vBulletin 5 Connect Beta 17 has been released

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vBulletin 5 Connect Beta 17 is NOW AVAILABLE for license holders to download.

Prospective customers may preview vB5 Connect at www.vbulletin.com/vb5demo/.

The vBulletin 5 Connect Beta 17 feedback thread for licensed customers is HERE. We use your feedback to improve vBulletin.

Beta 17 addresses 127 issues. However, we recommend you not utilize vBulletin Betas for live sites.

Note: As with all Beta releases, no phone or ticket support will be provided for Beta 17. However, customers purchasing a vBulletin 5 Connect license will receive 30 days of free ticket support--with a start date commencing upon the Gold release.

1. VBV-5024 URL too long for js.php call in footer
2. VBV-5737 Upgrade SQL syntax Error
3. VBV-5567 Permissions error prevents creating blog entry
4. VBV-5306 Album records are not properly imported while upgrading (vB 3.8.7)
5. VBV-5486 Latest Activity tabs filtering in Homepage and Forum page is inconsistent
6. VBV-5475 Mobile App: Going to any forum crashes the app (iOS)
7. VBV-5572 "Unable to contact server" error popup when clicking the topics tab
8. VBV-5588 Registered Users unable to create a New Topic when the "Verify Email In Registration" option is enabled.
9. VBV-4797 Home page lost on upgrade
10. VBV-5691 Error while upgrading from earlier vB5 version than 5
11. VBV-4713 Advertisement improvements. Only show ads on "content pages"
12. VBV-5699 Forum Topics: The Inline Mod buttons are broken (do not open their dropdown menus)
13. VBV-5692 Clicking Edit on post causes unlimited Working....
14. VBV-5769 URL for images attached via Advanced Editor is not correct
15. VBV-5779 homepage error, the activity stream show nothing
16. VBV-3762 Closure table not created as innodb
17. VBV-5592 Mobile App: Can't log in after logging out (iOS)
18. VBV-5740 Cannot access site builder functionalities even if having permission (on vb5demo)
19. VBV-4607 APIs called via AJAX cannot be extended
20. VBV-4799 Social Group page loads very slowly
21. VBV-5294 Attachments uploaded via advanced editor are using the wrong permissions
22. VBV-5129 Subscription to blog channel is not recognized
23. VBV-5094 Attachment limits in AdminCP do not work
24. VBV-2768 User Online image in postbit doesnt function - always shows "X is offline"
25. VBV-4945 Need to batch permission queries.
26. VBV-5551 Some scheduled tasks fail with invalid_query_definition_x error when run
27. VBV-2809 JSON Parsing Error : un-expecting character with link without http://
28. VBV-5090 Permissions check should happen before uploading attachments/pics, not after
29. VBV-2538 Blog comment editor box does not disappear after posting
30. VBV-5082 Cache for node text relies only in nodeid
31. VBV-5205 Deleting posts takes too long
32. VBV-1209 Enable/Disable comments to blog entry is broken
33. VBV-5143 Visible Post Element settings do not work for user. Still able to see Profile Picture when Show Profile Picture setting is unchecked.
34. VBV-5002 Fatal Error when using $config['Datastore']['class'] = 'vB_Datastore_Filecache';
35. VBV-5407 Latest Activity does not show the correct information in Groups page
36. VBV-5424 User Receives Email Notification on own PM replies
37. VBV-4985 Unable to Install Using Filesystem Cache
38. VBV-5659 Inline images do not display
39. VBV-5399 Moving private message to Pending Posts folder is broken
40. VBV-5565 30 second wait between posts shows up when it shouldn't (when you do things that are unrelated to creating a post)
41. VBV-5338 link for "Forgot Your Password" is broken on the "password does not match" page for changing a User's password
42. VBV-5574 FR: "register" with no arguments returns permission denied.
43. VBV-5337 No way to get a view of a certain user profile's visitor messages
44. VBV-941 Ad module -- Second ad module does not have a different list of ads
45. VBV-2759 Signature Image Upload doesnt save image
46. VBV-4558 Build Search Index function is broken
47. VBV-3409 Advanced Editor - Visitor Message is not loading CKEditor
48. VBV-5220 "Can use repuation" usergroup settings not working
49. VBV-4910 Search API doesn't support no prefix & any prefix
50. VBV-5722 "Show profile picture" setting not checked by default when email verifcation is on
51. VBV-4220 Posts have no time in topic (thread) view.
52. VBV-3745 Merging threads will display an error message: no_permission
53. VBV-1812 Unable to delete other user's Visitor Messages as admin
54. VBV-5730 Thread tools and post tools are unaccesible in groups.
55. VBV-5575 Multiple calls to getParents query
56. VBV-2970 vBulletin 5 doesn't pass html validation
57. VBV-5299 Upgrade CKEDITOR to 3.6.5
58. VBV-4229 Server usage gets to 99% and on logs mysql timeout
59. VBV-5604 Avatar names changed after the upgrade from 4.2 and they are not working now
60. VBV-4369 Contenttype Queries
61. VBV-5768 Regular users can't edit their own links
62. VBV-5755 Groups tab displays "Error fetching groups" message
63. VBV-5498 Mobile App: Trying to make a new album crashes (iOS)
64. VBV-5783 Additional.css is not the lowest call
65. VBV-5822 Human Verification - Upgrade moves Answer into Regular Expression/PCRE for Question Field
66. VBV-4798 Blog Page Very Slow
67. VBV-5442 Admincp update threads too slow
68. VBV-3458 User Profiles - About: No limit defined for the user status
69. VBV-5448 Guests can see Admin Link in footer
70. VBV-5405 "Allow Comments" Phrase is hardcoded.
71. VBV-818 "Posts Per Page" in user settings is ignored.
72. VBV-4146 Inserting a table via the Advanced Editor does not display the table correctly
73. VBV-5500 Advanced link in Profile filter leads to search results page
74. VBV-5133 Module configuration for the channel module --- the "Latest Activity Date Range" doesn't "stick"
75. VBV-4609 Home Latest Activity tab missing the new topics filter
76. VBV-5502 Some Blog entries will not have the "Flag" button
77. VBV-4633 Can't filter for topics with no prefix or topics with any prefix
78. VBV-5563 "Press ALT 0 for help" text in reply to topic box
79. VBV-2928 (Porting from vB4) Copy-pasting text in the editor pastes heading tags from original text
80. VBV-5534 Debug templates list not display all the templates (Regression)
81. VBV-5187 $config['Datastore']['class'] = 'vB_Datastore_Filecache'; = undefined constant VB_AREA
82. VBV-4896 The "Add More Quotes" button appears on the content entry box at the bottom of the thread/topic
83. VBV-5159 Strings of one character or more encapsulated in chevrons () are removed when editing
84. VBV-4874 Latest Activity on Post not working
85. VBV-2754 Private messages moved from the trash folder disappear
86. VBV-843 Auto-accept check box does not keep checked setting after save.
87. VBV-4293 Deleting private message will permanently delete it rather than moving it to Trash (only on upgrades)
88. VBV-4205 Phrase 'no_errors_occured_opening_upload' doesn't exist
89. VBV-4658 Cannot access "Manage Subscribers" option from Blog administrative roll-over menu
90. VBV-5490 progress.gif is missing
91. VBV-4505 Site builder - Error activating SiteBuilder. (Error code 404)
92. VBV-4636 User "Ranks" don't show in the postbit
93. VBV-5436 photo uploads will have wrong row/column format after photos are removed
94. VBV-2998 Last Activity Time Not Updating
95. VBV-3972 Profile picture fails to load after upgrading from vB4.2
96. VBV-3991 Custom bbcodes are not added to the ckeditor automatically (buttons aren't added)
97. VBV-5330 Improper use of in two templates.
98. VBV-3754 Sticky topics from child forum appear in parent forum topic list
99. VBV-5328 Avatars are missing img alt attribute.
100. VBV-5377 Closing tag for li in the footer template
101. VBV-5376 Closing tag for li in the header template at line: 226
102. VBV-5134 Text is not being wrapped in the Editor
103. VBV-5704 Editing photo topic removes all tags from the post
104. VBV-1613 Editor Link popup has feature to link to anchor, but there is no button to insert anchors
105. VBV-5298 Notice: Undefined variable: link in sprint48m6\includes\vb5\template\bbcode.php on line 2439
106. VBV-5284 Editing a post replaces it's immediate superchannel name with its title, in the breadcrumb
107. VBV-4834 Unable to quote "Code" BB tag
108. VBV-5708 Editing a search module breaks the module
109. VBV-3430 Users shouldn't be allowed to see "add video" and "add photos" according to wireframes
110. VBV-5497 Mobile App: Can't upload profile picture (iOS)
111. VBV-3049 Non-user-friendly error message pops up when attempting to use a link without "http://" for a link topic
112. VBV-5540 Charset is missing when site is off
113. VBV-5770 Advanced editor attachment does not display in the media tab
114. VBV-2015 Set Poll Timeout Hour and Minute levels are difficult to perform on itouch/iphone devices.
115. VBV-3639 Permanent Ban phrase
116. VBV-5788 Group Icon missing on upgrade from Beta 16 to Beta 17 #3
117. VBV-2230 Remove outdated .htacess files.
118. VBV-4585 For password verification on sitebuilder, move input field next to field label
119. VBV-4597 Move buttons on Color Style to the right
120. VBV-4610 Topic tab should not show the new topics filter
121. VBV-5089 Error displayed when adding more photos than the amount allowed is not properly formatted
122. VBV-5686 The default font when typing text in the Text field is different than the Title field font (Topics, Blog Entries, Replies)
123. VBV-5706 No space above the announcements module/notices in the index
124. VBV-5712 Text in editor is bigger (regression)
125. VBV-1699 Delete post button should be "Delete Thread" instead
126. VBV-4596 Input fields should be properly aligned and have uniform style
127. VBV-2078 Blog Posts and Comments notifications are not meeting the wireframes design

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