1.5.1 RELEASED rForums - Open Source Forum Software

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Great Progress has been made on rForums - Why not have a look?
 
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Were can I see actual pieces of this forum software?
 
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The latest release is 1.5 which is available for download here: http://rforums.org/downloads/rForums%201.5.zip Note that this isn't supported officially. The next stable version (1.5.1) is being prepared and should be released soon.

rForums 2.0.0 (aka Toast) is in Development. You can see the latest previews on the Dev. Board. 🙂
 
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I would love to see a working demo
 
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Welcome to rForums!
1.5.1 Release

Welcome to the release of rForums 1.5.1 or rForums 1.5 (Patch 1). This is the first release of our software since we lost all progress on rForums 2, Toast.

We are very pleased to bring you this release today. It's an important step forward in the development of Toast, and we feel it shows that we are not just any forum software, but that we are dedicated to our product and we intend to stay.

While this is only a patch release, in this release, we introduced a number of new things to the software. We now have an improved design, making the software much more user friendly and beautiful - more on this later on. We've also fixed a number of bugs that the previous software (1.5) contained and ones that were found in subsequent 'development copies' released to the staff. We're very pleased with how the development has 'unrolled'.

We've also made some major design changes! We've added in a new banner, menu buttons and changed the whole forum look, as well as matching some of it to the current rForums.org site.

Due to this being the last release of the rForums version 1 Series, we're not accepting Bug Reports as we have no plans to fix them, however if you do find a bug feel free to post it on the Support Site, as another user may provide a fix.

We have also made a change to our License. We still operate under the Creative Commons 3.0 license, however we run on a rForums-Customised version of this. The new license can be found in the rForums 1.5.1 download package.

Another new feature is the release of our first set of Documentation. With the aim to keep the download as small as possible, we've only included the installation instructions as a .PDF file. Other documentation is available on the site - just follow the links from the Support Forum or Downloads page. Documentation has been written for all major features of this version and is available as .PDFs.

As rForums 1.5.1 doesn't have Language Support, the only supported language is en-US (US English). In rForums 2, Toast, multiple language support will be available.

Please read the license, readme and installation files before proceeding with the install to make sure you understand the software.

I personally would like to thank Russell and Colin for the hard work in making this release possible. When I brought the idea of re-releasing this to the table I never anticipated it to be this well accepted. And to all the staff of rForums who work hard to make rForums what it is.

So, without further ado,



We also now run a Public Support and Development Board at http://www.support.rforums.org . This is ran on 1.5.1 and is maintained by the rForums Team, with support managed by Canada. We encourage you to join and keep in the loop of rForums.

As well, a demo of 1.5.1 can be found here: http://www.rforums.org/demo/151 . This is to enable all users to try the software before you download it. If any of these passwords don't work, please drop a PM to an administrator for them to be reset. Admin: U: admin P: admin123 Moderator: U: mod P: mod456 Member: U: member P: member789

Documentation

- Installation
- Basic Features
- Admin Panel

So, enjoy! Again, a big thank you to the entire staff team for their work on this project.

- Ben, rForums Administrator.
on behalf of the rForums Team.
 
Good luck with this venture. I am always in support of free software. After all I use Linux and Wordpress and Kloxo. I will follow your development with interest.
 
Bejay said:
Thanks Allan and ThisOldMan! 🙂 Glad you support us.

No problem. Do you have a free hosting site where people can use setup forums using this software for free? You know, something like what is being done with Wordpress.
 
I will give it a test. Though I admit I am not impressed with it. Plain if you ask me.
 
ThisOldMan said:
Bejay said:
Thanks Allan and ThisOldMan! 🙂 Glad you support us.

No problem. Do you have a free hosting site where people can use setup forums using this software for free? You know, something like what is being done with Wordpress.

I had something like this done ages ago - however I'll talk to the owners and see if I can have something set up on the server. 🙂

Vader said:
I will give it a test. Though I admit I am not impressed with it. Plain if you ask me.

Would you care to elaborate some more? 1.5.1 is only a 'taster' of what's to come in 2.0.0.
 
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