Forums: Currently Under Development
The following features are currently under development:
Forums 2.9.x
Automatic warnings/ban: An automated warning / banning logging and notification system that eliminates the need to manually post to the MAF, send email to user, and send email to the FMT.
New Password Recovery System: An improved password recovery system that requires email verification before actually resetting the password
New User Account Registration System: Account registration will no longer be handled by the forums, but handled by the HG User Login system.
Improved Anti-spam controls: Improved algorithms to prevent spam on the forums
Report Violation: Allow users to report violations to forum moderators
Hide Screenname: Custom Screennames have proved to be a major confusion, especially around major holidays when GillB typically holds “Name change” parties on the forums to give everyone a second (third, fourth, and often fifth) chance at changing their forum name. This feature will allow users to show only the user’s login ID.
Ignore User: Ability to add users to an ignore list, either by name or by other criteria.
Bug Fixes: Pasting a list of URLs with the enhanced toolbar causes IE to crash
Global Login Integration: The forums will be integrated with the HG Login system – one login to rule them all; one login to find them; one login to bring them all, and in the Forums bind them.
Forums 3.0
Development is underway for this forum. I’m currently – albeit slowly – incorporating all the existing features into the new codebase, which will run off FastCGI with a MySQL-based database. More information will be coming soon.