I performed a software upgrade to these message boards from beta version 3.0 to 4.1 today. Boards were down for less than 2 minutes. Here are new changes:

Enhancements/New Features:

- vB code 'panel' for posting new messages. This allows bits and pieces of vB code to be added automatically with just the click of a button
- show birthdays on the home page
- show max number of users online ever on home page
- option for whether or not users can ignore mods
- search in threads, as well as in posts (note - this requires a complete reindex of search index)
- improved cacheing issues with avatars
- added option not to show images on the pages, for users, but show a link instead
- added [ font ] vB code
- wild cards allowed in search
- improved images in /images/attach directory
- added several more functions to the PM system. PM tracking, read receipts, and generally improved navigation
- Improved performance with several indexes and code changes

Bug fixes:
- fixed problem with HTML in user titles
- several improvements/fixes in and around the search engine
- fixed bug with /5 and /7 in vB code
- fixed bug in spell checker module
- profile fields now appear in correct order in register.php
- improved general upload/safe mode situation
- fixed usernames with special chars in email notifications
- fixed bug with <br>s in announcement editing
- fixed bug with updating password and related error message
- fixed bug with posts replacing each other, in rare circumstances
- fixed orphaned PMs
- fixed thread subscription
- users must enter a reason to report posts now
- users must enter a message to send an email
- forum/thread title now appears in printthread.php
- fixed bug with permissions not letting you view your own thread
- made the code PHP 4.0.5 compatible

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