Forum Index
Show the title of the last posted to thread for each forum on index.php
Todays birthdays to not always refresh the cached template when someone submits a profile.
Option to remove "moderator" column via on/off in Admin CP
Forums / Categories
Password protected forums
Meta tags -- forum descriptions (and keywords?) are added to the Meta tags for each forum page
Thread preview on mouse-over (optional, via Admin CP)
Subscribed threads are indicated with an icon on thread / forumdisplay listings
Expand/collapse categories in forum view
Threads / Posts
Hit counter on announcements
Threaded and hybrid views (optional, via Admin CP and/or User CP)
Similar threads display (optional, via Admin CP)
All user info cells are combined into one template
Quick reply box (with optional "forced" click on post to quote)
Posting / Editing
WYSIWYG Editor for major text input fields (IE 5.5+, Mozilla 1.3+, Mozilla Firebird 0.6.1+)
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
Hitting the back button no longer necessary when you have too many images
Ability to manage thread (for mods and admins) while posting (i.e. - lock, stick, etc.)
Quotes are not included in min char count to keep members from posting long quotes with no content of their own (optional, via Admin CP)
Attempting to post a duplicate thread now results in an error message, and the user being sent back to the forumdisplay listing
Non-WYSIWYG editor shares many of its interface components with WYSIWYG editor for visual consistency
Attachments
Multiple attachments
Preview safe attachments
Attachment images (.gif,.jpg,,etc) are no longer in the database (optional, via Admin CP)
Attachment thumbnails (requires PHP to have GD enabled)
Calendar
Much improved calander system (too many changes to mention)
Multiple calendars
Calendar moderators
Private event reminder
Multiple days events (spanning multiple days)
Reoccuring events (monthly, weekly, annually, etc.)
Specify holidays
Events visible to specific user groups
Ability to add custom fields to calendar
Calendar events on forum index (optional, via Admin CP)
Option for full day events (instead of having to select an hourly span)
Email
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
Happy b'day emails
Newsletter / mailling integration
Opt-out list for e-mail options
User activation emails and lost password emails will not use the mailqueue, resulting in instant delivery
Ability to disable the mailqueue system completely (useful for boards with small amounts of traffic)
Login
No more "nosessionhash" setting.
No more use cookies setting
MD5 password by javascript before it is sent to the server
Option to save cookie *on this computer* when logging in
Login/logout ability in all pages, with user/pass form -- single login system
"Want to register?" and "Forgotten your password?" before user/pass form fields, for using tab
Password break-in watches -- too many failed attempts warning with a preset wait after too many failures.
PMs
Completely revamped PM system
Integrating Tracking with the Regular Folders
Mass download of PMs in CSV, TXT, or XML format
Preview PM before sending
Ability to send PM to multiple receipents
Mark PM(s) as read/unread
Private messages are now grouped by sending date, and each group can be collapsed to conserve screen space
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
Threads that do not already have polls now include a link at the bottom of the posts lists that allows users (with permissions to create polls) to add a poll to that thread
Registration / New Users
Quick registration system...username, password, email and any required custom fields and timezone
Send an email "thanks for registering and welcome to .." on user registration (welcome email)
Image / word verification for registration (requires PHP to have GD enabled)
New user moderation:
-- Radio buttons for "approve", "deny", "not sure" (save in limbo)
-- Default emails to send to approved and disapproved users
New COPPA system which requires date of birth to be entered and the appropriate page shown, this will cut down on under 13 registrations into a non COPPA group
**NEW**: Ability to disable COPPA users (users under age 13) from registering
**NEW**: Ability to set default registration options for most options in User Control Panel
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)
Search flood check
Autoselect forumid for search when clicking search button on toplinks from the forum.
Quoted text excluded from search results
Associate searchid with userid so people can't insert searchid's and get results they're not supposed to see
Search system is improved with regards to speed. Even faster now!
Select multiple forums to search
Search flood check does not apply to admins and mods
Search for users based on custom profile fields.
User Group Options --> User CP (Group Memberships)
Public User Groups (PUGs) that members can "join" via User CP
Usergroup leaders can view who is in their user group
Usergroup leaders can remove users from their group
User Options --> User CP
Settings / Options Section:
User Pictures - user can upload a personal picture. This picture is shown in the profile of the user.
Longer signature field with optional limit
Option to enable / disable daylight savings time
Option to select default type of subscription in User CP (rather than just subscribe or don't subscribe)
**NEW**: Requires password when changing e-mail address
Subscribed Threads Section:
Subscription to Threads/Forum without receiving e-mails
Change selected subscriptions to selected type (e.g.: like the PM system, with check boxes next to each message, and an option to move, delete, or download them)
Miscellaneous Section:
Users may remove attachments directly from their attachment manager via UCP
Calendar events to which users are subscribed can now be managed via a tool in the user control panel
Other:
Pop-up auto-refreshing buddylist with ICQ-style alerts when new buddies come online.
Validity check for homepages
vCard download (must be enabled in users' control panels) to allow the user profile to be placed into the address book
Moderator Options / Permissions
Permissions:
Admin can designate moderators who can themselves set forum passwords.
New permission - caneditpoll (separate from caneditposts)
Tools:
New merge/split/delete posts system
Remove check for attachments from mass-prune
Ability to delete all threads in a forum with less than x amount of replies.
Ability to delete all threads with a 0 rating.
Ability to prune by categories (not just forums)
Ability to prune all closed threads in a forum.
Ability to remove thread redirects
Mass-moving of threads
The "prune threads selectively" page should be similar to forumdisplay. Not only should the thread title be shown, but also the thread starter, number of replies, and last post time.
Selective mass delete, move posts
Other:
Extended Moderator Activity Logging
Ability to moderate thread creation but not replies
Admin Options
Annoucements:
Multiple announcements as separate threads (instead of one)
Attachments:
Allow users to specify max size of attachments to be viewed. If image is larger than user's specified size, it would be resized to the max image size and able to be clicked on to open the attachment full size in a new window (requires PHP to have GD enabled)
Can specify the size of attachments per type
Improved attachment system. Statistics, Attachment types editing.
Ability to delete old attachments. Ability to limit users to X number of bytes in total attachments. Option to "expire" attachments in CP.
Ability to store attachmentsin sub directories based on the userid of the poster
Avatars:
**NEW**: Ability to mass move avatars in categories
Banning / Warning / Violation system:
Timed bans
Separate section for banned users
Logs on who banned who and when the ban was implemented (not retroactive)
Users can be moved to other groups (i.e. - not the Registered group) and still be banned
Email:
Email members based on custom profile field
Resend for registration confirmation emails
Extended Stats:
Most Active Forum - New posts / new threads per forum per hour
Most Popular Forum - Views per forum per hour
Peak Online Time - Active users per hour
Most Popular Registering Period - New users per hour
Forums:
Ability to restrict "view new" to certain forums and groups of forums.
A "forum" can be just a link to something or somewhere else
Option to show forum lock icons
Choose forums in forum jump
Unlimited size of email field to automatically notify on new posts to a forum
Language Manager / Language Packs:
Ability to specify language as "left-to-right" or "right-to-left"
Ability to have image folder overridden to specified folder
Ability to specify encoding
Ability to override date and time formats
Ability to specify thousands and decimal separator
Options / Settings:
Ability to specify "powers" given to Mods
Signature length control
Improved email address ban
A more complete set of subscription options for daily/weekly/on new posts updates, for forum, thread and board.
An option to have thread views updated hourly rather than immediately
Option to set max avatar height and width seperately (i.e. : width=75, height=100)
Option to have passwords expire after __ days
Option to specify userid's of admins that are not allowed to be editted (by other admin or mods, set via config.php)
Super admin group - assigns permissions for regular admins, allows them to do certain things (like admins -> mods currently) / Ability to give limited access to Admin CP (mini-admins)
Option to disable control panel session timeout
Paid subscriptions:
Multiple payment processors (Paypal, Clickbank and Authorize.net)
Option to add manual entries to the paid subscriptions system, as well as options to edit existing entries
Will work in several currencies
Paid subscriptions now have a link in the user control panel
User Groups:
Options:
Add options to pick which groups appear on the memberlist, birthdays, etc
Place user under moderation (via usergroup)
Ability to set display options for usernames for user groups
Ability to allow/disallow avatars, sigs, and titles per user group
Usergroup determines avatar size
Permissions:
New permission - "Can use invisible mode"
New permission - "Can see invisible users"
Other:
Users can be members of multiple usergroups with their permissions "combined"
Add usergroup with permissions initially set as set for another group
Ability to setup moderators / group leaders for PUGs (control of user group via User CP)
Allow users to change usergroups automatically based on postcount, reg. date, or reputation
Users:
Admin editing of User's Avatar is more user friendly.
Additional user profile fields - you can now add profile fields which can have either a single line text box, multi line text box, single selection radio buttons, single selection menu, multiple selection menu, or multiple selection checkboxs.
An option for allowing a regex option to be specified for a custom profile field
Add user option in the admin CP to change the user's referrer
Option to merge user accounts
Search members based on custom profile field
User notes -- A field for the admin to keep notes on the user
Search for exact username (e.g. turn off wildcards)
Ultimate Ignore (a.k.a - Tachy Goes to Coventry): Admin can specify userid's to that is automatically added to all users ignore lists (although the user him/herself will be able to see their own posts)
vBcron system:
New control to allow admins to execute scheduled tasks instantly via a click of a button
Other:
New admin cp front end
Categories for Avatars and Smilies
Context sensitive help
Help topics manager for the context sensitive help
Admin can run REPAIR and OPTIMIZE on tables as a group or singularly (using mysql 3.23+)
An SQL box in the admin section for executing general queries
Diagnostic tests for testing system compatibility and settings
User ranking and karma admin
New settings manager
Ability to set display / parse order of smilies
More advanced throttling options on forum:
- *nix Load Limit (turn away new sessions at when load average hits limit)
Ability to save a backup file to local file for download via FTP
Ability for admins to choose their own style for the control panels, overriding the default style choice in the options editor
Improved admin control panel navigation frame, allowing groups of links to be expanded and collapsed, along with the ability to save your expanded groups preferences so that you can have 'favorite' groups open whenever you load up the control panel
BB Code
[ thread ] and [ post ] BB Codes added to link directly to threads / posts
All bbcode/smilies are stripped from posts BEFORE indexpost()
Improved bbcode parser
vBCode descriptions in the "What are vBCodes" link are now the actual descriptions in the database. No more editing the template.
Added default vBCodes: Left Align, Right Align, Center
Styles / Templates
Completely revamped Style system
You can place $post[postcount] in your postbit template to see each posts position in the thread
Conditionals in templates. Also called vB Conditionals, these are "if" "then" "else" statements built directly into the templates. This gives the admin/designer improved flexibility in creating dynamic design
Infinite parenting system for templates/replacements
Ability to specify the default styleset
Improved style editor including color preview swatches (which support background images) and a fully functional popup color picker system
Permissions editor colors now held in CSS for constant colors between different interfaces
The new horizontal-style postbit can be changed to use the old-style vertical postbit via a simple switch in the vBulletin Options admin control panel
CSS stylesheets can now be saved as cacheable files, rather than included within the HTML of every page (to make use of caching ability)
Special <phrase> tags may now be used in templates. This allows you to use phrases that contain variable parts by only editing the templates (versus editing the files). Here's an example: <phrase 1="member.php?find=lastposter&t=$thread[threadid]" 2="$thread[lastposter]">$vbphrase[by_x]</phrase> {1} and {2} in the phrase by_x will be replaced with the values you see there
Ability to revert all edited templates in a style
General / Major Additions
User rating - Karma
User ranking
Removal of redirects
Back to Top link at bottom of page
Search engine friendly archive of open forums (requires Apache)
Restyled FAQ section now looks similar to a forum
Visible "announcement" on forum pages when forum is "off" to remind admin
Drop-down box on pages for changing of styles without going to the user CP
Code Changes / Code Improvements
Improved post storage to reduce resource usage when showing threads.
Use gmdate() and NOT date()
A second phpinclude template to be executed at the same time as dooutput() - to allow manipulation of elements already generated by the page
An API for posting functions (newreply, newthread, newpoll, editpost)
Who's Online code is moved to a function so that it can be used to figure out a single user's location, to be used in the user's profile and other places if need be
Have install routine check for ALTER permissions and let user know ahead of time of status (vbtest.php)
Admin and mod directories are no longer hard coded to www.forum-url.com/admin/ (i.e. - you can specify the directory name for the admin and mod CP)
Prefix table names
URL length of links on the user-side of vBulletin shortened and optimized for better spidering by search engines
Javascript phrase parsing rewritten for compatability with Macintosh browsers
Improved unicode support regarding strings
*** Suggested Features ***
Forum Index
Total number of pageviews
Anniversary list (similar to birthday list) for each year a member has been a member of the forum
Total number of active members (time period setable by admin)
Ability to exclude certain forums from total posts / threads counts
Topics Preview - mouseover on forum name lists topic name and number of posts of last __ unread threads (and if more than __ unread threads include total count of unread threads)
**NEW**: Who's Online section - list number of members, guests and search bots (instead of just members and guests)
Forums / Categories
User title set per forum or category
Threads in parent forum appear in subforum
Topic date under topic starter
Topic categories inside a forum (not sub-forums, http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...?threadid=65205)
Option to view new posts only
Ability to filter threads listed as "ALL" or "My Threads" or "My Posts"
Show how many new posts since last visit
Show how many new views since last visit -- The query would kill forums over 100,000 posts
Show number of votes for polls (like posts are shown for threads)
Ability to view new posts since MM-DD-YY
Ability to see in the forum jump which forums have new posts (maybe with an asterick or number of new posts next to forum name)
Thread subtitles (similar to forum descriptions?)
Threads / Posts
Copy already posted thread and have both places (or multiple places) updated when new posts are made to any of them
View count is unique - if a user views a thread 100 times he is only counted 1 time -- would require logging each userid, which would take up alot of space
Thread prefixes: unlimited, and set per forum (but cascading like forum permissions). Set for each thread via a drop down list when posting.
Ability to show a printable version of a single post
Add in "response to post #x" on each post
Export thread to pdf
Show country flag in profile or on showthread
When replying to a user's post, but not quoting, a message like "Reponse to: Username" is add to post
Show "Thread merged from {other thread name}" inside posts of thread that is merged into another thread
"Private topics" - allows members to create topics that only people they specify can participate in
Show, inside post, how many posts the user had when post was made
Show number of times a post has been edited
Ability to download thread
Indented replies on threaded and hybrid modes (to easily determine which replies are replies to the previous post or new thought while reading a thread)
**NEW**: Ability to turn threaded mode off on a per thread basis
**NEW**: Option to order posts inside thread by post ID instead of post time so that problems with server / forum time would not cause new posts to be displayed before older posts
Posting / Editing
Insert smilie where cursor is for non IE 5+ browsers -- Limitation of browsers
Checkbox in the new post page, to determine if the user wants to be redirected to his post or return to the parent forum.
Checkbox in the new post page, to turn off vB code in that post only (similar to Disable Smilies option).
Checkbox for thread to automatically appear in multiple forums, all are updated as users post to them. When moving or deleting such a thread, should be able to choose if this should affect all, several, or just one of the copies.
Option either in UserCP, or in the adminCP to preview all post/replies etc automatically, so that users are forced to preview the post before it is posted
Finish post later - save in temporary place in database for later retrieval & finishing ('draft' mode if you will)
Custom fields for posts (like custom fields for profiles)
When editing your post, see the rest of the thread (like when you post it for the first time)
Ability for registered users to posts anonymously (option when posting). Would allow poster to edit post and admins / mods to see poster, but would be anonymous to other users
Autocompletion of predefined words -- Due to the limitations of browsers, slow connections, and overhead this could cause, it is not probable
Ability to quote more than one post (via checkboxes)
Provide link to post that user is quoting
Ability to turn off quick reply for thread older than __ days
Checkbox on quick reply to "quick reply" to first post in thread (in case user is not on same page as first post)
Popup preview for quick reply
Warning message displayed to user when replying to a thread that is dead with an option to continue or cancel; time for a dead topic adjusted in admin options
Quick edit - user click button similar to "quick reply to this post" and original post shows in "quick reply" box
Edit log - log for all changes of posts regardless of who edits them (with ability to prune __ days, to keep somewhat small) for users / mods have issues and for users that make "bad posts" and edit before admin has a chance to see
Display the number of pages of the topic that are viewable in the topic review (above topic review)
Premade greeting / signature text that users could set up, so that user does not have to write them everytime they post
Ability to turn off WYSIWYG via posting page or to clear ALL info (text and formatting) in WYSIWYG editor
**NEW**: Option to have "Quick Smilies" display in "Quick Reply" area
**NEW**: Option, when "Quick Reply Enabled" and "Require Click for Quick Reply" is set to no, to have the last reply / post on page automatically quoted when user does not click for quick reply
**NEW**: Ability for admin to choose which options are available in the "Quick Reply" box (i.e. - smilies, vbcode toolbar, post icons, etc.)
Attachments
Attachment description option
Ability to manage what icons show for each extension (via admin CP) -- can easily be done via FTP by overwriting the existing bitmaps provided in the distribution
Attachment Resizing: If the image is smaller or equal to max size, then it would be left alone.
Ability to specify max attachment size per forum / usergroup
Ability to store attachments as files on a remote server
Option to list attachments in alphabetical order
Ability to upload attachments via a URL (like for avatars)
Pre-processing of the maximum number of attachments so that the upload input box is not shown when the max number is achieved
Calendar
Users can comment on an event and a new thread is started in a specified forum
Link forum messages to calendar - Post a message in a forum and check a box that would cause it to also appear on the calendar. After clicking submit, you would be prompted for the date(s) where it should appear. When someone visits the calendar and clicks on the link, they would be shown the message or a link to it
Popup calendar selector (similar to expedia) for selecting dates in calendar
Attachments within calendar
Have the option of an additional date added to the register fields/profile fields much like the additional "custom fields" already offered to be populated into the Calendar automatically (like birthdays)
Search Calendar events past and future
Show printable link for calendar pages
Downloadable calendar events
**RECENT**: Ability to subscribe to a calendar and / or receive daily / weekly updates / digests
**NEW**: Ability to subscribe to a calendar event (or otherwise mark an event) and see a countdown to the event (i.e. - buddy birthdays, holidays, events user has created himself, other interesting events)
Email
Ability for users to configure POP3 / SMTP accounts to send and receive email via the forum
Email notification / daily updates (or whatever selected) for poll results
Allow users to schedule when e-mail digest (daily / weekly / etc. update) is sent
Allow users to get all new posts since their last log-in via e-mail (not just subscribed threads) at a scheduled time every day / week / etc.
FAQ
**NEW**: FAQ Permissions - Ability to give usergroups permissions to FAQs / FAQ entries (to be able to create a Mod FAQ, or other usergroup specific FAQ), similar to Forum Permissions and Calendar Permissions
**NEW**: Ability to use conditionals inside FAQ entries
Login
Ability for users to easily switch between multiple usernames (for forums allowing multiple usernames per person)
PMs
Search in My PM Folders
User Selectable Default Options Status - The checkboxes at the bottom -- 'request read receipt' and 'keep copy of sent item' -- as well as the "view number of days" *and* the default entry folder (currently inbox) should be user selectable.
Threaded View of PM Exchanges
Send PM's with an attachment
In-depth PM stats (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...?threadid=14724)
Mass email PMs
Admin purging of PMs older than __ days
Limit storage of PMs to those newer than __ days
Report PM to mod / admin
Total number of PM in folder listed next to PM folder name in PM folder menu / selector
Character counter with character limit listed while composing a new PM
**NEW**: Ability to enter a nickname or alias for another user and use the alias / nickname to PM user
**NEW**: "Verify Private Message Recipient(s)" - Button from "New PM" page, would open in new window and check each recipient listed for new PM and list whether the user either has PMs turned off, their Inbox (or cumulative PM Boxes) are full, or if they are okay to PM
**NEW**: User option whether pop-up "Request Return Receipt?" or checkbox in PM form
Polls
Option that user must reply to the thread before he can vote
Make time a poll is open similar to announcements creation - "from xxx date to yyy date" instead of "__ days"
Admin-created polls on main forum page
Admin created polls has option to force the members to vote before they could post again
Poll moderation (like new thread moderation)
Multi-question polls
Option to allow user to edit their vote
Option to add images for polls
Score Poll - be able to choose a number between __ and __ and the average of all "votes" will be shown
Non-public / hide results polls (i.e. - users can vote, but cannot see results)
**RECENT**: Option for thread / poll creator to not vote in poll, so that the poll creator can automatically see results without having to vote / click on view results link
**RECENT**: Always display poll results (in showthread) whether or not user has voted. If the user has not voted yet, there would be radio / check boxes next to each option with a submit button, but poll results would still be displayed. (optional on poll creation)
**RECENT**: Ability to make "Quick Polls" without having to go through the Post New Thread screen, fill in post info, check poll, etc. (like ezBoard, direct link to make a poll with optional? message text and poll options directly accesible on same page, admin option to use Quick Polls or current way)
Registration / New Users
New user moderation:
-- Checkboxes for items to include as reasons - e.g. You did not complete xxx field, You must do yyy first, etc. that could then be customized per email sent
Admin Option to Select Whether E-mail Verification will be done by the current method, or by sending out a random password
HTML email
Image verification for registration for users without GD enabled
Ability to deny or defer to user registration moderation registration of usernames similar to usernames already registered (example given was deny kewldude if cooldude already exists)
Welcome PM for new users
**RECENT**: Username suggestions - When a user tries to register a name that is already taken, available "modified" names would be suggested
Search
Ability to search for attachments
Ability to search for 0 post threads without having to input a keyword or username
Ability to resort results listed by topic starter, forum, thread name, etc.
Ability to control search response for specific words (or to set "top" responses, i.e. - search for "buy vbulletin" would return a list of matches but the first one(s) could be set by admin as being a link to buy vbulletin)
Pre-populated "Search this thread" when thread pulled up from search results page (i.e. - highlight passed)
Search results (posts) grouped by thread and collapsible (like forum categories)
Ability to set search minimum length per "word type" (i.e. - numbers=1, text=3)
**NEW**: Option on search results page to switch between "show results as threads / posts"
**NEW**: Ability to "modify" search parameters (i.e. - link to return to search options page pre-filled with original search options, keywords, username, etc.)
User Options --> User CP
Settings / Options Section:
Change username
Unregister
Allow two names: username and display name, and user picks which to show with posts.
Option to disable the display of smiles (like avatars, sigs, etc.) - would display text to generate smile instead
Option to specify height and width of textarea box in user CP
Show times for every timezone when user registration or changing vb options
Option to ignore certain forums when clicking on 'View new posts'
Members can choose which forums to see on forum home
A small preview of all style sets, so you don't have to check them to see how they look
Option for user to choose date/time format to display on forum
Option for user to turn off the displaying of referrals in their profile
Option to allow users to enable / disable thread preview on forum listings (if admin has thread preview enabled)
Custom title editor like signature editor (WYSIWYG, Multi-line textbox, Ability to use vBCode, etc.)
Ability to set coordinates in User CP to be displayed on world map used for community to see where everyone lives
Ability to have multiple avatars with the ability to choose which avatar to display for each post made (with a default avatar already selected when posting)
Option to browse forum with personal pics showing instead of avatars
**RECENT**: Ability to upload an avatar large than max dimensions and have it resized to allowed dimensions
**NEW**: "Default Thread Subscription Mode" - ability to specify seperate options for threads users start and for threads users are just replying to
**NEW**: Option for users to hear sounds when a Buddy switches sections (i.e. - online / offline) when their "Mini-Buddy List" is running
**NEW**: Option for user to specify the default font for users posts
Subscribed Threads Section:
Popup notification for subscribed threads (similar to PM notification) when a subscribed thread is responded to ("yes", would send the user to "Subscriptions" page in User CP)
Subcription (or subscription option) to receive e-mails for every post to thread subscribed to, not just first post since last visit (maybe optional via admin cp)
Instant notification for subscribed forums (not just subscribed threads)
Miscellaneous Section:
Reset button for buddy / ignore list
Option to block all threads started by users on your ignore list
Option to subscribe to user (similar to buddy list and ignore list)
Ability to TOTALLY ignore a user (i.e. - posts do not show up at all, previous poster is displayed as last poster, possibly replies to user's posts also do not show up) with option for amdmin to enable / disable functionality due to increased load it would cause
"Reason for adding to ignore list" to be displayed on ignored users posts
Other:
16x16 Icon Avatars (in addition to normal avatars) to show up next to username in lists, thread information, etc.
Each thread has an icon (an up-arrow) that allows a user to stick it at the top of his thread list as a customisable sticky local to that particular user
Ability to set "cookie" to a different date (determined by user) in case cookie gets corrupted, gets reset by a "mini" visit, or some other reason (temp fix until better mark read system implemented)
Section in profile containing the forum the user is most active in (i.e. - "Most Active In: Forum Name (__ posts in this forum / __% of this member's posts)")
Option to have remote avatars (avatars not downloaded on server, but displayed from user input URL)
Option to disclose your username to recipient when sending Karma to be displayed by users comment (and admin option to force disclosure or anonymity)
Ability to mark a category as read instead of just a forum or all forums
Ability to word wrap homepage field in the user profile for homepage URLs that are extremely long
Ability to see what page a user is browsing from profile page (if user has access to that info)
"Encrypt" email addresses with numeric equivalent to resist spambots
Moderator Options / Permissions
Permissions:
Override for mods to use images in sig even if turned off for rest of forum
Mods cannot unlock, unstick, delete, etc. threads stuck by Admins or Supermods (if the admin / supermod chooses it, not all locks / sticks / etc. would automatically have this type of limit set)
Ability to allow Admins / Mods to post HTML while not allowing reg. users
New Permission - Can ban / unban IPs and email addresses
Ability to set user access masks for forums they moderate (for giving access to private forums and / or banning from a specific forum)
**NEW**: New permission - Can create subforums (under forum that user mods) with subforums inheriting forum permissions of original "parent" forum (mod could not set custom permissions)
Tools:
Ability to select "prune threads between __ and __" or at least an option to view 10, 20, 50, etc. threads a time when pruning thread selectively.
Selective mass close, edit posts
Multiple Editing of Posts In One Thread ("click here to Edit Posts selectively" in the "Edit" page, allowing you to edit several posts and hitting submit once. Works just like the "click here to Delete Posts selectively" in the "Delete" page).
Add checkbox to postbit to allow for checking certain posts to split off (these are passed to split routine when option is selected)
Loose Sticky: Acts like a normal thread except that it cannot be bumped off the first page
Quick admin / mod options from forumdisplay.php (Suggested implementation - Maybe java drop down menu when admin / mod clicks on folder or thread icon for open, close, delete, etc.)
Option to lock a post when editing it to not allow the original poster to change the editted post
Checkboxes on forumdisplay to allow for selecting multiple threads to move / delete / copy / merge / etc.
Move post - Option to move post to another thread (split from current thread and merge into another thread at same time)
Other:
Style/template editing (in mod CP)
Way of letting mods see what posts were reported, and if any moderators have reacted upon the report
Report post to moderator can be sent to a mod via one or both of email and PM - selectable by mod or admin
Show admin/mod-only info on getinfo/Profile page to admins & mods to save trip to view user in mod/admin CP
Display IP inside post to users with permission instead of "IP: Logged" with a link to IP address
Option to view all IP's used by specific username, and all users using specific IP from IP / username listed in post
Move IP listing code into moderator.php in main forum directory
Ability to have report post create a post in a specified forum (for coordination between multiple mods and for "logging" purposes)
Ability to specify a usergroup (vs a user) as a moderator and control moderation permissions for usergroup like a normal moderator user
Ability to restrict mod log pruning like admin log pruning
Ability to create color styles for moderator's forums (i.e. - only be able to modify the CSS options, not the templates)
**RECENT**: Report post to moderator could be sent to instant messaging program (i.e. - ICQ, MSN, Jabber)
**NEW**: Logout option for Mod CP (like for Admin CP)
**NEW**: Mod choice of Mod CP style (like for Admin CP)
Admin options
Main Page:
Quick option finder
Links to the last five options changed
Quick links to disable / enable registration
Quick links to disable / enable forum
Annoucements:
Ability to mark an announcement as "required". If the announcement has not been read by the user, then the user cannot post in the forum where the announcement has been posted until they do.
Set order of announcements
Check boxes for forums to include announcement in instead of all or one
Announcements show up in "View new posts"
Option to make an announcement indefinite (i.e. - no end date)
Attachments:
Quota system for downloading attachments (per day / month)
Option to disallow attaching the same attachment within the same post
Ability to moderate certain types of attachments
**NEW**: Ability to set valid attachment types per forum (i.e. - .png, .jpg, .gif could be uploaded in forum A and only .txt could be uploaded in forum B)
**NEW**: Ability to specify the extension to save the attachment type as (instead of *.attach) -- Could pose a large security risk
Automation: (via vbCron?)
Remove "moved thread" redirect after __ days
Delete users with unverified email addresses / unactivated __ days after registration
Revert email addresses of existing users if they have not verified the change within __ days
Option to automatically merge double posts made within __ hours
Auto-turn off email notification for users who have __ bounced messages (would prob require a dedicated server for bounce checking)
Delete users who have not posted after __ days after registration
Delete / deactivate users who have not posted in __ days
Delete / deactivate users who have not visited in __ days
Email users __ days before deletion / deactivation with notification
Option to update users post counts every __ days (i.e. - Update counters)
Delete PMs that have been read that are __ days old
Delete PMs that have not been read that are __ days old
Prune threads from forum __ that have not been responded to in __ days
Prune threads / posts older than __ days
Move threads / posts older than __ days to specified forum
Avatars:
**NEW**: Ability to mass delete avatars in categories
Banning / Warning / Violation system:
Suspending Users: "I found a hack like this on vb.org, it gives an error message when a suspended member tries to access any part of the forums. It has a ticker of how much is left in your suspension by hours. I think this should be put in day format, and if you could, have it extend into week and month format (maybe M, W, D, ie, 'M' Month 'W' Weeks 'D' Days left in $userid 's suspension. I also think there should be an option in Admin CP where you can choose if suspended users can view the forums, and just suspend posting, or suspend them from the entire forums. Maybe there should be an option that allows after 'x' amount of suspensions the user is banned. "
"If you're a mod, you'll see a link called 'Warn User' in the user's mini profile on each post. Click on it, and the mod gets sent to a page with a list of forum violations. The mod checks the applicable violations, e.g. Spamming and Porn. An email is sent to the user with a quote of the particular post, and explains the specific violations and the rules associated with those violations. Ideally, those violations and rules should be added to the FAQ automatically when the admin first adds them to the system.
Next, each violation will carry a certain amount of points. When a user accumulates enough points to reach the first threshold (set by admin), he gets auto time banned (or faces some other consequence set by the admin). More points later, he gets to the second threshold. An email with the user's violation history is sent to the admin / head mod. That person can either forgive the user, or approve a permenant ban. If approved, the user's posts get deleted, his email address, IP and user names are banned, etc. The email mentioned above will also list how many points he has to date, and how many he has left before hitting each threshold, and the consequences.
Lastly, the system should record each of those emails sent out, preferrably as posts in a special mod only forum, so if the user complains of unfairness, other mods can step in and mediate."
Ban users for a thread
After clicking the IP: Logged you would have an option to ban this IP for 24 hours
Pre-written e-mails sent when someone is banned
Warnings: Every user can be warned x times officially (warnings can be searched back by moderaters) and after x warnings he will be banned.
After a banning a user has to agree to some terms of use before he will be unbanned. Like: "I agree that I will be banned completely if I won't obey to the following rules....etc.."
Users can be selectively banned from certain forums, either by not allowing them to post there, or not allowing them into the forum at all (i.e. - allows moderator to edit the access masks of forums they moderate, so the moderator could "ban" that user from that forum)
You can config how many warnings correspond with what kind of ban
Banned Members will not receive emails on subscribed threads
Moderators to have to put in a reason for why they ban a user
Logs on who warned who
Cause any links that are related to actions using vB (i.e. external links wouldn't trigger is that would sound hard to code that) to redirect the surfer to a special notification page, where the mod/admin would have set a one-time warning message
When user is banned, screen shows to user:
when they were banned
why they were banned
who they were banned by
when the banning will be removed (if applicable)
Visiting their profile displays the reason why they were banned
"Another suggestion, we operate a 3 strikes and then out... so maybe a settable strike limit of eg 3 and then they get a warning saying you have been warned for posting X you have 2 more lives left... etc... ok maybe a bit more complicated than just sending 1 email saying your banned but makes it easier... at the moment we just use a hidden user field with the number of strikes they have had... when it gets to 3 we ban them."
Unban ticket system - when someone is banned and views the "you're banned" page they can leave a ticket asking about their ban, etc. The ticket will be acessible from mod cp and mods can reply to it, the reply will be sent to users via email
A search query in the admin cp to list what users are currently banned by IP's / email's that are listed in the "IP's to ban" and "Email addresses to ban" boxes
Ban an IP range (i.e. - 0.0.*), but be able to to "unban" certain IPs in that range (i.e. - 0.0.1.1)
"It would be really usefull if you can officially give a user a warning by clicking on a link and filling in a reason. Moderators can keep track of all the warnings and decide wether to ban him or not. If they wanna ban them they can click on a link and he has to fill in a reason as well and a time-range in which he will be banned (ie: 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 1 year or fulltime).
Also a list of all banned users with details of why he was banned and all the warnings he got and an 'unban'-link."
Ability to ban certain IPs from registering, but allow users already registered and using those IPs to still use forum
Ability to IP ban people from individual forums
Ability to associate comments to individual e-mail or IP bans
Reason for banning (predefined or mod typed)
Banning inserted into User Notes (i.e. - $username banned by $mod for $timeperiod. Reason: $reason)
Ability to ban hostnames
Option to allow certain usergroups or users that meet certain criteria (__ posts / reputation) to switch to a banned email address
Ability to specify which email addresses are allowed to register and all others are disallowed
**NEW**: Seperate page (not showgroups) to show Banned members (people in banned groups) for regular members to view, optional by admin
Email:
More options for mail function (i.e. - smtp support, set headers like Return-Path, etc.)
Ability to store a signature and apply to all emails sent by the admin
Under Admin Options --> Users --> Email Users, add a "CC:" field or option to copy e-mail to admin, so admins can keep track of what they have sent (and to who)
Ability to selectively choose which members (from generated list) to e-mail (similar to prune option)
HTML Email with HTML editor
Ability to use SMTP account for mailing purposes
"Auto redirect" option for subsequent pages for admins emailing large groups of members (instead of having to click on submit for each page of the email batch)
History of email / newsletters sent out to users
Extended Stats:
Track a certain user's activity
User tracking - stats on users patterns when posting and moving around the forums
Online users per day (similar to "Who was online" hack) - History of number of users online per day broken down by guests and members
Activity Stats: See how active a member has been each week
Most Ignored Report
Length of stay of users
How many users are registered per e-mail domain
How many users have logged in the the last __ days
How many users have not logged in the last __ days
Which IP addresses have acessed the forum the most
Browsers and platforms
Top __ threads viewed / replied to
Avg number of pages each person visits
PM stats with other stats
Bandwidth meter for forums and members
List of all outgoing links in posts and what threads they are in (suggestions: have seperate URL table that is populated when post is submitted, rather than parsing real time)
Top words searched for in last __ days / months / weeks / year
Ability to log outgoing link clicks (i.e. - [ url ] and forums that are links) and provide stats on number of people following which link
Spider stats - which spiders have visited site, date of last visit, how many and which forums were spidered
Forums:
Copy forum (permissions)
Forum intro text (to be displayed on forum display page, could be used for per-forum rules, description, etc.)
Ability to specify one or more usergroups (instead of just e-mail address(es)) to automatically notify on new posts to a forum
Enable forums to have more than one parent
Ability to specify a specific language to be used for a forum - Default language being used would depend on forum being viewed
Ability to specify the depth of forums to show for each individual forum
Ability to specify smile-set per forum
When granting user access to private forum, have option to allow user to see all threads or only threads created since user has been granted access to forum
Option whether to search specified forum when searching for "similar threads" listings (i.e. - ability to keep posts form a forum out of the similar threads listing)
Ability to limit the number of characters on a line and number of lines on the thread preview
Ability to set the sort order of threads in a forum to "thread start date" instead of "last post date" by default
Ability to set the sort order of sticky threads in a forum or forums to "thread start date" instead of "last post date" by default (to keep sticky threads from jumping up and down)
Ability to set a forum / category as inaccessible to certain usergroups, but also visible on forum home to all usergroups
Ability to set default sort order on a per forum basis
Option to enable / disable word censoring on a per forum basis
**RECENT**: Option to "force" displaying of "similar threads" upon posting / preview to forum and before "officially" submitting post (good for help forums to make sure question / answer is not already there)
**RECENT**: Ability to set different post indicators for each forum (similar to forumplanet, but with the ability to have ones that denotes locked forum, new posts, and no new posts)
**NEW**: Option for password protected forums to not show last poster / thread title on forum listing pages
**NEW**: Default forum permissions - Ability to setup default forum permissions on a per forum basis to be used as an option when setting up new user groups
**NEW**: "Minimum Characters per Post" settable per forum
Language Manager / Language Packs:
**NEW**: Remove date/time formatting options from "vBulletin Options" section and use date/time formatting of default language instead
**NEW**: A small example of the context in which the word / phrase will be used (there can be enormous differences in the translation depending on context)
Options / Settings:
Admin-assignable amount of smilies per page in "get more" popup
Ability to restrict size of signatures (i.e. - # of images / lines, height, width, size of images)
Ability to allow / disallow certain HTML tags
Ability for Admin to disable Mods ability to post HTML in annoucements from Mod CP
Allow the bburl field to have multiple addresses for installations that have multiple domains pointing to it -- This field is the basis of creating links in the system. It would create improper links.
Options to limit new threads/posts per user per day/thread
Option for admin to allow editing of posts to bump or not bump thread in forum listing (instead of just new replies)
Option to set minimum avatar size (like current max size option)
Option to have no moderators (all mod features would be turned off, like mod columns, moderated by)
Option to keep users post count as a total post count, regardless of pruning or rebuilding counters (i.e. - cumulative post count or lifetime post count
Max post size - Seperate option for new threads versus replies
Censor option - option to show first and last character of censored words and block out only middle characters
Option to set max bandwidth for users / usergroups per month
Option to turn off ignore so that no one can use it
Remove global option "Allow users to select their own style" since it is covered by option "Allow user to select this?" in style settings
Option to disable ability for users to post twice in a row in a topic (i.e. - someone else must respond before they can post to the thread again)
Option to disallow negative feedback on reputation system
Option to not count spiders in the most users ever online total
**RECENT**: Option to display one signature per user per thread
**RECENT**: Option to change the default extension for forum images (i.e. - "new reply", "new thread") from .gif to another format (i.e. - .png)
**NEW**: Ability to specify / choose which IM icons to use / display (instead of all or none)
**NEW**: Option to disable "lower level" users from viewing "higher level" users locations in Who's Online, even if lower level user has access to higher level users location (i.e. - Mods could only see mod and reg user locations, Super Admins could see all locations, reg users could only see reg user locations) with option of user being able to set text (in User CP) to be displayed in place of their location in Who's Online
**NEW**: Option to allow users to edit thread titles indefinitely (i.e. - no limit)
Paid Subscriptions:
Option to include a logo for Paypal order form (code: <input type="hidden" name="image_url" value="Link To Image" />)
Option for an indefinite subscription (i.e. - never expires)
**RECENT**: New payment processor - ibill
**RECENT**: New payment processor - 2checkout
**NEW**: New payment processor - CCBill
**NEW**: Subscription Length - Option of __ Days
**NEW**: Option for recurring subscriptions
User Groups:
Options:
Ability to set language and theme / style in PUGs (and regular UGs, for say Banned UGs)
Option to have members automatically added to other members buddy lists
Option to set max post size, max poll size, and pics per post per usergroup
Ability to set (or disable) floodchecks per user group
Option to highlight and show censored words in posts (for admins / mods / etc.)
Ability to set max sig size per usergroup
Ability to set time delay before "edit" is displayed per usergroup
Ability to set max new threads / posts per day per usergroup
Ability to limit certain BB Codes to certain usergroups (seperate options for posts, PMs, and sigs)
Ability to specify default style for usergroup
Ability to specify styles accessible to usergroup (i.e. - usergroup A can use / see styles A and B, but usergroup B can use / see styles A and C)
**RECENT**: Ability to disable "Print this thread" option per usergroup
**NEW**: User Title HTML Markup
Permissions:
New Permission - Can view thread titles (on forumdisplay) but not threads
New Permission - Allow user/usergroup to ignore
New Permission - Can use HTML
New Permissions - Can send PM to admins / mods, Can send PM to other users
New Permissions - Can view avatars, Can view sigs (i.e. - set guests to no to save on bandwidth)
New permission - Can use quick reply (suggestion was for paid subscriptions)
New permission - Can see profile pic thumbnail (suggestion was for paid subscriptions)
New permission - Can view attachment thumbnail (if enabled, suggestion was for paid subscriptions)
New permission - Can change style (instead of global, suggestion was for paid subscriptions)
New permission - Can edit own thread
Other:
Send PM to all members of a specific usergroup
Reorder the usergroups on the Forum Leaders page via admin cp and manually edit the order of Mods/Admins inside those groups
Option to give each group its own "member list", so that group "A" can't see the members in groups "B" or "C"
Ability to make a whole usergroup or one usergroup permission "negative" (i.e. - instead of if one of the options is a "yes", if the whole usergroup or one usergroup permission is "no" it would override any "yes"s)
Ability to add profile fields to specific usergroups
"Set a usergroup usage so it can be used as primary & additional or additional only. My idea for additional only groups is that they would allow you to change only a set few options only and the rest are set to 'inherit'. As an example, you could set up subscriptions so people can pay say $5 for 900 PM limit, $5 for bigger avatar size (in k), etc. At the moment, setting up groups like this would overwrite each other. Additional groups would also be able to overwrite title formatting if not set to inherit or whether user ranks set for the additional group should overwrite the primary group ranks set, etc etc"
Ability to put a usergroup on everyone's ignore list (like Tachy Goes Coventry option for specific users) with option for the usergroup to be able to view or not view each other's posts (like the user can view their own in Tachy)
Users:
Assigned passwords
Thread based user levels (can edit / can post / can delete / etc.)
Ability to reassociate threads posted by a deleted user with another user (i.e. - userid is set to 0, but username = 'blah', so set userid = 123 where username = 'blah' and userid = 0)
Ability to just change username, password, e-mail, etc. without possibly reverting changes that an online user just made (suggestions: possibly load hidden fields with pre-changing information, and only update the fields that have change from the pre-changed ones to the submitted ones, or have basic page with only frequently updated fields)
Ability to edit a user's ignore / buddy list
Option to automatically put users in "tachy goes coventry" if __ users add user to their ignore lists or if reputation level gets to __
**NEW**: Ability to resend activation e-mail to user from edit screen (like e-mail password option)
Other:
Show all the admins that are currently in Admin-CP mode and what they do, to prevent double work or inconsistency
Change a post owner
Ability to specify "powers" given to Supermods
Send pop-up message (like PM popups) that would popup when user next logs-in
A menu for customizing the control panel (edit cp.css)
Ability to change "badwords" via admin panel
Ability to add super mods to categories only (instead of the whole forum)
Being guest on forum while being logged into admin panel
Centralized "Recycle Bin" for reviewing of all "soft" deleted posts / threads with the ability to undelete / hard delete selectively
Admin CP Noteboard, or 2 inboxes (one from normal users and one from staff)
GD control of avatars - auto resize, opacity, border, way it is displayed -- GD does not have GIF write access so you would need to convert all avatars to one format.
Seperate section for permissions / permission management options instead of listed in users, user groups, and forums
Example:
- Permissions
-- Usergroup permissions
--- Global (all non-forum permissions, such as moderator-review before showing posts made by user, whether user can bypass main flood control, etc.)
--- Per-forum
-- User-specific permissions
--- Global
--- Per-forum (currently Access Masks in v2)
More advanced throttling options on forum:
Simultaneous sessions limits: Turn away new visitors, use "light" graphics set, disable searches, disable MySQL 4 advanced indexing and caching, disable GZIP compression, calculate views at 60 minute intervals
Notify administrator of throttling: hourly, daily, never
Ability to change post time of thread when creating new thread or editting a thread
Ability to search registration IPs as well as posting / PMing IPs (for users that have not posted yet)
Ability to gzip backup files
Searching / viewing polls in admin panel returns multiple pages to allow loading if forums contain hundreds of polls (i.e. - 15 per page) or the ability to search through polls based on a user specified date range
Ability to rollback / undo last __ mod / admin actions
Ability to turn off "error e-mail" if a similar error has been logged in the last __ minutes (if error logging enabled, in the event database goes down or something)
Ability to rebuild similar threads for a date range or for last __ posts / threads
User ranks based on reg date / reputation like promotions
User titles based on reg date, reputation, post count, and / or usergroups
Advanced censor for words that would replace a specific word with a specific word / phrase instead of just every censored word with globally specified character
Ability to disallow super-mods and admins from physically deleting and editing posts / threads in specific forums
Allow regular expressions for disallowing certain user names
Search tool for admin cp help
Utility to renumber userids
**RECENT**: Ability to mass PM users (similar to email options)
**NEW**: Option / ability for Super Admins to be able to edit themselves from the Admin CP (some like idea, some don't, so probably optional via config.php file)
**NEW**: Ability to quickly reorder all smilies in a category by either their "Title" or their filename or their "tag" (instead of having to order them by hand)
**NEW**: Seperate usernames / username pieces in "Illegal User Names" with semi-colons rather than space so that admins can disallow spaces in usernames (semi-colons are already disallowed)
BB Code
Global variables parsed in [BB] code and replacements -- Possible security problems
Tag / BBCode to direct where your attachment would show up in post
New BB Code (PHP parsed): Sample Text translated to URL to user's profile via userid (not username)
New BB Code (PHP parsed): [pm=username]Sample Text[/pm] to translate to URL to PM user via userid (not username)
Quotes in tables (border=1) -- can already edit the "quote" BB Code
Ability to set max size for font bbcode (i.e. - If max size is set to 3, then anything larger than 3 like [ font=4 ] would be set to 3).
PHP Code Highlighting: Ability to change background color of PHP Code section or change the PHP highlight colors via the Admin CP or change the PHP bbcode to use the "highlight.bg" of the current configuration to make PHP Code Highlighting work for dark colored boards
Ability to set max size for . If image is larger than max size, it is displayed smaller and is clickable for larger pic.
New BB Codes: Shadow, Glow, etc.
New BB Code: [vb] - Visual Basic parser / highlighter
Option to prepend a URL on all outgoing URLs submitted in posts (for redirection / counter / loging scripts)
Ability to setup BB Codes with multiple parameters (i.e. - [img w=60 h=100])
More options than {option} and {param} for the creation of custom BB Codes (i.e. - like {postid} and {threadid} which will be replaced by the corresponding ID of the post, {uid} replaced with generated unique id for use in CSS id tag)
**NEW**: New BB Code: [spoiler]
**NEW**: New BB Codes: Strikethrough, Superscript, Subscript, Full Justify, Horizontal Line
Styles / Templates
Previewing when editing templates
Icon-sets per style
Smilie-sets per style (currently you can define custom icons/smilies by using the { imagesfolder } var, but it would be great if you can upload a new set per style)
Option set per style. e.g. the number of smilies per row
Ability to also export images with your style
Member-created style for use only by that user
Take header/footer out of template set (so you don't have to create a new template set to have a different header & footer)
Complimentary color palette that goes with the color choice given in styles
Have all variables work on all templates/pages -- would run out of memory and the number of queries would skyrocket
Basic CSS / HTML validator to notify admin of unmatched tags or other common HTML mistakes in templates
Ability to preview a style in a using a specific language pack
Ability to use XSL templates to output XML
Phrase conditionals
Style specific forum listing layouts
Ability to force a style based on referrer URL
New tag (like phrase tag) - <template name="template name goes here"> for users that would like to add templates but not hack the files just to add extra templates
**NEW**: "Last Thread Title Maximum Displayed Characters" setting per style (for the ability to have "large" style with a longer last thread title, and "small" styles with a shorter last thread title on the same forum)
**NEW**: Ability to import / export subsets (selected templates) of styles instead of just whole style
General / Major Additions
ARCHIVING of old posts/threads
Export threads to static HTML
Built-in browser checking with variables available system-wide
Low Bandwidth Active Topics - A simple section where you input the file name of the textfile that it is written to. Two templates that determine the output. And it is run whenever newthread or newreply is run.
Persistent / Improved Mark Read system (suggested ideas: database, database/cookie, CSS)
Survey for members (possibly give certain "bonuses" or link to survey answers from profile if large)
Apply for moderator
Remove guest's record in "Who's Online" immediately upon following a forum that is really a link instead of after specified time period
ldap support - This should be an option to use ldap an existing or new ldap db as the user and auth db for vbulletin.
Some sort of SDK for vbulletin integration into site
Image gallery
Instant messaging
Chat
Usenet integration
Links directory "Yahoo!" style
Download / review feature for offering files
Spellchecking
Guestbooks (private forum) on user profile - each user has their own private forum that they moderate. You could see this forum by visiting the users profile. This would allow any user to ask silly questions, say anything they want without being moderated, and give users a reason to look at everyone's profile all the time.
Ability to connect to a central server where user registrations are kept, rather than having to register at every vb forum (i.e. - ezBoard style).
Banner / ads support
Replying to thread via email
WYSIWYG on all platforms
Store hack
The ability to add locations for online.php (i.e. - a location table capable of being used for regular expression pattern matching)
Plugin System for hacks
Support for PostgreSQL
Outlook type interface for e-mail built into the current PM system
Journal / blog
Streaming news
"Did __ look at this thread?" feature
File Storage for users / members:
Admin Side:
As an admin I allow a specific group to have "X" amount of disk space on my server.
As the admin I would also want to setup bandwidth limitation priorities so that if the load on my server was high; the user files would not be permitted for use until the bandwidth load had decreased.
I would like to be able override the default disk space settings at the user level. (So most members of the group get "X" amount of space; but one guy gets "X*2")
I would like to be able to specify from the admin cp what local path it should use for creating the user stores. I would like to have this at the group and user level (if I allow a certain user to use more space; I could move his "home dire" to a volume with more available space or less traffic)
A "delete queue". Time for retaining deleted files set in admin CP. If user deletes a file it remains in the queue for the defined time. User can "undelete" a file during this time if necessary. Option for files to never permanently delete; but instead move to a deleted directory. Option to clear our permanent delete directory from admin cp.
Ability to restrict extensions that can be uploaded. (IE no .js files)
Option to retain or delete a users files when you delete their account
Ability to move all users files over to a different account
Ability to lock a users file (so they can't do anything with it but it still eats into their file space. A way of punishing them for uploading something that isn't allowed like porn)
Option to require that an action be taken before you can download the file. I'm specifically thinking about requiring a user to vote on a poll or to take a survey before they can download the file. The poll/survey would have to store whether or not the user completed it in the user profile.
User Side:
The "My Files" exists under the user cp
The user is able to create an unlimited amount of sub directories using the "my files" gui.
The user can define whether or not his files can be browsed by the public.
The users files can be directly linked to but only from within my domain. (So the user can post something like; go get my file "here")
The files need to be stored in the file system
Upload Manager: The GUI would need an upload manager that could resume, be paused or canceled, and had a progress bar. The upload manager would check for space restrictions before attempting to upload (so that the user doesn't end up upload 75% of a file only to find out that they have run out of space and wasted their time)
Ability to delete files/folders. Ability to delete folders that are not empty.
Ability to browse a users files by viewing their profile.
Files listed in "Windows Explorer" type format with left pane showing folders, right pane showing folders on top then files.
Reuse this funcitonality for a "my gallery", user image gallery. User could merely have a "gallery" folder listed in their files that automatically displays the images as thumbnails instead of as files. So instead of having a seperate gallery and downloads; all they have to do is just upload images into the gallery folder and it will function as a gallery. They would still have a my gallery link in the user profile for other users to hit to browser their gallery.
Ability to "subscribe" to a users file; so that when the file is updated you receive an email notification or a PM popup with a link to the file.
User ability to create their own group of usernames that they can then use as a security group for their files (like a buddy list). They can then restrict certain folders or files to be viewable, or not, to that group.
"I would like admins to be able 'sync' their boards to atomic time via a vbulletin mechnisim that works out the offset and corrects the time on the board (like rdate / ntpupdate correct a server's time). This way vbulletins would always have the correct time +/- a few seconds."
FidoNet support
Stats page accessible to regular users - how many messages posted each month, most active users, most active threads, youngest / oldest members (i.e. - like vbStats hack)
**RECENT**: Have browser automatically detect browser / OS language settings and display appropriate language
**RECENT**: Ability to create a "master" password that would allow admins to log into any users account
**RECENT**: SMS notification
**RECENT**: Smart Tags / hot links
**RECENT**: Automatic upgrade feature
**NEW**: Pretty URL rewrite - Allow admin to set a "description" or "tag" for each forum, then (when enabled) allow forum listings to be pulled up by following "/forums/{tag}" instead of "/forumdisplay.php?f={forum_id}"
**NEW**: Similar Links - like Similar Threads except list of admin input links
**NEW**: "Archive" (Spider Archive) for non-Apache webservers -- archive uses apache's callback feature, a way to emulate this in IIS is unknown at this time
External Data Provider / external.php
Functionality:
**NEW**: Ability to return / ask for the __ most recent posts in a thread, the __ first posts in a thread, or all posts from a thread (possibly variable option of +/- __, or 0 for all)
**NEW**: Statistics query
Added variables / attributes:
Threads:
**NEW**: Reply count
**NEW**: URL for viewing
**NEW**: URL for replying
Installation / Upgrade Script
**NEW**: If install.php exists, automatically redirect to page to choose a link of either "Install" or "Upgrade" instead of giving a database error when main forum URL is loaded
**NEW**: Ability to set option while in upgrade / install to automatically forward / cycle through pages that require no user input and returned no errors (instead of having to click "Next" on each step / partial step)[/LEFT]
Show the title of the last posted to thread for each forum on index.php
Todays birthdays to not always refresh the cached template when someone submits a profile.
Option to remove "moderator" column via on/off in Admin CP
Forums / Categories
Password protected forums
Meta tags -- forum descriptions (and keywords?) are added to the Meta tags for each forum page
Thread preview on mouse-over (optional, via Admin CP)
Subscribed threads are indicated with an icon on thread / forumdisplay listings
Expand/collapse categories in forum view
Threads / Posts
Hit counter on announcements
Threaded and hybrid views (optional, via Admin CP and/or User CP)
Similar threads display (optional, via Admin CP)
All user info cells are combined into one template
Quick reply box (with optional "forced" click on post to quote)
Posting / Editing
WYSIWYG Editor for major text input fields (IE 5.5+, Mozilla 1.3+, Mozilla Firebird 0.6.1+)
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
Hitting the back button no longer necessary when you have too many images
Ability to manage thread (for mods and admins) while posting (i.e. - lock, stick, etc.)
Quotes are not included in min char count to keep members from posting long quotes with no content of their own (optional, via Admin CP)
Attempting to post a duplicate thread now results in an error message, and the user being sent back to the forumdisplay listing
Non-WYSIWYG editor shares many of its interface components with WYSIWYG editor for visual consistency
Attachments
Multiple attachments
Preview safe attachments
Attachment images (.gif,.jpg,,etc) are no longer in the database (optional, via Admin CP)
Attachment thumbnails (requires PHP to have GD enabled)
Calendar
Much improved calander system (too many changes to mention)
Multiple calendars
Calendar moderators
Private event reminder
Multiple days events (spanning multiple days)
Reoccuring events (monthly, weekly, annually, etc.)
Specify holidays
Events visible to specific user groups
Ability to add custom fields to calendar
Calendar events on forum index (optional, via Admin CP)
Option for full day events (instead of having to select an hourly span)
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
Happy b'day emails
Newsletter / mailling integration
Opt-out list for e-mail options
User activation emails and lost password emails will not use the mailqueue, resulting in instant delivery
Ability to disable the mailqueue system completely (useful for boards with small amounts of traffic)
Login
No more "nosessionhash" setting.
No more use cookies setting
MD5 password by javascript before it is sent to the server
Option to save cookie *on this computer* when logging in
Login/logout ability in all pages, with user/pass form -- single login system
"Want to register?" and "Forgotten your password?" before user/pass form fields, for using tab
Password break-in watches -- too many failed attempts warning with a preset wait after too many failures.
PMs
Completely revamped PM system
Integrating Tracking with the Regular Folders
Mass download of PMs in CSV, TXT, or XML format
Preview PM before sending
Ability to send PM to multiple receipents
Mark PM(s) as read/unread
Private messages are now grouped by sending date, and each group can be collapsed to conserve screen space
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
Threads that do not already have polls now include a link at the bottom of the posts lists that allows users (with permissions to create polls) to add a poll to that thread
Registration / New Users
Quick registration system...username, password, email and any required custom fields and timezone
Send an email "thanks for registering and welcome to .." on user registration (welcome email)
Image / word verification for registration (requires PHP to have GD enabled)
New user moderation:
-- Radio buttons for "approve", "deny", "not sure" (save in limbo)
-- Default emails to send to approved and disapproved users
New COPPA system which requires date of birth to be entered and the appropriate page shown, this will cut down on under 13 registrations into a non COPPA group
**NEW**: Ability to disable COPPA users (users under age 13) from registering
**NEW**: Ability to set default registration options for most options in User Control Panel
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)
Search flood check
Autoselect forumid for search when clicking search button on toplinks from the forum.
Quoted text excluded from search results
Associate searchid with userid so people can't insert searchid's and get results they're not supposed to see
Search system is improved with regards to speed. Even faster now!
Select multiple forums to search
Search flood check does not apply to admins and mods
Search for users based on custom profile fields.
User Group Options --> User CP (Group Memberships)
Public User Groups (PUGs) that members can "join" via User CP
Usergroup leaders can view who is in their user group
Usergroup leaders can remove users from their group
User Options --> User CP
Settings / Options Section:
User Pictures - user can upload a personal picture. This picture is shown in the profile of the user.
Longer signature field with optional limit
Option to enable / disable daylight savings time
Option to select default type of subscription in User CP (rather than just subscribe or don't subscribe)
**NEW**: Requires password when changing e-mail address
Subscribed Threads Section:
Subscription to Threads/Forum without receiving e-mails
Change selected subscriptions to selected type (e.g.: like the PM system, with check boxes next to each message, and an option to move, delete, or download them)
Miscellaneous Section:
Users may remove attachments directly from their attachment manager via UCP
Calendar events to which users are subscribed can now be managed via a tool in the user control panel
Other:
Pop-up auto-refreshing buddylist with ICQ-style alerts when new buddies come online.
Validity check for homepages
vCard download (must be enabled in users' control panels) to allow the user profile to be placed into the address book
Moderator Options / Permissions
Permissions:
Admin can designate moderators who can themselves set forum passwords.
New permission - caneditpoll (separate from caneditposts)
Tools:
New merge/split/delete posts system
Remove check for attachments from mass-prune
Ability to delete all threads in a forum with less than x amount of replies.
Ability to delete all threads with a 0 rating.
Ability to prune by categories (not just forums)
Ability to prune all closed threads in a forum.
Ability to remove thread redirects
Mass-moving of threads
The "prune threads selectively" page should be similar to forumdisplay. Not only should the thread title be shown, but also the thread starter, number of replies, and last post time.
Selective mass delete, move posts
Other:
Extended Moderator Activity Logging
Ability to moderate thread creation but not replies
Admin Options
Annoucements:
Multiple announcements as separate threads (instead of one)
Attachments:
Allow users to specify max size of attachments to be viewed. If image is larger than user's specified size, it would be resized to the max image size and able to be clicked on to open the attachment full size in a new window (requires PHP to have GD enabled)
Can specify the size of attachments per type
Improved attachment system. Statistics, Attachment types editing.
Ability to delete old attachments. Ability to limit users to X number of bytes in total attachments. Option to "expire" attachments in CP.
Ability to store attachmentsin sub directories based on the userid of the poster
Avatars:
**NEW**: Ability to mass move avatars in categories
Banning / Warning / Violation system:
Timed bans
Separate section for banned users
Logs on who banned who and when the ban was implemented (not retroactive)
Users can be moved to other groups (i.e. - not the Registered group) and still be banned
Email:
Email members based on custom profile field
Resend for registration confirmation emails
Extended Stats:
Most Active Forum - New posts / new threads per forum per hour
Most Popular Forum - Views per forum per hour
Peak Online Time - Active users per hour
Most Popular Registering Period - New users per hour
Forums:
Ability to restrict "view new" to certain forums and groups of forums.
A "forum" can be just a link to something or somewhere else
Option to show forum lock icons
Choose forums in forum jump
Unlimited size of email field to automatically notify on new posts to a forum
Language Manager / Language Packs:
Ability to specify language as "left-to-right" or "right-to-left"
Ability to have image folder overridden to specified folder
Ability to specify encoding
Ability to override date and time formats
Ability to specify thousands and decimal separator
Options / Settings:
Ability to specify "powers" given to Mods
Signature length control
Improved email address ban
A more complete set of subscription options for daily/weekly/on new posts updates, for forum, thread and board.
An option to have thread views updated hourly rather than immediately
Option to set max avatar height and width seperately (i.e. : width=75, height=100)
Option to have passwords expire after __ days
Option to specify userid's of admins that are not allowed to be editted (by other admin or mods, set via config.php)
Super admin group - assigns permissions for regular admins, allows them to do certain things (like admins -> mods currently) / Ability to give limited access to Admin CP (mini-admins)
Option to disable control panel session timeout
Paid subscriptions:
Multiple payment processors (Paypal, Clickbank and Authorize.net)
Option to add manual entries to the paid subscriptions system, as well as options to edit existing entries
Will work in several currencies
Paid subscriptions now have a link in the user control panel
User Groups:
Options:
Add options to pick which groups appear on the memberlist, birthdays, etc
Place user under moderation (via usergroup)
Ability to set display options for usernames for user groups
Ability to allow/disallow avatars, sigs, and titles per user group
Usergroup determines avatar size
Permissions:
New permission - "Can use invisible mode"
New permission - "Can see invisible users"
Other:
Users can be members of multiple usergroups with their permissions "combined"
Add usergroup with permissions initially set as set for another group
Ability to setup moderators / group leaders for PUGs (control of user group via User CP)
Allow users to change usergroups automatically based on postcount, reg. date, or reputation
Users:
Admin editing of User's Avatar is more user friendly.
Additional user profile fields - you can now add profile fields which can have either a single line text box, multi line text box, single selection radio buttons, single selection menu, multiple selection menu, or multiple selection checkboxs.
An option for allowing a regex option to be specified for a custom profile field
Add user option in the admin CP to change the user's referrer
Option to merge user accounts
Search members based on custom profile field
User notes -- A field for the admin to keep notes on the user
Search for exact username (e.g. turn off wildcards)
Ultimate Ignore (a.k.a - Tachy Goes to Coventry): Admin can specify userid's to that is automatically added to all users ignore lists (although the user him/herself will be able to see their own posts)
vBcron system:
New control to allow admins to execute scheduled tasks instantly via a click of a button
Other:
New admin cp front end
Categories for Avatars and Smilies
Context sensitive help
Help topics manager for the context sensitive help
Admin can run REPAIR and OPTIMIZE on tables as a group or singularly (using mysql 3.23+)
An SQL box in the admin section for executing general queries
Diagnostic tests for testing system compatibility and settings
User ranking and karma admin
New settings manager
Ability to set display / parse order of smilies
More advanced throttling options on forum:
- *nix Load Limit (turn away new sessions at when load average hits limit)
Ability to save a backup file to local file for download via FTP
Ability for admins to choose their own style for the control panels, overriding the default style choice in the options editor
Improved admin control panel navigation frame, allowing groups of links to be expanded and collapsed, along with the ability to save your expanded groups preferences so that you can have 'favorite' groups open whenever you load up the control panel
BB Code
[ thread ] and [ post ] BB Codes added to link directly to threads / posts
All bbcode/smilies are stripped from posts BEFORE indexpost()
Improved bbcode parser
vBCode descriptions in the "What are vBCodes" link are now the actual descriptions in the database. No more editing the template.
Added default vBCodes: Left Align, Right Align, Center
Styles / Templates
Completely revamped Style system
You can place $post[postcount] in your postbit template to see each posts position in the thread
Conditionals in templates. Also called vB Conditionals, these are "if" "then" "else" statements built directly into the templates. This gives the admin/designer improved flexibility in creating dynamic design
Infinite parenting system for templates/replacements
Ability to specify the default styleset
Improved style editor including color preview swatches (which support background images) and a fully functional popup color picker system
Permissions editor colors now held in CSS for constant colors between different interfaces
The new horizontal-style postbit can be changed to use the old-style vertical postbit via a simple switch in the vBulletin Options admin control panel
CSS stylesheets can now be saved as cacheable files, rather than included within the HTML of every page (to make use of caching ability)
Special <phrase> tags may now be used in templates. This allows you to use phrases that contain variable parts by only editing the templates (versus editing the files). Here's an example: <phrase 1="member.php?find=lastposter&t=$thread[threadid]" 2="$thread[lastposter]">$vbphrase[by_x]</phrase> {1} and {2} in the phrase by_x will be replaced with the values you see there
Ability to revert all edited templates in a style
General / Major Additions
User rating - Karma
User ranking
Removal of redirects
Back to Top link at bottom of page
Search engine friendly archive of open forums (requires Apache)
Restyled FAQ section now looks similar to a forum
Visible "announcement" on forum pages when forum is "off" to remind admin
Drop-down box on pages for changing of styles without going to the user CP
Code Changes / Code Improvements
Improved post storage to reduce resource usage when showing threads.
Use gmdate() and NOT date()
A second phpinclude template to be executed at the same time as dooutput() - to allow manipulation of elements already generated by the page
An API for posting functions (newreply, newthread, newpoll, editpost)
Who's Online code is moved to a function so that it can be used to figure out a single user's location, to be used in the user's profile and other places if need be
Have install routine check for ALTER permissions and let user know ahead of time of status (vbtest.php)
Admin and mod directories are no longer hard coded to www.forum-url.com/admin/ (i.e. - you can specify the directory name for the admin and mod CP)
Prefix table names
URL length of links on the user-side of vBulletin shortened and optimized for better spidering by search engines
Javascript phrase parsing rewritten for compatability with Macintosh browsers
Improved unicode support regarding strings
*** Suggested Features ***
Forum Index
Total number of pageviews
Anniversary list (similar to birthday list) for each year a member has been a member of the forum
Total number of active members (time period setable by admin)
Ability to exclude certain forums from total posts / threads counts
Topics Preview - mouseover on forum name lists topic name and number of posts of last __ unread threads (and if more than __ unread threads include total count of unread threads)
**NEW**: Who's Online section - list number of members, guests and search bots (instead of just members and guests)
Forums / Categories
User title set per forum or category
Threads in parent forum appear in subforum
Topic date under topic starter
Topic categories inside a forum (not sub-forums, http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...?threadid=65205)
Option to view new posts only
Ability to filter threads listed as "ALL" or "My Threads" or "My Posts"
Show how many new posts since last visit
Show how many new views since last visit -- The query would kill forums over 100,000 posts
Show number of votes for polls (like posts are shown for threads)
Ability to view new posts since MM-DD-YY
Ability to see in the forum jump which forums have new posts (maybe with an asterick or number of new posts next to forum name)
Thread subtitles (similar to forum descriptions?)
Threads / Posts
Copy already posted thread and have both places (or multiple places) updated when new posts are made to any of them
View count is unique - if a user views a thread 100 times he is only counted 1 time -- would require logging each userid, which would take up alot of space
Thread prefixes: unlimited, and set per forum (but cascading like forum permissions). Set for each thread via a drop down list when posting.
Ability to show a printable version of a single post
Add in "response to post #x" on each post
Export thread to pdf
Show country flag in profile or on showthread
When replying to a user's post, but not quoting, a message like "Reponse to: Username" is add to post
Show "Thread merged from {other thread name}" inside posts of thread that is merged into another thread
"Private topics" - allows members to create topics that only people they specify can participate in
Show, inside post, how many posts the user had when post was made
Show number of times a post has been edited
Ability to download thread
Indented replies on threaded and hybrid modes (to easily determine which replies are replies to the previous post or new thought while reading a thread)
**NEW**: Ability to turn threaded mode off on a per thread basis
**NEW**: Option to order posts inside thread by post ID instead of post time so that problems with server / forum time would not cause new posts to be displayed before older posts
Posting / Editing
Insert smilie where cursor is for non IE 5+ browsers -- Limitation of browsers
Checkbox in the new post page, to determine if the user wants to be redirected to his post or return to the parent forum.
Checkbox in the new post page, to turn off vB code in that post only (similar to Disable Smilies option).
Checkbox for thread to automatically appear in multiple forums, all are updated as users post to them. When moving or deleting such a thread, should be able to choose if this should affect all, several, or just one of the copies.
Option either in UserCP, or in the adminCP to preview all post/replies etc automatically, so that users are forced to preview the post before it is posted
Finish post later - save in temporary place in database for later retrieval & finishing ('draft' mode if you will)
Custom fields for posts (like custom fields for profiles)
When editing your post, see the rest of the thread (like when you post it for the first time)
Ability for registered users to posts anonymously (option when posting). Would allow poster to edit post and admins / mods to see poster, but would be anonymous to other users
Autocompletion of predefined words -- Due to the limitations of browsers, slow connections, and overhead this could cause, it is not probable
Ability to quote more than one post (via checkboxes)
Provide link to post that user is quoting
Ability to turn off quick reply for thread older than __ days
Checkbox on quick reply to "quick reply" to first post in thread (in case user is not on same page as first post)
Popup preview for quick reply
Warning message displayed to user when replying to a thread that is dead with an option to continue or cancel; time for a dead topic adjusted in admin options
Quick edit - user click button similar to "quick reply to this post" and original post shows in "quick reply" box
Edit log - log for all changes of posts regardless of who edits them (with ability to prune __ days, to keep somewhat small) for users / mods have issues and for users that make "bad posts" and edit before admin has a chance to see
Display the number of pages of the topic that are viewable in the topic review (above topic review)
Premade greeting / signature text that users could set up, so that user does not have to write them everytime they post
Ability to turn off WYSIWYG via posting page or to clear ALL info (text and formatting) in WYSIWYG editor
**NEW**: Option to have "Quick Smilies" display in "Quick Reply" area
**NEW**: Option, when "Quick Reply Enabled" and "Require Click for Quick Reply" is set to no, to have the last reply / post on page automatically quoted when user does not click for quick reply
**NEW**: Ability for admin to choose which options are available in the "Quick Reply" box (i.e. - smilies, vbcode toolbar, post icons, etc.)
Attachments
Attachment description option
Ability to manage what icons show for each extension (via admin CP) -- can easily be done via FTP by overwriting the existing bitmaps provided in the distribution
Attachment Resizing: If the image is smaller or equal to max size, then it would be left alone.
Ability to specify max attachment size per forum / usergroup
Ability to store attachments as files on a remote server
Option to list attachments in alphabetical order
Ability to upload attachments via a URL (like for avatars)
Pre-processing of the maximum number of attachments so that the upload input box is not shown when the max number is achieved
Calendar
Users can comment on an event and a new thread is started in a specified forum
Link forum messages to calendar - Post a message in a forum and check a box that would cause it to also appear on the calendar. After clicking submit, you would be prompted for the date(s) where it should appear. When someone visits the calendar and clicks on the link, they would be shown the message or a link to it
Popup calendar selector (similar to expedia) for selecting dates in calendar
Attachments within calendar
Have the option of an additional date added to the register fields/profile fields much like the additional "custom fields" already offered to be populated into the Calendar automatically (like birthdays)
Search Calendar events past and future
Show printable link for calendar pages
Downloadable calendar events
**RECENT**: Ability to subscribe to a calendar and / or receive daily / weekly updates / digests
**NEW**: Ability to subscribe to a calendar event (or otherwise mark an event) and see a countdown to the event (i.e. - buddy birthdays, holidays, events user has created himself, other interesting events)
Ability for users to configure POP3 / SMTP accounts to send and receive email via the forum
Email notification / daily updates (or whatever selected) for poll results
Allow users to schedule when e-mail digest (daily / weekly / etc. update) is sent
Allow users to get all new posts since their last log-in via e-mail (not just subscribed threads) at a scheduled time every day / week / etc.
FAQ
**NEW**: FAQ Permissions - Ability to give usergroups permissions to FAQs / FAQ entries (to be able to create a Mod FAQ, or other usergroup specific FAQ), similar to Forum Permissions and Calendar Permissions
**NEW**: Ability to use conditionals inside FAQ entries
Login
Ability for users to easily switch between multiple usernames (for forums allowing multiple usernames per person)
PMs
Search in My PM Folders
User Selectable Default Options Status - The checkboxes at the bottom -- 'request read receipt' and 'keep copy of sent item' -- as well as the "view number of days" *and* the default entry folder (currently inbox) should be user selectable.
Threaded View of PM Exchanges
Send PM's with an attachment
In-depth PM stats (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...?threadid=14724)
Mass email PMs
Admin purging of PMs older than __ days
Limit storage of PMs to those newer than __ days
Report PM to mod / admin
Total number of PM in folder listed next to PM folder name in PM folder menu / selector
Character counter with character limit listed while composing a new PM
**NEW**: Ability to enter a nickname or alias for another user and use the alias / nickname to PM user
**NEW**: "Verify Private Message Recipient(s)" - Button from "New PM" page, would open in new window and check each recipient listed for new PM and list whether the user either has PMs turned off, their Inbox (or cumulative PM Boxes) are full, or if they are okay to PM
**NEW**: User option whether pop-up "Request Return Receipt?" or checkbox in PM form
Polls
Option that user must reply to the thread before he can vote
Make time a poll is open similar to announcements creation - "from xxx date to yyy date" instead of "__ days"
Admin-created polls on main forum page
Admin created polls has option to force the members to vote before they could post again
Poll moderation (like new thread moderation)
Multi-question polls
Option to allow user to edit their vote
Option to add images for polls
Score Poll - be able to choose a number between __ and __ and the average of all "votes" will be shown
Non-public / hide results polls (i.e. - users can vote, but cannot see results)
**RECENT**: Option for thread / poll creator to not vote in poll, so that the poll creator can automatically see results without having to vote / click on view results link
**RECENT**: Always display poll results (in showthread) whether or not user has voted. If the user has not voted yet, there would be radio / check boxes next to each option with a submit button, but poll results would still be displayed. (optional on poll creation)
**RECENT**: Ability to make "Quick Polls" without having to go through the Post New Thread screen, fill in post info, check poll, etc. (like ezBoard, direct link to make a poll with optional? message text and poll options directly accesible on same page, admin option to use Quick Polls or current way)
Registration / New Users
New user moderation:
-- Checkboxes for items to include as reasons - e.g. You did not complete xxx field, You must do yyy first, etc. that could then be customized per email sent
Admin Option to Select Whether E-mail Verification will be done by the current method, or by sending out a random password
HTML email
Image verification for registration for users without GD enabled
Ability to deny or defer to user registration moderation registration of usernames similar to usernames already registered (example given was deny kewldude if cooldude already exists)
Welcome PM for new users
**RECENT**: Username suggestions - When a user tries to register a name that is already taken, available "modified" names would be suggested
Search
Ability to search for attachments
Ability to search for 0 post threads without having to input a keyword or username
Ability to resort results listed by topic starter, forum, thread name, etc.
Ability to control search response for specific words (or to set "top" responses, i.e. - search for "buy vbulletin" would return a list of matches but the first one(s) could be set by admin as being a link to buy vbulletin)
Pre-populated "Search this thread" when thread pulled up from search results page (i.e. - highlight passed)
Search results (posts) grouped by thread and collapsible (like forum categories)
Ability to set search minimum length per "word type" (i.e. - numbers=1, text=3)
**NEW**: Option on search results page to switch between "show results as threads / posts"
**NEW**: Ability to "modify" search parameters (i.e. - link to return to search options page pre-filled with original search options, keywords, username, etc.)
User Options --> User CP
Settings / Options Section:
Change username
Unregister
Allow two names: username and display name, and user picks which to show with posts.
Option to disable the display of smiles (like avatars, sigs, etc.) - would display text to generate smile instead
Option to specify height and width of textarea box in user CP
Show times for every timezone when user registration or changing vb options
Option to ignore certain forums when clicking on 'View new posts'
Members can choose which forums to see on forum home
A small preview of all style sets, so you don't have to check them to see how they look
Option for user to choose date/time format to display on forum
Option for user to turn off the displaying of referrals in their profile
Option to allow users to enable / disable thread preview on forum listings (if admin has thread preview enabled)
Custom title editor like signature editor (WYSIWYG, Multi-line textbox, Ability to use vBCode, etc.)
Ability to set coordinates in User CP to be displayed on world map used for community to see where everyone lives
Ability to have multiple avatars with the ability to choose which avatar to display for each post made (with a default avatar already selected when posting)
Option to browse forum with personal pics showing instead of avatars
**RECENT**: Ability to upload an avatar large than max dimensions and have it resized to allowed dimensions
**NEW**: "Default Thread Subscription Mode" - ability to specify seperate options for threads users start and for threads users are just replying to
**NEW**: Option for users to hear sounds when a Buddy switches sections (i.e. - online / offline) when their "Mini-Buddy List" is running
**NEW**: Option for user to specify the default font for users posts
Subscribed Threads Section:
Popup notification for subscribed threads (similar to PM notification) when a subscribed thread is responded to ("yes", would send the user to "Subscriptions" page in User CP)
Subcription (or subscription option) to receive e-mails for every post to thread subscribed to, not just first post since last visit (maybe optional via admin cp)
Instant notification for subscribed forums (not just subscribed threads)
Miscellaneous Section:
Reset button for buddy / ignore list
Option to block all threads started by users on your ignore list
Option to subscribe to user (similar to buddy list and ignore list)
Ability to TOTALLY ignore a user (i.e. - posts do not show up at all, previous poster is displayed as last poster, possibly replies to user's posts also do not show up) with option for amdmin to enable / disable functionality due to increased load it would cause
"Reason for adding to ignore list" to be displayed on ignored users posts
Other:
16x16 Icon Avatars (in addition to normal avatars) to show up next to username in lists, thread information, etc.
Each thread has an icon (an up-arrow) that allows a user to stick it at the top of his thread list as a customisable sticky local to that particular user
Ability to set "cookie" to a different date (determined by user) in case cookie gets corrupted, gets reset by a "mini" visit, or some other reason (temp fix until better mark read system implemented)
Section in profile containing the forum the user is most active in (i.e. - "Most Active In: Forum Name (__ posts in this forum / __% of this member's posts)")
Option to have remote avatars (avatars not downloaded on server, but displayed from user input URL)
Option to disclose your username to recipient when sending Karma to be displayed by users comment (and admin option to force disclosure or anonymity)
Ability to mark a category as read instead of just a forum or all forums
Ability to word wrap homepage field in the user profile for homepage URLs that are extremely long
Ability to see what page a user is browsing from profile page (if user has access to that info)
"Encrypt" email addresses with numeric equivalent to resist spambots
Moderator Options / Permissions
Permissions:
Override for mods to use images in sig even if turned off for rest of forum
Mods cannot unlock, unstick, delete, etc. threads stuck by Admins or Supermods (if the admin / supermod chooses it, not all locks / sticks / etc. would automatically have this type of limit set)
Ability to allow Admins / Mods to post HTML while not allowing reg. users
New Permission - Can ban / unban IPs and email addresses
Ability to set user access masks for forums they moderate (for giving access to private forums and / or banning from a specific forum)
**NEW**: New permission - Can create subforums (under forum that user mods) with subforums inheriting forum permissions of original "parent" forum (mod could not set custom permissions)
Tools:
Ability to select "prune threads between __ and __" or at least an option to view 10, 20, 50, etc. threads a time when pruning thread selectively.
Selective mass close, edit posts
Multiple Editing of Posts In One Thread ("click here to Edit Posts selectively" in the "Edit" page, allowing you to edit several posts and hitting submit once. Works just like the "click here to Delete Posts selectively" in the "Delete" page).
Add checkbox to postbit to allow for checking certain posts to split off (these are passed to split routine when option is selected)
Loose Sticky: Acts like a normal thread except that it cannot be bumped off the first page
Quick admin / mod options from forumdisplay.php (Suggested implementation - Maybe java drop down menu when admin / mod clicks on folder or thread icon for open, close, delete, etc.)
Option to lock a post when editing it to not allow the original poster to change the editted post
Checkboxes on forumdisplay to allow for selecting multiple threads to move / delete / copy / merge / etc.
Move post - Option to move post to another thread (split from current thread and merge into another thread at same time)
Other:
Style/template editing (in mod CP)
Way of letting mods see what posts were reported, and if any moderators have reacted upon the report
Report post to moderator can be sent to a mod via one or both of email and PM - selectable by mod or admin
Show admin/mod-only info on getinfo/Profile page to admins & mods to save trip to view user in mod/admin CP
Display IP inside post to users with permission instead of "IP: Logged" with a link to IP address
Option to view all IP's used by specific username, and all users using specific IP from IP / username listed in post
Move IP listing code into moderator.php in main forum directory
Ability to have report post create a post in a specified forum (for coordination between multiple mods and for "logging" purposes)
Ability to specify a usergroup (vs a user) as a moderator and control moderation permissions for usergroup like a normal moderator user
Ability to restrict mod log pruning like admin log pruning
Ability to create color styles for moderator's forums (i.e. - only be able to modify the CSS options, not the templates)
**RECENT**: Report post to moderator could be sent to instant messaging program (i.e. - ICQ, MSN, Jabber)
**NEW**: Logout option for Mod CP (like for Admin CP)
**NEW**: Mod choice of Mod CP style (like for Admin CP)
Admin options
Main Page:
Quick option finder
Links to the last five options changed
Quick links to disable / enable registration
Quick links to disable / enable forum
Annoucements:
Ability to mark an announcement as "required". If the announcement has not been read by the user, then the user cannot post in the forum where the announcement has been posted until they do.
Set order of announcements
Check boxes for forums to include announcement in instead of all or one
Announcements show up in "View new posts"
Option to make an announcement indefinite (i.e. - no end date)
Attachments:
Quota system for downloading attachments (per day / month)
Option to disallow attaching the same attachment within the same post
Ability to moderate certain types of attachments
**NEW**: Ability to set valid attachment types per forum (i.e. - .png, .jpg, .gif could be uploaded in forum A and only .txt could be uploaded in forum B)
**NEW**: Ability to specify the extension to save the attachment type as (instead of *.attach) -- Could pose a large security risk
Automation: (via vbCron?)
Remove "moved thread" redirect after __ days
Delete users with unverified email addresses / unactivated __ days after registration
Revert email addresses of existing users if they have not verified the change within __ days
Option to automatically merge double posts made within __ hours
Auto-turn off email notification for users who have __ bounced messages (would prob require a dedicated server for bounce checking)
Delete users who have not posted after __ days after registration
Delete / deactivate users who have not posted in __ days
Delete / deactivate users who have not visited in __ days
Email users __ days before deletion / deactivation with notification
Option to update users post counts every __ days (i.e. - Update counters)
Delete PMs that have been read that are __ days old
Delete PMs that have not been read that are __ days old
Prune threads from forum __ that have not been responded to in __ days
Prune threads / posts older than __ days
Move threads / posts older than __ days to specified forum
Avatars:
**NEW**: Ability to mass delete avatars in categories
Banning / Warning / Violation system:
Suspending Users: "I found a hack like this on vb.org, it gives an error message when a suspended member tries to access any part of the forums. It has a ticker of how much is left in your suspension by hours. I think this should be put in day format, and if you could, have it extend into week and month format (maybe M, W, D, ie, 'M' Month 'W' Weeks 'D' Days left in $userid 's suspension. I also think there should be an option in Admin CP where you can choose if suspended users can view the forums, and just suspend posting, or suspend them from the entire forums. Maybe there should be an option that allows after 'x' amount of suspensions the user is banned. "
"If you're a mod, you'll see a link called 'Warn User' in the user's mini profile on each post. Click on it, and the mod gets sent to a page with a list of forum violations. The mod checks the applicable violations, e.g. Spamming and Porn. An email is sent to the user with a quote of the particular post, and explains the specific violations and the rules associated with those violations. Ideally, those violations and rules should be added to the FAQ automatically when the admin first adds them to the system.
Next, each violation will carry a certain amount of points. When a user accumulates enough points to reach the first threshold (set by admin), he gets auto time banned (or faces some other consequence set by the admin). More points later, he gets to the second threshold. An email with the user's violation history is sent to the admin / head mod. That person can either forgive the user, or approve a permenant ban. If approved, the user's posts get deleted, his email address, IP and user names are banned, etc. The email mentioned above will also list how many points he has to date, and how many he has left before hitting each threshold, and the consequences.
Lastly, the system should record each of those emails sent out, preferrably as posts in a special mod only forum, so if the user complains of unfairness, other mods can step in and mediate."
Ban users for a thread
After clicking the IP: Logged you would have an option to ban this IP for 24 hours
Pre-written e-mails sent when someone is banned
Warnings: Every user can be warned x times officially (warnings can be searched back by moderaters) and after x warnings he will be banned.
After a banning a user has to agree to some terms of use before he will be unbanned. Like: "I agree that I will be banned completely if I won't obey to the following rules....etc.."
Users can be selectively banned from certain forums, either by not allowing them to post there, or not allowing them into the forum at all (i.e. - allows moderator to edit the access masks of forums they moderate, so the moderator could "ban" that user from that forum)
You can config how many warnings correspond with what kind of ban
Banned Members will not receive emails on subscribed threads
Moderators to have to put in a reason for why they ban a user
Logs on who warned who
Cause any links that are related to actions using vB (i.e. external links wouldn't trigger is that would sound hard to code that) to redirect the surfer to a special notification page, where the mod/admin would have set a one-time warning message
When user is banned, screen shows to user:
when they were banned
why they were banned
who they were banned by
when the banning will be removed (if applicable)
Visiting their profile displays the reason why they were banned
"Another suggestion, we operate a 3 strikes and then out... so maybe a settable strike limit of eg 3 and then they get a warning saying you have been warned for posting X you have 2 more lives left... etc... ok maybe a bit more complicated than just sending 1 email saying your banned but makes it easier... at the moment we just use a hidden user field with the number of strikes they have had... when it gets to 3 we ban them."
Unban ticket system - when someone is banned and views the "you're banned" page they can leave a ticket asking about their ban, etc. The ticket will be acessible from mod cp and mods can reply to it, the reply will be sent to users via email
A search query in the admin cp to list what users are currently banned by IP's / email's that are listed in the "IP's to ban" and "Email addresses to ban" boxes
Ban an IP range (i.e. - 0.0.*), but be able to to "unban" certain IPs in that range (i.e. - 0.0.1.1)
"It would be really usefull if you can officially give a user a warning by clicking on a link and filling in a reason. Moderators can keep track of all the warnings and decide wether to ban him or not. If they wanna ban them they can click on a link and he has to fill in a reason as well and a time-range in which he will be banned (ie: 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 1 year or fulltime).
Also a list of all banned users with details of why he was banned and all the warnings he got and an 'unban'-link."
Ability to ban certain IPs from registering, but allow users already registered and using those IPs to still use forum
Ability to IP ban people from individual forums
Ability to associate comments to individual e-mail or IP bans
Reason for banning (predefined or mod typed)
Banning inserted into User Notes (i.e. - $username banned by $mod for $timeperiod. Reason: $reason)
Ability to ban hostnames
Option to allow certain usergroups or users that meet certain criteria (__ posts / reputation) to switch to a banned email address
Ability to specify which email addresses are allowed to register and all others are disallowed
**NEW**: Seperate page (not showgroups) to show Banned members (people in banned groups) for regular members to view, optional by admin
Email:
More options for mail function (i.e. - smtp support, set headers like Return-Path, etc.)
Ability to store a signature and apply to all emails sent by the admin
Under Admin Options --> Users --> Email Users, add a "CC:" field or option to copy e-mail to admin, so admins can keep track of what they have sent (and to who)
Ability to selectively choose which members (from generated list) to e-mail (similar to prune option)
HTML Email with HTML editor
Ability to use SMTP account for mailing purposes
"Auto redirect" option for subsequent pages for admins emailing large groups of members (instead of having to click on submit for each page of the email batch)
History of email / newsletters sent out to users
Extended Stats:
Track a certain user's activity
User tracking - stats on users patterns when posting and moving around the forums
Online users per day (similar to "Who was online" hack) - History of number of users online per day broken down by guests and members
Activity Stats: See how active a member has been each week
Most Ignored Report
Length of stay of users
How many users are registered per e-mail domain
How many users have logged in the the last __ days
How many users have not logged in the last __ days
Which IP addresses have acessed the forum the most
Browsers and platforms
Top __ threads viewed / replied to
Avg number of pages each person visits
PM stats with other stats
Bandwidth meter for forums and members
List of all outgoing links in posts and what threads they are in (suggestions: have seperate URL table that is populated when post is submitted, rather than parsing real time)
Top words searched for in last __ days / months / weeks / year
Ability to log outgoing link clicks (i.e. - [ url ] and forums that are links) and provide stats on number of people following which link
Spider stats - which spiders have visited site, date of last visit, how many and which forums were spidered
Forums:
Copy forum (permissions)
Forum intro text (to be displayed on forum display page, could be used for per-forum rules, description, etc.)
Ability to specify one or more usergroups (instead of just e-mail address(es)) to automatically notify on new posts to a forum
Enable forums to have more than one parent
Ability to specify a specific language to be used for a forum - Default language being used would depend on forum being viewed
Ability to specify the depth of forums to show for each individual forum
Ability to specify smile-set per forum
When granting user access to private forum, have option to allow user to see all threads or only threads created since user has been granted access to forum
Option whether to search specified forum when searching for "similar threads" listings (i.e. - ability to keep posts form a forum out of the similar threads listing)
Ability to limit the number of characters on a line and number of lines on the thread preview
Ability to set the sort order of threads in a forum to "thread start date" instead of "last post date" by default
Ability to set the sort order of sticky threads in a forum or forums to "thread start date" instead of "last post date" by default (to keep sticky threads from jumping up and down)
Ability to set a forum / category as inaccessible to certain usergroups, but also visible on forum home to all usergroups
Ability to set default sort order on a per forum basis
Option to enable / disable word censoring on a per forum basis
**RECENT**: Option to "force" displaying of "similar threads" upon posting / preview to forum and before "officially" submitting post (good for help forums to make sure question / answer is not already there)
**RECENT**: Ability to set different post indicators for each forum (similar to forumplanet, but with the ability to have ones that denotes locked forum, new posts, and no new posts)
**NEW**: Option for password protected forums to not show last poster / thread title on forum listing pages
**NEW**: Default forum permissions - Ability to setup default forum permissions on a per forum basis to be used as an option when setting up new user groups
**NEW**: "Minimum Characters per Post" settable per forum
Language Manager / Language Packs:
**NEW**: Remove date/time formatting options from "vBulletin Options" section and use date/time formatting of default language instead
**NEW**: A small example of the context in which the word / phrase will be used (there can be enormous differences in the translation depending on context)
Options / Settings:
Admin-assignable amount of smilies per page in "get more" popup
Ability to restrict size of signatures (i.e. - # of images / lines, height, width, size of images)
Ability to allow / disallow certain HTML tags
Ability for Admin to disable Mods ability to post HTML in annoucements from Mod CP
Allow the bburl field to have multiple addresses for installations that have multiple domains pointing to it -- This field is the basis of creating links in the system. It would create improper links.
Options to limit new threads/posts per user per day/thread
Option for admin to allow editing of posts to bump or not bump thread in forum listing (instead of just new replies)
Option to set minimum avatar size (like current max size option)
Option to have no moderators (all mod features would be turned off, like mod columns, moderated by)
Option to keep users post count as a total post count, regardless of pruning or rebuilding counters (i.e. - cumulative post count or lifetime post count
Max post size - Seperate option for new threads versus replies
Censor option - option to show first and last character of censored words and block out only middle characters
Option to set max bandwidth for users / usergroups per month
Option to turn off ignore so that no one can use it
Remove global option "Allow users to select their own style" since it is covered by option "Allow user to select this?" in style settings
Option to disable ability for users to post twice in a row in a topic (i.e. - someone else must respond before they can post to the thread again)
Option to disallow negative feedback on reputation system
Option to not count spiders in the most users ever online total
**RECENT**: Option to display one signature per user per thread
**RECENT**: Option to change the default extension for forum images (i.e. - "new reply", "new thread") from .gif to another format (i.e. - .png)
**NEW**: Ability to specify / choose which IM icons to use / display (instead of all or none)
**NEW**: Option to disable "lower level" users from viewing "higher level" users locations in Who's Online, even if lower level user has access to higher level users location (i.e. - Mods could only see mod and reg user locations, Super Admins could see all locations, reg users could only see reg user locations) with option of user being able to set text (in User CP) to be displayed in place of their location in Who's Online
**NEW**: Option to allow users to edit thread titles indefinitely (i.e. - no limit)
Paid Subscriptions:
Option to include a logo for Paypal order form (code: <input type="hidden" name="image_url" value="Link To Image" />)
Option for an indefinite subscription (i.e. - never expires)
**RECENT**: New payment processor - ibill
**RECENT**: New payment processor - 2checkout
**NEW**: New payment processor - CCBill
**NEW**: Subscription Length - Option of __ Days
**NEW**: Option for recurring subscriptions
User Groups:
Options:
Ability to set language and theme / style in PUGs (and regular UGs, for say Banned UGs)
Option to have members automatically added to other members buddy lists
Option to set max post size, max poll size, and pics per post per usergroup
Ability to set (or disable) floodchecks per user group
Option to highlight and show censored words in posts (for admins / mods / etc.)
Ability to set max sig size per usergroup
Ability to set time delay before "edit" is displayed per usergroup
Ability to set max new threads / posts per day per usergroup
Ability to limit certain BB Codes to certain usergroups (seperate options for posts, PMs, and sigs)
Ability to specify default style for usergroup
Ability to specify styles accessible to usergroup (i.e. - usergroup A can use / see styles A and B, but usergroup B can use / see styles A and C)
**RECENT**: Ability to disable "Print this thread" option per usergroup
**NEW**: User Title HTML Markup
Permissions:
New Permission - Can view thread titles (on forumdisplay) but not threads
New Permission - Allow user/usergroup to ignore
New Permission - Can use HTML
New Permissions - Can send PM to admins / mods, Can send PM to other users
New Permissions - Can view avatars, Can view sigs (i.e. - set guests to no to save on bandwidth)
New permission - Can use quick reply (suggestion was for paid subscriptions)
New permission - Can see profile pic thumbnail (suggestion was for paid subscriptions)
New permission - Can view attachment thumbnail (if enabled, suggestion was for paid subscriptions)
New permission - Can change style (instead of global, suggestion was for paid subscriptions)
New permission - Can edit own thread
Other:
Send PM to all members of a specific usergroup
Reorder the usergroups on the Forum Leaders page via admin cp and manually edit the order of Mods/Admins inside those groups
Option to give each group its own "member list", so that group "A" can't see the members in groups "B" or "C"
Ability to make a whole usergroup or one usergroup permission "negative" (i.e. - instead of if one of the options is a "yes", if the whole usergroup or one usergroup permission is "no" it would override any "yes"s)
Ability to add profile fields to specific usergroups
"Set a usergroup usage so it can be used as primary & additional or additional only. My idea for additional only groups is that they would allow you to change only a set few options only and the rest are set to 'inherit'. As an example, you could set up subscriptions so people can pay say $5 for 900 PM limit, $5 for bigger avatar size (in k), etc. At the moment, setting up groups like this would overwrite each other. Additional groups would also be able to overwrite title formatting if not set to inherit or whether user ranks set for the additional group should overwrite the primary group ranks set, etc etc"
Ability to put a usergroup on everyone's ignore list (like Tachy Goes Coventry option for specific users) with option for the usergroup to be able to view or not view each other's posts (like the user can view their own in Tachy)
Users:
Assigned passwords
Thread based user levels (can edit / can post / can delete / etc.)
Ability to reassociate threads posted by a deleted user with another user (i.e. - userid is set to 0, but username = 'blah', so set userid = 123 where username = 'blah' and userid = 0)
Ability to just change username, password, e-mail, etc. without possibly reverting changes that an online user just made (suggestions: possibly load hidden fields with pre-changing information, and only update the fields that have change from the pre-changed ones to the submitted ones, or have basic page with only frequently updated fields)
Ability to edit a user's ignore / buddy list
Option to automatically put users in "tachy goes coventry" if __ users add user to their ignore lists or if reputation level gets to __
**NEW**: Ability to resend activation e-mail to user from edit screen (like e-mail password option)
Other:
Show all the admins that are currently in Admin-CP mode and what they do, to prevent double work or inconsistency
Change a post owner
Ability to specify "powers" given to Supermods
Send pop-up message (like PM popups) that would popup when user next logs-in
A menu for customizing the control panel (edit cp.css)
Ability to change "badwords" via admin panel
Ability to add super mods to categories only (instead of the whole forum)
Being guest on forum while being logged into admin panel
Centralized "Recycle Bin" for reviewing of all "soft" deleted posts / threads with the ability to undelete / hard delete selectively
Admin CP Noteboard, or 2 inboxes (one from normal users and one from staff)
GD control of avatars - auto resize, opacity, border, way it is displayed -- GD does not have GIF write access so you would need to convert all avatars to one format.
Seperate section for permissions / permission management options instead of listed in users, user groups, and forums
Example:
- Permissions
-- Usergroup permissions
--- Global (all non-forum permissions, such as moderator-review before showing posts made by user, whether user can bypass main flood control, etc.)
--- Per-forum
-- User-specific permissions
--- Global
--- Per-forum (currently Access Masks in v2)
More advanced throttling options on forum:
Simultaneous sessions limits: Turn away new visitors, use "light" graphics set, disable searches, disable MySQL 4 advanced indexing and caching, disable GZIP compression, calculate views at 60 minute intervals
Notify administrator of throttling: hourly, daily, never
Ability to change post time of thread when creating new thread or editting a thread
Ability to search registration IPs as well as posting / PMing IPs (for users that have not posted yet)
Ability to gzip backup files
Searching / viewing polls in admin panel returns multiple pages to allow loading if forums contain hundreds of polls (i.e. - 15 per page) or the ability to search through polls based on a user specified date range
Ability to rollback / undo last __ mod / admin actions
Ability to turn off "error e-mail" if a similar error has been logged in the last __ minutes (if error logging enabled, in the event database goes down or something)
Ability to rebuild similar threads for a date range or for last __ posts / threads
User ranks based on reg date / reputation like promotions
User titles based on reg date, reputation, post count, and / or usergroups
Advanced censor for words that would replace a specific word with a specific word / phrase instead of just every censored word with globally specified character
Ability to disallow super-mods and admins from physically deleting and editing posts / threads in specific forums
Allow regular expressions for disallowing certain user names
Search tool for admin cp help
Utility to renumber userids
**RECENT**: Ability to mass PM users (similar to email options)
**NEW**: Option / ability for Super Admins to be able to edit themselves from the Admin CP (some like idea, some don't, so probably optional via config.php file)
**NEW**: Ability to quickly reorder all smilies in a category by either their "Title" or their filename or their "tag" (instead of having to order them by hand)
**NEW**: Seperate usernames / username pieces in "Illegal User Names" with semi-colons rather than space so that admins can disallow spaces in usernames (semi-colons are already disallowed)
BB Code
Global variables parsed in [BB] code and replacements -- Possible security problems
Tag / BBCode to direct where your attachment would show up in post
New BB Code (PHP parsed): Sample Text translated to URL to user's profile via userid (not username)
New BB Code (PHP parsed): [pm=username]Sample Text[/pm] to translate to URL to PM user via userid (not username)
Quotes in tables (border=1) -- can already edit the "quote" BB Code
Ability to set max size for font bbcode (i.e. - If max size is set to 3, then anything larger than 3 like [ font=4 ] would be set to 3).
PHP Code Highlighting: Ability to change background color of PHP Code section or change the PHP highlight colors via the Admin CP or change the PHP bbcode to use the "highlight.bg" of the current configuration to make PHP Code Highlighting work for dark colored boards
Ability to set max size for . If image is larger than max size, it is displayed smaller and is clickable for larger pic.
New BB Codes: Shadow, Glow, etc.
New BB Code: [vb] - Visual Basic parser / highlighter
Option to prepend a URL on all outgoing URLs submitted in posts (for redirection / counter / loging scripts)
Ability to setup BB Codes with multiple parameters (i.e. - [img w=60 h=100])
More options than {option} and {param} for the creation of custom BB Codes (i.e. - like {postid} and {threadid} which will be replaced by the corresponding ID of the post, {uid} replaced with generated unique id for use in CSS id tag)
**NEW**: New BB Code: [spoiler]
**NEW**: New BB Codes: Strikethrough, Superscript, Subscript, Full Justify, Horizontal Line
Styles / Templates
Previewing when editing templates
Icon-sets per style
Smilie-sets per style (currently you can define custom icons/smilies by using the { imagesfolder } var, but it would be great if you can upload a new set per style)
Option set per style. e.g. the number of smilies per row
Ability to also export images with your style
Member-created style for use only by that user
Take header/footer out of template set (so you don't have to create a new template set to have a different header & footer)
Complimentary color palette that goes with the color choice given in styles
Have all variables work on all templates/pages -- would run out of memory and the number of queries would skyrocket
Basic CSS / HTML validator to notify admin of unmatched tags or other common HTML mistakes in templates
Ability to preview a style in a using a specific language pack
Ability to use XSL templates to output XML
Phrase conditionals
Style specific forum listing layouts
Ability to force a style based on referrer URL
New tag (like phrase tag) - <template name="template name goes here"> for users that would like to add templates but not hack the files just to add extra templates
**NEW**: "Last Thread Title Maximum Displayed Characters" setting per style (for the ability to have "large" style with a longer last thread title, and "small" styles with a shorter last thread title on the same forum)
**NEW**: Ability to import / export subsets (selected templates) of styles instead of just whole style
General / Major Additions
ARCHIVING of old posts/threads
Export threads to static HTML
Built-in browser checking with variables available system-wide
Low Bandwidth Active Topics - A simple section where you input the file name of the textfile that it is written to. Two templates that determine the output. And it is run whenever newthread or newreply is run.
Persistent / Improved Mark Read system (suggested ideas: database, database/cookie, CSS)
Survey for members (possibly give certain "bonuses" or link to survey answers from profile if large)
Apply for moderator
Remove guest's record in "Who's Online" immediately upon following a forum that is really a link instead of after specified time period
ldap support - This should be an option to use ldap an existing or new ldap db as the user and auth db for vbulletin.
Some sort of SDK for vbulletin integration into site
Image gallery
Instant messaging
Chat
Usenet integration
Links directory "Yahoo!" style
Download / review feature for offering files
Spellchecking
Guestbooks (private forum) on user profile - each user has their own private forum that they moderate. You could see this forum by visiting the users profile. This would allow any user to ask silly questions, say anything they want without being moderated, and give users a reason to look at everyone's profile all the time.
Ability to connect to a central server where user registrations are kept, rather than having to register at every vb forum (i.e. - ezBoard style).
Banner / ads support
Replying to thread via email
WYSIWYG on all platforms
Store hack
The ability to add locations for online.php (i.e. - a location table capable of being used for regular expression pattern matching)
Plugin System for hacks
Support for PostgreSQL
Outlook type interface for e-mail built into the current PM system
Journal / blog
Streaming news
"Did __ look at this thread?" feature
File Storage for users / members:
Admin Side:
As an admin I allow a specific group to have "X" amount of disk space on my server.
As the admin I would also want to setup bandwidth limitation priorities so that if the load on my server was high; the user files would not be permitted for use until the bandwidth load had decreased.
I would like to be able override the default disk space settings at the user level. (So most members of the group get "X" amount of space; but one guy gets "X*2")
I would like to be able to specify from the admin cp what local path it should use for creating the user stores. I would like to have this at the group and user level (if I allow a certain user to use more space; I could move his "home dire" to a volume with more available space or less traffic)
A "delete queue". Time for retaining deleted files set in admin CP. If user deletes a file it remains in the queue for the defined time. User can "undelete" a file during this time if necessary. Option for files to never permanently delete; but instead move to a deleted directory. Option to clear our permanent delete directory from admin cp.
Ability to restrict extensions that can be uploaded. (IE no .js files)
Option to retain or delete a users files when you delete their account
Ability to move all users files over to a different account
Ability to lock a users file (so they can't do anything with it but it still eats into their file space. A way of punishing them for uploading something that isn't allowed like porn)
Option to require that an action be taken before you can download the file. I'm specifically thinking about requiring a user to vote on a poll or to take a survey before they can download the file. The poll/survey would have to store whether or not the user completed it in the user profile.
User Side:
The "My Files" exists under the user cp
The user is able to create an unlimited amount of sub directories using the "my files" gui.
The user can define whether or not his files can be browsed by the public.
The users files can be directly linked to but only from within my domain. (So the user can post something like; go get my file "here")
The files need to be stored in the file system
Upload Manager: The GUI would need an upload manager that could resume, be paused or canceled, and had a progress bar. The upload manager would check for space restrictions before attempting to upload (so that the user doesn't end up upload 75% of a file only to find out that they have run out of space and wasted their time)
Ability to delete files/folders. Ability to delete folders that are not empty.
Ability to browse a users files by viewing their profile.
Files listed in "Windows Explorer" type format with left pane showing folders, right pane showing folders on top then files.
Reuse this funcitonality for a "my gallery", user image gallery. User could merely have a "gallery" folder listed in their files that automatically displays the images as thumbnails instead of as files. So instead of having a seperate gallery and downloads; all they have to do is just upload images into the gallery folder and it will function as a gallery. They would still have a my gallery link in the user profile for other users to hit to browser their gallery.
Ability to "subscribe" to a users file; so that when the file is updated you receive an email notification or a PM popup with a link to the file.
User ability to create their own group of usernames that they can then use as a security group for their files (like a buddy list). They can then restrict certain folders or files to be viewable, or not, to that group.
"I would like admins to be able 'sync' their boards to atomic time via a vbulletin mechnisim that works out the offset and corrects the time on the board (like rdate / ntpupdate correct a server's time). This way vbulletins would always have the correct time +/- a few seconds."
FidoNet support
Stats page accessible to regular users - how many messages posted each month, most active users, most active threads, youngest / oldest members (i.e. - like vbStats hack)
**RECENT**: Have browser automatically detect browser / OS language settings and display appropriate language
**RECENT**: Ability to create a "master" password that would allow admins to log into any users account
**RECENT**: SMS notification
**RECENT**: Smart Tags / hot links
**RECENT**: Automatic upgrade feature
**NEW**: Pretty URL rewrite - Allow admin to set a "description" or "tag" for each forum, then (when enabled) allow forum listings to be pulled up by following "/forums/{tag}" instead of "/forumdisplay.php?f={forum_id}"
**NEW**: Similar Links - like Similar Threads except list of admin input links
**NEW**: "Archive" (Spider Archive) for non-Apache webservers -- archive uses apache's callback feature, a way to emulate this in IIS is unknown at this time
External Data Provider / external.php
Functionality:
**NEW**: Ability to return / ask for the __ most recent posts in a thread, the __ first posts in a thread, or all posts from a thread (possibly variable option of +/- __, or 0 for all)
**NEW**: Statistics query
Added variables / attributes:
Threads:
**NEW**: Reply count
**NEW**: URL for viewing
**NEW**: URL for replying
Installation / Upgrade Script
**NEW**: If install.php exists, automatically redirect to page to choose a link of either "Install" or "Upgrade" instead of giving a database error when main forum URL is loaded
**NEW**: Ability to set option while in upgrade / install to automatically forward / cycle through pages that require no user input and returned no errors (instead of having to click "Next" on each step / partial step)[/LEFT]
