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Global Update over the period of 15.06.08 - 30.03.09 |
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[-] Fixed bug [ *] Change Main global innovations: General authorization With uID, it will be easier for people to register on a website, and for site owners to get regular users. A global account is much more valuable, therefore a user will think twice before spoiling his/her reputation, even on one single website. General authorization makes possible friendship between websites, blogs and traffic exchange. Webtop (web desktop) This is an alpha-version of this feature that is basically intended for the management of an account. Later it will be supplemented with other tools: for work with a website, for planning, for work with graphics etc. Search module Now you can search the whole website, and not only a separate module. And this module will be further developed. PDA version of a website You may enable it for your website, which will make it available for a handy browsing from PDAs, smartphones and other modern mobile devices. Widgets 61 pcs., and more will be added. Gadgets More than 20 000, probably you’ll find some of them useful. SiteMap Now search engines Google, Yahoo! etc. will index your websites faster. Users [+] Awards. We hope this feature will be handier than similar features in other systems. [+] Reputation is not limited. It can be given every day. The higher user’s reputation, the weightier his/her voice. [+] Notifications in a User Bar about new PMs. [+] PM notification about a new reputation comment. Forum [+] PM about a post report. [+] "Good/bad" ratings (realized by means of Awards). [+] Security flaws have been fixed. [+] Message about the absence of permissions to create a thread or post a reply. Polls [+] When creating a poll, you can now choose user groups that are allowed to vote. [+] You can allow a user to vote only once (deletion of cookies and IP change won’t help). Comments [+] Nested (tree-like) system of comments (at option). [+] System for viewing new comments. A new button will appear in a User Bar (similar to the Admin Bar) to quickly view new comments to an entry (it’s an up-to-date and handy feature). [+] Subscription to/unsubscription from comments. [+] Rating of comments. Informers [ *] A list of online users etc. is now limited. If there are more users, a link "Full list" will appear. This saves traffic and space, and those who wish will click on the link. [+] Tag cloud/tag list. [+] List of awarded users. Makes it possible to organize TOPs. Page Editor [+] Capability of virtual insertion of pages. It allows to create tree-structure pages; simplifies management of pages if they are somehow connected with each other; simplifies the use of Page Editor for specific projects. Design [+] New mode of design customization. (The Builder) All new users and the users who have restored the design will get an excellent possibility to customize design in a new way. All personal designs can be also adjusted to add new features. The details are in the "Template builder" section. [ *]$URI_ID$ etc. in all templates. [+] New codes: $USER_AGENT$, $USER_AGENT_VER$, $USER_AGENT_PDA$. [ *] We have tried to bring all template $codes$ to a general appearance. [ *] The menu management system has been changed. Now you can create tree-structure menus by means of a handy builder. You can create up to 10 menus and paste them by means of uCoz $codes$. Advanced users can also change the design of each menu by means of CSS. [ *] [ ] have been removed from page switchers, now you can make beautiful switchers by means of CSS. [ *] The “Previous” and “Next” signs in page switchers have been added to the “Substitution of default phrases”. [+] jQuery library has been implemented and expanded. Now you don’t need to connect it separately. In future we’ll write guides on our window/menu/suggest builders. [ *] A number of phrases are in templates, and to change them you need to first find them in the corresponding templates, which is quite difficult for some users. Now new installed designs will have a handy feature for editing all phrases in templates. This can be done in the "Substitution of default phrases" section, after you click on "Edit template phrases". Security [+] CAPTCHA when editing data, which prevents auto-filling of forms. [+] Various styles for the security code have been added (random). If a security code is unreadable you don’t need to refresh a page, just click on the image and it will change. [ *] Restoration of a backup copy has been automated. However, this feature is not available for all users by default, since it will be easy to create hundreds of website clones or to recreate a blocked website with illegal content. To get this possibility you will not have to pay money. You will just need to contact Technical Support and explain why you want to restore a website, to explain that you really need it. [+] Management of access to smileys and BB codes in tag boards. [+] Prohibition to upload html files if a user has a level, lower than a moderator. [-] A user under ban won’t be able to add an entry to any module. Other (general) [+] Redirect “301” from a system domain to an attached domain. Now you don’t need to use JavaScript for this purpose (you can disable this feature if you don’t need it). [+] Tips of the type "Do you know that…". [+] The bug of blanking image fields after clicking on "+" (add field) has been fixed. [+] A new audio player with a playlist has been added. [+] Right-to-left (RTL) mode for websites with RTL writing. New language localizations Arabic Besides, there are a lot of other corrections and improvements, many of which are connected with the internal architecture and are not visible. I'm not active on the forum anymore. Please contact other forum staff.
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Here is a short guide on new features that will let you find them easier.
Tree-like comments Go to CP -> Settings-> Common settings. Put a check mark opposite to "Use tree-like comments structure".
PDA version Go to CP -> Settings -> Common settings. Put a check mark opposite to "Activate PDA templates". To edit PDA version of a website, go to CP -> Customize design - > Templates for the PDA site version. You can view PDA version at mysite.com/pda/ (from a PDA or other mobile device).
General authorization (uID) Go to CP -> Users -> Module settings. Find "Allowed methods of users authorization" and put check marks for the methods you need. ([?] – contains a short tip). If a website supports uID there is the icon near the login form.
Awards To install "Awards" go to CP -> Tools -> Awards. To enable/disable "Awards" for users go to CP -> Users -> Module settings. Put a check mark for "Enable "Awards" feature". IDs and appearance of awards can be viewed in CP -> Tools -> Awards. Awards are given in a user’s profile. To add awards to a user profile (if they don’t appear automatically) go to CP -> Customize Design -> User personal page and paste the following code into the necessary place: Code <?if($AWARDS_READ_URL$)?><div class="reputation">Awards: <a href="$AWARDS_READ_URL$" title="List of awards"><span class="repNums"><b>$AWARDS$</b></span></a> <?if($AWARDS_DO_URL$)?> <a href="$AWARDS_DO_URL$"><span style="font-size:10pt" title="Give award"><b>+</b></span></a><?endif?><?endif?> If you want to add awards under users’ avatars add this code to "General appearance of forum pages".
Tag cloud Go to CP -> Informers -> Create informer. Select "Tags" under "Section". Make all other settings: select output method, necessary modules, number of tags. Click Save, then click on Informer name and you’ll get a script. Paste this script into the necessary place of a template. Tags are entered into the corresponding field when adding entries. To see tags in an entry, paste the code $TAGS$ into the necessary place of the "Page with entry full text and its comments" template.
Sitemap Go to CP - > Site search -> Update Sitemap file. Check the necessary modules and click "Apply". You can update Sitemap once per day.
Site search Go to CP - > Site search -> Install the module. In Module settings set the necessary number of entries per page, total number of search results, modules. You can also add other uCoz websites to search in.
Site menu builder Go to CP -> [Site menu builder] -> Create menu. More detailed information is here - http://forum.ucoz.com/forum/8-5638-1.
Widgets&Gadgets Go to CP -> Page editor -> Pages management. Click +- or "Edit information" and at the bottom you’ll see Gadgets (are still under construction) and Widgets. Select any widget, make all necessary settings and click "Get the code", copy it and paste into the necessary place on the page or into the necessary template.
Tips If you want to disable tips click on them and tick off "Disable tips". To enable them again, click on "? -> Enable tips" in the Admin Bar. I'm not active on the forum anymore. Please contact other forum staff.
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