Web Wiz Guide is proud to announce the second beta release of it’s Web Wiz Forums software, Web Wiz Form version 8 Beta 2. This new version adds many new tools and features as well as fixing a number of issues with Beta 1.
New Features include a Cookie-less login and session tracking system, a Calendar System, and RSS Feeds using XML.
RSS Feeds (Really Simple Syndication) allow your users using
software like FeedDemon, to have a News Feed of the Last 10 Posts in
your Forum, or individual Forums that allow Guest Access. It also
allows you to Syndicate your last 10 posts to others areas of your site
or even other web sites.
New features include: -
- New Calendar System
- New XML RSS Feeds (Really Simple Syndications) of Last 10 Posts across all forums and individual forums
- New RSS online web browser reader tool using XLST (still in beta)
- New Improved Admin Control Panel (Replaces former Admin Area)
- New Cookie-less Login System
- New Session Tracking System
- New Admin/Moderator Member Notes
- New support form Web Gardens and Multiple Load Balanced Web Servers (MySQL and SQL Server versions)
- New support for multiple installations on the same site
- New Member Approval by Forum Admin
- New ‘Today’s Birthdays’ displayed on Forum Index Page
- Performance Tuning of Database and SQL
- Web Wiz CAPTCHA version 2.01 integration
- Improved MySQL Database Support for versions 4.1 and 5
- Improved Error Handling
- Improved more powerful CSS styles for improved forum look and feel
- Improved Security against Brute Force and Dictionary Hacking of forum accounts
- Improved Security for the New Admin Control Panel
- Improved Security against forum and site defacement
- Improved member suspension tools
- Improved Admin Login
- Improved support for non-western character sets
- Fixed many issues relating to the Beta 1 release
- + Many other new and improved features, with over 200 files amended or replaced
Click here join the Web Wiz Forums version 8 beta testing program
Bugs and ErrorsPlease
do not post about bugs and errors in this topic, start and new topic
and include as much detail as possiable including database version.
Edited by -boRg- - 01 March 2006 at 5:59pm