Downtime

[R.]

Website and forum will most likely be down for the complete upcoming weekend (27.09/28.09) while I'm updating the forum software to v3.7.3. :angst:

[samurai7]

the website's gonna be down on Meat's birthday? lol - guess people'll have to get their birthday wishes in early...

[Monstro]

Did the Sunday night chat break it?

[RadioMaster]

waaaa how am I gonna survive that??

[AndrewG]

That sucks, but I accept it. :-(

[Monstro]

waaaa how am I gonna survive that??

You could always wash your hair

[R.]

the website's gonna be down on Meat's birthday? lol - guess people'll have to get their birthday wishes in early...Well, it fits my schedule perfectly, so the sooner you start ... :))
Seriously though, I expect a downtime of approx. 3 hrs and that will be on Sunday. I will prepare the update on a testsystem, which is hosted on the same server, so this announcement just covers the worst case scenario. ;)
Did the Sunday night chat break it?Yep. :rly:

[AndrewG]

R., You are the master with posting the smilies imo. :))

[Monstro]

Anything new for the site we can expect R?

[R.]

Anything new for the site we can expect R?
Basic social networking features.

[RadioMaster]

for example...?

[R.]

for example...?
New features we will use ...

Reciprocal Friendships Between Users

As part of our new social networking system, users can now request that people on their buddy list confirm their friendship, after which time a person's list of confirmed friends will be viewable to other users.

http://files.vbulletin.com/3.7/friends-edit.png


Public Messaging

While private messages between users have been in vBulletin since version 2.0, vBulletin 3.7 introduces the public messaging system, allowing users to communicate publicly via their profile pages.

http://files.vbulletin.com/3.7/public-messages-profile.png


User-Created Social Groups

To further social cohesion between users and to encourage people to make friends, vBulletin now includes a facility to allow users to create their own social/interest groups.

http://files.vbulletin.com/3.7/social-groups.png

These groups are enhanced by having their own public messaging system, and the ability to add pictures to the group from user albums.

http://files.vbulletin.com/3.7/social-groups-messages-and-pictures.png


New Member Profile Page

In order to accomodate all the new features in vBulletin 3.7, the member profile page has been completely redesigned from the ground up.

The new page presents information in a far cleaner and more logical manner, while dividing up information into manageable chunks using a tabbed interface.

Individual profile field categories can be displayed alone in blocks in the right column, in addition to appearing by default in the 'About Me' tab.

http://files.vbulletin.com/3.7/new-memberinfo-b.png


New features we might use ...

User Picture Galleries

vBulletin users can now create albums and upload pictures to their account.

http://files.vbulletin.com/3.7/album-show-album.png

The ability to view these albums and pictures can be limited by the user to just board staff and people on their buddy list if they want privacy.

http://files.vbulletin.com/3.7/album-show-picture.png


Member Customization of Profile Page

The administrator may choose to allow his members to use the profile page customization tool, which allows users to alter fonts, colors, background and borders etc. of their profile page in order to create a more personalized look.

http://files.vbulletin.com/3.7/customize-profile-editor.png

The administrator can lock-down customization permissions, in order to prevent the personalized pages being made too offensively awful by aesthetically challenged members... nobody wants to see some of those really ugly MySpace pages on your vBulletin installation!

http://files.vbulletin.com/3.7/full-memberinfo-compare.png

http://files.vbulletin.com/3.7/customize-profile-memberinfo-b.png


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.

http://files.vbulletin.com/3.7/picture-comments.jpg


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.

http://files.vbulletin.com/3.7/edit-album.png

It's also now possible to pick background images from a profile-type album without having to memorize picture IDs etc.

http://files.vbulletin.com/3.7/choose-profile-album.png

Social Groups Administration
It is now possible to do extended searches on user-created social groups from the Admin Control Panel, and mass-delete groups should one wish to do so.

http://files.vbulletin.com/3.7/sgroup-acp.png


Conversation
vBulletin 3.7.0 Beta 5 introduces the Conversation feature; 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.

http://files.vbulletin.com/3.7/conversation.png

[meatloaf-unofficial]

Well good look with it - lets hope it upgrades well and no problems occur!

[RadioMaster]

makes forum life even more complicated lol

[Siobhan]

oh - thats what the Marya Roxx forum has, its not too complicated really...

[duke knooby]

don't do it!!! don't do it!!!

feel free to ban rj and delete zinas post count though

[meatloaf-unofficial]

Sounds like come cracking new features ;-)

[RadioMaster]

don't do it!!! don't do it!!!

feel free to ban rj and delete zinas post count though

you requesting bans for other people now as well?

[duke knooby]

yeah

[RadioMaster]

ok then

[mszee]

don't do it!!! don't do it!!!

feel free to ban rj and delete zinas post count though

Sounds like sour grapes to me...:wtf:

On the other hand...if anybody fully understood what R. said above...please feel free to PM me and explain it...

[MeatGrl1]

Yes gone over my head too Zina.. All too technical for me also :shock: !!!

[mszee]

Yes gone over my head too Zina.. All too technical for me also :shock: !!!

On the other hand...I will go home and re-read this in normal size and will die but figure it all out...

[MeatGrl1]

:lmao: !!

Good luck hun ;) :up: :lol:.

When you figure it out please feel free to enlighten me ;).

Thank you :)).

[Monstro]

I like the albums bit, sounds good!!!!

[~Helen~]

It all sounds very impressive :up: and just goes to prove that R. is waaaaaay more clever than any of us....well certainly than me! I just hope it doesn't boggle my head as much when it's here as reading about it did!!

[samurai7]

sounds a biit like facebook... :wtf::p

[SamCat]

I liked the photos of pizza!!

[mszee]

I liked the photos of pizza!!

:lmao:

[wolfy35]

Looks good R but you realise if it doesnt work people will be baying for your head on a block for it being down on Meats birthday

[The Flying Mouse]

:twisted: Seeing as we only have this site BECAUSE of R, people don't really have anything to bay about :shrug:

If the site needs updating it needs updating, and R has got to do it when he has the time to do it.

Knowing him though, it'll all be done in 5 mins, and take us 5 years to learn how to use the damn thing :lol:

[MissAsh]

Sounds pretty good, fingers crossed the update goes well!

[RadioMaster]

:twisted: Seeing as we only have this site BECAUSE of R, people don't really have anything to bay about :shrug:


can I still bay-watch though? :))

[The Flying Mouse]

can I still bay-watch though? :))


:twisted: You want to watch David Hasselhoff run around in red shorts, that's your business :hand:

[RadioMaster]

well, actually....as it's on the internet, I'd have to e-bay-watch :))

[mszee]

I am sorry I am off topic but I distinctly remember a few females besides David H. on Baywatch...

[AndyK]

None at all Zina ... I used to watch it for the articles :))

[mszee]

None at all Zina ... I used to watch it for the articles :))

Not enough that I started laughing in the middle of the office...but my head was propped on my hand, my elbow slipped and I've hurt myself...ouch...

[AndyK]

Unfortunately the apology plug in won't be installed until this weekend :p

[mszee]

Unfortunately the apology plug in won't be installed until this weekend :p

OOOOOhhh...that reminds me...

Is infraction/banning system going to be the same or new and improved with this upgrade???

[AndyK]

Wait and see ;-)

[mszee]

Wait and see ;-)

Well, that's the thing...I am afraid I WON'T see...LOL...

If it's new and improved...I open my mouth in NJ and automatically get banned on UK site located somewhere in Germany...

[AndyK]

Well, that's the thing...I am afraid I WON'T see...LOL...

If it's new and improved...I open my mouth in NJ and automatically get banned on UK site located somewhere in Germany...

I thought you were still officially banned anyway? The only way an in person ban from R can be reversed is in person by R :lmao:

[mszee]

I see...well, you know what he would say to me in person...and mean it too...

[RadioMaster]

If it's new and improved...I open my mouth in NJ and automatically get banned on UK site located somewhere in Germany...

That's how we all got here :))

[mszee]

That's how we all got here :))

HOW? From Germany to England via NJ? That's some detour...:?

[AndyK]

That's how we all got here :))

Did you not have that conversation with your parents?

[RadioMaster]

Did you not have that conversation with your parents?

nah, id do anything (and so on)

[The Flying Mouse]

Did you not have that conversation with your parents?


:twisted: What?

Hey mum, how did I get here?

Via New Jersey.


:shock:

[mszee]

nah, id dont anything (and so on)

I honestly would have understood this post better if you spoke German...what did you say???

[RadioMaster]

sorry, that happens if you pay more attention to the fridge than to your computer

[AndyK]

Do you often have conversations with domestic appliances? The long winter nights must really fly by!

[RadioMaster]

sometimes everyone's lonely...

[Monstro]

sometimes everyone's lonely...

Yeah, just ask his hairdryer

[RadioMaster]

you seem to make a lot of hair jokes lately

[Hypnobabe]

I liked the photos of pizza!!

fewer calories than the real thing, I've noticed...

[allrevvedup]

can't be healthy for you if you eat the pictures of the pizza though

[Deb]

It all sounds very impressive :up: and just goes to prove that R. is waaaaaay more clever than any of us....

He is indeed and i'm sure he can do this standing on his head, while sleeping :-P

It all makes perfect sense to me :lol:

[RadioMaster]

I wanna see R sleeping while standing on his head

[Deb]

Where's them pictures when I need them :-P:lol::twisted:

[RadioMaster]

I always knew R was the real Bat out of Hell, sleeping upside down and everything :p