Whenever the Internet goes offline, even if its like for a few seconds or even a few minutes I get really worried and or irritated. Last Saturday we have a minor storm here and lighting hit near by where we live. So that evening I went back online to find that my Internet was knocked off. We called in to our 24/7 support and they gave us an automated message that cause of the storm and something that happened during the storm messed something up. Actually made me feel better that they let us know what was wrong then to just sit back and wonder. So with no Internet being at home on a weekend can be really boring I would think. Though it actually turned out to be a great weekend. My and my girlfriend just sat back and played halo 2 for 2 days straight till be finished up the game. I had the game for an awhile and it was just sitting there for so long so was really glad we up and finished that. Never thought it be fun to play a video game with a girl and let alone a girlfriend but I was wrong. Looking forward for next weekend and see what game we can finish then.

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Version 1.1 Beta 1 has now been released for clients to download. Below you will find some answers to some common questions that might come up. Please look them over before you install this new version.

This new version is only available for a fresh install so you won’t be able to upgrade your software at the moment because of all the major changes done to the script. Its best to test the beta version live first. So simply install the script on your site in a folder or sub-domain and guide your members there to test the script and ask them to report any bugs to you. Which you can then report any bugs in the proper bug forum. Once Beta 2 is released and the first wave of issues are resolved we will then release a upgrade version from v1.0.9.

This version is not supported by our staff so all tickets will be directed to the forum bug tracker. The final beta release will be out once all bugs are removed to make sure this version is fully stable.

What’s New?

1. Ajax Shout Box – Built in with Chat System
2. Ajax Live Chat
3. Jscript onmouseover affect added back.
4. Welcome notice for members/guests added on the top left corner of the website. With notice if a member has a new message working with Ajax auto refresh. Note this is only for mailbox messages.
5. RSS System added for blogs and forum threads. Links to RSS are located on the bottom of each page as well as the main blog section. Links also located on a members profile in the blog related areas.
6. SEO Titles added in. Example: Blog >> Your site
7. Signup routine will have image upload on the first page to force users to upload images. Note this is optional and can be turned off.
8. AJAX Optimized signup form to make things easier for your members. It will do checks if a username is already taken and check that their password is valid. Plus will also check if their email is valid before they submit the form.
9. (Optional) Site URL’s can be displayed in a SEO format.
10. Example: http://www.phpfoxdemo.com/beta/forum/view_topic/2/
11. Example: http://www.phpfoxdemo.com/beta/blog/view/1/Test_Blog/
12. This is course instead of having it like
13. Example: http://www.phpfoxdemo.com/beta/blog.php?sub_section=view&id=1&sub_id=Test_Blog
14. No more Zend encoding. Script is 100% PHP Open source
15. phpThumb added as the default thumbnail creator.
16. New and improved stand-alone instant messenger added. Powered by: php121 http://www.php121.com/
17. Contact panel on profile will be visible for guests and for the user as well.
18. Smilies Routine now does not open the image directory but instead includes the Config file for sillies and gets all the details from there to save time.
19. Gallery added confirmation check for staff/admins to delete photos.
20. Music search engine refined for better search
21. Report User added. When viewing a users profile you can now report the user to the site admins.
22. BUG FIX: Contact us routine sent out blank emails for some clients. Script now uses a new mail class to fix the issue.
23. BUG FIX: Groups invite fix when a user would try to invite another user it would not show all their friends.
24. Archive added. This section will be used mainly for search engines to pick up on your site as it has only data and all areas are built with SEO in mind. Example: http://www.phpfoxdemo.com/beta/archive/index.php/
25. Updated the browse search engine with more searchable fields.
26. Profile fields can now be edited by the site admins. Like for example About Me, Drink, Smoke etc… can all be changed. Once changed it will auto-change in the browse section, account settings and the members profile. Plus now you can add new profile fields as well.
27. VBulletin full integration plug in added.
28. WYSIWYG Editor added for all main areas where a text area is used.
29. MySQL Optimized. Several areas of the script have been looked over to optimized MySQL queries. Some areas of the script had up to 96 queries to the database and now have gone down from 6-15 queries. To test a site and see what the queries are you can simply add this to your site “phpfox_debug.php” and it will then display a box at the bottom of your site. Here is an example: http://www.phpfoxdemo.com/beta/phpfox_debug.php once you click there it will redirect you to the home page. Then simply scroll down and you will find the Debug box.
30. Admin panel can now have the option to remove phpFoX Branding If a client has the branding removal.
31. Admin has a new option called “Contact Us emails”. This is used if you would like to add more emails so when a member or guest tries to contact your site it will send it out to all the emails and not just the 1 admin. This also goes for if a user reports another user.

Fixed Bugs:
For bug fixes for this version please view: http://www.phpfoxtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=32Live Demos:
Main Demo: http://www.phpfoxdemo.com/beta/
VBulletin Integration Demo: http://www.vbulletinspace.com/

Where can I download it?
Go to: http://clients.phpfox.com/index.php?action=my_downloads
Then look for v1.1 Beta 1 and click on the “Download Now” link.

When will the stable version be released?
Once all the bugs are gone then we will launch the v1.1 Stable version. This usually takes up to two weeks from the first release of the beta version.

Does the phpfox team support this version?
No, sorry. Any Beta version is not support so the only thing you can do is report bugs till the stable release is available.
Please report bugs here: http://www.phpfoxtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=32

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With Konsort under way we took some time to look into a new look for the project and first step was the logo design. We went with 39designs to create a new logo for us.

Our current top pick

Think the new colors are nice and giving it a modern look. With the new logo will come a new layout for our main site at phpfox.com and a new layout for the actual software.

Looking forward for the new layout design as we are looking to keep up with the Web 2.0 craze.

Wanna thank Brendan for helping us with finding Kris the head designer at 39designs as his work is just amazing!

Some other logos we had the option to select from you can find here.

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Development begins for the new phpFoX Ecom script.

Ecom is a online licensing and membership system where it will give the power to developers to sell their software and have a powerful licensing system behind it to keep them organized and for their clients to have a place to keep track of their purchase and license information.

Some of the key features will be the usage of the zend encoder, IonCube or Source Guardian if you plan to encode your software as well as full support for such payment gateways like 2checkout, Paypal and E-Gold to mention a few.

Archiving of your software can be done in .zip, .tar or .tar.gz on demand and downloaded on the fly by your clients.

Source code will be fully documented and built in modules to create an easy environment for developers to edit or add on new modules. Script will be built in an OOP environment.

The layout and design will all be done in valid Xhtml and CSS using the SMARTY template system.

Thes are just some of the plans with this software but have lots more in mind. This will also take over the current membership/licensing system being used at phpfox.com so will have them as the first client

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