Forum upgraded to v 3.8.0

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Private Message Changes

• Read receipts are automatically accepted when a PM is replied to.
• A new Quick Reply can be used to reply to PM's.
• A new user option is available to set the default value for 'Save Copy' which is also used with Quick Reply.
• PM's can be ordered by Title, Date and Sender.
• When ordered, PM's are grouped by:
  
  • Title - Alphabetical ranges (A-H, I-P, Q-Z, 0-9 and other) - Non ASCII chars are grouped based on transliteration where possible
  • Date - Today, Yesterday, individual day names, Last Week, 2 Weeks, Last Month, Older, etc.
  • Sender - Grouped by Sender
• Private Messages can be filtered by Sender, Title, a given date period, and whether the message has been read or not.
• Message Throttling. Admins can define a time period and the maximum amount of message each usergroup can send within that period.
• Message selections are remembered over multiple pages for bulk actions (Move, delete, mark as read etc).

Profile Privacy

• With the appropriate permission, users can now configure which parts of their profile is visible, and to who. The configurable components are:
  
  • Profile Picture
  • Visitor Messages
  • Contact Info
  • Albums
  • About Me
  • Friends
  • Recent Visitors
  • Group Memberships
  • Custom Field Blocks where the admin has allowed it
• The components can be configured to be visible to:
  
  • Everyone
  • Registered Members
  • Contacts
  • Friends
  
  

• Generally information is only hidden/displayed within the user profile page with the exception of Albums which also affects the ability to view the albums.
• Also, custom field blocks can be configured by the admin as to whether they will be included in users' privacy settings.

Albums

• Pictures can now be moved from one album to another.
• Album covers are regenerated when moving images if the cover is moved, or the destination album has no cover.
• The default albums view now displays recently updated public albums.

Lightbox

• Lightboxes can now be used to view all images in a post.
• Next and Previous buttons can be used to navigate the attachments, and wrap when the first/last image has been reached

Other Changes and Additions

• A New Items submenu is also available with the newest Visitor Messages; Group Messages; Group Discussions; Picture Comments and Album Pictures.
• Some cleanup has been done on the User CP menu to ensure only links that the user has permission to are displayed.
• Improved RSS filtering for RSS Feed Forums. Terms can now be quoted into phrases, and a new 'match all' option is available.
• Username availability now checked via AJAX during registration
• Notices can now be configured to be dismissible, allowing users to close notices that they have read.
• Post edit histories can be pruned in Admin CP.
• Forum rules can be viewed outside of the registration process, which is useful for logged in users when multiple registrations are disabled.
• PM Reporting.
• Subscription folders can be emptied with one click.
• Quick Edit is available for Visitor Messages and Picture Comments, as well as Social Group Messages.
• New UTC and user date and time criteria for Notices.
• Improvements to Contact List editing. Show Avatars option is now preserved.