We are happy to bring you the second (and final) Release Candidate of Simple Machines Forum. As always, we hope that this new version is better, more stable, and more efficient than those previous. Remember, Charter Members - there are a few things in this package that weren't in the one you guys got!
Some of the major changes made in this release (from RC1) are:
- Redirects now work better with older servers, and buggy versions of IE.
- Many internationalization concerns were addressed.
- The user help should be ready to be translated to new langauges.
- The "Disabled BBC tags" feature now works much better.
- Many new administrative permissions are now available.
- Topic announcements are now sent much more reliably, and only with a permission.
- Many package manager improvements.
- The spellchecker should highlight things much more reliably.
- An option to copy board permissions from one to another has been added.
- Added option to mark topics unread.
- Temporary tables are no longer *required*.
- Many print-topic issues.
- Added readmes to the downloads.
- Integration into software, such as Mambo, works much better now.
- Referrer check now works across subdomains.
Please see the changelog for a more detailed list of these changes, and more.
We would much appreciate it if you would give us constructive feedback on this release, as well as bug reports. These are two of the things that really help a project grow and strive. The next release should be the final 1.0 release, so it's crucial we solve as many issues as possible before then.
Some changes have been made that require template changes. For the most part, you should be able to use your old templates... but without these new features. Please *tell us* if your old templates (that worked with RC1) don't work with RC2. We will fix it.
If you are upgrading from RC1, you only need to use the "update" package because it includes just the changed files. However, if you have any mods installed it would be better to use the "upgrade" package. Remember that you can use the "upgrade" package to go from any previous version of SMF. You can also use it to upgrade from YaBB SE.
You can always find information posted here about things like installation (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=6765.0), upgrade (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=6832.0), and more. The zip files themselves also include manuals. If you would like us to install or upgrade for you, please tell us and we'll try to get right on it.
http://www.simplemachines.org/download.php
Thanks,
Simple Machines
Great.. :D
Integrated with MAMBO? wow!!! Cool...
I will try to install it tonight, upgrade from RC1. And testing.
Also report, if any bugs found.
Thank You again.
Problem occurs while change themes from admin menu:
- Fatal error: Call to undefined function: loadlangtage() in /home/html/Sources/Themes.php on line 125
I forgot to change my template to default SMF, before doing upgrade?
finally it's out!
i don't have any mod installed on my forum but i did use some of those tip and tricks stuff, would that cause problem if i do the update package?
Cool! :)
Quote from: CapriSkye on October 11, 2004, 08:56:26 AM
finally it's out!
i don't have any mod installed on my forum but i did use some of those tip and tricks stuff, would that cause problem if i do the update package?
It's very likely they would be overwritten.
Ooohh Yeah!!! at least!! Thank you very very much SMF devs!!!
Gonna download and install it upgrading from rc1. Let's see how it works integrated in postnuke.
great product.! :)
Sweet! It's here! :D I think it's time to celebrate! Thank you the SMF team! :)
Quote from: FBI on October 11, 2004, 08:34:03 AM
Great.. :D
Integrated with MAMBO? wow!!! Cool...
I will try to install it tonight, upgrade from RC1. And testing.
Also report, if any bugs found.
Thank You again.
Problem occurs while change themes from admin menu:
- Fatal error: Call to undefined function: loadlangtage() in /home/forumbebascom/html/Sources/Themes.php on line 125
I forgot to change my template to default SMF, before doing upgrade?
Somehow you got a version of that file with a typo in it. That should say loadLanguage not loadLangtage. Change that and it should work just fine. Oddly enough, the version available from the download page doesn't have this typo.
Nice! updating now, hope this works with phpnuke
Quote from: Oldiesmann on October 11, 2004, 10:17:43 AM
Somehow you got a version of that file with a typo in it. That should say loadLanguage not loadLangtage. Change that and it should work just fine. Oddly enough, the version available from the download page doesn't have this typo.
Ups, you're right. How stupid i am ;D
Missing some file while uploading. Thanks bro...
Its work! Now, its time to try on my MAMBO
This is great news, SMF has grown so fast I am proud to be a user of this fine software.
-Linspired
Woohoo! RC2!! I'll have to upgrade my site tonight. :D
RC2 goes in so smooth, fast and sweet! Did 3 sites already and not even a peep, all went awesome!
Thank you so much for an awesome product. :D
I've been a true believer in SMF as the best forum software ever since I first installed it. Thanks. :)
yay, upgraded and no problem :D
Upgrade taken 5 minutes, thanks for the great work :)
well... I just want to make sure, this won't mess up themes will it?
†B†V† :hat
No. If they work with rc1, they work also with rc2.
w00t w00t! :D
Quote from: Owdy on October 11, 2004, 04:07:35 PM
No. If they work with rc1, they work also with rc2.
NNNIIICE :)
I appreciate this very much. I lost a few themes from the RC1 upgrade... I recreated a couple... and I don't want to lose them again :)
No matter how hard I tried... I had font issues, so I couldn't just "copy and install" them with the RC1 release... they had to be redone.
Thanks again.
†B†V†
Yeah, Mambo. The hell is Mambo! ::)
-Jazhawk
Update went very smooth......Only thing I forgot were the new Dutch Language files, put I was nicely pointed at that....Only thing: Help files still dont seem to work.....is this correct???
Quote from: 9210 on October 11, 2004, 05:33:20 PM
Update went very smooth......Only thing I forgot were the new Dutch Language files, put I was nicely pointed at that....Only thing: Help files still dont seem to work.....is this correct???
The help files have not yet been translated to Dutch.
-[Unknown]
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 11, 2004, 05:34:17 PM
Quote from: 9210 on October 11, 2004, 05:33:20 PM
Update went very smooth......Only thing I forgot were the new Dutch Language files, put I was nicely pointed at that....Only thing: Help files still dont seem to work.....is this correct???
The help files have not yet been translated to Dutch.
-[Unknown]
Do you need help translating them? I am able do put some time in, if necessary....
Is that normal that when I use another language, I cannot retreive any info in the "Live from Simple Machines..." box in admin center?
Quote from: Ap2 on October 11, 2004, 05:55:23 PM
Is that normal that when I use another language, I cannot retreive any info in the "Live from Simple Machines..." box in admin center?
No, sorry. Does it work properly now?
-[Unknown]
No... and English doen't work too :-\
My mistake, I forgot an itsy bitsy comma :P. How now?
-[Unknown]
Works like a charm :) Thanks!
works
Hmmm....seems I can no longer hide my online status als Administrator.....The option is still there, but I remain visible........
I presume that the upgrade doesn't change the options you've ticked (or not) in the Features& Options panel???
You see yourself in online list, normal users dont. Your name is italic, yes? This feature is changed little.
Quote from: Owdy on October 11, 2004, 06:18:15 PM
You see yourself in online list, normal users dont. Your name is italic, yes? This feature is changed little.
Its in
Italic.......O.k. than.......thanx!
Nice and good job, what a work force! :o
I'm very happy that we're now at RC2! Unfortunatly I've not had much a hand in RC2 as I've been busy but once again Unknown has pulled out all the stops to get at all known remaining bugs, as have the rest of the team. As always I'm proud to work beside such a great team :)
hmm...
/me applauds
HOLY CRAP. Wow, awsome. Upgraded with no problem whatsoever. Keep up the great work :)
Glad everything went smoothly... Now get out there and start bugging people to upgrade to SMF :P
Seamless update.
I backed up my modified index.template.php and the CSS file associated with it, did the upgrade, then replaced those files that I modified from RC1 - works excellent.
Were there any major changes in the /default/index.template.php file that should suggest that I modify the RC2?
Excellent! I'm psyched that RC2 is out. Now, I just need David to upgrade my forum for me. I'm guessing this means a complete finalized public version will be coming out within a few months, right?
Quote from: ^Raven^ on October 12, 2004, 12:48:09 AM
I'm guessing this means a complete finalized public version will be coming out within a few months, right?
I suspect that it will arrive long before the long fabled phpbBB2 v2.2 ;D
Seemless upgrade. thanks. but the packages I used dont work anymore.
This is what it says after I uninstalled, then tried to reinstall the mods.
There are no installation or uninstallation actions defined!
Upgraded from RC1 perfect, but always change permissions from Guests.....
Upgraded just fine, myself. Wasn't using any packages, so no comments there. Have a hacked up index.template.php and index.php in the main forum directory. I had a good list of what I had done to the index.php file, so I uploaded the new file and then hacked it to work. I didn't keep good documentation of my changes to index.template.php. Instead of trying to rehack it, I did not upload the RC2 copy. Instead, after uploading everything else, I compared my version with the RC2 version line-by-line. Everything works!
Quote from: sakamuyo on October 12, 2004, 05:43:08 AM...
I didn't keep good documentation of my changes to index.template.php. Instead of trying to rehack it, I did not upload the RC2 copy. Instead, after uploading everything else, I compared my version with the RC2 version line-by-line. Everything works!
That's why the default template shouldn't be changed. If you create a new theme "my slick theme", set the default to that and change that template your done. A upgrade won't touch your custom theme files, but it will contain new default templates.
And if you don't change a file in your custom template, don't copy the file over to it so it will use the one out of the default template.
My own index.template.php has changed only once since beta 4.1 I think :)
Oh, RC2 is pretty good - kudos to the dev team 8)
After upgrading some attachments and avatars are not working. I don't know why this happened!!
Quote from: Elissen on October 12, 2004, 06:15:02 AM
Quote from: sakamuyo on October 12, 2004, 05:43:08 AM...
I didn't keep good documentation of my changes to index.template.php. Instead of trying to rehack it, I did not upload the RC2 copy. Instead, after uploading everything else, I compared my version with the RC2 version line-by-line. Everything works!
That's why the default template shouldn't be changed. If you create a new theme "my slick theme", set the default to that and change that template your done. A upgrade won't touch your custom theme files, but it will contain new default templates.
And if you don't change a file in your custom template, don't copy the file over to it so it will use the one out of the default template.
My own index.template.php has changed only once since beta 4.1 I think :)
Oh, RC2 is pretty good - kudos to the dev team 8)
Thanks. All of those recommendations have been followed since I first installed the board. :)
The default template hasn't been changed, but the index.template.php file in the custom template still had to be upgraded. I didn't specify I was working from a template other than the default, since that really had nothing to do with the point of my post, which was that there were no hitches upgrading to RC2. I only mentioned the specifics of upgrading my index.template.php file because I've seen a few posts around asking for specific changes and I was dropping a subtle hint that instead of asking for someone else to do the work and provide a list, you can just look at the files to see what is different.
Sorry for that, I made that mistake once myself (editing the default template) :-X
Luckily, there now also is a changelog-themes.txt that should help a lot for the templates so if something needs to be changed it should be easy to find :)
I´ve installed this forum yesterday evening and today i played around with it a little and must say, that this forum is quite a good one. It´s rock solid to say. Looking forward to forthcoming releases and mods. I´m just a user only. Keep up the good work. Well done :)
Quote from: ivogomes on October 12, 2004, 06:25:04 AM
After upgrading some attachments and avatars are not working. I don't know why this happened!!
Did you have Mods installed onto your Forum? If so this will be why, you need to re-apply the Modifications onto your Simple Machines Forum.
Max|Linspired
Quote from: FBI on October 11, 2004, 08:34:03 AM
Great.. :D
Integrated with MAMBO? wow!!! Cool...
I will try to install it tonight, upgrade from RC1. And testing.
Also report, if any bugs found.
Thank You again.
Problem occurs while change themes from admin menu:
- Fatal error: Call to undefined function: loadlangtage() in /home/html/Sources/Themes.php on line 125
I forgot to change my template to default SMF, before doing upgrade?
can somebody tell me where to find out info on the Mambo integration? Primarily, what I'm looking for is a way for members to register with one username/password that will work seamlessly with the Forum and Mambo... This would be absolutely sexy if this could happen :)
-Jeff Seabrook
bmwsport.net
I have an issue with the upgrade...
I ran the upgrade and lost all my package mods (to be expected)
but now it does not give me an option to reinstall them.... I can not even download packages from the servers through the admin center.
Am I missing something?
Just updated from RC1 on my board without any problems! Now you just need to get the Latest packages on the package manager and the SMF mods site working inside the admin panel and I'll be content with the forum software.
Thanks
Upgraded without any problems, thanks!
i upgraded, and everything works great except actually being able to access the boards.. i continue to get this error:
Unknown column 'b.notifyAnnouncements' in 'field list'
File: /usr/home/aarono/public_html/nada/mb3/Sources/ManageBoards.php
Line: 892
any ideas?
thanks!
The attachments/avatars thing is a known issue. It would help greatly if I could see a dump of your attachments table and a list of the filenames in your attachments directory. (I can't reproduce, I need test data..)
If people reattach and/or reupload them, they will fix themselves.
Mambo Open Source (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=6960)
You won't be able to reinstall the mods until they are updated and marked compatible with RC2.
For aaronsnet's problem... you didn't upload all the files from the upgrade package.
-[Unknown]
Installation RC2 is accoording of me O.K.
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 12, 2004, 05:09:22 PM
The attachments/avatars thing is a known issue. It would help greatly if I could see a dump of your attachments table and a list of the filenames in your attachments directory. (I can't reproduce, I need test data..)
If people reattach and/or reupload them, they will fix themselves.
Mambo Open Source (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=6960)
You won't be able to reinstall the mods until they are updated and marked compatible with RC2.
For aaronsnet's problem... you didn't upload all the files from the upgrade package.
-[Unknown]
[Unknown] - don't forget the "other" SMF/Mambo project.
I'm not sure how much I'm allowed to say about it, but I will say that there has been significant progress in efforts to integrate SMF as an actual module of Mambo. More details to come when I find out how much I can say :)
Other? I think there are like four.... three I can think of right now, and I swear there was another.
-[Unknown]
I installed the upgrade and tried to download the mods. But when I got to grude's site when I click on the mods I want to download I get "There are no installation or uninstallation actions defined!" What's up?
QuoteTemporary tables are no longer *required*.
What does this mean?
Temporary tables are required for Search to work efficiently
As for my mods, check out my reply here:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=18006.new#new
Quote
I suspect that it will arrive long before the long fabled phpbBB2 v2.2 ;D
hey, hey.................
I would not be so quick to put-down phpbb v2.2. I'm fairly "on top of" the daily progress of the coding over there, and let me tell you........................they have one heck of a bulliten board up their sleave.
But, now that I'm an SMF convert, that really does not matter, now does it. ;)
Quote from: BMW-Guy on October 13, 2004, 05:20:33 AM
Quote
I suspect that it will arrive long before the long fabled phpbBB2 v2.2 ;D
hey, hey.................
I would not be so quick to put-down phpbb v2.2. I'm fairly "on top of" the daily progress of the coding over there, and let me tell you........................they have one heck of a bulliten board up their sleave.
But, now that I'm an SMF convert, that really does not matter, now does it. ;)
Indeed. Personally I support any free BB out there, and certainly have nothing but praise for any team who give their time and effort to the public for free. That said it doesn't mean I don't strive to make SMF the best of the bunch ;)
Quote from: BMW-Guy on October 13, 2004, 05:20:33 AM
hey, hey.................
I would not be so quick to put-down phpbb v2.2. I'm fairly "on top of" the daily progress of the coding over there, and let me tell you........................they have one heck of a bulliten board up their sleave.
Who said I was putting it down? I used phpBB2 for the last 2-3 years (until I migrated to SMF) and was following the progress of v2.2, including putting a few CVS versions up to try out. I'm sure it will be a great product, but I was left with the feeling that what is just a point upgrade (2.0 -> 2.2) was becoming as big (and as long) a job as painting the Cistine Chapel.
The other reason I chose SMF over phpBB is the enlightened view of the SMF devs who believe that integration, e.g. with CMS/portals, is a goal worth assisting. The phpBB devs have never seemed interested in integration...unless it was integration with a portal that they were eventually going to write.
Quote from: Grudge on October 13, 2004, 05:04:20 AM
Temporary tables are required for Search to work efficiently
And now they're not *required* anymore. Hopefully this doesn't mean permanent tables will be used for Search, since it eats space and it's the primary reason I converted from phpBB2 to SMF.
It means that no results archive thingy will be created so that for repeat searches, it does the same over again.
What Ben said. They are not *required*, but if your server can do them then it will use them. It was fixed as people on poorly configured servers were having trouble.
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 12, 2004, 08:37:29 PM
Other? I think there are like four.... three I can think of right now, and I swear there was another.
-[Unknown]
Wow... Didn't know that... We should discuss this more in the team area just so everyone knows what the status is.
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 12, 2004, 05:09:22 PM
You won't be able to reinstall the mods until they are updated and marked compatible with RC2.
-[Unknown]
Still waiting new (update) mod from authors :)
Right, all my mods should now be RC2 compatible...
Does the happy dance ... goes and installs the shoutbox
:)
Upgraded with no problem whatsoever. Great!
Jacques
Grudge,
When attempting to download your mods form inside the package manager, I stil get the message:
An Error Has Occurred!
There are no installation or uninstallation actions defined!
All of them?? Maybe your browser is caching them? Try and download them directly then upload them to your packages directory...
Works fine for me.
I have upgraded one of my forums as a test but i'm still having trouple reinstalling Grudges mods.
I have emptied my cash, tried different browsers, etc.
But no matter what i do i get:
There are no installation or uninstallation actions defined! when i try to download a mod from grudges server using the package manager. :(
Have you tried manually downloading and uploading it?
-[Unknown]
Quote from: kindred on October 13, 2004, 04:26:31 PM
Grudge,
When attempting to download your mods form inside the package manager, I stil get the message:
An Error Has Occurred!
There are no installation or uninstallation actions defined!
I get the same thing!
Upgraded first time, no problems :)
Quote from: Webrunner on October 13, 2004, 08:37:19 PM
I have upgraded one of my forums as a test but i'm still having trouple reinstalling Grudges mods.
I have emptied my cash, tried different browsers, etc.
But no matter what i do i get:
There are no installation or uninstallation actions defined! when i try to download a mod from grudges server using the package manager. :(
I have the exact same problem
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 13, 2004, 08:55:56 PM
Have you tried manually downloading and uploading it?
-[Unknown]
Ok that works!
I should have tried it immediatly, i know.
But at 3 o'clock in the morning posting seemed easier. :P
Thanks anyway.
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 12, 2004, 05:09:22 PM
The attachments/avatars thing is a known issue. It would help greatly if I could see a dump of your attachments table and a list of the filenames in your attachments directory. (I can't reproduce, I need test data..)
If people reattach and/or reupload them, they will fix themselves.
...
-[Unknown]
I asked my members to reupload the files. It works fine now!
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 13, 2004, 08:55:56 PM
Have you tried manually downloading and uploading it?
-[Unknown]
Thats right! Download manually, and then upload to Package directory. Its works!!! Thanks ;D
update from rc1 to rc2 worked smooth for me. thanks guys for yet another great piece of work. can't wait for the final, although its already perfect ,_)))
thanks for the new version ;)
W00T
Gotta say.. this IS better than VB!! (IMHO)
Not a second to spare, MUST UPGRADE.
If you're willing, take a look in your package managers ;).
-[Unknown]
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 15, 2004, 04:46:12 PM
If you're willing, take a look in your package managers ;).
-[Unknown]
Hey, nice! Works!
What's different about the package manager? I just looked and it's not different from yesterday.
You don't see a Latest packages box with the following text in there?
QuoteAlthough this feature is not yet ready, if you're using 1.0 RC2 there is a small patch available (click here to install.)
If you have any problems applying it, please post on the forum for help.
Pretty slick, [Unknown]. I like it. :)
- Methonis
Worked well.
I see it now.
What was fixed?
Just a few minor issues found since release, such as shadow tag disabling.
Largely a test of the package manager ;).
-[Unknown]
I hope you deliver 1.0 final through this. Imagine updating your forum through package manager. This could be big.
Oh... very nice..... Superb feature!!! :)
However, I was using an RC1 version of recent.php to give me the 'next page' ability on the recent posts page, so I got a failure for that file..
-mark
Question - if the package manager makes changes... does it make changes to the selected default forum template, or just the default template supplied with a new install?
For example, I'm using a modified classic template as my default template, and I do know whether the changes are being made to that.
Thanks,
-mark
No template changes were made by that small update.
I hope to minimize the need for template changes for 1.0.
-[Unknown]
The question remains though, for any package updates... do they only modify the supplied default template, the used default template, or all templates on the server... my vote is for all templates on the server.. otherwise things will become as complicated as doing it by hand.
Is RC2 faster than RC1? hehehe just a need for speed... make vbulletin and IPB eat some dust :)
Yes, there were optimizational and speed improvements in RC2, although not as many as in past releases (we've concentrated on bug fixes...) Most of them were in Recent.php.
-[Unknown]
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 16, 2004, 12:16:45 AM
Yes, there were optimizational and speed improvements in RC2, although not as many as in past releases (we've concentrated on bug fixes...) Most of them were in Recent.php.
-[Unknown]
Good example would be that Vbulletin is a turtle compared to SMF speed wise :). This reminds me, is SMF the fastest forum ever created (lol)?
Time files, beta 5... now RC2 is already here.
Neywho, back to topic; RC2 rocks. Let the phrasing contin 8).
Nice one, the Package Manager Thingy.........Question though: What if it goes wrong??? For example a file isn't updated right, how to fix this???
Quote from: 9210 on October 16, 2004, 09:05:58 AM
Nice one, the Package Manager Thingy.........Question though: What if it goes wrong??? For example a file isn't updated right, how to fix this???
Firstly, don't install a mod unless *every* step succeeds. Secondly, if worst comes to worst just reupload the files and try again (Reupload from a standard SMF install)
Thanks Simplemachines, i have used it since beta 4 although never actually used the update thing, just one prob, its far too simple to use ;D . Thanks and this is truly the best forum system ever and RC1 -> RC2 Was easy and fast, apart from uploading the files. So again thanks! :D
ok on a package install, how do I know it worked? I have tried the RC2 Fix Package, and all steps show success, but when I hit proceed it just refreshes the page. Then on the package list, [apply mod] is still an option. I'm assuming therefore it didn't install ... what am I doing wrong?
Very strange, I have 3 forums and one installed the fix no problem but the other 2 get an error:
Unable to find package file!
here is the link its trying to find:
http://dreamquestsports.us/smf/index.php?action=pgdownload;auto;package=http://mods.simplemachines.org/downloads/smf_1-0-rc2_fixes.tar.gz;sesc=b9abcce11d920124328675097abbc9c1
QuoteWarning: file_get_contents(): URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /x/y/httpd.www/forums/Sources/Subs-Package.php on line 193
Warning: file_get_contents(http://mods.simplemachines.org/downloads/smf_1-0-rc2_fixes.tar.gz): failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in /x/y/httpd.www/forums/Sources/Subs-Package.php on line 193
QuoteAn Error Has Occurred!
There are no install actions defined!
Bummer... but I guess I can just download the tar.gz archive, upload it to my host (in the Packages directory), and install it from the Package Manager as usual, right?
Yep.
Quote from: Ben_S on October 16, 2004, 01:31:46 PM
Yep.
Did just that, but got this error:
Quote4. Execute Modification ./Sources/Subs.php Failure
Which I tried to resolve using this advice given by Grudge:
Quote from: Grudge on October 16, 2004, 09:11:29 AM
Firstly, don't install a mod unless *every* step succeeds. Secondly, if worst comes to worst just reupload the files and try again (Reupload from a standard SMF install)
But it still fails at that step...
Quote from: hebxi1 on October 16, 2004, 10:53:41 AM
ok on a package install, how do I know it worked? I have tried the RC2 Fix Package, and all steps show success, but when I hit proceed it just refreshes the page. Then on the package list, [apply mod] is still an option. I'm assuming therefore it didn't install ... what am I doing wrong?
Does it prompt you for an FTP password, or anything? If it won't let you proceed, something's holding it back.
The "Unable to find package file!" error can be caused by your Packages directory not being writable.
Søren Bjerg, I'm afraid that's correct. I suppose it should look nicer than that though, huh? I've got an idea to fix it though... I don't suppose you could give me FTP access (to any directory, however restricted) so I can test a quick script to make it work anyway ;)?
If it won't install on Subs.php, are you certain you haven't modified it? The step in Subs.php will fail if you're not using a 1.0 RC2 file...
-[Unknown]
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 16, 2004, 03:36:38 PM
[...] Søren Bjerg, I'm afraid that's correct. I suppose it should look nicer than that though, huh? I've got an idea to fix it though... I don't suppose you could give me FTP access (to any directory, however restricted) so I can test a quick script to make it work anyway ;)? [...]
-[Unknown]
Look nicer? If you're speaking of the error message, I don't really mind such error messages - when I'm the only one seeing them :).
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 16, 2004, 03:36:38 PM
[...] If it won't install on Subs.php, are you certain you haven't modified it? The step in Subs.php will fail if you're not using a 1.0 RC2 file...
-[Unknown]
I'm 100% sure. When it initially failed, I went back some posts in this thread, because I could remember seeing something about "if not all steps said success", and found Grudge's posts. Extracted a clean RC2 Subs.php from the full archive I downloaded back when RC2 was released to the CMs.
Please use the RC2 files from the downloads page, they are a bit newer (there were two weeks between, after all) than the ones released to Charter Members...
-[Unknown]
Ah, ok... I'll try uploading those then, and see if Subs.php still fails.
EDIT: Aye, that fixed it alright :).
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 15, 2004, 07:55:30 PM
Just a few minor issues found since release, such as shadow tag disabling.
Largely a test of the package manager ;).
-[Unknown]
Strange, it wont work in one forum where im giving support. Packages dir is 777, but it gives that 'There are no installation or uninstallation actions defined!' error. Could that be safe mode issue?
Install it from the link provided in the package manager.
-[Unknown]
What link? Its downloading that package all over again:
Click the "small patch available (click to install.)" link...
-[Unknown]
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 16, 2004, 06:51:36 PM
Click the "small patch available (click to install.)" link...
-[Unknown]
I have done that several times. Every time it says 'There are no installation or uninstallation actions defined!'' and that list gets longer...
Are you certain it's using the latest RC2 files?
-[Unknown]
yes, index.template.php is old, nothing else.
I am getting a lot of "safe mode restrictions in effect" errors
Quote
2: fopen(): SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script whose uid is 32141 is not allowed to access /home/public_html/forum/Packages/temp owned by uid 99
File: /home/public_html/forum/Sources/Subs-Package.php
Line: 1391
My host does have php enabled with safe mode, is this a problem?
If your host has PHP installed with safe mode on, they should at least run it with PHP suExec.
Running safe mode under nobody is for loser hosts :P. I'm sorry. If they don't know what they're doing, they shouldn't be asking for your money.
-[Unknown]
Found a strange thing. One of the 'Dutch' buttons is corrupt:
The last button 'verwijder selectie' (transl: Delete selection) has way to much blue on top of it....
mine is too, in English, using the classic theme.
These buttons are not corrupt, this is to be corrected in the template file, set the backgrund attribute to transparent or to the right color code. If you have more questions on this then please use the support forums.
Quote from: Owdy on October 16, 2004, 06:54:31 PM
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 16, 2004, 06:51:36 PM
Click the "small patch available (click to install.)" link...
-[Unknown]
I have done that several times. Every time it says 'There are no installation or uninstallation actions defined!'' and that list gets longer...
I have got the same problem.
Looking at the file smf_1-0-rc2_fixes.mod I think there is a bug.
The end of the file says:
<replace>
// Administrator? We'll need to fetch the default theme options for the guest, then.
if ($user_info['is_admin'])
{
$result = db_query("
</replac
I think that the last lin must be
</replace>
Sounds like you didn't download the entire package.
-[Unknown]
I did manually download that package, but it wont install it...
That same package worked in my own forum.
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 17, 2004, 03:41:58 PM
Sounds like you didn't download the entire package.
-[Unknown]
You are right! I have got now the hole file but the package still wont install it!
Packages dir is 777, but it gives that 'There are no installation or uninstallation actions defined!' error.
Quote from: Owdy on October 17, 2004, 03:47:07 PM
I did manually download that package, but it wont install it...
That same package worked in my own forum.
Its safe mode. Forget it...
I cant really see the point in ssafe mode, all it does is hamper things, sure it may be a *LITTLE* safer but im sure nothing drastic will go wrong.
Heh, safe mode is WONDERFUL for hosts who don't know what they're doing. :P
- Methonis
There are a lot of hosts in the world that the users know more than the admins.
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 16, 2004, 03:36:38 PM
Quote from: hebxi1 on October 16, 2004, 10:53:41 AM
ok on a package install, how do I know it worked? I have tried the RC2 Fix Package, and all steps show success, but when I hit proceed it just refreshes the page. Then on the package list, [apply mod] is still an option. I'm assuming therefore it didn't install ... what am I doing wrong?
Does it prompt you for an FTP password, or anything? If it won't let you proceed, something's holding it back.
Yeah I have tried putting in several different combos of ftp server, filepaths, etc. I have tested them using my FTP program, so I know the username and password are correct, but just for kicks I tried putting in the database password. All with the same result ... it just refreshes the page.
Most of the time, the path is the one people get wrong. It's actually hard to explain, because it seems logical that it would be the file path - it's not.
Examples are best. Here, the path to the forum is /home/simple/public_html/community. This is the "path". You of course all know the URL.
The path, for FTP, is different. It is /public_html/communty. Why? Because when you log into FTP, you can't go to /home - there is no /home! You're already inside /home/username, and you can't get out of it. Because of this, you need to type the path you see when you log in with an FTP client.
-[Unknown]
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 18, 2004, 12:04:07 AM
Most of the time, the path is the one people get wrong. It's actually hard to explain, because it seems logical that it would be the file path - it's not.
Examples are best. Here, the path to the forum is /home/simple/public_html/community. This is the "path". You of course all know the URL.
The path, for FTP, is different. It is /public_html/communty. Why? Because when you log into FTP, you can't go to /home - there is no /home! You're already inside /home/username, and you can't get out of it. Because of this, you need to type the path you see when you log in with an FTP client.
-[Unknown]
I'll probably end up finding out it does this already... but what about if someone enters the full path, SMF could check if they have something before public_html, and if the connect fails try again but removing all the bits the user entered before public_html, or otherwise telling the user to try the suggested path (The one they entered bar all stuff before public_html)
wow. now we're talking easy updating ;_)
It gave me a "Failure" for Sources/Subs.php, but I went ahead and installed it anyway... :)
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 16, 2004, 04:37:21 PM
Please use the RC2 files from the downloads page, they are a bit newer (there were two weeks between, after all) than the ones released to Charter Members...
-[Unknown]
QuoteThe path, for FTP, is different. It is /public_html/communty.
That did it ... I was using the file path ... thanks :)
Quote from: Grudge on October 18, 2004, 06:43:59 AM
I'll probably end up finding out it does this already... but what about if someone enters the full path, SMF could check if they have something before public_html, and if the connect fails try again but removing all the bits the user entered before public_html, or otherwise telling the user to try the suggested path (The one they entered bar all stuff before public_html)
I recently changed it to do just this, but the problem is that not all hosts use the /home/username scheme.
Also, it defaults to a value that *should* be correct - to anyone who has an incorrect default, I would appreciate a pm or post with both the wrong and the right FTP paths, not to mention the physical file path.
-[Unknown]
W0W! :D
I've been busy and have not checked here for a while and just found out this past weekend that RC2 was out. Again I say W0W! The DevTeam did a fantastic job on this and the smoothness of the upgrade went fantastically sweet!
THANKS! to ALL there at SMF HQ & all your homes or where ever you put your time into this fantastic BB.
I was so excited that RC2 was out that when I got around to installing and running the upgrade I forgot the biggest thing, and that is Backup! - Backup! - Backup!
BUT! thanks to the great work that the DevTeam has done I had no problems at all with the update! ;)
I would like to say a few things I really like about this New SMF,
the neatest thing I have found with it so far, (I have only had it up about 12 hours now),
but I LOVE the Attachment Manager additions that are on the SMF of now being able to click a box beside any or all attachments to delete things in there.
The reason I say this is that I run a site that is a Golf Site and there are a lot of Tours played that the users attach small game reporting files and some tours are a week to 4 weeks long and others are 3 or 6 or 12 months long. And this deleting with check boxes makes it a lot nicer to be able to pick and choose the files you want or need to to clean the attachments up.
KUDOS! to the DevTeam once more for this great feature . . . . . . ;)
I am having one small problem and will post another post to explain that one . . . . . . ???
Golden Bears Den-Admin . . . . . 8)
<-EDIT->
OK! slap my hand! I posted my thread and then remembered another thread and went and checked it out about META and went and clicked on the "Use a META redirect instead of HTTP", and think it has fixed the little problem now.
Sorry! so we deleted my second post and will watch this and see if we have fixed the problem, Silence is Golden, if you don't hear back from Me! ;)
<-EDIT->
Golden Bears Den-Admin . . . . . 8)
Quote from: Owdy on October 16, 2004, 06:54:31 PM
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 16, 2004, 06:51:36 PM
Click the "small patch available (click to install.)" link...
-[Unknown]
I have done that several times. Every time it says 'There are no installation or uninstallation actions defined!'' and that list gets longer...
I have absolutely the same behaviour in my installation of RC2.
When I click on the "small patch available (click to install.)" link, I get the response:
QuotePackage Manager - Install Actions
Install Actions for archive smf_1-0-rc2_fixes.tar.gz:
There are no installation or uninstallation actions defined!
If I then click on the "Browse Packages" link, the downloaded package appears in the list:
QuotePackage Manager - Browse Packages
Modification Packages
Mod Name Version
1. SMF 1.0 RC2 Fix Package 1.0 [ Apply Mod ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
"Apply Mod" gives me the same "no installation or uninstallation actions" described above, "Delete" works fine, "List Files" seems to work fine, too:
QuoteList files in package
Files in archive smf_1-0-rc2_fixes.tar.gz:
smf_1-0-rc2_fixes.mod (5737 bytes)
package-info.xml (1049 bytes)
I can even watch the files by clicking the filenames, all seems to be fine. How can they lack the "installation or uninstallation actions" without being corrupt???
In the "Latest packages" box above the "Package Manager" box, the "small patch available (click to install.)" link is still there. If I click it, all starts over again, but ANOTHER package is downloaded and put in the package dir:
QuotePackage Manager - Browse Packages
Modification Packages
Mod Name Version
1. SMF 1.0 RC2 Fix Package 1.0 [ Apply Mod ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
2. SMF 1.0 RC2 Fix Package 1.0 [ Apply Mod ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
The filename of the package #1 is the original smf_1-0-rc2_fixes_1.tar.gz, filename of #2 is smf_1-0-rc2_fixes_1.tar.gz, of #3 is smf_1-0-rc2_fixes_2.tar.gz and so on.
I don't know if all this has to do with "Safe Mode" but if this is the case why don't you simply check for Safe Mode and tell the user that this feature only works with "Safe Mode" turned off?
Your host may be in safe mode, you may have outdated files, or... not totally sure.
It was in RC2 that a few things to do with this "automatic installation" feature were added; if you have a PackageGet.php or Packages.php from an older version of SMF 1.0 RC2 (you're not a Charter Member, so I should hope you don't...) or from 1.0 RC1, it won't work.
-[Unknown]
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 19, 2004, 06:12:57 PM
Your host may be in safe mode, you may have outdated files, or... not totally sure.
It was in RC2 that a few things to do with this "automatic installation" feature were added; if you have a PackageGet.php or Packages.php from an older version of SMF 1.0 RC2 (you're not a Charter Member, so I should hope you don't...) or from 1.0 RC1, it won't work.
-[Unknown]
To answer the last thing first: My files are completely of the latest RC2 package which was available for public download, not the Charter pre release.
And yes, my server IS in safe mode. But I have to repeat:
Quote from: sriedel on October 19, 2004, 03:36:14 PM
I don't know if all this has to do with "Safe Mode" but if this is the case why don't you simply check for Safe Mode and tell the user that this feature only works with "Safe Mode" turned off?
If the current problems are really caused by Safe Mode (they doesn't have to be anyway, if you can chmod files by FTP you can "put" them, too ;) ), you should really catch that by something like:
<?php
// Check for safe mode
if (ini_get('safe_mode')){
// Do it the safe mode way
} else {
// Do it the regular way
}
?>
But a feedback like "There are no installation or uninstallation actions defined!" is misleading, to say the least. My two cents.
Because, certain decent hosts running safe mode have their servers configured to run PHP properly with safe mode such that things like this don't happen.
(for example, SMF and its package manager works perfectly fine under Lycos UK, which is a completely free and very safe mode service... but configured properly..)
-[Unknown]
Ok, I take the other route to what I want to show:
All bad things that may come from Safe Mode is that the files cannot be modified/written directly (because of process UID not matching the file UID or open_basedir restrictions or whatever).
But I can download the package, I can view the package, I can view the source of each file in the package. There ARE installation actions in the source files, and they ARE accessible by the package manager. Ok, the patched file cannot be written, but the user feedback "There are no installation or uninstallation actions defined!" IS WRONG.
I can absolutely accept when this and that is not possible due to e.g. Safe Mode restrictions. That's is perfectly fine. But heck, I was looking for the problem quite a while. A message like "The new or modified files of that package cannot be written. If the file permissions are correct your server runs PHP in Safe Mode and/or is not properly configured. Bug your administrator but not the SMF authors!" would be absolutely sufficient ;)
Gosh, getting so worked up... calm down.
You'll be happy to know that's exactly one of the things this package was set to fix (showing that message too often.) You just can't install it. Maybe... just maybe... I knew what I was talking about?
Nah, can't be... rediculous. It's not like I wrote it or anything.
-[Unknown]
Hey.
I have SMF 1.0 Beta 4 Public installed.
I have a big forum: 4700 members and 180 000 posts.
Can I upgrade to RC2 with no problems??
I think you'll need to use the upgrade package instead of the update package on the downloads page for that.
QuoteUse this if you have YaBB SE 1.5.5, SMF 1.0 RC1, or lower installed - just use upgrade.php.
Remember to backup ;D
Please don't abuse announcement threads for support questions. Please read first in the support forums if your problem has already been answered in a similar thread and when you cannot find it: post a support thread.
Link to the english language support boards:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?board=9.0
Link to the non-english language support boards:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?board=12.0
Andrea do you have all this links stored in your head, everyone of your posts have a link, all relevant, you should have your own search engine. ;)
hehe - that's why she's a Lead Support Specialist :)
Quote from: Trekkie101 on October 20, 2004, 12:59:46 PM
Andrea do you have all this links stored in your head, everyone of your posts have a link, all relevant, you should have your own search engine. ;)
The
SECRET to it all is :
"KNOWING WHERE TO FIND,
& HOW TO USE,
THE SEARCH COMMAND HERE ON THE FORUMS!" ;)
It is a Cute little button at the top labeled "Search" 8)
P.S.It works really neat too! :D
There's also the trick where you can type [[General English Support]] and it will link to that board (here only.)
-[Unknown]
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 21, 2004, 06:28:01 PM
There's also the trick where you can type [[General English Support]] and it will link to that board (here only.)
-[Unknown]
;)
cool.
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 21, 2004, 06:28:01 PM
There's also the trick where you can type [[General English Support]] and it will link to that board (here only.)
-[Unknown]
but obviously se dosend do that cause it would look like this:
General English Support (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?board=9.0)
and not just have the url displayed as a link
btw thats a cool feature. ;)
Sweet thing! General English Support (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?board=9.0) someone should write a mod for that! :P Really neat! :D
< off-topic>Yeah, I discovered that a couple of days ago (I'm wondering if I was the first to notice, but probably not), and it should definitely be a mod! In fact, [Unknown] did allude to it maybe becoming a mod... Would be especially nifty since as far as I know, no other forum software has this feature...< /off-topic>
Can someone tell me how the ranks work on this site, ive got more than 140 posts and yet still no upgrade from Newbie >:( im all sad. :'(
Quote from: Trekkie101 on October 23, 2004, 03:56:42 PM
Can someone tell me how the ranks work on this site, ive got more than 140 posts and yet still no upgrade from Newbie >:( im all sad. :'(
It's probably 150.
Quote from: Trekkie101 on October 23, 2004, 03:56:42 PM
Can someone tell me how the ranks work on this site, ive got more than 140 posts and yet still no upgrade from Newbie >:( im all sad. :'(
Does the post group really count? Like, is it important? I know a lot of excellent members that have very rich replies and are still low in count, and also know members with thousands of them and little, if any, are really worth the space in the db. So don't concern yourself with that so much.
Im not too bothered by it, just a little annoying posting a lot and still a newbie, plus its things like that i use SMf for.
I may release my "wiki links" mod a bit later...
-[Unknown]
Cool, ;) do you know the Ranks post thingy?
I have installed the RC2. Nearly all ok! If within in the panel "Management groups users" and I press on the number of the users in several the groups, I can see the directory but the function "Remove users from the group" does not work!!!!!!! Not there is way to fix?
You cannot remove members from post groups.....
-[Unknown]
Then to what it serves the push-button? And then in SMF Beta I could!
I was under the impression that the Private Messages feature was getting a slight facelift in RC2. I can't seem to find that anywhere in thsi thread and I was unable to notice a difference on my forum using the SMF default theme. Specifically, I was looking for the ability to make private messages display much like a free Email (yahoo, gmail, hotmail) would display.. With a list of the inbox and each one was a link. To take that a step further, threaded conversations like GMAIL (combining your inbox/outbox on certain messages would be awesome). The way it is right now is rather difficult to browse and read new private messages (for me at least). Any news on this? Perhaps it was a mod that I missed or something... Thanks
You have a wrong impression and it's not difficult to read. :P Who said that this will change for 1.0?
You've to wait, it'll perhaps change, but not for 1.0. RC is a feature stop (I don't know if it's here, too ;) ), so there is only bug fixing until 1.0.
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 08, 2004, 03:46:13 AM
Changes to the pm system are planned for the next major milestone (1.1) but it probably will not mean threaded (where you have a hierarchal tree of replies) but possibly more "topic" like.
???
I know we all hate going back over things but I found this and thought that just MAYBE! this would help explain a little on the search problem mentioned above in this thread!
;) Hope this helps :D
Posting & You
(http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting.php)
LOL! that should be in the register pages.
RC2+ seems to be out. What's new there?
Probably some minor bugfixes... nothing big...
Quote from: klumy on October 24, 2004, 01:07:38 PM
RC2+ seems to be out. What's new there?
It means modifyed rc2/some cvs version. It isnt out.
That was launched today :o it wasnt here yesterday.
RC2+ is here for a few days now... ::) It wasn't launched because it's no "new version".
Quote from: [Unknown] on October 11, 2004, 01:09:34 AM
We are happy to bring you the second (and final) Release ...
Some of the major changes made in this release (from RC1) are:
- ...
- The spellchecker should highlight things much more relaibly.
- ...
;D
(I'm sorry for this totally off-topic message, but I had to.. Yeah... well I'll upgrade from beta 5 once I find time for it. Love it! :))
RC2+ is basically the nighly CVS's. This board usually runs off of modified code - usually CVS builds, but sometimes just small changes (like the Wiki links) basically just helps the development side of things stay clear :)
CVS is a cool system, i have one for a site i make with others but it doesnt always work as well.
What is 'wiki links' ? :-[
wow i've been puting off upgrading from beta 6 bacause i know nothing about forums! i run mine great but thinking about installation and upgrading hurt my head - but i just did it in 10 mins and there were no problems! well apart from my theme looking a bit strange but i was changing that anyway
congrats for making it so easy on us thickos! lol
is there a general ETA on 1.0 final?
Although an educated guess could mean end of this month/start of january, woo cant wait, oh wait are Simplemachines having a web chat and party like firefox had, that would be pretty cool, what about an IRC chat, ill shut up now :-X
I think it would be fun to take out a full-page ad in the New York Times like Firefox did, but I'm sure that would be quite expensive...
Quote from: Oldiesmann on December 04, 2004, 12:35:02 PM
I think it would be fun to take out a full-page ad in the New York Times like Firefox did, but I'm sure that would be quite expensive...
I'm sure Unknown would be willing to pay :P j/k I wonder how many visitors it'd get though..
Doing that wouldn't exactly be the most targeted advertisement, now would it?
The people you are trying to reach out to are webmasters with online communities from all over the world... a full-page ad in the New York Times will be seen by millions of people, but only in the US... a very very small portion of those viewers are your target group... another, much smaller portion of those people will decide to switch to SMF from that...
Might be fun, but extremely pointless :P
yeah its not really everyone that needs targeted just webmasters, i love that title (self proclaimed) lol. :)
Good point...
What about Slashdot, Freshmeat or Newsforge? I know slashdot lets you submit your own articles, but does anyone know if it's easy to get something published there?
i'm a regular at slashdot and i've submitted 4 articles, none of them where published, but i beleive it may be time for another try.
[unknown], prepare the server to get hit with /.ers, i'm submitting an article :P
I'm afraid I'd much prefer to wait until 1.0's release....
-[Unknown]
ah, well... i wish i'd have read that before i submitted :-[
oh well, chances are my article will be rejected anyways...
for those curious, here is the direct quote of what i submitted:
QuoteFor Thousands of Web Developers like myself, the choices for Forum software have been few and far between, many charge you an Annual fee to use their software, other choices tend to be buggy and/or lack features that would be considered essential to a successful community site, or support forum. Until now the best choice for open source forum software has been the largely touted phpBB
make way for SMF (Simple Machines Forum), a newly established forum system that seems to have the developer strengths(perfectionist code and commenting), and a growing mod community thats ready to challenge phpBB's throne.
sorry for jumping the gun though :-X
*aims gun @ incubusnb*
we will not tolerate such carelessness...
hehe good little segment tho... atleast u didnt submit "crap" lol
Well when something is submitted for the final version, can you post a link so we can comment saying good things, if slashdot even supports such a thing, dunno only used it once before today, also www.hotscripts.com have a listing of many scripts, would the developers or managers or something like to put something there, its a life saver for me (that site).
Quote from: incubusnb on December 05, 2004, 02:55:50 AM
ah, well... i wish i'd have read that before i submitted :-[
oh well, chances are my article will be rejected anyways...
for those curious, here is the direct quote of what i submitted:
QuoteFor Thousands of Web Developers like myself, the choices for Forum software have been few and far between, many charge you an Annual fee to use their software, other choices tend to be buggy and/or lack features that would be considered essential to a successful community site, or support forum. Until now the best choice for open source forum software has been the largely touted phpBB
make way for SMF (Simple Machines Forum), a newly established forum system that seems to have the developer strengths(perfectionist code and commenting), and a growing mod community thats ready to challenge phpBB's throne.
sorry for jumping the gun though :-X
Well at least your heart is in the right place :)
I'm not sure that's the best wording anyway. The article just sort of ends, and doesn't really go anywhere. There should at least be some information about some of the unique features in SMF, integration efforts, and maybe even a blurb about how it's the official board of the Toronto Raptors...
Quote from: Oldiesmann on December 05, 2004, 12:58:28 PM
I'm not sure that's the best wording anyway. The article just sort of ends, and doesn't really go anywhere. There should at least be some information about some of the unique features in SMF, integration efforts, and maybe even a blurb about how it's the official board of the Toronto Raptors...
toronto who?
not very world wide known =P
im from the UK u see ;)
Quote from: Luke Dyson on December 05, 2004, 01:41:29 PM
toronto who?
not very world wide known =P
im from the UK u see ;)
You mean you've never heard of the Raptors (http://www.nba.com/raptors/) ? ? ? ???
Tsk ! :-\
;D
Not until just now i didnt, im another UK'er.
Quote from: Fizzy on December 05, 2004, 02:14:15 PM
Quote from: Luke Dyson on December 05, 2004, 01:41:29 PM
toronto who?
not very world wide known =P
im from the UK u see ;)
You mean you've never heard of the Raptors (http://www.nba.com/raptors/) ? ? ? ???
Tsk ! :-\
;D
Give me a decent team such as...
http://www.nba.com/lakers/
or...
http://www.nba.com/bulls/
and i would of had no problem =P
I don't really keep up with NBA, so I'd never even heard of the Raptors before the person running that board posted in the Showcase board about it...
s'okay, the article was refused(as usual)
Quote from: [Unknown] on December 05, 2004, 02:52:12 AM
I'm afraid I'd much prefer to wait until 1.0's release....
-[Unknown]
Why?
The Raptors must be popular somewhere - their board has only been up for about a month and a half, and already has 1477 members...
Quote from: Burpee on December 05, 2004, 04:55:11 PM
Why?
You wouldn't seriously issue a Press Release for a Beta? Would you ?
Why not? I hardly consider this a beta anymore btw.
I think its more to do with the fact that the first full release is coming out and they just want people to see there best work, but i suppose there arent any critical bugs as we would have been asked to update if there were.
Quote from: Trekkie101 on December 06, 2004, 11:13:11 AM
I think its more to do with the fact that the first full release is coming out and they just want people to see there best work, but i suppose there arent any critical bugs as we would have been asked to update if there were.
but there will still be small bug fixes and minor changes between RC2 and Final. Would you want to find this great recommendation at /. only to have to upgrade the software shortly after? That might not reflect well. Plus, it wouldn't sound well to say "Come to SMF, get our (almost) finished product!" ;)
of course, that isnt' to say we aren't happy to have people using the almost finished product, it's awesome! It's just not the thing to say in a "Press Release"
Theres a few sites im ready to post a message (about 5) advertising SMF, one is a webhost (Netrulon.com) , another is a RPG board (www.sb27fleet.tk) My Site ofcourse (www.t101.shyper.com/place), The E-Zine i started (www.ezine.shyper.com) and a boys football club site, hopefully someone will create a good post that i can just copy as im not that imaginative. Will Simplemachines do a press release message? And is there a list of bugs (Like where they are and what they do thats wrong) Non serious ones obviously that i could look at older copys and try them out. That would be fun.
The only real bugs that have ever stood out (As far as I can remember) tend to be related to new features not working quite right (Like the BBC tag disabling stuff not working in the last release). There has not been a single serious bug in any of the SMF public releases, and I hope we continue like that
Ive used SMF sinse beta 4 and i must say i would have been happy just to stay with it, it was stable and done the job i needed done, but updated just to fix anything that needed fixed and i also hope that all the updates are as good as whats been happening, has there ever been a serious issue, i havent noticed one i must say.
[offtopic]I think this thread is done, RC2 has been out for awhile now. :P[/offtopic]
But this has to be added to, to create a point of reference and an archive of information so that future users may see what the first release was like and see what others thought. :)
Quote from: ryanbsoftware on December 06, 2004, 04:07:50 PM
[offtopic]I think this thread is done, RC2 has been out for awhile now. :P[/offtopic]
not really. It won't be "finished" until SMF v1.0 is released. ;)
well the preview is released to charter members, thats good enough right? :P
RC2 is the latest version I can download.
And I did two days ago, to implement on my test-site.
(So this thread is highly relevant and alive for me ;) )
I hope SMF 1 final arrives soon, so I can use it when my new site goes live.
Quote from: Burpee on December 06, 2004, 10:16:33 AM
Why not? I hardly consider this a beta anymore btw.
Hey Burpee... your avatar looks good... where did you got that?.. thanks
I made it myself :P
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Quote from: webling on January 02, 2005, 09:27:40 AM
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This was a problem with the initial package I'm afraid, we packaged it up wrong :o Could you download a copy of 1.0 off the site ehre and upload the contained copy of ManageBoards.php (Sources directory). Apologies.
It works now, thanks!