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vBulletin 5.6.5 Changes and Updates vBulletin 5.6.5 is now available for download. vBulletin Cloud sites will be scheduled for automatic updates in the coming days. Front End Changes Answered Topics Topics can now be marked as "Answered." This is a special status applied to a specific post within the topic. The post that is marked as the Answer will be highlighted and show directly under the starting post in the topic. The ability to mark posts as the Answer in a topic is controlled by permissions. There are three different permissions to control this. Usergroup and Channel Permissions both support the "Can Set Answer" permission. Within Channel Permissions, there is also a "Can Set Answer on Own Topics" permission. The last permission...

vBulletin Mobile Suite 2.6 Changes Mobile Suite 2.6 is available to be built via the Mobile Publisher. We have included bundle builds, which are required and only used for new apps on the Google Play Store. For updates to existing apps, please continue to use the included apk builds. For iOS Builds, the Apps have been updated to XCODE 12. Resolved Issues Images & Attachements disappear in app built with Xcode 12 List Private Messages as Threads Images uploaded via Android doesn’t display on Android app Upload attachments to messages Android Version Code is hitting the limit of Max INT Push Notifications - The first private message cannot be loaded successfully New PM push notification should open in message thread My Profile Page -...

A security issue has been reported to the vBulletin team. To fix this issue, we have created a new security patch. You can download the patch for your version in the Member's Area We have made patches available for the following versions of vBulletin Connect: 5.6.4 PL1 5.6.3 PL1 5.6.2 PL2 Installing the Patch For the best results with your vBulletin site, it is recommended to upgrade to vBulletin 5.6.4 PL1 if you are not using 5.6.4 currently. Download the appropriate files for your version of vBulletin 5.6.X Upload all files found within the zip file to your server. Make sure to overwrite the existing files on your server. Run the upgrade scripts included in the patch on your server. (/core/install/upgrade.php) When the upgrade...

vBulletin 5.6.4 is now available for download. vBulletin Cloud customers will be updated automatically in the upcoming days. Front End Changes Lightbox The attachment system now uses the Lightbox display for all image content uploaded to the server. If the user has permission to view image thumbnails but not Images, then the lightbox will only show thumbnails. When clicking on the "More Photos" link in a Photo Gallery, the lightbox will be displayed appropriately. In addition to this, the code for the lightbox has been updated and had several fixes applied. These fixes should allow for more accurate scrolling and the ability to select the last image in the list correctly. Photos Tab The Topic display now includes a Photos tab. This tab...

vBulletin 5.6.3 Changes and Updates vBulletin 5.6.3 now available for download customers. Cloud customers will be automatically upgraded in the coming weeks. Front End Changes Censored Word Handling The handling of administrator-defined censoring has been refactored and applies to more locations now. With vBulletin 5, word censorship is applied on display and not save. This provides the benefit of maintaining the actual words. For example, if you remove a word from the censor list, it can be recovered in the content. In the past, several locations of word censorship were not appropriately handled. Words are now censored correctly in the following areas: Topic Titles. Topic URLs. Post content, including replies and comments. Search...

A security issue has been reported to the vBulletin team. To fix this issue, we have created a new security patch. You can download the patch for your version in the Member's Area We have made patches available for the following versions of vBulletin Connect: 5.6.2 5.6.1 5.6.0 Installing the Patch Download the appropriate files for your version of vBulletin 5.6.X Upload all files found within the zip file. Make sure to overwrite the existing files on your server. Older Versions All older versions should be considered vulnerable. Sites running older versions of vBulletin need to be upgraded to vBulletin 5.6.2 as soon as possible. For more information on upgrading please see Quick Overview: Upgrading vBulletin Connect in the...

A Preview Release of vBulletin 5.6.3 is available for download and testing. Preview Releases should not be used in production environments. Front End Changes Censored Word Handling The handling of administrator-defined censoring has been refactored and applies to more locations now. With vBulletin 5, word censorship is applied on display and not save. This provides the benefit of maintaining the actual words. For example, if you remove a word from the censor list, it can be recovered in the content. In the past, several locations of word censorship were not appropriately handled. Words are now censored correctly in the following areas: Topic Titles. Topic URLs. Post content, including replies and comments. Search Results. User Profile...