PhpBB3 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) Released

For the last 5 years, phpBB 2.0 has gained a huge following worldwide and has played an important role in defining the success of Open Source software.

Acyd Burn, phpBB Development Team Leader, announced the first release candidate for the overly anticipated phpBB3 has just been released. PhpBB3, code named “Olympus”, has been in the making since 2002.

Support will only be offered on clean installations of RC1 and conversions from phpBB 2.0.x to phpBB3 RC1. Any other conversions/updates involving phpBB3 Beta will not be supported.

Conversions from 2.0.x to phpBB3 RC1 may be problematic at this time, depending on your setup and the amount of mods you installed. To be on the safe side, it is suggested to wait for later releases before you fully convert your phpBB 2.0.x installation.

What is new in phpBB3?

Features already available in 2.0.x but improved and/or enhanced for Olympus include Private Messaging, Registration and Search.

New features include the rolling in, and improvement of the Attachment Mod, unlimited subforums, custom BBCodes, custom Profile fields, enhanced User Control Panel, new moderating tools, caching and performance enhancements, warning reports, bookmarking, Jabber/XMPP support notifications ... and much more. In some ways this goes to, and beyond, VB3.

The Admin Control Panel has been made more flexible with a tabbed layout format. The ACP has been completely restructured and allows for easier extensibility. More improvements for Admins include global announcements, pruning of inactive users, error logs, language pack editing, user notes and search spider detection.

phpBB's creator resigns, group will go on

With the recent resignation of phpBB's creator James Atkinson (aka "theFinn"), a transfer of majority share in phpBB.com has gone to the now newly independent phpBB Development Team. This transfer will not affect the development of phpBB 3.0.x and support will still continue for the stable phpBB 2.0.x

The group of contributors behind phpBB all share a passion for Open Source software. The phpBB Group has maintained its ambitions since its formation in 2000; to continue developing and supporting a stable bulletin board system.

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