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MyBB 1.6 Sneak Preview (Part 2)

By Huji Lee | Published January 25th, 2010 | Updates | Rating: 1 Star 2 Stars 3 Stars 4 Stars 5 Stars Loading ...

In the first part of the MyBB 1.6 sneak previews, we shared just four of the 49 brand new features included in MyBB 1.6. Here are some more:

Delayed Moderation

With delayed moderation, you can tell the forum to perform a moderation action at a desired time in future. For example, you can set a thread to be deleted after X days, remove the the redirects to a thread in Y days or unstick a thread after Z days. In short, you don’t even have to be there to moderate your forums!

Users Online in Thread

Just like you can see who is online in a forum, with MyBB 1.6 you can see who is online in a thread!

Group as Moderator

In 1.4 you could add moderators for a forum only by inserting their usernames. In 1.6, however, you can give the name of their group (such as Moderators) to MyBB, and it will assign the permission to all of the members of that group!

Removing/Changing Votes

In MyBB 1.6 you can permit some or all of the users to change or remove their votes in polls.

User Notes for Mods and Admins

Administrators and moderators can now post some user notes on the profiles of other users.

These notes can only be seen and edited by administrators and moderators.

More Secure Admin Login

MyBB 1.6 sets a maximum number of attempts to login to Admin Control Panel. If someone (probably a hacker) fails to login to the system after several attempts, the system will lock the admin account and an email will be sent to the admin with instructions about unlocking the ACP. This means hackers can’t try to guess your admin password any more!

Thanks for reading!

There are even more features that will make your MyBB experience even better. Stay tuned to find out more about MyBB 1.6!

Comments

1.

Brian (January 25th, 2010, 3:33 pm)

Men when 1.6 is out, ill stop paying vB
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FBI (January 25th, 2010, 7:08 pm)

for [b]User Notes for Mods and Admins[/b], I will definitely change User Notes for Admin only and ignore Moderator

finally, the next sneak prev.
awaiting the 3rd previews
3.

Anu (January 25th, 2010, 7:10 pm)

any expected date of release?
4.

Kristoffer (January 25th, 2010, 7:59 pm)

Nice. When will 1.6 be released?
5.

marines (January 25th, 2010, 9:21 pm)

that is awesome you do great job guys.
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Eldov (January 25th, 2010, 9:23 pm)

Very nice. Mybb is the best board ever!!

Greetz from germany
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Fábio Maia (January 25th, 2010, 10:07 pm)

I just love the ‘more secure admin login’. Will it also send the IP of the possible hacker, so we can see who he is and maybe ban or suspend him? That would be just great.
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Tierney (January 26th, 2010, 12:53 am)

I can’t wait for MyBB 1.6! This is going to be great!
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Amy (January 26th, 2010, 1:28 am)

All very nice features although I do think display name needs to be added as that is also a security issue with mybb.
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Kazuto (January 26th, 2010, 1:50 am)

MyBB 1.6 will be the epiphany of the already-amazing MyBB. All these features just add to the anticipation of the final release. Cannot wait!
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themem (January 26th, 2010, 4:19 am)

Good Job Team Nice one
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Walkman 5.0 (January 26th, 2010, 5:13 am)

:/ the release date please
13.

Leesester (January 26th, 2010, 5:35 am)

This is looking really good – the admin notes plug in from Yumi for 1.4 is one of my faves and I’m delighted to see it included as core in 1.6. That add moderator system looks quite handy too. I’m really looking forward to MyBB 1.6.
14.

RPicard (January 26th, 2010, 5:42 am)

I’ve been waiting for this. It’s looking really good.

Now I get to look forward to Part 3.
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HappyPeoples (January 26th, 2010, 6:17 am)

great job, waiting
16.

ccalby (January 26th, 2010, 6:21 am)

Wow, I cannot wait for this, it looks really cool, keep up the GREAT work MyBB
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Mark.M (January 26th, 2010, 9:20 am)

Man, this looks better and better. I am guessing only a weeks to a month. (To let it settle )
18.

Staff Response: Ryan Gordon (January 26th, 2010, 9:48 am)

@Amy, no that is absolutely not a security issue. Please do your research first.

Everyone who keeps asking for a release date or suggesting them, please stop. There is no release date (estimated or otherwise) at this time.
19.

Speeder (January 26th, 2010, 10:58 am)

Display names will be added in 1.6? This is a great new feature and I think that only IP.Board has it at this moment.

Thanks!
20.

TheLifelessOne (January 26th, 2010, 1:20 pm)

Nice!
Definately looking forward to this!
21.

Staff Response: Ryan Gordon (January 26th, 2010, 4:28 pm)

Speeder, No it doesn’t have Display Names. Not sure where you read that?
22.

KuraBrazil (January 26th, 2010, 7:37 pm)

I’m really hope for this version. The 1.4 version has few bugs that make me ilfeel. Especially on Quick Reply that sometimes didn’t respect whenever I push the button.
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ChangUonDyU (January 26th, 2010, 9:54 pm)

Nice !!! These features are useful.

I want the Plugin Importing is easier for developer to writting (InstallCode: import settings, templates. Uninstall Code: remove, settings templates…etc)
The developer still Install&Unintall and check IsInstalled by manual code, this way isn’t safe
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Fábio Maia (January 27th, 2010, 12:06 am)

Can someone answer me please? Speaking of the ‘more secure admin login’, will it also send the IP of the possible hacker, so we can see who he/she is and maybe ban or suspend him? That would be just great.
25.

Sergio Montoya (January 27th, 2010, 4:16 am)

Awesome job guys! I can’t wait for it
Keep up the good work!
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Kenshin Hasekura (January 27th, 2010, 6:35 am)

Can’t hackers exploit the “More Secure Admin Login” to lock admin accounts? The other features are great. I can’t wait to see the new theme .
27.

Bestpublisher (January 27th, 2010, 8:46 am)

I like to new admincp security measure, thank you.
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Staff Response: Ryan Gordon (January 27th, 2010, 6:07 pm)

@Kenshin Hasekura Na, not really. Take a look at the code if you want and you’ll see what I mean.

And there’s no new theme. Not sure where you read that. It’s coming for 2.0
29.

Dark Lord (January 28th, 2010, 1:46 am)

MYBB really rocks and i think its easier and better than VB.
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Amy (January 28th, 2010, 2:26 am)

@Ryan I did my research. Having display names helps protect your username from hackers, who try and log in as you or one of your staff.
Plus it is a big issue when switching from ipb to mybb which I am thinking about doing. I mean the biggest issue is the fact that when we were first using the converge we now have members with email addresses as their log in name because at first with the converge you had to use email address as the username.
31.

Firestar (January 28th, 2010, 9:18 am)

I am really looking forward to 1.6. The features look awesome.
32.

Spencer (January 28th, 2010, 3:06 pm)

Wow! I can’t wait until 1.6 is released
33.

Selkie (January 29th, 2010, 4:43 am)

Great, as usually.
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Staff Response: Ryan Gordon (January 29th, 2010, 10:50 am)

@Amy, Obviously, obscurity improves overall security HOWEVER it is only a small impediment for a hacker and you are making it sound like its a security vulnerability. It is not.
35.

Starnova (January 29th, 2010, 3:28 pm)

Well I am drooling over mybb 1.6! The features are fantastic! I can’t wait for it’s release!
36.

Indi (January 30th, 2010, 12:18 am)

I’m starting user of MyBB. Long time I serach for good script and I think MyBB is best for me. It have a friendly user interface, transparent and free. It’s not soo advenced like vBulletin or IPB but better than simple PhpBB or SMF (for me). I wait for 1.6 Maby in futere MyBB may have competition in Poland of UniBoard (new script, successor of Callisto)
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Amy (January 31st, 2010, 5:50 am)

@Ryan it was not my intention to make it sound like a vulnerability just but does improve overall security. Not only does it help in the security I mentioned but it also helps with openid, facebook connect and twitter log in, which at the moment ipb has. I am still unsure if I want to make the switch.
38.

Hospitality Welfare (January 31st, 2010, 6:45 pm)

More Secure Admin Login- this option is sure going to cause problems if the forums would have users who tend to harrass and lock admin accounts unnecessarily
39.

Staff Response: MattRogowski (January 31st, 2010, 10:46 pm)

Well I think we’d like to hope most people aren’t sad enough to do that. It can easily be unlocked again by the admin, and I believe it logs the IP of whoever locked it out (don’t quote me on that, can’t check right now). We’re not going to not do something like this because some idiotic users may do stuff like that.
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blurb (Fran Van Helmond - New Zealand) (February 1st, 2010, 8:38 am)

I’ve only started using MyBB a couple of weeks ago and I am well impressed. Compared to the other forum boards I have tryed out, MyBB is far the best. Looking forward to MyBB 1.6

My thanks goes to all the developers for making MyBB freely available for us to use. I am totally 100% a fan of MyBB. I say, WOW!
41.

Tim-7967 (February 2nd, 2010, 4:04 am)

MyBB 1.6 sounds great! All the extra security measures which are being released and all the other features feel like something which should have always been there! I will definitely try to make the switchover when it is released. I hope the Afresh series templates will still work though as those were great templates to use…
42.

RPicard (February 3rd, 2010, 12:40 pm)

@Hospitality Welfare

That can easily be solved by renaming your admin directory as described here – http://community.mybboard.net/thread-44977.html
43.

Aglioeolio (February 5th, 2010, 7:36 am)

Yeah, mybb 1.6 will be epic

Thanks mybboard devs
44.

x-Treme (February 7th, 2010, 12:10 pm)

The MyBB team has continued to raise the bar in free forum software. Many of the additional features of 1.6 are ,imho, needed and overdue.

I only hope that they continue to improve MyBb through the 1.6 to 2.0 series without bloating it like many of the other softwares have done. (not mentioning any names).

A fine job done by all involved.

Just a quick question…when 1.6 is released, could someone please include a readme or forum post with instructions to update plugins and themes to work with the new version? I have many plugins and themes (many of which are custom) on one of my boards that I would hate to part with.

Sorry for the long comment xD
45.

Staff Response: StefanT (February 7th, 2010, 8:28 pm)

Most plugins should work with MyBB 1.6. Some hooks are different and there were changes in the admin-cp. These changes are very special (they affect only some plugins) so there can’t be instructions for everything.
46.

Anish K.S (February 10th, 2010, 6:49 pm)

Eagerly waiting for Mybb 1.6, best wishes to the latest version.
47.

Pars (February 14th, 2010, 5:47 am)

Hi
In my opinion, the only weakness is the absence of a quite advanced editor.
48.

Staff Response: Huji Lee (February 14th, 2010, 8:05 pm)

@Pars: Our current editor fully supports BBcode. Could you please be more specific about the functionalities you are looking for?
49.

CroneKorkN (February 15th, 2010, 10:35 am)

@Huji Lee: I think, he is looking for a wysiwyg-editor.
50.

adams (February 15th, 2010, 2:59 pm)

In my opinion, the only weakness is the absence of a quite advanced editor.so i think u have to do on this to improve your site.
………………..
adams
thanks
51.

xpserkan (February 16th, 2010, 12:26 pm)

progress has been very very good thanks.
52.

Lukas (February 18th, 2010, 8:02 am)

I realy can’t wait until it is realeased , it has nearly all features I had looked for in MyBB 1.4.
But there is still room for improvement everytime.

thats the right way! …. go ahed

best regards
Lukas
53.

Staff Response: Alan Crisp (February 18th, 2010, 8:21 am)

@Lukas By all means send us your ideas for improvement through the MyBB Ideas site!

http://ideas.mybboard.net/
54.

PowerlinX (February 20th, 2010, 9:16 am)

I can’t wait for MyBB 1.6 to come out! Will it be released this summer?
55.

Staff Response: StefanT (February 20th, 2010, 9:37 pm)

I hope it will come soon.
56.

Patrick (February 23rd, 2010, 1:23 am)

Can’t wait.

Will we be able to disable thread ratings completely in 1.6?
57.

Apothem (February 24th, 2010, 2:06 pm)

I was wondering, why is MyBB 1.6 going to support PHP version 5.1+ instead of 5.0+? Or why not just 5.2+ instead of 5.1?
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Not a Great Idea (February 25th, 2010, 1:35 pm)

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Hospitality Welfare (January 31st, 2010, 6:45 pm)

More Secure Admin Login- this option is sure going to cause problems if the forums would have users who tend to harrass and lock admin accounts unnecessarily

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39.

Staff Response: MattRogowski (January 31st, 2010, 10:46 pm)

Well I think we’d like to hope most people aren’t sad enough to do that. It can easily be unlocked again by the admin, and I believe it logs the IP of whoever locked it out (don’t quote me on that, can’t check right now). We’re not going to not do something like this because some idiotic users may do stuff like that.
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Unfortunately, there ARE people in this world who ARE sad enough to do exactly what is described. Tick off a script kiddie and you’ll quickly find all of those accounts intentionally locked. If the script is hammering the server, you’d get the account unlocked just to have it locked again a few seconds later.

Recommended approach: Just block the IP address after multiple failed attempts without success. Or use a 5 minute “cool-down” period where further attempts reset the “cool-down” back to 5 minutes. The latter approach allows legitimate users who forgot their password to still (eventually) get in without requiring the administrator to get involved.

Example: Allowing 3 incorrect attempts and a 5 minute cool-down would allow for, at most, 864 password attempts in a day (compared to virtually unlimited). You could have some threshold like 20 incorrect attempts per day before doing something more drastic (e.g. blocking the IP/locking the account).
59.

Mahdi (February 25th, 2010, 6:35 pm)

Hi Dear
Please , WYSIWYG-Editor input to MyBB.

Thanks
60.

Staff Response: StefanT (February 25th, 2010, 11:12 pm)

@Not a Great Idea: After some login attempts, there is also a captcha…
61.

Esteban (February 26th, 2010, 2:31 am)

A suggested feature to include…

It would be nice for a poster to be able to ‘edit-control’ responses to their post by allowing them to edit the response while enforcing a link to the original responses. This would provide an elegant way for authors to ‘monitor’ dialogues related to their post while still permitting and registering other responses. This could distribute moderation loads.

Say I make a post and someone responds with insulting remarks or unrelated information… I would like to be able to ‘replace’ that response and refocus unto the core issue while still having a link to the original response for those interested in exploring it. For example I would be able to insert a summarizing post, a ‘concluding’ post, after a discussion that would link to the discussion for those interested.

Probably sound more complicated than what I envision. And its probably quite easy to implement and quite powerful for forums dynamics…

Cheers esteban
62.

Staff Response: Ryan Gordon (February 26th, 2010, 7:49 am)

@Not a Great Idea – There is a cool down period as well as the ability to unlock the account if the cool down period isn’t over yet from the admins email account.
63.

Mr_Daily_D (February 28th, 2010, 1:03 pm)

I have one idea for MyBB 1.6, but let me first say this:
I have been using MyBB on a few forums (Moderating) and I have to say I love it very much, it is very easy to use, very “Admin Friendly”, and very easy to upgrade, add plugins, and edit themes and templates. I currently have absolutley NO complaints abou MyBB, especially 1.4.x. So I can only assume 1.6.xx will be that much better. For that I have to personally thank the MyBBoard Team for their great efforts to bring a great Bulletin system at no cost.

With that said, I do think that in MyBB 1.6.xx, there should be an individual post window. Example: In vBulletin 3.4+ when you click on the number of a post, while in a thread, it opens ONLY that post in a seperate browser window, and allows inline moderation on ONLY that post. MyBB needs this as well, mainly because it is very convenient for moderators to open the post in its individual window, and moderate with out all the other posts distracting the moderation.

That is my 2 Cents, either way, keep up the grea work MyBB Team, you are doing an excellent job!
64.

Kyle (March 4th, 2010, 11:50 am)

There should be a feature for admins to uplode plugins without getting into file manager
65.

Hamed (March 8th, 2010, 5:02 am)

I like these new functions, I hope we have better things on MyBB
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Sundark (March 9th, 2010, 4:28 am)

You can also just hide your panel by changing the URL of it…

something like /.adminpanelofmymybbforum/

( . for google without touching robots.txt, because if you touch it, people can find your link xD )
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@__spidy__@ (March 13th, 2010, 3:35 am)

Can we have that ability of taking tags automatically from the tittle of the Threads and posts.And also from links …. for more better SEO results?
68.

Staff Response: StefanT (March 13th, 2010, 7:25 pm)

Please submit ideas to: http://ideas.mybboard.net
Moreover there is a feature freeze for MyBB 1.6.
69.

Jack Gray (March 16th, 2010, 12:54 pm)

Very Nice i Cannot Wait To See These New Updates This Looks Good.
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Leandro (March 18th, 2010, 1:56 pm)

Great news! I will use it in my site about terraplenagem (earthwork in portuguese).
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chris200x9 (March 22nd, 2010, 4:06 am)

I know this will not make it into 1.6, but just something to think about for 2.0. “Group as Moderator” seems like a great idea, what if you had a section for “private threads”, kind of like in esotalk? I don’t know if you are familiar with it but in esotalk you can start a thread only people you designate can see. I just think this would be a cool option like “sub-forums” for friends, or inside jokes, etc.
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chris200x9 (March 22nd, 2010, 4:07 am)

edit: was not clear, the user designates who can see the thread, not the admin.
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xpert.crush (March 22nd, 2010, 5:58 pm)

I know this question is asked multiple times, but i really can’t wait to see the 1.6 release so when is the release date, is it around this month or later?
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Staff Response: StefanT (March 22nd, 2010, 10:51 pm)

Then why do you ask?
I will release when it is finished.
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Mike S (March 31st, 2010, 1:18 pm)

I am new to BB software, not forums, and am in the process of reviewing to find one for my site. Does Mybb offer the ability to show the latest post first instead of last, like a blog? I find that since I always want to read what is current, there is not point in making me, or anyone, always open a thread, then navigate to the end. It is just a wasted step.

Thanks
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Staff Response: MattRogowski (April 1st, 2010, 9:48 pm)

@Mike There is the ability to jump to the first post via the forum display, there’s a little green arrow to take to to the first unread post, but there’s no ability to order the posts in a thread from newest to oldest; it’d be rather confusing for someone who hasn’t read the thread yet to have to start at the bottom and read upwards, it’s not intuitive.
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Falcon (April 2nd, 2010, 10:11 am)

Damn very, very nice!!!!!!!
I’m glad that I have convert my forum to Mybb, its simple to use, simple to moderating, and simple to install MOD etc. etc.

This is the best board you can have and the best community!!!!!!!

I LOVE MYBB!!!
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dmaxel (April 3rd, 2010, 2:48 pm)

Two things I would love to see:

* WYSIWYG editor
* DNS Blackhole List blocking – The name might be confusing, but it’s a feature in phpBB which checks against known addresses that abuse things like account registrations that are listed on certain anti-spam sites. It helped a lot in preventing spam accounts when I ran phpBB, and is the only big thing I miss while using MyBB.
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rlshosting (April 25th, 2010, 11:19 pm)

If you don’t like More Secure Admin Login, just turn it off right?
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rlshosting (April 25th, 2010, 11:20 pm)

Either that or just do it for a specific IP.
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Gimp (May 6th, 2010, 11:38 pm)

It’s nice to see MyBB in active development. I like “Delayed Moderation” and “Users Online in Thread” the most.
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remshad (May 10th, 2010, 3:05 am)

am still waiting

when i can stop my waiting
83.

TC670 (May 14th, 2010, 8:20 am)

When does this come out??
84.

Haytoch (June 26th, 2010, 10:04 pm)

wow !!!!!!!!!

Great job
thank you very much
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lorddonk (July 18th, 2010, 10:14 am)

I really need to get back into MyBB theming! MyBB has grown so much in just a year or two since I left!