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The site has been upgraded to the latest version of vBulletin, version 4.1.5 Patch Level 1. Below you will find the full information on updates/fixes in this version, as well as some new features.
vBulletin 4.1.5 includes:
Mobile App Identifier
If you are using the Mobile Apps for the site, you can now see if a post was made using a mobile device.
Click on the link above for more details!
New Smilies
Replacing the standard package smilies - and incorporating over 150 additional smilies that you can install on your site.
Bug Fixes/Improvements
Here is a list of the major bug fixes/improvements included in this release. A full list of issues fixed are available HERE.
Major fixes
Non-ASCII characters (umlauts, accented chars, etc) don't work in the mobile style.
Caret is invisible in Firefox
Registration fatal error - Existing data passed is not an array
Cannot submit posts using Safari on the iPad
Fatal error: Call to a member function get_grouped()
Uncaught mysqli exception during upgrade
Memcached Unavailibility results in vBulletin Crash
Error prevents upgrade from 3.x database with vbblog addon to 4.12. paymentapi table Error.
Canonical URLs are not being constructed correctly
Recent CMS Comments widget with invalid userid causes fatal error
Facebook Like it "forgets" who has liked articles
New Youtube iframe embed code
Custom Datastore entries being built on every page call
Disable IE8 Compatibility Mode option is backfiring on IE9
CKEditor: [img] tag appears when you EDIT an article
MySQL 5.5 doesn't support current DBalter class
Duplicate header "date" when using SMTP
HTML entities displayed incorrectly when editing a Static Page or PHP Direct Evaluation
showgroups.php Not Scalable
If "Advanced Insert Image Popup" is disabled, inserting an image from URL always attempts to retrieve remote file and reference it locally
New Lines Stripped from Quick Edit when Saving the Changes Using Source Mode
method_exists segfaults if the class is non-existent
Incorrect Memcache DB fall back
Typo in two social group files makes moderation of social group pictures impossible
Usertools.php merge action bug
Database error: Column 'attach' cannot be null
ReCaptcha has changed their URL and we need to update for this
Clicking "Close" on New Article Creation Saves Blank Article
Deleting a user who has a group causes PHP fatal error
Unnecessary database query when notices are dismissible
Deleting an User Infraction Group causes its members to be "blocked"
vB will not send emails to Vertical Response
Attachments can't be deleted
Formated text in WYSIWYG displays as in 'Source' mode for CMS comments
Unable to add image from album for profile background in Profile customization
Go Advanced Page is displayed when clicked on Edit comment link for blogs
Security warnings due to Facebook Connect when site is using HTTPS / SSL
Edit a template and get "adding child to non-existent node!" when using incorrect styntax
vbcms_article_preview_image should generate a thumb and not use full size image
Depreciated Style Variables still showing in Style Variable Editor
In Source mode, any custom BB code buttons always insert the last custom BB code tags
CMS section: 20 article limit for 'Per Page' setting
'Display Updated Date' has no effect in CMS content
&pagenumber= variable is in hyperlink of the thread title on the first page of any thread
vBulletin ignores HTTP protocol version
Empty or strange results when finding all posts by a member.
Facebook Like button only works when Facebook Connect is activated
MSNBot Renamed To BingBot
Article Publish Time an Hour Behind
Uncached Templates in Search Results
CMS Content with Permission Preview setting doesn't show preview in category view and in "View Articles" of a certain user
CKEditor smilies not functioning with iPhone
Incorrect stylevar datatypes - notices_shadow_color and member_popupmenu_shadow
Canonical URLs are not being enforced correctly
Slow query in newreply.php
Inefficient query in private.php
Hook Location In vB_Session::fetch_session()
In templates vbcms_content_phpeval_page and vbcms_content_staticpage_page - extra quotes
vB_Search_SearchController::get_similar_threads() Method Run On Preview
Forumdisplay pagination title to avoid duplicate title tags
Links in Daily notification emails always go to the first post
PHP direct evaluation content cached in php over sessions, even with Cache refresh time = 0
Favicon filename should be a stylevar
Viewing pm's or pm folders isn't marked in the UserCP navigation
RSS feed widget --> links not target="_blank"
Remove images about PT from vBulletin package
Add a Paste as plain text button to the editor
Duplicate code in thread.php
Hook request in class_reportitem.php
When creating a blog entry, the user can add as many tags as others can, not as the entry author
Blog Trying To Cache Template That Doesn't Exist - blog_navbar_link_menu and blog_navbar_search
Year field for user's date of birth not validated when editing profile
Events shown on forum home are shown twice in some cases (DST problem)
PM Quick Reply isn't using the QR editor
Non-image attachmens are inserted with the config parameter in the editor
cms_textedit.js was removed, but it is still referenced in some files
Image and Video buttons missing when editing article if "Allow [IMG] Code in Non Forum Specific Areas" is Set to No
Get Rid of vB_Search_Core::get_instance in search.php
Disabling forum setting "Allow [IMG] Code" hides the Insert Image button, but it should allow to use it to insert attachments
Attachment Quick Search in Admin CP shows results in an incorrect order
Can't delete blog comments permanently using inline moderation: it only soft-deletes and doesn't give an option
Member List has hardcoded maximum number of users to show per page, but it's not documented
Clicking 'Add Signature Picture' does not work.
class_taggablecontent.php
Cannot edit blog entry from list with option "Disable Problematic AJAX Features"
Use of {vb:each} with $errors
'Mac' users cannot insert 'returns'/line or paragraph breaks with new Editor
Script error is thrown upon clicking table properties after creating a table
Using " as smiley text to replace will cause the smilie popup to insert the smilie text truncated
postbit.css missing background for threads
Editpost template issue
Double global
Import New Style, Then Not Refreshing the Screen
Option pagenavpages doesn't perform as advertised
Page Count calculated incorrectly if Plug-in is used
vbcms_widget_recentcontent_page template error
code review of includes/class_dm_blog.php
Code Review includes/class_dm_threadpost.php
Thread Display Options, New Line Issues
Comments of unregistered users don't show up in CMS widget "Recent CMS Comments"
vBulletin 4.1.5 includes:
Mobile App Identifier
If you are using the Mobile Apps for the site, you can now see if a post was made using a mobile device.
Click on the link above for more details!
New Smilies
Replacing the standard package smilies - and incorporating over 150 additional smilies that you can install on your site.
Bug Fixes/Improvements
Here is a list of the major bug fixes/improvements included in this release. A full list of issues fixed are available HERE.
Major fixes
Non-ASCII characters (umlauts, accented chars, etc) don't work in the mobile style.
Caret is invisible in Firefox
Registration fatal error - Existing data passed is not an array
Cannot submit posts using Safari on the iPad
Fatal error: Call to a member function get_grouped()
Uncaught mysqli exception during upgrade
Memcached Unavailibility results in vBulletin Crash
Error prevents upgrade from 3.x database with vbblog addon to 4.12. paymentapi table Error.
Canonical URLs are not being constructed correctly
Recent CMS Comments widget with invalid userid causes fatal error
Facebook Like it "forgets" who has liked articles
New Youtube iframe embed code
Custom Datastore entries being built on every page call
Disable IE8 Compatibility Mode option is backfiring on IE9
CKEditor: [img] tag appears when you EDIT an article
MySQL 5.5 doesn't support current DBalter class
Duplicate header "date" when using SMTP
HTML entities displayed incorrectly when editing a Static Page or PHP Direct Evaluation
showgroups.php Not Scalable
If "Advanced Insert Image Popup" is disabled, inserting an image from URL always attempts to retrieve remote file and reference it locally
New Lines Stripped from Quick Edit when Saving the Changes Using Source Mode
method_exists segfaults if the class is non-existent
Incorrect Memcache DB fall back
Typo in two social group files makes moderation of social group pictures impossible
Usertools.php merge action bug
Database error: Column 'attach' cannot be null
ReCaptcha has changed their URL and we need to update for this
Clicking "Close" on New Article Creation Saves Blank Article
Deleting a user who has a group causes PHP fatal error
Unnecessary database query when notices are dismissible
Deleting an User Infraction Group causes its members to be "blocked"
vB will not send emails to Vertical Response
Attachments can't be deleted
Formated text in WYSIWYG displays as in 'Source' mode for CMS comments
Unable to add image from album for profile background in Profile customization
Go Advanced Page is displayed when clicked on Edit comment link for blogs
Security warnings due to Facebook Connect when site is using HTTPS / SSL
Edit a template and get "adding child to non-existent node!" when using incorrect styntax
vbcms_article_preview_image should generate a thumb and not use full size image
Depreciated Style Variables still showing in Style Variable Editor
In Source mode, any custom BB code buttons always insert the last custom BB code tags
CMS section: 20 article limit for 'Per Page' setting
'Display Updated Date' has no effect in CMS content
&pagenumber= variable is in hyperlink of the thread title on the first page of any thread
vBulletin ignores HTTP protocol version
Empty or strange results when finding all posts by a member.
Facebook Like button only works when Facebook Connect is activated
MSNBot Renamed To BingBot
Article Publish Time an Hour Behind
Uncached Templates in Search Results
CMS Content with Permission Preview setting doesn't show preview in category view and in "View Articles" of a certain user
CKEditor smilies not functioning with iPhone
Incorrect stylevar datatypes - notices_shadow_color and member_popupmenu_shadow
Canonical URLs are not being enforced correctly
Slow query in newreply.php
Inefficient query in private.php
Hook Location In vB_Session::fetch_session()
In templates vbcms_content_phpeval_page and vbcms_content_staticpage_page - extra quotes
vB_Search_SearchController::get_similar_threads() Method Run On Preview
Forumdisplay pagination title to avoid duplicate title tags
Links in Daily notification emails always go to the first post
PHP direct evaluation content cached in php over sessions, even with Cache refresh time = 0
Favicon filename should be a stylevar
Viewing pm's or pm folders isn't marked in the UserCP navigation
RSS feed widget --> links not target="_blank"
Remove images about PT from vBulletin package
Add a Paste as plain text button to the editor
Duplicate code in thread.php
Hook request in class_reportitem.php
When creating a blog entry, the user can add as many tags as others can, not as the entry author
Blog Trying To Cache Template That Doesn't Exist - blog_navbar_link_menu and blog_navbar_search
Year field for user's date of birth not validated when editing profile
Events shown on forum home are shown twice in some cases (DST problem)
PM Quick Reply isn't using the QR editor
Non-image attachmens are inserted with the config parameter in the editor
cms_textedit.js was removed, but it is still referenced in some files
Image and Video buttons missing when editing article if "Allow [IMG] Code in Non Forum Specific Areas" is Set to No
Get Rid of vB_Search_Core::get_instance in search.php
Disabling forum setting "Allow [IMG] Code" hides the Insert Image button, but it should allow to use it to insert attachments
Attachment Quick Search in Admin CP shows results in an incorrect order
Can't delete blog comments permanently using inline moderation: it only soft-deletes and doesn't give an option
Member List has hardcoded maximum number of users to show per page, but it's not documented
Clicking 'Add Signature Picture' does not work.
class_taggablecontent.php
Cannot edit blog entry from list with option "Disable Problematic AJAX Features"
Use of {vb:each} with $errors
'Mac' users cannot insert 'returns'/line or paragraph breaks with new Editor
Script error is thrown upon clicking table properties after creating a table
Using " as smiley text to replace will cause the smilie popup to insert the smilie text truncated
postbit.css missing background for threads
Editpost template issue
Double global
Import New Style, Then Not Refreshing the Screen
Option pagenavpages doesn't perform as advertised
Page Count calculated incorrectly if Plug-in is used
vbcms_widget_recentcontent_page template error
code review of includes/class_dm_blog.php
Code Review includes/class_dm_threadpost.php
Thread Display Options, New Line Issues
Comments of unregistered users don't show up in CMS widget "Recent CMS Comments"