This release is the culmination of the RC1-RC3 changes in addition to few small bug fixes added post RC3. These include updates to the Russian translation, better post login redirection logic and splitting of existing topics into new forums. The install and upgrade scripts are available from: http://fudforum.org/download.php 2.6.12 also addresses a minor security issue inside the error logging code on certain installations running on Apache. Full details of the problem can be found here.

Another small bug fix RC that hopefully brings us yet another step closer to the stable release. Major Changes Include the following: [list] [] Improved Invision Board conversion script, it now supports 1.3.X versions. [] Updates to the Russian translations. [] Improved search result format. [] Added the ability to generate a PDF archive of private messages. [] Added a script that simplifies the process of logging in a user into their FUDforum account from other applications. [] Multibyte handling for e-mails. [*] Slight speed improvements and garbage collection. [/list] This release can be downloaded here.

Here goes the first release candidate of the 2.6.12 release, this release includes a fair number of changes and improvements so much testing is needed to ensure everything is working correctly. Among the changes are massive updates and revisions to the Italian translation. Addition of support for non-ascii (htmlencoded) characters in login/alias names. Support for mass topic deletion/moving for administrators and moderators. Several performance improvements and various bug fixes. The full scope of the changes can be found here. The new release is available for download at: http://fudforum.org/download.php

GoDaddy has announced that they will be giving away 1 year Turbo SSL certificates to qualifying Open Source projects. To find if you are applicable visit their request form at: https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/ssl/ssl_opensource.asp Seems like a neat idea that should give all OSS developers an opportunity to test their web applications with genuine SSL certificates and ensure that their applications work properly over https.

A new stable release of FUDforum, 2.6.10 has been released today and is now available download. This release primarily is a a bug fix release with a number of low/medium priority fixes. All existing users of the forum are encouraged to upgrade to this release whenever possible. Full details of the changes can be found in the RC1 - RC3 release announcements on the support forum.