We are pleased to announce that Version 1.6 RC4 has been released.
Important: CSS updated
To fix an issue and with the addition of a new feature we have updated our default CSS file.
The following classes needs to be updated to fit your sites theme:
.menu {
border-bottom:2px #54A4DE solid;
background:#54A4DE;
height:30px;
padding-left:5px;
padding-right:5px;
cursor:pointer;
color:#fff;
font-size:7pt;
font-weight:bold;
}
.menu a {
color:#fff;
font-size:7pt;
text-decoration:none;
font-weight:bold;
}
.menu2 {
background:#3E99DA;
height:30px;
padding-left:5px;
padding-right:5px;
cursor:pointer;
border-bottom:2px #195B85 solid;
color:#fff;
font-size:7pt;
font-weight:bold;
}
.menu2 a {
color:#fff;
font-size:7pt;
text-decoration:none;
font-weight:bold;
}
.menu2 a:hover {
color:#fff;
font-size:7pt;
text-decoration:none;
font-weight:bold;
}The following classes need to be added:
.socialOver {
background:#FFF8CC;
border:1px #FFE222 solid;
color:#000;
}
.socialDefault {
background:#fff;
border:1px #fff solid;
color:#000;
}
.socialBox {
border:1px #BDBDBD solid;
color:#000;
background:#f9f9f9;
}Note: You can edit your CSS files direct from your Admin CP
The following have been added:
Social Bookmarking
We have added a Social Bookmarking module that will connect to a few other modules on your site. The default social bookmarking sites we added are Digg, Del.icio.us, Facebook, Furl, Magnolia, StumbleUpon, Google and Yahoo MyWeb. You are free to add as many as you want, however this can only be done in the PHP file “include/settings/common.sett.php”. This however will change with our next release as we intend to add it into the Admin CP. When you view a gallery image, blog, forum thread, music album or an event you will notice a table with the provided social bookmarking sites. This feature also updates the “BOOKMARK US” link found on the top right of your site. It will now say “BOOKMARK” and if clicked, a drop down of the provided social bookmarking sites will appear. First on the list will be “Favorites” and this is if they want to bookmark your site with their web browser. This will allow users to bookmark any page on your site. If you feel we should add this feature on another page please let us know by opening a feature request in our issue tracker. Also any extra social bookmarking sites you feel should be added by default just let us know.
Admin CP Diagnostics & Update Counters
In your Admin CP you will find a new area called “Diagnostics”. There you will find a tool to test if your server can send out emails. Useful if your are having problems with your SMTP server. You will also find a tool to remove any duplicate friends.
We also added an area to update some of the counters for your site. If you check the Update Counters area you will find you can update the counters for Friends, Groups, User Comments, Blog Comments, Forum Topics and Forum Posts.
Bolt.com Support Removed
For those that allow video streaming via our video module will find that Bolt has been removed from the list. This change is because Bolt has closed down because of copyright violations. More information regarding this can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolt_(website)
FFMPEG Test Script
For those having trouble with setting up FFMPEG we have created a test script to see what libraries you have and what could be missing. It will also test the routine we use in the Video Module to convert videos. This script can be found when you download the package in the folder “tools/test-ffmpeg/”.
Just upload the “test-ffmpeg” folder to your sites “plugins/” folder then add any video files in the folder “plugins/test-ffmpeg/media/”. Once that’s done navigate with your browser to www.yoursite.com/plugins/test-ffmpeg/test-ffmpeg.php
ProTheme Plug-in
The plug-in ProTheme (http://clients.phpfox.com/download.php?id=10) which was introduced with version 1.5.1 is now part of our default package. For those upgrading from version 1.5.1 and have ProTheme installed this plug-in will automatically work with v1.6 now.
Force Browser Re-Cache
In your Admin CP options area you will find an option to force a browser to re-cache a users image on a page refresh. This setting is enabled by default. This feature will force browsers to refresh your cache when viewing the site so you will see the most updated profile image for yourself and others.
Instant Messenger
We have updated the IM with the following:
*Sound alert added if a user gets a new request or new instant message.
*Users can decide to turn of the sound by clicking on the “Settings” link found in the IM.
*When a user enters a room it will announce it in the IM room.
*When a user leaves the IM room it will announce it to the other user
*If a user closes their main Instant Messenger window it will also close any other windows related to the IM.
Language Package – Revert
You will notice in your Phrase Manager there is a “Revert” button that will revert any of the selected phrases to its default state.
Plug-in Importer
For those upgrading from version 1.5.1 and used the MusicMod, VideoMod or EasyEditor now have the opportunity to import their plug-ins into the core package. The importer will show up directly when you log into your Admin CP. If it does not find any plug-ins to import you will not find a link, however if it does find a plug-in to import you will find a direct link to this tool. It will import all the users MP3’s for the MusicMod and music videos added in the AdminCP for the MusicMod as well. This will however only import videos added from YouTube, Google or iFilm. For the VideoMod it will import any videos that is compatible with the new Video Module. This tool will also import any pages added with the EasyEditor.
BBcode User Check
On your site some of your members might be using the BBCode [profile]username[/profile], which converts “username” to an image of the user and a link directly to their profile. This is case sensitive so if a member added [profile]UserName[/profile] they would not get the correct image or profile link. This can be fixed by enabling this tool in your Admin CP >> Options >> Edit Options >>.
By default this feature is not enabled as it causes an extra query for each user to the database to verify the user name and then return the correct user name so we can find the correct image.
Drop Downs Default Value
In your Admin CP >> Options >> Edit Options >> User Setting area you will find a new option to display default values for drop downs added with your Custom Fields. This feature is not enabled by default.
Groups – States Added
In your Group Module we have added support for U.S. states. The “U.S. States & Zip Code Mode” needs to be enabled in your Admin CP.
Various minor Updates with RC4
* Sign Up birthday drop downs does not have a default value. This is to force users to enter their birthdays instead of using the default settings.
* “Profile Views” count added to a users profile beside their profile image. Feature must be enabled from the Admin CP.
* Video module search tool extended to search video tags and descriptions.
* All pop-ups are now re-sizable.
* “Skip this step” link added to the video upload routine if the user does not want to upload an image for the video. This feature must be enabled from the Admin CP, under Admin CP >> Options >> Edit Options >> Video >> Add “Skip” link on image upload.
* Admin/Staff can now view the results for polls without the need to vote on them.
* In your Admin CP >> Options >> Edit Options >> Video you will find an option to enable/disable video embedding. If disabled it will remove the embed information found when viewing a video.
We have also fixed various bugs since our last release, these fixes include:
Where can I test a live demo?
Here: http://live.phpfox.com/rc/1.6/4/
Where can I download it?
Go to: http://clients.phpfox.com/index.php?cmd=licenses/index
From the download list look for “phpFoX Konsort :: Version 1.6 RC4″.
