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Sobe Silvertree
06-22-2005, 11:27 AM
Updated: EQ, EQII, WoW and Vanguard + www.priestshaven.com (http://www.priestshaven.com/) was updated to the Newest version of Vbulletin. Click on the TDG Network Drop down on the menu bar above to navigate to those boards.

Please report any bugs!

Unfortunately we had to blow away some items to make it work.

Rahjier left an announcement here: http://eq.forums.thedruidsgrove.org/announcement.php?f=2

"Reason for the Post count fix was because we needed a clean slate to make sure the tables didn't error out."

Whats new?

Well most of this is techno babble but for those interested: Please look at the bottom of the page.

Two highlights: Cool new spell checker (its on the admin side but will be released soon) and Spoiler Tags should be working again.

If you read the bottom notes and understand it.. this is why we pay each year for upgrades for all 5 boards: EQ, EQ2, World of Warcraft: Druid and Priest Site and Vanguard: Saga of Heroes each year.
<hr>Links are here and also on the TDG Network drop down on the menu bar above:

Druid Sites:

EQ:

http://eq.forums.thedruidsgrove.org/

EQ2:

http://eq2.forums.thedruidsgrove.org/

WoW:

http://wow.forums.thedruidsgrove.org/

Vanguard:

http://van.forums.thedruidsgrove.org/

Priest Site (World of Warcraft):

http://forums.priestshaven.com/

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EQ Spell Section is being updated by RuadhTheRed (http://eq.forums.thedruidsgrove.org/member.php?find=lastposter&t=12330):

Please check it out and comment if you have any information: Spell Section (http://forumdisplay.php/?f=34)
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For all you that like "a new link" to the Druids Grove:

We recently bought another domain and its forwarding to ours:

http://www.druidsgrove.net (http://www.druidsgrove.net/)

forwards to www.thedruidsgrove.org (http://www.thedruidsgrove.org/)

As for all those Legal Eagles out there (which we have several):

We are (if you didn't notice from all the little ®) a Registered Trademark in the United States.

Whats does this mean.. well I will let someone from our legal team answer that.

We are also redesigning the frontpage (its a bit drab right now but its a work in progress): http://www.thedruidsgrove.org (http://www.thedruidsgrove.org/) Frontpage. Allows you to see most of the newest post from each board. We been looking to do some flash frontend from one of those community members that knows HOW to and create something sort cool that represents our Druid Gaming Community.. please please help us on this.

We are at 15,000+ registered users and closing in on our 19,000+ we had on Ezboards. I am not sure if that is more then any other class board out there but I think we are doing well.

If you like what you see and want to help out "Volunteer!" if you don't want to and like to help contribute we do have a donation button all over the boards. No one is required to donate but every little bit helps and just remember we give you a bit more controls and the ability to attach pictures and change more Control Panel options.


Thank you!

TDG Staff <hr>Release Notes Vbulletin 3.5.0 Gold:

* Product/Plugin system with over 550 'hook' locations strategically placed in the code. Allows modification and extension of vBulletin without physical alteration of the vBulletin PHP scripts.
* Inline moderation allows multiple threads or posts to be have moderation actions performed without a visit to the admin or moderator control panels
* Completely rewritten message editor with ability to instantly switch between standard and WYSIWYG modes
* Thread title editing on forumdisplay via AJAX
* Thread opening and closing on forumdisplay via AJAX
* Super-Quick Reply on showthread via AJAX
* Inline post edit on showthread via AJAX
* Username suggestion for PM recipients and search by user via AJAX
* Data manipulation APIs (Data Manager) for centralized data saving
* Template History & Comparison for easy tracking of changes
* Database-based thread and forum read marking
* MySQL Full Text Search
* Additional Datastore Storage Methods
* SMTP Mail Wrapper
* MySQLi Wrapper
* PHPDoc'd Source Code
* Moderator log language abstraction
* Webkit support for style manager color picker
* ImageMagick 6 Support (alternative to GD)
* Calendar events support start/end times
* Custom avatar and profile picture resizing
* Profile pictures can be saved to filesystem
* Statistics ordering
* Each attachment image type can be individually set to generate thumbnails or not
* Each attachment image type can be individually set to open in a new window or not
* Moderated posts and threads do not contribute to post count until approved
* Language chooser in footer
* New bbcode parser now corrects invalid tag nesting to ensure valid HTML
* New [attach] bbcode tag for placing attachments inline with messages
* New [noparse] bbcode tag for disabling bbcode parsing within
* Word wrap excludes contents of PHP/CODE/HTML blocks
* Search engine spider configuration via XML file
* New 'Can View Thread Content' permission
* New 'Can Upload Animated GIF' permission
* Attachment upload via URL in addition to local upload
* New (hopefully foolproof) method for setting cookiepath/cookiedomain
* Forum description field no longer limited to 250 characters
* Completely rewritten Paid Subscriptions system - now known as Payment APIs. New support for 2checkout, Worldpay and Authorize.net
* 'Always Moderate Group Posts' permission replaced with more logical 'Follow Forum Moderation Rules' permission
* Threads containing posts awaiting moderation have indicator icon on forumdisplay for moderators
* Right-to-left language support improved
* Additional 'Execute SQL' auto-queries added
* Image verification for sendmessage to avoid spam issues
* Improved registration image verification to out-fox those pesky bots
* Control panel navigation controlled by XML for easier addition of links
* Upgrade system now imports styles/languages/options only after upgrade complete rather than after each script
* Ability to preview signature edits
* Calendar event email reminders
* And of course, numerous bugs and annoyances resolved.