Forums Changelog and Feedback

[Archaic]

2021-07-26

• Forums upgraded to Xenforo 2.2.6 Patch 2
• On login, pwned password is used to check if your current password is known to be compromised. If so, an alert will be generated to inform you.
  • Please note that these checks do not imply that either Bulbagarden Forums and/or your forums account have been compromised. What this check does is determine if the password you use here has turned up in lists of known compromised passwords that are maintained by security researchers (i.e. you or someone else used the same password somewhere that was compromised at some point in time).
  • This check is securely done without sharing the password. For further details on how this is accomplished (i.e. a whole lot of complicated math), please refer to Validating Leaked Passwords with k-Anonymity.
• The miniplayer has been enabled on mobile in portrait mode for embedded video from all supported platforms.
• Various bug-fixes and optimizations which should improve general loading times.

 

[Archaic]

2021-10-26

Been a bit longer than I'd like since the last update, but there hasn't been as much to update. We've got a bunch of stuff we're still testing that's not yet ready to show off, though hopefully some of that may be coming soon.

• Forums upgraded to Xenforo 2.2.7 Patch 1
• Several enhancements to the Badges system
  • You can now view the Badges tab on other user's profiles, to see the full list of Badges they have been awarded
  • You can now view a list of people awarded with each badge
• In forums that use prefixes to help sort and categorize threads, you'll now see a Prefix Filter block at the top of the forum.
  • Clicking on any prefix from this filter block will make it so only threads with that prefix are displayed. Click on all threads to return to normal view.
• You can now access a real-time news feed from the What's newmenu showing the latest posts and reactions from users you follow here on the forums
  • This feed stops updating if you change tabs, but will update again within 5 seconds once you switch back to the tab
• Users can now upload a signature images directly from their Signature Options
  • Uploaded images are restricted to the following - Max file size: 500 KB - Max width: 1000px - Max height: 160px
  • Normal signature rules still apply even if you're using uploaded images
• Various bug-fixes and optimizations which should improve general loading times and stability.
• New Forum Style - Bulbagarden Monster Mash (added 2021-10-18)

 

[Archaic]

2021-11-21

I'd actually hoped to have this live before the games release, but it wasn't to be.

• The Sinnoh Underground style, a classic Bulbagarden forums style dating back to our old vBulletin days, has been revamped for Xenforo. This style has been set as the default style for the forums for the rest of the month. There may still be some little issues here and there, so please do let me know about anything that might crop up.

 

[Archaic]

2021-11-28

• Fixed an issue with the Sinnoh Underground skin that was making links in posts (and particularly in quoted sections) too hard to read.

 

[Archaic]

2021-11-30 to 2021-12-2

• General system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience.

....but seriously, we made a few backend updates to both server software and to our add-ons. A couple of those updates briefly broke a few things, but that's been mostly fixed now. There's a couple of issues with display of badges on mobile that we're still looking to resolve, but nothing which should impact on posting. Oh, and also...

• The Christmas 2020 style has been made the forums default while we work on a new 2021 variant