UBB.threads System Requirements Test Release 20201025
October 26, 2020
The UBB.threads System Requirements Test script has been updated, the 20201025 release has the following changes:
Added: Added a new debug mode which will allow one to see what values the test script arrays contain.
Added: Added new configuration checks for v7.7.5 values (Pinterest, Like Locked Threads, etc.)
Added: Added the ability to submit your server and UBB.threads configuration values to the UBB.threads developers (UBBDev.com); this will allow us to troubleshoot your UBB.threads c…
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Added: Added a new debug mode which will allow one to see what values the test script arrays contain.
Added: Added new configuration checks for v7.7.5 values (Pinterest, Like Locked Threads, etc.)
Added: Added the ability to submit your server and UBB.threads configuration values to the UBB.threads developers (UBBDev.com); this will allow us to troubleshoot your UBB.threads c…
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UBB.threads v7.7.5 Released
October 26, 2020
UBB.threads v7.7.5 was released on October 25th; this version contains many new features, maintenance items, and features a new responsive gallery viewer. It has been tested to be compatible with php 5.4 - php 7.4.
Primary Changes in this Release:
New image viewer for galleries and image attachments.
Direct to-image-linking and sharing.
Auto YouTube Video Embedding using just its URL.
New responsive image gallery albums.
Improved Likes behavior and reporting pages.
Improved emaili…
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Primary Changes in this Release:
New image viewer for galleries and image attachments.
Direct to-image-linking and sharing.
Auto YouTube Video Embedding using just its URL.
New responsive image gallery albums.
Improved Likes behavior and reporting pages.
Improved emaili…
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UBB.threads v7.7.4 Released
March 11, 2020
UBB.threads v7.7.4 was released on March 7th; this version contains many new features, maintenance items, and fixes for PHP 7.1+ and MySQL 5.7+. It has been tested to be compatible with php 5.4 - php 7.4.
Primary Changes in this Release:
Likes system with Likes summary pages for threads and users.
Major updates to the UBBT77 and UBBT77-Dark forum styles.
Post sharing menu for Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Email.
Quick Search within the navigation-bar.
Threaded Mode topic tree updates.
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Primary Changes in this Release:
Likes system with Likes summary pages for threads and users.
Major updates to the UBBT77 and UBBT77-Dark forum styles.
Post sharing menu for Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Email.
Quick Search within the navigation-bar.
Threaded Mode topic tree updates.
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UBB.threads System Requirements Test Release 20200304
March 4, 2020
The UBB.threads System Requirements Test script has been updated, the 20200304 release has the following changes:
Added: A new check for the cURL version installed on the server
Added: A new check for the PHP max_input_vars field
Added: A new check for the OpenSSL version
Added: A new check for an active HTTPS/SSL connection
Added: Updated all php.net URLs (new page locations and HTTPS)
Added: We now identify the PHP variable name with the "friendly name" in the Additiona…
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Added: A new check for the cURL version installed on the server
Added: A new check for the PHP max_input_vars field
Added: A new check for the OpenSSL version
Added: A new check for an active HTTPS/SSL connection
Added: Updated all php.net URLs (new page locations and HTTPS)
Added: We now identify the PHP variable name with the "friendly name" in the Additiona…
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UBB.threads Statistics Updated
September 18, 2019
UBB.threads Statistics has been updated today, notable changes are as follows:
Code Cleanup
First Post Date and Last Post Date have been added, as has the fetch_post_date function.
You can now set the date format for any dates returned.
IDs are now inserted for #top, #stats, #bottom
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Code Cleanup
First Post Date and Last Post Date have been added, as has the fetch_post_date function.
You can now set the date format for any dates returned.
IDs are now inserted for #top, #stats, #bottom
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UBB.Sitemaps 20190818 Release
August 18, 2019
I'm happy to announce that there is a new release of UBB.Sitemaps available today!
UBB.Sitemaps Changes:
Added: Support for UBB.threads Pages
Changed: HTML Sitemaps no longer build in a table, instead they will build as a listing of links with a break
Changed: Switching from Version Numbers to Build Dates (20190818)
Changed: The HTML extension can now be disabled, and will respect the UBB.threads configuration value
Fix: Code Cleanup and Reformatting
Fix: The Forum Listing will ch…
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UBB.Sitemaps Changes:
Added: Support for UBB.threads Pages
Changed: HTML Sitemaps no longer build in a table, instead they will build as a listing of links with a break
Changed: Switching from Version Numbers to Build Dates (20190818)
Changed: The HTML extension can now be disabled, and will respect the UBB.threads configuration value
Fix: Code Cleanup and Reformatting
Fix: The Forum Listing will ch…
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UBB.threads System Requirements Test Release 20190727
July 27, 2019
The UBB.threads System Requirements Test script has been updated, the 20190727 release has the following changes:
Added: Added a filesize display, which will show filesizes as they're expected (as bytes/megabytes/gigabytes; see $conf["filesize"]).
Added: Added a human readable display, which will commify any large numbers (see $conf["human"]).
Added: We now check for the PHP function "exif_read_data" which can read your device orientation for photo uploads.
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Added: Added a filesize display, which will show filesizes as they're expected (as bytes/megabytes/gigabytes; see $conf["filesize"]).
Added: Added a human readable display, which will commify any large numbers (see $conf["human"]).
Added: We now check for the PHP function "exif_read_data" which can read your device orientation for photo uploads.
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UBB.threads System Requirements Test Release 20190628
June 28, 2019
The UBB.threads System Requirements Test script has been updated, the 20190628 release has the following changes:
Added: Database Statistics now display when including your UBB.threads configuration (Server Version, Database Size, Max Allowed Connections, Max Allowed Packet, Index Usage, Query Cache Size)
Added: Introduced a human readable parsing option for items requiring a comma
Added: New v7.7.2 configuration variables (Identicons, Social Fields, HTTPs Images, News Images, IP & Loc…
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Added: Database Statistics now display when including your UBB.threads configuration (Server Version, Database Size, Max Allowed Connections, Max Allowed Packet, Index Usage, Query Cache Size)
Added: Introduced a human readable parsing option for items requiring a comma
Added: New v7.7.2 configuration variables (Identicons, Social Fields, HTTPs Images, News Images, IP & Loc…
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UBB.threads v7.7.0+ Releases
January 29, 2019
UBB.threads v7.7.1 was released today (with v7.7.0 released on the 22nd); in this set of releases a new MySQLi database handler, PHP7 support (up to PHP7.3) has been introduced, and Smarty2 support has been completely dropped
What does this mean in the real world? Well, this means that the UBB.threads v7.7.0+ release tree has the fastest performance of any release to date. With each new PHP build scripts execute faster, especially with old code being rewritten with optimization in mind.
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What does this mean in the real world? Well, this means that the UBB.threads v7.7.0+ release tree has the fastest performance of any release to date. With each new PHP build scripts execute faster, especially with old code being rewritten with optimization in mind.
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UBB.threads System Requirements Test Release 20190121
January 21, 2019
The UBB.threads System Requirements Test script has been updated, the 20190121 release has the following changes:
Added an option to not parse the config file when the path is populated; this will allow a version check without a full configuration file parse.
Added a MySQL Version Check when the path is populated, this will display your MySQL Server version in the Additional Information area.
Retooled the min/max version version check to display a combined warning when the system doesn't s…
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Added an option to not parse the config file when the path is populated; this will allow a version check without a full configuration file parse.
Added a MySQL Version Check when the path is populated, this will display your MySQL Server version in the Additional Information area.
Retooled the min/max version version check to display a combined warning when the system doesn't s…
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UBB.threads System Requirements Test Release 20190101
January 1, 2019
The UBB.threads System Requirements Test script has been updated, the 20190101 release has the following changes:
Major retooling of the UBB.threads Configuration Parser
Build now displays at the top of the page.
System checks for PHP7 and PHP7.1 for UBB.threads v7.7; there is a check for builds of PHP7.2+ which are not currently compatible with UBB.threads.
System checks retooled for PHP7 support.
Added checks for MySQLi Connect and MySQL Connect
Added min/max reporting to the Syste…
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Major retooling of the UBB.threads Configuration Parser
Build now displays at the top of the page.
System checks for PHP7 and PHP7.1 for UBB.threads v7.7; there is a check for builds of PHP7.2+ which are not currently compatible with UBB.threads.
System checks retooled for PHP7 support.
Added checks for MySQLi Connect and MySQL Connect
Added min/max reporting to the Syste…
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UBB.Sitemaps & UBB.MemberMaps Updates
August 28, 2018
I'm happy to announce that there is a new release of UBB.Sitemaps, UBB.MemberMaps, and the UBB.threads System Requirements Test Script out today!
The developer notes are as follows:
UBB.Sitemaps
No longer in Alpha as the script has been tested extensively on many server configurations.
Added a listing of all forum names (type 7), which is linked from the Sitemap Index page.
Added an option to not display the frequency line.
Added an option to not display the lastmod line.
Added an …
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The developer notes are as follows:
UBB.Sitemaps
No longer in Alpha as the script has been tested extensively on many server configurations.
Added a listing of all forum names (type 7), which is linked from the Sitemap Index page.
Added an option to not display the frequency line.
Added an option to not display the lastmod line.
Added an …
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UBB.threads v7.6.1 Information
November 22, 2017
Isaac and I are working on finalizing UBB.threads v7.6.1, and should hopefully have the code out within the next couple of weeks. Quite a bit has been tackled in this update, you can take a look at the Official UBB.threads Announcements forum at UBBDev for a complete rundown, but I've cherry picked some items out of the progress reports:
Support for Google's reCAPTCHA
Ability for admin's to disable mobile capability
Identified and fixed a bug with the UBB.threads built in CAPTCHA
New …
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Support for Google's reCAPTCHA
Ability for admin's to disable mobile capability
Identified and fixed a bug with the UBB.threads built in CAPTCHA
New …
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New UBB.threads Peeks
August 25, 2015
Gosh, it's been a while since I wrote an entirely new system for UBB.threads, heck it's been a busy year maintaining things that it's hard to compare any apples to oranges.
As I lay here in bed swiping away at my tablet I think of many new additions to the forum software that I've been using all these years, and this year as part of a team of developers working to produce it as well.
We had a long list of things that we wanted to tackle, one was the fact that we where far from standards co…
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As I lay here in bed swiping away at my tablet I think of many new additions to the forum software that I've been using all these years, and this year as part of a team of developers working to produce it as well.
We had a long list of things that we wanted to tackle, one was the fact that we where far from standards co…
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This issue is caused when the referrer variable in your browser is blocked and unable to be read by the UBB software; this is an issue with a security application on your computer; it can be several things, including:
1. Internet Security Suites, such as Norton Internet Security.
2. Firewalls, such as Zone Alarm
3. Virus Scanners
4. You may be posting from a site which is not in your "allowed sites" list (multiple domains, viewing from a non-www variant of your forum, etc); you can…
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1. Internet Security Suites, such as Norton Internet Security.
2. Firewalls, such as Zone Alarm
3. Virus Scanners
4. You may be posting from a site which is not in your "allowed sites" list (multiple domains, viewing from a non-www variant of your forum, etc); you can…
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