Post by Rob on Apr 20, 2008 11:55:16 GMT -5
As I'm sure you all have noticed, this board has been upgraded to ProBoards' latest software, v4.5.
The following was copied from their support forum and explains what new features 4.5 has to offer:
The following was copied from their support forum and explains what new features 4.5 has to offer:
- New thread sort options, ascending or descending order:
- Order by subject
- Thread creator
- Replies
- Views
- Post order
- Order by subject
- Revamped poll system with many new options:
- Ability to select multiple answers
- Auto-locking polls at a given time
- Ability to hide results until users have voted/poll is locked
- Ability to retract votes
- Ability to select multiple answers
- New sub-board permissions:
- Ability to have all sub-board posts appear in its parent board
- The ability to hide sub-boards when this feature is turned on
- Ability to have all sub-board posts appear in its parent board
- Vastly improved speed on post and member searches:
- 1,000 member limit for top posters has been removed
- All users can now be displayed in post order, irrespective of forum size
- Member lists can be sorted in any order
- 1,000 member limit for top posters has been removed
- Character limit in posts and personal messages has been in been increased from 25,000 to 60,000 characters.
- Listing of all users online over the entire day is now available.
- Calendar entries displayed at the bottom of the page are now in date order.
- Gradients can be automatically generated for your forums colors.
- Ability to add a poll to an existing thread.
- Ability to set default listing order to a board.
- Ability to request a forgotten password by email address has been restored.
- Category access can now be granted based on membergroup and/or post count related ranks.
- Improved page jump, decreasing load times on large boards/threads/member lists.
- Other small software fixes (eg "on Today" now displays as just "Today").