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Official Vanilla 2.0 Release Coming Next Week

MarkMark
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Vanilla 2 is now in rc3 and we've been taking feedback and fixing bugs for quite some time. We know there may still be some issues, but we feel that Vanilla 2 is close enough to do a final push of bug fixes and declare it's official release next week, most likely on 21 Jul 2010.

In order to do this we would like to get some help from the community. We would love it if as many people as possible would install the latest rc source code (not rc3) so we can find any final lingering bugs. You can always get the latest source code here:

http://vanillaforums.org/download/nightly

Any/all of the following would be great:
  1. Try installing the latest branch of Vanilla 2 on your machine, or better yet your web host. Installation and basic bugs are the most important to fix for us. Getting Vanilla 2 to work on all the different server configs is a challenge to implement and test so your help would be great. The main things we are looking for here are: a) Does Vanilla 2 install at all? b) Can you click around your forum and add a discussion? and c) If not, what is your phpinfo() (a link would be great) and web host.
  2. Try importing your Vanilla 1 data into Vanilla 2. Instructions on how to do this are here: http://vanillaforums.com/porter. We are looking for show-stopping bugs here. If the posts in Vanilla 2 don't look right compared to Vanilla 1 we are also interested in that.
  3. Any issues should be put on our github issue tracker here: http://github.com/vanillaforums/Garden/issues.
    4. Once Vanilla 2.0 has been released, we are looking at turning around bug fixes as quickly as possible.If you are upgrading your Vanilla 2 code using the nightly builds, here is a quick description of steps you can take:1. Back up your database (do a mysql_dump).2. Back up all of your old files (everything in your Vanilla folder). 3. Sign into your forum as the admin user (this is typically the user with ID 1).4. Delete all of the "*_map*" files from your cache folder.5. Download the latest source from vanillaforums.org/download/nightly6. Copy everything overtop of your old files except the following folders: cache, conf, uploads.7. If you had any custom plugins or themes, copy them back into the appropriate folder from the backup you made in step 2. 8. Enter the following url in your browser: http://yourdomain.com/path/to/vanilla/utility/structure and run any database update scripts there by clicking the button at the bottom of the page. Note: You need to be signed in as the admin user to do step 8, which is why step 3 is VERY important.
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  • TimTim
    Posts: 1,573

    Reporting Issues

    DO NOT REPORT ISSUES ON THE COMMUNITY FORUM

    Please report all issues on the GitHub Issue Tracker. Remember to do a quick search through the issues to make sure your issue has not already been added or resolved.

    Thankyou!

    Vanilla Forums Senior Developer [GitHub, Twitter, About.me]

  • garymardellgarymardell
    Posts: 819
    sweeet.
  • boriszborisz
    Posts: 21
    great to hear that, will download latest version tomorrow and will install it in live site to perform tests.
  • TiGRTiGR
    Posts: 250
    Have you performed any security testing?
  • ToddTodd
    Posts: 1,585
    We've done a lot of security testing, yes. Also keep in mind that Vanilla 2 has been up on our hosting site through its beta on our vanillaforums.com side. We've also incorporated a lot of security lessons learned from Vanilla 1.

    Vanilla co-founder

  • daqing1986daqing1986
    Posts: 2
    Great! I'll help test the latest code!
  • RaizeRaize
    Posts: 697
    Wicked!
  • kerphikerphi
    Posts: 23
    Will RC3 be upgradable to 2.0 easily ?
  • boriszborisz
    Posts: 21
    @kerphi well its should be but I will do a fresh installation since forum on our site is not live yet, but so far I'm really satisfied with the work done for Version 2
  • MarkMark
    Posts: 4,883
    @kerphi - I added upgrading instructions to the post above :)
  • kerphikerphi
    Posts: 23
    Ok thank you
  • LincolnLincoln
    Posts: 2,058
    I don't see any game stoppers yet, but I'll give it a better test over the weekend. My current issues are A) menu management being locked in the view and B) lack of a RemoveCssFile method.

    @Tim Even as a habitual GitHub-issue-poster, it sometimes feels like an echo chamber on there; sometimes you can post an issue and no one will comment, tag, or otherwise recognize its existence for weeks. It takes a lot of motivation to keep doing it, especially when I have no idea what your priorities are week-to-week.

    Vanilla developer [GitHub, Twitter]

  • TimTim
    Posts: 1,573
    @Lincoln I'll take some of the blame for that. I hate the github issue tracker. It is a piece of **** and annoys me intensely every time I have to use it. I'll try to get better at tagging things as they happen.

    Vanilla Forums Senior Developer [GitHub, Twitter, About.me]

  • phreakphreak
    Posts: 148
    Jipee!
  • MisaoMisao
    Posts: 1
    Great news. Thanks Vanilla Team.
  • artageswartagesw
    Posts: 3
    Quick question. Are you planning on providing a RESTful API for Vanilla 2?
  • raykrayk
    Posts: 183
    A quick question - can't seem to find vanilla.css on github... Is style.css the only css file the forums use now?

    My install on temp server and import of vanilla 1 went all fine! Only issue is attachments from Van1 didn't import over :(
  • bobthemanbobtheman
    Posts: 430
    A major missing feature, exporting vanilla information, forums users and posts. Will this be included?
  • RainulfRainulf
    Posts: 58
    This is awesome, I can't wait.
  • situlongsitulong
    Posts: 4
    Will it be easier to translate ?
  • LincolnLincoln
    Posts: 2,058
    @artagesw Vanilla includes an entire framework that lets you easily create any API you need with plugins or apps. I have no knowledge of a generic/official one shipping with the official release.

    @rayk There is no vanilla.css by default but I believe you can include one in your themes for forum-specific styling.

    @bobtheman http://vanillaforums.com/blog/help-topics/importing-data/

    @sitlulong Easier than what? :)

    Vanilla developer [GitHub, Twitter]

  • raykrayk
    Posts: 183
    Thanks Lincoln, worked it out. Custom.css way makes styling quite nice.

    Is there any plans to include attachments in the import tool? It just needs to port over the LUM_Attachments table and insert image urls in the appropriate posts like all the other data that gets ported across.

    I really really would love that. Please :D.
  • ToddTodd
    Posts: 1,585
    @rayk There are no plans to have the import tool support the attachments for this Week's release, but possibly after.

    Vanilla co-founder

  • sammymansammyman
    Posts: 33
    I would also like the attachments tool. I have a large vb forum I would like to port over to Vanilla asap. Thanks.
  • navjotjsinghnavjotjsingh
    Posts: 1
    I was just checking Vanilla Forums today and heard new version is so close to release. Would love to check it out once its released. :)
  • quasiperfectquasiperfect
    Posts: 17
    many thanks to the vanilla team
  • pmarchandpmarchand
    Posts: 24
    I'm dying... I would like to move from PHPBB (v3) to Vanilla 2.

    Anytime soon it will be possible to do that ?

    Thanks
  • raykrayk
    Posts: 183
    I'm pretty sure I recall the import tool having support for both VB and phpBB v3 import.
  • pmarchandpmarchand
    Posts: 24
    @rayk

    Oups sorry, i didn't know that. Where can i find the import tool please ?
  • TimTim
    Posts: 1,573
    @pmarchand Read the first post in this thread.

    Vanilla Forums Senior Developer [GitHub, Twitter, About.me]

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