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Your server must meet the following requirements before vBulletin can be installed on the machine. Most shared-environment hosting providers meet these qualifications already. If you're unsure, you can always use vBulletin Cloud to host your vBulletin website. Minimum Requirements vBulletin is a web-based application and as such has a few minimum requirements. To run vBulletin, you need a web hosting provider that includes the following on their systems: PHP version: 7.1.0 MySQL version: 5.6.10 (see note below) As an alternative to MySQL, you can use MariaDB version: 10+ A pre-registered domain name 200 Megabytes of hard drive space 128 MB per PHP Script. Rewrite Engine - A rewrite engine is needed for vBulletin's Friendly URL...

vBulletin 5.7.3 Changes and Updates vBulletin Connect 5.7.3 is now available to download. vBulletin Cloud sites will be automatically updated in the coming weeks. Third-Party Logins Google Authentication has been refactored. The routines have been updated to Google's new APIs and use OATH2. Detailed instructions to configure Google Authentication can be found in the core/packages/googlelogin/readme.txt file. Twitter Authentication has been repaired with the current Twitter v2 APIs. However, registration via Twitter Authentication does not work at this time. RSS Module A new RSS Module is available for custom pages. RSS Feeds will be cached between updates. An option is available to specify how frequently a feed is updated. Due to the...

vBulletin 5.7.2 Changes and Updates vBulletin Connect 5.7.2 is now available to download. vBulletin Cloud customers will be upgraded automatically over the next couple of weeks. Custom Node Fields This new feature allows Administrators to define text and text area fields that are assigned to channels. When a user creates a new topic, defined custom node fields will be available. How it works The Administrator will create Field Categories in the AdminCP. Each category is assigned to one or more channels. Within each category, the Administrator can create one or more fields that will get assigned to individual nodes. When the End-User creates a new topic in that channel, the fields are available above the standard editor. When the user...

Mobile Suite 2.9 is available to be built via the Mobile Publisher. Mobile Suite 2.9 is predominantly a bug-fix release. The google admob library was updated which now requires the Ad App ID to be set for Android apps. If you are using admob in your Android app, please set the corresponding Ad App ID before requesting a build. Resolved Issues UI - The texts are invisible after pasting during composing content COPPA Registration - DOB selector issue Articles - Blank page appears after viewing articles under CATEGORIES Scrolling - Scrolling to the bottom of the first page doesn't load to the second page view and vote in Polls posted in Blogs Automatic "Mark as Read" does not work when viewing posts from the mobile apps Upgrade...

vBulletin 5.7.1 Changes and Updates vBulletin Connect 5.7.1 is now available for download. vBulletin Cloud customers will be automatically upgraded in the upcoming weeks. Front End Changes Terms of Service page A Terms of Service page is becoming necessary on modern websites. A blank "Terms of Service" page has been added to hold this information. To add your terms to this new page, you can edit the terms_of_service_page_text phrase in the AdminCP. On new installations, this page will be automatically linked in the Footer navigation. It can be accessed at /terms-of-service We cannot provide you with the text that should go on your own terms of service page. However, there are generators that can create these for you on the web. You...

vBulletin 5.7.0 Changes and Updates vBulletin 5.7.0 is available for download. Front End Changes Editor Users can now drag and drop images directly into the Editor pane. They no longer need to be dropped on the Attachment pane. Inline Videos Inline portrait/vertical videos should display with a proper aspect ratio. Firefox will show playback controls properly. Additional Issues The Contact Us form now uses the Webmaster Email address as the From address. Poll Voters should show up on public polls now. When editing a page in Site Builder, custom URLs will no longer be overwritten when you change the page title. Resolved an issue in Debug Mode that caused database explain to fail on Forum pages. Back End / AdminCP Changes Paid...

vBulletin 5.6.9 Security Patch A security issue has been reported to the vBulletin team. To fix this issue, we have created a new security patch. You can download the patch for your version in the Member's Area We have made patches available for the following versions of vBulletin Connect: 5.6.9 PL1 5.6.8 PL1 5.6.7 PL1 vBulletin 5.7.0 RC 2 has been made available with this patch. Installing the Patch For the best results with your vBulletin site, it is recommended to upgrade to vBulletin 5.6.9 PL1 if you are not using 5.6.9 currently. Using PHAR (default download) Due to the PHAR download, you will need to download the complete vBulletin package for your version and replace the /core/vb/vb.phar file to apply the security fix. This...

vBulletin LDAP Integration Product Available Introducing the vBulletin LDAP Integration product. This new product allows you to connect your vBulletin installation to an existing LDAP Server. This product is available for both the download and vBulletin Cloud installations of vBulletin Connect. With the LDAP Integration product, users can access vBulletin using the login credentials provided by your LDAP Server. The LDAP product provides a seamless experience for the end-user, including the automatic creation of vBulletin user accounts. This allows administrators to handle user creation from a single location in the enterprise. The LDAP Integration product has a cost of $199.00. The core features include: vBulletin Read-Only access...