As many of you may have noticed our site has been updated with a new theme and a lot of the information we provided before, which was for v2 has now been updated to take into account our latest version v3.
With this update out of the way we can now shift back our focus on the core development of our product. We plan on releasing v3.0.1 on January 30. This will be a maintenance release.
Our new development cycle will being on February 6. To learn more about our new development cycle check out this blog entry. We are excited to start this new cycle as it will allow us to bring the most wanted features to our clients much faster, while being able to constantly maintain the overall stability of the product.
With 2012 off to a great start we are very excited to implement a lot of the improvements to our product and our company this year.
Be sure to tweet what you think of our new update.
This month has been a great month for TemplateMechanic and as a thank you to the community, we've been granted 5 free licenses to give away to the community in a sweepstake! This means you are chosen by luck.
To get a chance to get a free theme of your choice give us a shoutout on twitter on which theme you want the most or like the theme on FB.
Don't forget to follow @templatemech to show your love for this opportunity!
We will then pick 5 lucky persons to give away these 5 themes by January 2nd, 2012.
TemplateMechanic is a service provider by Teamwurkz and they have been a trusted custom design provider for phpFox clients since mid 2006. Teamwurkz have been one of our top providers ever since then!
We thank TemplateMechanic/Teamwurkz for this amazing generosity and wish them a prosperous 2012!
[Edited December 30, 2011]
Thanks to a phpFox member, called SocialNetworker, we were notified that we had to have an app for sweepstakes. We have also added at the top that this is a sweepstake. We apologize for this inconvenience and hope you understand. Once again we thank you, SocialNetworker for bringing this to our attention.
For those who already liked a photo on FB or given us a shout out via Twitter from December 22nd to December 30th will be considered. Once again, we apologize for this and will make sure that the next sweepstake will be much better!
[End of edition]
With the recent release of v3 there has been an influx of upgrades to the new version and we are very excited to see the conversion rate from older phpFox communities. This influx has slowed our response times to both our support and install departments. Due to this we are allocating resources to improve response times in both areas effective immediately.
To assure the continued stability of the product we have updated v3.0.0 with a new build that includes some bug fixes for your community.
These fixes include...
http://www.phpfox.com/tracker/view/8898/
http://www.phpfox.com/tracker/view/8893/
http://www.phpfox.com/tracker/view/8897/
http://www.phpfox.com/tracker/view/8883/
http://www.phpfox.com/tracker/view/8904/
http://www.phpfox.com/tracker/view/8899/
http://www.phpfox.com/tracker/view/8923/
http://www.phpfox.com/tracker/view/8926/
http://www.phpfox.com/tracker/view/8920/ (only first bug)
http://www.phpfox.com/tracker/view/8919/
Installing this Build
Visit your dashboard and click on one of your licenses. Then download "Download Latest Available Version (3.0.0)". Once you have downloaded the ZIP archive, unzip it on your computer and navigate into the folder "upload/". Only upload the files in that folder and not the folder itself to your sites root directory. Make sure that it overwrites your old files on the server.Once that is done log into your AdminCP and clear your sites cache (Tools >> Maintenance >> Cache Manager).
To confirm you are on build 2, go to Tools >> System Overview. Look for Core Version. It should output 3.0.0(build 2).
Alternatively you can view the changelog for this build and manually upload each file, however we advice to upload the entire package to assure you have all the files correctly updated.
Note, there is no need to run the installer.
We are pleased to announce that phpFox version 3.0.0 has been released.
If you have just heard about v3 and would like to find out more check out our series of blog entries detailing all the new changes and features this version introduces.
- Highlights of phpFox Version 3
- Highlights of phpFox Version 3 (Part 2)
- Highlights of phpFox Version 3 (Part 3)
- Highlights of phpFox Version 3 (Part 4)
- v3 Mobile Theme Teaser
- v3 Introduces DnD Mode
- 4 Flavors of V3
- v3 Final Touches and Cleanup
- Highlights of phpFox Version 3 (Part 5)
Thank You!
We wanted to thank everyone that was a part of our Beta and RC development phase. Thanks to all of your hard work, you have helped improve the overall stability and useability of this product. We could not have done it without you.Up-to-date "Upgrades Contract"
Unlike our past Beta and RC releases, this final release will require your license to have an up-to-date "Upgrades Contract" with us. If your license is not up-to-date you can extend this direct from your dashboard. Once there look for "($49) Extend Upgrades".If your license is up-to-date and you cannot find version 3.0.0 when downloading the product contact us here and we will make sure everything is in order.
Live Demo
View this version in action here.Download
This version can be downloaded directly from our clients area. When you have selected a license and reached the download page look for and tick/select "Download Latest Available Version (3.0.0)"Requirements
Requirements for v3 can be found here.Documentation
Our documentation can be found here.Changelog
Upcoming Site Updates
Our site will be updated over the next few days to take into account the newly released version. More information regarding these updates will be posted shortly.Thanks for all your support and help. Enjoy the new version!
