Version 7.7.1 includes several critical fixes when used with PHP 7.1 and newer. It is highly recommended that you upgrade from version 7.7.0 to 7.7.1.
Primary Changes In This Release
- Fixed error when manually approving new members.
- Fixed error when exporting a list of email addresses to email.
- Fixed error when setting the public posts and private message Subject length outside of range.
- Fixed error when customizing the posts and topics per page outside range, within the Member Editor.
- Fixed creation of CREATE_NEWS permission columns during new installs of v7.7.0.
- Fixed email notification where sometimes the salutation would be missing the member name.
- Fixed error when sending registration email to new members.
- Fixed display of the referrer icon next to the member name on the Who’s Online page.
- Reformatted and optimized all CSS files.
- A patch to fix "email notifications on PHP 7.1+" issues has been posted to the member area.
- A release refresh to fix install issues has been posted to the member area.
Changed
- CP: Several entry fields in Primary and General configuration settings have been updated to only allow specific entry formats. ex, only number fields can accept numbers as entry. This should further help to prevent incorrect data types from being submitted.
- Updated Private Topics database Subject field from 60 to 255 characters.
- New Reply notifications now display the forum category name in which the reply was made to.
- Reformatted and optimized all CSS files.
Fixed
- (PHP 7.1+) CP: Fixed error when in Member Editor when updating a member account and max threads/posts per page field is left empty.
- (PHP 7.1+) CP: Fixed error when manually approving new members.
- (PHP 7.1+) CP: Fixed error when exporting a list of email addresses to email.
- CP: Fixed setting the public posts and private message Subject length to a range outside of 10 to 150 characters in length.
- CP: Fixed customizing the posts and topics per page to a range outside of 5 to 400 characters in length per member in the Member Editor.
- Fixed creation of CREATE_NEWS permission columns during new installs of v7.7.0. See the Special Upgrade Instructions section below.
- Fixed email notification where sometimes the salutation would be missing the member name.
- (PHP 7.1+) Fixed new Member registration error when sending them an email.
- Fixed display of the Referrer icon (arrow) next to the Member name on the Whos Online page. It now correctly displays only when the referrer is different than your forum’s domain.
UBB.threads 7.7.1 has been released and is now available to download in the Member Area.