For all of our member around the World who speak Spanish, today we have the pleasure to welcome our newest Support Site. En Español! Here's a few words from NobNob, the Spanish SA: "We are very pleased of being able to give support to the whole community of Spanish-speaking users from the new PHPFusion Official Support Site in Spanish, from where we hope to be able to contribute actively in the development of this magnificent project". Let's repeat that in Spanish: "Estamos muy complacidos de poder dar soporte a toda la comunidad de usuarios hispanohablantes desde el nuevo Sitio Oficial de Soporte en Español de PHPFusion, desde donde esperamos poder contribuir activamente en el desarrollo de este magnífico proyecto". The Staff at the Spanish Support Site looks like this, today: NobNob - Super Administrator Elvenelf - Administrator Homy - Administrator The Spanish Support Site can be found right here: Spanish Support Site Bienvenidos! Update: The Spanish NSS can currently be found at: http://php-fusion.uni.cc/ [temporary]

It has been a while since I posted news regarding development of PHPFusion. We don't exactly know where we're going at the moment, but it is looking likely that we will be moving up to version 7 rather than version 6.02. The main reason for this is that the core is currently under going a major overhaul as the existing core is somewhat out of date. In order to accommodate the number of requested new features we are having to rewrite quite a bit of code (quite a bit has not been updated at all since version 3x). We are fully focused on making PHPFusion a fuller and more complete cms whilst maintaining my philosophy of a light weight system. In terms of compatability it is going to be difficult to include full backward compatability with existing version 6 mods, infusions and themes given the work we will be doing. Of course you can be sure that we will make any upgrade process as painless as possible. Release date? Well, without claiming to be phsycic it's likely to be a good 3 to 4 months before we are anywhere near a release. So please, no more asking when, you will know when we know and that's the truth, honest! On a final note, over recent weeks I have received a number of emails from individuals seeking support. please do not waste your time in seeking support directly from me unless it is a very serious issue such as the end of the world!

Due to a planned upgrade of the dbasesystem on the host for the Swedish and Danish sites there may be a downtime for as long as Sunday 21st of February. That also includes all customers of the Surftown Corporation. All sites should work without compability problems as soon as they crank the system up again. Until then, enjoy life! UPDATE: Both sites are up and running as of now.

We have a new supportsite for our Arabic speaking members, it has been up and running for a while and we hope that it will serve our community for the best of it. I give the word to gebal, who's in charge of the Arabian support. "We are pleased to announce the launching of the official Arabic support site for PHPFusion at Arabian Support. The support team has been providing general support and translation of core files as well as mods and infusions. The Arabic community has been expanding and we are confident that introduction of the Arabic support will attract even more users in the Arabic community. We also look forward to the contribution of Arabic users to the development of PHPFusion. Questions and comments regarding the Arabic support can be directed to gebals@gmail.com."

"Today the PHPFusion Theme Database was made public. This Tool will from now on be the heart of PHPFusion Themes. Our goal is to organize the confusing multitude of Themes and present them in an accessible and utilizable way for you. The Database is also intended to give authors the possibility to show their Themes to a larger public. To achieve all of this, we need you. The heart lacks it's blood if there are no users posting comments, rating themes, downloading and discussing them. Together with your submissions, this is what keeps the whole system alive." The above message is from Matonor, Team Leader for Design Team. I think that a dbase showing all Themes is a very good idea and I hope that you all will get right over there and have a look! Check out these following links: News on Themes site Theme Database Overview Submit Theme Come on, get over there and get busy! Good luck and Thank You, Matonor and all of the other guys at the Themes site, you've done a great work. Keep it up!

After a break, work is now under way on the next version of PHPFusion. v6.02 will not only contain new features and bug fixes, as it is our intention to switch to a more suitable license. We plan to use an alternative GPL license entitled AGPL which will provide us with more freedom in regards of how we handle copyright display and more importantly, copyright infringement, which is a growing problem that needs to stop. Be assured that we are committed to open-source development, but when people start walking away with our work it becomes very frustrating. PHPFusion will remain open-source, will still be a free product, but we may re-introduce a fixed fee for copyright removal mostly to cover increasing hosting costs and other financial out goings. I'm not interested in profit, but we will do whatever it takes to protect the integrity of PHPFusion. v6.02 is unlikely to arrive this year, there are many areas we want to further improve and these will take time to complete. One of our main emphasis will be on dropping our reliance on register globals. We also intend to completely rewrite the forum system to provide much requested new features. As always new code will be committed to the CVS so keen developers can keep an eye on any changes. Feature requests are now being considered, so if you have any ideas or requests, now is the time to speak up. Look out for v6.02 early next year!

Hey folks, apologies for the lack of news recently. We've been extremely busy behind the scenes sorting out our new team structure. I'm pleased to say that things are coming along very well and I'm extremely delighted with the Management Team's work and commitment. I have been taking it easy for a while, just to recharge my batteries after 12 long hard months of dev work. Don't worry, I'm still fully commited and not going anywhere! Unfortunately, I have to announce another update, but security is a key concern more than ever. v6.01.6 provides a fix for a low-level xss hole in the $PHP_SELF and $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] variables, something that quite a few developers have never thought of from what I have read! oo err. Thanks goes to K_ros for his co-operation and information Existing v6.01.4 and v6.01.5 users can download the file '6.01.6 Update for v6.01.4/5' and simply upload the inluded files and click upgrade under System Admin. The full sourceforge package has been updated. PHPFusion 6.01.6 Update FOR V6.01.4 AND V6.01.5 ONLY (9Kb). PHPFusion 6.01.6 (2.04Mb). maincore.php update details (File version 1.11)

Today is the last day to nominate PHP Fusion for your favorite CMS. At midnight tonight, nominations will close and the judges will tally the votes and announce the 5 finalists. We and as im sure the rest of the community would love to see PHP Fusion as one of those finalists. So do your part and make sure youve voted! Tell your friends to fill out a nomination but remember, please only one nomination per person. Thanks.

Having been on the cards for a while, PHPFusion v6.01.4 is finally available to the public. This updated release contains fixes for all of the bugs reported since the release of v6.01.3. We now consider this phase of development complete and it is very unlikely any major new versions will be released within the next 4 - 6 months. Existing v6.01.1, v6.01.2 and v6.01.3 users can download the file '6.01.4 Multi=Patch' which includes updates 6.01.2, 6.01.3 and 6.01.4. The multi-patch is designed to enable you to update to the latest revision by downloading one file. The patch is hosted on sourceforge to reduce our server usage. Please refer to the included readme file for full instructions. Click Read More for a full list of changes. PHPFusion 6.01.4 (2.04Mb). PHPFusion 6.01.4 Multi-Patch (503Kb).

You may have noticed that a statement I made on Saturday was retracted. I needed time to reflect on what has been a very testing week. As you are all aware, a few months ago a management team was formed in order to reduce my general work load and to bring a better state of organisation. You have seen the plans outlined by janmol and KEFF which give a clear indication of the direction we are moving in. Unfortunately some of our plans have caused some upset resulting in a few long term members stepping down from their official positions. I want to make it clear that nobody was forced to step down. Click Read More to read the rest of this statement.

On behalf of the Management Team and the Design Team, it is with great pleasure that I announce the opening of our brand new Official Themes site. Matonor and Trix have put in alot of time and effort to produce the new site and have done so with such impressive teamwork and communication. As you may already know, a Design Team was implemented in the reorganization and Matonor is the Team Leader....

Following the exploit fix in PHPFusion 6.01.3, it has come to my attention that files planted prior to 6.01.3 are lying dormant on servers. The patched code only protects against newly uploaded images. To combat this I have produced two infusions, a Forum Attachment Image Checker and an Avatar Image Checker. These infusions enable administrators to safely inspect Forum Attachment Images and Avatar Images. Any malformed images will appear as broken images, if you find any, delete them. You are strongly advised to use these tools at least once. Download Image Checker infusions (4Kb) Requires v6.01.3

[Update 02/07/2006] : Hackers are now targetting photo submissions using the exploit explained below. I neglected to add the fix to submit.php as an oversight. If you have updated to 6.01.3 already please upload submit.php from the updated 6.01.3 Update pack. If you have not yet updated to v6.01.3 please do as soon as possible. An image or not an image? A critical bug fix in the form of v6.01.3 is now available for immediate download. The fix prevents the uploading of malformed images including avatars and forum image attachments. The malformed image contains hidden javascript which if viewed directly executes a cookie stealer thus compromising the super admin account. Avatar and forum image attachments are now scanned when they are uploaded, if any malicious code is detected the image will be rejected. Existing v6.01.2 users can download the file '6.01.3 Update for v6.01.2' and simply upload the inluded files and click upgrade under System Admin. For those of you who have not yet upgraded, the full sourceforge package has been updated. PHPFusion 6.01.3 Update FOR V6.01.2 ONLY (20Kb). PHPFusion 6.01.3 (2.04Mb).

IMPORTANT: It seems some users are having common problems when trying to upgrade to v6.01.2 from version 6.00.1xx, 6.00.2xx or 6.00.3xx. This is not a fault on our behalf, it's just a general misunderstanding by the user. PHPFusion 6.01 is a major update compared to its predecessors, therefore you need to follow the instructions to a tee. 1. First you must upload the correct upgrade script from the folder named 'upgrade v6.00.xxx' to the administration folder of your site. 2. Login to your site as the Super Administrator. Under the System Admin tab of the Admin Panel, click on Upgrade then click the button marked Upgrade. MAKE SURE the page reloads stating 'Database upgrade complete', failure to do so may cause problems later on. 3. VERY IMPORTANT: Since this release contains a number of structural changes, some elements of your site will not work properly until you have updated all of your files. YOU MUST upload ALL of the files from the php-files folder. Failing to upload all of the files will cause: no admin access, lower-center and right side panels mixed up, new gallery not working and more. 4. You should ONLY use the Photo Converter Infusion AFTER completing the above steps. It is designed to run under specific conditions which are created by the upgrade script and therefore will not work prior to upgrading. Be sure to verify the new Photo Settings under System admin before running the Photo Converter. I sincerely hope this helps to clear up any confusion regarding the upgrade process. If at all you are any doubt please feel free to ask someone for help, there are plenty of knowledgeable users here who can help you. Thanks for reading!

A new and extended edition of the official PHPFusion Handbook has been released. Now you get 168 pages - all up to date (version 6.01.2) - covers the the most current version. It's available from the downloads section. Enjoy!!