JWTalk.net Changelog

[Brother_Bliss]

JWTalk 16.11.12

• Large number of bugs fixes.
• Performance improvements in: profile view, sitemap generator, posting replies, and Activity Streams
• When a member changes their email or password they now get an email confirmation
• You can now press ctrl/cmd+enter in any editor window to submit the reply
• There is now logic to prevent double-posting when the initial post encounters an error on submit
• Moderators can now remove all followers from an item
• Contact Us is now configurable with various options
• Announcements can now be restricted by member group
• Admins now have a setting to have members automatically follow content they start or reply to. Members can optionally override this.
• The editor will now show a message if a link that can be embedded (image, video, etc.) failed to embed for some reason. Admins get more detailed error reasons.
• When a member is banned/suspended the system now shows a more friendly page with information on their ban. Previously it showed a permission denied page.
• Security Questions for account security

 

JWTalk 16.10.10

• Fixed security flaw that allowed unapproved members to send PM's via Tapatalk

 

JWTalk 16.10.8

• Fixed security flaw that allowed unapproved members to bypass validation by using Tapatalk

 

JWTalk 16.9.21

• Remember me cookie is now 90 days rather than 7 days
• Performance improvements on activity streams
• Performance improvement to online list widgets

• CKEditor updated
• Apache upgrade
• PHP upgraded
• IPS upgraded

 

JWTalk 16.9.13

• Fixed several Tapatalk formatting, autofollow,  and attachment handling  issues
• Added @mention support to Tapatalk
• Unapproved topics no longer appear to Tapatalk users
• Bug fixes in Auto-Welcome scripts.
• Upgraded some moderator scripts.

 

JWTalk 16.9.11

• Fixed a potential security issue

 

JWTalk 16.8.25

• Fix URL issues.
• Added code to capture errors with 3rd party plugins.
• CKEditor has been updated 4.5.10.
• CodeMirror has been updated to 5.17.
• Plupload has been updated to 2.1.9.
• buzz.js has been updated to 1.2.
• HTMLPurifier has been updated to 4.8.0.

 

JWTalk 16.8.21

 

• New per-group setting to highlight posts made by certain groups. 
• Personal conversation management improvements:
  • Can now filter personal conversations to just read/unread.
  • Can now move multiple personal conversations into a different folder at once.
  • Can search by recipient/sender name.
• Notifications about Calendar events now include the event date.
• When viewing a log in the Administration Center, it will now show you on which page the log occurred and by which member.
• When the search index is being rebuilt, a message is now shown on the search results page to indicate why results may not be complete.

• Major performance improvements to Activity Streams

 

JWTalk 16.6.25

• Fixed broken @mention links.
• Merging members could cause follow records to be lost. - fixed
• Email digests. - fixed
• Bulk mails may send duplicates - fixed 

 

JWTalk 16.5.28

• When you mouseover the badge showing who liked a post, you will now see a larger list of who liked that post. You can still click to get the full list.
• Ratings now show half-stars for the average (for example, if one user votes 3 stars and another 4, it will show 3 and a half stars) and there is now an indication if you have rated something.
• A "Preview" button has been added to the post editor which shows how the post will appear after BBCode processing. Tabs show how the post will appear on desktop, tablet and mobile.
• Users can now choose to ignore notifications for being mentioned in posts by particular users.
• You can now filter searches by specific forums/categories.
• The filter dropdowns in the Activity Stream now have an "Apply" button for better usability (previously you had to click outside the dropdown).
• The "Expanded/Collapsed" toggles are now clearer in the Activity Stream.
• Hitting back from a clicked item in any activity stream now remembers your position and loaded results.
• Better indication of files pending approval in Downloads.
• A logged in member without a valid timezone set will trigger exceptions any time another members age is checked. - Fixed
• Using very high limits for the number of questions per poll may cause errors. - Fixed
• Uploading animated gifs was broken in some areas - Fixed
• Orphaned comments trigger an exception when search index is rebuilding. - Fixed
• Possible XSS Security flaw in the "hovercard" system. - Fixed
• CKEditor has been updated to 4.5.9.
• FontAwesome has been updated to 4.6.0.
• jQuery has been updated to 1.12.3.
• CodeMirror has been updated to 5.14.2.
• XRegExp has been updated to 3.1.0.

 

JWTalk 16.5.4

• Upgraded to IPS 4.1.11
• If you receive a browser notification your notification menu will now reload to get the latest notification.
• The "All Activity" activity stream now has an RSS feed.
• The filter bar at the top of the activity stream no longer sticks to the stop of the screen when scrolling.
• More consistent visual feedback when a post submit or edit is processing to reduce duplicates.
• Instant notifications are now dismissible.
• The sidebar has been added back to the stream pages.
• You can now sort by most downloaded in Downloads app.
• When your link auto-embeds in a post such as with an image, YouTube video, Twitter link, etc. an option will now display to revert the embed back to a plain text link if you do not want the embed.
• Placing a link to a Facebook status will embed when possible.
• If Gravatar is enabled, and a user has not defined an profile photo, then their email address will be used to fetch from Gravatar unless explicitly set not to.
• Inline notifications can now be dismissed
• Efficiency improvements to the search index
• You can now close a poll independently of the topic
• Some BBCode does not parse correctly in version 4 and we have applied some fixes for this. In general BBCode is deprecated so we only provide basic support.
• Certain URLs from IPB 3 were not redirecting properly to the new IPS 4 format.
• Multiple fixes for tag searching

 

JWTalk 16.2.21

• Removed "Sign up with [Social Media]" option on registration page.
• Increased inactivity period in Chat Room to kick you out in 30 minutes instead of 10 minutes.
• Linked footer to Change Log

 

JWTalk 16.2.8

• Fixed Tapatalk compatibility issues.
• Revamped Member Ranks System because I was bored.
• Integrated Forums with Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/JWTalkForums

 

JWTalk 16.2.4

• Upgraded to IPS 4.1.8.1 - small patch to address bug fixes

 

JWTalk 16.2.3

• Upgraded to IPS 4.1.8 - maintenance release addressing bug fixes
• Made site compatible with IPS 4.1.8
• Fixed "Auto Welcome Members" plugin
• Upgraded Apache and PHP on the server to close vulnerabilities.
• Added PHP extensions for better forum performance.

 

JWTalk 16.1.31

• Added a function to number each post within a topic.

 

JWTalk 16.1.30

• Concurrent posts made within 1 minute are now automatically merged
• Changed Language "Member Title" to "Member Rank" so users stop putting their Real Name in there.
• Organized Profile Fields to indicate which ones are visible only to Staff.
• Added "Who's Chatting?" to bottom of posts pages (Sidebar on Index and Topic List pages)
• Moved Quoted Content block 7 pixels to the rights so it's easier to differentiate quotes from comments.
• Restored missing "Baptized y/n?" profile fields from a previous backup - Thanks Carlos!
• Changed Sidebar Color to stand out from Main Area

 

JWTalk 16.1.29

• Added nag screen for missing required profile fields
• Added some space between post content and "Edited by" info pane
• Changed {Enter} Key behavior from "New Paragraph" to "New Line"
• Added a button to erase everything in the Large Editor
• Added a button to remove formatting within the Large Editor.
• Added a button to allow highlighting within the Large Editor
• Added "Spoiler" button to the Large Editor

 

JWTalk 16.1.28

• Fixed issue that allowed guests to report posts

 

JWTalk 16.1.27

• Added "change author" function.

 

JWTalk 16.1.26

• Published Revised Forum Membership Policy

 

JWTalk 16.1.24

• Fixed major bug in security tools added the day before.

 

JWTalk 16.1.23

• Added security tools beneficial for Moderators and Admins
• Created "Publicy Visible Images" Category in Photo Gallery

 

JWTalk 16.1.22

• Fix critical issue preventing loading of theme in certain situations

 

JWTalk 16.1.21

• Changed language to "Leave a PUBLICLY VISIBLE message on [members]'s feed" for Status Updates
• Made the Status Update entry field gray on the sidebar block

 

JWTalk 16.1.19

• Breadcrumb height weirdness resolved
• Made JWTalk Theme compatible with IPS 4.1.7
• Fixed notification counts have bad positioning in footer navigation block
• Logged out view - “Sign Up” user nav button has weird vertical alignment fixed. 
• Login bar responsiveness messed up in tablet portrait views fixed
• Finally fixed locked toggle switches in Notification settings that were causing excessive emails.
• Changed text color in posts to solid black after some feedback.

 

JWTalk 16.1.18

• Added some under the hood webmaster only plugins
• Changed "Reply to this topic" area to grey because it was hard to see.
• Installed Tapatalk for IPS 4.x on the server.

 

JWTalk 16.1.17

• Officially released JWTalk 2016 to the community and public
• Increased Private Message Storage Limits (varies by member group)

 

JWTalk 16.1.16

• Disabled social media icons for breaking breadcrumb on long post titles
• Finished final site design and visible manipulation of new skin.

 

JWTalk 16.1.14

• Added template code to hide sensitive profile information for now
• Changed language "Edit Post" to "Save Edits"

 

JWTalk 16.1.13

• Upgraded to IPS 4.1.7
• A cross-site-scripting (XSS) issue was discovered and patched
• Add custom sidebar blocks
• Started design work on new skin.

 

JWTalk 16.1.12

• Purchased and applied skin that will serve as basis of our new redesign

 

JWTalk 16.1.7

• Upgraded to IPS 4.1.6
• Fixed YouTube embedding in the editor so links no longer need to be on their own line

 

JWTalk 16.1.2

• Increase Photo Size Limits
• Switch from square avatars to rounded avatars.

 

JWTalk 16.1.1

• Initial restructuring of things that are appearing where they shouldn't.
• Fix issue where Full Access Members are listed as Moderators
• Fix emails issues of not sending correctly or sending to the wrong person

 

JWTalk 15.12.31

• Upgraded to IPS 4.1.5 for testing

[Musky]

My, you've been busy! Great work, thank you!

[New World Explorer]

Big thanks for your hard work ! Amazing how much real work and time goes into the forum " under the hood " improvements 

again ... Thank you 

[Good-O]

Bro Bob, I thank you for all your hard work.  I don't understand most of what you wrote but I know that I will benefit from it.    Thanks again. 

[Brother_Bliss]

5 hours ago, Musky said:

 

My, you've been busy! Great work, thank you!

 

So much for that "smooth transition" we were planning for when we upgraded, lol

[Friends just call me Ross]

[shali]

Wow Bob! Have you had any time for anything else?!!!  Thank you so much for all the "fixes" and those to come yet!  I really appreciate the fact that you take any feedback you get from us  seriously.  I hope all will be exactly as you want it by the time spring is here!

 

By the way, there was no need to fix the "full access members listed as moderators" bug, I liked that one! hehe!

Edited January 30, 2016 by shali

[Musky]

3 hours ago, Dismal_Bliss said:

9 hours ago, Musky said:

 

My, you've been busy! Great work, thank you!

 

 

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So much for that "smooth transition" we were planning for when we upgraded, lol

 

From what I've seen on other sites, it could have been a lot worse!

Edited January 30, 2016 by Musky

[Sheep]

11 hours ago, Dismal_Bliss said:

JWTalk 16.1.2

• Increase Photo Size Limits
• Switch from square avatars to rounded avatars.

 

Was there a reason to change to rounded avatars? I noticed in some cases it crops something important out of the picture. (My sheep's ears are clipped.) In Lance's avatar, the words were cropped out. However I think he changed his avatar to compensate for it.

[Brother_Bliss]

13 minutes ago, Sheep said:

 

Was there a reason to change to rounded avatars? I noticed in some cases it crops something important out of the picture. (My sheep's ears are clipped.) In Lance's avatar, the words were cropped out. However I think he changed his avatar to compensate for it.

Just for the sake of a fresh new look.

 

It's a simple CSS trick. I set the avatar size and then the border-radius property is half of that, which gives it a perfect round shape. If you use Chrome, right click an avatar and select "Inspect Element" and you can play with the values yourself. The lower the border-radius value, the less rounded they become. It would be an easy compromise to use rounded mini avatars on the index pages, and then something more square on the posts page.

[Sheep]

11 hours ago, Dismal_Bliss said:

JWTalk 16.1.29

 

. . .

• Added a button to erase everything in the Large Editor
• Added a button to remove formatting within the Large Editor.
• Added a button to allow highlighting within the Large Editor
• Added "Spoiler" button to the Large Editor

 

I have had an issue with the editor (I guess it's the "Large Editor." I am on a laptop.) It has to do with quoting.

 

Sometimes I click the Quote option on someone's post, and the editor shows that person's post and several others too. (No, I didn't use the + sign.) Sometimes I can just erase the quotes I don't need. But occasionally the post I want to quote is "nested" within another quote that I don't need. If I delete that one, it deletes the one I want to keep. That's frustrating.

 

Earlier today, though, I just opened the editor to write something (not quoting anything), and there was a quoted post already in the editor. I couldn't figure out where it came from.

 

I don't know if anyone else has seen that problem...?

[Brother_Bliss]

The editor saves your draft. If you started writing something and then changed your mind, and returned hours later to write something else, the previous rough draft will appear for you. There is a new button to the far right (on the Large Editor) that will erase everything so you can start over.

 

The editor you are served depends on your screen size or device type. There is a Medium editor and a Small Editor too (they appear automatically when you resize your window).

[Sheep]

5 minutes ago, Dismal_Bliss said:

The editor saves your draft. If you started writing something and then changed your mind, and returned hours later to write something else, the previous rough draft will appear for you. There is a new button to the far right that will erase everything so you can start over.

 

That Erase button may come in handy, but it will also erase the post I want to quote.

Edited January 30, 2016 by Sheep

[Brother_Bliss]

2 minutes ago, Sheep said:

 

That's Erase button may come in handy, but it will also erase the post I want to quote.

The re-quote it. 

 

I haven't had the quote within quote issue. My initial suspicion would be that after editing one quote and leaving your cursor in the quote area, one then proceeds to quote someone else, and this new quote appears in the quote area because that is where the cursor was.

[Brother_Bliss]

Today's tinkering....

 

JWTalk 16.1.30

• Concurrent posts made within 1 minute are now automatically merged
• Changed Language "Member Title" to "Member Rank" so users stop putting their Real Name in there.
• Organized Profile Fields to indicate which ones are visible only to Staff.
• Added "Who's Chatting?" to bottom of posts pages (Sidebar on Index and Topic List pages)
• Moved Quoted Content block 7 pixels to the rights so it's easier to differentiate quotes from comments.
• Restored missing "Baptized y/n?" profile fields from a previous backup - Thanks Carlos!
• Changed Sidebar Color to stand out from Main Area

[New World Explorer]

I think " who is chatting" bar should be moved to the bottom 

Most of the time it sits there in the middle ... Empty 

 

 

[New World Explorer]

Sorry I have just notified that you have moved the chatting bar to the bottom 

but  why do I still see it  in the middle ? 

[Brother_Bliss]

It's currently on the bottom of the "Read Topic" pages where there is no sidebar, and then on the sidebar on the "Forum Index" and "Topic List" pages.

[timpin]

Since many read posts from the top down, is it possible to put "make site read" back at the bottom like it was before?

[Qapla]

If you are going to put the "Mark Site Read" link on the bottom, like it was before, please ADD it to the bottom - do not MOVE it to the bottom by removing it from the top.

 

It may be true that I read posts from the top down .... but - personally, I return to the top and "refresh" the page to see what new posts have been added while I was reading posts. I do not read all topics so I do not "clear" the entire 'Unread Content" results. When I refresh, any new posts are displayed at the top, not the bottom.

 

When I see no more new posts that I want to read and those left on the list are not ones I read, that is when I "Mark Site Read" - I am at the top of the page when I do this, so I was glad to see this link at the top of the page.

 

It seems to me it could easily be located at the top and bottom of the page.

[Musky]

On the bottom of the main index page, there are two ways to jump back to the top where the "mark site read" button is, so it can't get much easier then that. There is a "home" button on the far left at the bottom, as well as a black "up arrow" on the right. Both of which takes you right up to the top of the page. So, there is really no need for a mark site read button at the bottom. 

[Brother_Bliss]

I think I wanna change the color of that 'back to the top' arrow on the bottom right. It's hardly noticeable.

 

The language could be changed from "Mark Site Read" to "Mark Everything Read" but I think it's just fine the way it is.

[Brother_Bliss]

Today's tinkering....

 

JWTalk 16.2.3

• Upgraded to IPS 4.1.8 - maintenance release addressing bug fixes
• Made site compatible with IPS 4.1.8
• Fixed "Auto Welcome Members" plugin
• Upgraded Apache and PHP on the server to close vulnerabilities.
• Added PHP extensions for better forum performance.

[New World Explorer]

2 hours ago, Dismal_Bliss said:

Today's tinkering....

 

JWTalk 16.2.3

• Upgraded to IPS 4.1.8 - maintenance release addressing bug fixes
• Made site compatible with IPS 4.1.8
• Fixed "Auto Welcome Members" plugin
• Upgraded Apache and PHP on the server to close vulnerabilities.
• Added PHP extensions for better forum performance.

Apache....  !  I understand, I watched John Wayne movies 

But PHP ...?  never heard of such tribe   

[Qapla]

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