to the new server in a couple of days time. If you've not already spotted the new features yet, here's a taster of 'some' of the changes: - Social Group Discussion Threads * Messages in Social Groups are now threaded into 'Social Group Discussions'. * Discussion are sortable by creator, replies and last post. * Discussions can be filtered with a simple full text search on titles. * Discussions can be managed with Inline Moderation to soft delete, physically remove, approve and unnapprove them. * Discussions are Read Marked using both database and cookie methods, with a jump to go to first new post. * Users can subscribe to discussions and receive email notifications on new messages. * Subscribed discussions with new posts are aggregated in the User CP. * Individual Discussions have social bookmarking links (user defined, such as Digg, StumbleUpon etc). * New 'Can Always' permissions to create and view both discussions and messages, simplifying access. * Fallbacks implemented for non javascript users. * Moderators can Quick Edit social group messages using AJAX. * Posts are now ascending, which is more intuitive in threaded discussions. * Users can configure their groups so that only the group owner can create new discussion threads. * Moderated and Deleted discussions are aggregated in the User CP where the user has moderator permissions. * Moderation permissions are seperated for discussions and threads, including deletion. * Some extra database cleanup is performed with discussion related data when a user is merged or deleted. * Social Group info is hidden when entering a discussion or viewing pages of results to move focus to discussions. Social Group Changes * Social Groups are Read Marked using both database and cookie methods, based on new messages or discussions. * Mark All will read mark all discussions in a group via AJAX. * Social Groups can be subscribed to, adding group aggregation to the User CP. * Social Groups now belong to a category. * A group's category is displayed in the navigation breadcrumb, group lists and group info. * A new overview page displays a random group, your groups, new groups and groups that you created. * Groups that you created are navigatable via AJAX and display further information about the group, including pending members and moderated items. * A category cloud is displayed in the group overview with popularity weighting based on the number of groups. * Categories can be created and deleted and merged in the Admin CP. * Groups can be filtered by category, via the category cloud or advanced search. * Social Groups can now have a group icon. The icon is displayed in the group info, and a thumbnail version is used in group listings. * Icons are displayed on the User Profile page for groups that the user is a member of. * Permissions control user abilities to upload icons for their groups, including file size and the ability to upload animated icons. * A new permission can limit the amount of Social Groups an individual user can create. * Social Groups can now be transferred between users. The group will only be transferred if the recipient accepts the transfer. * Moderators with the appropriate permission can transfer any group. This is useful when a group owner becomes inactive. Private Message Changes * Read receipts are automatically accepted when a PM is replied to. * A new Quick Reply can be used to reply to PM's. * A new user option is available to set the default value for 'Save Copy' which is also used with Quick Reply. * PM's can be ordered by Title, Date and Sender. * When ordered, PM's are grouped by: * Title - Alphabetical ranges (A-H, I-P, Q-Z, 0-9 and other) - Non ASCII chars are grouped based on transliteration where possible* Private Messages can be filtered by Sender, Title, a given date period, and whether the message has been read or not. * Message Throttling. Admins can define a time period and the maximum amount of message each usergroup can send within that period. * Message selections are remembered over multiple pages for bulk actions (Move, delete, mark as read etc). Profile Privacy * With the appropriate permission, users can now configure which parts of their profile is visible, and to who. The configurable components are: * Profile Picture* The components can be configured to be visible to: * Everyone* Generally information is only hidden/displayed within the user profile page with the exception of Albums which also affects the ability to view the albums. Albums * Pictures can now be moved from one album to another. * Album covers are regenerated when moving images if the cover is moved, or the destination album has no cover. * The default albums view now displays recently updated public albums. Lightbox * Lightboxes can now be used to view all images in a post. * Next and Previous buttons can be used to navigate the attachments, and wrap when the first/last image has been reached Other Changes and Additions * Options and permissions for Human Verification checks have been streamlined. There is now a single bitfield option to select which HV checks are used, and a single permission to select who must pass the HV checks. * Thread tags can now be merged and renamed, and threads are updated to reflect the changes. * Tag selection in the Admin CP is remembered over multiple pages for bulk actions (Delete or Merge). * A new Terms and Conditions link is configurable and displayed in the footer by default. * A new Community link replaces the Members List link with a submenu for Social Groups; Pictures & Albums; Contacts & Friends; and the Members List. * Deleted and Moderated items in the User CP menu have been collapsed into submenus to reduce clutter. * A New Items submenu is also available with the newest Visitor Messages; Group Messages; Group Discussions; Picture Comments and Album Pictures. * Some cleanup has been done on the User CP menu to ensure only links that the user has permission to are displayed. * A new permission to view thumbnails in posts has been added. This allows users to see thumbnails even when they do not have access to view the full image. * Improved RSS filtering for RSS Feed Forums. Terms can now be quoted into phrases, and a new 'match all' option is available. * Thread Prefix Permissions - Thread prefixes can now be configured so that only certain usergroups may use them. * Support for TypePad Anti-Spam * Username availability now checked via AJAX during registration * Notices can now be configured to be dismissible, allowing users to close notices that they have read. * Post edit histories can be pruned in Admin CP. * Forum rules can be viewed outside of the registration process, which is useful for logged in users when multiple registrations are disabled. * PM Reporting. * Subscription folders can be emptied with one click. * Quick Edit is available for Visitor Messages and Picture Comments, as well as Social Group Messages. * New UTC and user date and time criteria for Notices. * Improvements to Contact List editing. Show Avatars option is now preserved. Some of the new features in the Blog include: * Blog Customisation - users may customise their blogs in the same manner that they can customise their user profiles (if given permission). * Group Blogs - users may allow other users to post to their blog. * Sidebar Blocks - users may create custom blocks to display in their sidebar. These blocks can be rearranged by drag and drop. * Custom Pages - users may create custom pages to be displayed in their blog. * Tags - tag support has been included. * Featured Entry Manager - multiple entries can be featured on the blog home page now. * Private Entries - users may set specific entries to be private while leaving their blog open. * Admin Categories - admins may define categories now. ARTICLES SECTION A revised articles section will soon be released, which will make best use of the new content contributor usergroup. More details soon ;) |
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