We have released two new versions this week-end:

• Version 4.1.7-stable for those who want to run the latest stable version with maximum security and stability;
• Version 5.0.3-beta for those who want the latest & greatest features at the expense of maybe a few minor bugs ;)

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Important security upgrade!

We strongly recommend you upgrade to either one of these releases in order to keep your system secure against the latest potential vulnerabilities that have been detected.

Is version 5.0.3-beta stable enough to run on production?

We think it is. We are running it on this site ourselves. It may have a few more bugs than 4.1.7 but nothing major... and it has sooo many new features! It's becoming really hard to roll without it ;)

b2evolution version 5-0-2 alpha has been released.

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Why another alpha release?

Well, because quite a few people are running 5.0 on productions servers now, and we wanted to give everyone an updated version that is as stable and as efficient as possible.

If it is production grade software, why keep it an alpha then?

Well, because with a stable release people expect long term support (like we do for version 4.1 for example). In this case we will ask everyone who uses the current version to upgrade to the next release as soon as it comes out for continued support.

Even with a beta, people have some expectations about stable specs and documentations which we cannot provide quite yet. For example we are still working heavily on the skinning specs for version 5 and skins developped for the current alpha releases may very well need to be adapted before they can run on the final release.

We are still not done with a list of features but we are making some progress on that too. We expect to update the related page in the new manual soon. In the meantime you can get a preview of the feature list here: http://www.stateoftheevolution.com/new-features-b2evolution-v5 ...

b2evolution version 5-0-1 alpha has been released.

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This is another alpha release, building up on the previous one.

It includes many bug fixes and also new features.

You may run this on production if you know what you are doing and feel comfortable with poking around in PHP & SQL in case of problems. (That's what we do. This site in currently running on v 5.0.1-alpha-5).

Believe it or not, the list of changes is so long we still didn't have time to compile it, clean it up and make it readable yet. Check out the related page in the new manual for updates.

Please let us know what you think of v5 so far ;) ... and if you like it, tweet it, +1 it or share it on facebook! Thanks!

b2evolution version 5-0-0 alpha has been released.

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This is an alpha release destined mainly to our hardcore fans who have waited for this new version a very long time already.

We do not recommend running it on production unless you know what you are doing and feel comfortable with poking around in PHP & SQL in case of problems. (That's what we do. This site in currently running on v 5.0.0-alpha-x).

The new forums are running on the same system. Have you updated your user profile?

This alpha release is still far from our vision of what the final product should be, but it's already the biggest step forwad from one version to the next. (Check out the file sizes).

Believe it or not, the list of changes is so long we didn't have time to compile it, clean it up and make it readable yet. Check out the related page in the new manual for updates.

Please let us know what you think of v5 so far ;) ... and if you like it, tweet it, +1 it or share it on facebook! Thanks!

b2evolution version 4.1.6-stable has been released.

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This is a maintenance upgrade recommended for all users in order to get best stability and security for their web site.

On the download page, you will also find a file containing only changed files since version 4.1.5. This may make upgrade easier if you are currently running a customized version of v 4.1.5.

Besides this, version 5.0-alpha is just around the corner (next week). Have you seen our recent updates?

Have you updated your user profile in the new forums?

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There's quite a few interesting things coming up, starting today:

• We are migrating this site (the "main" site) to a new server... better suited for handling the load of things to come ;) This should be finished sometime today. If you see this, it means you are already looking at the new server.
• We are setting up a demo/test server for the new forums... running on b2evo v5 instead of phpBB. We are still tweaking the importer to get a better transition. More info coming up shortly... The demo tests ran sucessfully. We now have finished migration. Click here!
• Right after that, we are going to migrate the main site to b2evo v5. If you see this, it means you are already looking at the new site running b2evolution v5-alpha.
• Then, we are going to integrate the forums with the main site, all under v5 of course. The integration will allow you to use the same user account for everything. (The user accounts from the phpBB forums will be imported.) We now have finished migration. Click here!
  
• Once this is done, we'll test everything for a couple of weeks. (Testing is in progress and going pretty well...) Once quirks are ironed out, we'll release an alpha version of b2evolution v5. (Alpha release before the end of November!)
• Finally, after all that, we'll start the b2evolution v5 documentation project with a brand new manual (running on b2evo v5 too instead of the old Wiki). This project has started. You can have a look here: http://b2evolution.net/man/
• Bonus: login & registrations for b2evolution community accounts are open. If you already had created an account several years ago, you can use it again by logging in. Otherwise you can register here. Either way, feel free to update your profile (new in v5) and stay logged in for your future comments... and forum posts (when migration is done).
  

October is going to be a very interesting month for the b2evolution project & community. Stay tuned! ;)

Update from November 1st: As you can see above, a lot of progress has been made in october. We are basically finishing work on the antispam/moderation features that will allow us to migrate the forums. We will release b2evolution v5-alpha a few days later.