Wahhoooo take a look at this....

[Martyn]

Check out http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/ they have vbulletin 3.0 up and running on their public forums and it looks schweeeeetttt! Hehe, they even got a welcome panel :D :D :D - but check out the wysywig editor on the reply box....

http://www.synobyte.com/pics/vb3.gif

man, am I gonna have a headache converting this style over to that one - have ya seen at the bits and gizmos on the new vB3???

I'm afraid we're gonna loose some functionality with this release - the portal will dissapear for a while, some of the hacks etc, but it looks like all the good stuff is gonna be packaged with vB3 anyway. ;)

OK, list em here - must have hacks, what features cant you live without?

I'll start...

1. quick reply box.

[zhotfire]

That reply box has M$ Frontpage written all over it! :eek:
I'll second the quick reply box... it is a must have! :cool:
But there is a problem tril... i'm so used to everything we have on the board... i forget what the hacks are! This is all standard vB, isn't it? ;) :rolleyes: :D

[Daniel, Laura, and Nora]

I like the mouse-over first post preview. Way cool. If you could tack on a mouse-over last post preview while you're at it I'd be most grateful.

[Lazarus]

all of the above plus the mouse-over for last time online

[Martyn]

Whoops, looks like most of it has been taken care of, at least the quick reply box is there...

Look here.....

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=51818

Also, click on the different thread view options....

[Martyn]

Originally posted by zhotfire
That reply box has M$ Frontpage written all over it! :eek:


It sure has, expect it to change though mate, I think what they've done is just ripped the icons from M$ and used em while getting the code to work. It wouldn't surprise me if they change to something else for the final release. Notice the "#" and "<?" have wooly white outlines, they will have to be updated at least.

[phil]

The WYSIWG editor only supports IE.

[Martyn]

Originally posted by phil
The WYSIWG editor only supports IE.

That doesnt surprise me, vBulletin is IE optimised throughout. You can turn the editor on and off though. I guess Netscape users will be stuck with the old system.

from vB.com.....

Added Features:

--to the user interface

General

Quick registration system...username, password, email and any required custom fields and timezone
Pop-up auto-refreshing buddylist with ICQ-style alerts when new buddies come online. You'll find a link in the temp buttons top right in the nav bar.
Show the title of the last posted to thread for each forum on index.php
Subscription to Threads/Forum without receiving e-mails
Favorite threads - you don't get email from these either.
User rating - Karma
User ranking
Password break-in watches -- too many failed attempts warning with a preset wait after too many failures.
Threaded view
Password protected forums
Similar threads display
Send an email "thanks for registering and welcome to .." on user registration (welcome email)
Validity check for homepages
Search engine friendly archive of open forums
Happy b'day emails
Much improved calander system (too many changes to mention)
hit counter on announcements
Digests: new posts/threads in selected forums daily/weekly/monthly
"excerpt of message:" are now in the new reply email notifications
'report post to mod' sends anonymous copy to the original poster of the message
Restyled FAQ section now looks similar to a forum

Posting
WYSIWYG Editor for major text input fields (IE 5.5+Only)
Minimum number of characters in post
Insert smilie/vB code where cursor is (IE 5+ Only)
Preview on edit
Ability to add attachment when editing a post instead of just when creating
Reason for editing
Reason for deleting(for admins and mods)


User CP - Profile
User Pictures - user can upload a personal picture. This picture is shown in the profile of the user.
Completely revamped PM system (currently in work)
Longer signature field with optional limit

Search

Get daily for just one category
Search only in subscribed forums
A list of ignored words or words used in a search are added to the results page
Option to find only started by 'username'
Display matching forums in results
Support for searching custom profile fields
Search for exact username (e.g. turn off wildcards)

Polls

Option for users to see who voted for which option (public vote)
When you vote your name is highlighted when viewing results
Poll results ordered by most to less voted
Ability to post a poll AFTER a thread had started

...and a ton of other stuff.

This is going to be a *very* major release with a *lot* of huge changes to the basic code. Many of the existing most popular hacks have been re-written and incorporated. I would also think it's likely to be bug-ridden for a while and to be followed by a series of minor point-release fixes.

[ohms18k]

Hey ppl do you think tril is excited? :D Just like a kid in a candy store :cool:

[Bruce]

I know you're all excited about the new software, but I just ran into a new bug and wonder if it's fixed. It's really nothing important, but you can probably check it out.

Working from the "View New Posts" window, you get a button for "Go to first new post" On each line there is a count for "Views" When you click on the "go to first new post" button, the views count increases by two

I really like the "Mark all forums as read" button on the "View New Posts" window, but when you get around to reinstalling it (it doesn't need to be high on the list) put it at the top rather than the bottom. (We talked about that a long, long time ago.)

[Daniel, Laura, and Nora]

Did you write any of the hacks being incorporated into the new release, you sly dog?

[Martyn]

Not exactly Daniel, but they have used their own version of the welcome panel, which was mine and is still the second most insatalled hack after the quick reply box. The developers have been paying close attention to the goings on a vBulletin.org (official hack repository) and some of the admins over there are vBulletin developers, so it follows that the *most popular* stuff is gonna find it's way into the core product sooner or later. If you think about it, it's a marketing dream. Literally hundreds of people writing hacks then a huge online population beta test them and test them for popularity, 6 months later, the most popular find their way into the major release software. I guess you could say there are hundreds (even thousands) of people who have contributed to this release in one way or another.

[Martyn]

Originally posted by Bruce
I know you're all excited about the new software, but I just ran into a new bug and wonder if it's fixed. It's really nothing important, but you can probably check it out.


Bruce, that's been fixed, at least it's fixed in 2.2.9, so it should still be OK for 3.0. ;)

The "mark all forums read" button is also part of the new release in the position you mention. ;)

[Martyn]

Originally posted by ohms18k
Hey ppl do you think tril is excited? :D Just like a kid in a candy store :cool:

:p :p :p

Nothing of the kind - I'm in total control. :D :D

http://tomsquotes.amhosting.net/sitcom/cheers/norm/excited.jpg

[Bruce]

Norm

:)