What's new in SMF 2.0 Beta 4?

[Nao 尚]

Which one is easier to operate from admin point of view and forum member point of view.

2.0, by far... But it still has its issues. If it works for you then great.

[Nao 尚]

Niët niët kapûtskï kebàl.

[Nao 尚]

Swüpdalõn?

[ccbtimewiz]

Note to self, Nao can speak Maltese.

[babjusi]

Long live Google

[Nao 尚]

Note to self, Nao can speak Maltese.

えぇ？何だってこれ、一体？

[Nao 尚]

What's the policy with trolls? Account removal, at the very least?

[metallica48423]

warning, first.

[chapter79]

Hello.
I'm testing version 2.0 beta 4 on a test forum before I install it on my main forum - however I've noticed two things.
I upgraded from version 1.1.6 to 1.1.7 then to 2.0 all is well, accept the theme I use is a little off, but that's to be expected since it's not updated. No problem I thought. However I noticed these two things.

1. The packages function doesn't seem to want to upload a whole file (just separate ones) Is this normal since I haven't tried to upload any mods on my current stable board?  How best do I install a mod via 2.0?

2. When I go to CONFIGURATION  and FEATURES AND OPTIONS. I'm meant with some rather lovely icons. But that's it. They aren't clickable and there is no writing next to them? Your thoughts on this are appreciated.


Thank you so much. 

[chapter79]

O.k so I changed the theme twice and found on both themes (one which was specific to this version) I had the FEATURES & OPTIONS on and off buttons viewable next to the icons. So in that respect it was possible a theme issue. However  there is nothing that says what what these features do if they are switched off and on?

The PACKAGES issue is still the same, although I now can't even see an upload button with the default theme.

Open to suggestions. 

[青山 素子]

chapter79, check your language settings. You should see all the language strings jsut fine with the "Core" (default) theme and plain English. If you are using a different language, including a UTF8 variant, you need to download the updated language files.

For further help, open a topic in the correct support board.

[chapter79]

Thank you. English is set as default. I will indeed open a new help topic shortly.

[chapter79]

Motoko-chan I'm sorry you were correct although the way it was explained threw me. I found the solution here another member posted http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=270244.0
Thanks again.

[synicfan]

Hi there!

I have a question. I know this latest release is still in beta testing and all...
and I know most likely you will respond with "since this is still in beta testing, we would not recommend this for a production site"...
but I was wondering, since its beta 4, and I really think a lot of the new functionality in 2.0 is worth upgrading, is there any major concerns with using this version on my production site?

Thanks.

[青山 素子]

If you aren't capable of handling fixes for bugs that pop up, then don't use it. If you can handle pre-release stuff, you are welcome to use it.

[Nao 尚]

I'd say 99% of it is usable...
If you find a bug, you can always report it. Chances are someone will give you a fix soon enough if you're unwilling to wait for the following release.

There are a few dozens bugs waiting for a fix on the bug tracker, but one thing has to be taken into consideration as well: SMF 1.x has just as many outstanding bugs, and they're likely not to be fixed at all... (Sometimes I report a bug that's both in v1 and v2, and it gets fixed only in v2 because it's not enough of a big deal. I would do that myself anyway. But I'm a sucker for latest betas so...)

[synicfan]

I'd say 99% of it is usable...
If you find a bug, you can always report it. Chances are someone will give you a fix soon enough if you're unwilling to wait for the following release.

There are a few dozens bugs waiting for a fix on the bug tracker, but one thing has to be taken into consideration as well: SMF 1.x has just as many outstanding bugs, and they're likely not to be fixed at all... (Sometimes I report a bug that's both in v1 and v2, and it gets fixed only in v2 because it's not enough of a big deal. I would do that myself anyway. But I'm a sucker for latest betas so...)

If you aren't capable of handling fixes for bugs that pop up, then don't use it. If you can handle pre-release stuff, you are welcome to use it.

Thank you very much. that is the type of info I was looking for. I appreciate it.

[searchgr]

i read that smf 2.0 final will be release in final days of this year...am i right?

That is a goal, it isn't a firm date.

Any news?

[青山 素子]

It is still being worked on and the developers are squashing some tricky bugs.

[HecKel]

But it will be directly to the Final version or should we expect some RC first?