WB News v2.0.0 Released

Posted By: Paul Mcilwaine @ 30-06-2008 09:25PM
WB NewsI am pleased to announce after 1 year of development, and 4 months of beta testing that WB News v2.0.0 has now finally been released. It is a major upgrade for those currently using 1.4.x and you will need to have a minimum version of 1.4.4 installed to be able to cleanly upgrade.

Major changes include:
  • Complete Template Engine rewrite
  • Usergroup bit permissions system
  • A Rich Text Editor for adding news
  • Ability to save News as Drafts
  • Ability to release and archive news when you want
  • Category permissions based on usergroup assignment

The entire API has been been almost re-written from the ground up to be supporting out of the box PHP 5 and MySQL 5. With so many changes there are bound to be many hidden things for most users so documentation is currently being prepared to get the most out of WB News. I highly recommend all sites currently using WB News v1.x to upgrade.
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WB News v1.4.7

Posted By: Paul Mcilwaine @ 07-06-2008 12:00PM
WB NewsWB News v1.4.7 has just been released with a fix for potential memory limit bug in admin comments when there are excessive comments displayed. We recommend anyone who wishes to continue with the 1.4.x release to upgrade, please note that 1.4.x end of life is at the end of this year and we do not expect to be making any more releases or bug fixes.

Version 2.0 will be released later this weekend and we recommend people that want to use it to upgrade to that instead.
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WB News v2.0.0 Beta 4 Released

Posted By: Paul Mcilwaine @ 12-05-2008 08:09PM
WB NewsWB News v2.0.0 beta 4 has just been released, as this is a Beta release it is not recommended for production use. It is the first version of WB News with support for PostgreSQL.
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WB News v1.4.5 Released

Posted By: Paul Mcilwaine @ 27-02-2008 11:25AM
WB NewsWe have released a minor bug fix with v1.4.5, we recommend all users to upgrade to this latest release. Please note that v1.4.x is the last major release phase in v1 and only bug fixes until the end of the year will happen.
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Call for Beta Testers

Posted By: Paul Mcilwaine @ 03-02-2008 08:34PM
WB NewsPlease view this thread in the forums about becoming a beta tester for the upcoming version 2.0
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WB News v1.4.4 Released

Posted By: Paul Mcilwaine @ 16-10-2007 11:35PM
WB NewsWB News v1.4.4 has just been released, its a minor update with a couple of fixes and a minor change in Administration area with user management. It is recommended that people upgrade as soon as possible to get the benefits of this upgrade.
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Update Coming

Posted By: Paul Mcilwaine @ 12-05-2007 12:42AM
WB NewsAn update to WB News v1.4.2 will be coming in the next few days, this release will have a new addition with mass delete spam messages, it also contains a bug fix. This is the first update in the last few months due to development on v2.0 which will hopefully be out later in the year.
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Bug Fix Released

Posted By: Paul Mcilwaine @ 14-03-2007 06:09PM
WB NewsA bug fix v1.4.2 has been released. This bug release fixes

  • Summary not being displayed
  • Small typo in path variable
It is suggested that you upgrade as soon as possible although there are no major security fixes in this release.
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WB News v1.4.1 Released

Posted By: Paul Mcilwaine @ 11-02-2007 03:13PM
WB NewsWe have officially released WB News v1.4.1. This new version has several bug fixes, we suggest all upgrade to this to get the benefits of the upgrade. There are no security fixes in this release so it is not mandatory that you upgrade. The sourceforge version will be uploaded within the next few days.
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A New Year

Posted By: Paul Mcilwaine @ 10-02-2007 05:43PM
A little late in saying so as its already Febuary but its a New year and its going to be quite a big year ahead. Within the next few days a bug fix to v1.4.0 will be released there are several fixes most of these are minor fixes and there are no security fixes.

Later this year we are looking at hopefully putting the first of very many Beta's of version 2. There are some major internal changes within the system and hopefully we will have a Rich Text Editor built and stable across all supporting browsers. There is still time to list improvements you would like to see in this up coming version. On a minor note the current forum system will be changing over within the next few months we are hoping before May/June (so a fair way off).

I hope the year so far has been good to all.
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