vBulletin Announcements

vBulletin 5.4.2 is now available to licensed customers. Global Palette This new set of thirteen style variables will allow you to quickly and easily create new basic styles. Through inheritance and carefully crafted algorithms, the changes made here are applied throughout the site while maintaining hue changes as closely as possible. Each of the new variables includes a description that details which items it affects in your Style. For fine-tuning, all the other style variables are still available. Dark Theme Building on the recent style work that we have completed, we are introducing a Dark Theme. This theme is a great starting point for gaming and technology sites. Though it can be used for any type of vBulletin site. The new...

vBulletin 5.4.2 Alpha 4 is now available to licensed customers. This is a development release and should not be used in production environments. Global Palette This new set of thirteen style variables will allow you to quickly and easily create new basic styles. Through inheritance and carefully crafted algorithms, the changes made here are applied throughout the site while maintaining hue changes as closely as possible. Each of the new variables includes a description that details which items it affects in your Style. For fine-tuning, all the other style variables are still available. Dark Theme Building on the recent style work that we have completed, we are introducing a Dark Theme. This theme is a great starting point for...

vBulletin 5.4.1 is now available to licensed customers. Third-Party Authorization The login/authorization system has been reworked to allow third-party logins beyond Facebook. This is a modular system and can be expanded via the Package system in vBulletin. This will allow sites to create custom authentication systems that fit the needs of their users. We've included Twitter OAuth as a working example of how to use the system. Users can connect their accounts to multiple third-party sites. Twitter Authentication vBulletin can now connect to Twitter's OAuth system to allow users to login. Once configured in the AdminCP, you can allow users to login to your site using Twitter. During the first login, if the user does not have a...

vBulletin 5.4.1 Alpha 4 is now available to licensed customers. This is a development release and should not be used in production environments. Third-Party Authorization The login/authorization system has been reworked to allow third-party logins beyond Facebook. This is a modular system and can be expanded via the Package system in vBulletin. This will allow sites to create custom authentication systems that fit the needs of their users. We've included Twitter OAuth as a working example of how to use the system. Users can connect their accounts to multiple third-party sites. Twitter Authentication vBulletin can now connect to Twitter's OAuth system to allow users to log in. Once configured in the AdminCP, you can allow users to log...

vBulletin 5.4.0 Connect is available to download for all licensed customers. vBulletin Cloud customers will receive an email notification when their site is scheduled to be upgraded. Sprite-Based Images. The sprite for most icons used in a vBulletin Style has been converted to the SVG Image Format and stored as a template in the Style System. Advantages of SVG Vector Images - They should work equally well at different screen sizes without the need for multiple image files. As a vBulletin Administrator, you can change the colors of the icons to match your Style using Style Variables. Each image has a unique CSS ID to enable customization. Since the SVG image format is XML, you can update them with any compatible SVG Editor.. Better...

vBulletin 5.4.0 Beta 1 is now available for all licensed customers. This is a pre-release version for testing and evaluation purposes. Sprite-Based Images. The sprite for most icons used in a vBulletin Style has been converted to the SVG Image Format and stored as a template in the Style System. Advantages of SVG Vector Images - They should work equally well at different screen sizes without the need for multiple image files. As a vBulletin Administrator, you can change the colors of the icons to match your Style using Style Variables. Each image has a unique CSS ID to enable customization. Since the SVG image format is XML, you can update them with any compatible SVG Editor.. Better handling of LTR and RTL icons. New Templates The...

Two potential issues have been identified in vBulletin 5.3.2 and higher. The first affects the template rendering functionality and could lead to arbitrary file deletion. The second allows the possibility of remote file inclusion via the legacy routing system on Windows servers. We have applied fixes for these issues. It is recommended that you apply this patch as soon as possible. To do so, download the patch for your version from https://members.vbulletin.com/patches.php and upload the files to your server. Overwrite the existing files with the new ones. If you have not upgraded to 5.3.4 yet, it is recommended that you do a full upgrade to vBulletin 5.3.4 Patch Level 1. The Security Patch can be downloaded at...