Threadloom XenForo plug-in

Release notes

2.0.8 – released 2017-06-13

Better handling of real-time index update requests for new and edited threads and posts.  Better ensures that site performance does not degrade due to API backend latency or outages. 

New

• Real-time index update requests run only after a XenForo database transaction completes.
• Real-time index update API request length is capped so forum visitors don't experience delays when saving changes.

Fixes

• Corrects an error message sent to Threadloom when the plug-in cannot properly encode data.

 

2.0.7 – released 2017-06-08

Efficiency improvements for scheduled task data transfers 

New

• Handle rare cases where size of posts exceeds HTTP transfer limits (more information).
• Reduced size of data sent by server during scheduled task run. Results in faster task runtime.

Fixes

• Fixed an internal bug in how we query number of rows in tables during the scheduled task run.

 

2.0.6 – released 2017-05-18

Snappy and powerful new UI! Users can now easily filter by forum, user, date, and prefix!  

New

• Users can filter by forum, user, date, and prefix.
• Results update in realtime.
• Filters support type-ahead.

 

2.0.5 – released 2017-04-20

This release prevents installation and adds error messaging on sites running unsupported versions of PHP (5.2 or older).  

Fixes

• Prevents installation on sites running PHP 5.2 or older.

 

2.0.4 – released 2017-04-14

This release adds a new demo mode that lets you conduct a single search and simultaneously view the results on Threadloom and standard forum search side by side.  

Improvements

• Side-by-side demo.

 

2.0.3 – released 2017-04-12 

Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused unnecessary redirects for certain PHP configurations (upgrade not necessary if searches are not redirecting).

 

2.0.1 – released 2017-03-10

A big thank you to all of the forums who are new to Threadloom! We're thrilled to welcome you to a great search experience.  The primary change in this release is making unicode characters look beautiful on vBulletin sites.

Improvements

• Disabled automatic remote plug-in updates for now. (This is a server-side change.  More on this coming soon.)

Fixes

• Fixed how unicode characters are displayed in search results on vBulletin.
• Fixed a bug with automatic remote updates.

 

2.0.0 – released 2017-03-06 

This is our big General Availability release! We're excited to welcome new forums alongside our Early Access partners who have been using Threadloom since last fall.  If you want to chat with us directly, drop us a line at @Threadloom on Twitter or on Facebook at facebook.com/Threadloom. 

New

• Added support for vBulletin 3.8.
• Added support for Audentio UI.X search dialogs on both desktop and mobile.
• Added enhanced diagnostic messaging in AdminCP.
• Added analytics for billing.

Improvements

• Updated scheduled task and cron entry schedule.
• Improved plug-in response to certain PHP timeouts.

Fixes

• Fixed index syncing of unicode characters.  Search may still display some unicode characters incorrectly.  This will be resolved in a future release.
• Fixed handling for BBcodes.  We now remove inner content for three types of BB tags: quote (not searchable because we index each post separately), img/attach/media/gallery (these are standard tags that don't render any visible/searchable text), and custom tags (e.g., charge).

 

Threadloom vBulletin plug-in

Release notes

2.0.10 – released 2017-06-15

Caps request time to ensure that site performance does not degrade due to API backend latency or outages.

Improvements

• Real-time index update API request length is capped so forum visitors don't experience delays when saving changes. 

Fixes

• Corrects an error message sent to Threadloom when the plug-in cannot properly encode data.

 

2.0.9 – released 2017-06-08

This release addresses an issue with display of Latin-1 characters, and includes improvements for scheduled task data transfers. 

Improvements

• Handle rare cases where the size of posts exceeds HTTP transfer limits (more information).
• Reduce size of data sent by server during scheduled task run.  Results in faster task run-time.

Fixes

• Fixed display of Latin-1 characters in the header and footer of the search results page.
• Fixed how we query for the number of table rows when the scheduled task runs.

 

2.0.8 – released 2017-05-19

This release fixed an issue where certain threads from private forums appeared in search result snippets. 

Fixes

• Private thread content on viewable and searchable private forums no longer appears in search snippets for visitors without permission to view thread content.

 

2.0.7 – released 2017-05-18

Snappy and powerful new UI! Users can now easily filter by forum, user, and date. 

New

• Users can filter by forum, user, and date.
• Results update in realtime.
• Filters support type-ahead.

 

2.0.6 – released 2017-04-20

This release prevents installation and adds error messaging on sites running unsupported versions of PHP (5.2 or older). 

Fixes

• Prevents installation on sites running PHP 5.2 or older.

 

2.0.5 – released 2017-04-12

This release improves Threadloom compatibility with other plug-ins and template customizations. 

Improvements

• Adopts vBulletin convention for template rendering.
• Adds threadloom_shell template.

 

2.0.4 – released 2017-04-11

This release contains an important fix in the uninstall script.  In certain instances, it was possible for the script to delete index.php or admincp/index.php during uninstallation. 

Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the uninstallation script could delete the index.php or admincp/index.php.

 

2.0.3 – released 2017-04-10

Fixes

• Adds compatibility with DragonByte vBShout plug-in. 

 

2.0.2 – released 2017-04-06

This release adds a new demo mode that lets you conduct a single search and simultaneously view the results on Threadloom and standard forum search side by side. 

Improvements

• Side-by-side demo.

 

2.0.1 – released 2017-03-10

A big thank you to all of the forums who are new to Threadloom! We're thrilled to welcome you to a great search experience.  The primary change in this release is making unicode characters look beautiful on vBulletin sites. 

Improvements

• Disabled automatic remote plug-in updates for now. (This is a server-side change.  More on this coming soon.)

Fixes

• Fixed how unicode characters are displayed in search results on vBulletin.
• Fixed a bug with automatic remote updates.

 

2.0.0 – released 2017-03-06 

This is our big General Availability release! We're excited to welcome new forums alongside our Early Access partners who have been using Threadloom since last fall.  If you want to chat with us directly, drop us a line at @Threadloom on Twitter or on Facebook at facebook.com/Threadloom.

New

• Added support for vBulletin 3.8.
• Added support for Audentio UI.X search dialogs on both desktop and mobile.
• Added enhanced diagnostic messaging in AdminCP.
• Added analytics for billing.

Improvements

• Updated scheduled task and cron entry schedule.
• Improved plug-in response to certain PHP timeouts.

Fixes

• Fixed index syncing of unicode characters.  Search may still display some unicode characters incorrectly.  This will be resolved in a future release.
• Fixed handling for BBcodes.  We now remove inner content for three types of BB tags: quote (not searchable because we index each post separately), img/attach/media/gallery (these are standard tags that don't render any visible/searchable text), and custom tags (e.g., charge).