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MyBB 1.4 Released

Published by DennisTT August 4th, 2008 in MyBB 1.4.x. Closed

MyBB 1.4 has been released this past weekend! Go get it! This major feature release introduces many cool features such as a redesigned Admin CP, a new Mod CP, warning system, PostgreSQL/SQLite support, and many other great features. Which one is your favourite?

We’re back

Published by DennisTT January 30th, 2008 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

We’re back. Sorry about the downtime. Hopefully this won’t happen again.

MyBB Will Drop Support For PHP 4

Published by DennisTT November 19th, 2007 in MyBB Development. 1 Comment

As PHP6 is around the corner and PHP5 has been released for over three years, PHP is officially discontinuing development of their 4.4.x branch at the end of this year except to patch critical security issues.

In tandem with this, the MyBB Group will be dropping support for PHP4 for the next feature release (i.e., 1.6.0 or 2.0.0) coming in 2008. Some new features that PHP5 has provided are much better OOP features, a “MySQL-Improved” extension and many new built-in functions. Many of these new features are not backwards-compatible with PHP4 which meant that the MyBB Group had to find ways to allow both versions of PHP to return the same result.

With the termination of PHP4 support, MyBB developers can fully capture and utilize the “new” (not really since PHP5 is 3 years old) features that were released in PHP5 without having to worry about backward-compatibility. Thus, the MyBB code can be more streamlined and show improved performance.

Of course this move comes with a price: MyBB users on web hosts with PHP4 will not be able to use newer versions of MyBB (after 1.4.x).

MyBB isn’t the only PHP application going in this direction. See GoPHP5 for a listing of other projects taking part in this motion.

Do you think this move is a good idea? Does your host still use PHP4? Leave your comments

MyBB 1.2.10 is in beta

Published by DennisTT November 10th, 2007 in MyBB 1.2.x. 0 Comments

The MyBB Group has started beta testing MyBB 1.2.10, the next maintenance release in the MyBB 1.2.x branch. The lucky few have already been selected. It is unknown whether or not there will be subsequent “rounds” of beta testing since this is a minor release.

MyBB 1.2.10 fixes the bugs since the last maintenance release. It will be the last scheduled maintenance release before MyBB 1.4.0, the major upgrade that everybody has been anxiously waiting for.

So expect to see MyBB 1.2.10 being released soon, marking one step closer to MyBB 1.4.0

10 Reasons Why One Chose MyBB

Published by DennisTT July 27th, 2007 in MyBB 1.2.x. 5 Comments

labrocca, an active user at the MyBB Community Forums came up with a list of 10 (actually 11) reasons why he chose to convert from vBulletin to MyBB. Here’s what he posted (slightly edited):

1. vB isn’t free (obvious one I know)
2. vB skinning is difficult and often good skins cost money
3. vB has a bloated system and you can’t remove parts you don’t need
4. vB upgrading is an incredible hassle while MyBB has a near perfect upgrade system
5. MyBB has an excellent plugin system that if used properly requires no core file changes
6. Tikitiki is cool
7. MyBB has been steadily advancing it’s code base for resource efficiency
8. MyBB requirements are less than vB allowing for smaller sites to thrive on cheap hosts
9. AJAX features…yes I know vB has some too but MyBB uses them with efficiency and sensability
10. Quick learning curve and vB is a nightmare to understand. There are dozens of settings in vB that are plain ridiculous
11. Fast easy install…yes you do this normally just once but MyBB makes it really easy

Now in turn I ask you, what made you choose MyBB over another bulletin board software?

MyBB 1.2.9

Published by DennisTT July 10th, 2007 in MyBB 1.2.x. 0 Comments

The MyBB Group has released MyBB 1.2.9 to address two high risk security vulnerabilities. It is recommended to update to 1.2.9 immediately.

If you haven’t noticed the MyBB Group has also started to provide plugins to patch the security vulnerabilities. Easy huh?

The latest package, and the most up to date upgrade information can be found on the official MyBB website.

“Multi-Quote Posting, Quick Edit, Easy Profile Editing, Cool Away System, Easy To Use”

Published by DennisTT July 6th, 2007 in MyBB 1.2.x. 0 Comments

Are you wondering what users have to say about MyBB? shadow82x posted a short review of MyBB on the MyBB Community Forums.

The review emphasizes the ease of use MyBB offers especially for setup and the front end, however, the Admin Control Panel was found to be daunting at first. Overall shadow82x was impressed with MyBB.

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Last Post Wins Complete!

Published by DennisTT June 24th, 2007 in MyBB Community and Contests. 1 Comment

Congratulations to tmhai who won the Last One to Post Wins contest thread on the MyBB Community Forums. The winning message was posted on June 23 2:56AM PDT and the next message was posted on June 24 2:40AM PDT.

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PHPDocs and PHPXref for MyBB

Published by DennisTT June 21st, 2007 in MyBB Fans, MyBB 1.2.x and Resources. 0 Comments

If you are a developer of plugins or modifications for MyBB, or you are studying the MyBB code for fun, two resources may be of use to you.

PHPDocs

The generated PHPDocs provided by MyBB Central is a quick and easy way to find out the description of a particular function, its parameters, and the file in which the function is defined. The PHPDocs also give an overview of each class listing what variables and methods are in each.

PHPXref

The documentation generated from the PHPXref takes PHPDocs up a notch. This is provided both by MyBB Fans and by MyBBoard.de. You will be able to find the same function listing and description (by clicking Function List at the top of the index page, selecting a function, and then clicking the filename under “Definition”), the class listing and description (by clicking Class List at the top of the index page, selecting a class, then clicking the filename under “Definition”). However, PHPXref can go far beyond that.

In any function documentation, you will see a “X-Ref” link. Clicking on it will lead you to a list of locations where the function is used. Clicking on the line number on any of these “references”, you will be shown the exact line within the source code of the page where it is used. This is beneficial if you are looking for an example of how to utilize a function or class.

PHPXref also comes with a handy search function which lets you quickly find the information page for a particular class, function, variable or constant. The search can be found at the top-right of each page. The downside of this is that you must know the exact name of what you are looking for, or else the server will spit out an ugly error 404 message.

However, PHPXref also is extremely helpful if you are just browsing the MyBB code. If you notice on the left frame, there is an interactive file listing. Clicking on any file will show you an overview of the file, and anything it defines. Clicking on the “Source View” page will bring you to the actual source code of the page. Of course it is syntax-highlighted and all that, but if you hover over any function or constant, a popup will show you a description (if it is a function), where it is defined, and where it is referenced. Clicking on variables will show you a listing of where the variables are defined and referenced, as we’ve seen before.

PHPDocs and PHPXref go hand in hand if you are interested in the MyBB source code. PHPDocs provides simple documentation for functions and classes, and PHPXref provides you with further information on where things are defined and referenced.

Updates for the Theming Contest, Release Date Contest and MyBB Directory

Published by DennisTT June 7th, 2007 in MyBB Fans and Contests. 1 Comment

We have seen many great threads in the Theming contest forum, and since many people may be having exams in June, the MyBB Fans team has decided that the deadline of the MyBB 1.2 Theming Contest be extended to July 31 2007. For those of you unfamiliar with the contest, we have 5 prizes up to $100 to give to the best five themes created in the theming contest. It is not too late to enter! See the contest section for more information about the contest.

Our “Guess When MyBB 1.4 Will Be Released” is still ongoing. We currently have just under 50 guesses submitted to the contest, so odds of winning are still pretty high compared to other lotteries and stuff out there In addition we are adding two additional guesses for each user, so every user will have a total of five uneditable guesses in the contest. See the contest section for more information about this contest.

Now an update about the MyBB Directory we have on our website: We are currently beta-testing a plugin script to grab statistics off of your forums. This should allow forums which are using a non-English language pack by default, or have modified their English language pack or templates to have their statistics on the directory. To get the plugin, please see this post.

You will be seeing some more interesting content on MyBB Fans in the coming weeks, including our launch a new feature on our site and it starts with the letter “p” (can you guess what it is?). We are also arranging for previews of MyBB 1.4 with the MyBB team, so get yourself ready for that!

We wish you a great day and good luck on the contests,