Invision Power Board 1.3 Final Released
Posted by Steven Parker on 22 November 2003 - 19:11 · 39 comments & 3089 views
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#1 Posted by Sushubh on 22 Nov 2003 - 20:33
- the documentation still mention 1.2 most of the places.
i just want to upgrade from 1.2
can anyone tell me whats the safe way...
uploading all the files except 1 and running the upgrade script.
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#1.1 Posted by mikey on 22 Nov 2003 - 20:59
- yea, upload all the files except for the global config and then run update6.php and all will be find (provising you havent modded) because skins/languages are not changed in this version.
I upgraded a few days ago and its all working great (http://forum.silentyears.co.uk/) -
#1.2 Posted by Hawkeye on 22 Nov 2003 - 22:57
QUOTE (#1.1) yea, upload all the files except for the global config and then run update6.php and all will be find (provising you havent modded) because skins/languages are not changed in this version.
I upgraded a few days ago and its all working great (http://forum.silentyears.co.uk/)
Well, it does sort of require you to update skins, I think. Old skins had 4 input fields in the ModCP for the IP Address tools, while the new skin uses one field. When you try to perform any of the IP Address tools functions on IPB 1.3 using a skin that was updated from 1.2, it will misfunction because it expects to see one field, but doesn't work right when it sees 4. If you are an Admin or Mod, try clicking on somebody's IP in the left area on somebody's post. It will take you to the IP Address tools area, but it will not parse the address correctly into the 4 fields.
Just wanted to point that out.
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#1.3 Posted by Sushubh on 22 Nov 2003 - 23:24
- why dont they insert some RSS support???
I am currently using a mod from the forums.
Dunno if that will work on the latest version.
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#1.4 Posted by admiraljustin on 23 Nov 2003 - 05:49
- There is a version of RSS for IPB that you can get... if you have the $50 to pay the coder.... luckily I didn't have to pay him to take care of the forums I run.
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#1.5 Posted by zivan56 on 23 Nov 2003 - 06:43
- I have an RSS script I have developed free of charge that is availiable at most IPB mod sites, just search for my username.
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#2 Posted by OSUKid7 on 22 Nov 2003 - 20:34
- So when is the neowin forum gonna be upgraded?
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#2.1 Posted by mipra on 23 Nov 2003 - 11:12
- I hope it will be soon. That means..hehe..downtime babyy
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#3 Posted by Demogorgon on 22 Nov 2003 - 21:57
- what if your upgrading from 1.1? are there instuctions included for that as well?
/Edit: Nevermind found it... "To upgrade from 1.1.x to 1.3 you have to upgrade to 1.2 and then to 1.3"
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#4 Posted by dougkinzinger on 22 Nov 2003 - 22:45
- Let me ask you this folks -- I'm an ASP and IIS kind of web guy, and the only thing I don't like about IPB is that it requires MySQL. Some of my clients' hosts don't have MySQL for their accounts, and it would be awesome if it could write to an Access DB or some other local file. Snitz and some other ASP-based forums do just that, but IPB is a whole lot cooler.
To all you PHP folks out there--would it be too hard to make it work to an Access DB?
Thanks.
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#4.1 Posted by Thekk on 22 Nov 2003 - 23:09
- All you would need to do is change sources/drivers/MySQL.php to sources/drivers/Access.php and change the functions that are used. This might prove somewhat challenging, because there are not so many easy functions available to connect, get and manipulate data as with MySQL.
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#4.2 Posted by dougkinzinger on 23 Nov 2003 - 01:11
- Thanks Thekk! What other functions would I have to change? Are there a lot of them?
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#4.3 Posted by Yvo on 23 Nov 2003 - 04:25
- IPB charges you $60 for a Microsoft SQL driver (which is what access is based on). Better to go that way then to try to mod the software.
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#4.4 Posted by dougkinzinger on 23 Nov 2003 - 06:14
- So, no true support for Access in the free version, eh?
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#4.5 Posted by mipra on 23 Nov 2003 - 11:15
- Their board, in my opinion, is the best one out there now!
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#5 Posted by JoGro123 on 22 Nov 2003 - 22:54
- IPB will work on MS-SQL, why not go that route?
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#5.1 Posted by dougkinzinger on 23 Nov 2003 - 01:10
- Because I have two clients whose host doesn't provide MySQL or SQL Server with their hosting package (meaning they'd have to upgrade their service, and they don't really want to).
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#6 Posted by vip on 23 Nov 2003 - 01:28
- so how long till we upgrade here at neowin ??
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#7 Posted by Raptor on 23 Nov 2003 - 01:38
- I can't find a changelog for this. What's new from 1.2?
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#7.1 Posted by CatnipOligarthy on 23 Nov 2003 - 05:05
QUOTE New Feature: Get email notifications of new moderated topics
After several requests, we've added a mini-feature that allows you to enter email addresses to be informed when a new topic is entered into the moderation queue. It's very straight forward to use and quite handy if you use the moderation queue often.
Screenshot: Editing a forum to add email addresses
New Feature: Member IP Address Tools
This is a very convenient way to track your members and their IP addresses. You have two options, to enter a members name and find out which IP addresses have been used to post with, or enter an IP address and discover who's used that IP address and where.
Screenshot: Tools Home
This following screenshot shows the result of looking up the username "matt" on my test board. As you can see, I've used a few different IP addresses over time and several other member accounts have been registered with some of the IP addresses.
Screenshot: Search by Member Name
This following screen shot shows the result of clicking on the "Learn about this IP address" or from searching by IP address. As you can see, this IP address has been used for various things by different member accounts!
Screenshot: Search by IP
New Feature: Never let an update kill your skin again!
We've definitely saved the best until last! This suite of tools will allow you to download "skin package lists" from our remote server to your install so that you can compare your skins for missing sections and sections that require bug fixes.
If you've ever had a skin give you a PHP error after updating, you'll definitely get a lot of use out of this. In one click you can update your skin to the latest version and view what the changes are with our Skin Version Controller.
Screenshot: Skin Version Controller: Home
This following screenshot shows the result of comparing my local template set with the one from our remote "master" server. As you can see, the last update brought some bug fixes which I've already taken care of and some new sections that I need to update otherwise I'll be getting PHP errors when I try and use my board.
Screenshot: Comparing HTML Templates
This following screenshot shows the result of clicking on the "View: PHP". This will let you simply cut n' paste the new section straight into your own skin files if you're a hands on type of guy/gal. This is also handy if you have a heavily modified skin that may distort when new default sections are added.
Screenshot: Viewing PHP Pop-up
This following screenshot shows the result of clicking on the "Update" button. In a few seconds my skin is up-to-date and ready to be used and I didn't have to edit a single file or template bit by hand. Neat!
Screenshot: Result Screen
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#8 Posted by mipra on 23 Nov 2003 - 11:13
- There are too much to miss if I dont get this updated
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#9 Posted by Gian-Pa on 23 Nov 2003 - 11:30
- He found here !!!! http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?...showtopic=93692
Bug fixes for this release
Please note that these bug fixes are only relevant to update from the last release.
#101515 Pagination incorrect in Mod CP when using IP address tools
#101569 Integ msg edit function missing in ACP / Edit Member
#101728 Some emoticons showing when using [URL] tags
#101879 Pipe in username causes problem when logging into ACP
#102092 PHP notice when logging out
Sourse from readme file in the zip
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By www.Gian-Pa.com
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#10 Posted by DOCa Cola on 23 Nov 2003 - 13:54
- now the whole skin thingy again, hope thats the last time
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#11 Posted by Juguard on 23 Nov 2003 - 22:09
- dang, this announcement is 3 days old, since 1.3 got released...heh...
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#12 Posted by realmccoy on 24 Nov 2003 - 14:34
- Great this the board I am going use on my site when I finish it
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#13 Posted by dan87 on 24 Nov 2003 - 16:58
- Is this board software free and useable on any website ? I am guessing the answer is NO, but I am just curious....
If it isn't free/available for anyone who isn't an invision hosting user, is there any free forum board software out there?
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#13.1 Posted by silly_walk on 24 Nov 2003 - 19:33
QUOTE (#13.0) Is this board software free and useable on any website ? I am guessing the answer is NO, but I am just curious....
If it isn't free/available for anyone who isn't an invision hosting user, is there any free forum board software out there?
Thanks
It is free, just follow the instructions.
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#14 Posted by Spyder on 25 Nov 2003 - 02:37
- updated my forum..went smoothly, fixed an outstandingissue with png avatars. yay!
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This from the InvisionPowerBoard website: We're pleased to announce that the final production release of 1.3 has been released to the download area.
This release fixes up the last few issues found in our pre release version. This version is fully supported by our technicians and if you require an upgrade, please go into your client center and start a new ticket requesting an upgrade. Please allow us a little extra time to complete your order as there is always a large influx of orders around a final release.
There are no skin or language changes from the pre final release. If you are upgrading from earlier versions of Invision Power Board, you may wish to log into your download area (use the same username and password as you use here) and view the "docs" section to compile a list of changed files.
If you are upgrading from 1.2, we recommend that you upload ALL of the IPB source files EXCEPT conf_global.php - it's very important that you don't upload that file from the download zip. You will also need to run "upgrade6.php" if you are upgrading from 1.2 - this can be found in the "Tools and Scripts" folder of the download zip.
Improvements:
* improved Winamp meter (can show numerical data such as track position, bitrate etc)
* DEFAULT_CHARSET for non-ascii languages
* shift-resizing (preserving aspect ratio) in config editor
* 1x1 pixel minimum meter size
* X,Y, width,height for graphic objects
* any single-click activates meter linkage
* 24hr analog clock formatting option (%hh)
* ActiveScripts more resilient to being configured wrong
* Certain hotkeys prevented from being used (Caps Lock, Scroll Lock...)
* Additional language fields (see LanguageChanges.txt)