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tubedogg
Tue 21st Aug '01, 7:16pm
After combing through about 400 threads (including the mammoth sticky thread that Bira started :D) I have come up with a massive list of things that have been suggested. If you find something on this list, please don't suggest it again as we do know about it and are considering it. :)

This list is not exhaustive and is not intended as a feature set listing of any version to come.
The feature set for the next version (v3 aka Jupiter) has not been determined.

Other posts made to this thread have been moved here (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=26066)

Forums Password-protected private forums
Threads in parent forum appear in subforum
Enable forums to have more than one parent.
Expand/collapse categories in forum view
Mark whole forums read
Check boxes for forums to include announcement in instead of all or one
Mass-moving of threads
Add new "forum" that is really just a link to something or somewhere else
Permission: Can view thread titles (on forumdisplay) but not threads
Threads/Posts Selective mass delete, move, close, edit posts
Checkbox in the new post page, to determine if the user wants to be redirected to his post or return to the parent forum.
Checkbox in the new post page, to turn off vB code in that post only (similar to Disable Smilies option).
Checkbox for thread to automatically appear in multiple forums, all are updated as users post to them. When moving or deleting such a thread, should be able to choose if this should affect all, several, or just one of the copies.
Copy already posted thread and have both places (or multiple places) updated when new posts are made to any of them (as in prev. suggestion for new threads)
Finish post later - save in temporary place in database for later retrieval & finishing ('draft' mode if you will)
topic date under topic starter
quotes in tables (border=1)
View count is unique - if a user views a thread 100 times he is only counted 1 time
Add checkbox to postbit to allow for checking certain posts to split off (these are passed to split routine when option is selected)
Minimum number of characters in post
When closing a thread, present a text box to give a reason why it is being closed and choose to deliver that to thread starter (?) via PM or email.
Preview for a editing a post.
When editing a post, present a text box to give a reason why you edited the post. This could be displayed next to the 'Edited by XXX on YYY' line.
Thread prefixes: unlimited, and set per forum (but cascading like forum permissions). Set for each thread via a drop down list when posting.
Email Email digests
New tab for ALL email options and functions (including subscribed threads)
Subscription to Threads/Forum WITHOUT Receiving e-mails
Email notification of upcoming events
Auto-turn off email notification for users who have x bounced messages (would prob require a dedicated server for bounce checking)
Attachments Attach mulitple files at once
Preview-safe attachments - Currently, when attaching a file to a message, if you click on "preview", the file attachment field is cleared, apparently due to a limitation of the way the file upload HTML field works. If instead there is a check box, similar to that for polls, then the file attachment could be specified after the message has been completed and previewed
Ability to add when editing a post instead of just when creating
Attachment management (search, mass-delete, etc.)
Permissions: Can view attachments, separate from can view threads
PMs Preview PM before Sending
Search in My PM Folders
Preview for a new PM.
Integrating Tracking with the Regular Folders
User Selectable Default Options Status - The checkboxes at the bottom -- 'request read receipt' and 'keep copy of sent item' -- as well as the "view number of days" *and* the default entry folder (currently inbox) should be user selectable.
Threaded View of PM Exchanges
Mass Download of PMs
Send PM's with an attachment
Strip quotes (as in posts)
In-depth PM stats (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=14724)
Mass email PMs
Admin purging of PMs older than x date
Limit storage of PMs to those newer than x date
Calendar Events that span multiple days
Annual Events
Private Event Reminder
Semi-public events, that are visible only to members of a specific usergroup. Eg, events that only administrators can see.
Users can subscribe to events
Users can comment on an event and a new thread is started in a specified forum
Link forum messages to calendar - Post a message in a forum and check a box that would cause it to also appear on the calendar. After clicking submit, you would be prompted for the date(s) where it should appear. When someone visits the calendar and clicks on the link, they would be shown the message or a link to it
Calendar moderators
Polls
Polls with 0 votes for a certain option should have 0 graph bar; the graph bar should be more accurate.
Ability to post a poll AFTER a thread had started
Poll results ordered by most to less voted
Option that user must reply to the thread before he can vote
Option for users to see who voted for which option (public vote)
Make time a poll is open similar to announcements creation - "from xxx date to yyy date" instead of "x days"
Make option that *you* voted for in bold/italics/somehow highlighted when viewing results
Admin-created polls on main forum page
Poll moderation (like new thread moderation)

Adding some more... :)

tubedogg
Tue 21st Aug '01, 8:41pm
User Options/User CP Option to Include A Picture of Yourself in your Profile
reset buton for buddy list
regular vs. advanced templates - pop-up menu where the users on the fly could change between the regular (stripped down) templates and the advanced (loaded with features) templates. There should also be a setting for this in the user cp.
Change username
Unregister
Create favourite threads (similair to freddie's hack) - you don't get email from these
Allow two names: username and display name, and user picks which to show with posts.
Admin options Multiple Editing of Posts In One Thread ("click here to Edit Posts selectively" in the "Edit" page, allowing you to edit several posts and hitting submit once. Works just like the "click here to Delete Posts selectively" in the "Delete" page).
Delete Redirect / Mass Delete Redirects
Place User Under Moderation
Send PM to All Members of a Specific Usergroup.
Option to Select Whether E-mail Verification will be done by the current method, or by sending out a random password
HTML email
More intelligent install routine - install routine first checks your version number and then automatically decides which install file to use
Ability to let users automatically fall into a certain usergroup when they reach a certain number of posts
Ability to store a signature and apply to all emails sent by the admin
Track a certain user's activity
Selectively (by user name) disable avatars, signatures and VB codes (especially in signatures).
List referrals (e.g. Joe has referred these users: xxx, yyy, etc.)
A menu for customizing the control panel (edit cp.css)
Email members based on custom profile field
Search members based on custom profile field
User profile fields - use checkbox or select or radio button, etc.
Super admin group - assigns permissions for regular admins, allows them to do certain things (like admins -> mods currently)
Send pop-up message (like PM popups) that would popup when user next logs-in
Signature length control
Assigned passwords
Time ban - ban for a certain amount of time then return to previous status
Search for exact username (e.g. turn off wildcards)
Limit new threads per user per day
Comment field in users' profile. Also "mod comment field" and "supermod comment field" - each group could view their level and down (e.g. super mods could view super mod & mod comments) unless specified otherwise (e.g. admin could set "this comment viewable by mods & super mods too"
Prune by categories (not just forums)
Admin-assignable amount of smilies per page in "get more" popup
Moderator Options/Permissions Style/template editing (in mod CP)
Override for mods to use images in sig even if turned off for rest of forum
New permission - caneditpoll (separate from caneditposts, as it currently is)

Styles/Templates Ability to specify the default styleset
Option to Create a Different Design Per Forum Without Having to Redo ALL templates (template inheritance)
Previewing when editing templates
Icon-sets per style
Smilie-sets per style (currently you can define custom icons/smilies by using the { imagesfolder } var, but it would be great if you can upload a new set per style)
Option set per style. e.g. the number of smilies per row
Ability to also export images with your style
Member-created style for use only by that user
Take header/footer out of template set (so you don't have to create a new template set to have a different header & footer)
Complimentary color palette that goes with the color choice given in styles
Create new style set with copy of xxx template set and/or yyy replacement set
Combine all user info cells into one template - The cell that shows the poster's name, title, avatar, etc., currently the user info cells in the postbit and announcebit and in the private messages are all separate.
Search Ability to restrict "view new" to certain forums and groups of forums.
Search only in subscribed forums
Add radio buttons for either "Basic" or "Advanced" searches, or add option to not use * as a wildcard
Search only forum that you came from
Add "Mark all forums read" link to search results page (for use when action=getnew or action=getlatest)
Split subjects into separate search index table for searching in just subects
Add list of ignored words in a search to the results page (e.g. "These words were ignored: xxx, yyy")
Option to only return threads with > or < 'n' replies
Associate searchid with userid so people can't insert searchid's and get results they're not supposed to see
Option to find only started by 'username'
Find threads with 0 replies
Registration/New Users Send an email "thanks for registering and welcome to blah blah" on user registration (welcome email)
Send an email reminding users to visit the activation URL
New user moderation:
-- Radio buttons for "approve", "deny", "not sure" (save in limbo)
-- Default emails to send to approved and disapproved users
-- Checkboxes for items to include as reasons - e.g. You did not complete xxx field, You must do yyy first, etc. that could then be customized per email sent

tubedogg
Tue 21st Aug '01, 8:42pm
General Use gmdate() and NOT date()
Extended Moderator Activity Logging
Keep Avatars as Files
ARCHIVING of old posts/threads
View members of certain usergroups only
Ability to Receive Copy of E-mail Sent To User E-mail Address
Report post to moderator can be sent to a mod via one or both of email and PM - selectable by mod or admin
ldap support - This should be an option to use ldap an existing or new ldap db as the user and auth db for vbulletin.
Instant messaging
global ignore feature
Some sort of inbuilt karma-hack
Export thread to pdf
Download/review feature for offering files
Links directory "Yahoo!" style
User tracking - stats on users patterens when posting and moving around the forums
Incorporate "excerpt of message: $message" (a la SitePoint Forums) in new reply notifications and also in PM notifications
"Want to register?" and "Forgotten your password?" before user/pass form fields, for using tab
Total number of pageviews
Languages module (resource intensive?)
Login/logout ability in all pages, with user/pass form
Usenet integration
Option for how long to wait on redirect pages
Option to not save cookie *on this computer* when logging in even if your default is to remember username/password in cookie
Built-in browser checking with variables available system-wide
Some sort of SDK
Preview button on *all edit screens
Karma
Stars
Image gallery
Email address ban more like censor options - just 'yahoo' bans all yahoo.com.nl, yahoo.com, etc., whereas {yahoo.com} just bans yahoo.com
User title set per forum or category
Show country flag in profile or on showthread
Enhanced Stats
Prefix table names
Back to Top link at bottom of page
Breadcrumb at bottom of page too
Insert smilie where cursor is
Community Bulletin/update
User title ladder sets for specific usergroups
Add usergroup with permissions initially set as set for another group
Change "----" in forumjump to forumid=-1 (forumhome)
Don't show newthread/newpost icon if no permission to start new thread/post
Show admin- & mod-only info on getinfo page to admins & mods to save trip to view user in mod/admin CP
Number top 10 user list and subsequent pages with rank
Spellchecking
Have install routine check for ALTER permissions and let user know ahead of time of status
DONE: Use MD5 encryption for user passwords in database
Guestbooks (private forum) on user profile - each user has their own private forum that they moderate. You could see this forum by visiting the users profile. This would allow any user to ask silly questions, say anything they want without being moderated, and give users a reason to look at everyone's profile all the time.
Low Bandwidth Active Topics - A simple section where you input the file name of the textfile that it is written to. Two templates that determine the output. And it is run whenever newthread or newreply is run.
Properly nest forums in makeforumchoosercode() to make for easier selection

Wayne Luke
Wed 22nd Aug '01, 9:11pm
WILL BE INCLUDED: Threaded Discussion View.
Sub-Threads. Similar to threaded view but the moderators decide where the tree branches off.

tubedogg
Fri 8th Mar '02, 7:47pm
Guests can post but thier postings need to be approved by mderator/admin
Registered ( and email-validated ) users are "NewUsers",
they can post, but their postings need to be approved, the same way as with guests
Admin can "promote" any "NewMember" from "NewMembers"
to "FullMembers" group, as well as set back to "NewMembers" ( or we can call it "JuniorMembers" ); Full members' postings dont need to be approved
As there will be threaded view it would be nice to have
checkboxes instead of radiobuttons (so admin/mod can check many postings and delete all of them with one click )
On/Off - Show total number of members ever on-line in "who's on-line" section.

tubedogg
Sun 10th Mar '02, 9:25pm
"prevent password (account) sharing"
Apparently there is a thread regarding it on vb.org.

Quick reply box

Allow editing of more than one usergroup's permissions at once on the same screen