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SP1 Compatible
« on: November 29, 2001, 11:26:17 PM »
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Ok - we're almost SP1 compatible - I thought I'd just post here the list of SP1 changes, and our progress - just in case you're interested:

note: we have 1/57 bugfixes left....
total: 103/104 changes done....

Bug Fixes

  • Added style tag to all font tags with size=1 so they are the right sizes in Netscape. - Corey Chapman
  • HTML code cleaned up and changed in BoardIndex, MessageIndex, Search and Display so pages render the same in Netscape. - Corey Chapman Done - Joseph/Tim
  • javascript) cannot be used to exploit between image tags. - Corey Chapman inherently safe-joseph
  • Check put in to see if avatars are off so the $facesdir isnt' unnecessarily checked for validity. - Techneaux Ok - Jeff
    • Occassional quoting and subject field errors when posting fixed. - Corey Chapman[/s] Tested, clear - Jeff
    • Capitalization typo caused mails to not send to some users. - Kilo2001 Tested and cleared - Jeff
    • "email" texts all made to look the same casing/spelling. - Corey Chapman Done - Jeff
    • If statement added for webtv to allow yabbc tags to be used while posting or sending IM's. - Digitus Added - Jeff
    • Several autolinking problems fixed, including long URL problems. - DaveB Zef, should be fixed at least
    • Extra breaks in/before code and quote boxes removed. - Corey Chapman Tested, good - Jeff
    • Search results in URL's and yabbc tags are not bolded. Zef
    • Windows all resize properly for smaller
    resolutions, including WebTV.
    joseph
  • Less browsers should have security or short login time problems with the cookies. joseph
  • Opera 5 and IE 6 sometimes logged users out prematurely, but a no-cache metatag can take care of this. joseph
  • Typo's fixed in english.lng. - Avphantom Completed - Jeff
  • New, multi-browser compatible news fader with better alignment as well. - NRg Added - Joseph
  • HTML error fixed in register2(). Joseph
  • Login box on boardindex has proper icon. Joseph
  • Editing a profile when userpics were turned off sometimes gave a javascript error. all good - joseph
  • The "move topic" button grays out when clicked so you can't duplicate a topic with multiple clicks. joseph
  • Previewing prints the post page with selections and message so one doesn't have to hit back (and take a chance of the cache being lost). joseph is a prostar
  • Post page width no longer hard-coded. - Corey Chapman joseph is a prostar
  • Post display pages no longer have miscolored HR under subject/date, and author area cleaned up. joseph
  • The border color was not applied to search results because of a bug in the HTML code.
  • Sometimes smileys caused text to be bold after them. - cae Tested, good - Jeff
  • Marquees in tables/shadows/glows no longer screw the page up. - Corey Chapman Tested, looks good - Jeff
  • New posts (within about 12 hours) will now show up in search results, by using your profile time offset. all good - joseph
  • Logging out and changing profile password created 4 cookies instead of just the needed 2. good - joseph
  • Deleting a post cannot set a user's total posts < 0. added - joseph
  • {{ and }} (or combinations) characters no longer converted to [ and ]. ok  joseph
  • [[ and ]] (or combinations) characters no longer converted to {{ and }}. ok  joseph
  • The board a post is from is no longer show in the "move topic" dropdown because moving it there is bad. - Corey Chapman Tested, good - Jeff
  • Bug fixed where quote/code/glow tags are messed up when there is a smiley at the end of a quote. - [CV]XXL Tested, good - Jeff
  • ## NOT VERIFIED ## Changing displayed name sometimes gave an error erroneously. - Corey Chapman Tested extensively, good - Jeff
  • ## NOT VERIFIED ## Editing a profile sometimes erroneously gave email address errors of being used. - Corey Chapman Tested extensively, good - Jeff
  • Jumpto menu now goes to the proper URL when clicking a category option. implemented - joseph
  • The current board is selected in the message index's jumpbox. compliant - Joseph
  • ñ now allowed in displayed name. - Corey Chapman Checked, fine - Jeff
  • The cursor is focused back to the message field (and to the position you had it) after clicking YaBBC buttons. - Corey Chapman Completed - Jeff
  • Clicking a "remove" button in the outbox summary deletes the message now. - Forced Vengeance Tested, good - Jeff
  • Time format in printpage.pl uses user's settings. - Bjoern Berg verified - Joseph
  • Set reserved names box no longer has extra tab at the bottom. verified - Joseph
  • Text area's fixed on edit ban list so extra blanks don't appear. verified - Joseph
  • lgging out on an error page actually works, and loads the im/username info as a guest. verified = joseph
  • Now setting the user pic width/height to 0 disables restrictions  tested - ok Joseph
  • Private Categories a user has access to are now shown in the "Jump To" box. proved by inspectin - joseph
  • Umlauts like äöü and Ã&#376; now allowed in displayed name. - Bjoern BergCompleted - (changed in base SE code) Jeff
  • Recent posts and User recent posts now uses proper date format (from profile).Tested - good - Joseph
  • Deleting the bottom post of a topic no longer causes the "last poster" link to not link. n/a - joseph
  • Laugh.gif and cheesy.gif were the same; new graphic was made. - ## FIND NAME ## I'm going to change this today - Chris
  • Error given instead of loading the inbox when sending IM's if the recipient field is left blank. Tested-Good-Joseph
  • Error produced if one leaves the search field blank. joseph
  • Restrictions set for board id when creating (such as no &), so url errors are not created when accessing the board. n/a - joseph
  • Personal text restricted to 50 characters. - Corey Chapman Completed - Jeff
  • Modify message now properly keeps topic icon setting. all good - joseph
  • Colspan fixed that was causing Netscape to incorrectly render boardindex. - ## FIND NAME ## assuming it's fixed as we're HTML 4.01 compliant - Joseph
  • Default admin profile has proper "Date Registered" so it doesn't cause errors - Corey Chapman For default install - Jeff

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Re:SP1 Compatible
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2001, 11:47:26 PM »
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that had to take awhile to type...
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« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2001, 12:25:24 AM »
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copy and paste.... LOL type... why type when you can just copy someone else's...
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« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2001, 04:44:38 AM »
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Enhancements/Misc. SpeedUps
  • "Access Log" analyzer no longer shows pages in a forum as a "referrer". joseph
  • Faster templating by making header() and footer() just be one function template(). not needed - already optimized - joseph
  • Remove threads confirmation removed from being a separate function and migrated to javascript confirmation joseph
  • Preview, Post, Modify, and IM reuse the same post page code. Joseph[/s]
    • Useless call to "SetCookieExpDate" function removed. - Corey Chapman We use it - Jeff
    • &ToHTML and &FromHTML used in favor of removing about 80 lines of code. not using ToHTML and FromHTML - Joseph
    Layout Changes/Fixes
    • Login layout on Boardindex shortened and cleaned up. joseph
    • hr class added to all hr's so the color displays properly. Tim's compliancy work
    • "Mark board" on messageindex when using text image wrapped and were not both bold. joseph
    • News fader adjusts itself to browser size so screen isn't streched.
    • Moderators listed next to board name in post display instead of subject. done-joseph[/s]
      • Hardcoded style="font-size:10px" removed from all sources. didn't ever exist in SE
      • Copyright cleaned up and shortened - Corey Chapman hehe... we've got a new copyright ;D - chris
      • Long lists of page numbers on Post and Message Index pages are now reduced with ellipses so they don't wrap. added- joseph
      • Logged in users' email addresses/username no longer displayed on the post page; post page layout cleaned. added-joseph
      • Registration success box fixed.
      • Cleaned up jumpto areas.
      • Months abbreviated and suffixes now have <sup> tags around them. deemed pointless by joseph
      • "viewing .. " on memberlist changed to centered text instead of table row. deemed pointless by joseph
         
      Feature Additions

      • Moved topics leave a "remnant" behind, describing where the topic was moved to. - Dave B joseph
      • * in IM preferences enables you to ignore all IM's. - Bjoern Berg Added - Jeff
      • Ban by username. - killa-b Added - Jeff
      • Users can lock their own posts. - Dave B Added - DaveB
      • AIM and YIM screen names turned into links like ICQ when viewing a user profile. - killa-b joseph
      • Account with username 'admin' cannot be deleted through YaBB for security. joseph
      • Admin option for extra custom maintenance mode description. jeff
      • Confirmation box on deleting posts and instant messages. joseph
      • Javascript function for window.confirmations. joseph
      • Next/Previous topic links on posts. joseph
      • Locking a thread will direct you to the message index instead of the post. Joseph
      • Delete button shows on display page if you made the post and posts can only be deleted through that button now. joseph
      • Original IM can be seen below the post box when replying. joseph
      • All YaBBC tags are now available to use in the news. new newsfader added by joe
      • MessageIndex and display reuse more "jumpto" code and now automatically jump when you select an item. done-joseph
      • IM online status shown in profiles. done
      • Sticky Topics added by Joseph
      • Locked topics no longer show the reply button. - Mork, Corey Chapman added by Joseph
      • "Alt + s" accesskey added topost page for IM's, posts, and modifying messages. - Corey Chapman Works, just no text to tell user - Jeff
      • Edit agreement.txt from the Admin Center.added by joseph
      Friendliness Changes
      • Username on search results changed to profile links. joseph
      • ICQ image urls updated to ICQ's newest servers. added-joseph
      • Description for "notify of replies" checkbox added. - Corey Chapman Added Lock Post one as well - Jeff
      • Users "recent posts" displays a message instead of nothing if 0 posts. added-joseph
      • Total number of users shown on boardindex and setup changed. Joseph
      • Links changed to ;XX= instead of &XX= to follow standards. all good - joseph
      • If clicking a letter in the memberlist's "view by letter" has no results, a message is displayed. added - joseph
      • Letters in memberlist for "view by letter" are uppercased. - Demon Slayer Changed - Jeff
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« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2001, 05:07:27 PM »
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very good idea to bring SE and SP on the same level :)
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« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2001, 05:46:25 PM »
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that's why we're doing it  ;D
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« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2001, 12:16:11 AM »
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neh - i dont like the sp cause im gonn ahave to make a lot of the changes manually wich means time...
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« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2001, 01:06:37 AM »
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Yeah, cause you know porting the whole thing to PHP or doing the SP didnt take any time at all. This is the LAST place you should ever whine about time. =P
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« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2001, 01:23:11 AM »
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This thing is gonna be awesome!
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« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2001, 02:15:39 AM »
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nah - its the first.. right now ive only told you a fraction of what i do daily.. i almost do as much as you now Dave!
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« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2001, 03:03:06 AM »
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lol sure you do.
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« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2001, 04:13:23 PM »
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sure you do is right.
Omario, being what 13? How could you compare to a working man who has no free time? Remember the 3 or so jobs, projects school etc? I don't think your at that level just yet :P
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« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2001, 06:02:26 PM »
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Sadly that will be me in like 3 years :(

for omario like 8        lil kid :P
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« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2001, 06:02:27 PM »
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heehhee - you wouldn't think so would you? ;)
but in 2 weeks mine's over - his isnt
and then in 3 weeks i'll hav emiore time thn  any of you ;D
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« Reply #14 on: December 01, 2001, 08:32:45 PM »
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