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Changes and Updates in vBulletin 5.7.5​

vBulletin Connect 5.7.5 is now available to download. vBulletin Cloud sites will be upgraded automatically in the next 7-14 days.

Notifications​

We have improved the handling of notifications. Upon deleting content, the system will automatically remove related notifications. Notifications will remain if the user has permission to view deleted content.

AdminCP​

We have moved more inline Javascript to external files to enhance security handling. Furthermore, we have resolved several PHP syntax warnings and notices. If you encounter any issues in the AdminCP, please perform a hard refresh or clear your browser history.

NoIndex​

In previous versions, a noindex meta tag could be placed on the rendered page when using a query string (e.g., domain.com/?post=1234). We have removed these tags from the content pages. The system will continue to add the canonical URL to prevent duplicate content warnings.

Rebuild Topic Information​

The General Update tools include update to the Rebuild Topic Information tool. This tool will now update rebuild URLs based on current settings. Additionally, if a topic does not have a meta description, it will create one using the first 300 characters of the topic.

Additional Issues​

• Strip comments and whitespace from files in vb.phar
• The RSS feed poster did not work correctly when run from vbcron.php
• Clean up error handling in creating content
• Email Addresses over 100 characters cause issues.
• Header Ad Dialog is not constrained to the screen.
• Inline mod menu does not have the shrink child class
• An error was shown when double-clicking on a topic title
• update vb_backup.sh
• The Orphaned Topics tool has been removed.
• Clean up auto post logic
• Remove spamlog record when deleting a node
• Adding a hashtag to a reply node results in it being stripped from the post.
• Clean up set_time_limit
• Move next/previous version calculation to the base class
• vB_Utility_String fallback to iconv instead of failing when mbstring and iconv both enabled

vBulletin Connect 5.7.4 is now available to download. vBulletin Cloud sites will be upgraded automatically in the next 7-14 days.

Page Manager​

We updated the Page Manager and added tools that allow users to set the vBulletin home page and delete custom pages.

We have streamlined the processes after changing the home page in addition to this. We will remove the breadcrumbs on the new homepage and handle navigation tabs in the following manner.

1. If there is a tab for the previous homepage, the link will be updated to the canonical URL for the corresponding page.
2. If there is a tab for the new homepage, the link will be updated to the vBulletin root (i.e., '/').
3. If no tab exists for the new homepage, one will be created.

Navigation​

Navigations Links can be assigned to a page within the vBulletin system using a drop-down menu. Pages, including channels, will be listed alphabetically. When set in this manner and when the URL of a page changes, the Navigation Link will automatically change to the new URL.

AdminCP Channel Manager​

The date of the last activity is listed in the channel manager. This information can help administrators when merging or deleting channels to remove content that is no longer relevant.

Presentation config.php​

The $config['core_path'] value is now obsolete and removed from the file. New installations will not have this variable.

This is the code removed:

// Assumes default location of core.
// These are the system paths and folders for your vBulletin files
// This setting is for where your vbulletin core folder is
$config['core_path'] = realpath(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/core';

Additional Issues​

• Twitter logins have been converted to use an OAUTH2 implementation.
• You can now use a new 'Select All' control to choose all tags on the page while viewing the Tag Manager.
• The URL BBCode and Preview system will no longer try to download large compressed files before adding the link to a post.
• Custom Node fields no longer appear when editing a reply.
• Additional Javascript refactors to modernize code and meet current standards.

System Requirements​

Minimum System Requirements

• PHP Version: 8.0.0
• MySQL Version: 5.6.10
• MariaDB Version: 10.0.0

Recommended System Requirements

• PHP Version: 8.1 or higher
• MySQL Version: 8.0 or higher
• MariaDB Version: 10.3+

vBulletin 5.7.4 Changes and Updates​

vBulletin Connect 5.7.4 is now available to download. vBulletin Cloud sites will be upgraded automatically in the next 7-14 days.

Page Manager​

We updated the Page Manager and added tools that allow users to set the vBulletin home page and delete custom pages.

We have streamlined the processes after changing the home page in addition to this. We will remove the breadcrumbs on the new homepage and handle navigation tabs in the following manner.

1. If there is a tab for the previous homepage, the link will be updated to the canonical URL for the corresponding page.
2. If there is a tab for the new homepage, the link will be updated to the vBulletin root (i.e., '/').
3. If no tab exists for the new homepage, one will be created.

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 nature of gathering external data, page rendering can be delayed when the feed is updated. When using many RSS feed modules on the same page, there can be a significant delay when the cache is updated.

URL Previews​

Several issues reported with URL Previews have been corrected:

• URL Preview Caching will now work correctly.
• Better image processing has been added for invalid images on some URLs.
• A memory leak that occurred with many URLs in a post has been resolved.
• Image scaling has been updated to provide a better presentation.

PHP 8.0+ Required​

With this release , we will no longer support PHP 7.4.X. As of November 28th, 2022, PHP 7.4.X is EOL (End Of Life). Due to this, it is recommended that all customers upgrade to PHP 8.0 or higher as soon as possible.

vBulletin 5.7.3 Changes and Updates​

A preview release of vBulletin Connect 5.7.3 is now available to download.

Third-Party Logins​

• Google Authentication has been refactored. The routines have been updated to Google's new APIs and use OATH2.
• 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 nature of gathering external data, page rendering can be delayed when the feed is updated. When using many RSS feed modules on the same page, there can be a significant delay when the cache is updated.

URL Previews​

Several issues reported with URL Previews have been corrected:

• URL Preview Caching will now work correctly.
• Better image processing has been added for invalid images on some URLs.
• A memory leak that occurred with many URLs in a post has been resolved.
• Image scaling has been updated to provide a better presentation.

PHP 8.0+ Required​

With this release , we will no longer support PHP 7.4.X. As of November 28th, 2022, PHP 7.4.X is EOL (End Of Life). Due to this, it is recommended that all customers upgrade to PHP 8.0 or higher as soon as possible.

A security issue has been reported to the vBulletin team. To fix this issue, we have created a new security patch.
We have made patches available for the following versions of vBulletin Connect:

• 5.6.4 PL1

Installing the Patch​

For the best results with your vBulletin site, it is recommended to upgrade to vBulletin 5.6.4 PL1 if you are not using 5.6.4 currently.

1. Download the appropriate files for your version of vBulletin 5.6.X
2. Upload all files found within the zip file to your server. Make sure to overwrite the existing files on your server.
3. Run the upgrade scripts included in the patch on your server. (/core/install/upgrade.php)
4. When the upgrade process ends, delete the /core/install directory from your server.