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Aug 12, 2010

Website Downtime – August 2010

Posted by James in Featured, Project Management No comments

I would just like to start off by saying thanks to all those that reported that the website had gone down, and to reassure you that the hackers did not use NovaBoard to penetrate our server, it was a flaw in WordPress. Let me just say that again, it was a flaw in WordPress, not [...]


Jun 14, 2010

NovaBoard Release 1.1.4

Posted by James in Featured, New Version, NovaBoard No comments

Files Released: June 14th 2010 NovaBoard 1.1.4 Full Installation: http://novaboard.googlecode.com/files/NovaBoard1.1.4.zip NovaBoard 1.1.4 Upgrade Package: http://novaboard.googlecode.com/files/NovaBoard1.1.4_Update.zip Changes since 1.1.3 Additions Extra flags from the ‘Nation Flags’ module are now included in the core system. Useful links added to the final step of the installer. Moved some options from the ‘Edit Information’ secton in My Options to a new [...]


May 30, 2010

Latest News May 2010

Posted by James in Development News, NovaBoard No comments

For all those who are sceptical about NovaBoard’s future – fear not. Development is still being continued, with the addition of ‘Hast’, a developer who took a hiatus last year from the project, but has now returned. We’re going to be releasing versions 1.1.4 and 1.1.5 fairly soon, with an anticipated release of 1.2.0 some [...]


Apr 3, 2010

Website Downtime

Posted by James in Project Management 5 comments

You may find that NovaBoard is temporarily down over the next few days. We apologize in advance for the interruption, in the hope that it won’t last very long. All that is happening is some background maintenance.


Mar 9, 2010

NovaBoard Release 1.1.3

Posted by James in Featured, New Version, NovaBoard No comments

Released: March 9th 2010 NovaBoard 1.1.3 Full Installation: http://novaboard.googlecode.com/files/NovaBoard1.1.3.zip NovaBoard 1.1.3 Upgrade Package: http://novaboard.googlecode.com/files/NovaBoard1.1.3_Update.zip Changes since 1.1.2: Smilies are now shown on the quick edit screen. It is now possible to set up a forum to redirect to a specific URL. It is now possible to create a shadow topic when moving a topic. It [...]


Jan 15, 2010

Website Downtime

Posted by James in Project Management No comments

Our hosts will be migrating our website to a new server between 06:00 AM and 08:00AM (GMT) on Sunday, January 17, 2010. Click here to see when that is in your time zone. The forum will be placed temporarily offline from late on Saturday to preserve the data that is in the database, and to ensure [...]


Jan 10, 2010

Technical Difficulties

Posted by James in Project Management No comments

To all of our users: thanks for your extended patience. Over the last couple of weeks, we have had a period of extensive hacking attempts, and the other day, these turned into successful exploits. As some of you may have noticed, the site has experienced regular, short bursts of downtime. Some of these were caused [...]


Jan 10, 2010

Website Plan

Posted by James in Project Management No comments

- Front-end Blog Completed! The theme needs tweaking, but this is more of a long term goal. – Community Forum Restoration Completed! – Addon Area In progress!


Sep 15, 2009

NovaBoard Release 1.1.2

Posted by James in Development News, Featured, New Version, NovaBoard No comments

Released: September 15th 2009 NovaBoard 1.1.2 Full Installation: http://novaboard.googlecode.com/files/NovaBoard1.1.2.zip NovaBoard 1.1.2 Upgrade Package: http://novaboard.googlecode.com/files/NovaBoard1.1.2-Update.zip Changelog: New function created to allow modules to add/remove language strings New functions ‘tokenCreate’ & ‘tokenCheck’ created to make creating & checking tokens easier Admin CP -> Spam Protection secured with tokens Admin CP -> Modules Settings secured with tokens Username [...]