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Forum software upgrade

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Category: News & Announcements
Forum Name: News & Announcements
Forum Description: Changes, patch release dates, server launch dates, downtime notifications etc.
URL: http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/forum_posts.asp?TID=5522
Printed Date: 17 Apr 2022 at 21:28
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.03 - http://www.webwizforums.com

Topic: Forum software upgrade

Posted By: GM Stormcrow
Subject: Forum software upgrade
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2014 at 08:18

Hi everyone,

We're upgrading the forum software. Exactly when, we don't know - it's up to the hosting company, but probably sometime today.

Lots of great new functions etc, but there may be some weirdnesses (and maybe a bit of downtime) as well; so if so, please bear with us!

Many thanks,

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Posted By: GM Stormcrow
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2014 at 08:46

Oh, and.. wow. It's done.

Hurrah!

Best,

Posted By: Lyken
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2014 at 14:58

That was quick...

Any chance we could get a brief run-down or a few examples of what's been added/changed?

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Posted By: GM Stormcrow
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2014 at 17:56

Lyken wrote:

That was quick...

Any chance we could get a brief run-down or a few examples of what's been added/changed?

Well, a huge amount of stuff tbh, most of it quite tedious and administrative, but some things to mention are:

Login/account creation/cookie storage is now more fully compliant with EU and US law
Your private mail can now store more than 5 items
Improved social networking sharing of threads
Improved display handling on mobile and tablets, including the Surface
Improved browser detection and browser-specific display formatting
Improved embedded media (eg youtube) display and iframe options
BBcode updates to latest versions
Improved anti-spam
A whole heap of outlier-case bugfixes too tedious to mention

But probably the most useful update is that you can now retrieve/reset your own password without having to contact GM Rikoo (there's a "Forgot My Password" link on the login page). This does, of course, require that you entered a valid email address when you registered!

Best,

Posted By: Rill
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2014 at 19:54

And it now tells us how long ago a post was updated under the new posts lists. Could be handy for people who don't come to the forum all that often.

Sounds like some good changes!

Posted By: Lyken
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2014 at 02:13

Excellent additions! It was also pointed out to me by Koda that the 'Latest forum posts' section is now showing only the latest post of the most recently active threads, rather than the last six or seven posts of the same active thread.

Thanks, SC!

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Posted By: Brandmeister
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2014 at 04:58

I gotta be honest, your screen parameters are still 10% too wide for iPad. The text is clipped on both sides of the screen, most likely because of a mis-use of relative sizing and DIV.