vBulletin 4.2 ALPHA 1 available for download (DO NOT UPGRADE LIVE/PROD INSTALLS)

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  1. News Bot

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    We are pleased to announce the release of vBulletin 4.2 ALPHA 1.

    This is an early evaluation release of 4.2, which is a major release containing only new features and code changes related to those features. While QA has tested most of the fixed issues in this release, additional code changes are in progress, and functional regression testing has not yet been completed. As such, vBulletin 4.2 ALPHA 1 should not be used to upgrade your live sites.

    What's New in vBulletin 4.2 Alpha 1?



    For a complete list of the Jiras included in 4.2 thus far, click - HERE.

    Documentation for each of the new features will be available with the launch of 4.2. What is available thus far can be found - HERE. Additional documentation will be published as it is completed.

    Please visit members.vbulletin.com to download a copy of vBulletin 4.2 ALPHA 1.

    Discuss the 4.2 ALPHA 1 release - HERE

    Please note: There is no official support for this build. If you upgrade your forums and things break, you may not receive answers.

    Continue reading...
     
  2. Brandon

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    great news :)

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  3. Iconic

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    Just testing it out now. :D
     
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  4. Brandon

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    What do you think about the activity stream and rep notifications so far?
     
  5. Iconic

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    It didn't work properly for me, testing again tonight.
     
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    I like this shit.
    I'm hoping it also has a tagging feature with it. There's no activity stream without it.
     
  7. Brandon

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    Have you updated your production site, or are have you tested the alpha?
     
  8. cpvr

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    I haven't upgraded yet. @Iconic does it for us. I haven't tested the alpha either. I'm hoping that this activity stream is in fact like the tagging feature we already have implemented. If it doesn't, then I don't see a point of upgrading, only to get rid of the bugs.
     
  9. Iconic

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    I like it a lot. But I hope mods are going to be integrated.
     
  10. Carlos

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    I'm banned from vBulletin forums, so I can't really see a lot of the new features that's going to be included in the new vB4 versions.

    This thread answers a lot of my questions as to what features are in 4.2
     
  11. GTB

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    I'm testing it now, some nice with new features added like Active Threads, Who Visited Today, Who Read This Thread and other stuff.
     
  12. Brandon

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    Hmm, I see vbulletin.com has updated, or at least they have the "Activity stream" and I have to say I'm not impressed at all. It just looks like a bloated version of the "new post" to me..

    It would be nice if it was my personal activity, but it looks like general board activity which if I'm not mistaken, is already being displayed in a few other places. "what's new" "new post" "today's post"

    Why is vBulletin always trying to take something that could work and keep it simple, vs adding a bunch of crap to the addon and making it undesirable.
     
  13. GTB

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    Brandon, what have you done with your email system from the forum. I just got an email for a reply to this thread and no links in the email are click-able. I had to manually come to this thread?

    Sorry, my mistake. Seems Hotmail was blocking content so the links wasn't click-able. They are now I choose to show them in Hotmail.
     
  14. Brandon

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    no problem, thanks for checking
     
  15. GTB

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    With every email sent from your forum, this is what I see and have to keep showing show content.

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  16. Brandon

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    I think this is an issue with your mail client, not this forum ;)

    Feel free to make a thread in feedback if you want some help, let's keep this thread on topic. :)

    thx

    btw.. I don't see anything wrong with that email.. I see the thread link and content, it's working as expected.
     
  17. GTB

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    It is, I've just added the forum to the safe list. Now it won't show that message asking me to Show Content anymore. Just a thing in Hotmail for protection because the emails include attachments "avatar images" I think.
     
  18. Carlos

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    Click "Show Content" and it works.
    Yes, yes, it is. :)
     

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