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Welcome To Icy Phoenix

  • What is Icy Phoenix?
  • Icy Phoenix is a CMS based on phpBB (a fully scalable and highly customisable open-source Bulletin Board package PHP based) plus many modifications and code integrations which add flexibility to the whole package. The official home page for phpBB is www.phpbb.com. Icy Phoenix has some features originally developed for phpBB XS Project which has been founded by Bicet and then developed by both Bicet and Mighty Gorgon. Icy Phoenix has been created by Luca Libralato after he left the phpBB XS Project.

  • What are the main features of Icy Phoenix?
  • Icy Phoenix has many features, most of them are listed in the Features Page and in the Credits Page. The main ones are:
    • phpBB bulletin board and permission system
    • CMS features allowing the creation of new pages and blocks
    • Overall template integration among all site sections
    • Many ready to use features: Photo Gallery, Downloads, Knowledge Base, Links, Chat...
    • Multi-language and multi-template ready
    • Almost 100% XHTML and CSS W3C compliant
    • ...and many others...

  • Is Icy Phoenix supported for bugs, security issues, improvements?
  • Icy Phoenix is an open source project. As like many open source projects it is developed by people using their free time. At the moment there are several persons in the staff willing to help and to contribute to this project. We hope the community will continue to grow and be able to provide all the necessary support to all the users who may need help.

  • Is Icy Phoenix easy to install and upgrade from other platforms?
  • Icy Phoenix has its own setup procedure which guides the user through the steps of the setup process. An upgrading file is provided to upgrade the package from standard phpBB and phpBB XS. Hopefully an upgrade procedure from any other platform will be written in the future: at the moment the only way to upgrade from another platform is by downgrading to phpBB and then run the provided upgrade procedure.

  • Does Icy Phoenix have many templates?
  • Yes, at the moment there are some free templates (some of them with multicolour variations) and we are working to create new ones. If you are interested in new templates you should regularly check the support forum and Styles Section.

  • Is Icy Phoenix multi-language?
  • English is the main language of Icy Phoenix, but it has been translated into other languages (alphabetical order): Arabic, Catalan, Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish... and more to come! If you don't find your language listed here, please ask at the support forum, maybe someone else is working on the translation you need and you would be welcome to join the translation team to give your contribution.

  • Will Icy Phoenix be upgraded to phpBB 3?
  • The matter is quite complex. Even if the starting core was phpBB 2, many phpBB 3 features and core functions have been ported to Icy Phoenix: this means that currently Icy Phoenix is based on a version of phpBB which is an hybrid between phpBB 2 and phpBB 3. The code is highly optimized, it uses cache extensively, you shouldn't miss phpBB 3.

  • May I join the Icy Phoenix Project?
  • Of course. Icy Phoenix is an open source project, and anyone who is willing to give his own contribution on a stable basis may then apply to join the Team.

Before trying to install Icy Phoenix make sure you have the following STRICTLY NEEDED requirements:
  • At least 20 MB of free space in the folder you would like to install the package.
  • Web server with PHP (5 or higher) installed and running (works best on Linux + Apache).
  • MySQL (5 or higher) database with at least 5MB of free space (of course the space needed depends on how big your site will be... 5MB is enough for a basic empty setup).
  • Ability to set CHMOD permissions.


These other requirements (even if not strictly needed) are suggested for optimal performance of Icy Phoenix:
  • Hosting Services with .htaccess capability.
  • Apache Rewrite Mod installed and running.
  • GD Libraries (at least 2.0.28) installed and running.
  • Register Globals set to OFF.


Icy Phoenix Features
Icy Phoenix Documentation

Please refer to the forum for further informations and support requests.

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Icy Phoenix 1.0.5.5 Beta

Icy Phoenix 1.0.5.5 Beta Posted  Mon 08 Jan, 2007 18:23 By Mighty Gorgon
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Hi all,
I'm proud to release today the first beta of Icy Phoenix.

Some general info about Icy Phoenix.

  • What is Icy Phoenix?
  • Icy Phoenix is a CMS based on phpBB (an highly scalable PHP based Bulletin Board) plus many modifications and code integrations which add flexibility to the whole package. Icy Phoenix is a derivation of phpBB XS founded by Bicet and then developed by both Bicet and Mighty Gorgon.
  • What are the main features of Icy Phoenix?
  • Icy Phoenix has many features, most of them are listed in the Hacks List on this site, but the main ones are:
    • phpBB bulletin board and permission system
    • CMS functions allowing the creation of new pages and blocks (some of the functions are based on IM Portal)
    • Overall template integration among all site sections
    • Many ready to use features: Photo Gallery, Downloads, Knowledge Base, Links...
    • Multilanguage and multitemplate ready
    • Almost W3C compliant
    • Many others...

  • Is Icy Phoenix easy to install and upgrade from other platforms?
  • Icy Phoenix has its own setup procedure which is guiding the user trough the steps of the setup process. An upgrading file is provided to upgrade the package from standard phpBB and phpBB XS. Hopefully an upgrade procedure from any platform will be written in the future.
  • Does Icy Phoenix have many templates?
  • At the moment only three main templates (but with several multicolor variations) are available, but we are working to create new ones.
  • Is Icy Phoenix multilanguage?
  • English is the main language of Icy Phoenix, but it has been translated into other languages (alphabetical order): Catalan, Dutch, Galego, German, Italian, Serbian, Spanish... and more to come!


At the moment Icy Phoenix is in beta testing phase, what needs to be completed is:
  • Installation procedure testing in all environments
  • Latest UPI2DB integration
  • CTracker 5 testing
  • CMS permission level
  • Ice Template


This beta release is meant for giving you some flavour of what the Icy Phoenix is going to be, fixing the bugs and maybe obtain some good suggestions to be implemented in the final release... Even if this package is quite stable I would suggest you to install it on live environments only if you are quite good PHP and phpBB. During the beta testing period only a limited support (focused exclusively on fixing bugs) will be given on Icy Phoenix.

If you are trying to upgrade your existing sites to this release you should consider that the final release may not contain upgrading instructions from this beta. Remember also that the old upgrading instructions won't work fine because the structure of the package has been changed... You have been warned...

Thank you for your cooperation and a big thank you to the whole Staff for having helped me during this months of transition.

Special thanks to Artie, KugeLSichA, TheSteffen and z3d0 who have been upgraded to Admins here, thanks to their precious help.

Another big thank you to buldo, ThE KuKa and Tom who are Junior Admins and helped me so much too.




Icy Phoenix 1.0.5.5 Beta Release
Package Name: Icy Phoenix
Package Version: 1.0.5.5 Beta
Release Spot: Happy New Icy Phoenix


DOWNLOAD: Icy Phoenix 1.0.5.5 Beta


 

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