PHPBB2 News - Version 2.2 Soon to be Released

In a recent interview with James Atkinson, a founder of phpBB discusses what is in the works for the next version release. He states that the new version 2.2 is soon to be released. phpBB 2.2 should further improve administration functionality, while adding popular new features to make the product even stronger. With the release of version 2.2, the phpBB development team will start development of a portal based around the core features of product. This portal project will likely help phpBB gain even more popularity among the Webmaster community.

More on the Interview at the Band of Gonzos Forum - Sneak Peak at phpBB2 Version 2.2 Release Features

phpBB is a high powered, fully scalable, and highly customisable open-source bulletin board package. phpBB has a user-friendly interface, simple and straightforward administration panel, and helpful FAQ. Based on the powerful PHP server language and your choice of MySQL, MS-SQL, PostgreSQL or Access/ODBC database servers, phpBB is the ideal free community solution for all web sites.

The phpBB are a group of individuals based internationally who believe in opensource software. The project has been stable since its creation in June 2000 without changes in licencing, leadership or corporate associations. The goals remain unchanged and clear, to continue developing and supporting a stable, free, opensource forum system.

Today, phpBB is one of the most popular boards on the Internet, powering communities of thousands of sites. Unlike most available scripts, phpBB is open source, and is provided for free under the GPL. It serves as a great example of a successful open source project, functioning just as well as, if not better than, its commercial counterparts.

While phpBB boasts impressive features and great performance, one of the biggest advantages is its helpful community. The product has established a great following, which guarantees that experienced help is only a quick search away.



Gallery v1.4.3 Release Candidate 1 Available

SourceForge has just announced that Gallery v1.4.3 Release Candidate 1 is now available.

Gallery is a web based software product that lets you manage your photos on your own website. With Gallery you can easily create and maintain albums of photos via an intuitive interface. The software offers integration for popular software such as phpBB2, GeekLog, Mambo Server, and NSNuke.

Photo management includes automatic thumbnail creation, image resizing, rotation, ordering, captioning, searching and more. Albums can have read, write and caption permissions per individual authenticated user for an additional level of privacy. You can also give accounts to your friends and family and let them upload and manage their own photos on your website!

This is the second *release candidate* for Gallery v1.4.3. which fixes some issues with watermarking and also includes the Java applets was left out of the previous release.

Short summary of revisions:

• Lots of bug fixes, minor feature enhancements, and increased security
  
• Gallery works when register_globals is turned off
  
• GeekLog, phpBB2, Mambo Server, and NSNnuke integration
  
• Image watermarking
  
• Fullscreen fit-to-screen slideshow
  

For the project page at SourceForge, visit Gallery v1.4.3 Release Candidate 1 Available!


Links to websites mentioned in this article:

• phpBB Group Website


• Gallery Website


• SourceForge.NET