Icy Phoenix

Hi all,
I'm proud to release today the first beta of Icy Phoenix.

Some general info about Icy Phoenix.

• What is Icy Phoenix?
  
• Icy Phoenix is a CMS based on phpBB (an highly scalable PHP based Bulletin Board) plus many modifications and code integrations which add flexibility to the whole package. Icy Phoenix is a derivation of phpBB XS founded by Bicet and then developed by both Bicet and Mighty Gorgon.
  
• What are the main features of Icy Phoenix?
  
• Icy Phoenix has many features, most of them are listed in the Hacks List on this site, but the main ones are:
  
  • phpBB bulletin board and permission system
    
  • CMS functions allowing the creation of new pages and blocks (some of the functions are based on IM Portal)
    
  • Overall template integration among all site sections
    
  • Many ready to use features: Photo Gallery, Downloads, Knowledge Base, Links...
    
  • Multilanguage and multitemplate ready
    
  • Almost W3C compliant
    
  • Many others...
  
  
• Is Icy Phoenix easy to install and upgrade from other platforms?
  
• Icy Phoenix has its own setup procedure which is guiding the user trough the steps of the setup process. An upgrading file is provided to upgrade the package from standard phpBB and phpBB XS. Hopefully an upgrade procedure from any platform will be written in the future.
  
• Does Icy Phoenix have many templates?
  
• At the moment only three main templates (but with several multicolor variations) are available, but we are working to create new ones.
  
• Is Icy Phoenix multilanguage?
  
• English is the main language of Icy Phoenix, but it has been translated into other languages (alphabetical order): Catalan, Dutch, Galego, German, Italian, Serbian, Spanish... and more to come!

At the moment Icy Phoenix is in beta testing phase, what needs to be completed is:

• Installation procedure testing in all environments
  
• Latest UPI2DB integration
  
• CTracker 5 testing
  
• CMS permission level
  
• Ice Template

This beta release is meant for giving you some flavour of what the Icy Phoenix is going to be, fixing the bugs and maybe obtain some good suggestions to be implemented in the final release... Even if this package is quite stable I would suggest you to install it on live environments only if you are quite good PHP and phpBB. During the beta testing period only a limited support (focused exclusively on fixing bugs) will be given on Icy Phoenix.

If you are trying to upgrade your existing sites to this release you should consider that the final release may not contain upgrading instructions from this beta. Remember also that the old upgrading instructions won't work fine because the structure of the package has been changed... You have been warned... :wink:

Thank you for your cooperation and a big thank you to the whole Staff for having helped me during this months of transition.

Special thanks to Artie, KugeLSichA, TheSteffen and z3d0 who have been upgraded to Admins here, thanks to their precious help.

Another big thank you to buldo, ThE KuKa and Tom who are Junior Admins and helped me so much too.

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first download ;)

Zuker wrote: [View Post]

first download ;)

You won a customized RANK... choose your title... :mro:

Mighty Gorgon wrote: [View Post]

Zuker wrote: [View Post]

first download ;)

You won a customized RANK... choose your title... :mro:

Noooooooooooo! I'm second........... :cry:





Anyway...... THANKS LUCA! ;)

mmmmmmmmmm ICY :mrgreen:

second ahrrrrrr someone just beat me third

I'm third, thanks MG for this package ;) , will updated the language pack soon as possible ;)

4th :( but CONNGRATULATION :D

i'll give you the img rank with the "EDDB" at night (here in argentina) :)
:mrgreen:

Zuker wrote: [View Post]

i'll give you the img rank with the "EDDB" at night (here in argentina) :)
:mrgreen:

Ok... just attach it here! :wink:

maybe i like this :chef:

updated :S

Rank Changed... :lol_flag:

but i can't updata my old xs? :shock: i can only do a fresh install? :shock:

please post support questions about install/update methods in new topics ;)

Mighty Gorgon wrote: [View Post]

Rank Changed... :lol_flag:

wow
when i've updated the img (was to big the first) you have made it :P

thanks MG