* CMS Administration recoded with new features (some AJAX) and restyled
* CMS Blocks and Layouts recoded from scratch to increase flexibility and performance (now block style is in a single file to help designing new styles)
* New template structure: it is now possible to create brand new templates by just creating a CSS and a CFG file, this will reduce the number of files needed for each template, reducing also the job in case of updates or customizations; not only, you will be able to easily create combinations between different templates without having to duplicate directory structure
* Common CMS and
ACP templates now fully independent from all other templates
* Common JS and CSS in common folder and possibility to include extra CSS and JS via
php without editing TPL
* Some Functions and other common includes splitted among several files to reduce memory charge and increase performance
* Created new overall vars and switches to increase flexibility and performances (old switches were based upon loops, new ones are based on conditions, which are faster to be processed)
* English language files grammatically reviewed (thanks Lopalong!) and in some cases updated to the new phpBB 3 format
* New Junior Admin permission which gives full admin power while in the forum but restricted in
ACP and CMS (
ACP modules can be assigned via Junior Admin management and CMS permission for CMS management)
* Brand new Statistics system which integrates new features and replace also old Site History page
* Bots Parsing now is DB dependent and bots can now have REG access... also you can now add a switch for bots in TPL files to avoid bots spidering something you don't want them to
* URL Rewrite modified to be more efficient
* Print Page improved
* Added Google Search page to be used alternatively the standard search system, this will reduce the charge on your server
* Colorize username function recoded to reduce looping and cache issues with a large userbase
* Recoded caching system which in older Icy Phoenix version was proved to fail for high traffic sites: this new way to cache should be more efficient and should reduce CPU charge under stressing condition
* Birthdays and Calendar should now use less resources than before, again big sites will benefit from this
* New CRON system which should be easier to be customized and improved... basic functions already added, new features to come with future versions...
* Created new user related functions to simplify Icy Phoenix integration and coding: user_get_avatar, build_im_link, PM Class, generate_user_info
* AJAX Sorting in some
ACP and CMS pages to speed up things in administrating things
* New Recent function allowing admins to track latest users activity
* Forums Sorting capabilities both by adding alphabetical sorts and columns headers links
* Higher Lang Encoding compatibility
* Mass PM feature integrated in Mass Email section
* Brand new Ads and Banners system
* Mass Email supports now full HTML format for nicely formatted newsletters
* Smileys Categories section... it is hardcoded to improve performances even with thousands of smileys
* Step by step DB Backup System similar to
MySQLDumper... to avoid nasty timeouts when backing up the site
* HighSlide JS (http://highslide.com/) integration
* Many smaller updates and features... install the beta to discover all of them!