Archive For January, 2008

Just some days after the first stable release of Phorum-5.2[www.phorum.org]we are forced to release another stable version.It collects a couple of small fixes which were reported afterwards (some in the classic-template which is not really up-to-date yet, one in the read-only mode which has shown warnings and some misc stuff) and a possible sql-injection in the non-fulltext search (only run if you manually set ‘mysql_use_ft’ in include/db/config.php to ‘0′ which is not the default).Get it while its hot at [www.phorum.org] !Edit:the changed files in this release are (without the documentation changes):
M /phorum5/branches/phorum_5_2/javascript.php
M /phorum5/branches/phorum_5_2/posting.php
M /phorum5/branches/phorum_5_2/read.php

M /phorum5/branches/phorum_5_2/include/db/config.php.sample
M…

Most of those who follow the tech-blog-o-sphere* will be aware of the recent financial news regarding Automattic, the company that more or less stewards bbPress’ production.

For the rest of you here are some links that cover the story.

Some people may be wondering what this news means for bbPress. Well, for a start this funding has already impacted on the project as it made my full-time employment with Automattic possible three months ago when the arrangement was in it’s early stages. But more importantly it now allows Automattic to have the financial security to back bbPress into the foreseeable future.

We have…

Now you can find frequently asked questions, guides, tips, customizations, and setup information for YaBB in one handy location:  Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or or Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or Before you post or ask for support, please check that website.  New information will be added regularly for all versions of YaBB.  You asked for a FAQ or help guide, and you’ve got it!

You can read the full announcement in the news post.Quote
When we officially started on 5.2 in March of 2006, we had several goals. I think we achieved most of those. We also accomplished some unplanned things. Our hackathon (me and maurice slept about 8 hours in 4 days I think) at MySQL Conference 2007 helped a lot. Remember, you can help us get there again by donating to our fund.New TemplateNew API layers and more hooksBetter MySQL supportImproved bundled modulesNew announcement systemNew Search, inside and outIn addition to all this, there are things like more caching options, the new hybrid…

Due to popular demand we have bundled a bug-fix release for bbPress. 0.8.3.1 (still called “Desmond” I believe) and it is now available for download.

This version is not the latest development release so as to remain as compatible as possible with the current version of WordPress.

The primary reason for the release is to fix some bugs in the MySQLi implementation. We anticipate that MySQLi support will be dropped in the future and to this end we have made MySQL the default extension instead of MySQLi.

A few other fixes and enhancements have also snuck in:

Deep forum breadcrumbs with thanks to baptiste
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