vBulletin 3.7.0 Beta 3 Released

[Joeychgo]

vBulletin 3.7.0 Beta 3

THIS IS BETA SOFTWARE.
IT IS UNSUPPORTED.

If you are not fully at home with backing-up and restoring your forum, dealing with bugs and regular upgrades, DO NOT INSTALL THIS BETA VERSION

This release combines a roll-up of all the bug fixes made since the release of vBulletin 3.7.0 Beta 2 with extended functionality for the social groups system.

If you are already running vBulletin 3.7.0 Beta 2, you should upgrade immediately to Beta 3 so that you will not be running into any known bugs.

New Social Groups Functionality
vBulletin 3.7.0 Beta 3 introduces more features for social groups, allowing them to be set up with different membership schemes; those being:
Joinable without owner confirmation
Joinable only with owner confirmation
Joinable only by invitation (Once again)
Significance of a Beta Release
This is beta software. If you are not fully at home with backing-up and restoring your forum, dealing with bugs and regular upgrades, do not install this beta version.

Customers should bear in mind that this is a public beta, not a certified 'stable' release so the following caveats apply:
Beta software is unsupported and you install beta versions at your own risk.
Some minor bugs remain unresolved at this time, so beta software should not be on production sites.
You should always back up your database fully before attempting to install beta software.
If you choose to install this version, you should be aware that we plan to release new beta versions in rapid succession as bugs are fixed and holes are plugged. Do not install this beta version if you are not willing or able to keep up-to-date with new releases.
The ImpEx import system does not support the 3.7 code yet, and will not support it until the release of 3.7.0 (stable).

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[Peggy]

well now, that was fast :yes:

[Peggy]

Has anyone tried out the Navbar Notices feature? I'm liking it, alot.

[Dave A]

It's stunning. And for a jump start to set it up, take a look at the 3.7 version of the welcome headers mod at vb.org.

I've tweaked it quite a bit. You can set up the most amazing series of notices.

The other really useful new feature is the ad placement templates. I haven't just been putting ads in there. For example, chuck in the $moderate line to call the quick moderation mod in the ad template under the navbar and you never have to worry about upgrade time again.

I've pretty much resolved to only use mods that use the hooks, or that I can call from those ad placement templates in future. Upgrading should be an absolute breeze that way. I'm tinkering with how to use the same principle for Joey's H1 tags mod at the moment.

For those who haven't upgraded to 3.7 yet - a tip if you've got custom css settings - there are some new css classes which you'll have to introduce manually in custom styles to get the layout of profile pages just right. That little snag had me scratching my head for over an hour.

My biggest complaint is how the description meta is filled for threads at the moment. Putting the thread title in there is a waste. Rather pull the first 20 words or so from the thread, for goodness sake.

[Peggy]

It's stunning. And for a jump start to set it up, take a look at the 3.7 version of the welcome headers mod at vb.org.

I've tweaked it quite a bit. You can set up the most amazing series of notices.

yep yep, found all of this out yesterday, and I'm loving it even more now, lol.