Forum Update - This Week

Just letting you know I will be updating the forum at some stage over this week so if for some reason it's down when you log on don't panic.

I'll be doing this during off peak hours so ideally you won't notice anything.



Adrian



For those interested the update includes these changes

Change log for 4.2.1:
  1. VBIV-15679 Add IE9 Meta Tag to VB 4.2.1 headinclude template
  2. VBIV-15639 " " is returned instead of actual quotes
  3. VBIV-15638 Activity Stream displays m-D-Y h:i A instead of actual date value
  4. VBIV-15620 4.2.1 A1 has no GMT +0 option in the timezone settings
  5. VBIV-15604 Syncronize Bitfields with vB5 to prevent future clashes
  6. VBIV-15523 Reflect COPPA settings in API responses
  7. VBIV-15425 Blank entries in Forum permissions screen
  8. VBIV-15404 Navigation Manager - Pull Down Menu Tabs - other links etc do not display nor does Tab highlight when on THIS_SCRIPT related page
  9. VBIV-15401 Dropdown arrow on tab dropdown menus is poorly positioned
  10. VBIV-15389 Product export does not have tab with menu pull down XML field
  11. VBIV-15386 User profile activity stream Friends tab ignoring privacy settings for friends
  12. VBIV-15371 templatestofiles.php fails on bootstrap load.
  13. VBIV-15368 showthread message formats are missing/incorrect
  14. VBIV-15366 forum.php contains corrupt copyright notice, causing errors on some sites
  15. VBIV-15353 Activity Stream CMS Widget
  16. VBIV-15341 Custom user profile fields don't work correctly on registration with mobile style - missing mobile template: userfield_select_option
  17. VBIV-15339 apitextformat not working
  18. VBIV-15336 login_facebook always returns "badlogin_facebook"
  19. VBIV-15330 Clicking any CMS url loads the front page in IE8
  20. VBIV-15327 call to activity is returning different JSON object graph for albums
  21. VBIV-15326 need thumbnail URLs for attachments when calling activity
  22. VBIV-15325 Upgrade crashes on 4.1.10 Alpha 1 Step 3
  23. VBIV-15318 register_fbconnect does not return values specified in docs
  24. VBIV-15317 api_forumlist is returning empty value in API v7
  25. VBIV-15312 Default URL to link to "My Blog" not working in navigation manager nav links
  26. VBIV-15301 article node id not included in call to activity
  27. VBIV-15300 Doublepost Default phrase is missing Size 1
  28. VBIV-15291 PostRelease doesn't work correctly if admin cp is not in the standard directory
  29. VBIV-15289 HTML data being prepended in all MAPI responses
  30. VBIV-15280 QA Task - Verify Updated Template/Phrase/Navigation Version Number (4.2.1)
  31. VBIV-15273 Database error when transferring group ownership, but transfer succesfull
  32. VBIV-15271 Redirected threads are always marked new
  33. VBIV-15266 Reputation given bit link doesn't link to the post
  34. VBIV-15254 call to "activity" always returns error
  35. VBIV-15239 If you are running PHP 5.2.0 or 5.2.1, an error in the Navigation Manager kills the site
  36. VBIV-15238 Blog Bug When Deleting Spammers
  37. VBIV-15236 Wrong function used for error message
  38. VBIV-15221 register_fbconnect returns empty value
  39. VBIV-15219 Session url is defeating the anti looping code.
  40. VBIV-15217 Default batch size is too small
  41. VBIV-15214 The special characters shows up as HTML entity codes (ÿ) when calling showthread/newreply_newreply
  42. VBIV-15206 Unescaped dash in is_valid_email() function allows emails with illegal characters
  43. VBIV-15205 Redirect error ("Loop") with content.php as Default Tab since vB 4.2.0
  44. VBIV-15204 PHP Memory Limit doesn't show up in AdminCP due to typo in /admincp/index.php
  45. VBIV-15190 Moving posts results in datatbase error
  46. VBIV-15182 Typo in options_options_wrtlimit_text
  47. VBIV-15175 Flood protection does not work
  48. VBIV-15169 Deleting the default tab results in no tab being set as the default
  49. VBIV-15165 Uninstalling CMS fails with DB error
  50. VBIV-15164 Duplicate post prevention bypassed by doublepost automerge
More

  1. VBIV-15161 Activity stream not XHTML valid
  2. VBIV-15147 Email preferences specified at registration are not retained
  3. VBIV-15144 Post edit changing post content - %UA is being replaced with line break
  4. VBIV-15138 Default new navigation elements to vbulletin unless in debug mode (ie when developing).
  5. VBIV-15131 Old Navigation elements are not removed in certain circumstance
  6. VBIV-15107 Double Post Prevention - Merged Post updated timestamp not reflected in threadbits
  7. VBIV-15100 Activity stream doesn't contain title's prefix on results
  8. VBIV-15099 Activity Stream Forum Sidebar
  9. VBIV-15098 See more icon in rtl
  10. VBIV-15095 Add slider effect and auto populate new activity
  11. VBIV-15094 Activity Stream photo comment templates need to include the owner of the album for information purposes
  12. VBIV-15093 Activity Stream needs protection against loading a large amount of "New Activity" items
  13. VBIV-15092 Who Visitid Collapse/Expand Image is slightly mis aligned
  14. VBIV-15089 Change maximum allowed activity stream Items Per Page to 150 (from 30)
  15. VBIV-15085 Remove legacy template hooks in Navbar_tabs template
  16. VBIV-15079 Navigation Tabs Should Utilize Datastore
  17. VBIV-15071 Show "No Results" rather than "No More Results" when there is no activity
  18. VBIV-15070 Add maximum limit of items that can be displayed in the activity stream
  19. VBIV-15063 Can't change navigation links into non-english letters
  20. VBIV-15023 Add option for tab to be a drop down menu
  21. VBIV-15004 Photos vs Pictures - Inconsistent naming
  22. VBIV-14981 Allow a target to be set in the Navigation manager URL
  23. VBIV-14829 blog_blog should also return non html version of the message
  24. VBIV-14785 Search criteria threadstart does not work(misprint)
  25. VBIV-14749 Global ignored users posts show in Recent Posts Widget
  26. VBIV-14744 Blog image used in CMS templates for edit comment link icon
  27. VBIV-14741 Find Update Templates doesn't work for imported older version custom styles
  28. VBIV-14727 Code error in vb/collection.php
  29. VBIV-14669 Typo in the phrase setting_forumrunner_exclude_desc
  30. VBIV-14655 forumrunner_exclude_no_forums wrong phrase group
  31. VBIV-14650 Double code in stylegenerator.css
  32. VBIV-14636 Wrong redirection on search template
  33. VBIV-14635 User profile customization text color "inherit" replaced with "transparent", which results in invisible text!
  34. VBIV-14628 includes\xml\product-forumrunner.xml - typo and redundant closing parenthesis in some phrases
  35. VBIV-14620 Poll Widget doesn't correctly count votes of multiple choice polls
  36. VBIV-14619 Extra "<" character in blog_comment template
  37. VBIV-14617 Useless condition in vB_Mail
  38. VBIV-14616 Incorrect id in templates blog_comment_deleted and blog_comment_ignore
  39. VBIV-14615 "Permanent" label not showing in Latest Infractions Received for infractions that never expires
  40. VBIV-14580 Threads by globally ignored users are displayed in search results
  41. VBIV-14576 MAPI: Avatars not always present
  42. VBIV-14557 Add New Setting Group Duplicate Primary Key Database Error
  43. VBIV-14555 'newuser' phrase doesn't show full member URL when registration via FB Connect
  44. VBIV-14522 Image Settings popup doesn't open and throws script error in IE8
  45. VBIV-14508 Some editor CSS sheets are missing cache busters when storing css stylesheets as files
  46. VBIV-14507 if (!yuicombopath) document.write JavaScript is missing ?v={vb:raw vboptions.simpleversion}
  47. VBIV-14501 Emptying inline thread title box shows loading image forever when closing the box
  48. VBIV-14500 Can't customize blog from public albums
  49. VBIV-14491 The phrase "can_edit_privacy" have html tag without a closer
And more

  1. VBIV-14475 URL inaccessible with IE < 9 if the highlight parameter has a word with non-English characters
  2. VBIV-14466 Missing in SHOWTHREAD Template
  3. VBIV-14447 Incorrect user name link in "Post a User Note for X" when posting a new user note in mobile style
  4. VBIV-14403 General Search set to return Forum Posts doesn't show thread/post titles if they have non-English characters
  5. VBIV-14398 Useless code in vB_Collection class
  6. VBIV-14397 Deleted users do not display correctly in "Who Posted?"
  7. VBIV-14394 vBCms_Search_Result_Article
  8. VBIV-14391 Wrong $wasssupermod variable in class_dm_user
  9. VBIV-14390 $vbprhase not in scope in vB_APIMethod_api_forumlist_4::getforumlist
  10. VBIV-14386 false variable used in functions_online.php
  11. VBIV-14382 Mobile Style not using Async for Facebook, also causing insecure warnings over secure connections
  12. VBIV-14372 General Search Widget Set to Return Articles Doesn't Correctly Show Time
  13. VBIV-14339 Missing end bracket in 'setting_cookiedomain_desc' phrase
  14. VBIV-14310 Login isn't available in mobile style if the vbulletin is closed
  15. VBIV-14306 Can't open image attachment settings dialog in IE8
  16. VBIV-14301 Ignored user CMS comments - formatting issues and bad links
  17. VBIV-14290 'Marking as read' doesn't work if the forum parent is set as a category
  18. VBIV-14280 No usergrouptitle for facebook users
  19. VBIV-14267 Non existing .js files included in socialgroups_picture template
  20. VBIV-14124 Phrase: "You are not a member of any groups" in another user's profie
  21. VBIV-14086 templateversion check does not recognize 4.1.10
  22. VBIV-14052 WYSIWYG mode slaughters preformatted text
  23. VBIV-13908 Some time zone locations are not correct
  24. VBIV-13904 White line space between threadbits
  25. VBIV-13810 Facebook migrating Apps to OAuth2. Review vBulletin for any action needed.
  26. VBIV-13284 CSS saved as files mucked by write_style_css_directory() function
  27. VBIV-13199 "Delete this Message" button in private messages deletes also any message previously selected in the PM list
  28. VBIV-12928 Add LIMIT to fetch_*info Functions
  29. VBIV-12544 RTL - User Profile Customization buttons results in blank page when using Chrome
  30. VBIV-10840 usercp_shell template generates reference to non-existent file when Store CSS Stylesheets as Files option is enabled
  31. VBIV-9926 "Viewing Blog Entry" on Who's Online Has No Link to the Blog Entry
  32. VBIV-7535 Validation errors in Style Generator
  33. VBIV-5294 Fatal error in blogs if an user with blog entries is deleted while the blog product is disabled
  34. VBIV-4716 Forum List Not Indented When Moving/Copying/Merging Threads
  35. VBIV-4096 Using a Background Image in Customize Blog Style always returns an error when attempting to save it
  36. VBIV-618 "Use Custom Avatar" not checked by default
To the 50 or so people who use the Tapatalk feature of the forum I've just updated it and enabled push notifications.

If you are having any issues please post below.
Originally posted by Bootss View Post
Hi its saying restricted access please contact your administrator
Is that on tapa talk or the forum.

If on tapatalk are you on IOs and are you using the most up to date release?

A
Originally posted by Bootss View Post
Yep that seems to have done the trick
Thanks.
Ben
Good stuff, any other issues just let me know.


A
Just letting you know I will be updating the forum at some stage over this week so if for some reason it's down when you log on don't panic.

I'll be doing this during off peak hours so ideally you won't notice anything.



Adrian



For those interested the update includes these changes

Change log for 4.2.1:
  1. VBIV-15679 Add IE9 Meta Tag to VB 4.2.1 headinclude template
  2. VBIV-15639 " " is returned instead of actual quotes
  3. VBIV-15638 Activity Stream displays m-D-Y h:i A instead of actual date value
  4. VBIV-15620 4.2.1 A1 has no GMT +0 option in the timezone settings
  5. VBIV-15604 Syncronize Bitfields with vB5 to prevent future clashes
  6. VBIV-15523 Reflect COPPA settings in API responses
  7. VBIV-15425 Blank entries in Forum permissions screen
  8. VBIV-15404 Navigation Manager - Pull Down Menu Tabs - other links etc do not display nor does Tab highlight when on THIS_SCRIPT related page
  9. VBIV-15401 Dropdown arrow on tab dropdown menus is poorly positioned
  10. VBIV-15389 Product export does not have tab with menu pull down XML field
  11. VBIV-15386 User profile activity stream Friends tab ignoring privacy settings for friends
  12. VBIV-15371 templatestofiles.php fails on bootstrap load.
  13. VBIV-15368 showthread message formats are missing/incorrect
  14. VBIV-15366 forum.php contains corrupt copyright notice, causing errors on some sites
  15. VBIV-15353 Activity Stream CMS Widget
  16. VBIV-15341 Custom user profile fields don't work correctly on registration with mobile style - missing mobile template: userfield_select_option
  17. VBIV-15339 apitextformat not working
  18. VBIV-15336 login_facebook always returns "badlogin_facebook"
  19. VBIV-15330 Clicking any CMS url loads the front page in IE8
  20. VBIV-15327 call to activity is returning different JSON object graph for albums
  21. VBIV-15326 need thumbnail URLs for attachments when calling activity
  22. VBIV-15325 Upgrade crashes on 4.1.10 Alpha 1 Step 3
  23. VBIV-15318 register_fbconnect does not return values specified in docs
  24. VBIV-15317 api_forumlist is returning empty value in API v7
  25. VBIV-15312 Default URL to link to "My Blog" not working in navigation manager nav links
  26. VBIV-15301 article node id not included in call to activity
  27. VBIV-15300 Doublepost Default phrase is missing Size 1
  28. VBIV-15291 PostRelease doesn't work correctly if admin cp is not in the standard directory
  29. VBIV-15289 HTML data being prepended in all MAPI responses
  30. VBIV-15280 QA Task - Verify Updated Template/Phrase/Navigation Version Number (4.2.1)
  31. VBIV-15273 Database error when transferring group ownership, but transfer succesfull
  32. VBIV-15271 Redirected threads are always marked new
  33. VBIV-15266 Reputation given bit link doesn't link to the post
  34. VBIV-15254 call to "activity" always returns error
  35. VBIV-15239 If you are running PHP 5.2.0 or 5.2.1, an error in the Navigation Manager kills the site
  36. VBIV-15238 Blog Bug When Deleting Spammers
  37. VBIV-15236 Wrong function used for error message
  38. VBIV-15221 register_fbconnect returns empty value
  39. VBIV-15219 Session url is defeating the anti looping code.
  40. VBIV-15217 Default batch size is too small
  41. VBIV-15214 The special characters shows up as HTML entity codes (ÿ) when calling showthread/newreply_newreply
  42. VBIV-15206 Unescaped dash in is_valid_email() function allows emails with illegal characters
  43. VBIV-15205 Redirect error ("Loop") with content.php as Default Tab since vB 4.2.0
  44. VBIV-15204 PHP Memory Limit doesn't show up in AdminCP due to typo in /admincp/index.php
  45. VBIV-15190 Moving posts results in datatbase error
  46. VBIV-15182 Typo in options_options_wrtlimit_text
  47. VBIV-15175 Flood protection does not work
  48. VBIV-15169 Deleting the default tab results in no tab being set as the default
  49. VBIV-15165 Uninstalling CMS fails with DB error
  50. VBIV-15164 Duplicate post prevention bypassed by doublepost automerge
More

  1. VBIV-15161 Activity stream not XHTML valid
  2. VBIV-15147 Email preferences specified at registration are not retained
  3. VBIV-15144 Post edit changing post content - %UA is being replaced with line break
  4. VBIV-15138 Default new navigation elements to vbulletin unless in debug mode (ie when developing).
  5. VBIV-15131 Old Navigation elements are not removed in certain circumstance
  6. VBIV-15107 Double Post Prevention - Merged Post updated timestamp not reflected in threadbits
  7. VBIV-15100 Activity stream doesn't contain title's prefix on results
  8. VBIV-15099 Activity Stream Forum Sidebar
  9. VBIV-15098 See more icon in rtl
  10. VBIV-15095 Add slider effect and auto populate new activity
  11. VBIV-15094 Activity Stream photo comment templates need to include the owner of the album for information purposes
  12. VBIV-15093 Activity Stream needs protection against loading a large amount of "New Activity" items
  13. VBIV-15092 Who Visitid Collapse/Expand Image is slightly mis aligned
  14. VBIV-15089 Change maximum allowed activity stream Items Per Page to 150 (from 30)
  15. VBIV-15085 Remove legacy template hooks in Navbar_tabs template
  16. VBIV-15079 Navigation Tabs Should Utilize Datastore
  17. VBIV-15071 Show "No Results" rather than "No More Results" when there is no activity
  18. VBIV-15070 Add maximum limit of items that can be displayed in the activity stream
  19. VBIV-15063 Can't change navigation links into non-english letters
  20. VBIV-15023 Add option for tab to be a drop down menu
  21. VBIV-15004 Photos vs Pictures - Inconsistent naming
  22. VBIV-14981 Allow a target to be set in the Navigation manager URL
  23. VBIV-14829 blog_blog should also return non html version of the message
  24. VBIV-14785 Search criteria threadstart does not work(misprint)
  25. VBIV-14749 Global ignored users posts show in Recent Posts Widget
  26. VBIV-14744 Blog image used in CMS templates for edit comment link icon
  27. VBIV-14741 Find Update Templates doesn't work for imported older version custom styles
  28. VBIV-14727 Code error in vb/collection.php
  29. VBIV-14669 Typo in the phrase setting_forumrunner_exclude_desc
  30. VBIV-14655 forumrunner_exclude_no_forums wrong phrase group
  31. VBIV-14650 Double code in stylegenerator.css
  32. VBIV-14636 Wrong redirection on search template
  33. VBIV-14635 User profile customization text color "inherit" replaced with "transparent", which results in invisible text!
  34. VBIV-14628 includes\xml\product-forumrunner.xml - typo and redundant closing parenthesis in some phrases
  35. VBIV-14620 Poll Widget doesn't correctly count votes of multiple choice polls
  36. VBIV-14619 Extra "<" character in blog_comment template
  37. VBIV-14617 Useless condition in vB_Mail
  38. VBIV-14616 Incorrect id in templates blog_comment_deleted and blog_comment_ignore
  39. VBIV-14615 "Permanent" label not showing in Latest Infractions Received for infractions that never expires
  40. VBIV-14580 Threads by globally ignored users are displayed in search results
  41. VBIV-14576 MAPI: Avatars not always present
  42. VBIV-14557 Add New Setting Group Duplicate Primary Key Database Error
  43. VBIV-14555 'newuser' phrase doesn't show full member URL when registration via FB Connect
  44. VBIV-14522 Image Settings popup doesn't open and throws script error in IE8
  45. VBIV-14508 Some editor CSS sheets are missing cache busters when storing css stylesheets as files
  46. VBIV-14507 if (!yuicombopath) document.write JavaScript is missing ?v={vb:raw vboptions.simpleversion}
  47. VBIV-14501 Emptying inline thread title box shows loading image forever when closing the box
  48. VBIV-14500 Can't customize blog from public albums
  49. VBIV-14491 The phrase "can_edit_privacy" have html tag without a closer
And more

  1. VBIV-14475 URL inaccessible with IE < 9 if the highlight parameter has a word with non-English characters
  2. VBIV-14466 Missing in SHOWTHREAD Template
  3. VBIV-14447 Incorrect user name link in "Post a User Note for X" when posting a new user note in mobile style
  4. VBIV-14403 General Search set to return Forum Posts doesn't show thread/post titles if they have non-English characters
  5. VBIV-14398 Useless code in vB_Collection class
  6. VBIV-14397 Deleted users do not display correctly in "Who Posted?"
  7. VBIV-14394 vBCms_Search_Result_Article
  8. VBIV-14391 Wrong $wasssupermod variable in class_dm_user
  9. VBIV-14390 $vbprhase not in scope in vB_APIMethod_api_forumlist_4::getforumlist
  10. VBIV-14386 false variable used in functions_online.php
  11. VBIV-14382 Mobile Style not using Async for Facebook, also causing insecure warnings over secure connections
  12. VBIV-14372 General Search Widget Set to Return Articles Doesn't Correctly Show Time
  13. VBIV-14339 Missing end bracket in 'setting_cookiedomain_desc' phrase
  14. VBIV-14310 Login isn't available in mobile style if the vbulletin is closed
  15. VBIV-14306 Can't open image attachment settings dialog in IE8
  16. VBIV-14301 Ignored user CMS comments - formatting issues and bad links
  17. VBIV-14290 'Marking as read' doesn't work if the forum parent is set as a category
  18. VBIV-14280 No usergrouptitle for facebook users
  19. VBIV-14267 Non existing .js files included in socialgroups_picture template
  20. VBIV-14124 Phrase: "You are not a member of any groups" in another user's profie
  21. VBIV-14086 templateversion check does not recognize 4.1.10
  22. VBIV-14052 WYSIWYG mode slaughters preformatted text
  23. VBIV-13908 Some time zone locations are not correct
  24. VBIV-13904 White line space between threadbits
  25. VBIV-13810 Facebook migrating Apps to OAuth2. Review vBulletin for any action needed.
  26. VBIV-13284 CSS saved as files mucked by write_style_css_directory() function
  27. VBIV-13199 "Delete this Message" button in private messages deletes also any message previously selected in the PM list
  28. VBIV-12928 Add LIMIT to fetch_*info Functions
  29. VBIV-12544 RTL - User Profile Customization buttons results in blank page when using Chrome
  30. VBIV-10840 usercp_shell template generates reference to non-existent file when Store CSS Stylesheets as Files option is enabled
  31. VBIV-9926 "Viewing Blog Entry" on Who's Online Has No Link to the Blog Entry
  32. VBIV-7535 Validation errors in Style Generator
  33. VBIV-5294 Fatal error in blogs if an user with blog entries is deleted while the blog product is disabled
  34. VBIV-4716 Forum List Not Indented When Moving/Copying/Merging Threads
  35. VBIV-4096 Using a Background Image in Customize Blog Style always returns an error when attempting to save it
  36. VBIV-618 "Use Custom Avatar" not checked by default
To the 50 or so people who use the Tapatalk feature of the forum I've just updated it and enabled push notifications.

If you are having any issues please post below.
Originally posted by Bootss View Post
Hi its saying restricted access please contact your administrator
Is that on tapa talk or the forum.

If on tapatalk are you on IOs and are you using the most up to date release?

A
Originally posted by Bootss View Post
Yep that seems to have done the trick
Thanks.
Ben
Good stuff, any other issues just let me know.


A