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Title: Dare I try SMF RC 2.0?
Post by: digiSal on March 09, 2010, 12:25:47 am

I am sure it will break this theme that I love so much.

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=369616.0

Highlights of this release include:

• Several security-related fixes.
  Better compatibility with RTL languages.
  Added curvy headers to loads of tables throughout SMF for the best Curve experience.
  Fine-tuned conversation view in the personal messages section.
  Improved read tracking of topics; e.g. topics are now marked as read by pages, to allow easier resuming of reading.
  Several tweaks to the WYSIWYG editor; now automatically disabled on mobile devices.
  Post screens (new topic, etc) are center aligned again.
  Buttons are now aligned much more consistently throughout SMF.
  Row color alternation to most of the tables in the administrative areas.
  Redesigned profile statistics centre.
  Fixed install and upgrade script for PostgreSQL.
  Updated help section.
  Revamped SSI examples page.
  Rephrasing of several error messages.
  Improvements to the package manager's archive extraction algorithm.
  Toggling of full size versions of resized images.
  Altered styling for quotes and code blocks

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Title: Re: Dare I try SMF RC 2.0?
Post by: Weave on March 13, 2010, 09:26:30 pm

I always hated upgrading - I was a doofus and when I had my YaBB I hard coded things - such as using text links instead of graphic buttons because I was still on dialup and I wanted the board to be fast. All my coding would pop and I'd have to do it again. I finally installed a stock board at one point and I think I zorched previous posts.

I always looked for a thread based system that would just maintain 500 or 1000 threads and then self-zorch the oldest from there. My forums are dead - I used robots.txt to keep search engines out so that I could keep the membership to word of mouth. Except when Jason Scott showed up (from textfiles.com (http://www.textfiles.com/)) - a celebrity!

BTW - his video series on BBS's from back in the day, and it was really interesting.

Title: Re: Dare I try SMF RC 2.0?
Post by: digiSal on March 15, 2010, 01:42:29 am

upgrading this SMF board is very easy. there is an upgrade button in the admin area. but upgrading to 2.0 will require me to up load some ftp files. no big deal.

i remember when Jason Scott showed up. very cool mang!