XF 1.3 Welcome to XF 1.3 / Assorted Improvements

First, welcome to XenForo 1.3. As the first step to releasing a beta, we are running it here on XenForo.com. Once we are happy with the state of it, we will release a beta to all customers with active licenses.

So with that, we're going to look at some more assorted improvements coming in 1.3. While we expect this to be the last Have You Seen for 1.3, over time, you may discover some other changes and tweaks that we haven't explicitly mentioned here.

This thread is still a Have You Seen thread and posts should relate to the features discussed below. Other types of posts will be removed. There is a separate thread for discussion 1.3 in general.

IPv6

All IP logging and management systems have been adjusted to support IPv4 and IPv6. This includes IPs logged with posts and other content, other logs, banned/discouraged IPs, sessions, and more.

For developers, provided you are logging IPs using the standard interfaces (XenForo_Model_Ip), you won't need to change anything to support IPv6. If you have custom logs, you will need to change the structure of your IP field and use the new helper systems to convert the IP to/from the correct format.

Partial IP Searching

Previously, when searching for users based on IP address in the control panel, searches could only be done on a full IP address. You can now search on partial IPs, entered in one of several formats (192.168.*, 192.168.0.0/16, or 2001:db8::/32).

Profile Post Comment Permissions

Previously, the permission to comment on profile posts was tied to being able to submit a new profile post. There is now a distinct permission to control this.

Style Export: Add-on Selection and Independence

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There are now several options when exporting a style.

First, you can export only the templates associated with a specific add-on. When imported, only the templates associated with this add-on will be overwritten. This gives designers the ability to export their style in multiple parts, such as for the core of XenForo and the Resource Manager separately. People can then import the parts individually or the parts can be updated independently if desired.

Second, you now have the option to export a style as "independent". Previously, if you exported a child style, it would only include modifications specifically in that style, not any parent styles. If you choose to do an "independent" export, all of those parent modifications will be included. This allows any style to be exported in a single self contained unit.

Profile Post and Comment Tagging

User tagging is now supported in profile posts and comments. To the end user making a post, the syntax is the same (@Mike) and auto suggest is supported. This will be modified to the parseable format automatically and alerts will be sent if necessary.

Spam Trigger Log

XF 1.2 introduced spam management tools that could cause content to be moderated or blocked entirely. Unfortunately, it was sometimes unclear how frequently these options were being triggered. Similarly, in some cases, it wasn't immediately obvious why the options were triggered.

XF 1.3 adds the spam trigger log to help resolve this. This has several parts:
  • A general log view in the control panel. This allows you to get an overview of each time content (or a registration) has tripped the spam tools and why, along with full information in the request to help determine if it was tripped correctly.
  • When viewing the list of users awaiting approval, if they were put there from an anti-spam option, this will now be displayed with additional information (if available).

Conversation Receive Permission

Previously, there was no explicit way to prevent a person from receiving a new conversation. XF 1.3 adds a new "receive conversations" permission to compliment the "start conversations" option. Note that automated conversation messages (such as warnings) will still be sent, and moderators with the "bypass user privacy" permission will sill be able to start conversations with these users. Once a conversation has been started with a user, they will always be able to reply and work with the conversation.

Additional Indexing for Performance

Finally, XF 1.3 adds a number of indexes to cover some less common cases. A number of tables have gained indexes on user_id fields; these help with user renames, deletes, and merges. Some of the larger tables have received indexes on post_date fields to help statistic generation; these indexes may also help some existing add-ons be significantly more efficient (finding most recently created threads or posts, for example).



We look forward to releasing the first beta of 1.3 to customers. We are pushing to make this happen as soon as we can. In the meantime, please experiment with 1.3 here on XenForo.com and report any bugs or inconsistencies you see.
 
In relation to the quotes / multiquote / reply features.

Could all this be run off one button? When you click it it could drop down options to quote, or include in a multiquote. I'm not against the current set up but there has to be a better UI that's a tad more intuitive... Surely there's a one button approach?
 
Very glad to see the pace of releases quicken. There's some great features in here - the biggest one for me is IPv6 support.

After buying a second licence yesterday in order to migrate an existing VB4.2.2 forum over to XenForo, I'm excited that I will lose less features now - Spoilers, Multi-quote etc. Well done @Kier and @Mike!
 
In relation to the quotes / multiquote / reply features.

Could all this be run off one button? When you click it it could drop down options to quote, or include in a multiquote. I'm not against the current set up but there has to be a better UI that's a tad more intuitive... Surely there's a one button approach?
I'd argue that drop-downs are counter intuitive and require too many clicks to perform simple functions. It should be simple to perform a one-post quote ("Reply") or a multi-post quote, along with liking content etc.

I doubt the team would go for a drop-down approach given that the current one is so simplistic yet effective.
 
Thanks for the update :)
I thought smiley manager was part of 1.3 ? too lazy for the search :sleep:
It is, but there's no front-end indication that it would be enabled except for the tabbed smilies. So, either:
XF.com isn't currently making use of tabbed smilie categories
The functionality is disabled here

But it will be in your package once released.
 
Profile Post Comment Permissions

Previously, the permission to comment on profile posts was tied to being able to submit a new profile post. There is now a distinct permission to control this.
Very good, also needed improvement.

IPv6 is also a nice improvement, too.
 
Can somebody elaborate what we can do now with IPv6 support that we couldn't do before?
Aren't all IPv6 connections today have an IPv4 backup/routing? (ISP wise)
Why is that so important to XenForo?

Thanks.
 
In general, the actual network/connection process with IPv6 is out of XF's hands. However, it does mean that our sessions can hold/understand IPv6 addresses, all IP logging understands them and all IP-based interaction (banning, discouraging) understands them. This includes things like expansion from "pretty" IPs ( ::1 ), fe80::a:bad:1dea:dad) and CIDRs (a:bad:1dea:dad::/42).
 
The multiquote + sign is way too small and hard to see. Also, it's confusing and not clear how it works.
I agree with the size of the multi quote "thingy." However- I found myself actually utilizing it today - quite useful in fact. Wish it was as good looking ad it is useful...
 
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