Icy Phoenix

Hi all,
I'm glad to announce that Icy Phoenix 2.0 Beta 2 is available for downloads.

What's New Respect To Latest Stable Release

• CMS recoded with many AJAX features
  
• Plugins System with ACP modules and specific permissions that could be managed through CMS
  
• Cache Functions ported from phpBB 3
  
• DB Class ported from phpBB 3
  
• User Class ported from phpBB 3
  
• Auth System ported from phpBB 3 and integrated into CMS and Plugins
  
• Many Core Functions ported from phpBB 3
  
• Almost all core SQL checked and rewritten
  
• New classes coded to improve useability and simplify coding and modding
  
• Optimized templates parsing
  
• Improved SEO functions
  
• Tags feature
  
• Custom BBCodes in ACP
  
• Private AJAX Chat rooms
  
• Multiple Vote Polls
  
• Many smaller updates and features... install the latest version to enjoy them all!

Old templates: please note that the template system has been totally revamped, so templates designed for Icy Phoenix 1.3.0.53 or below won't work at all with this version. At the moment apart of the styles included in the installation package only proSilver is available over GIT: Icy Phoenix Styles @ GIT.


Translations: please note that lang packs for Icy Phoenix 1.3.0.53 won't work with this version. Lang packs need to be updated before you can use them on your site. I will update all lang files in download section as soon as translators will send me their latest release. You can find latest development translations here: Icy Phoenix Languages @ GIT.


Customizations And Mods: please note that this version has many core code differences from the previous one, so it is really unlikely that old customizations and mods will work on this beta release. If you currently have some mods installed and you cannot update them on your own, you should be aware that you will not able to use those old mods until someone is going to update them.


Requirements
Before trying to install Icy Phoenix make sure you have the following STRICTLY NEEDED requirements:

• At least 20 MB of free space in the folder you would like to install the package
  
• Web server with PHP (5.2 or higher) installed and running (works best on Linux + Apache)
  
• MySQL (5 or higher) database with at least 5MB of free space (of course the space needed depends on how big your site will be... 5MB is enough for a basic empty setup)
  
• Ability to set CHMOD permissions

These other requirements (even if not strictly needed) are suggested for optimal performance of Icy Phoenix:

• Webserver with .htaccess capability
  
• Apache Rewrite Mod installed and running
  
• GD Libraries (at least 2.0.28) installed and running
  
• Register Globals set to OFF

Fresh Installation

1. Unpack Icy Phoenix package to one folder on your HD.
   
2. Copy all Icy Phoenix files in one folder on your webserver (i.e. /icyphoenix/)
   
3. Set the permissions to CHMOD 777 to the following files and folders (please note that you may not have all of them in your setup):
   
   • backup/
     
   • cache/
     
   • cache/cms/
     
   • cache/forums/
     
   • cache/posts/
     
   • cache/sql/
     
   • cache/topics/
     
   • cache/users/
     
   • downloads/
     
   • files/
     
   • files/album/
     
   • files/album/cache/
     
   • files/album/med_cache/
     
   • files/album/users/
     
   • files/album/wm_cache/
     
   • files/posted_images/
     
   • files/screenshots/
     
   • files/thumbs/
     
   • images/avatars/
     
   • logs/
     
   • logs/logfile_attempt_counter.txt
     
   • logs/logfile_blocklist.txt
     
   • logs/logfile_debug_mode.txt
     
   • logs/logfile_malformed_logins.txt
     
   • logs/logfile_spammer.txt
     
   • logs/logfile_worms.txt
   
   
4. Launch the setup from the install folder: install/install.php (i.e. http://www.mysite.com/forum/install/install.php)
   
5. Follow all the instructions on the screen, fill all requested data and complete the setup
   
6. Delete or rename install folder
   
7. Customize what needs to be customized in files and db (some files needs to be edited manually, while most of the options may be set in ACP and CMS)
   
8. Enjoy your New Site :mri:

How To Upgrade From Older Icy Phoenix Versions

1. Lock the site from ACP
   
2. Make a full backup of your website (both files and DB)
   
3. Remove all old Icy Phoenix files, but make sure you are not deleting other stuff you may need!
   
4. When deleting files, pay particular attention to custom files and folders like these:
   • config.php
     
   • backup/
     
   • downloads/
     
   • images/
     
   • files/
     
   • logs/
   
   
5. Copy all new Icy Phoenix files into your root
   
6. Make sure you apply the right CHMOD permissions as listed in the Fresh Installation section above
   
7. Copy install/convert_utf8_nodbal.php to your website root and launch it (this is needed to convert your old DB to UTF-8)
   
8. Delete convert_utf8_nodbal.php from your root
   
9. Launch install/database_update.php and update your DB
   
10. Delete or rename install folder
    
11. Customize what needs to be customized in files and db (some files needs to be edited manually, while most of the options may be set in ACP and CMS)
    
12. Enjoy your New Site :mri:

If you want to upgrade from Icy Phoenix Beta 1 you can just follow the step above, but you can avoid launching install/convert_utf8_nodbal.php.


Available Packages




Support

As per each beta release, this version is still unsupported, and you should not use this version on any live site (unless you really understand the risks in doing that!).

You should test this beta release only on your local testing environments and reports bugs and feedback so the code could be improved before final release.


Please use the Bugs Tracker to report any bug you find.





Enjoy Icy Phoenix!
Luca Libralato

Thanks a lot MG.

nice job 8)

Thanks!!!

:banana_01:

Nice :mricy:



And how can I Upgrade From Icy Phoenix 2.0 Beta 1?

just run database_update.php and replace all files out off config.php, downloads, logs, backup

Thanks a lot MG.

IcyPhoenix.de is running with beta2 :mricy:

Thanks a lot MG, awesome work!!! :mryellow:

Thanks a lot ... :loveit:

Thank you so much!
It's a lot of work and I'm sure it will worth it ;) .

Thanks, MG! I've been thinking about a feature that I miss: multi-category for news. I think it's a very interesting feature. Could you include this feature in a new IP version?

Thanks a lot!

Thanks, MG :)
I have a question: Is it ok, to update to it from IP 1.3.0.53b, or do I need to edit something?

zsolti10 wrote: [View Post]

Thanks, MG :)
I have a question: Is it ok, to update to it from IP 1.3.0.53b, or do I need to edit something?

Don't even think about trying it without a complete backup! But yea you will need to do a few things.
You can read about that in MG's post here,

(I am going to attempt an upgrade on a test server tonight with my 1.3, will let you all know if I run into any issues)

Mighty Gorgon wrote: [View Post]

How To Upgrade From Older Icy Phoenix Versions

1. Lock the site from ACP
   
2. Disable any custom CMS pages.
   
3. Make a full backup of your website (both files and DB)
   
4. Remove all old Icy Phoenix files, but make sure you are not deleting other stuff you may need!
   
5. When deleting files, pay particular attention to custom files and folders like these:
   • Custom CMS pages
   • config.php
     
   • backup/
     
   • downloads/
     
   • images/
     
   • files/
     
   • logs/
   
   
6. Copy all new Icy Phoenix files into your root
   
7. Make sure you apply the right CHMOD permissions as listed in the Fresh Installation section above
   
8. Copy install/convert_utf8_nodbal.php to your website root and launch it (this is needed to convert your old DB to UTF-8)
   
9. Delete convert_utf8_nodbal.php from your root
   
10. Launch install/database_update.php and update your DB
    
11. Delete or rename install folder
    
12. Customize what needs to be customized in files and db (some files needs to be edited manually, while most of the options may be set in ACP and CMS)
    
13. Enjoy your New Site :mri:

If you want to upgrade from Icy Phoenix Beta 1 you can just follow the step above, but you can avoid launching install/convert_utf8_nodbal.php.

Support

As per each beta release, this version is still unsupported, and you should not use this version on any live site (unless you really understand the risks in doing that!).

You should test this beta release only on your local testing environments and reports bugs and feedback so the code could be improved before final release.


Please use the Bugs Tracker to report any bug you find.





Enjoy Icy Phoenix!
Luca Libralato

Thanks for your help, Hans :)

No problem!

I only had one tiny problem when updating when upgrading Icyphoenix_1.3.0.53b to Icyphoenix_20120108_132780_beta_2 so far. A custom block that I had added caused an error, so you will want to disable any blocks that you have added via the CMS admin panel before updating. If you do not do that before updating you will need to disable them manually via Phpmyadmin.

Good luck! and remember this is still an un-supported release.

Wonderful post. I would definitely try to incorporate the tips you have shared. I would be glad if you could refer me some more stuff of niche.