Using WishList Member to Set Permissions in a Vanilla Forum

8. May, 2012 by in Developers, News | No Comments »

WishList Member is a popular membership solution that lets you turn your WordPress site into a members’s only site. Vanilla has recently created a WishList Members extension so that you can partially or completely restrict access to your Vanilla Forum. The integration works by synchronizing the membership levels in WishList to the roles and permissions [...]

Security Vulnerability?

19. May, 2011 by in Developers | 3 Comments »

Yesterday one of our monitoring tools alerted us that AutoSec Tools reported a “local file inclusion” vulnerability in Vanilla 2. We examined the report, and attempted to duplicate the vulnerability across a variety of systems. We were unable to verify that the exploit was, in fact, a functional exploit. As a result, we are not [...]

Vanilla Forums Emergency Maintenance – Jan 27, 2010

31. Jan, 2011 by in Developers | No Comments »

On Jan 27, 2010 at noon our servers began experiencing unexpected load. When we dug into the issue, we discovered that a remote attack was being performed against our service, causing a fault in one of the core modules on our primary server. We were forced to perform emergency maintenance that brought down our hosting [...]

Dummy Content for Themers

22. Dec, 2010 by in Developers | 5 Comments »

It’s all in the details! When designing your Vanilla theme you’re going to need some sample, or dummy content. Something to theme! The dummy content file contains everything you will need to ensure your final design is complete. Download dummy content now! Theme away!

Security Feed

6. Dec, 2010 by in Developers | Comments Off

We will be activating a security RSS Feed soon to help keep you updated on security issues. Subscribe here.

Vanilla 2.0.14 Released

10. Nov, 2010 by in Developers | Tags: , | 1 Comment »

Vanilla 2.0.14 has been released and contains some major upgrades, including support for Single Sign On from Facebook, Twitter, Google and OpenID! Check out the details on our forum.

Vanilla 2.0.12 Released

27. Oct, 2010 by in Developers | Tags: , | No Comments »

We’ve just finished crossing all the t’s and dotting all the i’s in Vanilla 2.0.12, and it is now available for download. Check out the details on our forum.

Vanilla Forums now added to Netfirms AppsUniverse™.

19. Oct, 2010 by in Developers | No Comments »

Today Netfirms, a premier provider of web site hosting, announced in their newsletter that Vanilla Forums is now available in the AppsUniverse™ as a one-click install. Here is what they had to say: Online forums are a great way to bring individuals together for open discussions, to ask questions and to build communities related to [...]

Vanilla Forums Service Offerings Now Available

8. Sep, 2010 by in Developers | No Comments »

We often get requests for help with custom Vanilla installations, faster responses to support requests on our community forum, or straight-up answers about how the Vanilla code works. I am very pleased to announce that we are now offering a variety of services, including: Installation & Setup, Support & Maintenance contracts, as well as Training [...]

The New Vanilla 2 Dashboard is Here!

7. Sep, 2010 by in Developers | 9 Comments »

*Click to see larger The administrative dashboard behind Vanilla just got a whole lot prettier and easier to use. We’ve wanted to give the dashboard a makeover for quite some time and we’re really happy with the results. What we’ve done In keeping with our philosophy, simple, customizable, and versatile, we have not made any [...]