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MyBB 1.6 Beta Released

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The MyBB Group is proud to release the first public beta of MyBB 1.6.  There are over 48 new features some of which we have featured in two of our previous blog postings (sneak previews: part 1, part 2).  In addition, there are a number of improvements and bug fixes.

MyBB 1.6 aims to provide a number of fresh new features to the 1.4.x code base.  We had backward compatibility in mind, and so most themes and modifications designed for 1.4.x should work with 1.6 with minimal changes.

Beta software

As this is still beta software, we expect there are going to be bugs, anomalies and other related issues.  Please report any bugs in our development tracker, with all the information you may find relevant (error verbatim, reproduction procedure, server software, browser, etc), and please search before posting.  At this time we do not recommend running this on a production forum.  It is highly recommended that you create backups of your files and database before attempting to use MyBB 1.6.

Support

The support team will be providing limited official support for the beta software. Our concentration for support will still be on our stable series, 1.4.x, so please be patient.  As usual, we can only provide support for assistance in using MyBB’s features.  We cannot provide support for customizations including plugins, modifications, and themes.

Download and further information

The MyBB 1.6 Beta can be downloaded here.  Please read our 1.6 FAQ as well.

Updated Subversion Access Details

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As part of our recent (and emergency) server migration, we’ve just finished restructuring our development server (that hosts the MyBB Development Portal and Subversion repositories). As a result, if you’re checking out and working with our Subversion repositories, please be aware that the URLs for doing so have changed.

The new official Subversion repositories are as follows:

If you’ve already checked out a copy of MyBB using Subversion, you can switch your local copy to the new URL using the following command:
svn switch --relocate http://dev.mybboard.net/svn/mybb/ http://svn.mybboard.net/mybb

Please note that the old Subversion URLs will continue to work for the majority of users the time being. However, if you’re running Mac OS X, you’ll need to switch to the new URLs due to a bug with the Subversion client that ships with Mac OS X.