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Forum Update 2.0.0 (4/6/2008)

From Another Web Company

Contents

Changes from 1.2 to 2.0

Presentation:

  • The delete, edit & quote tabs now sit flush on the window edge
  • 'Breadcrumbs navigation' now provided on every page for quick links back to forums or previous location
  • 'Last action' now includes posters name alongside the time/date
  • All details of posts within a thread are now all presented within a tidy box
  • Post edit now redirects to 1 tidy edit page
  • All posts offer ability to make them stickies/locked/announcements, depending on user access rights
  • After deleting/modifying posts/threads, the user is now redirected back to the main forum page/category
  • The edit box now includes the editor
  • Pictures able to be used in forum as icons highlighting stickys/pinned etc threads
  • Each threads posts and view count displayed at the top of each thread, below the title


Threads/Posts:

  • Stickies
  • Announcement
  • Locking
  • Quoting fully working (quote within quote/pictures/bullet list/template/links)
  • Member Signatures
  • Unread/New thread/posts indicator
  • View count now counts every view as opposed to previously counting unique visitors
  • Error message popup dialog boxes displayed when user tries to post a thread without a title, or tries to post without entering any text in main box
  • Ability to title individual posts
  • Post preview & edited/quoted post preview
  • Tabbed/numbered pages for thread posts when posts exceed maximum posts per forum page
  • User wiki/threads/post counts and links to


Search

  • Forum, category, or thread specific search
  • Search user threads/posts
  • Admin ability to have specific words omitted from the search
  • Searches can include AND (or +), which will find both words separately in posts
  • Searches can include OR, which will find one or the other words in posts


Wiki Syntax:

  • Tables
  • Links
  • Pictures
  • Templates
  • Note: Not all Wiki Syntax has been check, but it should work.


Forum Wiki Tag

  • Admin ability to set what forums are displayed, and how many threads
  • Ability to choose display format of either just the lastest posts or all the catagorys
  • Ability to display only desired table columns (title, posts, views, last action)
  • Ability to easily modify forum wiki tag presentation via various parameters


Admin options

  • Forum Config Settings
    • Show wiki edit count in threads
    • Length of users signature
    • Guests ability to view signatures
    • Show thread count in posts
    • Show thread count in threads
    • Allow/disallow robots.txt
    • Minimum number of letters in search
    • Which forums to include in forum wiki tag
    • Title length of forum wiki tag
    • Number of threads to display in forum wiki tag
    • How short dates are displayed
    • How long dates are displayed
    • Avatar size
    • Length of threads title's displayed in forums 'Last Post' column
    • How long thread titles can be
    • How many threads to display in a forum
    • Length of thread titles listed in forums
    • How many number blocks to display on forums pages
    • Height of the Quick reply text box
    • How many post to display in a thread
    • Expiration time for Post Count
    • Height of the Posting, Editing, Quoting text box
    • How many number blocks to display next to a threads Title on the forum page
    • How many number blocks to display in threads
  • Language file
    • Ability to change wording displayed with-in forum
    • Ability to change display medium such as use of words or pictures (sticky as a word/picture of a sticky)
  • Maintenance section
    • Ability to mass delete threads and all included posts older than stipulated 'last post' date
  • User account 'lookup'
    • Ability to edit Users Forum info Signatures and Avatars
    • Ability to force 'recount' of User post/thread totals (after mass deletion of old threads, may be required)
  • Moderator ability's
    • Edit and delete threads/posts
    • Pinning threads
    • Locking threads
    • Move threads
  • Able to create Admin restricted forums and Moderator restricted forums
  • Able to create, edit and delete announcement threads and posts


Moderator options

  • Edit and delete threads/posts
  • Pinning threads
  • Locking threads
  • Move threads


User options

  • Adding signatures
  • Avatar - via URL, Wiki Image tag, Uploading




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