We just released wpForo 1.6.0 middle version.
Important Update Notes
- This version brings dozens of new features, therefore there are some changes in database. If your forum has less than 100K posts it'll update all changes in database during the plugin update process, if your forum has more than 100K posts you'll get a Dashboard Message with further instruction. Please follow them to complete this middle version update.
- Forum template files are modified. If you have an old customized copies of forum template files in your WP theme /wpforo/ folder please update them.
- If you have Advanced Attachments and Ads Manager addons installed please update those once the wpForo is updated.
- To load your customized colors please refresh (press Ctrl+F5) forum front-end page twice.
- If you have a Cache Plugin, please delete all caches after wpForo update.
- If you use CDN and found some issue please purge it.
Main Changes
1. Threaded Forum Layout
This layout brings totally different forum usage experience. This is a new generation of forums and communities. You can use this layout for any kind of discussions, especially for support forums, support tickets, product reviewing discussions and thread oriented forums (small number of categories and forums, even just one forum). As usual the threaded layout can be used with other forum layouts.
- Added: Threaded Layout | Topics list under threaded layout category
- Added: Threaded Layout | AJAX powered Load More Topics button under thread list
- Added: Threaded Layout | Topic Filters (hottest, solved, unsolved)
- Added: Threaded Layout | Ability to add new topic directly from forum list
- Added: Threaded Layout | Nested (threaded) Replies with levels depth in Topics
- Added: Threaded Layout | Opens editor under each post on reply button click
- Added: Threaded Layout | Displays thread breadcrumb (replying tree) of each reply
- Added: Threaded Layout | Lots of options to manage layout specific things
2. Q&A Forum Layout is fully Improved
- Added: Q&A Layout | Stick question on all pages, separate answers section
- Added: Q&A Layout | Answers sorting options, by default "most voted"
- Added: Q&A Layout | Comments of answers are grouped, "see all comments" button
- Added: Q&A Layout | Either display Answer editor or Answer button (click to open)
- Added: Q&A Layout | Add Comment button moved under each answer below comments
- Added: Q&A Layout | Opens editor under each answer on Add Comment button click
- Added: Q&A Layout | Visual and Text editor types for comments. Text by default
- Added: Q&A Layout | New options to manage layout specific things
3. Visual and Text Editors for Q&A Layout comments and Threaded Layout Replies.
By default Q&A comment editor is Text. Threaded layout reply editor is Visual. You can manage these editor types in Dashboard > Forums > Settings > Topics & Posts tab.
4. Improved: Recent Topics and Posts Widgets
- Added: Option filter by forums
- Added: Option autofilter topics and posts by current forum
- Added: Option Display posts per topic for Recent Posts widget
5. Filter Dropdown on Recent Posts page (Recent, Unread, Solved...)
6. Forum Layout Previews on Edit Forum Screen
7. Database Checker, Problem Reporter and Fixer
This tool is located in Dashboard > Forums > Tools > Debug > Tables tab. We recommend navigate there and check database issues after each version update. If you have more than 100K posts, once you updated to 1.6.0 you should navigate to this admin page and create "root" field and key in wp_wpforo_posts table using the [Solve database problems] button. If you have a large forum (millions of posts) it may take dozens of minutes, even one hour.
8. Posts must be Manually Approved option for New Registered Users
If this option is enabled, all new topics and posts of New Users (who has less than X posts) will be set unapproved and require admin/moderator approval. This will not affect other users.
Changelog:
- Added: Threaded Forum Layout
- Added: Threaded Layout | Topics list under threaded layout category
- Added: Threaded Layout | AJAX powered Load More Topics button under thread list
- Added: Threaded Layout | Topic Filters (hottest, solved, unsolved)
- Added: Threaded Layout | Ability to add new topic directly from forum list
- Added: Threaded Layout | Nested (threaded) Replies with levels depth in Topics
- Added: Threaded Layout | Opens editor under each post on reply button click
- Added: Threaded Layout | Displays thread breadcrumb (replying tree) of each reply
- Added: Threaded Layout | Lots of options to manage layout specific things
- Improved: Q&A Layout is fully improved
- Added: Q&A Layout | Stick question on all pages, separate answers section
- Added: Q&A Layout | Answers sorting options, by default "most voted"
- Added: Q&A Layout | Comments of answers are grouped, "see all comments" button
- Added: Q&A Layout | Either display Answer editor or Answer button (click to open)
- Added: Q&A Layout | Add Comment button moved under each answer below comments
- Added: Q&A Layout | Opens editor under each answer on Add Comment button click
- Added: Q&A Layout | Visual and Text editor types for comments. Text by default
- Added: Q&A Layout | New options to manage layout specific things
- Improved: Recent Topics and Posts Widgets
- Added: Option filter by forums
- Added: Option autofilter topics and posts by current forum
- Added: Option Display posts per topic for Recent Posts widget
- Added: Spam Control - Don't allow frequent posting
- Added: Disable submit button to prevent multi submissions
- Added: Posts Must be Manually Approved option for new registered users
- Added: Problem fixer section for color changing issues in Styles tab
- Added: Option to stick first post on all topic pages (for all layouts)
- Added: Filter dropdown on Recent Posts page (Recent, Unread, Solved...)
- Added: Filter hook 'wpforo_avatar_upload_max_filesize'
- Added: Filter hook 'wpforo_signature_length' (manage signature length)
- Added: Filter hook 'wpforo_editor_settings' (manage editor buttons)
- Added: Forum layout previews on edit forum screen
- Added: Reset Options button on all Settings and Tools tabs
- Added: Database Checker, Problem Reporter and Fixer in Tools > Debug > Tables tab
- Updated: Forum icons updated to FontAwesome 5.7.0
- Changed: Hide banned users count on dashboard menu when Auto-ban is disabled
- Optimization: SQL queries. Less queries more data processing
- Fixed Bug: Remove subscriptions when topics is removed
- Fixed Bug: Database error related to duplicated data in subscribers table
- Fixed Bug: Dynamic user role changing with Membership Plugins
- Fixed Bug: Enable "Can view replies" permission in Forum Accesses
- Fixed Bug: Missing Phrases
- Fixed Bug: Lots of minor bugs...
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One more thing: The 'wpforo_editor_settings' and the 'wp_editor_settings' hook both don't have an effect on the visual editor of Q&A comments. It only works on the visual editor for normal answers. Is that intended?
Great update!
Can you tell me i have this old question in my head.
What means? Turn Off User Syncing Note
I just can't understand what it does. 😀
Is that during the initial update or something else ?
[02-Mar-2019 10:00:01 UTC] WordPress database error Unknown column 'root' in 'field list' for query UPDATE `wp_wpforo_posts` SET `root` = 239 WHERE `postid` IN(240) made by do_action('wp_ajax_wpforo_delete_ajax'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, wpf_delete, wpForoPost->delete, wpForoTopic->rebuild_threads
It says the `root` field doesn't exist. Just navigate to Dashboard > Forums > Tools > Debug > Tables Tab. If you see problems, click on problem solver button. If not, then the `root` is created and you'll not get such error anymore.
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We'd really appreciate and be thankful if you leave a good review on plugin page. This is the best way to say thank you to this project and support team.
One more thing: The 'wpforo_editor_settings' and the 'wp_editor_settings' hook both don't have an effect on the visual editor of Q&A comments. It only works on the visual editor for normal answers. Is that intended?
Yes, they are not designed for comments editor. The comments editor is a dynamic editor. We'll add new hooks for this editor in future releases.
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We'd really appreciate and be thankful if you leave a good review on plugin page. This is the best way to say thank you to this project and support team.
Great update!
Can you tell me i have this old question in my head.
What means? Turn Off User Syncing NoteI just can't understand what it does. 😀
In Dashboard you may see Users are not Synced Message with fixer button. If that button doesn't fix and remove that message, you can disable that message in Dashboard > Forums > Settings > Features admin page using "Turn Off User Syncing Note" option.
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We'd really appreciate and be thankful if you leave a good review on plugin page. This is the best way to say thank you to this project and support team.
Is that during the initial update or something else ?
[02-Mar-2019 10:00:01 UTC] WordPress database error Unknown column 'root' in 'field list' for query UPDATE `wp_wpforo_posts` SET `root` = 239 WHERE `postid` IN(240) made by do_action('wp_ajax_wpforo_delete_ajax'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, wpf_delete, wpForoPost->delete, wpForoTopic->rebuild_threads
It says the `root` field doesn't exist. Just navigate to Dashboard > Forums > Tools > Debug > Tables Tab. If you see problems, click on problem solver button. If not, then the `root` is created and you'll not get such error anymore.
I see: No Problems Found in Database, so i guess i'am ok.
I've upgraded to the new 1.6 at the same time embeds, Advanced attachments and Ads manager also updated.
All appeared to go well but ...... I can no longer add attachments.
When I create a new topic and try to add an attachment by clicking on the "Attach" button, nothing happens. The attachment dialogue window should open it does not.
Hi @cmw14,
Please delete all caches and press CTRL+F5 (twice) on the forum frontend.
Please note: after each update you should do Ctrl+F5 on forum front-end. To load a new JS and CSS file. Browser cache doesn't load new changes.
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Hi Sofy,
Apologies, I really thought I had done that but clearly I had not. Indeed that has fixed it, forgive the silliness on my part 😊
But doesn't Ctrl+F5 only work for me? Do I have to do anything to make sure that everything works for my users?
But doesn't Ctrl+F5 only work for me? Do I have to do anything to make sure that everything works for my users?
This issue is not general, it depends how hard is the website cache and user browser cache.
In any case you should just delete all caches, reset all minifier/optimizer plugins cache and let people press Ctrl+F5 to reset their browser cache. That's all.
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Went to bed and let the database update continue to run. Just got up and checked it -- it's still running.
Edit: Nevermind, I clicked the "Recheck DB" and all is well. 🙂
While i have enables the threaded thingy, it doesn't seem to work. Even the editor Window opens at the bottom of all posts when i reply.
Am i missing something ?
I hate when this happens. I had to switch from Simplified to Threaded layout. Sorry about that.
This is an absolutely BRILLIANT update, but it's KILLING my server resources ! So much in fact that my ISP is threatening to suspend my account - my forum isn't even that big 🙁
Is there anything we can do about this before my ISP loses patience and pulls the plug on me ?
Ok. Managed to resolve this. I have a modified recent.php which appears to be causing the issue. Renamed that file so the default is used, and now everything's good.
Sorry for the fire drill .