Hi all,
here is the second release candidate version of Icy Phoenix.

What's New Respect To RC 1

• CMS Standard Pages now is more flexible... can also handle new pages (even if a little code should be added to those pages to work correctly)
  
• Removed the old CMS Pages Permissions section in CMS which has been replaced by the new Standard Pages section
  
• Event Registration feature has been added
  
• Fixed a lot of bugs in IE
  
• Fixed some minor bugs

What's New Respect To Latest Stable Release

• CMS Administration recoded with new features (some AJAX) and restyled
  
• CMS Blocks and Layouts recoded from scratch to increase flexibility and performance (now block style is in a single file to help designing new styles)
  
• New template structure: it is now possible to create brand new templates by just creating a CSS and a CFG file, this will reduce the number of files needed for each template, reducing also the job in case of updates or customizations; not only, you will be able to easily create combinations between different templates without having to duplicate directory structure
  
• Common CMS and ACP templates now fully independent from all other templates
  
• Common JS and CSS in common folder and possibility to include extra CSS and JS via PHP without editing TPL
  
• Some Functions and other common includes splitted among several files to reduce memory charge and increase performance
  
• Created new overall vars and switches to increase flexibility and performances (old switches were based upon loops, new ones are based on conditions, which are faster to be processed)
  
• English language files grammatically reviewed (thanks Lopalong!) and in some cases updated to the new phpBB 3 format
  
• New Junior Admin permission which gives full admin power while in the forum but restricted in ACP and CMS (ACP modules can be assigned via Junior Admin management and CMS permission for CMS management)
  
• Brand new Statistics system which integrates new features and replace also old Site History page
  
• Bots Parsing now is DB dependent and bots can now have REG access... also you can now add a switch for bots in TPL files to avoid bots spidering something you don't want them to
  
• URL Rewrite modified to be more efficient
  
• Print Page improved
  
• Added Google Search page to be used alternatively the standard search system, this will reduce the charge on your server
  
• Colorize username function recoded to reduce looping and cache issues with a large userbase
  
• Recoded caching system which in older Icy Phoenix version was proved to fail for high traffic sites: this new way to cache should be more efficient and should reduce CPU charge under stressing condition
  
• Birthdays and Calendar should now use less resources than before, again big sites will benefit from this
  
• New CRON system which should be easier to be customized and improved... basic functions already added, new features to come with future versions...
  
• Created new user related functions to simplify Icy Phoenix integration and coding: user_get_avatar, build_im_link, PM Class, generate_user_info
  
• AJAX Sorting in some ACP and CMS pages to speed up things in administrating things
  
• New Recent Topics page allowing admins to track latest users activity
  
• Forums Sorting capabilities both by adding alphabetical sorts and columns headers links
  
• Higher Lang Encoding compatibility
  
• Mass PM feature integrated in Mass Email section
  
• Brand new Ads and Banners system
  
• Mass Email supports now full HTML format for nicely formatted newsletters
  
• Smileys Categories section... it is hardcoded to improve performances even with thousands of smileys
  
• Step by step DB Backup System similar to MySQLDumper... to avoid nasty timeouts when backing up the site
  
• HighSlide JS (http://highslide.com/) integration
  
• Many smaller updates and features... install the release candidate to discover all of them!

• Requirements
  
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  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 (4.4 or higher) installed and running (works best on Linux + Apache). You can find appropriate PHP hosting providers from a guide such as Web Hosting Search.
  • MySQL (3 or higher) database with at least 1MB of free space (of course the space needed depends on how big your site will be... 1MB 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:

  • Webserver with .htaccess capability.
  • Apache Rewrite Mod installed and running.
  • GD Libraries (at least 2.0.28) installed and running.
  • Register Globals set to OFF.
  
  
• Fresh Installation
  
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  1. Unpack Icy Phoenix package to one folder on your HD.
  2. Copy all Icy Phoenix files in one folder on your webserver (i.e. /icyphoenix/)
  3. Set the permissions to CHMOD 777 to the following files and folders (please note that you may not have all of them in your setup):
     
     • backup/
     • cache/
     • cache/cms/
     • cache/forums/
     • cache/posts/
     • cache/sql/
     • cache/topics/
     • cache/users/
     • ctracker/logfiles/logfile_attempt_counter.txt
     • ctracker/logfiles/logfile_blocklist.txt
     • ctracker/logfiles/logfile_debug_mode.txt
     • ctracker/logfiles/logfile_malformed_logins.txt
     • ctracker/logfiles/logfile_spammer.txt
     • ctracker/logfiles/logfile_worms.txt
     • downloads/
     • files/
     • files/album/
     • files/album/cache/
     • files/album/med_cache/
     • files/album/users/
     • files/album/wm_cache/
     • files/posted_images/
     • files/screenshots/
     • files/thumbs/
     • images/avatars/
     • logs/
     
     
  4. Launch the setup from the install folder: install/install.php (i.e. http://www.mysite.com/forum/install/install.php)
  5. Follow all the instructions on the screen, fill all requested data and complete the setup.
  6. Delete or rename install folder.
  7. Customize what needs to be customized in files and db (some files needs to be edited manually, while most of the options may be set in ACP and CMS).
  8. Enjoy your New Site .
  
  
• How To Upgrade From phpBB
  
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  If you're already using phpBB, you can easily upgrade your board by following these instructions:
  

  1. Make a full backup of all files and database (if you don't do a backup, don't dare to ask for support! )
  2. Did you backup everything? If you didn't make the backup, please, step back to the previous point.
  3. Copy your current config.php and keep it in a safe place.
  4. Check again that your backup is ok and keep it in a safe place.
  5. Login as administrator.
  6. Unpack Icy Phoenix package to one folder on your HD.
  7. Upload install folder to the root of your phpBB forum and launch database_update.php (i.e. http://www.mysite.com/phpbb/install/database_update.php).
  8. Delete install folder.
  9. Remove the following folders (make sure you don't have in those folders some files you may need for some mods you have installed in standard phpBB, but in any case you should have a backup ):
     • admin
     • db
     • includes
     • language
     • templates
  10. Remove all files but config.php in your forum root (make sure you don't have some files you may need for some mods you have installed in standard phpBB, but in any case you should have a backup ).
  11. Upload all Icy Phoenix files (all but config.php) in the same folder where phpBB was installed and running. Pay attention that all older files eventually still there must be replaced by new ones.
  12. Apply all permissions listed in Fresh Installation.
  13. Customize what needs to be customized in files and db (some files needs to be edited manually, while most of the options may be set in ACP and CMS).
  14. Unlock your site.
  15. Enjoy your New Icy Phoenix Site .
  
  
• How To Upgrade From Old Icy Phoenix Versions
  
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  If you're using Icy Phoenix 1.0.9.9 or above, you can upgrade your board by following these instructions:
  

  1. Login as administrator.
  2. Lock your site.
  3. Make a full backup of all files and database (if you don't do a backup, don't dare to ask for support! )
  4. Did you backup everything? If you didn't make the backup, please, step back to the previous point.
  5. Copy your current .htaccess (if you edit it) and config.php and keep them in a safe place.
  6. You may also want to backup the customized pages you have created using the CMS (if you have created some).
  7. Check again that your backup is ok and keep it in a safe place.
  8. Unpack Icy Phoenix package to one folder on your HD.
  9. Upload install folder to the root of your Icy Phoenix and launch database_update.php (i.e. http://www.mysite.com/ip/install/database_update.php).
  10. Move the following folders:
      • pafiledb/uploads/*.* ==> downloads/*.*
  11. Remove the following folders (make sure you don't have in those folders some files you may need for some mods you have installed, but in any case you should have a backup ):
      • adm
      • includes
      • language
      • templates
  12. Remove all files but config.php in your Icy Phoenix root (make sure you don't have some files you may need for some mods you have installed, but in any case you should have a backup ).
  13. Upload all Icy Phoenix files (all but config.php) in the same folder where Icy Phoenix was installed and running. Pay attention that all older files still there (if any) must be replaced by the new ones.
  14. Apply all permissions listed in Fresh Installation.
  15. Customize what needs to be customized in files and db (some files needs to be edited manually, while most of the options may be set in ACP and CMS). Here is a short list of some files you may want to edit manually:
      • common.php
      • config.php
      • includes/constants.php
      • language/lang_***/lang_main_settings.php
  16. Run install/install.php and complete the update by renaming and moving images (both posted and in album) and replacing all old links in posts: the automated procedure should be able to perform all these actions automatically, just follow the instructions.
  17. Delete install folder.
  18. Unlock your site.
  19. Enjoy your New Icy Phoenix Site .
  
  
• How To Upgrade From Icy Phoenix Beta OR RC Versions
  
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  Upgrading from Beta versions is really easy... just upload all new files and run install/database_update.php.
  Pay attention to customized files, CHMOD permissions and config.php when overwriting.

Available Packages



This is only the standard package, should you be interested in having extra languages or styles, currently they are only available @ SVN (check the SVN topic to have more info about this).

Using an SVN client:


Using a browser:


Support

During the RC phase a basic level of support will be given only for standard installations. We will provide answers to general setup and update questions, configuration problems and support for determining common problems mostly related to bugs. We will not support modifications and customizations until the final release.

Please note that if you decide to upgrade your existing site with this version, you may face some problems and you may not be able to recover your datas in case something goes wrong. Make sure you have a full backup before proceeding.

Should you ask for support, please remember that this is an open source community and me and all the Staff are doing all for free and in their spare time... be kind, be patient and respect other users efforts and hard work.



Enjoy Icy Phoenix!
Luca Libralato

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I'm sorry for the amount of updated files, but I had to fix many bugs in IE, and some bugs of the standard CMS pages which were not working fine.

I'm sure many of you will like the new way of handling Standard pages.

I also hope that RC 2 will be the last RC... if no big bugs will be found, I will release the final version.

Thanks for understanding.

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Fantastic... downloaded and testing  

thank you very much

   

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Please no pms unless you wish to donate ££ to me...

Mods and themes for Icy Phoenix 1.3

Thanks a lot, 4rev in one LOL

Edit: Owned, not special rank xD

I'll try it soon on a fresh install, I cannot stay sat a lot due to bad sciatic, but I'll try... Glad you found highslide js   ... I hope for a projecthoneypot support for the final release or a mod  

Thx for the new release MG

are the styles compatible with it ??

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Please refer to the new styles section for some compatible styles.

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Another question.

does the lang file from RC1 work in RC2??? ( translation)

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Driving me and my PC crazy, trying to create some pluggins
Mods.Forofos-F1 (mods for Icy spanish), Icy-Mods.com (this running on last svn 228)

CMS --> Standard pages:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function auth_select() in /home/web/www...../www/...../cms.php on line 2237

It appears that the somewhat very slow and erratic download speed has created a few problems with files missing or broken, and url's being invalid after install.

I couldn't believe that it would be or was released with so many errors showing immediately after install.

Downloaded a fresh copy - re-installed - and all the previous errors disappeared.

Yes! I know it shouldn't happen, but any other explanation at the moment eludes me completely.  

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spydie wrote: [View Post]

Another question.

does the lang file from RC1 work in RC2??? ( translation)

Will work... but you will miss some new lang vars.

pax wrote: [View Post]

CMS --> Standard pages:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function auth_select() in /home/web/www...../www/...../cms.php on line 2237

I have fixed that... you can either re-download the package or get the updated files from SVN.

Lopalong wrote: [View Post]

It appears that the somewhat very slow and erratic download speed has created a few problems with files missing or broken, and url's being invalid after install.

I can't understand why the server is having "problems" with non-Italian requests...

I have added a mirror download from a US server.

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Mighty Gorgon wrote: [View Post]

I can't understand why the server is having "problems" with non-Italian requests...

I have added a mirror download from a US server.

Thanks, but it appears that the slow download speed was not what caused my problem.

Winzip failed to cleanly unzip the first download and to write all the files to the HD. I re-tested it after both downloads were noted to be the same size, and this time both extracted to the same size in all respects.

One of life's little mysteries, or too much crap running on the PC at the same time during the extraction. More than likely the latter.

 

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Maybe you downloaded the file while I was updating it...

Anyway, glad that everything has been solved.

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I have problems with download of the package, always time-outs and he don't pick up to download of your site  

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