phpFox2 RC5 Released
We are pleased to announce that phpFox2 RC5 (Release Candidate 5) has been released for public testing.
RC5 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:
Change Log
With this release we have fixed various issues:
- Message Limit on Friend Request does not work…
- ability to report comments on update feed
- After confirming all friend requests they disappear
- Invisible, viewable on the “viewed by…”
- Friends tab in profiles does not render correct gender avatar
For a detailed list of all the fixes go here.
Live Demo
View this version in action here.
Download
phpFox2 RC5 can be downloaded direct from the clients area. When you have selected a license and reached the download page look for “phpFox2 RC5″ 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 RC5!
This is going to be great stuff! 
Great work guys.. lots of improvement….
please do add
1)facebook connect and
2)contacts importer for rc6
so that we can launch the site to public..
also update the updater script… so that we have option to select wat we want to import from 1.6.21 to have a clean fresh site…
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Hello!!
I have a question:
Does the V2 upgrade keep the language packages installed on v1.6.21? I mean, if I have German installed in my v1.6.21 site, when I upgrade to RC5 or RC6, will I be able to use the site in German?
Thank you!
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Romeo Khan, Sr. Reply:
October 28th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
i dont think so… its not suposed to impore core files… its import users stuff…. language package is something u have to use again from v2
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Purefan Reply:
October 29th, 2009 at 2:50 am
Correct, the language phrases have changed in v2 so the same language packages from 1.6 will not work in v2
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PHPFOX 2 on the right track once again. Thank You!
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Purefan Reply:
October 29th, 2009 at 2:49 am
Thank you for the kind words
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There seem to be something wrong with the look of the homepage. I don’t think there should be a banner on the top and a second banner 250 on the right. The main home page should have a sky scraper ad on the right side like facebook where we can offer advertising.
And the homepage should have freinds and “people you may know”
and Music Videos slide belt on the home page. We want to attract people to join so this need to look very nice.
I am looking at the home page of demo why is there two banners size 250 by 250 on the right side. No no no No. I hope you can fix this also I let you decide
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Romeo Khan, Sr. Reply:
October 28th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
adspace u can easily move them around… its a cosmetic thing you do it urself the way you want….they just input it as a demo
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J Reply:
October 29th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
ok sound good.
Question Please Add the following on the signup or join
feild for :
Name of High School Attended:____________
Year attended: ___________________
City: _________________________
This will be a must to later on add a match on profile as
“PEOPLE YOU MAY KNOW”
PLEASE THIS IS EMERGENCY DONT LET THIS GO ADD THIS
ALSO I THINKYOU Might have but double check YOU need to add entry for
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW”___________
ALSO ADD STATUS SINGLE OR MARRIED
MOST IMPORTANT THE WHAT NEW or News should always be on the TOP not on the bottom. Can this be move as block? to keep on top?
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Purefan Reply:
October 29th, 2009 at 2:44 am
Exactly like mr Khan said, this is a demo.
From the AdminCP you can control which ads show where, if you dont use a block for ads no ads will show up there, but if we dont put the two ads people will not know that this is possible right?
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J Reply:
October 29th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
EMERGENCY
YOU MUST HAVE A Inbox and Sendbox Cleaner
any old messages over 3 months or 2 months that are store in the members mail should be deleted automaticall or clean on the admin side to revent space buildup. The cleaner the mysql database the nicer and faster the system will run exspecially when the membership increases to over 5000 members and up. Please This is a must the 6.2.1 did not have this feature
Add this
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Can you please add on the signup this is important to add a match later on
enter: High Shcool
enter: year attended
City, State.
This is a must have. Remember we are thinking social network this is how people stay connected and find new freinds from school
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Romeo Khan, Sr. Reply:
October 28th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
this is something u can add urself from the admin panel… thats why it was design for
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Purefan Reply:
October 29th, 2009 at 2:44 am
Thank you mr Khan! Im glad to see you know the way in v2
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when will there be a selection of templates? will all the templates from 6.21 be available for import for phpfox2 ? I don’t see selection for new templates
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Romeo Khan, Sr. Reply:
October 28th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
i believe after stable version they will work on templates.. right now they are focusing how to release the stable version..
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Purefan Reply:
October 29th, 2009 at 2:46 am
Correct, we (Benc Enterprises developers) are working on releasing a stable version, but 3d party developers are already working on add-ons and themes
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J Reply:
October 29th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
ok sound good. Your doing a great job.
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It will be nice to have some kind of user document or customization document, the new version is more complicated than version 1.16.21. Although there is a lot we can customize the site, but the main problem is to know how.
Thanks.
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Purefan Reply:
October 30th, 2009 at 4:05 am
The wiki will be the place for official documentation, there are already a few articles there: http://wiki.phpfox.com/guide/V2 but we will continue adding more as time let us
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ryan Reply:
November 2nd, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Yes, i do agree, the new V2 is great, we can do so much on it and I love it, but the know how is the hardest, like I don’t know how to add in Google analytics or API’s or change the colour of my site, the documentation doesn’t show that and it sucks.
But two things that would be great in the new release is to have Google maps standard and GPS co-ordinates in the events mod.
- I know that we can add the GPS co-ordinates in our selves but I don’t know how to.
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Hi,
I have some issues after I updated from phpfox v1.16.21 to phpfox v2 RC5. I was trying to add a new registration step and was told that system will prompt the step for me to follow like wizard. It did not happen after I typed in the step name and click ADD, nothing happened …The phpfox support told me that it is not support for this version. Do you know what issue will be for this problem? Will I get support after Nov, 4 Stable version release?
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Purefan Reply:
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:19 am
You posted the exact same message in this blog, I replied there, please dont spam our blog comments.
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I notice some problem on the width on the blocks. I will use sky scraper on some pages which is 160 on width. All the other blocks are two wide making the pages look unprofessional. Can you fix this problem.
Also is it posible to have the block that say ” WHO VISIT YOUR PAGE” CHange it to ” People You May Know “
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Purefan Reply:
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:20 am
You can create and edit the templates from the admin panel. Same with the words and phrases you can change that from the Phrases manager in the Admin Panel
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There is already a feature completed for People You May Know, which is called Mutual Friends.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/phpfox/4035605808/
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Hello to everyone involved in making phpfox v2. When I originally purchased the software last year back when 1.16.18 was the latest version, I though the software then was a leader in socialk networking scripts. But having now seen whats happening with V@ I can’t wait for the stable release.
Awesome work to everyone and it is great to see the phpfox team listening to their clients and offering us truley the best solution.
Like all software upgrades there wilkl be some teething issues and of course that is to be expected. But it is truley awesome to see that phpfox have taken the time and effort to make the RC releases and let us the c;ients test and report on it’s issues. In the long run this will reduce those teething issues and shows how dedicated to their clients Phpfox are.
Keep up the awesome work team. I am glad to be part of this awesome community. You have made it extremely easy for me to be able to offedr to my clients the best possible social networking experience and i look forward to extending this in the future with V2!
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Purefan Reply:
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:22 am
Wow thank you very much!
It is very nice to hear encouraging and thankful words every now and then, I will be sure everyone in the team knows about your comment.
Have a wonderful week and hope v2 fulfills all your expectations.
Regards!
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when will rc6 be up? wednesday is almost over now
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Peter McDuffy Reply:
November 4th, 2009 at 3:46 am
That depends on your time zone
We usually release around 5pm GMT (based on previous releases), however today it should be coming out a little early if all goes well; which thus far it is.
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ah well i am based in AU so few hours difference
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