vBulletin 5.6.4 is now available for download. vBulletin Cloud customers will be updated automatically in the upcoming days.

Front End Changes​

Lightbox​

The attachment system now uses the Lightbox display for all image content uploaded to the server. If the user has permission to view image thumbnails but not Images, then the lightbox will only show thumbnails. When clicking on the "More Photos" link in a Photo Gallery, the lightbox will be displayed appropriately.
In addition to this, the code for the lightbox has been updated and had several fixes...

vBulletin 5.6.3 Changes and Updates​

vBulletin 5.6.3 now available for download customers. Cloud customers will be automatically upgraded in the coming weeks.

Front End Changes​

Censored Word Handling​

The handling of administrator-defined censoring has been refactored and applies to more locations now. With vBulletin 5, word censorship is applied on display and not save. This provides the benefit of maintaining the actual words. For example, if you remove a word from the censor list, it can be recovered in the content. In the...

A security issue has been reported to the vBulletin team. To fix this issue, we have created a new security patch.

You can download the patch for your version in the Member's Area

We have made patches available for the following versions of vBulletin Connect:

• 5.6.2
• 5.6.1
• 5.6.0

Installing the Patch​

1. Download the appropriate files for your version of vBulletin 5.6.X
2. Upload all files found within the zip file. Make sure to overwrite the existing files on your server.

...

A Preview Release of vBulletin 5.6.3 is available for download and testing. Preview Releases should not be used in production environments.

Front End Changes​

Censored Word Handling​

The handling of administrator-defined censoring has been refactored and applies to more locations now. With vBulletin 5, word censorship is applied on display and not save. This provides the benefit of maintaining the actual words. For example, if you remove a word from the censor list, it can be recovered in the content. In the past, several locations of word censorship...

vBulletin 5.6.2 Changes and Updates
vBulletin Connect 5.6.2 is now available for download customers. vBulletin Cloud will be automatically upgraded in the upcoming days.
Front End Changes
Global Module Areas
Two new module sections have been added to Site Builder Pages. Placing a module within the new sections will cause it to appear on all pages. The new sections appear above and below the content areas on the page.

Forum Listing Cleaned Up
Removed the extraneous category...

A security exploit has been reported within vBulletin 5.6.1. To fix this issue, we have created a new security patch.

You can download the patch for your version in the Member's Area

We have made patches available for the following versions of vBulletin Connect:

• 5.6.1 Patch Level 1
• 5.6.0 Patch Level 1
• 5.5.6 Patch Level 1

Installing the Patch

1. Download the appropriate files for your version of vBulletin.
2. Upload all files found within the zip file. Make sure to overwrite the...

vBulletin 5.6.1 Changes and Updates
vBulletin Connect 5.6.1 is now available for download.

Front End Changes
Blogs
The grid view has been added to the Blog Listing. This works similarly to the grid view on Groups. In addition to this, sorting functionality has been added to the Blog Listing.



User Referrals
A user referral system has been added to vBulletin Connect. Through this system, users will be able to retrieve a custom URL that they can provide to their friends and family...

vBulletin 5.6.1 Changes and Updates
A pre-release version of vBulletin Connect 5.6.1 is now available for download. This version is made available for testing and development purposes only. Pre-release versions should not be used on production sites.

Front End Changes
Blogs
The grid view has been added to the Blog Listing. This works similarly to the grid view on Groups. In addition to this, sorting functionality has been added to the Blog Listing.

...

vBulletin Mobile Suite 2.4 Changes
Mobile Suite 2.4 is available to be built via the Mobile Publisher.

Improvements
The following improvements have been added to the Mobile Suite Apps.

• Add Ukrainian translations
• When opening a push notification it sometimes doesn't reduce the subscription count
• Notifications do not reload automatically
• Hide Create Account button if registration is not allowed
• Android 10 compatibility

Bugs Resolved
The following bugs have been resolved in the Mobile Suite Apps...

vBulletin 5.6.0 Changes and Updates
vBulletin 5.6.0 is now available for download customers. Owners of vBulletin Cloud sites will be notified about their upgrade soon.

Front End Changes
Login Refactor
The mechanics behind user login have changed. The system no longer utilizes a separate page loaded within an iFrame tag. The updated functionality uses AJAX and Javascript to login instead of an HTML form submission.

If you use the login template in a module, you need to update the template display module to use the...

vBulletin 5.6.0 Changes and Updates
A preview release of vBulletin 5.6.0 is now available for download. Preview releases are for testing purposes only and are not for use on production servers.
Front End Changes
Login Refactor
The mechanics behind user login have changed. The system no longer utilizes a separate page loaded within an iFrame tag. The updated functionality uses AJAX and Javascript to login instead of an HTML form submission.
If you use the login template in a module, you need to update the template display...

vBulletin Mobile Suite 2.3 Changes
The mobile publisher has been updated to build version 2.3 of the vBulletin Mobile Suite Apps. This release provides a number of feature enhancements and bug fixes for both Android and iOS.
Improvements

• Display popup crash message when app crash
• Forums > Copy/Move Page - Replace checkboxes by radio buttons
• Add a "Privacy Policy" item to the main navigation menu
• Hide Date of Birth field in registration if not required

Bugs Resolved

• Blogs -> Edit Article...