WP-United v0.8.5 Released!

Filed under: Release Announcements — Jhong at 5:21 pm on Thursday, February 25, 2010

I’m delighted to announce the release of WP-United v0.8.5. This release is a snapshot of the changes that have taken place in WP-United over the past few weeks: There are a few new features and options, and plenty of bug fixes. I wanted to release these changes beore focusing on the bigger changes coming in v0.9.

Visit the download page to get the latest version. Upgrade instructions are included.

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WP-United User Manual: Help Needed!

Filed under: Release Announcements — Jhong at 5:46 pm on Saturday, February 13, 2010

Hi everyone. Continuing the topic of “how you can help”, if you are unable to donate, but have a little bit of free time, please feel free to download and update a bit of the WP-United user manual.

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Follow us on Twitter

Filed under: Following Us, Release Announcements — Jhong at 11:36 am on Tuesday, February 9, 2010

This site will be redesigned soon — at that point I will give in to the Web 2.0 bandwagon, and spray some social networking buttons onto the site.

However, in the meantime, to stay up-to-date with WP-United developments and releases, follow us on twitter: #wpunited .

You can also find WP-United on Facebook: Search for WP-United and become a fan!

WP-United v0.8.4 released!

Filed under: Release Announcements — Jhong at 3:28 am on Saturday, February 6, 2010

v0.8.4 is here, and brings a few bug fixes and improvements.

Get it from the downloads page. To upgrade from v0.8.x, simply copy over all the new files in /root, and then purge your phpBB cache. For upgrading from older versions, or installing fresh, please see the README included.

  • NEW: auto-installer replaces the manual wpu-installer.php
  • Fixed comments closed for global announcements when they shouldn’t be.
  • Fixed unreliable display of comment date/time
  • Added better error catching for when WP-United isn’t installed properly
  • Fixed timezone of cross-posts
  • Improved BBCode & magic URL checking in cross posts
  • Fixed errors with user blogs list, and improved login_userinfo template tag
  • Fixed username incorrect when editing cross-posted posts
  • Fixed integration error message after updating password or username under some circumstances
  • .. and a few other bug fixes too dull to list here.

Happy blogging!

WP-United v0.8.3 released!

Filed under: Release Announcements — Jhong at 10:21 pm on Friday, January 29, 2010

WP-United v0.8.3 is now ready for download. This release fixes all reported bugs outstanding or reported since v0.8.2, and with luck will be one of the last and most stable releases in the v0.8 branch.

To upgrade from v0.8.x, just upload the full fileset from root/ to your forum root, clear the phpBB cache and run the Setup Wizard all the way through again. Don’t forget to copy over your blog.php, and – if the Setup Wizard doesn’t do it for you – the wpu-plugin.php plugin file.

To upgrade from earlier versions, follow the relevant upgrade file included in the contrib/ folder, and follow these instructions.

What’s new?

  • Fixed comments trying to get cross-posted details when empty
  • Fixed default WP avatar broken
  • Fixed avatar syncing for integrated users
  • Fixed RSS feeds not showing correctly for WordPress-in-phpBB
  • Various fixes for when phpBB Gzip is active
  • More plugin fixes… fixes
  • Fixed comment links on non-cross-posted comments
  • Editing cross-posts that have become sticky or announcements now preserves their status
  • Fixed missing options and display glitches in the user mapping tool
  • … and more

WP-United v0.8.2 released!

Filed under: Release Announcements — Jhong at 12:43 am on Tuesday, January 26, 2010

I’m pleased to announce the release of WP-United v0.8.2. This fixes a number of bugs discovered since the release of 0.8.1, and includes several improvements.

To upgrade from v0.8.x, just upload the full fileset from root/ to your forum root, clear the phpBB cache and run the Setup Wizard all the way through again. Don’t forget to copy over your blog.php, and – if the Setup Wizard doesn’t do it for you – the wpu-plugin.php plugin file.

To upgrade from earlier versions, follow the relevant upgrade file included in the contrib/ folder, and follow these instructions.

Read on to find out what’s new:
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WP-United v0.8.1 released!

Filed under: Release Announcements, phpBB3 — Jhong at 1:20 am on Wednesday, January 20, 2010

WP-United v0.8.1 contains fixes for bugs reported in the forum since the release of v0.8.0, including regressions in avatar support, and a permissions bug that prevented posting follow-up comments.
In addition, 20 minor other bugs are fixed.

Upgrading from v0.8.0 is easy — you just need to copy over the new files, purge the cache, and run the Setup Wizard again (an upgrade.xml file is included with details instructions).

If you are upgrading from v0.7x or earlier, see these instructions.

WP-United v0.8.0 RC2 released!

Filed under: Release Announcements, phpBB3 — Jhong at 3:44 am on Monday, January 18, 2010

I’m delighted to announce – at last – the release of WP-United v0.8.0, our second release candidate.

This release – which has been "almost ready" for almost six months – is finally here, and represents a huge code overhaul, and many significant changes and additions. as part of this, the majority of WP-United code has been rewritten.

Here are some of the highlights:
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v0.8 coming soon — and server move in progress

Filed under: Release Announcements — Jhong at 11:20 pm on Monday, December 28, 2009

I had promised v0.8 by Christmas — and it really is, very nearly ready. I just need a few more days to complete the finishing touches and do some final testing. If you are waiting for it, I encourage you to download it from our SVN server at http://www.wp-united.com/svn and test it out.

Meanwhile, wp-united.com will be moving servers from tomorrow. This shouldn’t take more than a few hours, and I’ll post more details here once the move is in progress.

Thinking of helping develop for WP-United? Check out the Build Environment

Filed under: Release Announcements — Jhong at 5:00 am on Saturday, December 5, 2009

If you are interested in testing or modifying WP-United code, you should check out the WP-United Build Environment. I have just updated it to use the latest phpBB and WordPress.

WP-United Build Environment

WP-United Build Environment

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