IpbWiki 1.6 released Options

[Peter]

Changes in IpbWiki 1.6:

New Features

• Rating System: You can fully configure who has access to the rating system in your Admin CP in the IpbWiki Group Permissions section... The rating system which has been added into IpbWiki 1.6 are actually 2 ajax rating systems (which of course retrieve the ratings from the same database table):
  • the first rating system uses a rating display in the topright corner of the content which matches with most MediaWiki default like skins and is used when a skin other than the IpbWiki skin is used. You can see this rating system in effect when you select for instance the monobook skin in your preferences.
  • the second rating system is integrated into the IpbWiki skin and uses a dropdown menu to show a rating similar to the one which is used in Invision Power Board 2.2
• Hook System: to make it easier to alter IpbWiki to your needs a hook system has been added which allows you to modify IpbWiki without modifying the IpbWiki source code. (=easy to upgrade to new versions, if you have custom extensions then this means you no longer have to modify the source code over and over again...)
• Added a new tag <ipbwiki_topiclist> which you can use on the wiki to show recent forum topics eg the tag <ipbwiki_topiclist forumid=2 count=3 /> will show the 3 newest threads from within the news forum, when you omit the count parameter it defaults to 10 topics to show and when you omit the forumid parameter then all forums are used as input for the topiclist
• Total overhaul of the group permission system, the groups assigned are now no longer obscure permission masks, but the same groupnames you use on your forum are now also used as the groupname on the wiki, this will make it easier to add custom permissions for custom MediaWiki extensions you might have. ...and it just looks better in the User List as well...
• Added the ability to disable the MediaWiki cache from within your Invision Power Board Admin CP.
• The current logged in user id and the user groups are now passed as variables to the IpbWiki class so that you can use this knowledge to show custom content in your skin for different user groups (eg. show google ads for guests only)
• Localization: IpbWiki strings have been externalized into the ipbwiki_lang.php language file, which means all you have to do now is editing 1 file if you want to translate IpbWiki into your language.
• The IpbWiki Copyright Removal license number can now be entered from within your Admin CP, if a correct license number is entered then the Bridged By IpbWiki icon on the bottom of the wiki isn't shown.

Skin Changes

• Added in support for the ipb-like rating system, table of contents, diff rendering, mediawiki external links, MediaWiki thumbnails, MediaWiki edit section and the ipbwiki_topiclist wrapper. (Changes to ipbwiki_skin.php and main.css, if you have a customized skin (and since there are a lot of edits over the previous version) I'd recommend using a Merge utility such as WinMerge to synchronize your customized skin with this new version.)

Bugfixes

• Updating the email address on the wiki now correctly synchronizes this with your Invision Power Board database.
• Discussion topics now also redirect correctly if the topic was already created in the Ipb1.3 version of IpbWiki

Installation:

• Download IpbWiki Interface and IpbWiki Core from the client download section.
• Upload IpbWiki Core to your forum directory and run the setup.
• Upload IpbWiki Interface to your wiki directory and run the setup

[shaggyjb]

Whats the best way to upgrade from a previous version... like 1.5.3?? Have you installed on top of a previous version?

[Peter]

yes you can install it on top of a previous version, it's what I did.

here's the order in which I did the update on this site:
- upload the packages to forum and wiki and ran the 2 setups
- I downloaded my custom ipbwiki_tronic skin to add the new features (rating system etc...) and after changing it I uploaded it back into my skin folder.

[shaggyjb]

Alright cool, thats exactly what I wanted to hear! Thanks Peter!

[cooldude7273]

Two questions:

1. Is this going to kill the custom skin you made for me? and
2. Is the ability to pull posts (like the latest 5 topic posts from forums x,y, and z) coming in the (near) future?

[Peter]

0. it's always a good idea to take a backup before you upgrade any software.
1. your skin should keep working, if you leave it as it is. (but if you don't modify it then the integrated ipbwiki_skin rating system will be ignored and always use the default mediawiki style rating system instead)
2. yes, that should be in the next version.

[lansing]

Sorry but where's the link to download 1.6?

[EJRaven]

Thank you for this update, but before I upgrade to the newer version, I have to ask if this works for the php4 version of IpbWiki?

Thank you for your time.

[Peter]

download links are here: http://www.ipbwiki.com/forums/index.php?dlcategory=1

it should be compatible with php 4 indeed (be sure to use the MediaWiki 1.6.x series).

[shaggyjb]

Have you run accross any issues with the rating system? I can't seem to display an image when the article has not been voted on yet. Only the image placeholder shows up. ?? But then again, that was me moving the new rating system into my skin. Maybe I'm just missing something??

[Peter]

you might have a point there, what would you like to see when the article was not rated yet?

[shaggyjb]

I was thinking the full 5 star bar, with none highlighted. Or 3 stars as a default to make it stick out. But, then again, I would think the 0 star would be more ideal, the 3 star isn't really accurate.

[cooldude7273]

I was thinking the full 5 star bar, with none highlighted.

That sounds like a good idea.

[cooldude7273]

Peter,

I have some code I use for my forum/site that many I can contribute to you to help with some features I'd like to see.

I have a script PHP/MySQL script that pulls only the topic titles, and also one that pulls simply the first post's text from several forums all in one feed using the OR MySQL command.

Interested in some code?

[Peter]

oki I'll fix that in the rating system then.

feel free to upload your modifications to our download section cooldude.

[Tomb Master]

For IPB 2.2.2:

Oops, Peter, I am not sure but when I went to download but there is no ipbwiki 1.6 link in official relase section except the latest submitted file was in Feb, 2006. I am sure it's small mistake but I just could not figure it out on my own.

kindly assist.

[Peter]

the submission date does not change that one stays at Feb 2006, when you open the download topic you will see it was last updated on Apr 9, 2007 3:09 pm

When I get around it I'll change the download script to show the last updated date instead of the submission date in the category view.

[rocksoft]

Can I upgrade from 1.5.2 to 1.6?

[Peter]

jep, you should be able to upgrade from any version.

[cooldude7273]

feel free to upload your modifications to our download section cooldude.

The mods would probably need some work to operate with ipbwiki, I simply have mine pulling from IPB into my custom PHP portal.

I meant could I contribute my code to you personally to help you maybe integrate it into future versions? The code is there, so it should make it pretty easy on you to implement.

(I don't know much coding beyond BBCode )