vBulletin 3.7 has many new features.
To name a few...
Thread Tagging
When you post, you have the option of adding tags. Tags help users find similar threads or posts. If I make a post, I should add tags to give the post relationship to other posts. So on this post, I added these tags:
features, 3.7, tags, social groups, social networking, upgrade, vbulletin.
Now any other posts with commen interests will appear as an option below this thread or post.
Tags can even be added by anyone to a prexisting thread or post- look at any thread and you will see the tag box at the bottom. Please help the board by adding relevant tags to untagged threads- this helps to make the board smarter.
Any users who then click on these tags will not only find all thread that have the same tag as the one clicked, but will also contribute to the building of a search tag cloud, which gives users a quick guide as to what has been searched for recently and most frequently.
Profiles
Our standard profiles got a big facelift! You can now design your own profile from the ground up. You can also add your own photo album and create your own social groups.
Reciprocal Friendships Between Users
As part of our new social networking system, users can now request that people on their buddy list confirm their friendship, after which time a person's list of confirmed friends will be viewable to other users.
Public Messaging
While private messages between users have been in vBulletin since version 2.0, vBulletin 3.7 introduces the public messaging system, allowing users to communicate publicly via their profile pages.
User Picture Galleries
vBulletin users can now create albums and upload pictures to their account.
You can also set permissions on your albums. The ability to view these albums and pictures can be limited by the user to just board staff and people on their buddy list if they want privacy.
User-Created Social Groups
To further social cohesion between users and to encourage people to make friends, vBulletin now includes a facility to allow users to create their own social/interest groups.
These groups are enhanced by having their own public messaging system, and the ability to add pictures to the group from user albums.
Attachment Viewing Lightbox
Clicking on an attached image will now open a lightbox rather than open a new window, with the image scaled to fit the browser viewport. A click on the image in the lightbox will open it in a new window as before.
There are also some very suddle navigational changes. FOR EXAMPLE: you may click on your own username after the Welcome message in the upper right hand of the page to take a short cut to your own profile.
There are plenty more new features in vBulletin 3.7.
Here is a brief list of some of the ones we haven't yet touched on:
- Visitor tracking on profile pages
- Automatic resizing of attached images to match filesize or pixel dimensions
- Custom icons per forum
- ATOM support for RSS Poster Robot
- Hooks to allow attachments to be passed through a virus scanner
- All AJAX systems now employ the Yahoo! User Interface Library (YUI) for a more consistent and predictable system
- YUI files can now be switched from locally hosted to remotely hosted by Yahoo! with a single option change, saving you bandwidth
And many more features!
Show your support for our hard work by utilizing the new features; Build a custom profile, start inviting friends, and start tagging threads!