| Written by SM, on 23-08-2007 21:08 |
For those of you signing on late, I'm reposting Mike's latest news from the forums here to the front page. I imagine many of you might have popped on and wondered about the strange changes since your last visit. I know I did when I signed on this morning! In the Staff Bulletins section of the forum, you'll be able to read more about this...
- Scheduled Full Site Backups - every morning at 7:30AM EDT, a full backup of the site will be created and accessible via the Plesk Control Panel. It will save seven rotating backups. On error, EZ will be notified via email.
- Logging Enabled - Weekly site logs will help pinpoint problems.
- Registration Update - This is an invisible update. It simply prevents the accidental or spam registration through the original user system, which was replaced with the Community Builder.
- Anonymous Contact - A simple checkbox was added to the contact form to help block spamming.
- Who's Online - The old who's online module has been replaced with a much nicer one. Features include tooltip popups with quick links to profile and contact.
- Community Builder Upgrade - At the request of Mel, the CB component has been updated to the latest release. This includes all plug-ins as well.
- CAPTCHA - The well known security image creator is installed. Now when registering, requesting a password, or emailing a member; a randomly generated, alphanumeric image must be typed into a box. This prevents spamming and spam registrations.
- Automatic Database Backup - Everyday, the database will be backed up and emailed to Ez. The database is where all of the site's articles, members, details, forum posts, etc. are stored.
- Latest Peeps - Now when viewing The Collective, the latest 10 members to register are displayed with their avatar. The portraits link to their profiles. AIM is also listed for quick reference.
- Joomla! - The Content Management System has been updated to the latest stable release. This addresses several bugs and improves security.
Further discussion had us removing the New Peeps module from the IWA Staff section, but keeping it listed in the Collective. It may be a bit to get used to all over again, but I generally think these new updates and additions are an overall improvement of the site. Your opinions may vary, and of course I value hearing them. If you have any comments, questions, or concerns, please take them over to the forums where there is a thread solely dedicated to this topic.
Last update: 23-08-2007 21:09
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