Vanilla 2.0.18 (beta 4) released

Lincoln · September 2011

This discussion is related to the Vanilla addon.

We got a little sidetracked during our beta release process for 2.0.18. No worries! We're back on track for release now. Ignore that this is beta 4 - treat this as a first beta. Lots of features got added, and lots of stuff got changed.

I can't provide a responsible changelog. You'll need to check the GitHub commit log for that (and a hearty cheers to those of you who follow along and regularly pull and file new issues - much appreciated!)

Does this release fix every known bug? Nope! As usual, this is a nice mix of fixes and new stuff. If you have a pet bug that needs fixin', get involved on GitHub and send us a pull request.

Thanks for all the help over the summer! Hopefully we'll resume our faster release schedule now. Expect a VERY short beta / release candidate period before our final release, so get your bugs filed on GitHub soon.

Here's the usual details:
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Download it from the addon site!

Build History

2.0.18b1 - Added moderation, bans, logging. Fixed 50+ bugs.
2.0.18b2 - Fixed 12 bugs.
2.0.18b4 - Restarting beta with tons of changes and fixes.

Reporting Issues

DO NOT REPORT ISSUES ON THE COMMUNITY FORUM

Please report all issues on the GitHub Issue Tracker. Remember to do a quick search through the issues to make sure your issue has not already been added or resolved.

Keeping track of new releases

You can follow our releases by pointing your favorite RSS reader at:
http://www.vanillaforums.org/addon/vanilla-core/follow.rss
This feed will automatically update whenever we release a new version of Vanilla Core.

Troubleshooting the Vanilla 2 Installation

If you run into any issues during the installation, you may see the "Bonk" error screen. In order to get past this screen, you can add the following line to your conf/config.php file:
$Configuration['Garden']['Debug'] = TRUE;

This will show you a more detailed screen of information about the actual problem you've encountered. Please include this information when reporting issues (copy & paste exact errors, please).

Upgrading Vanilla 2.0 Forums

Back up your database.
Back up all of your existing files.
Unarchive the new files and copy them over your existing files. Make sure that your hidden files (ie .htaccess) are copied to your server.
Make sure the conf/config.php from your old version has been copied over to the new version.
Delete all *.ini files in your cache/ folder
Navigate to the page in your forum that updates your database: www.yourforum.com/utility/update (or www.yourforum.com/index.php?p=/utility/update)
Visit your forum and test away!

For more help with upgrading, check out the Upgrade Documentation and the Upgrading Tips and Tricks thread.

ronakg · September 2011

Is vanillaforums going to be updated with this beta like earlier? Can you give at least the list of major features in this release please?

UnderDog · September 2011

Thank you for making this update, guys. Let's see if we can find some more bugs to iron out before we go for release candidate status.
@ronakg look here : https://github.com/vanillaforums/Garden/issues?sort=created&direction=desc&state=closed&page=1&milestone=2

Shadowdare · September 2011

I can't drag and drop categories after this update. Please, fix this.

Also, when I have the "root categories as headers" setting enabled, and if viewing the subforum and looking under the blue box where it says "All Discussions box // Category >> Subforum," the category should be a non-link there too.

Lincoln · September 2011

@ronakg Are you talking about hosted sites on .com or this .org site? Do you have a hosted site and need something in particular?

@Shadowdare Check out the red capital letters part of the post above.

evolucja · September 2011

How can I rebuild cache? I fell that after upgrading the forum slowed down...

Lincoln · September 2011

The cache rebuilds itself immediately.

evolucja · September 2011

Okay, thanks. Is there a list of new string to translate?

Lincoln · September 2011

I don't think there's a master list yet, sorry.

jspautsch · September 2011

I remember seeing "Moderation Queue" pop up in the admin dashboard, but I couldn't figure out what it did. Is this a post pre-approval feature, and if so is it implemented yet?

ronakg · September 2011

@ronakg Are you talking about hosted sites on .com or this .org site? Do you have a hosted site and need something in particular?

I was talking about this particular site itself. Is this site running beta4 or still on beta2?

UnderDog · September 2011

Is this site running beta4 or still on beta2?

Neither

Lincoln · September 2011

It's running on not-quite-beta-4 I think :) We don't install particular versions on our sites, we do pulls from the development code as needed. That's part of why releases tend to be low priority. Internally, we talk about pull dates, not version numbers.

Gillingham · September 2011

Is there a way to break up the database structure mysql commands, or export the raw SQL commands so they can be run directly from mysql?

Lincoln · September 2011

@Gillingham I'm not clear what you're asking for. What are you trying to do?

Gillingham · September 2011

@Gillingham I'm not clear what you're asking for. What are you trying to do?

Run the upgrade SQL outside of the webserver/php.

Also I'm getting a bonk despite adding the debug, $Configuration['Garden']['Debug'] = TRUE;, to my config.php

Gillingham · September 2011

Also I'm getting a bonk despite adding the debug, $Configuration['Garden']['Debug'] = TRUE;, to my config.php

On a hunch I guessed it might have to do with vanilla silently failing when the Smarty cache directory doesn't exist, that was it. Not a nice regression there, at least in the past it would give some type of error. Relying on a smarty cache folder even for debug error message is a pretty bad decision. #1108 opened.

Lincoln · September 2011

@Gillingham Going to /utility/structure should list all the SQL changes to be made.

The Smarty thing is just a bug, not a decision ;)

Gillingham · September 2011

Any reason that

update GDN_User User set 
 Permissions = ''
where Permissions <> '';

Would always be displayed on /utility/structure ? even after repeatedly doing run

I don't think this is a new issue for me but I never got a response for it in past versions.

Lincoln · September 2011

Yes, because we always want cached permissions to be emptied when any structure change is done. That caused maddening issues in the past.

blizeH · September 2011

This is fantastic, thank you!

Shadowdare · September 2011

@Lincoln: Will do! xD

blizeH · September 2011

Like that you have the option to show IP addresses now (thank you!) but is there a way to temporarily disable it pls?

shah2010 · September 2011

Hi Guys..

1. What improvements/features are brought in for the forum front?
2. Can anyone make a list of improvements for the rest of us to see?
3. Anyone who has installed already, a demo pls?

Lincoln · September 2011

@blizeH No, there's currently no way to disable the IPs from showing, but they only show for users with the User.Manage permission.

ddumont · September 2011

Does this release fix every known bug? Nope! As usual, this is a nice mix of fixes and new stuff. If you have a pet bug that needs fixin', get involved on GitHub and send us a pull request.

https://github.com/vanillaforums/Garden/pull/1014

:)

Lincoln · September 2011

This is my best stab at a changelog so far: https://github.com/vanillaforums/Garden/wiki/Changelog

Suggestions & additions welcome.

Lincoln · September 2011

@ddumont I saw it ;) Still pending because I want to review it with Todd before it goes in core.

ddumont · September 2011

@Lincoln Cool. While you're talking to him can you gently remind him that he wanted to talk to me about how work in the future might impact NillaBlog. Also about a possible oauth service :)

<shamelessplug>
Have you thought about using NillaBlog for your blog category here on the forum?
</shamelessplug>

Rajio · September 2011

when I try to update, I get:

Fatal Error in Gdn_PluginManager.GetPluginInstance();

Tried to load plugin 'SplitMergePlugin' from access name 'SplitMerge:pluginname', but it doesn't exist.

:S whats goign wrong?

Lincoln · September 2011

@ddumont I don't think he's there yet is all. He's working on something else right now. :)

@Raijo Can you give the full error report? Try clearing your cache too.

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