FluxBB
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| FluxBB | |
|---|---|
 FluxBB 1.3 Screenshot |
|
| Developed by | FluxBB.org Developers |
| Latest release | 1.2.18 / 2008-05-09 |
| Preview release | 1.3 Beta 2 / 2008-05-09 |
| OS | PHP / MySQL |
| Genre | Internet forum |
| License | GPL |
| Website | fluxbb.org |
FluxBB is a fast and lightweight PHP-powered discussion board. It is released under the GNU General Public License. Its primary goals are to be faster, smaller and less graphically intensive when compared to other discussion boards. FluxBB incorporates fewer features than other, comparable forum scripts, choosing to focus on the primary functionalitys of an online forum. Most or all of those 'missing' features are available as extension plugins for those who need them. As a result of this more focused feature set, FluxBB is generally faster and outputs smaller, semantically correct XHTML and CSS-compliant pages.[1]
Currently, FluxBB runs on a number of operating systems that are able to support the PHP scripting language. To store its data, FluxBB relies on either MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite.[2]
It takes its origins from PunBB on May 9, 2008.[3]
Contents |
[edit] History
FluxBB is a fork of PunBB which was created by Rickard Andersson. In 2007, PunBB was sold to a commercial company. Development continued under the direction of Rickard Andersson until April 2008. At that time Rickard Andersson announced he would be ceasing his active involvement with the project, at least temporarily.
In light of the changed circumstances the remaining members of the development team decided to fork the project in order to regain control over future project direction. FluxBB was the result of this decision.[1]
The current stable release of FluxBB 1.2.18 is an update to PunBB 1.2.17. The next version, FluxBB 1.3, is under active development and is currently at the Beta 2 stage.[4]
[edit] Features
FluxBB's default theme is called Oxygen.
- Semantic and valid XHTML and CSS
- Supports MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite
- Easily translated into any language
- One click install extension system (v1.3)
- Full support for UTF-8 (v1.3)
- Distributed under GNU General Public Licence
- New themes can be installed by one click
FluxBB 1.3, which is currently under development, adds a one-click extension system which will allow users to easily extend features and functionality. Version 1.3 also improves markup and CSS.[5]
[edit] Release history
| Key: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old release not supported |
Old release still supported |
Current release | Test release | Future release |
| Name | Version | Release date | Significant changes |
|---|---|---|---|
| FluxBB 1.2 | 1.2.18 | 2008-05-09[3] | A stability update for 1.2 which fixes several known issues with PunBB 1.2.17. |
| FluxBB 1.3 | 1.3 Beta 2 | 2008-05-09 | First FluxBB 1.3 beta release. |
| 1.3 Beta 3 | June 2008[6] | Second FluxBB 1.3 beta release. | |
| 1.3 RC1 | First release candidate of FluxBB 1.3. |
[edit] References
- ^ a b About FluxBB
- ^ Requirements of FluxBB
- ^ a b Connor (2008-05-09). Development team annoucement. FluxBB.org. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
- ^ Download FluxBB
- ^ FluxBB Development
- ^ FluxBB 1.3 Beta3 - June 1st 2008
