Major Upgrade to SMF 2.0 RC2

[Some Guy]

SMF 2.0 RC2 Upgrade

This Upgrade will take place on January 27th at 9:30pm - 10:30pm PST

Hi all,

As most of you will undoubtedly already have seen, SMF 2.0 RC2 has been released to our Charter Members about an hour ago.

It's been a few months since the release of RC1, but loads of bugs have been fixed since. It's not just bugs that delayed the release, though: RC2 boasts our brand-new Curve theme, featuring rewrites of all SMF's templates and of course a slick new look.

For those not familiar with our preview releases system: after our Charter Members have had their go at it, and no blocking bugs appear, 2.0 RC2 will, of course, go public.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank our Charter Members for their continued support for SMF!

Thanks,
Aaron

SMF 2.0 RC 2 is now public and has been for quite some time, but now we can move forward to the next generation of forums that include new features and updated features such as:

• Database abstraction - with support for PostgreSQL and SQLite planned alongside that of MySQL.
  
  Automatic installation of packages into themes other than just the default.
  
  Email templates to simplify customization of forum emails.
  
  Moderation center including post, topic and attachment moderation - to allow approving of user content before it is made public.
  
  User warning system.
  
  Additional group functionally including group moderators and requestable/free assignable groups.
  
  WYSIWYG editor to provide an intuitive user interface to those users not familiar with BBC.
  
  Permission improvements such as group inheritance and permission profiles to further reduce the complexity of the permissions system.
  
  File based caching for a performance increase on all forums regardless of whether an accelerator is installed.
  
  Mail queuing system to stagger the sending of emails to improve performance on large forums.
  
  Advanced signature settings to allow the administrator of a forum to more tightly control the contents of users signatures.
  
  Personal messaging improvements including ability to automatically sort incoming messages and a variety of display options.
  
  Improved upgrade script with better timeout protection and simpler user interface.
  
  Custom profile fields to enable administrators to add additional member fields from the administration center.

[Kithop]

Yay Postgres support! :p

Time to ditch MySQL. *cough* ;)  j/k.  Sort of.  Converting is a pain, but if I were starting from scratch...

[RainRat]

No, we're not changing the board to a Release Candidate.