Thread: The vBulletin software has been updated: Some new features available

I have upgraded the message board to the latest version of vBulletin. Here are some of the new features:

• Private message sorting and filtering (at the bottom of the PM page)
• Quick reply for private messages, like the quick reply inside of threads.
• Ability to report a private message (like reporting a post). There is an icon at the upper right of PMs and you can click that to report the PM to the moderators.
• There are also some social group stuff, like adding friends, comments left on the profile, etc. We will try having these things turned on for a while, and see if they are a positive or negative for the message board.

looks good is that why we burped a few minutes ago?

Originally Posted by Jrwiz

looks good is that why we burped a few minutes ago?

I don't really know what burped means. I had the forum turned off from about 12:25 CST to about 1:15 CST, while I was upgrading the forum, and reaplying a lot of customization (hopefully, I didn't miss reapplying any of it).

Question Tned - when a new member registers, and when clicking on that new member's name, it is obvious that it is spam only,with the spam being noted within the signature, is there a way within VBulletin to report a user name?

Originally Posted by Tned

I don't really know what burped means. I had the forum turned off from about 12:25 CST to about 1:15 CST, while I was upgrading the forum, and reaplying a lot of customization (hopefully, I didn't miss reapplying any of it).

I had been trying to post and pull up past history of posters and got some really strange responses so I rebooted my machine to make sure it was not me..

Sent you an email before I shut down..

Originally Posted by Jrwiz

I had been trying to post and pull up past history of posters and got some really strange responses so I rebooted my machine to make sure it was not me..

Sent you an email before I shut down..

You were attempting to post and do things while the BIG RED banner across the screen said "Alert: The forums are currently turned off!" which meant for the mods/admin to NOT post. Looks like we survived.

For all non-mods, they simply couldn't login and got a message saying the forums were being upgraded and should be back online around 1:00 CST.

Originally Posted by Denver Native (Carol)

Question Tned - when a new member registers, and when clicking on that new member's name, it is obvious that it is spam only,with the spam being noted within the signature, is there a way within VBulletin to report a user name?

Not that I am aware of. I think your two choices would be:

1. Send a PM to one of more mods making them aware of the situation.
2. Two, report a random post (doesn't matter who's post) and state, "I am not actually reporting this post, but wanted to get a message to all mods. The new user _____ who just registered has a spam/advertisment in his sig"

Originally Posted by Denver Native (Carol)

Question Tned - when a new member registers, and when clicking on that new member's name, it is obvious that it is spam only,with the spam being noted within the signature, is there a way within VBulletin to report a user name?

What is spam other than the nasty meat in a can? Seriously, what is spam when it comes to a message board? TIA

Originally Posted by Nomad

What is spam other than the nasty meat in a can? Seriously, what is spam when it comes to a message board? TIA

Things like this, for instance.

Buy cheap viagra without a prescription.

Originally Posted by Tned

Things like this, for instance.

Buy cheap viagra without a prescription.

T! You spammed your own board!

Originally Posted by Nomad

What is spam other than the nasty meat in a can? Seriously, what is spam when it comes to a message board? TIA

I was on another board the other day, and the newest member was buy paxil. When I clicked on that user name, there were many sites listed for buying paxil in this user name's sig. That is what I had in mind.

So spam is basically advertising????

Originally Posted by Nomad

So spam is basically advertising????

In the COC:

8. No advertising – No links to advertising or Spam is permitted.

Other than that, if spam is also considered other things, Tned or the Mods need to clarify that.

Originally Posted by Denver Native (Carol)

In the COC:

8. No advertising – No links to advertising or Spam is permitted.

Other than that, if spam is also considered other things, Tned or the Mods need to clarify that.

Wha??? not that I would advertise! But spam sounds like advertising?? I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed but I am sharp!

Originally Posted by Nomad

Wha??? not that I would advertise! But spam sounds like advertising?? I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed but I am sharp!

Spam can be advertising, but there are other things besides advertising that can be spam.

For instance, if a poster posts "Jay Cutler sucks" in every thread on the message board, that would be spamming.