vBadvanced CMPS 2.1.0 Released

[Brian]

vBadvanced CMPS 2.1.0 has just been released and is available in the 'Programs / Scripts' section of the site. Below is a complete list of new features and options for this version:

New Options / Features:

• Integrated with the vBulletin products/plugin system so that it is no longer necessary to modify any vBulletin files to install the product.
• Option to use the post cache on news posts. This will prevent each news post from having to parse the bb code on each page view, and help with the page generation time.
• Options to set a cut-off date for news, recent threads, and polls. This could be used to pull threads from a specific date instead of a set limit, plus can help to prevent large table scans if used in conjunction with max threads options.
• New posts part of welcome block improved. A new column is added to the 'session' table during the install/upgrade for new posts. If you use the cookie mark read system, this column will be updated whenever a new post is made and only once when the CMPS page is first viewed by a user. This helps to prevent a query, that can be rather large in some cases, once the user has already viewed the page once. Note that this does not apply if you use the database thread marking system since it is a bit harder to calculate new posts with that system.
• The top poster is now stored in a cache which is updated once every x hours. This allows us to pull the info for the user based on the userid rather than calculating the top poster on each page impression, which results in a scan of one column rather than a scan of every user.
• BB Code modules are now parsed once the module is saved and the parsed code stored in a different column. This will result in slightly more space used for the modules, but will not require the BB code to be parsed on each page load, saving page generation time.
• 'Add Page' option now listed with the 'Edit' and 'Delete' options when viewing your pages to make it a litte easier to add a child page.
• More page information is now stored in a cache, which allows the Site Navigation module to use this instead of gathering the information in a query. The tree structure is also generated when pages are saved instead of in the Site Navigation module now, saving more page generation time.
• The "optional file modification" that is listed in the readme file to group the CMPS templates is now a plugin that is installed by default.
• Tachied / Ignored users are now taken in account for the latest threads, news, and poll sections.
• With the Current Poll module, if the user has already voted, the option they voted for will now be shown as itallic.
• All currently known bugs have been fixed.

Files Updated since 2.0.0:
All

Templates Updated since 2.0.0:
adv_portal_calendar_day
adv_portal_calendar_day_other
adv_portal_newsbits
adv_portal_pollresult
adv_portal_welcomeblock


As usual, instructions on upgrading can be found in the readme.html file that comes with the download package.

[KW802]

Very cool. For larger sites those new cache options will be a huge resource saver.

[gothic1213]

Thankyou very much. Looks awesome.
I know what my Saturday will be spent doing ..

[surfdude]

Great stuff! Hope to have no problems on upgrade.

[Brian]

Originally Posted by gothic1213

Thankyou very much. Looks awesome.
I know what my Saturday will be spent doing ..

You're blocking off a whole day just to upgrade? The entire process should take less than 5 minutes.

[geoff]

Cool deal yall..took a bit less than 5 mins actually..

Dont forget to change your forum path in the cmps_index. I did..heh

[libertate]

Excellent. Standard upgrade procedure? Upload, modify files, run install?

[KW802]

Originally Posted by libertate

Excellent. Standard upgrade procedure? Upload, modify files, run install?

Yep.

[ConqSoft]

You should only have to modify one file this time though; the new cmps_index.php.

[MotoUp]

And remove the original edits from global.php.

Thanks Brian!

[mljask]

wooow that is very good news

what about pages to where we include
define('VBA_PORTAL', true);
define('VBA_PAGE', 'forum');

do we still need this or not? ... i hope not

thank you very much for this cms

[e-steki]

I kept my previous news.php in one of my sites cause it had some file edits and I didn't remember all of them. What can that cause?

Thanks for the release!

[KW802]

Originally Posted by mljask

wooow that is very good news

what about pages to where we include
define('VBA_PORTAL', true);
define('VBA_PAGE', 'forum');

do we still need this or not? ... i hope not

thank you very much for this cms

If you mean integrating CMPS modules into other pages.... then, yes, you need to keep them and one of the changes to global.php but only if you're integrating CMPS into other pages.

[crash resistant]

This is a good update. Keep em coming! =)

[KW802]

[Thread Split]

Guys/gals, please post support related issues & problems in the support forums, not in the announcements.

[Rob Locke]

Should we also remove the "optional file modification" from /forum/includes/adminfunctions_template.php?

[gothic1213]

Originally Posted by Brian

You're blocking off a whole day just to upgrade? The entire process should take less than 5 minutes.

I'm one of those wierd people that like to find an excuse to do a "ritual" re-install.
Call me old fashioned if you wish, but I'm of the opinion that it cleans out any old dross that has gathered over the past six months or so. (all those mods and hacks I've experimented with and then binned.), so vBA 2.1.0 is the trigger/excuse etc.

[1996 328ti]

Originally Posted by gothic1213

I'm one of those wierd people that like to find an excuse to do a "ritual" re-install.

You are not the only one.
Anytime I upgrade or update it gives me an opportunity to clean up my hack/mod notes as well. I'm always finding something I forgot to note.

I guess I have no real need to upgrade since everything is working though.
But knowing me, I'll do it anyway.

[MotoUp]

So is the top posters built in now, or is it still based off of the hack? I see a top_posters.php, and a topten.php. Never noticed both before. If it is built in, would it be more beneficial to use that vs. the hack?

[ConqSoft]

top_posters.php nor topten.php are with the default package....