larry
01-10-2009, 11:08 PM
We have added a lot of enhancements to the site that make the site EVEN BETTER.
New Enchancements to the site:
Social Group Discussion Threads
Messages in Social Groups are now threaded into 'Social Group Discussions'.
Discussion are sortable by creator, replies and last post.
Discussions can be filtered with a simple full text search on titles.
Users can subscribe to discussions and receive email notifications on new messages.
Subscribed discussions with new posts are aggregated in the User CP.
Individual Discussions have social bookmarking links (user defined, such as Digg, StumbleUpon etc).
New 'Can Always' permissions to create and view both discussions and messages, simplifying access.
Posts are now ascending, which is more intuitive in threaded discussions.
Users can configure their groups so that only the group owner can create new discussion threads.
Social Group info is hidden when entering a discussion or viewing pages of results to move focus to discussions.
Social Group Changes
Mark All will read mark all discussions in a group via AJAX.
Social Groups can be subscribed to, adding group aggregation to the User CP.
Social Groups now belong to a category.
A group's category is displayed in the navigation breadcrumb, group lists and group info.
A new overview page displays a random group, your groups, new groups and groups that you created.
Groups that you created are navigatable via AJAX and display further information about the group, including pending members and moderated items.
A category cloud is displayed in the group overview with popularity weighting based on the number of groups.
Categories can be created and deleted and merged in the Admin CP.
On upgrade from < 3.8, existing groups are moved to an initial 'Uncategorized' category, which can be renamed.
Groups can be filtered by category, via the category cloud or advanced search.
Social Groups can now have a group icon. The icon is displayed in the group info, and a thumbnail version is used in group listings.
Icons are displayed on the User Profile page for groups that the user is a member of.
Permissions control user abilities to upload icons for their groups, including file size and the ability to upload animated icons.
Icons can be stored in the database or filesystem.
Social Groups can now be transferred between users. The group will only be transferred if the recipient accepts the transfer.
Moderators with the appropriate permission can transfer any group. This is useful when a group owner becomes inactive.
Private Message Changes
Read receipts are automatically accepted when a PM is replied to.
A new Quick Reply can be used to reply to PM's.
A new user option is available to set the default value for 'Save Copy' which is also used with Quick Reply.
PM's can be ordered by Title, Date and Sender.
When ordered, PM's are grouped by:
Title - Alphabetical ranges (A-H, I-P, Q-Z, 0-9 and other) - Non ASCII chars are grouped based on transliteration where possible
Date - Today, Yesterday, individual day names, Last Week, 2 Weeks, Last Month, Older, etc.
Sender - Grouped by Sender
Private Messages can be filtered by Sender, Title, a given date period, and whether the message has been read or not.
Profile Privacy
With the appropriate permission, users can now configure which parts of their profile is visible, and to who. The configurable components are:
Profile Picture
Visitor Messages
Contact Info
Albums
About Me
Friends
Recent Visitors
Group Memberships
Custom Field Blocks where the admin has allowed it
The components can be configured to be visible to:
Everyone
Registered Members
Contacts
Friends
Generally information is only hidden/displayed within the user profile page with the exception of Albums which also affects the ability to view the albums.
Also, custom field blocks can be configured by the admin as to whether they will be included in users' privacy settings.
Albums
Pictures can now be moved from one album to another.
Album covers are regenerated when moving images if the cover is moved, or the destination album has no cover.
The default albums view now displays recently updated public albums.
Lightbox
Lightboxes can now be used to view all images in a post.
Next and Previous buttons can be used to navigate the attachments, and wrap when the first/last image has been reached
Other Changes and Additions
PM Reporting.
Subscription folders can be emptied with one click.
Quick Edit is available for Visitor Messages and Picture Comments, as well as Social Group Messages.
New Enchancements to the site:
Social Group Discussion Threads
Messages in Social Groups are now threaded into 'Social Group Discussions'.
Discussion are sortable by creator, replies and last post.
Discussions can be filtered with a simple full text search on titles.
Users can subscribe to discussions and receive email notifications on new messages.
Subscribed discussions with new posts are aggregated in the User CP.
Individual Discussions have social bookmarking links (user defined, such as Digg, StumbleUpon etc).
New 'Can Always' permissions to create and view both discussions and messages, simplifying access.
Posts are now ascending, which is more intuitive in threaded discussions.
Users can configure their groups so that only the group owner can create new discussion threads.
Social Group info is hidden when entering a discussion or viewing pages of results to move focus to discussions.
Social Group Changes
Mark All will read mark all discussions in a group via AJAX.
Social Groups can be subscribed to, adding group aggregation to the User CP.
Social Groups now belong to a category.
A group's category is displayed in the navigation breadcrumb, group lists and group info.
A new overview page displays a random group, your groups, new groups and groups that you created.
Groups that you created are navigatable via AJAX and display further information about the group, including pending members and moderated items.
A category cloud is displayed in the group overview with popularity weighting based on the number of groups.
Categories can be created and deleted and merged in the Admin CP.
On upgrade from < 3.8, existing groups are moved to an initial 'Uncategorized' category, which can be renamed.
Groups can be filtered by category, via the category cloud or advanced search.
Social Groups can now have a group icon. The icon is displayed in the group info, and a thumbnail version is used in group listings.
Icons are displayed on the User Profile page for groups that the user is a member of.
Permissions control user abilities to upload icons for their groups, including file size and the ability to upload animated icons.
Icons can be stored in the database or filesystem.
Social Groups can now be transferred between users. The group will only be transferred if the recipient accepts the transfer.
Moderators with the appropriate permission can transfer any group. This is useful when a group owner becomes inactive.
Private Message Changes
Read receipts are automatically accepted when a PM is replied to.
A new Quick Reply can be used to reply to PM's.
A new user option is available to set the default value for 'Save Copy' which is also used with Quick Reply.
PM's can be ordered by Title, Date and Sender.
When ordered, PM's are grouped by:
Title - Alphabetical ranges (A-H, I-P, Q-Z, 0-9 and other) - Non ASCII chars are grouped based on transliteration where possible
Date - Today, Yesterday, individual day names, Last Week, 2 Weeks, Last Month, Older, etc.
Sender - Grouped by Sender
Private Messages can be filtered by Sender, Title, a given date period, and whether the message has been read or not.
Profile Privacy
With the appropriate permission, users can now configure which parts of their profile is visible, and to who. The configurable components are:
Profile Picture
Visitor Messages
Contact Info
Albums
About Me
Friends
Recent Visitors
Group Memberships
Custom Field Blocks where the admin has allowed it
The components can be configured to be visible to:
Everyone
Registered Members
Contacts
Friends
Generally information is only hidden/displayed within the user profile page with the exception of Albums which also affects the ability to view the albums.
Also, custom field blocks can be configured by the admin as to whether they will be included in users' privacy settings.
Albums
Pictures can now be moved from one album to another.
Album covers are regenerated when moving images if the cover is moved, or the destination album has no cover.
The default albums view now displays recently updated public albums.
Lightbox
Lightboxes can now be used to view all images in a post.
Next and Previous buttons can be used to navigate the attachments, and wrap when the first/last image has been reached
Other Changes and Additions
PM Reporting.
Subscription folders can be emptied with one click.
Quick Edit is available for Visitor Messages and Picture Comments, as well as Social Group Messages.