Release Notes for December 20, 2010 Software Update

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Most of this comes directly from Huddler and discusses the improvements we'll see in the final update of 2010. It's scheduled to begin on Monday, December 20.

Because of the features affected, this will be a two-stage release; Stage 1 starts around 10 a.m. Pacific. Stage 2 rolls out on Wednesday, December 22 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and will include some downtime for your site.

Here's an overview of the features, bug fixes and enhancements that will roll out across the platform (a few admin/mod tools not included in the list)…

Buy/Sell/Trade improvements:

Making Classifieds easier to use is a priority, so we've made it clearer that creating an ad is a 3-step process. We've also added "edit" and "delete" for Feedback, so members (and administrators) can change ratings and descriptions they've left for other members. Don't worry; when someone changes feedback from "neutral" to "positive," we automatically recalculate their reputation score in real time!

Authoritative Articles:

Many of you have asked us to add more control over who's permitted to edit a wiki; with this release, a wiki author may now decide whether s/he wants anyone else to be able to contribute. In the final step, a wiki's creator can restrict editing privileges to themselves, specific members, or they can leave the wiki open to the entire community for changes.

Bug fixes:

• editing text below a quote box works as expected

• thread move redirects and soft deletes now appearing for Admins

• moving a thread no longer generates an error

• multi-quote now toggles on and off, permitting users to remove quoted posts from their selection before finishing the quotation

• certain community profile questions may be edited by mods or admins

• suggested/required tags at new thread creation no longer return errors

• mods and admins now exempt from having their posts held in moderation in designated forums

• "A" character no longer being inserted in reviews authored in Basic Editor

Enhancements:

• All New Posts expanded from 10 to 40 pages of content

• improved load times for moderation queues

• pagination tools now appear on All New Posts page, allowing users to jump to any page with the scroll bar

• product name added to "Review" search results tab