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vBulletin Connect 5.6.9 is available for download. vBulletin 5.6.9 is available for download. vBulletin Cloud customers will be upgraded automatically. Front End Changes Copy and Paste Image Uploads Users can now use Copy and Paste to upload images into their posts. Users should be warned that image sizes may not be what they expected on paste. They can control the image size by hovering over an image and using the drag tool in the lower right corner. Users can also double-click (double-tap on a touch device) an image to bring up the properties window to change the size. WebP Image Support Users will be able to upload images in the WebP format. These images are typically smaller than their PNG and JPEG counterparts. WebP images can...

vBulletin Mobile Suite 2.8 Changes Mobile Suite 2.8 is available to be built via the Mobile Publisher. Mobile Suite 2.8 adds support for Android 12, Display Name Support, viewing attached images within Blog posts, and Social Group creation. Resolved Issues Support Android 12 Add Social Group Creation - General Settings Support Displayname Profile - UI - Texts are cut off in the My Profile page Scroll - Scrolling to the bottom of the page doesn't load the posts from the next page Displayname - The displayname is incorrect in the Articles page Blogs - Blogs don't display attached images Messages - Messages cannot be sent while using the displayname in the Recipients field. Compile iOS app in Xcode 13 (iOS ITMS-90901 warning) Expand...

vBulletin Connect 5.6.8 is now available for download. vBulletin Connect 5.6.8 is now available for download customers. vBulletin Cloud customers will be automatically upgraded soon. Front End Changes Embedded Media vBulletin now recognizes audio and video media files that have been attached to a post. Videos can be inserted inline after uploading using the [video] bbcode. Audio attachments will display audio controls within the Attached Files box at the bottom of the post. End users will be able to use standard playback controls to view videos and listen to uploaded audio. Additional Issues Improved parsing on URLs embedded within the editor. This will prevent more instances of automatic parsing within other BBCodes. Video thumbnails...

vBulletin 5.6.7 Changes and Updates vBulletin 5.6.7 is available for all download customers. vBulletin Cloud upgrades will be performed soon. Front End Changes Display Name New functionality was added to allow for Display Names. Display names work in conjunction with user names and are not unique. This would allow two users to identify as "Robert Smith" when this functionality is needed. In new registrations, Display Names will default to the username created. Administrators can assign display names in the AdminCP by editing the user. There is an option under Settings -> Options -> User Profile Options to allow users to edit their display names. At the same location, there is also an option to limit the number of times a user can...

vBulletin Mobile Suite 2.7 Changes Mobile Suite 2.7 is available to be built via the Mobile Publisher. Mobile Suite 2.7 adds support for Group Channels and content. Group Support Mobile Suite 2.7 supports the participation in vBulletin's Group channels. Users can create new topics, replies, and comments within existing groups. Group Owners/Moderators can moderate content from within the apps. Resolved Issues Added a setting to request account deletion Search - The blank page with no data appears on the search results page. Some text not translated to Spanish in Apps Improved the Share feature Blogs Page- Clicking on avatar should open the correct user profile Moderation - Error message popups during operations multiple replies. Add...

vBulletin Connect 5.6.6 is available for download. vBulletin 5.6.6 is available for all download customers. vBulletin Cloud customers will be automatically scheduled to be upgraded soon. vBulletin Cloud customers will be emailed before their site upgrade starts. Front End Changes Photo Gallery When uploading images to a Photo Gallery topic, users can now enter a title for each image as well as the image description. This will enhance the searchability of images within these topics. User Name Cards To facilitate upcoming functionality, a new optional name card can be shown when clicking or tapping on a user's name in most locations throughout the system. The name card currently shows the user's name, avatar, a link to their profile...

vBulletin 5.6.5 Changes and Updates vBulletin 5.6.5 is now available for download. vBulletin Cloud sites will be scheduled for automatic updates in the coming days. Front End Changes Answered Topics Topics can now be marked as "Answered." This is a special status applied to a specific post within the topic. The post that is marked as the Answer will be highlighted and show directly under the starting post in the topic. The ability to mark posts as the Answer in a topic is controlled by permissions. There are three different permissions to control this. Usergroup and Channel Permissions both support the "Can Set Answer" permission. Within Channel Permissions, there is also a "Can Set Answer on Own Topics" permission. The last permission...