I added more info in our forum so feel free to check it out here.

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As some of you may have noticed the phpFoX Forums was offline during the early morning (GMT), the reason for this was that we were re-organizing the forums and added a new Forum Section called:

phpFoX Modifications, Themes & Language Packages

This forum is meant to gather all mods, themes, language packages for each version. We have created Sub Forums for each version in the different forums. We hope by organizing the mods, themes and language packages it will be easier for you to browse through the sections and find what you are looking for.

We have moved the threads from “mods, themes and language packages” sections to the new forums.

Any new threads that will be submitted to the following forums will have to be approved by us first:

* phpFoX Paid Modifications
* phpFoX Free Modifications
* phpFoX Paid Themes
* phpFoX Free Themes
* phpFoX Language Packages

Please note that we will not test the actual modification/themes/language package, we will merely make sure that it is not a duplicate and that the thread is in the correct section.

Since threads were not approved earlier there are still certain threads that are located in forums they do not belong to. I will be moving these threads throughout the day, however wanted to get the forums back online asap. You’re also welcome to report any thread/post you believe is misplaced and we’ll see to it that it gets moved to the proper place.

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We wanted to start with some raffles and/or contests as an appreciation to our community. These raffles and/or contests are a small gesture of thanks to all clients that participate in our community. To start things off we want to give away 3 Apple iPod Touch(8GB).

The raffle will end on 29th September, 2008. In order to be eligible for the raffle you simply need to be a valid license holder and answer our poll with “Yes, I want a free Apple iPod Touch!” at the discussion thread.

We will engrave the Apple iPod Touch with your username/name upon your request. Free shipping is included to any location.

We want to thank everyone for their contribution in our community!

Notice: This is a raffle and the 3 people signing up for “Yes, I want a free Apple iPod Touch!” will be chosen randomly, not manually picked.

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phpFox 2 is well under way. We have been focusing most of our time now on this version in hopes to get it ready before the new year. We currently estimate this version will be ready by the first quarter of 2009.

This version is a complete rewrite of the current product we have released. It will also include a new database schema which will allow us to improve in some of the areas we wanted to with our current engine but were unable to because of the limitations brought forward by the database structure. Since the product is being rewritten this has pushed back the release of version 2.0, however we feel this is a vital step for the product and its future.

We will be working closely with 3rd party developers that work on the releasing the top mods found in our community to ensure we are going in the right direction when developing an engine that will be “plug-in” friendly.

At this time I am still unable to release a list of features/changes that will be part of version 2 as we want to hold this information until the first beta release.

If you would like to see a change in the product or a new feature added please feel free to add it to our Feature Request section. We look over all requests and once the beta release is out we will publicly approve requests that have been developed and approved internally.

Version 1.6.x will be the final release for v1.x. We still have developers focusing solely on this version to fix any unforeseen issues that may arise over the next months until version 2.x is fully completed and v1.6.x has passed its end-of-life date.

Upgrading to version 2.x will be using an upgrade script we provide, similar to that of the one we provide with our current version. Since we will be creating a new database table structure all your users information will be automatically imported into the new tables via the upgrade script. The file structure will be similar to that of v1.5.+, so there should not be any extra steps to complete in that part of the upgrade.

phpFox 2 will require PHP 5. As of today we still have the same requirements for MySQL which is 4.1 however this might change over the next few months. Smarty will not be our main template engine and we will instead use our own template engine which supports the common Smarty tags which is what we currently use with v1.5+. So for those developing mods this won’t be much of a change when migrating from v1.x to v.2.

We will continue to release more information as we can regarding the new version over the next few months to keep everyone up-to-date.

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If you have the U.S. State/ZIP feature enabled you may notice that the HTML elements are disabled by default if the user does not select “United States” from the location drop down. The logic behind this is so users don’t select the country Sweden and then allow them to select a U.S. state.

I have had requests to disable this feature to allow your users to make the choice and not disable them from selecting a certain element.

For more information regarding the plug-in and steps on how to install it go here.

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Thanks to Craigster.

Here is quick little mod I whipped up to add a “Added By: UserName” under a Gallery image when its viewed in public areas such as the “RECENT IMAGES” found in the index page, gallery section (including featured images) and when viewing a groups index page.

For more information regarding the plug-in and steps on how to install it go here.

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We are pleased to announce phpFoX Konsort Version 1.6.20 has been released.

Notice: Upgrading to this build requires the conventional method of upgrading your site. This guide can be found here.

Useful links:

• Download Center
• Change Log
• Live Demo
• Install Guide
• Upgrade Guide

With this build we have updated various features:

• TinyMCE (WYSIWYG) Text Editor updated to version 3.x. This update fixes various issues related to the editor and added several improvements for those using the Safari browser.
• Admins can now enable an option that will not allow the right for multiple users to use one account. If enabled and two users try to access the same account from different locations the first user will automatically be logged out after a page refresh.
• Admins can now secure gallery images, group gallery images and videos from membership groups that do not have the rights to view these items. In order to use this feature you will need the “Short URL” feature running.
• Admins have the option to save the original image that is being uploaded for a users profile, gallery or group gallery image. The original image is used with the Lytebox feature. This feature enables you to save space on your server.
• Admins can now enable an option that will only display Bulletins added by their friends.

With this build we have fixed various issues [links]:

• Ads are not reloading when submitting comment
• Annoying popups and missing redirections
• Find Duplicate Options
• Can only add one image through WYSIWYG
• i can add my own music file into my profile.
• See more bug fixes for v1.6.20…

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We have opened a new page which can be found in our Clients Area:
http://clients.phpfox.com/index.php?…pment/download

This page includes a link to download the latest version that is under development. Any changes made during our development period will be added to the package found on that page and is updated every hour. This page is setup to help those developing plug-ins/mods keep up-to-date with any changes a future release may bring so when the finished package is released their plug-ins/mods are already updated.

If you are not creating plug-ins/mods you are free to test the development version. Note that this is not a finished product and is constantly being updated during the development period. Do NOT use this product in a live environment. This product is NOT supported by our Product Support team. You can report any bugs you find to our development team via our bug tracker.

This page also includes a:

• development log
• file modification log
• live demo link
  
• report a bug link

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Over the last few days we have been working on updating several areas related to phpfox.com.

What has changed?

v1.6 “Whats New” page has been created to identify what has been added, improved or removed with phpFoX Konsort version 1.6. Page can be found here:
http://www.phpfox.com/konsort/whats-new/1.6/

Our “Features” page has also been updated with all the changes that has taken place with v1.6. We have also updated the page to give more details on what phpFoX Konsort has to offer. Page can be found here:
http://www.phpfox.com/konsort/features/

Our “Live Demos” for the User Interface, Admin Interface and Web Based Installer has moved. New links can be found here:
http://www.phpfox.com/konsort/live-demos/

Our Issue Tracker (http://tracker.phpfox.com/), which handles both Bug reports and Feature requests has moved to a new location. New tracker can be found here:
http://forums.phpfox.com/project.php?projectid=1

Note: Issues added to our old tracker are still being worked on so the tracker will not fully shut down until all the cases have either been resolved or closed. Feature requests added to the tracker will be imported into our current tracker.

Wiki Knowledge Base (Open)

Our Wiki is currently closed off to the public when it comes to creating or editing articles, however we have opened the Knowledge Base section of our Wiki.
Knowledge Base can be found here:
http://wiki.phpfox.com/guide/Konsort_1.6/Knowledge_Base

v1.6 Update

On Monday the 7th of January 2008 v1.6 Build 18 will be released with some minor fixes/additions.

phpFoX Staff

The entire phpFoX Staff will return on Wednesday the 2nd of January 2008. Critical tickets and bug reports are still being monitored.

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