Download: b2evolution-6.6.6-stable-2015-11-17.zip
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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.