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VaultWiki News
by Published on April 30, 2013 9:22 AM
At the end of last week, we made VaultWiki 4 Alpha 7 available for download. This release fixes a number of editor and moderator-related issues.
Please note that Alpha 7, like those before it, is only compatible with vBulletin 4.1.4 and higher.
Changes
In this Alpha, you'll notice:
- Improved Javascript performance
- Better reliability notifying moderators of new content
- New islands are accessible
- Better stability posting comments
- Reduced likelihood of editing conflicts
- and more
Since this is still an Alpha release, we still do not recommend installing VaultWiki 4 Alpha 7 on production sites at this time.by Published on April 18, 2013 10:27 AM
VaultWiki 4 Alpha 6 has now been released. This release fixes a number of permissions and history-related issues.
Please note that Alpha 6, like those before it, is only compatible with vBulletin 4.1.4 and higher.
Changes
In this Alpha, you'll notice:
- The ability to quote wiki comments
- Allow viewing pages in an area, but not the area itself
- Better cache integrity
- Better stability of history and related moderation actions
- Other minor enhancements and bug fixes
Since this is still an Alpha release, we still do not recommend installing VaultWiki 4 Alpha 6 on production sites at this time.by Published on April 9, 2013 11:33 AM
Last night a potential cross-site scripting vulnerability was discovered in VaultWiki 4 Alpha 4. Under specific wiki configurations this vulnerability could be exploited to post arbitrary HTML on a victim's site.
The release of VaultWiki 4 Alpha 5 has been accelerated and made available today to address this issue. We highly recommend that any customers who are using an earlier Alpha of VaultWiki 4 to upgrade as soon as they are able to close this security hole. The issue does not exist in VaultWiki 3.
Please note that Alpha 5, like those before it, is only compatible with vBulletin 4.1.4 and higher.
Changes
In this Alpha, you'll notice:
- Resolved XSS vulnerability
- Discussions now work on their own tab
- More reliable caches
- Other minor enhancements and bug fixes
Since this is still an Alpha release, we still do not recommend installing VaultWiki 4 Alpha 5 on production sites at this time.by Published on April 4, 2013 2:12 PM
Earlier today one of our site users stumbled upon a potential cross-site scripting vulnerability in VaultWiki 4 Alpha 3 while using our web site. It's likely the user was unaware of the significance of what they had found: the action was not malicious and conditions were not ideal to perform an exploit, but the problem was obvious to site admins. Minutes later, developers discovered a bug that under specific wiki configurations could be exploited to post arbitrary HTML on a victim's site.
The release of VaultWiki 4 Alpha 4 has been accelerated and made available today to address this issue. We highly recommend that any customers who are using an earlier Alpha of VaultWiki 4 to upgrade as soon as they are able to close this security hole. The issue does not exist in VaultWiki 3.
Please note that Alpha 4, like those before it, is only compatible with vBulletin 4.1.4 and higher.
Changes
In this Alpha, you'll notice:
- Resolved XSS vulnerability
- Forum headers are back
- More reliable caches
- Deleting wiki pages works properly
- Discussion titles are fixed
- Other minor enhancements and bug fixes
Since this is still an Alpha release, we still do not recommend installing VaultWiki 4 Alpha 4 on production sites at this time.by Published on April 1, 2013 1:39 PM
VaultWiki 4 Alpha 3 has now been released. Thanks to the help of users who were brave enough to become early adopters, we feel this version is really starting to come together. A significant number of showstopper issues have been identified and addressed. Alpha 3 is representative of the fruits of these endeavors.
Please note that Alpha 3, like those before it, is only compatible with vBulletin 4.1.4 and higher.
Upgrading
For users upgrading from Alpha 1 or 2, one of the directives in vault/config.php has been changed. You will need to replace this file with the appropriate new file, or you must modify your existing config file. Find the following:
and replace it with:Code:'DEFAULT_SCRIPT'
Code:'VW_DEFAULT_SCRIPT'
Changes
In this Alpha, you'll notice:
- Better stability on servers with early versions of MySQL 5
- Better stability editing individual sections of a page
- Better stability of all variants of the BB-Code parser
- Better stability when deleting wiki data
- Fixed over 20 missing graphics
- Other minor enhancements and bug fixes
Since this is still an Alpha release, we still do not recommend installing VaultWiki 4 Alpha 3 on production sites at this time.
Graphics Developer Kit and Other Download Options
With the release of Alpha 3, we have also made significant changes to the download form in the Members area.
We have moved the Graphics Developer Kits (GDKs) for VaultWiki 3 from our VaultWiki Modifications forums and made them available via the VaultWiki download form. The GDK for VaultWiki 4 is available there as well.
When downloading VaultWiki from now on, the Javascript files in the package will be minified by default. You can use the new options to download the Uncompressed Javascript if you need it for some reason.
If you would like to speed up the download from our site and the upload to your own, you can now also opt to download the package without any image files. This option is recommended mainly for in-place replacements of your files of the same version, or if you have checked the release details and there is no mention of new images.by Published on March 21, 2013 1:20 PM
VaultWiki 4 Alpha 2 has now been released. We really appreciate all the feedback and reports we've received so far. We look forward to more of this, and we hope to activate even more hidden changes in Alphas to come.
Please note Alpha 2, like Alpha 1, is only compatible with vBulletin 4.1.4 and higher. We will be adding download access for other platforms as product stability increases. Until then, since stability is important across all platforms, we think it best to keep reporting and debugging of such issues as uncomplicated as possible by only providing one platform release at a time.
In this Alpha, you'll notice:
- New: Another Wiki URL Format
- New: CSS StyleVars
- Better stability of the installer/upgrader
- Better stability on servers where the MySQLi extension is not installed
- Better data integrity after upgrading from VaultWiki 3
- Better stability of all variants of the BB-Code parser
- Broken editor modes and tools are fixed
- Better stability when deleting wiki data
Since this is still an Alpha release, we still do not recommend installing VaultWiki 4 Alpha 2 on production sites at this time.
Note on Recent Download Unavailability
When we first attempted to release Alpha 2 nearly 24 hours ago, it caused our Members area to break. The existing server-side code that crawled our directories where VaultWiki is stored in order to deliver only the most recently updated file revisions was not designed with the sheer size of VaultWiki 4 in mind (due to MVC, multi-platform, and other design preferences, VaultWiki 4 is roughly 10 times larger than VaultWiki 3).
We spent the last 24 hours redesigning the Members area database and rewriting the code that pulls builds out of our VaultWiki Depot, and the result has allowed us to turn the Members area back on and offer VaultWiki 4 for download once again.
You may also notice that your downloads are compiled much faster than they were before.by Published on March 7, 2013 3:37 PM
It's finally time. After literally years of anticipation, we are pleased to announce that VaultWiki 4 is finally available for download!
We're making this Alpha version of VaultWiki 4 available now for sites interested in exploring this early version of the software, to start work on styling, plug-ins, etc, and to provide feedback before a final version is released. While this Alpha version can be used on new sites, some functionality and content of existing sites won't yet be ported over. Thus, we recommend that users who want to upgrade sites to this Alpha version do so in a staging environment before deploying it to production.
Keep in mind, however, that this release of VaultWiki 4 will only work with vBulletin version 4.1.4 and higher. We will be adding support for other versions of vBulletin and some other forum platforms before month's end.
New Features and Improvements
As we've previously announced, VaultWiki 4 features significant improvements over version 3:
- A completely rewritten core product which provides a modular and more customizable environment
- More intuitive Wiki Areas and other structured components
- A wiki sidebar featuring Live Search, Activity Feed, Similar Content, and more
- The ability to Upload Files and add Categories via the editor
- Have more than 1 Discussion on each wiki page
- Improved and more accessible moderator tools
- History for Files, so new uploads can be reverted if necessary
- A one-click install and upgrade process
- More URL customization options and easier server preparation for those options
- Full IPv6 support and UTF-8 support without needing to recompile PHP
- .. and more to be revealed in future updates
How to Upgrade
For users who wish to upgrade their current installation of VaultWiki to this early version of VaultWiki 4, please refer to this blog post for the proper procedures: https://www.vaultwiki.org/blogs/55/
Price and Availability
VaultWiki 4 is available to all users who have an active VaultWiki Premium License.
If you still have a VaultWiki Standard License, you have until March 31, 2013 to Upgrade to Premium via the Members area. Beyond that date we will no longer be offering the License Upgrade, and Standard License holders will have to purchase a new Premium License in order to access VaultWiki 4.
Additionally, on March 31, 2013, prices for all other products and services will be increasing, such as new licenses and renewals.
We trust you'll agree that VaultWiki 4 makes significant strides advancing the capabilities of community-driven wiki sites. We're proud of what we've been able to accomplish in VaultWiki 4, and we believe you'll be quite pleased with VaultWiki and where we plan to take it over the next few weeks and months.
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