MyBB Merge System 1.6.1 is now available on the MyBB website and is a maintenance update to the MyBB Merge 1.6 series.

This release is to ensure that all users of MyBB Merge 1.6 have the latest fixes.

This release fixes several reported issues since the release of 1.6.0, which caused some incorrect functionality of the Merge System. These bugs have been fixed to provide a more stable version of for public use.

What’s fixed in this version?

• 27 bug fixes (view all)
• Folder renamed from “convert” to “merge” inside the zip, to make it consistent with the fact that this is a Merge System, not a Converter.

As always, you can send through security related messages on the MyBB website from the Contact Us page.

Thank you,
MyBB Team

MyBB 1.6.1 is now available on the MyBB website and is a security and maintenance update to the MyBB 1.6 series. A patch has also been made available to provide the security updates for the MyBB 1.4 series.

This release is to ensure that all users on MyBB 1.6 have the latest fixes, and to patch two medium-risk security issues within MyBB.

This release fixes several reported issues since the release of 1.6.0, which caused some incorrect functionality of MyBB. These bugs have been fixed to provide a more stable version of MyBB for public use.

What’s fixed in this version?

• Two XSS Vulnerabilities in editpost.php, member.php and newreply.php – Thank you to YGN Ethical Hacker Group for alerting us of these issues.
• 90+ bug fixes (view all)

This release has been tested by our Software Quality Assurance group.

The following files were changed since the initial MyBB 1.6 release:

• calendar.php
• editpost.php
• forumdisplay.php
• member.php
• misc.php
• modcp.php
• moderation.php
• newreply.php
• newthread.php
• polls.php
• portal.php
• printthread.php
• private.php
• reputation.php
• showthread.php
• usercp.php
• xmlhttp.php
• admin
  • inc
    • class_page.php
    • functions.php
    • functions_view_manager.php
  • jscripts
    • codepress
      • languages
        • css.css
    • imodal.js
  • modules
    • config
      • badwords.php
      • banning.php
      • calendar.php
      • help_documents.php
    • forum
      • announcements.php
      • management.php
    • home
      • credits.php
      • preferences.php
    • style
      • templates.php
      • themes.php
    • tools
      • recount_rebuild.php
    • user
      • groups.php
      • users.php
    • styles
      • sharepoint
        • avatar_gallery.css
• inc
  • datahandlers
    • post.php
    • user.php
  • languages
    • english
      • admin
        • config_badwords.lang.php
        • forum_management.lang.php
        • tools_recount_rebuild.lang.php
        • tools_statistics.lang.php
      • moderation.lang.php
      • portal.lang.php
      • reputation.lang.php
      • usercp.lang.php
      • xmlhttp.lang.php
    • english.php
  • tasks
    • delayedmoderation.php
    • promotions.php
    • userpruning.php
  • class_core.php
  • class_custommoderation.php
  • class_datacache.php
  • class_moderation.php
  • class_parser.php
  • functions.php
  • functions_forumlist.php
  • functions_indicators.php
  • functions_online.php
  • functions_post.php
  • functions_search.php
  • functions_user.php

• install
  • resources
    • mybb_theme.xml
    • settings.xml
    • upgrade17.php
    • upgrade18.php
  • index.php
• jscripts
  • editor.js

* Red represents files that contain security updates
* Green represents new files added in this release

MyBB 1.6.0 to MyBB 1.6.1 Security Patch

This patch is only for users running MyBB 1.6.0. If you are running an older version of MyBB then please download MyBB 1.6.0 from the MyBB site and update to it using the general [Wiki: Upgrading] guide.

If you wish to manually patch your board please download “mybb_1600_patches.txt” and follow the instructions in that file.

mybb_1600_patches.txt

The manual patch set instructions only fixes the security vulnerabilities and is only made available to temporarily secure your forum until you have time to run the complete upgrade.

MyBB 1.6.0 to MyBB 1.6.1 Full Upgrade

When upgrading from 1.6.0, you will not lose any custom themes, plugins or language packs which you may have installed.

Follow the general [Wiki: Upgrading] guide outlined on the MyBB Wiki to complete the upgrade process. You may download a ZIP archive of changed files here:

changed_files_1601.zip

Please download the attached ZIP archive and replace the files in your forum directory with those from the ZIP archive.

This update does require running the upgrader.
There are database schema, language string, or template changes in this version.

You must then check for modified templates using the instructions below.

Theme and template changes

Using the “Find Updated” link under the “Templates” page in the Admin CP you can find a list of the templates that have changed in this release that you’ve got one or more custom copies of.

After identifying changed templates using the tool you can either revert your custom template to the default (delete it) or use the “diff” tool to perform a difference analysis on your custom template and the default.

“Revert required” indicates that for this template to work correctly with MyBB 1.6.1 you’ll either need to revert it to the default or modify your custom template to include the changes in the default. If a revert is not required your custom version of the template should work perfectly fine.

Template changes

Since MyBB 1.6.0 the following templates have had changes to them:

• portal_latestthreads_thread
• showthread_poll_option_multiple
• usercp_nav_misc

* Red represents the template must be updated or reverted to fix security problems

Language file changes

Since MyBB 1.6.0 the following language files have had changes to them:

• moderation.lang.php
• portal.lang.php
• reputation.lang.php
• usercp.lang.php
• xmlhttp.php
• admin
  • config_badwords.lang.php
  • forum_management.lang.php
  • tools_recount_rebuild.lang.php
  • tools_statistics.lang.php

Either update your language packs to include the changes in these files or revert to the standard English language pack.

MyBB 1.4.14 Update

MyBB 1.4.14 was released on August 3rd 2010 to provide full PHP 5.3 functionality as well as improved attachment management. If you’re still using 1.4.13, it is recommended to upgrade to 1.4.14. You can do this by following the instructions in the MyBB 1.4.14 Release Announcement. The changed files package has been updated with the latest security fixes.

Please note all users of the 1.4.x series are urged to upgrade to the latest release of MyBB (1.6.1).

This patch is only for users running MyBB 1.4.14 or any previous release of the MyBB 1.4 series. Please download “mybb_1414_patches.txt” below and follow the manual patching instructions.

mybb_1414_patches.txt

Reporting MyBB security vulnerabilities

If you think you’ve found a vulnerability in MyBB, we advise you not to publicly post it on these forums or publicly release information about it elsewhere until we’ve had time to prepare and release a patch.

As always, you can send through security related messages on the MyBB website from the Contact Us page.

Thank you,
MyBB Team

Alan Crisp, a long standing and proud staff member of MyBB, answers your questions.

Please tell us a bit about yourself.

I’m 23 and currently live in [not very] sunny Doncaster in the UK. I started out writing small modifications for MyBB more years ago than I would care to count up and also created the MyBB Mods website as a side project. In 2004 I joined Chris as a developer following the departure of many of the original team. For a little while there was only really Chris and I actively developing MyBB but more people were quickly recruited to help out. I’ve been here ever since and am involved in both maintaining and developing the MyBB Mods website and also developing MyBB itself. My career is also in web development and I’m currently working at one of the largest online retailers of computer and electrical products in the UK. Primarily I’m a PHP developer although my job occasionally takes me into other programming languages such as Perl and basic bash scripting.

Other than MyBB, what are some of your hobbies?

I’m a saxophone player and also an aspiring composer in my free time. I’m very much into jazz, funk and blues music and enjoy listening to all sorts from Cannonball Adderley, Dave Brubeck and Herbie Hancock to Chuck Mangione, Dave Weckl and Spyro Gyra. I do like some other more mainstream bands too such as Muse, Snow Patrol and Captain. Whilst I was still in full-time education, music was very much my main focus and programming was the hobby on the side. I even went on to do a music degree and then put it to great use by going into a career as a web developer. Essentially music and programming are now the reverse of before – I’m spending most of my time each day doing web development at work and keeping my musical interests going in my spare time. On the plus side I can listen to music at work so that is perhaps the best of both worlds. I can’t imagine how I would cope without Last.fm when I’m at work.

What is your favourite food?

This is a tough call, although I’ve recently become addicted to BBQ chicken pizzas. In fact, I’m probably going to end up eating one shortly after I’ve written this. Failing that a good fry-up with lots of grease is always a meal suitable for any coming day.

How long per day, on average, would you spend at a computer and doing what?

I spend at least eight hours a day in front of a computer at work doing web development, then often another four or five in the evening when I get home during which I could be doing almost anything from gaming to composing, general web surfing or even more programming – it did start as a hobby after all.

What is a feature you would love to see in MyBB by default one day?

Several years ago when I was primarily a modification developer for MyBB I created a modification for allowing entire user groups to become forum moderators. This was mentioned for possible inclusion in future releases of MyBB several times but unfortunately it never happened. That is of course until MyBB 1.6, but then you already know that because you’ve all read the features list and/or tried the beta by now, haven’t you?

What is your dream career?

I’m certainly enjoying my career so far in web development. I’ve picked up so much knowledge and worked with some great people so this is certainly where I’m staying for the moment. That said however, if I suddenly had an opportunity to join a touring band as a saxophonist or become the next big film composer I could probably be tempted to make an unplanned career move.

Do you plan on sticking with MyBB or will you move off to something else?

My connection with MyBB is something I’m incredibly proud of and it means a lot to me. It’s largely because I joined MyBB that I became interested in web development and lead to me deciding to make a career of it when it became apparent that I was not going to be the next Hans Zimmer. So with that in mind I certainly want to stick around with MyBB for as long as I’m able, although inevitably the real world will ultimately dictate how long that will be. I certainly hope to be around for a while yet.

Anything else you would like to add?

It’s been truly great to be a part of this community for so long. I’ve seen MyBB grow from a little-known script that powered the Messenger Plus! community forums to the fully featured product it is today which can really contend with some of the biggest bulletin board scripts available. I’d like to thank everyone who has supported MyBB over the years and hope you continue to show that support in the future. Seeing your positive feedback has always been great encouragement to continue at times when motivation is low and it’s a really great feeling to be a part of something that so many people now know and hopefully enjoy to use.

I am pleased to announce that we have promoted Tim B. to be our new product manager and to take care of our day-to-day operations.

Tim joined us early this year on the support team.  He has shown his dedication to the team throughout his tenure on the support team, and his eagerness to find solutions to problems of any scale.  In addition he has helped with several projects internally such as re-writing our forum rules and reorganizing our forums.  Coupled with his experience in business and also in software engineering, Tim will be able to lead the MyBB team as we head to our next generation product, MyBB 2.0.

A few things you probably didn’t know about Tim:  He’s an Aussie, but doesn’t ride kangaroos to work.  Instead he loves riding anything with two wheels; he has a dirt bike, and many mountain bikes.  He also has an obsession with his non-contact thermometer…

He will be taking over all of my responsibilities with the management of the community and systems here at MyBB, as well as the marketing aspect of the MyBB product.  He will lead the team making sure that progress is being made in the right direction as a whole.

As for me, I will be focusing more on the software design and development of the MyBB product and as such I will be working more with Ryan Gordon and the development team.

Once again let us extend our congratulations to Tim B. as we move forward in this new era of the MyBB team.