Change Log: behind the scenes at BHW

As we announced on Monday, we updated our forum to that latest version of Xenforo (2.3.4).

This update is a relatively minor one, but it's still beneficial for overall forum stability and functionality.

Some of the adjustments made should fix some issues surrounding invalid session IDs and JavaScript functionality. There's also an immediate benefit for those of using posting on the forum, and it's that you should notice that the editor drop-downs and BBCodes should provide a smoother experience when you use them. The update also focuses on fixing several bugs and issues that could've been affecting site performance.

As with every update, if anyone encounters any issues that they feel are related to the update, please open up a forum suggestions and feedback thread or submit a support ticket using support.blackhatworld.com.

Exciting update!

BHW has added a eBooks, methods and courses forum section to the Market Place!

We are currently in the process of moving a large number of eBook threads from Misc into the new section (both live and expired).

Enjoy!

Good day! I have 2 updates regarding the Market Place forum section!

1.) Some of you may notice 2 new forums showing up. This is correct as you have the potential of placing a BST and you need to be able to access your accepted or rejected threads.

2.) For awhile now Marketplace Sellers haven't been able to access their rejected BSTs through the DM that is set. This is now fixed.

Hello everyone! Today I bring to you a tiny, but very nice change to BHW. A favicon update! (i.e. the little icon up in your browser tab).

We have gone from this:




To this:



If you're not seeing it in your browser tab and you want to, you'll need to hard refresh your browser.

On Wednesday, 19th February between 10:00 to 11:00 UTC we will be updating the forum software. The forum will be down so this is the perfect time to plan in those important tasks that you need to do without distractions!

This is a minor software update of mostly bug fixes. Unfortunately, not the bug fix in regards to images we're all waiting for.

And, of course you can always stop over in this thread and tell us what you're planning on doing during downtime!

Welcome @PetraAnn as our new in-house forum manager.

I'm pleased to announce that we have survived the downtime and the forum software is updated to the latest version.

There's nothing new that came with this minor update that we're using, other than the security updates. So everything should work as normal. If you're running across a functionality that isn't working, please let us know here in the feedback channel or create a ticket for support.

Thank you for your patience and I'd suggest keeping an eye here because there should be some fun things coming your way soon(tm)!

Today we're going to be adding 2 brand new points to the Terms and Rules.

The first new addition will be going in Section 3:

3.14 using forum functionality outside of its intended purpose in order to game the system, operate outside of the rules, or break the software.

The second new addition will be going into Section 5:

5.3 Non-upgraded members may purchase signatures from upgraded members through the Want to Buy (WTB) section.

Then there are a few minor verbiage updates to bring terminology up to date. There was still references to PMs (left over from vBulletin days) and conversations (xenforo's term for DMs) when the currently used term is DM (i.e. direct message). This verbiage updates do not change the meaning of the rules or terms and you'll start seeing the terms updated in other areas of the forum over the next month or so.

If you have any questions about these Terms updates, please pop in a support ticket and we'll take care of you!

All transactional email delivery (2fa, password resets, thread update notifications, etc.) has now been resumed.

UPDATE 27/02 @08:15 UTC: email notifications from BHW are once again working, please note that you will receive all notifications from the last 40 hours over the next couple of hours. Enjoy catching up. Sorry about this issue we will be implementing a review and some changes to the 2fa process will be made.

UPDATE 26/02 @20:45 UTC: emails are still in a stopped state. We have completed the SendGrid review and are awaiting their response.

UPDATE 26/02 @11:00 UTC: emails are still in a stopped state. However, we are working with our provider to get everything back online as quickly as possible. We hope the issue will be resolved this afternoon UTC time.

UPDATE 25/02 @12:30 UTC: transactional emails have completely stopped. We are aware of the situation and are working on trying to get the mails back online.



Please be aware that these emails do exist and they will be coming your way all at once when this issue is resolved. We apologize in advance for the flood.