SMF 2.0 Beta 3 Public Released!

[karlbenson]

The SEO is much the same as 1.1.x.  Works fine with search engines.
(Although IIRC I think a couple of extra duplicate content pages had noindex set on them).

[benjam]

So how do we get the new theme?  I really like the look of the SMF forums and would like to see this theme included in the next beta release.

[shadow82x]

So how do we get the new theme?  I really like the look of the SMF forums and would like to see this theme included in the next beta release.

This has been said so many times already...

The theme changes have not been made in beta3 yet. In a future beta/RC they may be made.

[rsw686]

Is this only about the query rewriting?
You do realize you can replace most of them with a simple search/replace?
You could even bypass the security system ({string:something}) if you're confident your security is good enough, by using a special parameter in place of "__FILE__, __LINE__" (again, simple search & replace).

I realize it is a simple find and replace. However whats the point of the added security 2.0 has if you bypass it? I would want to code it to take advantage of it. There would probably have to be changes to where the admin interface for it shows.

Seems to look good, although I can't install it on my boards (most of them are already using SMF2, and one of them is a very old 1.1 rc2). Will have to see. Would you like me to do a quick attempt at converting the mod? It could be an incentive for me to start doing my own custom code based on yours.

Feel free to convert it. If you get it working just give me credit somewhere.

I still think a better move would be to improve the built-in fields. This would make more sense than having duplicated code. I do hate the fact that the built in fields clutter up the themes table. I don't think that was the best move.

The downside to the separate table is it makes multiple database queries when showing forum posts. There really needs to be a better cache system implemented than my rudimentary static variable. Mine only caches for that specific page load. It needs to take use of the SMF cache system and hold the data for multiple page loads.

[rsw686]

The SEO is much the same as 1.1.x.  Works fine with search engines.
(Although IIRC I think a couple of extra duplicate content pages had noindex set on them).

I had implemented meta tags and pages titles like vbulletin uses on my 1.1.4 forum. When I upgraded I packaged it up into a mod for 2.0. Feel free to use it

http://wgnrs.dynalias.com/smf2/metatags_1.0.zip

[JayBachatero]

Custom profile fields have always been stored in the themes table.  It just didn't have an interface to add them.  We did look into moving them outside the themes table but it turned out to be better leaving them in there.

[SleePy]

The purpose is to remove redundancy and make sure when we are inserting it, we are expecting it to be the input type.

Before a input variable might of been cleaned, cleaned again, dirtied, cleaned, then dirtied again. All this work just to get things how we needed them. Now they are left how they are and only treated when we are going to use them. So this means they are cleaned on input. This really helps SMF remove unneeded work. Repeating yourself and doing wasteful work is not efficient.

The security override option is just that, an option. If you are cleaning everything you put in. Then you don't need the security override option. I have only used the security override once. I plan on updating the script as well to remove that need.

[kizer]

I must say I've honestly not played at all with 2.0 even as a charter member. I was curious and became a charter member knowing that some day I would give it a whirl. Welp its public and now I feel like a slacker. hahahaha

I guess I'll have to give it a try on another server so I can compare 2.0 and 1.1.4. Im really excited about the emailer system.

Thanks everybody and thanks for the hours and hours of work.

[Omega X]

Kudos to the devs.  SMF 2.0 adds a lot of things I've been looking for.

[idkdell]

can some one jive a demo of smf 2.0?  like a demo with the admin cp and everything?

[Nao 尚]

I realize it is a simple find and replace. However whats the point of the added security 2.0 has if you bypass it?

Oh, it's only for speeding up the conversion process. When it's ready, and it works, you have all the time you need to do a proper conversion, line by line.

I would want to code it to take advantage of it. There would probably have to be changes to where the admin interface for it shows.

Yeah, from my experience in converting mods to SMF2, the admin area changes were the most annoying.

Feel free to convert it. If you get it working just give me credit somewhere.

Oh, I'd never release a mod under my name. I'd just send you the converted code.

The downside to the separate table is it makes multiple database queries when showing forum posts.

Of course, there's also a third solution (which is what I'm going to use) -- never use these extra profile fields in the Display template. Only show them in the Profile templates. That way, it's perfectly logical to have them in a separate table. While "embedded" profile fields (for Display template) could use the default SMF2 behavior.

There really needs to be a better cache system implemented than my rudimentary static variable.

Also, I like using serialize/unserialize on an array to get everything into one place. (Thanks to eldacar for the tip on this practice )

[Eliana Tamerin]

can some one jive a demo of smf 2.0?  like a demo with the admin cp and everything?

Why don't you just install it onto a localhost on your computer? Download a program (google them) like WAMP or EasyPHP or XAMPP/XAMPPlite and then just put SMF 2.0 on your own computer to test it out?

There has never been a demo ACP for smf because, well, it's free software. (I was corrected, see below.) You can just put it up on your own site or localhost and test it out. The only reason software like vbulletin and IPB have it is because, otherwise, you have no idea what you're getting as you buy it.

[Gary]

There has never been a demo ACP for smf because, well, it's free software.

Actually, there has.

http://www.simplemachines.org/support/demo/

[Eliana Tamerin]

* Eliana Tamerin bites her tongue.

Well, the suggestion still remains. It'd be easier for you to simply test it out on your own system than for SMF to provide a working demo with the right restrictions to ensure that the demo remained available and working.

[Joe114]

This is very nice. Does anyone know when it will be out of beta?

[shadow82x]

This is very nice. Does anyone know when it will be out of beta?

When all the reported bugs are fixed. (aka 2012)

[Joe114]

This is very nice. Does anyone know when it will be out of beta?

When all the reported bugs are fixed. (aka 2012)

I see, lets find the bugs fast then!

[Trinny]

Outstanding. I'm really impressed.

Of course I'd never run a Beta on my forum, but I've set up a test site on my localhost and I've spent hours messing around with it. What I like best is the paid subscriptions feature, and many of the mods that I currently use are already features on 2.0 which saves me a ton of work, for which I am forever in your debt.

Of course I'm forgiven for having itchy palms at the thought of new themes for this baby

Very well done, and thank you so much for your efforts.

[asashnov]

Is I can now specify xmpp/jabber/GTalk in my profile?

[MultiformeIngegno]

Mmh... Why the default theme installed in the released beta is different from the one installed here?