Steve K
04-30-2008, 10:11 AM
As mentioned previously, we have now completed the forum upgrade to vBulleting 3.7 Gold. With this comes enhanced security, improved reliability, as well as various bug fixes and new features. Below is a list of the new features involved with this upgrade:
Picture Comments
New to this version are picture comments - a system enabling visitors to leave comments on pictures in member albums. This final touch adds the key social networking functionality to the system.
New Member Album Types
In previous versions of 3.7, members' albums of pictures could be specified as private or public only, and any pictures that were intended to be used for backgrounds of customized profile pages had to be located in public albums. This has now been changed, and a new special type has been introduced - profile albums.
These albums are not directly browsable, unlike public albums, but their contents are available for use in profile page customization. It's also now possible to pick background images from a profile-type album without having to memorize picture IDs etc.
Conversation
The Conversation feature is a means by which visitor messages posted between two users on each others' profile pages can be viewed in a unified form. Look for the 'View Conversation' link on visitor messages to use the feature.
Social Group Moderation
Users can now create social groups with content hidden until moderation. Therefore, it seemed logical that it should be possible for those users to act as moderators for content within their own groups.
Visitor Message Privacy
Users can now specify that only their contacts can view and post to their visitor messages section. It is also possible for users to completely disable visitor messages on their own profile.
As with any upgrade or maintanence, if you see any bugs or issues, please let me know!
Picture Comments
New to this version are picture comments - a system enabling visitors to leave comments on pictures in member albums. This final touch adds the key social networking functionality to the system.
New Member Album Types
In previous versions of 3.7, members' albums of pictures could be specified as private or public only, and any pictures that were intended to be used for backgrounds of customized profile pages had to be located in public albums. This has now been changed, and a new special type has been introduced - profile albums.
These albums are not directly browsable, unlike public albums, but their contents are available for use in profile page customization. It's also now possible to pick background images from a profile-type album without having to memorize picture IDs etc.
Conversation
The Conversation feature is a means by which visitor messages posted between two users on each others' profile pages can be viewed in a unified form. Look for the 'View Conversation' link on visitor messages to use the feature.
Social Group Moderation
Users can now create social groups with content hidden until moderation. Therefore, it seemed logical that it should be possible for those users to act as moderators for content within their own groups.
Visitor Message Privacy
Users can now specify that only their contacts can view and post to their visitor messages section. It is also possible for users to completely disable visitor messages on their own profile.
As with any upgrade or maintanence, if you see any bugs or issues, please let me know!