[Dave]

Whilst the rest of us slept, or partied on last night, Steve was busy upgrading the forum software to the latest release Over the last 3 weeks we (Steve mainly) have been testing the latest S/W in the background, to make the change over as seamless as possible.

New features include :-

RSS Poster Robot
vBulletin 3.6 includes a new scheduled task that can check RSS feeds from the internet, read their contents and insert items from them onto your board.

Multi-Quote
The much-requested multi-quote feature allows users to tag multiple posts that they wish to respond to by clicking a small button on each post. Once the user clicks the reply button, each tagged post is quoted.

Quote Tags Link to Quoted Post
When quoting a post, the ID of the post is automatically included with the [quote] tag. When the quoted text is viewed in a thread, a small icon links back to the quoted post.

Save Search Preferences with AJAX
Changing your search preferences on the advanced search page no longer requires a page reload.

Default Thread Sorting Option per Forum
You may now choose how threads will be sorted on a per forum basis. Options include the field and direction to sort using.

Show Threads or Posts from Quick Search Popup
You can now choose to show search results as threads or posts without having to click through to the advanced search page.

More AJAX Username Auto-Completion
Username auto-completion via AJAX is now performed when editing the buddy/ignore lists, searching the member list, and entering a referrer during registration.


Receive Private Messages from Buddies Only
You may now select to receive private messages only from users on your buddy list. If a non-buddy tries to send you a message, they will receive an error saying that you do not accept private messages. Administrators and moderators are automatically able to bypass this restriction.

Give Reputation Using AJAX
Reputation can now be added to a post without leaving the page. When you click the reputation icon on a post, a box will appear and allow you to approve of the post and provide a reason.

Mark Forums Read with AJAX
If you wish to mark a forum read, you can simply click its status icon on the index page and the change will be processed without a reload

Sort Forum by Thread creation time ..
The ability to sort a forum by thread creation time by default.

Private Messages: Quota Warning
Once you have reached 90% of your private message quota, you will receive a warning telling you that you have almost reached your quota.

Full BCC Support in Private Messages
A number of you have discovered this by now. Like in an email, BCC (blind carbon-copy) allows you to hide the full list of recipients from each recipient

In addition to the above there are plenty more changes for the Site admin, to ensure the smooth running of the site for our members.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Steve for the sterling work he has done on the upgrade & to Stepheno & Sonsey for helping with the testing.

We hope you enjoy the new features & if you find any problems please post them here :- http://www.pixalo.com/community/idea...here-7210.html

[MickB]

Just want to be the first to congratulate you guys on excellent work. Now an even better place to be

[Fangman]

Keep up the good work - thanks from all your not web literate users in allowing us simpletons to use and enjoy forums such as this.
The unsung heros of www.

[Hoo Haa]

Agree with Fangman. Well done Can I ask what AJAX is ? I thought it was for cleaning baths

[orangepeel]

AJAX is a new web technology combining javascript, css, xml and html which allows (among other things) cool things like auto populated dropdowns, edit boxes and stuff like that.

You'd probably notice it here more when writing a PM, type the first letter of the recipients name and all matching members starting with that letter would appear...

Ajax, shorthand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, is a web development technique for creating interactive web applications. The intent is to make web pages feel more responsive by exchanging small amounts of data with the server behind the scenes, so that the entire web page does not have to be reloaded each time the user makes a change. This is meant to increase the web page's interactivity, speed, and usability.

Ajax (programming) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[sbtm]

Congratulations and keep up the good work

[MickB]

Thanks for explaining that Mr Peel