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Hello,

We are very pleased to announce the availability of the phpBB 3.0.2
package. This version has seen numerous stability fixes, performance tweaks
and general bugs fixed. Additionally one minor security-related bug was
fixed.

With this release, we also re-introduced the code changes tutorial. Due to
the different codebase in phpBB3, these are a lot bigger and a lot more
complicated than they ever were in phpBB2 - also the reason why we
introduced the automatic update package and automatic updater in phpBB,
which is able to handle modded boards too by merging differences. We do not
recommend the use of the code changes tutorial - those are meant for
professional users and support teams to help assist users having problems
while updating.

• Read more: phpBB 3.0.2 released

The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.2.6. This release focuses on improving the stability of the PHP 5.2.x branch with over 120 bug fixes, several of which are security related. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to this release.

Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.2.6:

* Fixed possible stack buffer overflow in the FastCGI SAPI identified by Andrei Nigmatulin.
* Fixed integer overflow in printf() identified by Maksymilian Aciemowicz.
* Fixed security issue detailed in CVE-2008-0599 identified by Ryan Permeh.
* Fixed a safe_mode bypass in cURL identified by Maksymilian Arciemowicz.
* Properly address incomplete multibyte chars inside escapeshellcmd() identified by Stefan Esser.
* Upgraded bundled PCRE to version 7.6
Key enhancements in PHP 5.2.6 include:

• Read more: PHP 5.2.6 Released

Hello,

We are very pleased to announce the availability of the phpBB 3.0.1
package. This version has seen numerous stability fixes, performance
tweaks and general bugs fixed. Additionally two minor security-related
bugs were fixs.

Please note that we urge you to update. The versions we currently
support here are phpBB 2.0.23 and phpBB 3.0.1.

3.0.1 has seen some some critical bugs fixed, including:

- Allow correct avatar caching for CGI installations. (thanks
wildbill)

• Read more: phpBB 3.0.1 released

Its developers promised that WordPress 2.5, released last month, was more than just “a fresh coat of paint.” Instead, they said, 2.5 was a “from the ground up” redesign. The goal was to create a new WordPress that would be powerful but easy to administer. After upgrading my WordPress installation and using the new format, I found that the WordPress development team has done a fabulous job of making WordPress even better than it was. It’s not perfect, but it’s darn close.

Esthetically speaking, 2.5 presents a sleeker, more beautiful administrative back end. Older versions sported an institutional beige, black, and blue color scheme; now, with just a bit of tweaking, the WordPress team presents a pleasing combination of rich brown and muted slate blue that is much easier on the eyes. But colors are not the most important detail in the grand scheme of things.

Read more at Linux.com

phpPgAdmin 4.2 Released
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April 5th, 2008

The phpPgAdmin Team is proud to announce a new major release of
phpPgAdmin. Version 4.2 adds many new features, bug fixes and
updated translations over the previous version, and includes support for
PostgreSQL 8.3.

Download
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To download right now, visit:

http://phppgadmin.sourceforge.net/?page=download

(RPMs available soon)

• Read more: phpPgAdmin 4.2 Released

I have been blogging for many years. During that time I have used many other platforms including hosted software from BlogCity. TypePad, and Blogger. I also used Moveable Type briefly and a highly customized version of Joomla! (before that MamboCMS). Last fall I switched to WordPress as my primary blog platform. Though I haven’t been bowled over by WordPress I have come to the conclusion that it is the best blogging platform for me because it’s easy-to-use, has the widest variety of features, extensible, and it’s open source (with a thriving community of developers– over 90 developers were credited with contributing to this release).

Yesterday the long awaited and somewhat delayed WordPress 2.5 was released. Today, I updated my installation today and though I had a few problems the upgrade to the new version was definitely worth it.

Read more at Socialized Software 

The Joomla! community is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla! 1.5.2 [Woi]. This is a normal maintenance update. It has been eight weeks since Joomla! 1.5.1 was released. The goal is to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla! end user community containing the latest bug fixes and minor enhancements.

Read more at Joomla

Drupal is a modular content management system. It allows a user or group of users to construct Web sites, blogs, or forums by providing the framework for users with little or no PHP or database experience. It grows more popular with each new release because it becomes easier to use each new release. Drupal 6.0 (and 6.1) were recently released after a year of development. The new features and improvements make for an impressive content management platform.

The beauty of Drupal is how highly customizable it is. The more PHP you know, the more powerful it becomes. But even if you don’t know any PHP you can build and run a great-looking site by utilizing Drupal’s many built-in and contributed modules as well as the various themes. Some of the sites running Drupal include Warner Brothers Records, Popular Science, and The Onion. If you need help, you can find lots of handy documentation and a friendly user forum on the Drupal Web site.

Read more at Linux.com

A customizable dashboard, multi-file upload, built-in galleries, one-click plugin upgrades, tag management, built-in Gravatars, full text feeds, and faster load times sound interesting? Then WordPress 2.5 might be the release for you. It’s been in the oven for a while, and we’re finally ready to open the doors a bit to give you a taste.

For the past few months, we’ve been working with our friends at Happy Cog — Jeffrey Zeldman, Jason Santa Maria, and Liz Danzico — to redesign WordPress from the ground-up. The result is a new way of interacting with WordPress that will remain familiar to seasoned users while improving the experience for everyone. This isn’t just a fresh coat of paint — we’ve re-thought the look of WordPress, as well as how it’s organized so that you can forget about the software and focus on your own creative pursuits.

Here are a few vignettes of what’s in store.

Read more at WordPress

Drupal 6.1, a maintenance release that fixes problems reported using the bug tracking system, as well as security vulnerabilities is now available for download. The security issues identified were in code new to Drupal 6, and are therefore not applicable to sites running on Drupal 5.Upgrading your existing Drupal 6 sites is strongly recommended. There are no new features in this release. For more information about the Drupal 6.x release series, consult the Drupal 6.0 release announcement.

Read more at Drupal 

The Joomla! Project now announces the immediate release of Joomla! 1.0.15 [Daytime]. This release addresses a security vulnerability and it is recommended that you upgrade immediately. Begin by testing on a backup copy of your site. Once you have verified that your site works as expected, backup your live site and upgrade as soon as possible.

Read more at Joomla 

Many companies offer LAMP hosting, but some of the cheaper LAMP providers do not allow SSH access, reserving that feature for higher-paying customers. Without SSH you may think you’ll have trouble executing commands on the hosted server. Not so — PHP Shell allows execution of some commands without having SSH access to the LAMP server.

The only PHP function that PHP Shell requires is proc_open(). If you can execute that function using PHP code, then PHP Shell should work. As PHP Shell is easy to install, the easiest way to find out if you are allowed to execute it is to just install it and see if it runs.

Read more at Linux.com

Hi everyone,

we are very happy to announce the release of phpBB 2.0.23, the “still
furry as hell” edition. This release addresses several bugfixes and
some security issues.

As with all new releases we urge you to update as soon as possible.
You can of course find this download available on our downloads page
at:

http://www.phpbb.com/downloads/

As per usual four packages are available to simplify your update.

Full Package:

Contains entire phpBB2 source and English language package

Changed Files Only: Contains only those files changed from previous
versions of phpBB. Please note this archive contains changed files for
each previous release

Patch Files: Contains patch compatible patches from the previous
versions of phpBB.

Code Changes: Contains step-by-step instructions in MOD format for
updating heavily MODified installs

Select whichever package is most suitable for you.

Please ensure you read the INSTALL and README documents in docs/
before proceeding with installation or updates!

It is important that you carry out both parts of the update -
updating the files and running the database update script - for
updates to be complete.

The changelog (contained within this release) is as follows:

- Correctly re-assign group moderator on user deletion (Bug
#280)

- Deleting a forum with multiple polls included (Bug #6740)

- Fixed postgresql query for obtaining group moderator in
groupcp.php (Bug #6550)

- Selected field on first entry by default for font size within
posting_body.tpl (Bug #7124)

- Adjusted maxlength parameters in admin/styles_edit_body.tpl
(Bug #81)

- Fixed html output in make_forum_select if no forums present
(Bug #436)

- Fixed spelling error(s) in lang_admin.php (Bug #7172, #6978)

- Correctly display censored words in admin panel (Bug #12271)

- Do not allow soft hyphen xAD in usernames (reported by
Bander00)

- Fixed the group permission system’s use of array access

- Simple group permissions now work properly

- Fix inability to export smilies (Bug #2265)

- Fixing some problems with PHP5 and register_long_arrays off

- Fix possible XSRF Vulnerability in private messaging and
groups handling

The original announcement is located at:

http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=772285

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