This has just been announced less than an hour ago.
SimpleMachines have released the first public beta of their SMF 2.0 branch.
http://www.simplemachines.org/commun...topic=228921.0
Some features
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- The changes in this release from 1.1 are immense - and we can't list them all here. We recommend you take a look at the changelog on the download page - some of the highlights include:
- Database abstraction including support for PostgreSQL and SQLite
- Post and attachment moderation - setup through board permissions.
- Additional group management features such as group moderators and joinable and requestable groups
- Comprehensive user warning system.
- Paid subscriptions to allow people to make a payment with PayPal to get additional group access
- Personal message labeling system and new viewing options
- OpenID support - to enable users to login and register with their OpenID account
- Custom profile fields to enable admins to setup new profile fields in addition to the default
- WYSWIYG editor, to improve the user posting experience
- Ignore boards and ignore user functions - so users only see what they want to see
- Scheduled events and mail queuing systems to add additional functionality to the forum
- Admin and user logs to track who makes what changes to a user's profile
- A moderation center to bring together all moderation functionality into one place for all people with moderation abilities
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From what I've seen so far its pretty stable for a beta.
Not sure if its upto VB standard just yet. But much better than PHPBB.
Mar 17th 2008, 4:24 pm
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