XMB Forum Bugs - Issues

0000955: Run-on Sentence in 'upgradenote'

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:08:48 -0700

The query variable description for the Insert Raw SQL admin page has a run-on sentence that needs to be improved.

0000954: Viewport Width Should Be Themeable

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:03:50 -0700

The viewport has been set to a fixed width for many years as a crutch for the poor mobile experience. New themes need to be able to configure the viewport appropriately for a better experience.

0000953: Column Count Incorrect in printAllQueries()

Sun, 13 Sep 2026 16:56:55 -0700

Class Debug mentions 2 columns but there are 3.

https://github.com/miqrogroove/xmb/blob/b6f6668761bd698d84806e8ab869622860eac83f/include/debug.inc.php#L51

Also: The width attribute of the parent table element does nothing useful because the table itself isn't centered.

0000941: Move Settings Cache into the Settings Service

Sun, 13 Sep 2026 16:40:57 -0700

To further develop the Settings service added in v1.10, the settings array currently stored in Variables should be encapsulated by Settings, which will help reduce the use of Variables and force most references to change to using the service instead. This need not affect template files, as long as the template service itself is using the settings service.

0000950: Attachment-Only Replies

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:19:41 -0700

When replying to a thread, the subject field is optional, and attachments are optional. But when an attachment is uploaded without a Message value, the post will be initially rejected. Meanwhile, XMB supplies the missing [file] tag for the Message value in the post editor. This seems inconsistent. Let's make it possible to create attachment-only replies.

0000949: The "optional" flag next to Subject is inconsistent

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:19:03 -0700

The Subject field is marked "optional" in post reply mode, but not in edit mode. This can be improved.

0000945: Combine the CSS Requests into css.php

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:36:07 -0700

As of v1.9.12, we have the primary stylesheet served by css.php, while the theme.css is served separately. This is an improvement from older versions, but still has some disadvantages:

Separate requests are slower and should be combined.

Leaving theme.css as a separate optional sheet requires a file existence check on the server for every page.

0000916: Refactor All HTML Tables

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:25:21 -0700

All of the layout tables need to be replaced by CSS styles.

This could become a component of a full refactor, but the tables represent a highly repetitive problem and it's a good starting place.

0000857: Move Text Color to CSS

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:25:21 -0700

Text color has been specified in HTML since XMB v1.1. This is confusing, inconsistent, and we're not sure if anyone distinguishes the body color from the table color. This needs to be moved to CSS and/or combined with the table text color setting.

0000944: Post Deletion Response is Generic "Edited" Message

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 10:52:36 -0700

Using the 'delete message' option on the first post in the thread comes up "thank you, your post has been edited".

This is also true of deleting a whole thread, where it says it will forward you back to the post being edited, and then obviously does not do that.

0000882: Subject Schema is Different for Posts and Threads

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 18:05:04 -0700

The subject field length and type needs to be unified because there's no advantage to having them work differently in 2 tables.

This problem was introduced with v1.9.1 where the posts.subject type changed to TINYTEXT with no corresponding increase in the threads table.

https://github.com/miqrogroove/xmb/blob/d7b35218d68421ee7b9edc0c8ffdf5fe3a893855/Files/install/cinst.php#L327

0000940: Wrong Link in Welcome Text

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:22:29 -0700

Versions before 1.10 wrote a setting named 'tickercontents' with a link to cp.php and v1.10 failed to upgrade that value to match the new URL structure. There will be a change in v1.10.07 to correct that.

With the next schema change, expected for v1.12.00, we can back out any code that was specific to fixing this between schema changes.

0000939: Compression gzip vs brotli

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 05:41:19 -0700

Some forum admins might be using a server that has the brotli module installed.

If so, gz compression option in Admin settings can be set to off.
Should there be a short note be added near the compression option advising to set it to off if using brotli - or maybe in the install doco?

0000938: Eliminate the "Clear All U2Us" Option

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:13:37 -0700

Unless there is a valid use case for the "Clear All U2Us" script, we should get rid of it.

0000934: Awkward phrase "the total threads"

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:15:04 -0700

We need to adjust the string with key fixposts_confirm where it says, "refresh the total threads and posts".

0000933: Admin Forums Panel Needs Input Labels

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:43:11 -0700

The forums panel is very awkward on mobile devices due to the lack of labels on just about everything in that page. This needs new text and then some CSS tweaks.

0000932: Moderator Log Sort Should be Descending

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:14:55 -0700

When visiting the Admin's Moderator Logs, it makes no sense to show the oldest log entries first. This needs to be flipped.

0000931: Implement TOTP for 2FA

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:42:37 -0700

The 2FA security standards are slowly gaining popularity. Here are some ideas for XMB integration:

- Allow each user to enable or disable 2FA for login.
- Require at least two enrolled devices or a backup code.
- Improve the user lockout experience by offering to unlock via 2FA.
- Give Super Admins the most strict lockout policy.
- Figure out how all of this will interface with existing features.

0000929: Admin Restrictions Manager has Hard-Coded Text

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:33:50 -0700

See the admin_restrictions_start.php and admin_restrictions_end.php templates for untranslated English text.

0000928: Implement the NoDiscard Attribute

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:08:04 -0700

PHP 8.5 introduced a "NoDiscard" attribute that can emit warnings if a function or method's return value is never used. Some limited instances of this might be good in the long run.

0000817: Site Health Panel

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:47:04 -0700

Would like ability to view phpinfo() output, as well as stats with feedback about overall operation.

Desired features:
- Status of needed PHP extensions.
- Status of the opcache capacity.

0000919: Translate Remaining Installer Text

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:36:00 -0700

The cinst.php file has several areas of untranslated English text that need to be migrated.

0000922: Translate the Template Output Comments

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:35:24 -0700

When tagging template boundaries in class Template, the comment text should be in the forum's default language rather than always English.

0000927: Posting Ban Option in Profile Editor

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:33:59 -0700

It doesn't make sense that the U2U/Posting ban option is only found in the Admin Member search page. This needs to be easier to find in the profile editor.

0000924: Make Names Read-Only in Admin Forum List

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 07:02:54 -0700

Switching the forum name textboxes to simple link text in the admin forum list solves three problems:

1. We no longer need a separate "More Options..." link for every forum.

2. The forum list is too busy and mass editing of names was never necessary.

3. The forum list is too busy and the mass delete feature was never needed nor labeled anyway.