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Discussion in 'Website Information and News' started by IcyHot, Sep 8, 2014.

  1. IcyHot

    IcyHot Administrator
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    December 5, 2016

    Forums, Chat, Media, Resources, Enhanced Search and Theme updated to latest version. Mostly bug and security fixes (boring stuff really but necessary)
     
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    Upgraded Chat to v1.2.3

    Here are the changes:

    Image Uploads
    Allows you to upload images directly to the chat. Uploads are not attachments as they are not linked to any post. Uploaded images can be posted in any room at any time you want by selecting them from the image list displayed when clicking on the "Image" bbcode button.

    This feature has two permissions. One to allow users to upload images and one to limit how many images a user can upload in total.

    Image list is AJAX paginated and users have the option to delete selected images.

    /giphy Command
    Will post a random GIF image using Giphy service. If a keyword is specified, the GIF will be radnom based on that keyword.

    /mute Command
    Allows you to mute a user from a room to prevent that user to post new messages. The muted user would not know that he/she is muted as the messages posted will not be saved and only diplayed to that user. The mute lasts based on the length (hours) set in the chat admin options.

    There is a permission that allows room authors to use the command as well.

    /status Command
    Allows you to set a status that will be displayed under your username in the chatters list. The status can be also set from the user options.

    This command is permission based and can also be enabled/disabled from chat admin options, where you can also set the maximum length.

    Users have the option to hide statuses, if they don't want to see them.

    Default Joined Rooms
    This feature will set the default rooms for new chat users. The rooms can be selected from the chat admin options and it only works with rooms that don't require a password. For rooms that are permission based, the permissions will be taken into consideration before joining.

    Keep Session Alive
    If enabled, active chat sessions will be updated every 5 minutes to keep them alive.

    Set last active tab default
    If enabled, the last active room tab in the chat will be set as default on the next page load.

    Improvements/Changes
    When a user leaves all rooms, the "General Chat" room will no longer be set a default. The user will have to join room manually in order to see the messages and chat.

    User options and settings have been split in two menus, "Settings" and "Options". The "Settings" menu is permission based.

    Sound & Desktop Notifications are now allowing users to select which message type (Normal, Whisper, Tag, Bot) will trigger them.

    Banned list will now display tabs for each ban type: Ban, Kick, Mute

    Clicking on room name will now join that room.

    A new permission to use chat settings has been added.

    Chat admin options for user settings allows you to set default settings for new chat users.

    New chat message CSS classed have been added for admin, moderator and staff messages:

    .siropuChatAdmin {}
    .siropuChatModerator {}
    .siropuChatStaff {}

    A new sound has been added for tag messages.

    Bug Fixes
    Duplicate messages
    Autoscroll not working when using page zoom
    Some other code issues
     
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  3. IcyHot

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    July 8, 2016

    Server Software updated, various parts of website updated. These are all security and bug fixes. Only noticeable changes apply to the Chat function which is now back to the latest version (v1.24)
     
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  4. skullz613

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    April 11, 2017

    Changed settings in spam management. There is now a list of blocked words which can be found here,
    Blocked Words | XLNation - Cities XXL

    There is now a no posting restriction on new users for the first 12 hours. This also includes profile messages. New users can still use the chat system.

    There is also changes regarding new users and links. A notice will be displayed at the top of the site and also a notice in the quick reply section until a new user reaches 3 posts. After 3 posts, a user can post links in the forum.

    These changes have been made to try and limit the amount of spammers getting in. Hopefully they will get annoyed and go elsewhere.
     
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  5. kipate

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    Phew, and I thought you would restrict the number of swearing words.

    Will new users get an info message about this with their registration?
     
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    All new users with a post count under three will see a notice at the top of the site (where the normal notices show) and will also see a small banner across the quick reply box reminding them that they cannot post links yet.

    As for swear words, I was looking at adding a Profanity Filter. It can be enabled for certain user groups or forums.
    I'm still thinking about that one though.
     
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    I've disabled the post restrictions as it's not working.
    The spam management one is doing its job. The current settings will put a post with a link into moderation. Once I've seen a few posts from spammers get caught (so I know it's 100% working) I will change it to auto delete them.
     
  8. Mr.X²

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    What about that approve thread thingy that needs to be done by moderators for posts by new users?
     
  9. skullz613

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    That will happen if a new user posts a link before they reach a post count of 3. You will see the moderation button at the top of the site.
    As the warnings are clear, it will be the spammers who will still go ahead and post a link and not legit users. All new users who don't post links until 3 posts will not have any problems.
     
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