New VB3 Features

[boogieordie]

Hello!

First off, here's a list compiled by another forum (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...threadid=51821) of the new features to the user interface -

Added Features:

--to the user interface

General

• Quick registration system...username, password, email and any required custom fields and timezone
• Pop-up auto-refreshing buddylist with ICQ-style alerts when new buddies come online. You'll find a link in the temp buttons top right in the nav bar.
  Show the title of the last posted to thread for each forum on index.php
• Subscription to Threads/Forum without receiving e-mails
• Favorite threads - you don't get email from these either.
• User rating - Karma
• User ranking
• Password break-in watches -- too many failed attempts warning with a preset wait after too many failures.
• Threaded view
• Password protected forums
• Similar threads display
• Send an email "thanks for registering and welcome to .." on user registration (welcome email)
• Validity check for homepages
• Search engine friendly archive of open forums
• Happy b'day emails
• Much improved calander system (too many changes to mention)
• hit counter on announcements
• Digests: new posts/threads in selected forums daily/weekly/monthly
  "excerpt of message:" are now in the new reply email notifications
  'report post to mod' sends anonymous copy to the original poster of the message
• Restyled FAQ section now looks similar to a forum

Posting

• WYSIWYG Editor for major text input fields (IE 5.5+Only)
• Minimum number of characters in post
• Insert smilie/vB code where cursor is (IE 5+ Only)
• Preview on edit
• Ability to add attachment when editing a post instead of just when creating
• Reason for editing
• Reason for deleting(for admins and mods)

User CP - Profile

• User Pictures - user can upload a personal picture. This picture is shown in the profile of the user.
• Completely revamped PM system (currently in work)
• Longer signature field with optional limit

Search

• Get daily for just one category
• Search only in subscribed forums
• A list of ignored words or words used in a search are added to the results page
• Option to find only started by 'username'
• Display matching forums in results
• Support for searching custom profile fields
• Search for exact username (e.g. turn off wildcards)

Polls

• Option for users to see who voted for which option (public vote)
• When you vote your name is highlighted when viewing results
• Poll results ordered by most to less voted
• Ability to post a poll AFTER a thread had started

Here are some cool things to try out.. I'll list more later

• Hover over a thread, it will show the thread's contents in alt text.
  
• Go to the main page, or to the quick reply box at the bottom of this thread and find the box in the corner of the box, a group of forums, or the "what's going on?" section. Hit it. It will close that group or box. Don't like the board forums taking up a bunch of space? Hit it, you won't have to see it. Want it back? Hit the addition sign.
  
• Check out the new user cp. Always went to the wrong section to update your av or sig? Now they have their own sections. The signature section even has the "What you see is what you get" interface that you use when making a post.
  
• Wanna search for something? Now it's one step easier. Just click search and a popup box will come up saving you a step. If you wanna use an advanced search, just hit the link.
  
• Did a really long thread come up that you don't wanna go through to find the post you're looking for? Easy! At the top click search this thread, and it will search the thread for the search string you specified. Much better than going through the whole thing.

More to come..

Ashley