We have moved to a bigger office and have temporarily limited technical resources. Our ISP has some delay in moving the internet and tickets will be slower than usual, however we will still do our best in responding to your case in a timely manner. Please do not respond back to your ticket, unless you wish to provide additional helpful details; as replying to your ticket will cause it to get an updated time stamp and will be put at the bottom of the list delaying the time respond - since our Support Team replies to tickets with the oldest time stamp.

We will be back with full force by 10th February 2010, next Wednesday.

We appreciate your understanding and patience during this inconvenience and hope you have a nice day!

We are pleased to announce that our main website (http://www.phpfox.com/) has been updated and is now using our flagship product phpFox v2.0.3. This is the first stage of updates that will take place over the next few months. We will continue to update other areas of our site such as our support suite, clients area and forum to use modules that are part of our own product.

phpFox v2 not only brings a new engine to power the future of our product but introduces a few changes to the packages and licenses we release. We have discontinued selling the “Monthly License” and for those that have active monthly licenses will continue to get the same support and download privileges they have had in the past.

phpFox now comes in 3 different packages. More information on our new pricing and packages can be found here.

We have split up our “Support & Upgrades” to two packages. One being the “Standard Support Package”, which is the ability to access and get support from our technicians and the other is “Software Upgrades”, which is the ability to access and download new updates we release. If you have purchased during the time of “Life Time” support/upgrades you will continue to get that, these new changes are for new purchases. We have updated all of our active clients with “Software Upgrades” to allow everyone the ability to download version 2.0, everyone has been given 14 days extra of “Software Upgrades” where you can download v2 free of charge, this is an addition to the “Software Upgrades” you are entitled to. If you purchased it last January 1st, you are entitled to download upgrades until July 1st + 14 days, allowing you to download v2 until July 15th instead. If you have not received this package contact us here.

Version 2.0.3 has also been released and is a minor maintenance update. It mainly has changes for new clients as the software is now split up into 3 packages. Our next release will be 2.0.4 and we are working on releasing a beta FBConnect integration.

Benc Enterprises AB is moving its base of operations to the San Fransisco Bay Area. This has been in process since the start of this year and is continuing over the next few months. Benc Enterprises AB in Sweden has been converted into a subsidiary and will continue to run R&D (Research & Development) for phpFox. More information regarding these changes will be released once the entire process is complete.

We are still testing our main site and if you encounter any problems or a page can’t be found please contact us.

Thank you!

We are pleased to announce that phpFox 2.0.2 has been released.

Change Log

With this release we have fixed the following issues:

• IM Footer Chat Avatar way too big
• images over 1 meg don’t convert
• Subscription packages only work in USD
• Default theme messes up randomly
• private/friends only & preferred list thumbnail images

For a detailed list of all the fixes go here.

Modified Files

Includes many new plug-in hooks for 3rd party developers.

Live Demo

View this version in action here.

Download

This version can be downloaded direct from the clients area. When you have selected a license and reached the download page look for “phpFox 2.0.2″ to download the product.

We advise you to download the entire package and run the normal upgrade, however we have also included a ZIP package that just contains the patched files. This patch can be downloaded here. To upgrade using the patched version you must do the normal steps provided in our documentation the only difference here is that you will only be uploading the files that were modified since the last version and not the entire package.

Requirements

Requirements for phpFox2 can be found here.

Documentation

Our documentation can be found here.

Hope you had a good start on your new year!

We have had two great phpFox members step up on the plate to help us staff with light community moderation.

They are known as Dazzy and snfanatic, Dazzy was actually a forum moderator a while ago and since he had to step down we have seen some community members request for him to take on this role again! Luckily Dazzy now has the possibility to help both us(phpFox) and the community with his assistance. snafantic is one of our most enthusiastic phpFox supporter and we are thrilled to have him help the community!

As Community Moderators they can close a thread that has an ongoing non-constructive debate or any other thread that goes against the community rules. They can move post/threads that are reported misplaced. The community moderatos can also move post/threads to a special archive forum for us phpFox Admins to review and do any necessary final action. They can also view the Report Area, so they will be made aware of any report from you and your fellow members.

Please note that they are primarily your fellow phpFoxers; so do still discuss with them about the phpFox script and its functionality like you did prior to this role and also it is still our responsibility as to what final action is drawn to a reported item/member. Please report any misplaced post/threads or any item that goes against the forum rules by clicking on the red button on the top right of each post/thread for any moderator to review and do not PM them personally to move anything.

We welcome Dazzy and snfanatic as community moderators!

Thank you for your time!

Several reports came in after the release of version 2.0.0 last night and we felt it was crucial to release an update right away to fix these issues.

Change Log

With this release we have fixed the following issues:

• After profile picture upload, I get a blank page
• Missing Phrases To Translate
• Rating Images
• events if use html doesnt show description
• /rss/id_3/ events feed blank page
• Missing words in recent bug

Modified Files

upload/include/xml/version.xml.php
upload/include/library/phpfox/phpfox/phpfox.class.php
upload/include/library/phpfox/parse/input.class.php
upload/install/include/version/2.0.1.php
upload/install/include/installer.class.php
upload/module/user/include/service/process.class.php
upload/module/event/install/version/2.0.1.xml.php
upload/module/event/install/phpfox.xml.php
upload/module/photo/include/component/controller/rate.class.php
upload/module/admincp/include/service/callback.class.php
upload/module/admincp/include/service/module/process.class.php
upload/module/group/template/default/controller/index.html.php
upload/module/group/install/version/2.0.1.xml.php
upload/module/group/install/phpfox.xml.php

Live Demo

View this version in action here.

Download

This version can be downloaded direct from the clients area. When you have selected a license and reached the download page look for “phpFox 2.0.1″ to download the product.

We advice you download the entire package and run the normal upgrade, however we have also included a ZIP package that just contains the patched files. This patch can be downloaded here. To upgrade using the patched version you must do the normal steps provided in our documentation the only difference here is that you will only be uploading the files that were modified since the last version and not the entire package.

Requirements

Requirements for phpFox2 can be found here.

Documentation

Our documentation can be found here.

We are pleased to announce that phpFox 2.0.0 has been released. We first want to thank our community for their time, patience and feedback over the course of our development. They have helped us improve and mold the product to bring us to Stable and pave the way for future versions.

What’s New?

There is a long list of features that v2 has introduced and our new website will be tailored to display all these new changes in an organized manner, however if you haven’t been around for the past Alpha/Beta/RC releases feel free to follow up on each release to get a true understanding of what phpFox 2 has accomplished.

Here is a list of past versions:

• Alpha 1
• Alpha 2
• Alpha 3
• Alpha 4
• Beta 1
• Beta 2
• Beta 3
• Beta 4
• Beta 5
• RC1
• RC2
• RC3
• RC4
• RC5
• RC6
• RC7
• RC8
• RC9
• RC10
• RC11
• RC12

How did we get to stable?

After 12 Release Candidate that included months of testing and working with our community to resolve all problems that would interfere with normal site operations.

Our last RC fixed the following:

• Album/Image Privacy
• Embed video does not work with new page
• RSS feeds not displaying in correct order
• url are broken
• Parsing “less than” in profile blocks

For a detailed list of all the fixes go here.

Any remaining issues that are open are mainly cosmetic or requires a change in our default design and if a fix is required will be provided in one of the upcoming maintenance releases.

What’s Next?

With the release of 2.0.0 we expect maintenance releases to follow and cannot confirm release dates as it really depends on if an issue arises that merits a quick release.

Our next major version release will be 2.1 and development for this version will start on the 28th of this month. We don’t have a confirmed release date for this version but more information will be posted after the holidays.

We will also be updating our main website after the holidays and our new site will have version 2 related information, unfortunately we cannot release it today with the release of v2 as we need to run some more tests before our new site goes life. I am pleased to say that it will be powered by v2.

Once we have updated our website we will be updating our clients area, support suite and forums. All of these areas will be powered by v2 as well.

v1.6.21 End of Life

Our previous stable release v1.6.21 will continue to receive support until the 24th of March 2010 and will have functionality and security updates until June 23rd 2010. After June 23rd 2010 v1.6.21 will have reached its End of Life.

Even with the end of life of v1.6.21 our community is always open to lend a helping hand.

Live Demo

View this version in action here.

An Administration demo will be available shortly after the update on our main website.

Download

phpFox 2.0.0 can be downloaded direct from the clients area. When you have selected a license and reached the download page look for “phpFox 2.0.0″ to download the product.

Requirements

Requirements for phpFox2 can be found here.

Documentation

Our documentation can be found here.

Good luck and enjoy phpFox 2.0.0!

The phpFox Team wishes you a wonderful holiday season! The phpFox office will be closed during certain days within the holidays and these days are:

• 24th December, 2009
• 25th December, 2009
• 31st December, 2009
• 1st January, 2010

As you all know version 2 STABLE is to be released later today, we will have developers around the bugtracker and support suite to view any urgent cases that will require a patch to be released.

We wish you a cozy holiday season! You’re welcome to stick around for the exciting v2 STABLE release!

We are pleased to announce that phpFox2 RC 12 (Release Candidate 12) has been released for public testing. As the time of this writing RC 12 will be our final Release Candidate.

For you phpFoxers who are worried that we will throw in the towel once stable is released, don’t worry, we won’t. We know how strong the new version is and it’s potential. Why settle with a good software, when we can create an excellent one? Another reason for our continued intense development is thanks to the active assisting clients within the phpFox community. Many of you have provided us with awesome feedback and  submitted great ideas we want to implement to the software! Having that said, we will still continue the intensity of work even after the stable release.

Unlike past RC versions this one introduces 3 new features. These 3 new features have been developed for the community in thanks for all the help you have given us over the last few months.

If you would like to follow up with what version 2 offers check out our past releases:

• Alpha 1
• Alpha 2
• Alpha 3
• Alpha 4
• Beta 1
• Beta 2
• Beta 3
• Beta 4
• Beta 5
• RC1
• RC2
• RC3
• RC4
• RC5
• RC6
• RC7
• RC8
• RC9
• RC10
• RC11

New Features

Note these new features are considered “experimental” and are not stable due to the short development period as none of these features were planned on being developed. We will do our best to clean them up before stable, however these features are intended to be fully functioning by v2.1.

If you have any ideas on how to improve these features make sure to add it to our Feature Request section.

“Like” a Feed

On certain feeds (not all) you can “Like” or “Unlike” them. Once an item is liked it will email the other party and notify them in their dashboard. If you liked a feed it will display that you liked a feed on the public feed and on your profiles feed. This is all this feature can do at the moment. Features such as “Dislike” and “Feed Subscriptions based on liking an item” will be added in the future.

Friends Suggestion

Our Friends Suggestion feature is designed to find suggestion based on friends of my friends and then try to find users who are located in the same Country, State/Province and City (If that feature is enabled). One friend suggestion is displayed on a users dashboard with a link to view all the friend suggestions available to them.

reCAPTCHA

This feature has been requested by many and as wanted it has arrived! You can now enable reCAPTCHA as your main Captcha tool.

Change Log

With this release we have fixed various issues:

• strings changed to #1058;#1072;
• Birthday box on dashboard don’t work on my end.
• RC 11 Block Manager is blank!
• Categories are missing the accordian style feature to open and close sub-categories

For a detailed list of all the fixes go here.

Live Demo

View this version in action here.

Download

phpFox2 RC12 can be downloaded direct from the clients area. When you have selected a license and reached the download page look for “phpFox2 RC12″ to download the product.

Requirements

Requirements for phpFox2 can be found here.

Documentation

Our documentation can be found here.

Feedback & Bugs

Your feedback is appreciated, please feel free to leave them here. We also provide a bug tracker here so we can get ahead and start squashing bugs.

Good luck and enjoy phpFox2 RC12!

We are pleased to announce that phpFox2 RC 11 (Release Candidate 11) has been released for public testing.

RC11 introduces mainly fixes in preparation for the stable release.

If you would like to follow up with what version 2 offers check out our past releases:

• Alpha 1
• Alpha 2
• Alpha 3
• Alpha 4
• Beta 1
• Beta 2
• Beta 3
• Beta 4
• Beta 5
• RC1
• RC2
• RC3
• RC4
• RC5
• RC6
• RC7
• RC8
• RC9
• RC10

Web Designers Notice

Those creating themes for v2 we have made a crucial change in one of the layout template files.

In the file: theme/frontend/default/template/breadcrumb.html.php

We have changed the “foreach”, which if not updated could alter how things look with your theme.

Before we had:

{foreach from=$aBreadCrumbs key=sCrumb item=sLink name=link}

We changed it to:

{foreach from=$aBreadCrumbs key=sLink item=sCrumb name=link}

Change Log

With this release we have fixed various issues:

• SMTP - Produce the white page.
• SEO - On Browse needs to be change…
• Editing profile
• language window ie7

For a detailed list of all the fixes go here.

Live Demo

View this version in action here.

Download

phpFox2 RC11 can be downloaded direct from the clients area. When you have selected a license and reached the download page look for “phpFox2 RC11″ to download the product.

Requirements

Requirements for phpFox2 can be found here.

Documentation

Our documentation can be found here.

Feedback & Bugs

Your feedback is appreciated, please feel free to leave them here. We also provide a bug tracker here so we can get ahead and start squashing bugs.

Good luck and enjoy phpFox2 RC11!

We have received a lot of questions as to when the stable version of phpFox2 will be released.

Every Wednesday until the stable release we will be delivering RC releases and we are currently on our 10th RC stage. phpFox v2 RC10 is now officially supported by our Support Team and we have been supporting v2 since the RC6 release.

The stable release of v2 has been estimated to be on December 23, 2009. A little less than 3 weeks left from today.