LOU Upgrade - Core Software (Completed Successfully)

[BlueEye]

Hi LOU -

Tonight we will be upgrading the core software that powers LOU. This upgrade could take up to a couple hours to complete. We hope to complete the upgrade as quickly as possible. During the time that the site core software is being upgraded, the board will be unavailable. We appreciate your patience as we continue to ensure LOU stays up to date with the latest and greatest web technology!

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Here is the list of the upgrades that will be performed:

Minor feature additions to CORE LOU SOFTWARE

• You can now see private forums in your ATOM feeds using HTTP authentication by passing the GET parameter "auth=http".

• The INTTEXT token was added to custom BBCodes to allow for non-ASCII letters in html attributes.

• You can now enable quick reply in all forums with a single click.

Small functionality changes to CORE LOU SOFTWARE

• Warn users about potentially dangerous BBcodes.

• Forum feed no longer includes posts of subforums.

• Speed up topic move operation by adding an index for topic_id on the topics track table. (Bug #56545)

• Move redirect into a hidden field to avoid issues with mod_security. (Bug #54145)

• Log user activations through inactive users ACP. (Bug #30145)

• Alter ACP user quick tools interface to reduce confusion with the delete operation.

• Show a proper preview for the Q&A CAPTCHA. (Bug #56365)

• Send time of last item instead of current time in ATOM Feeds. (Bug #53305)

• Split "All topics" feed into "New Topics" and "Active Topics" feeds.

• It is no longer possible to persist a solution for the login CAPTCHA.

• Friends and foes will not show up as private message rule options if their respective UCP modules are disabled. (Bug #51155)

• Offer for guests to log in for egosearch and unreadposts search before the search permissions check. (Bug #51585)

A list of important bugfixes for CORE LOU SOFTWARE

• Allow ban reason and length to be selected and copied in ACP and subsilver2 MCP. (Bug #51095)

• Correctly set last modified headers. (Bug #54245, thanks Paul.J.Murphy)

• Make word censoring case insensitive. (Bug #54265)

• Fulltext-MySQL search for keywords and username at the same time. (Bug #54325)

• Various XHTML and CSS mistakes in prosilver and subsilver2. (Bugs #54705, #55895, #57505, #57875 - Patch by HardStyle)

• Cleanly handle forum/topic not found in ATOM Feeds. (Bug #54295)

• PHP 5.3 compatibility: Check if function dl() exists before calling it. (Bug #54665)

• PHP 5.3 compatibility: Disable E_DEPRECATED on startup to keep set_magic_quotes_runtime(0) quiet. (Bug #54495)

• Correctly replace table prefix before inserting schema data into the database. (Bug #54815)

• Use memcache::replace() instead of memcache::set() for existing keys to prevent problems.

• Check for required functions in eAccelerator. (Bug #54465)

• Use correct RFC 3339 date format in ATOM feed. (Bug #55005)

• Do not deliver topics from unreadable or passworded forums in the news feed. (Bug #54345)

• Restore user language choice to compiled stylesheets. (Bug #54035)

• Do not permit unauthorised users to delete private messages from folder listing. (Bug #54355)

• Handle export of private messages where all recipients were deleted. (Bug #50985)

• Add ability to disable overall (aka board-wide) feed.

• Do not pass new_link parameter when creating a persistent connection with mysql. (Bug #55785)

• Improved search query performance through sorting words by their occurance. (Bug #21555)

• Strictly check whether a moderator can post in the destination forum when moving topic. (Bug #56255)

• Do not unsubscribe users from topics replying with quickreply. (Bug #56235)

• Don't submit when pressing enter on preview button. (Bug #54395)

• Load reCAPTCHA over https when using a secure connection to the board. (Bug #55755)

• Don't send activation email when user tries to change email without permission. (Bug #56335 - Fix by nrohler)

• Correctly orientate quoted text image on RTL languages. (Bug #33745)

• Fall back to default language email template if specified file does not exist. (Bug #35595)

• Database updater now separates ADD COLUMN from SET NOT NULL and SET DEFAULT, when using PostgreSQL <= 7.4 (Bug #54435)

• Styles adjustment to correctly display an order of rtl/ltr mixed content. (Bugs #55485, #55545)

• Do not store email templates in database. (Bug #54505)

• Fix problems with firebird by no longer using 'count' as a column alias. (Bug #57455)

• Make user_email_hash() function independent from system's architecture. (Bug #57755)

• Global announcements could not be accessed on a board using Firebird as the database server. (Bug #57525)

• Do not delete unrelated attachments when deleting empty forums. (Bug #57375)

• Update process: Store expected resulting file contents in cache and do not suggest further merges if the contents match, also fixes infinite merge loop (Bug #54075)

[shorething]

Sounds great, Thanks for all the time you guys put in making this the best site around !!

[Legacy]

Makes complete sense now, thanks. LOL!

[BlueEye]

Upgrade Complete

[ray koziatek]

huh what did he just say?? 500 item curectan and he cant even fix me spellin, boy if i were the head cheese here id bee riting like a colage pruffesor....Chad, its nice to khow your on top of this stuff ...Ive never seen a post here that said " Hey Pretty Good Site " but if ya want to be impressed check out xxxxxxx.. Its Always a remark like "GREAT SITE!!!!! IM GLAD I FOUND IT!!!!!!!

So I (WE) Thank You For Sharin Yer Puter Smmarts To Save So many fishermen from cabin fever,noncatchalightious,whatthehellitus,wherthefishareitus,gotta buy anotherspoonitus...

As always i sorta do the unautherized plug of tellin folks here the $20.00 cost to become a "proffesional" is well worth the money for the extra info that is available to the serious fisherman and jump in on the chat box if ya got a question....

Thanks,

Ray K.

[BlueEye]

Thanks Ray! Don't confuse me for being smart though... I was just trained on computers for the last 8 years. The upgrade seems to be running well with no reported issues so far (aside from the 10 emails a day I get from people forgetting their login information). Other than that, looks to be another of smooth sailing here at LOU Enjoy your stay!