Archive For June, 2007

We are pleased to announce the second public beta of IP.Gallery 2.2.0 has been released.

Note that this public beta is only available to existing IP.Gallery customers.

This is the second public beta release so please take a moment and read this entire announcement before downloading.

• As this is a BETA release there will be bugs and issues with the software. Please report any issues using our bug tracker. Before reporting please first quickly check to see if anyone has already reported your issue.
• Technical support is not available for public betas.
• Do not use this software on a public install. Wait for the final series for your public galleries.
• If you wish to test the upgrade please do so on a copy of your database. Do not perform an upgrade on your live data. We will not be able to assist you if the upgrade fails.
• You will be able to upgrade from IP.Gallery 2.2.0 Beta 3 to 2.2.0 final when it is available.
• In general, only download and participate in the beta test if you are comfortable doing so.

Please see this topic for a full change log from version 2.1.2.

Existing IP.Gallery customers can login to the client area to download.

This beta release fixes bugs reported from the last beta release. Please continue to report bugs to our bug tracker.

We are pleased to announce the public beta of IP.Gallery 2.2.0 has been released.

Note that this public beta is only available to existing IP.Gallery customers.

This is the first public beta release (beta one was released internally) so please take a moment and read this entire announcement before downloading.

• As this is a BETA release there will be bugs and issues with the software. Please report any issues using our bug tracker. Before reporting please first quickly check to see if anyone has already reported your issue.
• Technical support is not available for public betas.
• Do not use this software on a public install. Wait for the final series for your public galleries.
• If you wish to test the upgrade please do so on a copy of your database. Do not perform an upgrade on your live data. We will not be able to assist you if the upgrade fails.
• You will be able to upgrade from IP.Gallery 2.2.0 Beta 2 to 2.2.0 final when it is available.
• In general, only download and participate in the beta test if you are comfortable doing so.

New Features and Changes since IP.Gallery 2.1.2

• Use of IP.Board internal and alternative cache stores to reduce overhead
• ACP language abstraction
• IP.Gallery has been converted to a component from a module
• Redesigned ACP interfaces for managing categories, post form, and groups
• Post form fields automatically insert into the post form and image view page without manual skin edits
• Import/export of media types to allow sharing of media type codes
• Zip import capabilities for members
• Latest images honor permissions accurately / Improved recursive latest image and count handling for albums and categories
• Image dimensions display on fileview
• Slimmed templates, better use of foreach and other html logic to make skinning easier
• Added “Forum style” for album listings
• Various image listing pages use the global settings (as opposed to hard-coded 9 image display)
• Internal code overhaul - reduced queries, reduced number of queries in SQL cache files, less template files loaded
• Improved search - search capabilities expanded, search results use image listing format
• Improved full image popup options: show in new window, show in popup, use IPB attachment (Gallery 2.1) style, and lightbox integration capabilities
• Added ability for members to choose default sorting for albums when creating them, added sort options to album view
• Notification option for new comments to an image (with ability to subscribe during image submission)
• Notification options for new images in a category or album
• Control panel to manage notification options
• Ability to view more than last 10 comments (view all, 10 per page, ordered by submission date desc)
• Ability for administrators to disable private albums
• Added easy bbcode options to image view page
• Added ability to set an image as your avatar
• Redesigned image view page slightly to clean it up a little
• Added ajax controlled photostrip navigation
• Added ability to find all images by a user from the Gallery tab in profiles
• Ability to moderate albums, including move images to and from albums, hide and unhide images in albums, pin and unpin images in albums, etc.

Plus dozens of small cleanups here and there. Much of the work went into the backend - there was a lot of abstraction of common functions, and a lot of work put into making Gallery run more efficiently. There is now a much stronger base moving forward to work from than before, and adding new features should be much easier than it was previously.

Existing IP.Gallery customers can login to the client area to download.

We are now on the new server and there are still a few things to finish up. At this time the customers area is not functioning fully. There are a few things left to update/sync up from the old server. Once that is completed I will post back.

Thanks!

We are pleased to announce the release of IP.Board 2.3.1 and IP.Converge 1.0.0 RC 1

IP.Board 2.3.1

This release fixes some bugs reported in the 2.3.0 release and includes a command-line post rebuild script for larger boards. As with any new release please be patient for upgrade requests as our staff works through the queue. An upgrade pack from 2.3.0 to 2.3.1 with only changed files is available in the client area for easier upgrading.

IP.Converge 1.0.0 RC 1

IP.Converge is our system which allows you to link multiple IPS products allowing them to use one central login authentication system. Power users can also write their own authentication modules to allow for single sign on across other applications. This is the first public release candidate for IP.Converge. As a release candidate, we will not be able to provide technical support. Please submit any bugs you may find to our bug tracker. IP.Converge requires IP.Board 2.3.1 to function.

Getting Started Guide

For our new or novice users, a getting started guide has been added to our documentation page. This guide provides a quick overview on setting up an example board on a new installation. Our full documentation and developer documentation has also been updated.

IP.Board 2.3.0 Released

We are pleased to be able to announce IP.Board 2.3.0 is now available in your client area. This release focuses on performance improvements for IP.Board running on sites with heavy traffic.

New Features Include:

• Resource Improvements
  • Improved skin caching methods to limit cache file loading
  • Improved memory handling with objects and data
  • Improved profile functions to reduce Ajax overhead
• Skin URL Mapping Feature
• Improved IP.Converge integration
• New ACP Splash Screen
• New ACP in-line Help system
• New “Pro” Theme designed to make designing new skins easier

We have also designed this release with skinning in mind. Your IP.Board 2.2 series skins will work with IP.Board 2.3.0. Just be sure you do not revert skin changes when you run the upgrade script. Current versions of IP.Gallery, IP.Blog, and IP.Downloads will work with IP.Board 2.3.0. New versions of these modules are in development with the first being IP.Gallery scheduled for a new version release in about three to four weeks.

Downloading Products

Simply login to the client area and go to Your Downloads to download any products you currently have a license to. You can also submit a request for installation or upgrade in the client area. Please note that upgrades may take time to process soon after a new product release.

Please don’t forget to visit our company forums, our web site, and our new company blog.

We have been notified that a vulnerability exists in the profile updating functions of IP.Board 2.2.0 - IP.Board 2.2.2.

Although the vulnerability cannot change any authentication credentials such as the email address or password and the vulnerability cannot be used to craft XSS (cross site scripting) attacks it can be used to cause a nuisance by updating another user’s AIM name, Yahoo! identity, et. cetera.

The update (attached) is a single file update to “sources/action_public/xmlout.php”. Manual patch instructions are also supplied.

The main download zip has been updated at the time of this announcement.

We would like to thank “iMMENSE” for bringing this to our attention.

Patch File:
http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=11699

Manual Patch Instructions (for power users):
http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=11700

It appears Site5 (http://www.site5.com/in.php?id=12186-16) is having issues with my server. It should be fixed. If these issues continue and cause downtime the site will be moved to a new host.

Sorry for any inconvenience…

New Default Skin for IPS Community Products Now Available

We are pleased to be able to reveal the new default skin for all IPS community products. This new skin will be offered as an alternative to the classic blue skin currently available. Both the classic blue and this new skin will both still be available.

The new default skin was designed with ease of modification in mind. There are no gradients and the CSS is much more simplified thereby allowing for easier modification and matching your web site. The new skin also takes a much cleaner approach to displaying your conversation which is, after all, what everyone uses their communities for.

We invite you to look around and let us know if there are any errors in the new skin you might come across. Of course the new skin will not be for everyone and that is why we will be offering both as an option.

In the coming weeks expect more information on the next series of software updates for our products. Thank you for your continued interest and business!