Well, I promised a v0.6.5 this week, but with help from Japgalaxy, we have so many new features and bug fixes in this release, that a point-release was no longer appropriate. As such, I’m delighted to bring you… WP-United v0.7.0!

This version brings a slew of new features and fixes:

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I’ve just upgraded the site — at long last — to WordPress 2.7.1, latest phpBB3, and latest WP-United.

EDIT: It was such a long time since we cleaned ship, some of the phpBB files had crusted over, preventing some users from being able to log in — after a bit of spring cleaning this morning, things are back to normal!

This also allowed me to iron out a few final issues with the about-to-be-released WP-United v0.6.5. We should be close to a release soon.

I am — finally — putting the finishing touches on WP-United v0.6.5. This new official release will be compatible with WordPress 2.7 and 2.8 (and all older versions!), and will fix a few known issues.

I hope to have it released before WP 2.8 goes final.

if you would like to test it in advance of the release, please post here.

WP-United lives on thanks to you

Many apologies for not posting here for such a long time. WP-United development has been stalled for the past year while I have had to attend with personal life — a new job, and more recently, the financial crisis.

The current version of WP-United up on the download page here is out of date — it will need a few changes in order to work with the latest versions of phpBB3 and WordPress. The good news is that, thanks to the power of open source, and resourceful users, WP-United lives on!

You can find the latest version of WP-United here at nitemarecafe.com.

Help needed!

I apologise for not being able to answer support questions on the forum. However, I would like this site to continue as a useful resource, and intend to return to active WP-United maintenance, provided I have some help.

WP-United is big enough to warrant being managed and developed as a community, so, in the meantime, I am looking for:

• Developers — If you have been keeping WP-united up-to-date yourselves, I would like to have your patches submitted against the WP-United SVN tree here. Please contact me for commit privileges.
• One or two forum moderators — people who are already active on the forums, and would enjoy helping people out where necessary. These people could also field their own support/installation services if they wanted to, via the support section of this site. Even though I can’t visit as often as I would like, I hope that they can still facilitate support and user interaction.

If you are able to help in either of the above roles, please post in the comments to this blog post.

Server move

Finally, in order to keep this site alive, I will be migrating it to a new server in the coming days. For a short period, the blog and forums will be locked, to ensure the process goes smoothly. Everything, including the URL, will be the same after the move.

[Update: The server move is now complete -- if you are reading this update, then welcome to the new server! If you spot any problems, please add a comment to this blog entry]

Happy blogging!

John