Forum software update (4-Aug-2008)

The latest version of the forum software is now live. As always, please use the Bug Reports forum to notify us of any problems.

New features include:

• Online users list: the "User Lists" link in the top nav displays online users by default. View your buddy and ignore lists using the nav on the left.
• Lists of users viewing forums and topics are displayed on the bottom of each forum and topic.
• URLs are now automatically converted into links when posting.
• Forums on the index page are now marked (bold text, blue folder icon) if new content has been posted since your last session. The icon is grayed out otherwise.
• New topic update tracking system: the previous system, which marked a topic as unread (bold) forever if you didn't read it, has been replaced by a system that's like traditional forum software. You now only see topics marked as unread if they've received replies since your last session. Once your session ends, all topics are marked as read. In addition, topics are now marked with a blue quotation icon if there have been updates, so updated topics are easier to find.
• First unread post link: if a topic has received replies since you last viewed it, clicking the "first unread post" link will take you directly to the first post you haven't read. Note that the first unread post is only reset once you've viewed the last page of the topic; otherwise, clicking this link will return you to the same post.
• Topic pagination on forum pages has been cleaned up. There's now a total page count, link to the last page, and a link to the first unread post if applicable.
• Numerous longstanding IE6 layout issues have been corrected (no more invisible buttons)

The online users and visitors lists are obviously broken (they're displaying every member who's logged in since last night). Please ignore those numbers for now.