VaultWiki 3 Beta 2 - Fast Release

With the release of vBulletin 4.0.1 earlier this week, we were forced to release Beta 2 before we completed all the items originally scheduled into the build. vBulletin 4.0.1 fixed some of its own style problems, creating conflicts with the way many mods, including VaultWiki, had designed their own CSS. Beta 2 was moved forward mainly to address this issue.

Custom Namespace URLs

That said, a few features did make it into Beta 2. It's now possible via the Namespace Manager to change the folder path of a namespace when your wiki uses Simple (aka friendly) URLs.

Let's say you have a namespace called "Product", where you have created your site's product pages. Previously, namespace URLs were generated in the format wiki/Product:Title. However, you can define the path "products" in the Namespace Manager, creating the URL products/Title.

Custom URLs will require mod_rewrite (.htaccess) changes. As this is a beta that was rushed out, there aren't any specific instructions for doing this yet. Therefore, we only recommend that users who are comfortable experimenting with their server configuration attempt to use this feature during the beta period.

More Auto-Link Control

Previously, there were only 3 settings for auto-links: disabled, enabled in wiki forums, enabled in all forums. In Beta 2, you can now enable or disable auto-links in each forum via your Forum Manager. In addition, the original settings have been expanded to include options for CMS articles, blogs, project tools, and other content types.