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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.

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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...

vBulletin 5.5.6 Changes and Updates
vBulletin 5.5.6 is now available to download customers. This version contains updates t o the content editor and security tools within the software.

Front End Changes
CKEditor Update
The version of CKEditor distributed with vBulletin is now 4.13. This brings the editor up to date with the vendor's distributed version. While the visible functionality will not have changed much, a lot has changed behind the scenes. For more information on changes p lease see the CKEditor...

vBulletin 5.5.6 Changes and Updates
A preview release of vBulletin 5.5.6 is now available to download customers. This version contains updates to the content editor and security tools within the software. Pre-release software should not be used on production servers. It is made available for testing purposes only.

Front End Changes
CKEditor Update
The version of CKEditor distributed with vBulletin is now 4.13. This brings the editor up to date with the vendor's distributed version. While the visible functionality will not...

vBulletin Mobile Suite 2.2 Changes
The mobile publisher has been updated to build version 2.2 of the vBulletin Mobile Suite Apps within the Mobile Publisher. This release provides a number of feature enhancements and bug fixes for both Android and iOS.

General Feature Updates

• Added better support for RTL languages.
• Parent/Guardian Support for COPPA has been added.
• Added support for Firebase Analytics.
• The Main menu can always be accessed by swiping left from the screen.
• Accessible features are now displayed in the Main Menu...

vBulletin 5.5.5 Changes and Updates
vBulletin Connect 5.5.5 is now available for all download customers. vBulletin Cloud customers will have their sites upgraded automatically over the next couple of weeks. All resolved issues can be viewed in our...

A security update with respect to custom avatars has been made by vBulletin in the following 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:

• 5.5.4 Patch Level 2
• 5.5.3 Patch Level 2
• 5.5.2 Patch Level 2

Installing the Patch

1. Download the appropriate files for your version of vBulletin 5.5.X
2. Upload all files found within the zip file. Make sure to overwrite the...

vBulletin 5.5.5 Changes and Updates

A preview release of vBulletin 5.5.5 is now available for download. This version should be used for internal testing. We do not recommend using preview releases on a live site.

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Front End Changes
New Landing Pages
We have added two new page layouts that users can select from when using Site Builder's Quick Setup. These new Home Pages allow you to change the focus of your site with a few clicks. They include:

1. Standard: This is the default home page and the...

vBulletin 5.5.4 Changes and Updates
Front End Changes
Avatars as Status Icons
A new option has been added to show the user's avatar instead of the status icon in Topic Lists. This allows the system to be consistent with the responsive view. All views will display the same icons based on this option. You can access the option in the AdminCP under Settings -> Options -> Channel Display Options.

When displaying avatars as status icons, the avatar will link to the user's profile for consistency. Administrators and moderators...

vBulletin 5.5.3 Changes and Updates
vBulletin 5.5.3 is now available for all vBulletin 5 Download customers. We will automatically update vBulletin Cloud sites. vBulletin Cloud users will receive an email with the scheduled time for their site's upgrade.
Front End Changes
Group Icons
We have resolved a few additional issues with Group Channels. These include:

• Group Icons can now be removed. Previously you could only replace them with a new icon.
• Icon management works properly on the Group Settings Page.
• Items...

vBulletin 5.5.X Changes and Updates
vBulletin 5.5.3 Alpha 4 is now available for testing. It is not recommended to run pre-release builds on production sites.
Front End Changes
Group Icons
We have resolved a few additional issues with Group Channels. These include:

• Group Icons can now be removed. Previously you could only replace them with a new icon.
• Icon management works properly on the Group Settings Page.
• Items will no longer break out of the Conversation Toolbar at different resolutions.
• Topics and...

vBulletin 5.5.2 Changes and Updates
vBulletin 5.5.2 is now available by licensed download customers. vBulletin Cloud customers will be notified when their sites are scheduled to be upgraded.
Front End Changes
Groups
We have made a number of changes to the functionality of Groups. Many of these changes are centered around the display of Groups in order to bring more attention to the functionality. The display of Groups has been updated to support a grid-based card layout in addition to the current List layout. The new layout...

vBulletin 5.5.2 Changes and Updates
vBulletin 5.5.2 Release Candidate 2 is now available for testing by licensed download customers. We do not recommend using pre-release versions of the software in a production environment.
Front End Changes
Groups
We have made a number of changes to the functionality of Groups. Many of these changes are centered around the display of Groups in order to bring more attention to the functionality. The display of Groups has been updated to support a grid-based card layout in addition to the...