[DBTech] DragonByte Social Groups 2.7.0

Update highlights​

This version brings a slew of bug fixes thanks to automated testing, as well as adding support for RSS feeds. Opening a social group overview page, a section page or a discussion page will now show RSS icons in browsers with an RSS handler installed.

It is also now possible to merge discussion threads from the same social group using inline moderation. This option is not shown if discussions from multiple social groups are selected.

Lastly, the read/unread icons for Sections now behave as expected, and the supporting style properties now support variations.

Please see the full changelog below for information about the bugs fixed in this version.

Complete Change Log​

Feature: New RSS feed of recent discussions across all social groups, linked from the group list like the forum list's feed
Feature: A group's overview page now links to the group's RSS feed
Feature: New "Maximum invites per social group" user group permission caps how many invites a member can send to each group; cancelled and rejected invites don't count (default: unlimited)
Feature: New "Group sections" widget shows the section list of the social group being viewed, for use in social group widget positions
Feature: Discussions in the same social group can now be merged using inline moderation
Feature: Group memberships now record who invited the member, including members added directly from the invite form; existing memberships are filled in from the member log where possible
Feature: A group's tagline is now used as the page description, so links to the group show it in search results and link previews on other websites
Feature: Read/Unread icon colours now support style variations
Change: Social group RSS feeds now link to their group or section instead of the forum home page, give each discussion a permanent ID and end shortened messages with "Read more", matching forum feeds
Change: Group owners and supervisors can invite any number of members at once, without the "Maximum batch invited users" or "Maximum invites per social group" limits
Change: A group's "Include discussions from this group…" setting now only applies to discussions that are not in a section; discussions in a section follow that section's setting
Fix: A section's "Include discussions from this section when users click 'New social group messages'" setting is now respected
Fix: Merging or renaming a user now updates the inviter on their pending social group invites
Fix: The RSS feed link on a group's pages now opens the group's discussion feed instead of the group overview
Fix: Inviting a member who cannot join the group now explains why, such as having reached their joined groups limit or being banned from the group
Fix: "Started a discussion" alerts and push notifications now show the social group's name instead of repeating the discussion title
Fix: Deleting a group no longer removes bans, read markers and watches belonging to a different group
Fix: Deleting a section now removes its read markers and watches
Fix: Deleting a user while also renaming them now still transfers or cleans up their social groups and social group content as chosen
Fix: When deleting a user who owns no social groups, the default group transfer recipient is no longer pre-filled
Fix: Deleting a moderated or deleted media album, or one whose owner is no longer a group member, now also removes it from the social group's album list
Fix: The Joined Groups widget now lists the groups the viewer has joined instead of groups owned by unrelated members
Fix: The "Groups you've created" filter on What's New → Groups now shows only groups you created
Fix: The "Manage watched discussions" page for social group discussions no longer shows a "page not found" error
Fix: Entering the name of an already-banned user in a group's "Ban user" form now opens their existing ban for editing instead of a "page not found" error
Fix: Creating a group, adding a group supervisor or transferring group ownership now shows the "permission settings not configured" error when the default group permissions haven't been set up
Fix: A group's minimum tag requirement is no longer enforced when the minimum tags owner feature is disabled
Fix: Choosing an invalid language for a social group now shows the error against the language field instead of the parent field
Fix: Approving a moderated reply whose author has since been deleted no longer causes an error
Fix: Removing a member's latest calendar event now updates their last event date instead of resetting their last media upload date
Fix: Linking albums to a group or importing a thread into a group now only rebuilds that group's member counters instead of every group's
Fix: Importing posts into a group discussion now credits each reaction to the author of the reacted post instead of the discussion starter
Fix: Importing from Nobita Social Groups no longer fails when a group has banned members
Fix: Quotes in group comment replies imported from Nobita Social Groups or Snog Social Groups now link to the correct imported reply
Fix: Group invitations imported from Nobita Social Groups or Snog Social Groups now show the group owner as the inviter instead of the invited member
Fix: Loading social groups and sections now fetches the viewer's bookmark status in the same query instead of separately for each item
Fix: Updating a group icon or banner without an image now reports a proper error instead of crashing
Fix: Group icons for a missing group without a default name now show the fallback icon instead of causing an error
Fix: Moving discussions with inline moderation without picking a section no longer causes an error
Fix: A queued social group transfer with no groups listed now finishes cleanly instead of failing
Fix: Deleting a discussion no longer fails with a type error when no acting user is set
Fix: Requesting the text of a group member log entry now uses the Social Groups phrases instead of another add-on's
Fix: Requesting the cached full group list with extra relations now loads those relations instead of treating them as filter conditions
Fix: Fix the link to sections in the "Create discussion" popup from the main group page
Fix: Read/Unread style properties now apply correctly to Sections
Fix: The 'Include discussions from this group when users click "New social group messages"' setting no longer prevent the "Latest messages" widget within a group from showing

Update highlights​

This version fixes an issue with soft-deleting or restoring social groups which could cause a server error if one of its members had since been deleted.

Complete Change Log​

Fix: Soft-deleting or restoring a group no longer fails when one of its members belongs to a deleted user

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This version aims to fix a performance issue on very large XFMG databases when the SocialGroups integration is enabled.

Complete Change Log​

Fix: Media and album lists no longer scan the entire media or album table on large galleries when group album integration is enabled

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This version includes a minor change that enables DragonByte Credits integration for the "Discussion" event handler.

Complete Change Log​

Change: A new discussion's first and last message are now set while the discussion is being saved, so add-ons that react to the save (such as DragonByte Credits) can see its first message

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This version improves the [NF] Calendar integration to fix a bug where duplicate calendars could be created, as well as hiding calendars for groups you're not a member of from the sidenav. Public events are still visible in the main event list.

Complete Change Log​

Change: Hide calendar from groups you're not a member of from [NF] Calendar sidenav
Fix: Fix duplicate calendars being created on edit save

Update highlights​

This version fixes an issue where the "Rebuild embed metadata" would fail to run due to internal changes.

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Fix: "Rebuild embed metadata" job could not be ran

This add-on has been hotfixed to address an issue affecting all front-end pages while this add-on is enabled. This issue was caused by additional security measures introduced in XenForo 2.3.13.

The latest version has been patched, and can be downloaded at no additional cost. If you are running an older version and you are unable to upgrade for whatever reason, please let me know the exact version you are running and I will apply the hotfix accordingly.

Update highlights​

This version features a host of new features, mostly designed to empower your Supervisors (or global moderators) to more efficiently manage your social groups.

Perhaps most noticeably; Supervisors can now view the member log, which shows any kind of moderator event such as kicking users.

For your site-wide moderators, there are new capabilities to optionally allow them to immediately add a member to a group, rather than simply inviting said member, as well as bypassing any user group-defined creation limits when transferring social groups. This is especially useful if group creation/membership limits are part of your site's premium memberships.

Your site-wide moderators can now also reassign a group to a site member who is not yet a member of the social group in question.

There have also been a number of bug fixes and background changes to keep the system running as smooth as possible. Please see the full change log below for more information.

Complete Change Log​

Feature: Allow moderators to sort groups by owner's last online date (#225)
Feature: Can immediately add invitees as members (#221)
Feature: New global moderator permission: Bypass group reassignment limits (#221)
Feature: Allow moderators to sort groups by owner's last online date
Feature: New global moderator permission: Reassign social groups to non group members (#221)
Change: Supervisors of a group can now also view the Members log
Change: Group creation limits are now checked before group memberships
Change: Purge invalid group membership records when rebuilding group members or group memberships (#227)
Change: Show member tooltip in group member lists (#224)
Change: Supervisors of a group can now also view the Members log (#147)
Change: Purge invalid group membership records when rebuilding group members or group memberships (#227)
Fix: Fix potential server errors when rebuilding group member records with invalid group records (#227)
Fix: Fix group member activity dates for Messages, Media Items and Calendar Events (#226)
Fix: Correctly run Bookmark save/delete actions for Sections
Fix: Fix server error when running group delete cleanup (#222)
Fix: Fix server error when executing a loggable event via CLI (#220)
Fix: Fix potential server errors when rebuilding group member records with invalid group records (#227)

Update highlights​

This version improves the search integration in XenForo by allowing additional search constraints to only search user groups from within the group list.

Furthermore, a few phrases have been renamed in order to better reflect their usage context (i.e. search constraints).

The Trending and Featured Content integration has been updated to better integrate with other add-ons that would like to make alterations to the user name display.

Lastly, starting discussions from the main group page has been improved if the group contains no sections, as users will now be taken directly to the Create Discussion page.

Complete Change Log​

Feature: Add social group search constraints on the main list page
Change: Renamed a few phrases to make it clearer where they are used
Change: Update Trending Content template to better support other add-ons
Change: Update Featured Content template to better support other add-ons
Change: A group with no sections no longer triggers "Create discussion in..." overlay (#219)

Update highlights​

This version makes various changes and improvements related to importing from Nobita's social groups.

You can also now manually run the "Rebuild social group memberships" maintenance action, that is normally ran after an import, from the Maintenance page. This should resolve any issues where your cached group memberships are out of sync with your group member records.

Lastly, a regression occurred where the "Maximum joined groups" and "Maximum created groups" permission limitations would not include groups that are moderated or the membership is pending approval. This has now been corrected via a new "real count" hidden internal statistic that tracks groups the same way as before.

Complete Change Log​

Feature: Added a new "Rebuild social group memberships" maintenance action
Change: Better handling of last update date when importing from Nobita's groups
Fix: Fix an issue where the "Max joined groups" and "Max created groups" limits would not function as intended
Fix: Correct "Last update date" for imported group records