The final release candidate of FUDforum 2.7.7RC2 is now available for download. This releases' focus has been primarily bug fixing with a fair number of small issues being resolved. I anticipate this RC will go smoothly and will be followed by a final within 2-3 weeks.

More information on the project and this new release can be found on its website or, if you're the impatient type, you can just download the install script and the upgrade script to get to work. Oh, and here's what changed...

After a few month break since the last release, a new version of FUDforum is once again in the works. This is primarily a feature enhancement release with a slew of new functionality designed to improve the forum. Aside from the new feature a fair number of bug fixes is also available, so something for everyone.

This latest release can be downloaded from install script and and upgrade script to help you get up to speed as well.

The development of phpBB 3 has been past due for a long time. In my humble and not so educated opinion, it has faded (or if it hasn't already, it will fade) into obscurity. The phpBB 2.x development line has been overtaken by other forum projects, including better security in their package. SMF offers many of the features that will appear in phpBB 3 and also offers phpBB ease of installation and use.

He goes on to talk about the "upcoming release" of phpBB 3 but reminds us of the fact that it might be "another 2 or 3 years" before the update. If they ever get it out, though, (and it lives up to expectations) it'll be great.

Jacob then looks at FUDForum (a project involving Ilia Alshanetsky) and praises it for its integration skills and simplicity. It even includes APIs to help integrate the install of FUDForum with the databases from other popular message boards.

A new stable release of FUDforum is now available for download. This release incorporates all of the changes found in the previous two release candidates in addition to an updated German translation and a newly added Vietnamese translation as well. All users of FUDforum are encouraged to upgrade to this release for improved performance and stability.

You can get more information on the release from here and here as well as download this latest edition from the main FUDforum page.

A new version of FUDforum is on the release path. This release is largely a feature addition release with a fair quantity of new functionality being added. That said there were a few bug fixes sprinkled in between as well.

The upgrade and installer can be downloaded from here:
Installer Download
Upgrade Script

The main updates to this new release include the admin ability ti edit topic ratings and to display flags beside users based on geo-location information.

Herry also mentions some specific examples of cases that could use it, including Ilia's fudforum software, which makes use of it to perform its installation.

A little over 2 months have passed since the last stable release, and so we are once again on the release road starting with 2.7.4RC1. This release combines both bug fixes as well as a fair number new features, so there is something for everyone. Given the long delay since the last release by FUDforum standards, the list of changes is quite impressive.

Some of the improvements/bugfixes include:

• Added subscribed forum filter to message navigator
• Updated Chinese translation to use UTF-8
• Added better doctype to header to facilitate faster forum page rendering
• Implement RSS/XML feed caching mechanism
• Fixed postgreSQL query error on search indexing
• Fixed creation of a missing default theme in the upgrade script
• and much, much more...

You can grab this latest release candidate from their download section and get testing...]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2006 06:39:32 -0600