phpBB, Open Source Forum Software Version 3.0.6 Released
Nov 18, 2009 by Srikanth AD MyTestBox News
phpBB, one of the popular forum softwares which we have mentioned here has released its new version 3.0.6. This release has some major new features, bug fixes and improvements in stability and performance.
Following are some of the major new features implemented in phpBB 3.0.6
- Better captcha options and backported 3.2 captcha plugins:
- Classic and GD CAPTCHA
- reCaptcha (based on API from recaptcha.net by Mike Crawford and Ben Maurer)
- Q&A CAPTCHA
- 3D Wave (by Robert “Xore” Hetzler)
- Introduced new ACM (Cache) plugins. (Please consult our support forums for help if you need to use one of the new ACM plugins)
- null (to disable caching completely)
- memcache
- APC
- XCache
- eAccelerator
- ATOM Feeds
- Bare-bones Quick Reply editor in viewtopic
- Users can report PMs to moderators which are then visible in a new MCP module
- Ability to copy permissions from one forum to several other forums.
- Send anonymous statistical information to phpBB on installation and update (optional)
You might want to read more about this release here.
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phpBB Open Source Forum Software Version 3.0.6 RC 4 Released
Nov 2, 2009 by Srikanth AD MyTestBox News
phpBB one of the popular open source forum software’s, which we have mentioned here, has recently announced the availability of the fourth release candidate for the next release – phpBB 3.0.6. This fourth release candidate contains mostly regression fixes.
The following things have been changed since 3rd Release Candidate:
- Fixed cache issues in feed generation.
- Include default language in data to send for statistical purposes.
- Revert “Parse multiline url title for [url] BBCode tag” because it introduced different bugs.
- Fix sql_create_table (table creation) in db tools for mssql and sqlite.
- Adjusted email template admin_welcome_activated to be more descriptive (and in-line with the changes to the other email template files).
- Implemented better way to generate SID-free links in feed.php
- Fixed Jabber SASL PLAIN authentication failures.
- Fixed severe bugs with Oracle and UPDATE statements.
- Fixed issues with database updater and Oracle/SQLite/Firebird.
You might want to read more about this release here.
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phpBB, Open Source Forum Software Version 3.0.6 RC 3 Released
Oct 13, 2009 by Srikanth AD MyTestBox News
phpBB one of the popular open source forum softwares has announced the availability of the third release candidate for its next release – phpBB 3.0.6. phpBB 3.0.6 contains a many more features, bug fixes and changes than previous releases.
Following things have been changed since RC2:
- Revision r10079 has been reverted which enabled notifications and bookmarks being automatically copied over to splits of topics.
- Fixed the ReCaptcha plugin to support RTL
- Fixed the Q&A Captcha to not print out notices if the admin chose to remove all questions
- Fixed the ACP update page to print a failure message if phpbb.com is not reachable for the version check
- Fixed regression from r9678 (add_log() statements for removing posts/topics)
- updated acp forums copy style to look like the rest of the ACP
- Disabled copy forum permissions screen in forums creation/update workflow (we will revisit this one later)
- Fixed the “switch permissions” link
- Fixed ACP issues with long content by reverting revisions r10176 and r9647
- Changed language/en/email/pm_report_deleted.txt to change the reference to “post” to “private message”
- Changed notification about possibility to post private messages in UCP; this involves style changes. Style authors please look at the RC2 to RC3 code changes package if you already updated your styles to RC2.
- Updated the Custom Profile Fields option “view on viewtopic” based on previous settings in database updater
- Fixed wrong bbcode uid assigned if error triggered in quote/forward PM
- Fixed default group assignment if removing from default group and user was in newly registered group
- Correctly execute database update step for RC releases where admins forgot to enable the PHPBB_QA constant.
Tags: forum software, mysql, open-source, php, phpbb, release candidate
phpBB Open Source Forum Software Version 3.0.6 RC 1 Released
Sep 13, 2009 by Srikanth AD MyTestBox News
phpBB one of the popular open source forum softwares has announced the immediate availability of the first release candidate for its next release – phpBB 3.0.6. phpBB 3.0.6 contains a many more features, bug fixes and changes than previous releases.
Following is a list of the major new features implemented in phpBB 3.0.6:
- Backported 3.2 captcha plugins:
- Classic and GD CAPTCHA
- reCaptcha
- Q&A CAPTCHA
- 3D Wave
- Introduced new ACM plugins:
- null (to disable caching completely)
- memcache
- APC
- XCache
- eAccelerator
- ATOM Feeds
- bare-bones Quick Reply editor in viewtopic
- Users can report PMs to moderators which are then visible in a new MCP module
- Ability to copy permissions from one forum to several other forums.
- Send statistical information (anonymously) about PHP and phpBB configuration to help improve phpBB.
Tags: forum software, mysql, open-source, php, phpbb, release
bbPress 1.0.2 and bbPress 0.9.0.6 Legacy Version Released
Jul 30, 2009 by Srikanth AD MyTestBox News
bbPress, a template-driven PHP/MySQL forum software developed by the creators of WordPress has released two new versions: bbPress 1.0.2 and bbPress 0.9.0.6 legacy, these are now available for download.
- bbPress 1.0.2 addresses a number of issues which have come up since the 1.0.1 release, including a problem where the voices count could get out of sync.
- bbPress 0.9.0.6 is the first “legacy” release of the bbPress 0.9 branch, which will be maintained for security until late 2010.
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bbPress 1.0 Released (Code Name: Bechet)
Jul 6, 2009 by Srikanth AD MyTestBox News
bbPress, a template-driven PHP/MySQL forum software developed by the creators of WordPress has released bbPress 1.0, which is now available for download.
bbpress 1.0 offers many usability improvements and is now more approachable for people accustomed to the WordPress platform. bbPress 1.0 now has a similar administration interface to WordPress and uses similar descriptions and names where appropriate.
bbPress also behaves more like WordPress when it comes to things like automatically generating your .htaccess file when setting up permalinks.
Here are a few of the key improvements over the 0.9 series:
- “Voices” count on topics reports the number of individuals participating in a conversation.
- Native support for cookie integration (single sign-on) with WordPress 2.7 and 2.8.
- Optional support for memcached object caching.
- Time-zone and Daylight Savings time support.
- A complete XML-RPC publishing API.
- Pingback support – each topic can receive pingbacks, just like a blog post.
- All javascript has been moved to jQuery.
- Optionally allow login via email address as well as username.
- New meta API allows arbitrary meta data to be stored for posts, topics, forums, options, tags or even meta.
- Display names used primarily for user identification display, which allows special characters to be used
- Themes can now have a “functions.php” file, which is automatically loaded.
- Accessibility improvements on forms and in the default theme, including WAI-ARIA roles.
- Major overhaul of the admin interface.
- Optional Akismet statistics page.
- Improved use of posts admin to manage spam.
If you are upgrading from any earlier release to 1.0 then you absolutely should backup all you files and database before doing so. You also may need to make minor adjustments to your templates. Before upgrading, disable all plugins.
bbPress 1.0 is named “Bechet” (pronounced beh-shay) after the pioneering jazz saxophonist Sidney Bechet.
If you haven’t tried bbPress yet, you can check out some examples here.
Downlaod bbPress 1.0 here.
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Big news from vBulletin forum software makers: vBulletin 3.8, vBulletin 4.0 and Project Tools 2.0, Blog 2.0 add-ons
Aug 11, 2008 by Mircea Goia MyTestBox News
The makers of vBulletin, a very popular forum software, announced the upcoming of two versions of their software: vBulletin version 3.8 and 4.0 Although the team is primarily working on the version 4.0 they didn’t forget about the version 3.x.
Later this year they will release the version 3.8 which will have some more new features like (snippets from their announcements forum):
- * Private Messaging Improvements
vBulletin 3.8 will have a number of changes and improvements to make the system easier to use and manage.
Users now have the ability to change the sort order in private message folders from the existing date-newest-first default.
They have added also Quick Reply to the private message viewing page, removing the need for a visit to a separate interface.
In order to find what you are looking for more quickly and easily, there’s now an inline search system too.
Also, as an anti-spam measure, it’s now possible to limit the number of private messages any user may send in a given period of time.
* Social Group Discussion Topics
While the current ‘social group messages’ system allows messages to be posted to a social group, unlike forums it does not allow messages to be divided up into discussions. Being one of the most requested features the team will implement this in the version 3.8. Social groups in 3.8 now have the ability to contain individual topics, each with reporting, inline moderation and many of the other tools one would expect from vBulletin.
* Social Group Avatars
In the new version, when users create a social group, they can upload a picture to represent the group, which will be shown both on the group page, and on the list of groups.
* Social Group Categories
To help users to find more easily a social group that they’d like to join, the administrator can now create categories to which social groups can belong.
* Most Recently-Updated Albums
Bringing users’ album pictures out of the dark recesses of their profile, vBulletin 3.8 has a system to display the most recently-updated albums from all users in a unified interface. Now everyone will know when your members upload new pictures!
* Moving Album Pictures
It’s now possible to move pictures from one album to another, rather than having to delete and reupload (that’s much more user friendly!).
* Thread Prefix Permissions
For the administrators who want to be able to limit the ability of their users to access thread prefixes and prefix sets, vBulletin 3.8 now gives you that ability.
vBulletin 3.8 will have the same system requirements and recommendations as vBulletin 3.7.
To see the features of the current version click here
vBulletin 4.0, the much expected big release
The team has focused on working on this important release (while working on 3.x too).
vBulletin 4 is an extensive rewrite of the vBulletin system, aimed at providing a superior experience both for users and administrators, while providing a much faster development cycle for vBulletin4-based features and products though code flexibility and stability.
Architecturally, vBulletin 4 follows MVC (model-view-controller) object oriented principles, allowing far greater capabilities in code re-use and extendability. It will make far more extensive use of caching and is being designed to be scalable on a level that previous vBulletin versions have not been able to achieve.
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