vBulletin 4.1 - Now Available

I would like to announce that version 4.1 of vBulletin Publishing Suite and vBulletin Forum is now available. If you have an active vBulletin license, you can download your copy of 4.1 from the vBulletin Members Area at: http://members.vbulletin.com


Important
Two items that we had envisaged to make available as 4.1

• Updated Editor - to enable WYSIWYG editing in Webkit browsers (Chrome/Safari)
• "Flexible URL Mapping"

Are not included in this release. Due to both the editor, and the flexible URL mapping affecting all aspects of our product, development and QA has taken a longer period of time than we had initially envisaged, and we are not sufficiently satisfied with the level of quality of either item to release them as features in their current state. Both items will be made available in future releases. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.

Here is a list of the major features and/or bug fixes that are included in 4.1

• Template Changes
• File changes.

Installer
Integrated, inline, single step installer/upgrader, a video of it in action is available here. Helps upgrading a board from vB version 3.5.4+. Supports upgrading via Command-line interface (CLI) for larger forums where a browser times out. Other changes center largely around the stability of the upgrade process and particularly the blog and cms installs which were brought in line with the more robust techniques of the VB installer.
Here are some of the larger install issues that we tackled along with the new install code:

• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-8448
  Ads disappear after executing upgrade script
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-8371
  CMS and Blog upgrade steps are creating problems for some users
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-8365
  CMS uninstall code doesn't remove grid templates due to wrong title
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-8124
  The template merge process takes up to much time
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-8094
  Timeout on some servers when importing vbulletin-style.xml
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-7903
  Phrases in master language get cut off when installing/upgrading
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-7730
  MySQL Error : Duplicate entry 'vbcms_dailycleanup' for key 2
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-6789
  Blog attachments converter fails
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-5898
  Upgrade and install folder with authenticate.php changes
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-5149
  Styles rebuild twice on CMS install
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-3952
  Plugins Run During Install/Upgrade
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-3839
  Blog database fails on upgrade of 3.8.4 PL2 to 4.x suite
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-3829
  Publisher Upgrade Error: CMS Already Installed (Step 6)
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-2542
  Templates Not Being Tagged As Needing To Be Updated

Mobile APIs
vBulletin 4.1 includes APIs required to communicate with vBulletin's forthcoming Mobile Applications.
We have comprehensive developer documentation for these API's available here (at time of writing, documentation may not be 100% complete - please note "coming soon" sections)



Profile customization fixes
Here are some of the fixes to profile customization that are included:

• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-10300
  Invalid code in color box can cause Javascript errors"
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-10233
  Profile Customization: There is no Admin Permission option for Set Site Default: All admins can set site default styles
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-10201
  User able to exploit themselves in User Profile
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9529
  XSS Within 'Customize My Profile'
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9835
  Member profile JavaScript fails with null CSS files"
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9830
  If customize profile is disabled for a usergroup the SQL Query workaround does not work
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9828
  Centering Asset Picker causes problems on shorter browsers
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9803
  Language specific spacing
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9787
  Profile Customization doesn't work if using YUI hosted on yahoo or google"
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9709
  Save as Site Default button is white on top of off-white in IE
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9691
  The color picker popup always pops up in the same place
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9689
  The ""saved"" confirmation box sometimes pops up before closing the customization interface, and sometimes afterwards"
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9425
  enable_profile_styling bitfield needs to be uncommented -- this prevents using the global on/off switch for profile styling and prevents using the ""profile images"" album type"
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9325
  Some links seem to be an unreadable white color by default on profiles"
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9318
  Font size inconsistent.

CMS fixes
Here are some of the fixes included in 4.1 for the CMS:

• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-10250
  CMS Default "Managing CMS Section and Content" entry has missing word in first sentence.
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-10168
  Permissions Not Checked on Unpublished Article
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9872
  Multi-page articles don't have a unique title per page
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9867
  Multi-page articles ToC shows scrollbar
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9763
  CMS HTML anchor is missing in template "vbcms_postbit_legacy"
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-8238
  No thumbnail on promoted post into CMS editor

Display Fixes
Fixes to the html/css to resolve cosmetic issues with the product, including rectifying some upgrade issues that occurred with vBulletin 4.0.8 upgrades with Custom Styles.

• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-10209
  IE7: Blog sidebar header contains text from pagination block; pagination block missing
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9937
  IE7/IE8 RTL issue with trackback/comment/rate this entry for blog page (entry.php)
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9924
  Text misalignment on group discussion page
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9918
  Icons overlap text in blog comment page for moderate width windows
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9865
  Quick Navigation button overlaps pagination display
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9862
  Side Bar links not bold
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9802
  Profile pagination arrow repeats
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9788
  Manage Groups displaying incorrectly and not aligning with content data
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9777
  IE6 View Filter drop down icon is missing in blog.php
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9759
  IE6 - Create Blog category page appears distorted
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9723
  IE7 & RTL - Show Groups Location Text
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9722
  Quick Navigation Menu appears too wide
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9720
  IE7 - Some text misplaced in thread attachments view
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9703
  Blog comment's title field oddly placed.

Misc fixes
Here are a number of the fixes made to everything else in the product:

• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-10315
  Drop down display is not proper in 'Group discussion' page
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9992
  YUI Security Upgrade
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9932
  Visitor Messages can show up in search results for users not allowed to see them.
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9895
  Style Generator issue with 'Dark' styles
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9852
  Map the new Replacement StyleVars automatically to the old, deprecated StyleVars
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9761
  Limit total number of PM folders
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9736
  Time in CMS Comments Wrap on a New Line
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-9729
  Simple pagination introduces a space in the url
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-7474
  Redirection fails due to code changes in class_core.php: redirect to domain.com/cgi-sys
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-7099
  Wrong filesize in Asset Manager if using "," as "Decimal Separator" in language settings
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-3538
  Problem with marking a forum as read: "Go to first new post" Icon is Still Displayed
• http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-1758
  View your "About Me" as seen by everyone else refreshes profile

Again, thank you to everyone who has filed bugs in our bug tracker, we sincerely appreciate your assistance - and we hope with this release that we have addressed a large number of the bugs that you have raised.
If you come across any bugs in the product, please continue to file them in our new tracker.

Feedback on the product is welcomed here for licensed customers.

Enjoy,
Adrian​