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We’ve been working our asses off and finally have a beta to share.  Download, test, and enjoy the pretty visuals.  The word most people use when first seeing it is “sexy”.   This is a great design, and I’m very pleased with how it has turned out.  When the visuals are complete and the new icons are in, 2.7 will be a very good looking release.

Try this exercise.  Load up the Write Post page in 2.6 and in 2.7.   Compare the location of the title field between the two.  Notice the vertical distance.  That’s one of my favorite 2.7 features.

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Finally, at last, it’s here.  And now, on to 2.8.  There were several areas that we didn’t have time to re-design for 2.7.  2.8 will focus on making the media and widgets UI as good as the rest of WP.  There will be a few new features as well.  Theme browsing and one-click theme install is a likely one.  After a short rest to recover from 2.7, we’ll start brainstorming new features and put the results on the 2.8 codex page.

We’ll likely do the usual .1 release in a month to address any bugs that slipped through the 2.7 beta…

2.7.1 is out, improving upon a solid 2.7 release.

The next version of the iPhone app is almost out and features comment moderation.

2.8 is well underway.  So far there have been lots of script loading and DB performance improvements.  The first cut of the theme installer is in, and the redesign of the Widgets admin UI is beginning.  Custom tag taxonomies now have some built-in admin UI,  and proper timezone and DST support is available if you are running PHP 5.

The vBSEO team is proud to announce its latest release!

Don’t miss out on the 72 hr vBSEO End of Summer Sale!

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vBSEO End of Summer Sale Details

vBSEO 3.3.1 is now available in your Downloads area. 3.3.1 is primarily a maintenance release, but does include some new features as outlined below. This update is available for all non-expired licenses. [Check License Status]

Bug Fixes:
FIX: Invalid argument in functions_vbseo.php on some server instances
FIX: Virtual HTML breaks W3 validation
FIX: vBSEO Acronym expansion for Guests
FIX: Acronyms – Ajax edit
FIX: Missing 301 redirect for member profiles applied
FIX: Social Groups – Discussion title caused invalid…

We are pleased to announce Invision Power Board 3.0.3 has been released.

This is a maintenance release for IP.Board 3 and addresses various bugs and adds in some enhancements to existing features. Also, IP.Blog, IP.Gallery, and IP.Downloads have received a maintenance update.

Major Changes Since 3.0.2

Among many dozens of smaller bugs fixed, the following large changes and fixes have been made in the 3.0.3 release:

New option for dealing with members marked as spam: Unapprove posts, clear profile data and ban user
Ability to mark members as spammers from the Manage Validating Queue in the ACP
Added ability to edit status and about…

We’ve decided to standardize the WordPress For iPhone application on the new OS 3.0 going forward.  We’ve seen a large percentage of users upgrading to 3.0, as have other apps, and there are new features we want to focus on which are OS 3.0 specific.  Overall, it seems like a good time to make the switch.

For those of you who wish to stay on an earlier version of the OS, be sure to grab a copy of the current version in the app store (1.3) and you’ll be able to continue using that version on early OS versions for you…

It gives me great pleasure to announce the addition of a new engineer, Michael Henretty, who joined the vBulletin development team earlier this month.

Previously, Mike was working for a security software company, specifically on a Network Access Control product. But his love of social networking and online communities prompted him to seek a change in career path, and we a very excited to have him on the team.

Currently Mike is focused on debugging in preparation for upcoming alpha and beta releases. Eventually he will be working on developing new core features for the vB suite.

Please welcome Mike…

vBulletin.com Announcement: Please welcome Michael Henretty
Author: Ray Morgan
Published: 09-01-2009 12:58 AM

It gives me great pleasure to announce the addition of a new engineer, Michael Henretty, who joined the vBulletin development team earlier this month.

Previously, Mike was working for a security software company, specifically on a Network Access Control product. But his love of social networking and online communities prompted him to seek a change in career path, and we a very excited to have him on the team.

Currently Mike is focused on debugging in preparation for upcoming alpha and beta releases. Eventually he will be working on…

It gives me great pleasure to announce the addition of a new engineer, Michael Henretty, who joined the vBulletin development team earlier this month.

Previously, Mike was working for a security software company, specifically on a Network Access Control product. But his love of social networking and online communities prompted him to seek a change in career path, and we a very excited to have him on the team.

Currently Mike is focused on debugging in preparation for upcoming alpha and beta releases. Eventually he will be working on developing new core features for the vB suite.

Please welcome Mike…

vBulletin.com Announcement: vB4 Alpha Update
Author: Steve Machol
Published: 08-28-2009 09:45 PM

I just wanted to provide a quick update on the status of the vB4 Alpha testing program.

We have already released Alpha 2 to the test team. As you would expect this version provided a number of bug fixes and incorporated some of the very useful suggestions coming from the testers.

To date most of the reported bugs have to do with relatively easy-to-fix template issues. However as with any Alpha version there have been a number of code bugs uncovered. To that end we have set up a bug-scrubbing…

I just wanted to provide a quick update on the status of the vB4 Alpha testing program.

We have already released Alpha 2 to the test team. As you would expect this version provided a number of bug fixes and incorporated some of the very useful suggestions coming from the testers.

To date most of the reported bugs have to do with relatively easy-to-fix template issues. However as with any Alpha version there have been a number of code bugs uncovered. To that end we have set up a bug-scrubbing operation to help identify, prioritize and streamline the debugging process.…

I just wanted to provide a quick update on the status of the vB4 Alpha testing program.

We have already released Alpha 2 to the test team. As you would expect this version provided a number of bug fixes and incorporated some of the very useful suggestions coming from the testers.

To date most of the reported bugs have to do with relatively easy-to-fix template issues. However as with any Alpha version there have been a number of code bugs uncovered. To that end we have set up a bug-scrubbing operation to help identify, prioritize and streamline the debugging process.…

Thanks Cátia Kitahara for lettings us know about a new BuddyPress site which is being used to enable and foster debate about various aspects of today’s digital life in Brazil. Built by the Brazilian Culture Ministry, the beta site is now live at culturadigital.br:

The site describes itself as “an open public space destined to democratically create and build a public policy of digital culture, integrating citizens, government institutions, state companies, civil society and the market.” Making use of all the “Facebook-in-a-box” features of BuddyPress, this site is off to a great start and could be a model for other…

For the next version of BuddyPress there has been a fair amount of re-factoring work done. We’ve listened to your feedback from version 1.0 and made a number of internal changes that are going to make your lives as plugin developers and theme designers easier.

One of the biggest changes in BuddyPress 1.1 will be the way themes are built.

In version 1.0 BuddyPress required two themes to function. The first theme was a “WordPress home” theme that handled the blog and front page of your site. It was essentially a standard WordPress theme. The second was a “BuddyPress member” theme that…

We are pleased to announce Community Content System 1.0.1 has been released.

This is a maintenance release for Community Content System to fix bugs reported from the 1.0.0 release. There are no new features in this release. New features will be introduced based on client feedback in the next release cycle.

Downloading

You can download CCS 1.0.1 if you have an active license in the client area. As always, make a backup of your community before proceeding.

Pricing

The introductory price of $35 is still valid for this release. Act now to secure this lower pricing. The price will go up in future…