If you are testing WP-United v0.8 (on a non-live webserver, of course), I have just checked in a large number of updates, that fix several show-stopper bugs.

Please update to the latest version by updating from http://www.wp-united.com/svn/trunk . However, please note that several changes have been made to the install.xml file — the number of code edits is significantly reduced.

For testing, I recommend testing on a virgin forum, but if you want to update your existing test v0.8 installation, please follow the directions in the latest contrib/../upgrade.xml file — in particular, the parts that get you to look for previous WP-United code edits and ask you to remove them.

People who don’t want to set their server on fire will still need to wait for the final release of v0.8 — as always, it should be soon. However, if you do have time to test and report bugs on a development server, it would be much appreciated.

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

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Sorry for once again having “real work” taking over my life. WP-United is till very much alive, and I hope to be able to release v0.8 before Christmas.

I do, however, still need help with the forums — thank you to those who are already moderating and helping out with queries. Any more help is much appreciated.

I have a bit of holiday coming my way, and hope to be able to use it to ensure WP-United stays on track, and get around to providing some support services. In the meantime, do not hesitate to check out v0.8 from http://www.wp-united.com/svn and let me know how it goes.

John

As promised, WP-United v0.8 is now available for preview.

This is a beta release intended for final testing before release, and is not intended for production sites.

If all goes well, the final v0.8 (RC2) will be released within the week.

I must apologise for the delay in putting this up — as usual, life has been busy.

There are two new features in particular I would like feedback on: The new automatic template integration (CSS Magic & Template Voodoo), and the new “plugin workarounds” option.

To get hold of the new version, please check it out from our SVN repository, here .

It’s been a busy few weeks, but I have been able to do a lot of work on the exciting next release of WP-United.

The integration code has been reworked from the ground-up, with the aim of simplifying the code, while incorporating an exciting new automatic template integration system.

I will have a preview available later today or tomorrow for you to download and test out. In the meantime, I wanted to introduce the new template system — what it is, and how it works, along with some screenshots

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I’m back from my trip, and a beginning to focus on WP-United again

Currently I’m working on the code base for v2.8, and I’m making some good progress. In addition to the new automatic template integration, I have now rewritten the integration code and caching system to make it more efficient.

If all goes according to plan, I’ll be looking at a release towards the end of this month.

I still have to get back into the forum, and answer some of the posts that are stacking up. I will do this from next week. Until then, I’m keen to devote my time on the WP-United code without any distractions

Over the last week or two, I’ve had less time to devote to WP-United. Partially due to work commitments, but also because I’m preparing for the upcomng solar eclipse on 22 July. (I’ve been busy preparing software that will automatically photograph the eclipse).

After next week, things should be back to normal, and I can then turn my attentions back to WP-United v0.8. In the meantime, please do read through the WP-United User Manual, and make use of the search function in the forums for installation shupport.

I’ll be back soon — hopefully with some good photos

I’m pleased to announce the first draft of the WP-United User Manual.

This will soon be available with all downloads of WP-United, and should be useful reading for both new and existing users of WP-United.

There is still more to add — it is a work in progress. When it is completed, it will form the basis of a new wiki here at WP-United.com. In the meantime, you are free to edit or add to it.

Get the WP-United User Manual here.

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I’ll be on the phpBB Weekly live podcast this weekend at 16:00 UTC this Saturday (27 June) to discuss WP-United.

Be sure to come along and ask questions if you’re interested. Hopefully I won’t be too boring You can listen and participate live at www.phpbbweekly.net.

I’m pleased to announce an updated release of WP-United. This is a stability release — it fixes several bugs uncovered since the release of v0.7.0, and works with the newly released WordPress 2.8.

It also includes one new feature hotly requested in the forums — you can choose to have comments for posts cross-posted from WordPress to phpBB automatically closed, and a link added to the forum thread.

The full changelog is:

• NEW: Auto-linking of cross-posted posts’ comments to the forum.
• FIXED: Error with WordPress 2.8 final
• FIXED: (regression) List of forums with cross-posting permissions not correct in wp-admin
• FIXED: posts not cross-posting if post is first saved as a draft
• FIXED: Couple of mistakes in install.xml causing errors in AutoMod
• FIXED: Regression in session invocation was causing autologin to stop workig with some setups
• FIXED: Some plugins caused widgets to be executed in wp-admin, where wp-united widgets aren’t designed to run, causing errors.

As always, you can download the latest version of WP-United on our Download Page.

[EDIT -- Oops, download link fixed!]