Vikingboard

It’s been over a year since the last release of Vikingboard, and from the outside, there don’t seem to have happened much since then. Wrong. While we haven’t released a new version or made any big announcement, we’ve been happily hacking away at the source code all the time, working towards the next big release. And here it is. Vikingboard 0.2 Beta is now released, get it here.

Vikingboard 0.2 brings with it a lot of changes, way too many to be described here in detail. Some changes are at the core of Vikingboard and are probably only recognized (and much appreciated) by those hacking away at the source code, but some changes - like the new snazzy interface - is more obvious. A short list of changes is shown below:

• Rewritten database driver, cache system and session/user handler
• A new, more visually appealing design
• Theme and language selection on a per-user basis
• A custom error handler has been added
• Basic topic moderation options has been added (open/close and sticky/unstick)
• Custom BBCode
• Passwords are now seeded

A bunch of other usability improvements as well as security improvements (too many to mention) is included. The Vikingboard development team is confident that Vikingboard 0.2 marks the entry into direct competition with the other big discussion board solutions out there, while still representing something different.

Note that this is a Beta release, and will have bugs (both known and unknown), so we don’t recommend using this on production sites. We would still appreciate if you took the time to download and test Vikingboard 0.2 Beta, and then report back any bugs or annoyances you encounter. Remember to read the list of known bugs (located in the download archive) before submitting a bug report.

If you discover any bugs in this release, please submit a bug report at the Bugtracker, including info about what platform/OS you are running Vikingboard on, and what version of PHP and MySQL you are using.

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