Released on November 17th, 2015.

This is a stable release and is recommended for all users.

This release includes fixes for all bugs that have been reported on version 6.6.5 so far.

Also available on GitHub.

Installation

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Our easy Installation Guide will provide step by step instructions to get you started with b2evolution.

Upgrade

If you're running version 5.1.0 or later, feel free to use the Auto-Upgrade Procedure for a quick and automated upgrade.

In any case, all the upgrade options are outlined here: Upgrading an existing installation.

IMPORTANT:

• If you have been using previous v6 beta versions, you should delete the boostrap_* skin folders before installing this version. Otherwise you will have old files interfering with the new ones.
• Many root files are no longer needed in this version and should ideally be deleted from your web server.
• You should use the provided tool to convert your database to UTF-8. Please check Upgrade to b2evolution version 6.x for instructions.

Changes

In addition to features of version 6.6.5-stable:

• Improved search engine including:
  • Ability to find posts based on their tags
  • Better scoring algorithm
• Front-end configuration enhancements:
  • Ability to require Users to accept Terms & Conditions. See disp = terms.
  • Ability to have a page for displaying all tags of a collection. See disp = tags.
  • More settings in each of the default skins.
  • Better account activation messages in forums.
  • Reorganized and extended the Collection Features tab.
• Plugins:
  • Enhanced and updated Video Plug plugin.
  • Enhanced Universal Item List Widget.
  • Enhanced Calendar Widget.
  • Enhanced Archives Widget
  • Fixed "Who's Online?" Widget.
  • Fixed display of several plugin widgets.
• Refactoring and extension of some user/group permissions
• Parent/Child posts added to the demo contents (See the example "Child post" on a fresh install.) (More features to come)
• Config switch to not display a warning on old version of IE: $check_browser_version = false;
• New collections are now created with proper default posts types enabled.
• Many small UI improvements.
• Many small bug fixes.
• Enhanced upgrade procedure, including more error checks to cope with old DBs in bad shape.