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This is the November maintenance release, IPB 4.7.4 with a lot of fixes and some new features, more below.

 

 

IPB Changes:

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IPS Community Suite 4.7.4

Released 11/02/2022

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Key Changes

This is our November maintenance release.

Key changes include:

• New Feature: Moderating with Personal Alerts
• New Feature: Moderator approval queue now includes a reason why
• Updated: Events update includes additional streaming platforms
• Invision Community now requires a minimum of PHP 8.0

Additional Information

Core

• Increased minimum PHP version to 8.0.
• Added Moderation Alerts.
• Adds the ability to see the number of replies to an alert, and view all replies to an alert in messenger.
• Reduced the Cloudflare warning on the support page to note issues may arise from specific Cloudflare features only.
• Fixed an issue where an alert reply button was shown to those without access to the messenger via module permissions.
• Fixed an issue where viewing a theme's differences may not show all changes correctly.
• Fixed an issue where some applications presented content for the 'Similar Content' ElasticSearch widget that wasn't suitable.
• Fixed an issue where pre-upgrade resource check may ask you to check a default language pack for compatibility.
• Fixed an issue that may cause slow AdminCP logins if there are a lot of email send failures.
• Fixed an issue where attachments may download with an extra file extension when using Amazon S3 to store files.
• Fixed an issue where some moderators may see template errors in the userbar at the top of the page.
• Fixed an issue with PHP 8 and the UT8 converter used for legacy upgrades.
• Fixed issue where reporting content on a site with restricted moderators generated an error.
• Fixed issue where users could receive notifications for content that had been hidden.
• Mobile navigation links are no longer duplicated when configured as a dropdown menu.
• Removed any placed widgets from the login and register page.

Events

• Added support for TikTok, Twitch, Vimeo and SpotMe online events.
• Fixed a MySQL query error when using locales with a comma decimal separator.
• Fixed RSVP stats report not working.
• Fixed the broken event cover image on the overview page.
• Fixed an issue where the timezone selector would only be correct if adjusted by an author in the same timezone.
• Fixed an issue where the create event button may show to members with no permissions for any calendar.
• Fixed an issue where searching for events may not work correctly.
• Fixed some untranslated phrases.
• Fixed an issue where markers may not show on Google Maps when using events near me.

Forums

• Fixed a potential slow query when working with solved topics.
• Fixed an issue where a future published topic has a different start date than the first post date.

Gallery

• Improved image loading speed in albums or categories with a large amount of images.
• Fixed an issue where Gallery Results could break Stream Subscriptions.
• Fixed issue where switching between plain-text and rich editor on image upload lost text content.
• Fixed an issue where users could not download attachments from Album Comments.

Pages

• Fixed the missing record status icons in the record feed widget.
• Fixed an error when viewing a record in a database that is not searchable.
• Fixed an issue where the pages media center didn't support svg files while replacing an existing svg file.
• Fixed an issue where hidden linked records were displayed to users with no permission to see them.

Blogs

• Fixed merging members inadvertently re-assigning group blogs.
• Fixed an issue when upgrading from legacy versions.
• Fixed the wrong webhook documentation reference to the blog class.

Downloads

• Changed the RebuildScreenshotWatermarks task to use the REBUILD_INTENSE constant for the rebuild cycle.

Changes affecting third-party developers and designers

• Changed the order of the autogenerated hook method signature.
• Added a new class parameter public $similarContent = TRUE|FALSE; to each /extension/core/ContentRouter class to control whether it should show in similar content.
• Fixed saving the Blog add / edit form while IN_DEV.
• Downgraded PHP 8 scanner logging to debug only.

Deprecations and Removal Announcements

Completed in this release

• Facebook Promotional Tools removed (Facebook no longer allows API posting to groups and pages) - No action required
• VigLink removed (VigLink API no longer working as intended) - No action required
• Ability to choose which apps to upgrade removed (this is no longer a necessary option) - No action required
• Guest Page Cache removed (this is a legacy way to cache pages that replicates how a CDN works) - No action required

 

 

 

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