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September 23, 2008 by andrew_
Version v1.6.3188.23322 of the forums was published today. This was a hurryupomgbbqtheeditbuttonandurlsaregoingcrazy update. Fixed the edit button functionality. Restrictions removed completely. Users may now edit replies freely. Fixed a url problem with old forum urls. 404 error logging categorized. (Just a friendly reminder; Forum Update posts will be moderated with an iron fist. Please do not reply with feature requests or ask when/if features will be available or when/if bugs will b...
September 12, 2008 by andrew_
Version v1.6.3177.21890 of the forums was recently published. This was primarily a fix and maint. update. - Fixed a problem with the sidebar in some forums where the category list would throw an exception once in a blue moon. - Fixed an exception being thrown on occasional queries for the livesearch implementation. - Reworked the Active Users code in preparation for refit. Improved mutex handling and logic. - Fixed a problem with the karma cache and duplicate keys.forums. - Updated the Ca...
September 9, 2008 by andrew_
Version v1.6.3174.27495 of the forums was recently published. This was primarily a fix and maint. update. Fixed a problem with the new editor whereby inserting external images with smiles in the same reply or post was causing all manners of whackiness. Re-enabled the GalCiv2 metaverse medals. Fixed the link to the Metaverse profile for the GalCiv2 forums. Rewrote the script which resizes images in posts and replies and gave the resulting resized image a facelift. Fixed a problem where p...
September 2, 2008 by andrew_
Version v1.6 of the forums was recently published. The wincustomize and stardock forums were finally moved over to them today, and were the last two forum sites to be moved. Our other 14 forum sites (yes, thats right. This codebase runs 16 forum websites) were gradually moved over to this new version. Along with a massive changelist, the forums are now running on new hardware, with a new setup and all kinds of fancy new bits that we're hoping will improve performance and stability. And now...