OK, v0.8.9.0 is iminent…. still a bit of cleaning up to do, but it should be out within the next 24 - 48 hours.

Due to time constraints, and the sheer volume of other features/fixes included, I have had to drop per-user categoris and blogroll for this release — they will be coming soon!

The changes v0.8.9.0 brings are:

• NEW: Templates automatically re-jigged to suit per-user blogs
• NEW: A fancy list showing details of each users’ blogs can be automatically installed as a homepage
• NEW: Built-in method provided to put latest WordPress posts on an external page. Example add-on included for Smartor’s ezPortal.
• NEW: Tags provided so you can put avatars in your WordPress templates: wpu_get_avatar_commenter, wpu_avatar_poster & wpu_avatar_user
• NEW: WordPress posts (including excerpts & titles) can be optionally passed through the phpBB word censor
• NEW: Option provided to align phpBB & WordPress character encoding (i.e. ISOxxx vs UTF-8 ), to ensure the blog displays properly on an integrated page.
• Author details now checked and updated when they are changed in phpBB, not every time blog.php is visited
• WP-United Connection still installs when case differences exist in pathnames on Windows servers (should make it easier for Windows people to install).
• Check added to prevent path detection from working when an external URL is provided
• User blog homepages now use the home template (previously was Author Archive)
• Prev/Next posts links only lead to posts by the same author when users can have own blogs
• Link in template header automatically re-pointed to the right place on individual users’ blogs
• Version numbering moved to database to allow for automatic version checking/updates
• FIXED All RSS feeds now really work and produce compliant XML on an integrated page.
• FIXED: WordPress database error on new post when certain options are set
• FIXED: Fatal error in footer of Wizard Step 5
• FIXED: path/uri tests in Setup Wizard fail without warning when cURL is unavailable (thanks Paul999!)

And several other fixes/changes too small to document here.